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Slave-owner and army officer, of Irish extraction, dying in Jamaica 1837.
TNA T71/1 Slave Register St. Catherine, Jamaica, p.1002 and p.1004; Jamaica Family Search, Burial: June 15, 1837, Church yard, Spanish Town, St. Catherine (Source: B0024 Jamaica Parish Register Burials I & II, 1826-1844, II, p. 60 #43.) Occupation: 1837, Captain, 37th Regiment, on half pay.
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Occupation
Army officer
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£713 3s 0d
Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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£106 8s 11d
Awardee
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The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:
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1817 [EA] - → Joint owner
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1820 [EA] - 1839 [LA] → Owner
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Brother → Sister
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1785 - 1854
Jamaican-born widow of a prominent slave-owner; resident in Britain following the death of her husband in 1818. Accused - and acquitted - of the cruel treatment of some enslaved people whom she brought to Britain with her.
Document comprises 4 parts, written recto and verso across 5 folios: 1. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 2. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Williamsfield settlement, St Elisabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 3. An inventory of animals at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 4. A cover note outlining the contents of the document.
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CITING THIS RECORD:
'John Powell Correvont', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146632277 [accessed 24th May 2024].
