On the Roy map of 1755 the name is Kerrstown
(see also High Carston)
Horse Tax 1797-98 James Murdoch Carston 3 horses
The History of Ochiltree Village & Parish - Dane Love
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Carston (Low)
Kerrstown in 1747. Carstoun in 1775. 74 acres in 1881. 40 acres in 2013.
c1780 Ochiltree Estate - James Murdoch
-1857 Alexander Ross heirs
1857- Thomas Cuthbert -
-1876 Andrew Paterson (1803-1876)
1875-1881 Andrew Paterson - John Murdoch (1816-18 )
1899-1911 Trustees of Andrew Paterson - John Sturgeon (1845-19 )
1914 Eleanora Guthrie Johnston - Robert Sturgeon ( 1877-19 )
-1919 Dumfries House Estate - Robert Lennox
1919-1925 Robert Lennox - William Murdoch
1930-1940 Robert Lennox - Quintin Brown Morton
1954 J.C. Jamieson
-1979 Quintin Brown Morton (1905-1979)
1979- David Wilson Morton (1940- )
-c1995 Morton
c1995-
Census
Census
1841 Mrs Jane Gibson 40 with Jennet 14, John 12, Hugh 10,Margaret 8, James 6, Archibald 4, Robert 2, and William 6 months.
Valuation Rolls
1885 Mrs Elizabeth Paterson (also including Ochiltree Mill).
1895 tenant James Boyd.
1905 proprietor John Frew, tenant John Sturgeon.
1915 proprietor. Mrs Elanora Johnston, tenant Robert Sturgeon.
1920 proprietor. Robert Lennox.
1925 tenant William Murdoch
1930 tenant Quinten Morton
1851 Jane Gibson 52, a widow is farmer of 40 acres employing 2 labourers. John 23, Archibald 13, Robert 12 and William 10 are with her.
1861 Robert Hutton 34 and wife Agnes 42 are farming 62 acres employing 1 man. Marion Telfer 49 is a boarder and a fundholder. Peter Thom 32 is a ploughman and Jane Pettigrew 20 is a dairymaid.
1871 Thomas Dick 58 and Janet 54 his wife are farming 62 acres arable employing 1 man. Their son John Ross Dick 32 is a railway clerk, and daughters Jane 21, Margaret 19, and Janet 16 are resident
John Murdoch moved here from Burnockmill.
1881 census John Murdoch 65 and Agnes Somervil Wilson 4 are at Low Carston. John Murdoch is listed as a grain miller and farmer. The farm is 74 acres arable employing 3 men and 4 girls. Also at Carston are; daughters Sarah 26, and Agnes 22, and son David 19. John Gemmell grandson is also resident aged 1 month.
1891 census John Murdoch and Agnes S Wilson are still at Carston
1901 John Sturgeon 56, wife Annie Jane 57, and daughters Isabella 26, and Janet 15, and son Robert 24.
1881 census John Murdoch 65 and Agnes Somervil Wilson 4 are at Low Carston. John Murdoch is listed as a grain miller and farmer. The farm is 74 acres arable employing 3 men and 4 girls. Also at Carston are; daughters Sarah 26, and Agnes 22, and son David 19. John Gemmell grandson is also resident aged 1 month.
1891 census John Murdoch and Agnes S Wilson are still at Carston
1901 John Sturgeon 56, wife Annie Jane 57, and daughters Isabella 26, and Janet 15, and son Robert 24.
Valuation Rolls
1885 Mrs Elizabeth Paterson (also including Ochiltree Mill).
1895 tenant James Boyd.
1905 proprietor John Frew, tenant John Sturgeon.
1915 proprietor. Mrs Elanora Johnston, tenant Robert Sturgeon.
1920 proprietor. Robert Lennox.
1925 tenant William Murdoch
1930 tenant Quinten Morton
Sold by the Morton family when they purchased Auchinbay farm and formed the Morton's Milk business.
Bought by the Watsons from Creoch, Ochiltree, before they sold it again, on moving to High Mark near Portpatrick.
Now a feed depot.
