CLYNE RESIDENTS 1849
During 2006 Bill O’Brien, Brora, visited the Factor’s Office, Sutherland Estates, in Golspie and although they do not appear to have much in there nowadays Bill was most fortunate to be shown a hand-written book from 1849 containing all the folks who lived in Clyne then. With permission Bill returned with his camera and photographed each page of this large book. He has now kindly passed it to me to be used as an open source of information for those seeking family history information in Clyne.
For many entries there is great detail of the type of house they lived in, what it was built with, who built it, who paid for it and even who the current tenant succeeded in the tenancy. Unfortunately towards the end there is little more than a list of names leading me to believe that possibly there is a second book yet to be found!
I have transcribed the following details from Bill’s photographs with the greatest care but if there should be any errors please do not hesitate to tell me and they will be corrected. This is rather a large document but one which is rich in content!
Many thanks to Bill and to Sutherland Estates.
PARISH OF CLYNE RESIDENTS in NOVEMBER & DECEMBER 1849
Schedule of the contents and estimated annual value of the lots in the townships together with some of the statements made by the tenants to the Surveyor who asked the following questions:
Date of entry, what he paid outgoing tenant and for what
Description of house, by whom built, when built
The lots are shown here by the number given on the original document which states “as per the map”. However the map has not yet been found. An index to this section can be viewed HERE. A PDF file you may if you wish save it to your own computer for later study.
TOWNSHIP OF DOLL
1 JANE CHISHOLM – succeeded her husband JAMES POPE who entered about the year 1816. He was the first tenant in the lot. The houses were all built by him of stone and clay and fronted with lime and thatched with straw all at him own cost and were all now in good condition.
2 JOHN ROSS - 2 lots – succeeded his mother at her death, 10 years ago. She and his father held the lot for about 20 years before then. The houses are built of stone and clay and fronted with lime, thatched partly with straw and party with divots. The dwelling house is old. It was built at the expense of the Duchess Countess for Doctor? Forbes but is still in middling good condition – offices which were built by himself since his entry are also in a good state of repairs.
3 WILLIAM MACRAE – succeeded his father 3 years ago – does not know the date of his father’s entry. The dwelling house was built by his father of stone and clay – pointed with lime – offices which are built of dry stones and pointed with lime were bought by his father at his entry but he does not know what he paid for them. All the houses are thatched with straw and in rather good repair.
4 ROBERT GRANT, Ground Officer – succeeded ELSPAT GORDON two years ago – he pays no rent – the houses are in a ruinous state/
5 HUGH MURRAY x 2 lots – succeeded ALEXANDER MACLEOD who went to America 19 years ago. Paid Macleod £16 for the houses and £6 for the croft. The dwelling house is built of stone and clay and fronted with lime. Offices of dry stones and all thatched with straw and are now in good state of repair. Second lot was from the widow of JAMES SUTHERLAND.
6 JANET ROSS (lately deceased and succeeded by her daughter ELSPAT SUTHERLAND) succeeded her husband DONALD SUTHERLAND who was first tenant of the lot) 15 years ago – present dwelling house was built 8 years ago by Janet Ross of stone and clay, fronted with lime and thatched with divots, for which she got timber from the proprietor. Byre and stable (which are old and now almost ruinous) are of dry stones built by her husband long ago.
7 ALEXANDER SUTHERLAND jnr? - succeeded his uncle JOHN MACRAE about 11 years ago. The houses were built by his uncle (a good while before, cannot say how long) of stone and lime and thatched with straw and are now in good repair.
8 JAMES MACKAY (Bain) – got possession of his lot 20 years ago. He was first tenant in it. Houses then built by him at his sole cost – of stones and clay – thatched partly with straw and partly with divots.
9 ISABELLA ROSS – succeeded her grandmother, ISABELLA MATHESON, 4 years ago – the houses were built by her grandmother (but does not know how long ago) at her own cost, except that she got 20 shillings from the Duchess Countess for building a chimney. The dwelling house is clay built and the other house dry stone walls, thatched partly with straw and partly with divots – all badly built and now in a bad state of repair.
10 MARGARET GILCHRIST – got possession of her lot about 26 years ago. She was the first tenant in it – the houses were put up by her shortly after she entered, only she got timber from the proprietor for them – the dwelling house is clay built and byre and stable dry stone walls – all thatched with straw and are at present in middling good repair.
11 BETTY MATHESON – got her lot about 29 years ago – the houses were built at her sole expense – they are of stone and clay and pointed with lime and thatched with straw – and at present in good order.
12 HUGH MURRAY – succeeded Widow SUTHERLAND About 7 years ago. The dwelling houses then on the lot were in a ruinous state and 5 years ago he built, at his own cost, a good large two storied house of stone and lime and slated, which cost him at least £150 exclusive of hi own labour in carting materials etc. the offices are those he got in the place – he cannot say how old they are – the walls are of stone and clay pointed with lime and roof covered with tiles to which he has lately made some repair and they are at present in good condition.
13 WILLIAM MELVILLE - succeeded WILLIAM SUTHERLAND who went to America about 22 years ago – paid William Sutherland £11 for getting the lot and for a small patch of potatoes and a little spot of bere. No house on the lot then but a ruinous dwelling house which he used for one year only he was obliged to rebuild it. The present dwelling house is the third that he has built since he came to the lot – it is of stone and clay and partly lime and the byre and stable are of stone and clay and all thatched with straw and all at present in middling good repair.
14 NEIL MACBEATH - succeeded his father JAMES MACBEATH who was first tenant of the lot - about 16 years ago. The houses were built by the Duchess Countess for his father and mother. The dwelling house which is built of stone and clay and pointed with lime and thatched with straw is in tolerable repair but the byre and stable are in ruinous but he intends to rebuild both immediately for which purpose he has already got timber from the proprietor.
15 JANET DEMPSTER – succeeded her father JAMES DEMPSTER about 40 years ago – the present houses were built by her about 20 years since of stone and clay and lime and thatched with straw – but they are now in a bad state of repair.
16 MARGARET MACDONALD – succeeded her father PETER MACDONALD who was first tenant in the lot about 8 years ago – the houses were built by her father about 30 years ago – the dwelling house of stone and clay and pointed with lime and thatched with straw. The byre and stable of dry stones thatched with divots. All the houses are at present in a tolerable repair.
17 JOHN MACKAY – succeeded ALEXANDER GRAHAM who went to America about 19 years ago – paid Graham £20 for the houses and £20 besides for crop and other things. The dwelling house is built of stone and clay and thatched with straw. The byre and stable of dry stones thatched with divots – all the houses are at present in middling good repair.
18 JANE MATHESON – succeeded her husband WILLIAM SUTHERLAND who was the first tenant of the lot about 3 years ago. The houses were built by her husband at his own cost upwards of 20 years ago – the swelling house of stone and lime and byre and stable of dry stones all thatched with straw and all at present in good repair.
19 ELSPAT GRAHAM – succeeded her mother, CATHERINE MURRAY, at her death 15 years ago – the houses were built by her mother for which she got timber from the proprietor – but they have been repaired by her since her mother’s death and she paid for the timber used in the repairs – the dwelling house is built of stone and clay and thatched with divots – the byre and stable of dry stones also thatched with divots and all of them at present in good condition.
