Plant John Cove and Craig Miln

Estate Details


Associated People (4)

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:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1801 [SY] - 1834 [LA] → Owner
- 1801 [EY] → Owner
1796 [EA] - 1801 [LA] → Owner

Shown in his will (made in 1796 and proved in 1801) to be owner in fee of the John and Haslenton (q.v.) estates in Demerara.

1798 [EA] - 1798 [LA] → Owner

Owner in 1798 of Craig Mill, which later became part of the John Cove and Craig Miln estate.


Associated Claims (1)

£15,041 18S 3D

Estate Information (8)

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1798
[Name] Craig Mill [sic]  
 

'Craig Mill' shown as plantation no. 18 under the sub-heading 'De Mahaica a Demerarie', proprietaire L. Cuming, 250 carreaux, C[oton].

 
Carte Generale...Demerarie 'Liste des habitations...' [1798] University of Amsterdam Library 'Suriname 1599-1975' https://hdl.handle.net/11245/3.38621
1798
[Name] Cove  
[Crop] Cotton  
 

'Cove' shown as plantation no. 19 under the heading 'De Mahaica a Demerarie', proprietaire Benjamin Hopkinson, 250 carreaux, C[oton]

 
Carte Generale...Demerarie 'Liste des habitations...' [1798] University of Amsterdam Library 'Suriname 1599-1975' https://hdl.handle.net/11245/3.38621
1798
[Name] The John  
[Crop] Cotton  
 

'The John' shown as plantation no. 20 under the sub-heading 'De Mahaica a Demerarie', proprietaire M. Nihil 250 carreaux, C[oton]

 
Carte Generale...Demerarie 'Liste des habitations...' [1798] University of Amsterdam Library 'Suriname 1599-1975' https://hdl.handle.net/11245/3.38621
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 68(Tot) 29(F) 39(M)  
[Name] Craig Miln  
 

Registered by Geo. Sanders proprietor

 
T71/397 C6 2684
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 233(Tot) 106(F) 127(M)  
[Name] Cove  
 

Registered by John Grant atty of B.J. Hopkinson prop.

 
T71/397 C6 2588
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 265(Tot) 130(F) 135(M)  
[Name] Cove  
 

B.J. Hopkinson proprietor

 
T71/413 C6
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 277(Tot) 138(F) 139(M)  
[Name] Cove and Craig Miln  
 

In the lawful possession of B.J. Hopkinson

 
T71/418 2296-2302
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 296(Tot) 155(F) 141(M)  
[Name] John Cove and Craig Miln  
 

Belonging to Pln John Cove and Craig Miln in the lawful possession of Benjamin James Hopkinson [signed by himself]

 
T71/429 351-358