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Colleton Plantation Ledger 1818-1857 |
Object Name |
Manuscript |
Catalog Number |
2017-01 |
Scope & Content |
A Manuscript ledger detailing the transactions on Colleton Plantation, St. John for the period 1818-1857. The ledger id divided into two sections. the first section, numbered from 1l to 147r, and chronologically arranged, includes line items such as: the estate of Charles Garth Colleton; stock account; Forster Clarke; Robert Collymore; Robert Harris; Parris Greaves; James Cheesman; John J. Lord; Jonathan Dunn; Duty Account; John McCollin; Miles Brathwaite; profit & loss; Colleton Plantation; C. Pile; James Walcott; Philip Caddell; Reynold Thomas; John C. Small; James Reed; Agnefs Howard; Anna Briggs; Edward Bascom; Brandford Bourne & Son; Francis Barrow; Richard Cobham; William L. Taylor; sugar account; Richard Harding; estate of William Turpin Spooner deceased; Matthew Charge; rum account; Robert Davis; John Welch; Elizabeth B. Gall; Henry Elwell; James S. Fleming; Allder, Bascom & Co.; John E. Percival; Elizabeth B. Harte; John Massiah; John Conliffe; Mary Marshall; Henry P. Hunte; Hayes & Trowbridge; Thomas Crumpton; Pool Plantation; Anne Thomas; Joseph Connell; Hannays Plantation; Drax Hall Plantation; William Wood; Lord Harewood; George N. Taylor; Samuel Hinkson; Reynold Peterkins; Richard Linton; Sarah Carter; Jeffrey Carter; Charles McKechany; Samuel Payne; Richard Roberts; CC Drake; John Corbin; Sam & Thomas Ames; Thomas Law; James Small; Edward Strong; Wason & Cobham; Hothersall Plantation; William Grasett; William Watt; voyage to Liverpool; voyage to London; voyage to Bristol; Thomas Daniel & Co., Barton, Irlan & Higginson; Society Plantation; Gill & Louis; John Barnes; Gabriel Ince; Higginson, Deane & Stott; Michael Cavan & Co.; Greaves & Greenidge; Samuel Hinkson; William J. Cox; William, John W. & John G. Young; Applewhaite Frere; estate of Sir Francis Ford; William Burgess; John Best; Applewhaite Plantation; Staple Grove, Durants, Windsor & Guinea Plantations; Joseph Bedout; James W. White; William Jones; sugar; stock; William J. Codd; John Nurse; Sainsbury Skinner; John McConny; Samuel Hinkson; Millard & Co., William H. Boxhill; Edmund Knight; Robert D. Blades; Richard & James Walcott; William Adamson; B.L. Trimingham & Co.; Thomas J. Cummins; John Buhot; Henry Crichlow; George Wally; Conrad Pile; Thomas Hardy & Co.; Cotton & Co.; Nicholas H. Walrond & Co.; Thomas Louis & Son; Robert H. Alleyne; Colonial Bank; George W. McClean; Samuel H. Pitcher and George A. Nightingale & Co. Section two, numbered from 1l to 97r lists the transactions of the planation from 1845 until 1857. John Colleton, later Sir John Colleton, bart., arrived in Barbados in 1650 and pieced together this large plantation by several purchases. By a Deed made in 1666. Sir John Colleton made a settlement of 2 plantations - one in St. Peter and one in St. John on his 4 sons - Peter, John, James and Thomas. Source: Hughes/Queree Files, BMHS |
Extent of Description |
1 Manuscript 488 pages. |
Dates of Creation |
1818-1857 |
Dates of Accumulation |
1818-1857 |
Search Terms |
Colleton Plantation. Plantations--Barbados. Barbados--History. Sugar trade--Barbados. Colleton family--Barbados. Rum. Slavery--Barbados. |
Subjects |
Colleton Plantation. Plantations--Barbados. Barbados--History. Sugar trade--Barbados. Colleton family--Barbados. Rum. Slavery--Barbados. |
Legal Status |
Not to be reproduced without the permission of the Barbados Museum & Historical Society. |
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