20 ROBERT MACKENZIE – entered his lot about 29 years ago and was the first tenant in it. The present dwelling house was built about 8 years ago of stone and lime and clay and thatched with straw and is the third house he has built since his entry at his own expenses except that he got some lime from the proprietor. The byre and stable are also built of stone and clay and thatched with divots. All the houses are at present in good condition.
21 JOHN SUTHERLAND (Gair) – first tenant in the lot – does not recollect the date of his entry. The hoses were built by him shortly after he entered – all of stone and clay – the dwelling house thatched with straw and byre and stable with divots and all of them is good repair.
22 CATHERINE SUTHERLAND (Ross on G - - - ) – got her lot 30 years ago – her father possessed land at the Doll before her but he died 40 years ago. There is no house on the lot now. She married 28 years ago and went to live with her husband WILLIAM GUNN who has a house in Brora. The house on the lot at that time was merely a black hut of no value which she pulled down and hinched ? the site of it.
23 THOMAS MACKENZIE – succeeded JAMES MACLEOD 20 years ago. Paid Macleod £11.10 for the houses which were then old having been built upwards of 50 years ago by DONALD BRUCE who occupied the lot before Macleod. The dwelling house is built of stone and clay and thatched with straw. The byre and stable of dry stones thatched with divots – he made no repairs on any of the houses since he got them except new roofing the byre and putting glass windows in the dwelling house. The are all now in a frail ruinous state.
24 ALEXANDER GRAHAM - fiddler – succeeded ELSPAT CUTHBERT widow of ALEXANDER SUTHERLAND, about 8 years ago. The houses were built by Sutherland upwards of 60 years ago and are now almost in ruins.
25 ANGUS SUTHERLAND (Martin) – succeeded his mother MARGARET SUTHERLAND about 13 years ago. The houses which are of dry stones with cupples rising from the ground, were built by his father at his own cost upwards of 30 years ago, and are now all in a frail and ruinous state.
26 JOHN MACBEATH – got possession 12 years ago of the house left vacant by HUGH SUTHERLAND who went to America for which he, John Macbeath, paid nothing and which he has since occupied rent free. But 4 years ago he got a lot of work land adjoining the house which he is now improving and for which he pays 2 shillings a year rent. The house is built of stone and clay and thatched with divots at present in very bad condition.
27 JANE SUTHERLAND – succeeded her mother, MARGARET SUTHERLAND, widow of ROBERT SUTHERLAND about 6 years ago – the houses then on the lot, which were built by her father about 30 years ago, became ruinous, and she built a new dwelling house of stone and clay and lime and thatched with straw, 3 years ago. Old byre and stables still used but they are quite ruinous.
28 JOHN MATHESON – got possession of his lot in 1823. He was the first tenant in it and built a dwelling house of stone and lime, and also a byre, in 1825, at his own expense, except that he got some timer for the byre from the proprietor. The houses are thatched with straw and in good condition now.
29 ADAM SUTHERLAND – first tenant in the lot – entered it 30 years ago – built dwelling house and office then at his sole expense, of stone and clay and thatched with straw – they are almost in a ruinous state now.
30 JOHN MELVILLE – entered his lot upwards of 30 years ago – it was all waste land. He built his houses then of dry stones at his own cost and 3 years ago he built a new dwelling house of stone and lime mixed with clay and thatched with straw. It is a good house but he cannot state what it cost him. The old dwelling house he had converted into a barn but it and the byre and stable being all old and built of dry stones are now in bad repair.
31 ALEXANDERINA GLASS – succeeded her aunt ISABELLA BAILLIE, widow of GEORGE SUTHERLAND, five years ago – and 3 years ago she built a new dwelling house of stone and lime and slated which cost her at least £100. The old house which was built of dry stones she converted into a byre but it is in a ruinous state.
32 ALEXANDER SUTHERLAND – succeeded his mother JANE MURRAY about 10 years ago. His father was the first tenant in the lot which he entered 30 years ago. The present houses were built by his mother 12 year ago of stone and clay and thatched partly with straw and partly with divots. She got timber for them from the proprietor. The former houses which were built by his father, who also got timber from the proprietor, became ruinous.
33 JOHN SUTHERLAND McHamish – entered his lot, which was then all waste, about 28 years ago. The dwelling house and offices which were then built by him at his own cost of dry stones thatched partly with straw and partly with divots are still in tolerable repair.
34 ELLEN MURRAY – succeeded her mother ISABEL MACKAY about 2 years ago. Her father ALEXANDER MURRAY, was the first tenant in the lot. He died about 20 years ago. The houses were built by him for which he got timbers from the proprietor. They are now almost ruinous.
35 ALEXANDER GILCHRIST – entered his lot which was then all waste about 30 years ago. The houses were then built by him at his own cost, of stone and clay mixed with lime and thatched partly with straw and partly with divots and are still in good condition.
36 ELIZABETH ANDERSON – succeeded her husband ALEXANDER SUTHERLAND who got possession of the ground 52 years ago – it was all waste then. Her husband died 37 years ago – he paid no rent. The present houses were built by her about 20 years since. The dwelling house of stone and clay and pointed with lime and byre of dry stones pointed with lime – all thatched partly with straw and partly with divots – all at present in good repair.
37 ANDREW SUTHERLAND – got possession 12 year ago of a house formerly occupied by GEORGE REID, for which he paid £6 but it was so old and ruinous that he was under the necessity of building a new house 4 years ago at his own expenses, only that he got a few cabers? For it from the proprietor. The new house is built of straw and clay and some lime and thatched with heather and now in good condition – byre of dry stones pointed with lime and thatched with divots – it was only after he built the house that he got the land – then chiefly waste for which he paid 5 shilling a year – this ground was before then possessed as pasture by ALEXANDER GILCHRIST.
38 GEORGE GRAHAM – entered his lot 20 years ago – it was then all waste – the houses were built by him at his own cost – the dwelling house is built of stone and clay and pointed with lime and thatched with broom – the byre of dry stones and thatched with divots – both at present in bad repair.
39 WILLIAM MACDONALD – succeeded ELIZABETH BAILLIE 5 years ago and paid the heirs of Elizabeth Baillie £2 for the houses which are very bad.
40 DONALD SUTHERLAND, Colin – succeeded DAVID ROSS who went to America 20 years ago – paid Ross £7 for the houses to which he has made considerable repairs since, but they are still in bad condition – they are built of dry stones and thatched partly with straw and partly with divots.
41 ALEXANDER SUTHERLAND, Og – has been in possession of his lot for upwards of 40 years – he built the first houses at his own cost but a new dwelling house was built for him by the Duke 4 years ago - the new house is built of stone and lime and thatched with heather – old byre and stable built of dry stones and pointed with lime, are still in good repair.
42 NELLY SUTHERLAND – has had her lot upwards of 40 years – house of turf, built at her own expense now almost in ruins.
43 ANN SUTHERLAND – has had her lot for 50 years – same description of house as Nelly Sutherland but still more ruinous.
44 JOHN SUTHERLAND senior – entered his lot 28 years ago. The houses were built at his own expense except that he got timber from the proprietor for the byre and stable. The houses are all built of stone and clay and thatched with straw. The walls are still in good condition but the roofs are in a decayed state.
45 CATHERINE MELVILLE – Catherine scored out on the actual listing and Francis put in but in the report of the state of the lot he refers to Catherine – succeeded her mother BETTY MUNRO 6 years ago – her mother entered the lot 28 years ago. The houses were built the the Duchess Countess for her mother but they now almost in ruin and a new dwelling house in is course of building by her brother FRANCIS MELVILLE for her and himself. The walls which are of stone and lime are just completed.
