Location of Crosshill sometimes recorded as Corsehill
OPR
1786 John lawful son of William Wilson and Agnes McClonnachan in Crosshill born on 31 May and baptised n the 8th June 1786
Horse Tax 1797-98 William Wilson, Corsehill one horse
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 Ploughing Match 1868
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Scotlands Places for 1855/57 describes Crosshill as "A superior farm house with offices etc the property of the Marquis of Bute occupied by John Robertson" , father of Duncan Robertson.
1851 census Crosshill shows John Robertson 67 farmer wife children and 1 lad. John died in 1857 and his son Duncan took over
1861 census Crosshill farmhouse Duncan Robertson 46,wife 8 children 2 young servants
1871 census Crosshill Duncan Robertson 57 wife 7 children
1881 census shows Duncan Robertson 69 and his wife Jane (Black), one son and two daughters farming 90 acres arable. Also in the house is farm servant William Toll, 16.
John Kirkland in 1955
Duncan Robertson died in 1886 and his wife continued in the 1891 and 1901 censuses with the help of children. She died in 1908
Valuation Rolls
1855 tenant John Robertson.
1865 proprietor Marquis of Bute, tenant Duncan Robertson.
1930 proprietor James Kirkland
John Kirkland in 1955
No longer a working farm since about 2000
