Location on a hill south of Cumnock
1765 OPR
James son lawfull to James Rankine in Milleoch and Sarah Mitchell his spouse was baptised March 21st 1765
Horse Tax 1797-98 Andrew McClannochan 5 horses, 3 taxed
1841 census shows the same Andrew Mclanachan 80 with 3 family members and 3 servants. Andrew died there in 1846 and his son James is in charge in the
1851 census James McLanachan farmer of 131 acres with wife Margaret (Robertson) 3 children and 4 servants
Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald Saturday 21 March 1863
In Cumberland, it is usual practice to give a new farmer a 'Boon day' a tradition that has been going on for many years. Does this still happen in Ayrshire?
1881 census George Reid 38 and family are farming 109 acres arable employing 1 man and 2 girls. His brother David 52, sister Mary 47, and niece Annie 17 are living at Milzeoch
They have a farm servant Rebecca Welsh 18, and a boarder Robert Bannatine 75, annuitant. Robert died there in 1890. His next of kin was a nephew, Richard Bannatine Allason of Logan, Caption RHA, a landowner
Valuation Roll
Proprietor Marquis of Bute
1905 tenant John Reid
1915 tenant John Reid
1905 tenant John Reid
1915 tenant John Reid
1925 tenant John Reid
1930 tenant Wm Murdoch
1935 tenant Wm Murdoch
1940 tenant Wm Murdoch
1940 marriage of Mary Watson 21 of East Tarelgin to John Howat Purdie (Drumjoan) daughter of John Watson farmer and Margaret Watson
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