46 ADAM SUTHERLAND – succeeded his father, JOHN SUTHERLAND, 3 years ago. His father was the first tenant in the lot which he entered upwards of 40 years ago. The houses were built by his father when he entered. The dwelling house is built of stone and clay and the offices chiefly of dry stones. All thatched with straw but the roof of all are now in a bad state of decay.
47 THOMAS ROSS – succeeded his father who was the first tenant in the lot upwards of 20 years ago. The present houses were built shortly after his father’s death by him (Thomas Ross) at his own cost and 2 years ago he built an addition to the dwelling house. All the houses are of stone and clay and thatched with straw and heather and are at present in good condition.
48 ELIZABETH MACPHERSON – entered her lot upwards of 30 years ago – she was the first tenant in it – she built the house at her entry and got timbers for it from the proprietor and it was repaired lately when she got timber likewise – it is built of stone and clay and thatched with straw.
49 JOHN MACDONALD – succeeded NELLY SUTHERLAND 16 years ago. He built the houses and got the timber from the proprietor – dwelling house built of stone and clay and byre of dry stone – thatched with straw and divot and now in bad repair.
50 ADAM FRASER – succeeded CATHERINE MUNRO 16 years ago. Paid £12 for the houses which are built partly of stone and clay and partly of dry stones – all thatched with divot and are still in tolerable repair.
51 GORDON ELPHINSTONE – entered 30 years ago – he was the first tenant in the lot – built a new dwelling house a year ago as the old one was getting ruinous – the hew house is of stone and clay and thatched with divot – the byre is old and in bad repair – got the timber for the new house from the proprietor and does not recollect whether or not he got any for the old house.
52 ALEXANDER GRAHAM, Lam – entered 30 years ago. He was the first tenant in the lot – houses built of stone and clay and thatched with straw – got the timber from the proprietor – they are now old and in bad repair.
53 ANGUS SUTHERLAND, Bain – entered 30 years ago – he was the first tenant in the lot which was all waste land then – the first houses became ruinous and he built a new dwelling house 3 years ago of stone and clay and pointed with lime and thatched with heather which cost him, besides his own labour, £10. he built a new barn a year before he built the house which cost him £4. the barn is built of stone and clay and thatched with divot. He got neither timber nor lime from the proprietor.
54 ISABEL ROSS – succeeded her father, WILLIAM ROSS, who was the first tenant in the lot 4 years ago – the houses then on the lot which were built by her father, were old and ruinous and she has built a new dwelling house since, which has cost her £10 besides her own l- - - - - - and getting timber for it from the proprietor. It is built of stone and clay and thatched with divot – byre and stable are old and in bad repair.
55 CATHERINE MURRAY – succeeded from her husband JOHN SUTHERLAND who died 2 years ago – he was the first tenant in the lot and entered about 30 years ago – the present houses were built by him. The dwelling house was built 10 years ago of stone and clay – the byre and stable a few years before also of stone and clay and all are thatched with straw and in good condition. And there is a small corner of this lot occupied by MARION SUTHERLAND Gow, rent free which she has had for 21 years. She built a house on it at her own expense of dry stones, thatched with straw which is now in good condition.
56 JOHN SUTHERLAND, Pensioner – entered his lot 20 years ago – houses built then and cost him £20. he got no timber for them from the proprietor – the dwelling house is built of stone and clay and thatched with straw – and the byre of dry stones thatched with divots – both in good repair.
57 WILLIAM SUTHERLAND entered his lot 13 year ago. He then married the widow of ALEXANDER SUTHERLAND who was the first tenant in the lot and who died 2 years before then – the houses were built by Alexander Sutherland about 25 years ago at his own cost. They are built of dry stones pointed with lime and thatched with straw – all now in good condition having had some considerable repairs done to them 3 years ago.
58 ISABELLA MELVILLE, widow of GEORGE ROSS – succeeded her husband 26 years ago – her husband entered the lot 28 years ago – the houses which she now occupies were built by her husband shortly after his entry of dry stones and thatched with divots – they are now old and frail. She built a new dwelling house 4 years ago but it has not yet been finished inside and consequently not yet inhabited – it is built of stone and clay, pointed with lime and thatched with straw.
59 GEORGE MACKAY, cooper – entered his lot 22 years ago – he was the first tenant in it – first dwelling house built by him failed and the second also – the present dwelling house was built only a year ago – it is a good house built of stone and clay, thatched with divots and cost him £7.10 shillings besides his own labour and - - - timber which he got from the proprietor. Byre and stable are old but still in good condition.
60 GEORGE ELPHINSTONE – entered at Whit 1849 – lot all cultivated moor – dwelling house newly built at his own expense of stone and lime and thatched with divots – cost £12.10 shillings – mason work – got some timbers for it from the proprietor.
61 WILLIAM GUNN – succeeded his father in law ALEXANDER MELVILLE about 20 years ago – the houses were built by his father in law about 30 years ago of stone and clay and thatched with divots – he got no timber from the proprietor for them – they are all now in bad repair.
62 BETTY GRANT, widow of ALEXANDER MACKAY – succeeded her husband 16 years ago. Her husband was in the lot for 20 years before then. The present dwelling house was built 10 years ago of stone and clay, thatched partly with straw and partly with divots and are all at present in good condition.
63 ELSPAT SUTHERLAND, widow of GILBERT GRAHAM – succeeded her husband at his death 3 years ago – her husband entered the lot about 50 years ago – present dwelling house was built 4 year ago of stone and clay and pointed with lime, thatched with straw. Got timber for it from the proprietor – the byre and stable are old and in bad repair.
64 MARGARET SUTHERLAND, widow of JOHN SUTHERLAND – entered her lot about 30 years ago – she built the houses then which are of dry stones, thatched partly with straw and partly with divots and now in a very frail state.
65 CATHERINE CAMERON widow of WILLIAM SUTHERLAND – succeeded her husband who died 2 years ago – and who succeeded his father about 22 years ago – the present houses were built by her husband about 12 years ago – the dwelling house of stone and clay, thatched with straw, the roof of which is now getting frail – the byre and barn are of dry stones thatched with divots – now in bad repair.
TOWNSHIP OF BRORA EAST MUIR
December 1849
66 DONALD GUNN – succeeded ALEXANDER MACKAY about 18 years ago – houses built by Alexander Mackay about 30 years since. The dwelling house of stone and clay with red tiled roof – offices of stone and clay and thatched with divots – the house belong to the proprietor – they were purchased by him from Mackay about 20 years ago – does not know what was paid for them – they are not now in good state of repair – roofs are getting rotten.
67 BARBARA MACLEOD, widow of HUGH FRASER – succeeded her husband about 8 years ago and he succeeded ALEXANDER GUNN who went ot America 18 years ago. The dwelling house, which is of stone and clay is thatched partly with straw and partly with divots, was build by Gunn but she cannot say how long ago – her husband paid Gunn £25 for the house – the byre and barn were build by her 3 years ago of stone and clay and thatched with divots – the dwelling house in now getting frail and in bad repair – she has a small lot at lower Dalchallam.
