Horse Tax 1797-98 Thomas Reid, 4 horses (Creochhill of Trabboch).
Census
1841 John Reid 50- farmer and Thomas Reid 40, Jane Reid 45, servants Sarah Knox 20, and Eliza Courtnie 15, Daniel Frazer 55, and Matha walker 50
1851 William Lenox - farmer of 96 acres employing 4 labourers along with wife Margaret (Kerr), sons William & Robert, John Young grandson, 2 female house servants and 2 farm labourers, (m)
1861 Robert Wallace - farmer of 158 acres emp 2 labs, 4 boys
+ wife Isabella, son James, 1 ploughman, 2 farm labourers (m), 2 Dom Servs (f)
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| Creochhill to let , Ard and Saltcts Hrld , Aug 1862 |
1871 George Sloan - farmer of 120 acres arable emp 2 labs, 1 boy plus wife Janet Spiers and children: James, Margaret, Janet, George, Andrew, Robert & Hugh (married Fanny W Hood in 1899 and they lived at Bardarroch)
1881 George Sloan 63 and a widower - farmer of 200 acres emp 2 men 1 woman.
Plus sons John 30 & George 21, daughter Margaret 26 and Elizabeth Peters 19, general domestic.
Fatal accident 1882
Janet Sloan 26 and her father George Sloan 65 both lost their lives in a farm accident.
Janet Sloan 26 and her father George Sloan 65 both lost their lives in a farm accident.
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| Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald - Saturday 14 October 1882 |
Dundee Evening Telegraph - Wednesday 11 October 1882
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| Cornishman - Thursday 26 October 1882 |
Probate: 30/12/1882 Ayr
George Sloan, farmer, Creochill, Parish of Ochiltree who died 15/10/1882 at Ayr intestate granted at Ayr to John Sloan farmer Creochhill Ochiltree & James Sloan farmer Drongan, Stair executors next-of-kin
1891 John Sloan 39 - farmer
+ sister Maggie 36 housekeeper, brother Hugh 24 farmer, plus servants Janet Caldwell 18 and John Flinn 13.
Now the farm is situated in the parish of Stair after boundary changes
1901 John Sloan 50, farmer , has married Janet 30, from Tarbolton and they have two children George 2, and Sarah under 1. Hugh would be in Bardarroch farming with his wife Fanny Hood. Servants are William Bowman 22, Martha O'Hara 18 and Mary Gibson 14.
Valuation Rolls
1865 prop. Lady Boswell, tenant Andrew Taylor.
1875 tenant George Sloan. No further entries.
