Advice for categorization of Sawkins-176?

Question

I would like advice or may need help creating a new category for the profile of James Gay Sawkins. The category might be named something like Ship "General Smith" (July 14,1820 arrival). Sailing Havre to Baltimore, stopping in England.

Could I get help creating the new category? Or is there an existing category to use? Thank you!

Answer 1

To fulfil this request two categories need to be created. One for the ship - presumably the "General Smith", and a subcategory of that for the particular voyage.
In order to create the ship category, some details (with a source) are required. The existing category General Stewart (1801) illustrates the level of information needed. If you can supply that, then I can create the category for you.

Comments

Thank you,

I have very little information about the ship - just what is listed on the passenger manifest.

The name is "General Smith" and it was from the port of Baltimore. It sailed out of Havre, France, stopped in England, and arrived on July 14, 1820 in Baltimore, Maryland.

The image is available on Ancestry although the generated citation has a few errors such as the date.

*'''Passenger List''': "Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., Passenger Lists, 1820-1964"<br/>The National Archives At Washington, D.c.; Washington, D.c.; Records of the Us Customs Service, Rg36; NAI Number: 2655153; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787-2004; Record Group Number: 85<br/>{{Ancestry Sharing|9127295|7b22746f6b656e223a2235636279684e6b664f6e31426a444f4346693959626c4c7a32795946444d474738627559687736614a2f553d222c22746f6b656e5f76657273696f6e223a225632227d}} - {{Ancestry Record|8679|1600605}} (accessed 16 January 2024)<br/>Port of Arrival: Baltimore, Maryland; Gender: Male; Ship Name: Various Vessels; Birth Date: 1805; Arrival Quarter: Jan, Feb, Mar; Arrival Date: Mar 1820; Name: J Sawkins; Port of Departure: Haore; Age: 15.

The compiled information is available on Family Search:

* '''Passenger List''': "Maryland, Baltimore Passenger Lists Index, 1820-1897"<br/>citing NARA microfilm publication M327 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 417,343<br/>{{FamilySearch Record|QV9F-P8RK}} (accessed 16 January 2024)<br/>{{FamilySearch Image|3QS7-L98X-JPKS}}<br/>Ship Name: General Smith; Immigration Date: 1820; Dasverify: 17-JUN-14; Birth Date: 1805; Birth Place: England; Immigration Place: Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States; Name: James Sawkins; Age: 15.

There was a court case involving lack of payment for repairs to the ship in 1819.

https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/17/438/

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep017/usrep017438/usrep017438.pdf