68 WILLIAM MACDONALD succeeded JOSEPH BRUCE about 18 years ago. Paid Bruce £12 for the dwelling house which was built about 26 years ago by Mr Scott, who had then the Farm of East Brora – it is built of stone and clay and thatched with divots and is still in good condition – barn he built himself 5 years ago of stone and clay and thatched with divots.
69 WILLIAM MACPHERSON succeeded ALEXANDER MURRAY 15 years ago. Paid Alexander Murray £10 for the dwelling house with is built of stone and clay and thatched with divots and now about 30 years old – he gave it some repair last year but it is still in bad condition – offices built by him 2 years ago of dry stones thatched with divots.
70 MARGARET MACDONALD – succeeded her husband GEORGE MURRAY 21 years ago and her husband entered the lot 27 years ago – he built the houses then - the dwelling house of stone and clay, thatched with straw and the offices of dry stones thatched with divots – the dwelling house is now in a frail state. The offices were repaired lately and are at present in good condition – does not know whether her husband got timber from the proprietor for the houses or not.
71 WILLIAM MACKENZIE – succeeded JOHN BAILLIE at Whitsunday last – he has to pay for the dwelling house which is valued at £12 – it was built by Baillie about 27 years ago of stone and clay and repaired by the Duke 2 years ago and now in good condition – it is thatched with divots – no offices worth mentioning.
72 WILLIAM SUTHERLAND – entered his lot 30 years ago – he built the houses then and got timbers for them form the proprietor but he repaired them 10 years ago at his own cost and they are now in good condition – they are all built of stone and clay – the dwelling house thatched with straw and offices with divots.
73 JAMES MURRAY – entered his lot 28 years ago – he was the first tenant in it – he built the dwelling house and offices when he entered of stone and clay pointed with lime and thatched with straw and divot. Got timbers for the dwelling house from the proprietor – the houses are at present in good condition.
74 ALEXANDER MACKAY – succeeded his mother 7 year ago and she succeeded his father 11 years ago – the houses were built by his father at the time he entered the lot about 28 years ago – they are built of stone and clay and thatched with straw and are in good condition except that the timber of the roofs is getting - - - frail and decayed – he thinks his father got no timber from the proprietor for the houses – he as a small lot also at Lower Achrimsdale?
75 WILLIAM MACKAY – succeeded ? MACKAY about 18 years ago – there was no house on the lot when he entered but he built a dwelling house then at his own cost – got no timber from the proprietor for house – built of stone and clay and thatched with straw and is now in tolerable good condition. There are no offices of any sort.
76 ROBERT MURRAY – entered his lot about 28 years of age – built dwelling house and office then – got timber for them from the proprietor – they are all built of stone and clay – his dwelling house thatched with straw and the offices with divots – his land is in two separate pieces on lot.
77 GEORGE MURRAY – entered 28 years ago – built the house then all of stone and clay – dwelling house thatched with straw and offices with divots – got timbers from the proprietor for the houses and all are at present in good repair – he has a small lot also at Lower Dalchallam.
78 LUCY SUTHERLAND – succeeded her mother 13 years ago – the house was built by the Duchess Countess of dry stones and pointed with lime and thatched with straw and in now in good repair.
79 JAMES MURRAY – succeeded his grandfather in law WILLIAM MURRAY, who was the first tenant in the lot 10 years ago – the houses were built my William Murray about 23 years ago of stone and lime – the dwelling house thatched with straw and the offices with divots and are at present in tolerable repair – he has also a small lot of Lower Dalchallam.
80 JANE MURRAY - got her lot 27 years ago – built the house 16 years ago of stone and clay and thatched with straw and got timber for it from the proprietor – she has also a small lot at Lower Dalchallam – pays no rent.
81 GEORGE CALDER – entered his lot about 12 years ago – built the houses then of stone and clay and thatched with straw at his own expense – they are now in bad repair.
82 JOHN MATHESON – entered 29 years ago – built the houses entirely at his own cost of stone and clay and some lime and thatched with straw – but when he repaired them 8 years ago he got timbers for the purpose from the proprietors and they are all at present in good condition – he has a small lot of Lower Dalchallam also.
83 JOHN CAMPBELL – succeeded about 12 years ago, DAVID CAMPBELL, who removed – the houses were built by David Campbell and he paid him £22 for them – they are built of stone and clay and thatched with straw and all at present in good condition – he has a lot of Lower Dalchallam also.
84 HELEN MACKAY – succeeded from her husband GEORGE SUTHERLAND 24 years ago – and he entered the lot about 30 years ago – the houses were built by him at this own cost when he entered but the dwelling house became ruinous and it was found necessary to rebuilt it this season – substantially of stone and lime and is thatched in the meantime with divots only but intended to be thatched with straw as soon as possible – all at her own expense. The old offices are still in good repair – she possesses a small lot in Lower Dalchallam.
85 MURDOCH MACDONALD – succeeded CATHERINE MACDONALD who was first tenant of the lot at Whitsunday last – paid £12 for the houses at his entry – houses are built of stone and clay and thatched with divots – he has had some repairs done to the dwelling house this season and the offices are still in tolerable repair – he has also a small lot at Lower Dalchallam.
86 JOHN MURRAY – entered into possession 29 years ago – built the house then of stone and lime and thatched with straw and got the timber from the proprietor for them – but he repaired them at his own expense about 6 years ago – and they are now in tolerable good condition – he has hi land in three lots – here at Brora East Muir and at Lower Dalchallam.
87 JOHN HAMILTON – entered 29 years ago – he built the houses then which are all of stone and clay – the dwelling house is at present in good repair but the offices are not so good – he possesses also a small lot of Lower Dalchallam.
88 WILLIAM SUTHERLAND junior – succeeded his mother 2 years ago and she succeeded his father ALEXANDER SUTHERLAND 20 years ago – houses built by his father of stone and lime – the dwelling house thatched with straw and the offices with divots – he had them repaired lately and got timber for the purpose from the proprietors and they are now in good condition. Has a small lot of Lower Dalchallam. His mother paid no rent during her time but he does now.
89 JOHN MATHESON – entered 30 years ago – built all the houses at his own cost – they are of stone and clay, thatched partly with straw and partly with divots and are now in good condition. He possesses also a small lot at Lower Dalchallam. His rent was reduced about 12 years ago because some ground was taken from them for play ground to the school.
90 JOHN GRANT – this small lot in which there are no houses is possessed by John Grant residing in Brora East.
TOWNSHIP OF DALCHALLAM (Dalchalm)
December 1849
91 BETTY HAMILTON – succeeded her husband WILLIAM SUTHERLAND 25 years ago – the houses were built by her husband about 29 years ago – all of stone and clay and thatched with straw – dwelling house was repaired 5 years ago for which purpose timber was got from the proprietor and they are all at present in tolerable good repair – her land is in two lots – her rent was reduced 10 or 12 years ago as an allowance for surface damaged caused when making a road through her lot.
92 JEAN SUTHERLAND – succeeded her husband JOHN GORDON 14 years ago – her husband entered the lot about 29 years ago and built the houses 27 years ago – the dwelling house is built of stone and clay and thatched with straw and offices of dry stones thatched with divots and both at present in bad state of repair – this rent was also reduced due to the road being built through the lot.
