1855-57 - Barturk - A farmsteading dwelling house & office houses one storey thatched and in good repair. The property of Sir James Boswell.
Census
See also the post for Slatehole which shows that William Wyllie owned both farms at one time.
The History of Ochiltree Village & Parish - Dane Love
pp307,308
Barturk
72 acres in 1909
1619 Ochiltree Estate -
1625 Ochiltree Estate - John Kay
c1780-1784 Ochiltree Estate - Patrick Murdoch
1797 Ochiltree Estate - Robert Smith
-1812 Ochiltree Estate -
1841-1844 Auchinleck Estate - William Smith (1768-1844)
1861 Auchinleck Estate - Andrew MacLelland (1806-18 )
1875 Auchinleck Estate - William Wyllie
1899 Andrew Kirkwood MacCosh - David Brown
1911-1914 Auchinleck Estate - John W. Murdoch
1920 Auchinleck Estate
1925-1930 John W. Murdoch
-1939 Charles Murdoch (1856-1939)
1939-1940 John W. Murdoch
-1949 John Armstrong (1877-1949)
2013-2020 Quintin David Morton of Auchinbay
Old Parish Records - Ochiltree
Death - Janet Murdoch formerly residing in Barturk buried 24/2/1784. daughter of Patrick Murdoch.
Census
1841 William Smith 73 with Jane 55, John 29, James 27, Christian 25, Jane Latta 4 and servants Hugh Neisbet 16, Margaret Baird 15, and William Reid 14.
1851 James McKerrow 33 and wife Elizabeth 28 farm 84 acres employing 1 labourer. They have sons George 5, and James 3, and daughter Margaret 1. Servants are Margaret Gibson 18 and Andrew Balfour 18
1861 Andrew McLellan 55 is a ploughman with wife Violet 57.
1871 John Scott 80 formerly an agricultural labourer and wife Mary 63 live at Burturk with daughter Helen 24 and grandson John Morrison 4.
1881
1891
1901 Alexander Sturgeon 43 a Bower. His wife Jane 42, daughters Elizabeth 15, Janet 11, Christina 8 and Margaret under 1, and sons David 4, and James 2.
1911 John W Murdoch 26 farmer, Charles Murdoch father 56 a a female e servant
See also the post for Slatehole which shows that William Wyllie owned both farms at one time.
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| Slatehole and Barturk to let , Scotsman June 1909 |
Land tax rolls pf 1645 to 1831 give the owner as Alexander Don Esq
Scotlands Places 1855 - 1857 gives the owner as Sir James Boswell
Valuation Rolls
1895 tenant David Brown (farmer) Barturk and Slatehole. Mrs Mary MaClean or Taylor was the occupier at Barturk
1905 tenants are David Brown and Matthew Hannah (House and farm Barturk and Slatehole)
1915 - 1940 tenant of house and farm Barturk, John W Murdoch
Sold mid 1970s to Mr Gemmell, brother of Finlayston, Ochiltree
Amalgamated with Auchinbay to form Mortons Milk business.
