22nd Feb 1836 | 248 Enslaved | £6438 13s 7d
Parliamentary Papers p. 155.
T71/892: claim by James A. Gordon owner-in-fee. Counterclaim by Sir Wm. Abdy etc as owners-in-fee.
Times 02/06/1859 Chancery p.11: James A. Gordon's will stipulated every legatee was to contribute 1 per cent of legacies to Horatio Nelson's daughter Mrs Horatia Ward and her children.
T71/500 p. 99: enslaved persons registered by Fairbairn for James A. Gordon in 1834.
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Colony
St Vincent
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Claim No.
549
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Estate
Fair Hall
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Collected by
Drummond, C (?) of Drummonds
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Awardee
All 4 counterclaimants were described as owners-in-fee.
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Awardee
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Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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Awardee
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1781 - 1830
Member of the Baillie of Dochfour family who had numerous mercantile connections in the West Indies. The compensation for Baillie's Bacolet in Grenada was awarded to the trustees of her marriage settlement. Grand-daughter of Colin Roy Campbell of Glenmure. Apparently a victim of the quack doctor John St John Lang of Harley Street in 1830.
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:
'St Vincent 549 (Fair Hall)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/27334 [accessed 7th November 2024].