93 ANN MACKAY – succeeded her husband, GEORGE GUNN, 21 years ago – the houses were built by her husband one only before he died – the dwelling house is built of stone and clay and lime and the offices of stone and clay only – all thatched with straw – the dwelling house was repaired last year and the offices were entirely rebuilt 6 years ago – both are now in good condition – timber for the house at first and also for the repairs was got from the proprietors. Her rent was reduced about 20 years ago as an allowance for loss of ground occasioned in making an open watercourse through the lot – her lot is in two separate pieces.
94 CATHERINE GUNN – succeeded her husband, GEORGE MACKAY, 13 years ago – her husband built the houses about 29 years ago of stone and clay and thatched with straw and divots – got timber for these form the proprietor – she had the house repaired at her own cost 6 years ago and they are now in good condition – rent was reduced due to an open drain and the road being built through the lot.
95 NORMAN MACKAY – entered 26 years ago – built the houses all at his own cost of stone and clay and thatched with straw and are at present in good condition. Lot in two separate pieces.
96 ALEXANDER MACLEAN – succeeded his father in law, ALEXANDER MACKAY, 3 years ago – his father in law was the first tenant in the lot and built the houses at his own expense but they became ruinous and he had to rebuild them all last year at his won cost – the dwelling house of stone and lime and offices of stone and clay and both are thatched with divots. He has past of his land at Lower Achrimsdale.
97 GEORGE MACDONALD – entered 29 years ago – built the houses at his own cost 27 years ago – only that he got a few caber ? from the proprietor – the houses are built of stone and clay with some lime mixed – and thatched with straw and divot – all repaired lately and are at present in good condition – the land is in two separate lots.
98 JANET MACPHERSON – succeeded her brother DONALD MACPHERSON who was the first tenant in the lot 2 years ago – the houses were built by her brother at his own cost 29 years ago of stone and clay and thatched with straw – the dwelling house and barn are in good repair – byre not good – her land is in two separate lots.
99 ALEXANDER MURRAY – succeeded JAMES MACPHERSON who removed to Rogart about 12 years ago – the houses were built by James Macpherson and he paid him £20 for them – they are built of stone and clay and thatched with straw – dwelling house in good condition – offices not good – his land is in two separate lots.
100 DONALD CAMPBELL – succeeded his father ALEXANDER CAMPBELL a year ago – his father was the first tenant of the lot – and he built the houses 30 years ago of stone and clay and thatched with straw – they have had no repairs to signify since and they are now in bad condition – hi land is in two separate lots.
101 DONALD MACKAY – succeeded his father ALEXANDER MACKAY 3 years ago – his father was the first tenant in the lot and built the houses at his own cost about 27 years ago – of stone and clay and thatched with straw – they have got no repairs since and are now in bad condition – his land is in two separate lots.
102 JANE CAMERON – succeeded her husband JOHN SUTHERLAND five years ago and he succeeded his father in law RODERICK CAMERON 18 years ago – the houses were built by Roderick Cameron about 18 years ago of stone and clay and thatched with straw and having go no repair done to them since they are now in bad conditions – she does not know whether or not the timber for the houses was given by the proprietor. The lot is in two separate pieces.
103 NEIL GRANT – entered about 29 years ago and built the houses then at his own cost of stone and clay and thatched with straw – the dwelling house is still in good repair – the offices are getting frail in the roofs – lot in two separate pieces.
104 DONALD GUNN – entered about 28? Years ago – houses built then of stone and clay with some lime mixed – the dwelling house thatched with straw and offices with divots – he got timer for them from the proprietor – the houses were all new roofed 3 years ago – got timber from the proprietor for the dwelling house but he paid for what he required for the offices – his land is in two separate lots.
105 ELSPETH SUTHERLAND – succeeded her husband JOHN SUTHERLAND, 7 years ago – he built the houses about 28 years ago of stone and clay and thatched with bent and broom – does not know whether he got timber for them from the proprietor or not – they have got no repair since they were built and are now almost in ruin – her land Is in two separate lots.
106 JANET MUNRO – widow of JOHN LESLIE entered 20 years ago – she built the houses then at her own cost – of stone and clay and thatched with straw and heather – she repaired them about 8 years ago and got timber from the proprietor for the purpose – they are not in good condition at present – her land is in two separate lots.
107 WILLIAM MUNRO – got his lot 5 years ago – there is no house on it but he built a house on widow Leslie’s lot 2 years before he got the lot, which he still occupies – it is built of stone and clay mixed with lime and thatched with straw – he got timber for it from the proprietor – he built a byre and bar of cat ? and clay and wooden standards and thatched with divots – and all the houses are at present in good condition.
108 JOHN MELVILLE – entered 29 years ago – he built the houses then of stone and clay and thatched with straw – got timber for them from the proprietor – the dwelling house is now in a very frail state – the byre and barn were repaired lately – his land is in two lots.
109 BETTY MURRAY – lately deceased – succeeded her husband WILLIAM SUTHERLAND, 8 years ago – the houses were built by William Sutherland about 28 years ago of stone and clay and thatched with divots and are still in ordinary good condition – she possessed two lots at Dalchallam and two at Lower Achrimsdale.
110 ISABELLA URQUHART – widow of JOHN MUNRO – succeeded HUGH ROSS who went to America about 25 years ago – the houses were built by Hugh Ross – they are of stone and clay, thatched with straw – she paid Ross £11 for the houses and crop at her entry – she cannot say how much of it for the houses – the houses are now frail and in bad condition – two years after she entered she got an additional lot.
111 ALEXANDER GILCHRIST – entered about 30 years ago – bought the dwelling house from JOHN SUTHERLAND who went to America for £8 – built the barn and byre himself – got no timber from the proprietor – the houses are built of stone and clay and thatched with straw and divots – dwelling house and bar in tolerable good condition considering that they are 30 years old, and never had any repairs given them – they byre is in bad condition – he has two lots.
112 ALEXANDER GILCHRIST Cairn? – succeeded WILLIAM SUTHERLAND who removed to the Doll about 12 years ago – paid Sutherland £8 for the houses that were almost in ruins and he had to rebuild the whole of them 4 years ago – got some timbers for them from the proprietor – they are all built of stone and clay – the swelling house thatched with straw and offices with divots and all of them in good condition – he has two lots.
113 ALEXANDER MACKENZIE – entered 30 years ago – built his houses then and got timbers for them from the proprietor – they are built of stone and clay and thatched with divots – the dwelling house was repaired lately but he paid for the timber needed – offices in bad repair.
114 WILLIAM MACKAY – succeeded his father JOHN MACKAY about 12 years ago – his father was the first tenant in the lot and entered about 30 years ago – the first houses were built by his father when he entered at his own cost but then got ruinous and rebuilt 3 years ago of stone and clay and are thatched partly with straw and partly with divots – got timber - - - - from the proprietor for the dwelling house but paid for what was needed for the barn and byre – all the houses are now in good condition.
TOWNSHIP OF ACHRIMSDALE
December 1849
115 JANET GILCHRIST – succeeded her husband JOHN MACDONALD about 13 years ago – the houses were built by her husband about 30 years ago – got the timber from the proprietor – they are built of stone and clay and thatched with straw and divots – the dwelling house is still in good condition except that the roof is getting rather frail – the offices are bad – she has a small lot of Upper Achrimsdale – detached from the rest of her land.
116 WILLIAM MACKAY, Bone Setter – succeeded the Widow of GILBERT SUTHERLAND about 4 years ago – paid £16 for the houses to the heirs of Widow Sutherland – he repaired the dwelling house since and rebuilt the barn and byre – got timber for the purpose from the proprietor – the houses are all now in good condition.
