Estate Cornhill

Cornhill is estate 18 in St. Croix’s Company’s Quarter. Based on appearances on historic maps, a windmill may or may not have been built in this estate. A hand-drawn icon of a windmill is found on the 1766 annotated Beck map with a the unsigned manuscript copy of Beck including a windmill icon in a different location within this estate. A windmill has not been found here partly due to lack of investigation.

The 1750 map depicts provision cultivation in estate 18. Neither of the Beck printings include a sugar mill icon. The 1766 annotated Beck map adds a windmill to the northern half of estate 18, part of a sprawling plantation owned by Christopher McEvoy. The other annotated Beck maps add a windmill to estate 17 and not 18. The unsigned manuscript copy adds a windmill to the southern half of estate 18, owned by Harris & Tuite and also includes a windmill in estate 17. This ambiguity leads to the inclusion of Cornhill as an estate that may have had a windmill.

The 1799 Oxholm map depicts a structure but not a sugar mill icon in the southern half of estate 18, naming the location Tuites. The 1856 Parsons map depicts a structure in the same location at Cornhill. None of the 20th century topographic maps depict ruins at Cornhill.

The 1750 map splits ownership of estate 18, with the northern half attributed to Doctor Hall and the southern half to Ebenezer Coor. The annotated Beck maps and manuscript copies attribute ownership of the northern half of estate 18 to Christopher McEvoy and the southern half to Harris & Tuite. In a curious swap, the 1790 and 1791 maps attribute ownership of the northern half of estate 18 to Tuite & Stapleton and the southern half to McEvoy.

McGuire geographic dictionary of the Virgin Islands (p.60) characterizes Cornhill as a small estate and simply notes its location relative to Manchenil Bay.

Historic Maps of Cornhill

Snippets of the U.S. Geological Service topographic maps of 1958 & 1982 featuring Company's Quarter estate # 18, currently named Cornhill.
The 1958 and 1982 photorevision of the USGS topographic map show no ruins identifiable as a windmill at Cornhill.
Snippet of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey topographic map of 1920 featuring Company's Quarter estate # 18, currently named Cornhill.
The 1919 USCGS topographic sheet shows no structures identifiable as a windmill at Cornhill.
Snippet of the Danish Atlantic Islands Association map of 1907 featuring Company's Quarter estate # 18, currently named Cornhill.
The 1907 map identifies an estate at Cornhill.
Snippet of the Parsons map of 1856 featuring Company's Quarter estate # 18, currently named Cornhill.
Parsons’ 1856 map depicts no structures in estate Cornhill.
Snippets of the Oxholm map of 1799 and the Lang updated to it of 1820 featuring Company's Quarter estate # 18, currently named Cornhill.
Oxholm’s 1799 map and the 1820 revision show a structure but nothing identifiable as a windmill in estate Tuites.
Snippets of the Mühlenfels map of 1790 & the Janssen map of 1791 featuring Company's Quarter estate # 18, currently named Cornhill. Snippets of the Oxholm map of 1799 and the Lang updated to it of 1820 featuring Company's Quarter estate # 18, currently named Cornhill.
The 1790 & 1791 manuscript maps after Beck by Mühlenfels & Janssen attribute ownership of estate 18 to Tuite & Stapelton in the north and Christopher McEvoy in the south.
Snippet of the Küffner map of 1767 featuring Company's Quarter estate # 18, currently named Cornhill.
The 1767 Küffner manuscript copy of Beck’s map depicts a settlement but no sugar mill and attributes ownership to Macwoy in the area of Cornhill.
Snippets of all 5 annotated Beck maps plus the 2 manuscript copies made from 1766 to 1770 featuring Company's Quarter estate # 18, currently named Cornhill.
Only two of the annotated maps and manuscript copies of Beck depict a windmill in estate 18, the 1766 annotated map and unsigned manuscript copy. The 1766 annotated map adds a windmill to the northern half of estate 18 owned by Christopher McEvoy, which may be explained as a misplacement of the windmill from estate 17 to the west. The unsigned manuscript copy adds the windmill to the southern half owned by G Heris & Tuit, which cannot be as easily explained because a windmill also appears in estate 17 on this map. These maps uniformly attribute ownership of the northern half of estate 18 to Christopher McEvoy, along with several other adjoining estates. All the maps attribute ownership of the southern half of estate 18 to George Harris and N. Tuite, with various spellings.
Snippets of both Beck maps printed in 1754 & circa 1757 featuring Company's Quarter estate # 18, currently named Cornhill.
Neither Beck printing shows a sugar mill icon in estate 18.
Snippet of the Cronenberg and von Jaegersberg map of 1750 featuring Company's Quarter estate # 18, currently named Cornhill.
The 1750 map by Cronenberg and von Jægersberg indicates provision cultivation in estate 18. Ownership attributed to Doctor Hall in the north and Ebenezer Coor in the south.
Snippet of the Lapointe map of 1671 featuring Company's Quarter estate # 18, currently named Cornhill.
During the French period, ownership in the Cornhill area is attributed to Briant.