Horse Tax 1797-98 Robert Wright 4 horses, 3 taxed. (Backhill)
Back o' Hill - A farmsteading, all thatched, one storey & in good repair. Property of the Marquis of Bute.
The History of Ochiltree Village & Parish - Dane Love
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Back o' Hill
85 acres in 1881
1700 Ochiltree Estate - Andrew Strawhorn
1797 Ochiltree Estate - Robert Wright
1832-1851 Dumfries House Estate - George Muir
1875-1905 Dumfries House Estate - William Muir (1830-1922)
1905-1919 Dumfries House Estate - Alexander P. Rorison (d1959)
1919-1940 Alexander P. Rorison (d1959)
-1987 William Grierson (1897-1987)
2015-2016 J. McLeish
OPR 1812 servant to James Goldie in Backhill, Barquharrie, Ochiltree
James Muir born at Backhill in 1832 to George Muir and Christian Murray ( b Carston ) rose to foreman of McCartney's Engineering works , Cumnock - makers of threshing mills.
Census
1901 Census William 71, and sister 64 are farming with two servants Jean McCurdie 19, and David Thomson 14.
Census
1841 Backhill George Muir 40, farmer, Christina 40, William 11, James 7, Margaret 13, Elizabeth 9, Christian 5, and Sarah Hair 20 servant.
1851 Back o' hill George Muir 53, farmer of 60 acres employing two labourers. Wife Christina (Murray) 52, Margaret 22, William 21, Elizabeth 19, James 16, and Christina 14. No servants recorded
1861 George 63 and Christina farming 65 acres. family are William 31, Margaret 32, Christina 24 and William 10. Servant is Robert Spence 16. George died in 1867
1871 Bcckhill Christina is a widow, 72 farming 77 acres, 65 arable employing 1 labourer and a boy. family are Margaret 42, Christina 34, and William 41 is the farm manager. John Anderson 14 is a farm servant. Christina died in 1880
1881 Son William Muir 51 and his two sisters Margaret 52 and Christina 44 are farming 85 acres 70 arable employing 1 man and 1 woman. Samuel Murray 17 is live in farm servant.
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| Ayr Advertiser May 1880 death of Christina Murray |
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| Court case over McCartney debts , Glasgow Herald 19th Nov 1898 |
1901 Census William 71, and sister 64 are farming with two servants Jean McCurdie 19, and David Thomson 14.
1865 tenant George Muir.
1975 prop. Marquis of Bute.
1905 tenant Alexander Rorison.
2016 McLeish
2016 McLeish