117 JOHN GRANT – succeeded JOHN SUTHERLAND who went to America about 20 years ago – paid Sutherland £17 for the houses and has since built an addition to the dwelling house – the dwelling house is built of stone and clay and thatched with straw and is now in good condition – the offices are built of dry stones and thatched with divots and now in bad condition.
118 CHARLES CONNAN – succeeded WILLIAM MACKENZIE who removed to Brora East Muir at Whitsunday last – the houses were built by HUGH FRASER who preceded Mackenzie – paid £29 for the houses to the heirs of Hugh Fraser and lately repaired the dwelling house at his own cost – all the houses are built of stone and clay and thatched with divots and at present in good condition.
119 ROBERT MACKAY – entered 21 years ago – he built the houses then – got timber for them from the proprietor – they are built of stone and clay and thatched with heather and straw and still in good condition except that the timber of the roofs is beginning to fail.
120 ISABELLA MACDONALD – succeeded her father 2 years ago – he was the first tenant in the lot and built the houses about 29 years ago – the dwelling house is built of stone and lime and byre and barn of stone and clay and all thatched with straw and at present in good condition – she does not possess all the land that her father had – she has only a small bit of it.
121 DONALD SUTHERLAND, miller, Clyne Milton – succeeded WILLIAM MACKAY in the mill and croft – paid Mackay a lump sum of £177 for the house and croft, kiln and mill machinery, some household furniture, crop and some cattle – the mill was built by the proprietor about 73 years ago – it was all of stone and clay except the water wheel gable end which is built with lime – an addition was built to the mill for a kiln by Mackay about 20 years ago – the mill and kiln are at present in good working order – the dwelling house and offices were all built by Mackay about 20 years since – of stone and clay and thatched with straw – the dwelling house in still in good condition but the offices are bad.
122 JOSEPH BRUCE – pensioner – succeeded DONALD MACLEOD 12 years ago and paid Macleod £32 for giving up the lot and for his houses which were about 30 years old and almost in ruins – he repaired the houses thoroughly at his entry and got timber for the purpose from the proprietor – they are built of stone and clay and thatched with straw and at present in good condition.
123 DONALD MACPHERSON – pensioner – succeeded WILLIAM SUTHERLAND who went to America about 19 years ago – paid Sutherland £12 at his entry – there was only a small black hut on the lot when he got it – he built the present houses 15 years ago of stone and clay and partly lime and all thatched with straw and now in good condition – he got some timbers for these from the proprietor but not all that was required.
124 ALEXANDER MACKAY – succeeded GEORGE BAILLIE who went to America about 27 years ago – paid Baillie £8 for his lot and crop and for a miserable black hut, the only house then on the lot – built the present houses 24 years ago – the dwelling house of stone and clay and byre and barn of dray stones – all thatched with straw and all at present in good condition – got timber for them from the proprietor.
125 WILLIAM MACKAY – tailor – succeeded WILLIAM BAILLIE about 21 years ago – paid Baillie £28 for the houses and for an old horse and a cow and some old furniture – does not recollect how much of it was for the houses but he thinks about £20 was for the lot and for the houses – the houses are built of stone and clay and thatched with straw and are frequently repaired by him since he got them – they are now in a frail state – almost worthless – he got no timber from the proprietor for the repairs.
126 DONALD GRANT – residing at Badinellan succeeded JOHN MACDONALD, who went to America, in his lot at Achrimsdale about 16 years ago and paid Macdonald £15 for the houses and crop of which he thinks £5 would be for the houses – they were not good and have since been allowed to go to ruins. 127 HENRY SUTHERLAND – entered 30 years ago – has two lots – this one in which he resided at Upper Achrimsdale and another at Lower Achrimsdale – he succeeded a DONALD SUTHERLAND who went to America and paid him £7 for a black hut and some dikes which were worthless – the present dwelling house was built 12 years ago of stone and clay, thatched with bent and is now in good condition – the timber for it was given gratis by the proprietor – the offices are old and ruinous.
128 MARION MACKAY – succeeded her husband WILLIAM SUTHERLAND 8 years ago – her husband entered the lot 28 years ago and built the houses then of stone and clay and thatched with straw – got timber for them from the proprietor – they are now old and in bad condition.
129 ALEXANDER MACLEOD – entered about 28 years ago – has two lots – one, the principal at Lower Achrimsdale and another – a small patch – at the top of Widow DONALD MACLEOD’s lot in Upper Achrimsdale – with no house on either – his house is on Widow WILLIAM SUTHERLAND’s lot, no. 128, and was bought long time ago by his father from a JOHN MURRAY, a sub tenant of Mr Houston’s for £20 – the house was thoroughly repaired 5 years ago with new roof and walls heightened – built of stone and lime and thatched with straw – got the timber for the repairs from the proprietor.
130 JOHN GILCHRIST – succeeded Widow SUTHERLAND who went to America 18 years ago – and paid £18 for houses and crop – the houses were not good and are now nearly ruinous – a new dwelling house is just about being completed built of stone and lime and thatched at present with divots – a good house which will cost at least £30 – got no timber for it from the proprietor – old offices are built of dry stones and now very bad condition.
131 ANN GILCHRIST – entered 30 years ago – built the houses then of stone and clay , thatched with straw – got no timber from the proprietor – the houses have not had any repairs done to them since they were built and are now almost in ruins.
132 ISABELLA MACKAY – succeeded her husband HECTOR MACPHERSON 17 years ago – her husband built the houses about 30 years ago and they have been repaired by her 14 years ago – they are built of stone and clay and thatched with straw and bent – at present not in a good state of repair.
133 JAMES MUNRO – succeeded BENJAMIN MURRAY who went to America 18 years ago – paid Murray £14.10 shillings for the crop and houses – the houses were of little value being only ruinous black huts – the present houses were built by him at his entry of stone and clay and thatched with straw – the dwelling house in now getting into disrepair – the roof failing – the offices are still in tolerable good condition – got timbers for all the houses from the proprietor at half price.
134 CHIRSTY CAMPBELL – succeeded her husband DONALD MACLEOD 14 years ago – the houses were build by her husband 28 years ago of stone and clay and thatched partly with straw and partly with divots – they got no repairs since they were built and the kept in good order – the roofs are beginning to fail – she has two lots.
135 ELIZABETH MUNRO – widow of DONALD MACKAY and ALEXANDER SUTHERLAND – succeeded Donald Mackay, the deceased husband of Elizabeth Munro 10 years ago – the houses were built by Donald Mackay about 30 years ago of stone and clay and thatched with straw and partly with divots and repaired again about 12 years ago – got some timber from the proprietor for the repairs – the houses are all at present in tolerable good order except the byre.
136 JANET MACKAY – widow of ALEXANDER MACKAY – entered 30 years ago – built the houses at her entry at her own cost – of stone and clay – the dwelling house thatched with straw and offices with divots – repaired the dwelling house 4 years ago and got timber for the repairs from the proprietor – built a new barn 2 years since and got timber for it also – still the houses are not at present in good condition.
