Queen of Covey
The 1817 slave register for John Tharp's Covey estate includes four individuals with a mother called Queen: Princess (b. 1777), Bess (b. 1783), Prittabella (b. 1798) and Caesar (b. 1804). The 1820 return of 'increases' and 'decreases' records Caesar's death on the 22nd of January 1820, at the age of 15.
Like all her children, Queen was born in Jamaica, and her age was estimated as 54 (b. 1763).
The 1817 register also lists the children of Princess: Amey (b. 1803), Penny (b. 1808), Prudence (b. 1811) and Adam Reid (b. 1814).
Possible children for Bess are discussed in a post called 'Four women called Bess on Covey'.
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