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Title
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25 Slaves Copies 27 Apl. 1792 same date 12th and 13th May 1794 same dates 14th May 1794 15th D°. 8th Augt 1800 12th. June 1801 13th Novr. 1807 The followg do not relate to the title and are therefore not abstracted 30th June 1808 a Sale to Mr Cruikshank and his Will= (docket title).
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Date
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1792-04-27
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Series Heading
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M350. Cruikshank, John, fl. 1808.
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Geography
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Carriacou Island (Grenada), Grenada, Mustique (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines), Saint Vincent
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Subject
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Mustique (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines), Slavery -- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -- Mustique -- History -- 19th century -- Sources, Wills -- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -- Early works to 1800, Deeds, Decedent's estates -- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Remainders (Estates) -- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -- Mustique -- History -- 19th century -- Sources, Legal instruments, Slaves -- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -- Mustique -- History -- 19th century, Slave records, Slaves -- Emancipation, Langley Park Plantation (Mustique), Freedmen -- Dwellings -- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -- Mustique
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Notes
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Copies of legal search documents and the will of John Cruikshank, relating in particular to a plantation on the island of Mustique, probably instigated after John Cruikshank's death.Boundaries include the Rutland Estate of Brook Rynd and the Adelphi Estate of Trimmingham and Thomas Wynne.Ninian Home sells John Campbell a cotton plantation on Mustique; deed of purchase by William Lushington (p. 65); Lushington's sale of plantation on Mustique to John Cruikshank (p. 68); Cruikshank's will (p. 72)."A... 11th. June 1792. This Indenture [of 27 April 1792]... Between Alexander Campbell... and Ninian Home... Whereas... Ninian Home now holds... a certain plantation situate in the Island of Mustique and Government of St. Vincents... as Tenant to the said Alexander Campbell...""This Indenture... [of 13 May 1794] Between Alexander Campbell of Grenada... and John Campbell of the Island of Mustique... Whereas the said Alexander Campbell is seized... of two certain Islands or Tracts of Land called the Greater and Lesser Mustique... making a part of the Government of Saint Vincent..." (p. 8)."This Indenture... [of 12 May 1794] Between Ninian Home Esquire Lieutenant Governor of the Island of Grenada and its Dependencies... and John Campbell of the Island of Mustique..." (p. 18).Cruikshank's will does "manumit and make free an infant Mestiff Slave the sone of Betsey Jameson and it is my Will that the said Betsey Jameson shall be allowed by my executors to have her own Time during her life with permission to reside upon my plantation or Estate called Langley Park."Slave names on pp. 3, 4, 7, 8, 15-17, 19, 25, 38-40, 52-54, 60-62, 67, 70, 71., Original digital object name: bei-m350, This digital resource is provided by the Special Collections department, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, United States.