137 ANN MACKAY – succeeded her husband ALEXANDER HAMILTON 17 years ago – the first houses built by her husband became ruinous and she built a new dwelling house and offices 12 years ago of stone and clay – dwelling house thatched with straw and offices with divots – got some timber for them but not the whole from the proprietor – she got an additional lot 9 years ago adjoining her own that WILLIAM MACBEATH had – he then removed to Helmsdale – she paid Macbeath £10 for the houses he left which were taken down by decision of the proprietor – it was a condition of taking down the houses that she got the lot.
138 LILLY SUTHERLAND – succeeded her husband DONALD MACLEOD, elder, 11 years ago – her husband had exchanged lots with JOSEPH BRUCE the year before and got £5 from Bruce for the exchange – the houses were build by ALEXANDER GILCHRIST, Cairn, who preceded Joseph Bruce in the lot about 20 years ago of stone and clay – the dwelling house thatched with straw, and offices with divots – none of them at present in good condition.
139 WILLIAM GUNN – entered his lot 9 years ago – it was before then possessed by DONALD MACKAY – built the house at his entry of stone and clay – the dwelling house thatched with straw and offices with divots – got timbers for them from the proprietor and also lime for pointing and they are now in good condition.
140 WILLIAM CAMPBELL – succeeded his mother BETTY ALLAN 3 years ago and she succeeded his father DUNCAN CAMPBELL 22 or 23 years ago – the houses were built by his father about 30 years ago and repaired by his mother 10 years ago – got timber for them from the proprietor – the houses were all built of stone and clay and thatched with straw and are at present in good condition. Their rent was reduced 10 years ago as compensation for surface damage experienced in making a large open drain through the lot.
141 JOHN CHISHOLM – entered 26 years ago – built a black hut at that time and got timber for it from the proprietor – he is now building a new dwelling house – the half if it is already up and is built of stone and clay and thatched with divots – he got timber for it from the proprietor – there are no office houses of any kind.
142 ANN MACKAY – succeeded HECTOR SUTHERLAND who went to America 18 years ago and paid £20 for the houses and crop – she cannot say how much of it was for the houses – the houses were built by Sutherland 28 years ago of stone and clay and thatched with straw and are still in good condition.
143 DONALD MACKAY – succeeded ELSPETH MACPHERSON 26 years ago – paid £9.15 shillings for the dwelling house then on the lot which was built 3 years before my Miss Clunas for Elspeth Macpherson – this house was taken down this year and a new house built of stone and clay, thatched with divots – it is not yet finished inside but has cost already 9 or 10 pounds besides his won labour – he bought the timber for it – byre and barn were built 10 years ago and are at present in good condition – he has a lot at Lower Achrimsdale.
TOWNSHIP OF DROMIE
December 1849
144 ISABELLA URQUHART – succeeded her husband WILLIAM GILCHRIST 19 years ago – he was the first tenant in the lot and built the houses about 20 ? years ago of stone and clay and thatched with straw – got no timbers from the proprietor for them – they are now getting very frail and in bad condition.
145 ELIZABETH SUTHERLAND – widow of ADAM SUTHERLAND succeeded her mother upwards of 40 years ago – the houses were built about 30 years ago and are now almost in ruins but a new dwelling house was built on the lot last year by her son ALEXANDER SUTHERLAND, of stone and clay and some lime and thatched with divots which cost £20 exclusive of the timber for the roof which was got from the proprietor – a new barn and byre are much required.
Note: there are further Dromie references further down the page
TOWNSHIP OF CLYNE KIRKTON
December 1849
146 JOHN BAILLIE – entered 30 years ago – built the houses then – the swelling house of stone and clay and thatched with straw – the byre and barn of dry stones thatched with divots – got some timber for them from the proprietor but not near what was necessary – they are all now in bad condition.
147 JANET MACPHERSON – succeeded this year her father KENNETH MACPHERSON and her father succeeded ANDREW SUTHERLAND about 20 years ago. The houses were built by Andrew Sutherland about 30 years ago – the dwelling house is built of stone and clay and thatched with straw and the offices of dry stones thatched with divots – they are all now in very bad condition – she has a small lot detached from the principal lot.
148 WILLIAM SUTHERLAND – succeeded his father ALEXANDER SUTHERLAND – nadaorm? – last year – his father was the first tenant in the lot and built the houses about 30 years ago – the dwelling house of stone and clay and offices of dry stones – all thatched with straw and all at present in bad state of repair.
149 CHIRSTY FERGUSON – succeeded her husband WILLIAM SUTHERLAND 20 years ago – the houses were built by her husband 22 or 23 years ago of stone and clay – the dwelling house thatched with straw and offices with divots – does not know whether her husband got the timber for the houses from the proprietor – offices were repaired last summer – got timber for the repair but paid something for it – the houses all now in good condition.
150 JANET MACKAY, Gow – lately deceased – succeeded her father JOHN MACKAY 5 or 6 years ago – her father was the first tenant in the lot and built the houses about 22 years ago – dwelling house of stone and clay and thatched with straw – offices of dry stones thatched with divots and all at present in bad state of repair.
151 JANET SUTHERLAND – succeeded her husband ROBERT MACKAY last years – her husband was the first tenant in the lot and built the houses 22 years ago – the dwelling house of stone and clay thatched with straw and offices of dry stones thatched with divots – got timber from the proprietor for the dwelling house only – all the houses are now in a frail state.
152 MARION BAILLIE – succeeded her husband 4 years ago – her husband was the first tenant in the lot and built the houses about 30 years ago – the dwelling house of stone and clay and thatched with straw – the byre and barn of dry stone thatched with divots and all of them now in bad repair – does not know whether her husband got timber for them from the proprietor or not – she has a small patch or rig of land at the lower end of ROBERT MACKAY, pensioner’s lot No. 155 which lies detached from the rest of her land. Note: this is the only entry which does not give the name of her deceased husband.
153 WILLIAM ROSS – entered about 26 years ago – built the houses then of stone and clay and thatched partly with straw and partly with divots – they are still in good repair – he has two lots of land.
154 JANE SUTHERLAND – succeeded her husband DONALD SUTHERLAND 4 years ago – her husband was the first tenant in the lot and the houses he built at his entry became frail and ruinous and are now in course of being removed and the site trenched? and added to the field – her son GEORGE SUTHERLAND, shoemaker, with whom she now lives built a dwelling house and byre and stable on the lot 9 years ago – the dwelling house and stable are built of stone and clay mixed with lime and slated – the byre of stone and clay and thatched with divots – her son built the houses entirely at his own expense – cannot tell how much they cost him – the houses are now in good condition.
155 ROBERT MACKAY, pensioner – entered about 22 years ago – built the houses 20 years ago of stone and clay and pointed with lime – all thatched with straw and are still in good condition.
156 CHIRSTY BRUCE – lately deceased – succeeded her husband ANGUS MACKAY 15 years ago – the houses were built by her husband upwards of 20 years ago – the dwelling house of stone and clay and offices of dry stones – all thatched with divots – they are now in bad repairs.
157 JAMES SUTHERLAND – succeeded ALEXANDER SUTHERLAND – who went to America 21 years ago – paid Alexander Sutherland £6.10 shillings for the dwelling house which was built a few years before of stone and clay and thatched with straw – it is now in bad repair – the byre and barn was built 2 years ago of stone and clay and thatched with straw and is a good house now in good order – got no timber for it from the proprietor.
158 JAMES GUNN – succeeded ALEXANDER SUTHERLAND, pensioner – 19 years ago and paid £5 for the dwelling house which was built by Sutherland about 30 years ago of stone and clay and thatched with straw – it is now failing in the roof but otherwise in good repair – new byre and barn in course of erection – got no timber but what he paid for.
