Baillie Chisholm

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???? - 4^th Sep 1850

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Resident, died Berbice on or about 4th September 1850.

At Plantation Smithfield, Berbice, on the 4th September, [death of] Baillie Chisholm, Esq., Manager of that place, eldest son of the late Mr John Chisholm, Tullich, Kilmuir Easter, Ross-shire.

Sources

T71/885 British Guiana claim nos. 17 (Belair) and 93 (Berbice).

London Gazette, Issue 21195, 28/03/1851, p. 878; John O'Groats Journal 03/03/1851 from 'Persons affiliated w/Guyana in British Newspapers' http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nyggbs/Transcriptions/LisaB/DeathsTrans2015.pdf [accessed 04/04/2016].

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Further Information

People of Interest

Thomas Warren

27^th Nov 1782 - 8^th Dec 1862

Wesleyan Minister, apparently sought to manumit his enslaved people for religious reasons

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Documents of Interest

Windsor and Williamsfield Inventory of Slaves 1814 p8

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:
'Baillie Chisholm', Legacies of British Slavery database, https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/8639 [accessed 4th April 2026].

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