The National Library of Jamaica kept property surveys dating back to slavery. I emailed The N LJ a request for information or surveys relating to Cousin's Cove. I sent a postal order cost for approximately 12 pounds. Two months later I received, a copy of a map dating back to 1820 and a report that included detailed information about the proprietors, Richard and William Dickson. From the survey map I identified two things of interest:

I learnt that slaves used to bury their dead in the kitchen gardens, a practice which continued when slavery ceased. The shallow graves had been a mass burial ground.

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