159 JAMES SUTHERLAND, mason – entered about 24 years ago and built the houses then – the dwelling house of stone and clay and thatched with straw and offices of dry stones thatched partly with straw and partly with divots – they are all at present in tolerable good repair – got no timber from the proprietor for them except 4 dozen of cabers – all the rest is spay? Timber which he purchased.
TOWNSHIP OF DROMIE (2)
December 1849
160 WILLIAM BAILLIE – succeeded Widow MACPHERSON who went to America about 25 years ago and paid 35 shillings for a black hut then in the lot – built the present houses 13 years ago – the dwelling house of stone and clay thatched with straw and offices of dry stones thatched with divots and they are still in tolerable good condition.
161 MARGARET GILCHRIST – widow of WILLIAM MACKENZIE – came to Dromie about 40 years ago but she has been only for 24 or 25 years paying rent – she lived in a black hut until about 8 years ago when she built her present houses for which she got timber from the proprietor – the dwelling house is built of straw and clay and byre and barn of dry stones – and all thatched with straw – and all at present in good condition.
162 JANE GORDON – widow of JOHN SUTHERLAND – came to Dromie upwards of 30 years ago – she lived in a black hut until it was accidentally burnt down almost 14 years ago and then she built the present house of stone and clay, thatched with straw – it is now in a frail state but she has already got timber from the proprietor for repairing it and also for a byre but she has not yet been able to get anything done to them.
163 ISABELLA SUTHERLAND – widow of JOHN BRUCE – came to Dromie 30 years ago and built a black hut then in which she lived until it was blown down last year – she got it built again of dry stones – thatched with divots – but it is only a very poor house yet – her step son ROBERT BRUCE has a dwelling house, byre and barn on the lot – he lived constantly with her until he married and all the cultivated land in the lot was made by him.
164 DONALD SUTHERLAND – came to Dromie 28 years ago – he built the houses when he came of stone and clay – thatched with straw – got no timbers from the proprietor – he bought it all – the houses are not good.
November 1849
Unfortunately from here on there is only the names of the tenants with no further information.
CLYNELISH MUIR
December 1849
165 HUGH MACKAY
166 DONALD SUTHERLAND (Adam)
167 WILLIAM SUTHERLAND senior
168 WILLIAM SUTHERLAND
169 JOHN GORDON
170 ROBERT ROSS
171 JOHN SUTHERLAND (McOmish?)
172 MARGARET SUTHERLAND
WEST CLYNE KIRKTON
December 1849
173 JAMES GORDON
174 DONALD SUTHERLAND widow
175 DONALD MACDONALD widow
176 JOHN MURRAY
177 ROBERT MACKAY
178 CAMPBELL MACKAY widow
179 JANET MACKAY
180 GEORGE MACKAY
181 ALEXANDER BAILLIE
182 ANDREW MACKAY
183 DONALD MACKAY widow
AULT CRAGGIE
December 1849
184 JOHN ROSS widow
185 ANDREW SUTHERLAND
ROCK
December 1849
186 DONALD SUTHERLAND
187 DONALD MACKAY widow
188 MARGARET MACKAY
189 JOHN MATHESON
ISLANDGRAUGH
December 1849
190 ANGUS MURRAY
BRORA NORTH MUIR
December 1849
191 ANDREW MURRAY
192 DONALD GRANT
KILBRORA
December 1849
193 DONALD MUNRO, pensioner
BRORA NORTH MUIR continued
194 MARY SUTHERLAND, pauper
195 JANET MACDONALD
196 GEORGE SUTHERLAND (McOmish)
197 DONALD DOUGLAS widow
198 BETTY MACDONALD
199 ANGUS MACLEOD
200 ROBERT SUTHERLAND widow
201 JOHN MACDONALD widow
202 WILLIAM ALLAN pauper
203 ANGUS BAILLIE widow, rent free
CARACH-NA-BOAN
December 1849
204 DONALD SUTHERLAND
205 JOHN SUTHERLAND
BRORA NORTH MUIR continued
December 1849
206 ROBERT SUTHERLAND (Bain) widow
207 ELIZABETH SUTHERLAND
208 JOHN SUTHERLAND dyker
209 ALEXANDER SUTHERLAND (Bain)
210 WILLIAM SUTHERLAND widow
211 ELIZABETH SUTHERLAND
212 DONALD SUTHERLAND widow
BRUACHROBIE
December 1849
213 BENJAMIN MURRAY
214 DONALD MACKAY
CAVEACH
December 1849
215 ANGUS SUTHERLAND
216 FINLAY MACLEOD widow
CROFTHAUGH
December 1849
217 WILLIAM MURRAY
218 GRANT MACLEOD
BADNELLAN
December 1849
219 JOHN ANDERSON
220 WILLIAM ANDERSON
BRORA NORTH MUIR continued
221 JOHN SUTHERLAND (Buie)
222 WALTER SUTHERLAND
223 GEORGE GRANT widow
224 ALEXANDER SUTHERLAND (Buie)
225 JOHN BAILLIE
226 JANET MACKAY
227 JANE SUTHERLAND
228 JOHN SUTHERLAND (McOmish)
229 ALEXANDER MACLEOD pensioner
230 WILLIAM MACDONALD
231 WILLIAM MACLEOD
232 JOHN SUTHERLAND (Gow)
233 GEORGE SUTHERLAND (casfr--?)
234 WILLIAM SUTHERLAND piper
235 JOHN MACKAY
236 JOHN SUTHERLAND
237 PAUPERS HOUSES
238 JOHN MACLENNAN widow
239 GRANT MURRAY
240 ROBERT MACDONALD
ARDACHY
December 1849
241 DONALD GORDON
242 ROBERT ANDERSON widow
243 HUGH MURRAY widow
BRORA NORTH MUIR continued
244 WILLIAM SUTHERLAND
245 ALEXANDER SUTHERLAND, cooper
246 MARY & JANET SUTHERLAND – lot uncultivated
247 ADAM SUTHERLAND
248 ANN SUTHERLAND
249 DUNCAN MACKENZIE widow
250 ALEXANDER BRUCE
251 ALEXANDER MACLEOD
252 ALEXANDER SUTHERLAND widow
253 ALEXANDER BANNERMAN widow
254 MARION DEMPSTER pauper
255 JOHN SUTHERLAND (Gow)
256 CHRISTIAN MUNRO
257 WILLIAM MURRAY widow
258 Pen ? houses
259 CHRISTIAN GUNN
260 ROBERT SUTHERLAND
261 DONALD SUTHERLAND widow
BRORA EAST
December 1849
262 HECTOR SUTHERLAND widow
263 MARGARET SUTHERLAND
264 DONALD MACLEOD widow
265 JOHN MACKAY
266 ROBERT MACKAY
267 GEORGE SUTHERLAND 2nd tenant ANN MURRAY
268 JANE MURRAY
269 WILLIAM MURRAY
270 ROBERT HAMILTON
271 ANGUS MUNRO
272 CATHERINE SUTHERLAND
273 JOHN SUTHERLAND (Roy)
274 JOHN GRANT
275 JOHN MURRAY
276 ANDREW ROSS widow
277 HUGH SUTHERLAND
278 Free School House
279 ROBERT DUNCAN
page last updated 20th July 2010