Bellevue, Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands

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Bellevue
Bellevue (the U.S. Virgin Islands)
Coordinates: 17°44′52″N64°44′01″W / 17.74778°N 64.73361°W / 17.74778; -64.73361
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Island Saint Croix
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Bellevue is a settlement on the island of Saint Croix in the United States Virgin Islands. It is a western suburb of Christiansted. The geographic area is 140 acres of which the majority are forested. Of the 140 acres half 70 acres belong to the Bond family which since 1956 has owned a federally registered Caribbean Mahogany Reforestation Tree Farm. The property adjoins the Estate Thomas research property belonging to the International Institute for Tropical Forestry of the United States Forest Service. [1]

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John Charles Krause

Bellevue is a former sugar plantation (Company Quarter No. 35, Christiansteds Police District). In 1816, it had an area of 150 acres of which 79 acres in canes and 71 acres was under other cultivation. On 19 August 1822, it was sold by auction to Dicks & Clement, for Ps. 79,781. On 12 July 1824, it was sold at auction to the Royal Loan Commission, for Ps. 25,000. [2]

On 9 October 1826, it was sold by the Royal Loan Commission to John Charles Krause, for Ps. 72,289. John Charles Krause resided on the estate with his wife Mary and their six children at the time of the 1741 census. Another family member, M. W. Krause (aged 21), was then also registered as part of the household. [3] The first member of the Krause family to settle on St. Croix was Johan Gottfried Krause. The plantation Annaberg was also owned by the Krause family. [4]

On 8 January 1845, Bellevue was sold by auction to the Royal Treasury for Ps. 19,000. On 9 June 1846, ot was sold by the Royal Treasury to a partnersjip consisting of Capt. John Christmas, B. P. de Nully and W. de Nully, for Ps. 9000. The sugar vvorks were dismantled in 1846. [2]

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References

  1. United States Forest Service: Research Property: Estate Thomas
  2. 1 2 "Statistics regarding landed properties in the Island of St. Croix, St. Thomas and St. John" (PDF). kb.dk. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  3. "Folketælling - 1841 - St, Croix". salldata.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  4. "Re: Krause families". genealogy.com (in Danish). Retrieved 13 April 2023.