Moonshine Hall (Q492556)
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LBS-PLA-EST-01535
- LBS-PLA-EST-01535
- LBS-PLA-EST-e796
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Moonshine Hall
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LBS-PLA-EST-01535
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Moonshine Hall
In 1635 a survey was conducted of 100 acres bounding on 'Locust Hall' by John Swann for Capt. George Bowyer. Sometime before 1654, the plantation owned by Bowyer and his wife, Elizabeth, was sold. In 1654, William Byam, previously of Barbados but who had moved to Surinam, sold 80 acres in St George and a further 10 in the possession of Ann Peppercorn to Robert Davers (subsequently Sir Robert Daver
s Bt.). In 1730, Thomas Davers of St George and Sir Jermyn Davers Bt., absentee in England, sold to the Hon John Frere of St Philip: (1) the Lower Estate <strong><em>[q.v.]</em></strong>; (2) Moonshine Hall, which was then 198 acres and on which there were 91 enslaved people. The Frere family continued to own Moonshine until at least 1800. Applewhaite Frere appears to have been the owner by 1777.