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Given as F. Y. Checkley in the compensation records (and under variants such as F.Y. Chickley or Francis Yelveston Checkley in the Slave Registers), claimed unsuccessfully as owner-in-fee of Mount Parnassus on Grenada (the compensation was awarded to the London merchants Davidsons and Barkly), but awarded the comepnsation for the enslaved people under two other smaller awards on Grenada. Francis Yelverton Checkley was shown as the acting Governor of Grenada in 1845-6 and 1855-6 and as President at various points down to 1866.
Grenada Handbook 1897.
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Name in compensation records
F. Y. Checkley
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£192 13s 0d
Awardee
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£261 9s 1d
Awardee
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£3,877 2s 6d
Unsuccessful claimant (Owner-in-fee)
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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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1823 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Receiver
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1826 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Owner
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1820 [EA] - → Attorney
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???? - 1848
Widow of prominent mahogany merchant and landowner
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:
'Francis Yelverton Checkley', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/45691 [accessed 8th November 2024].
