Tarbeg (also known as Mid Tarbeg) and West Tarbeg
1786 baptism: William Roxburgh lawful son of James Roxburgh and Margaret Brown in Tarbeg was born on Nov 3 and baptised on Nov 6 1796 in Ochiltree.
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Tarbeg (High)
Formerly known as Mid Tarbeg or just Tarbeg. 73 acres in 1861.
1619 Ochiltree Estate -
c1790 Ochiltree Estate - John Wallace
Ochiltree Estate - James Wilson (1799-1846)
1841 - Andrew Sloan
1851-1855 Mrs Hamilton Boswell - Andrew Sloan (1809-1886)
1861-1875 Belmont Estate - Robert Sloan (1817-1891)
1888 Belmont Estate - James Sloan
1913-1921 Andrew Kirkwood MacCosh - William Watson (1846-1921) &
James Andrew Watson (1883-1954)
1921-1954 James Andrew Watson (1883-1954)
1954-2011 Hugh F. Watson (1928-2011)
2011- James Watson
1841 census Andrew Sloan 65 is the farmer with wife Janet (Lymburner) 3 children and 1 other female and David Guthrie 20 student
1851 census Andrew Sloan 75 at Mid Tarbeg with daughter Mary son Andrew and 2 servants.
Andrew Sloan died soon after the census in 1851.
1861 census shows Andrew's son Robert Sloan 43 Farmer of 72 Acres Employing 1 Labourer) with young children dairymaid
1871 census Mid Tarbeg Robert Sloan 53 farmer Of 72 Acres Arable Employing 1 Labourer 1 Boy
The 1881 census shows Robert Sloan 63 and his wife Janet 48 farming 150 acres arable employing 1 man 1 boy and 3 girls. Also living with them are Andrew 29, James 21 their sons, and Margaret Hislop Robert's sister in law. They have three servants living in.
Note the increase in acreage. It could have been around then when the lands of East Tarbeg were incorporated into the main farm of Tarbeg.
1891 census still Robert Sloan with 2 sons and niece and 4 servants
West Tarbeg appears to have been a residence. There are many such associated cottages etc required by farms. Whether West Tarbeg was ever a farm in its own right, or always part of a larger farm is unclear.
1841 census
1861 James Rodger 52 is a ploughman living with his family at West Tarbeg. They are wife Margaret 29, sons Anthony 23 and John 2, and daughters Ann10, Elizabeth 7, and Jessie 4.
1871 West Tarbeg Bernard Murray 58 is living with his family wife Helen 60, Helen daughter 37 and grandchildren Sarah 6 and Barbara 5.
There are no census returns for West Tarbeg of Terbeg Cottage after this.
1891 census still Robert Sloan with 2 sons and niece and 4 servants
He died in September 1891 with an estate worth over £1000.
We need some information here as there is no tenant registered in the Valuation Rolls, nor is there an entry in the census yet discovered.
We need some information here as there is no tenant registered in the Valuation Rolls, nor is there an entry in the census yet discovered.
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Tarbeg (West)
In ruins by 1894
1619 Ochiltree Estate -
c1780 James Osburn
-1834 - David Robb (1754-1834)
1841 - James McKinna
1851 - John Sloan
1855 Mrs Hamilton Boswell - Hugh Wallace (1776-1860)
1861 - James Rodger
1871 - Bernard Murray
West Tarbeg appears to have been a residence. There are many such associated cottages etc required by farms. Whether West Tarbeg was ever a farm in its own right, or always part of a larger farm is unclear.
1841 census
James McKinna 32, a joiner, John McKinna 1 month, Mary Pagan 20, and Jane McClelland.
Also at West Tarbeg are James Mitchell 25, farm servant, Helen Mitchell 20 and James 1.
1851 West Terbeg Cottage
Also at West Tarbeg are James Mitchell 25, farm servant, Helen Mitchell 20 and James 1.
1851 West Terbeg Cottage
John Sloan 54 ag Lab, and wife Jane 43. Their family with them are Jocobina 17, a hand sewer, John 15, a pupil teacher, Margaret 14, also a hand sewer, and Robert 12, Jane 7, and Janet Ann 4.
1861 James Rodger 52 is a ploughman living with his family at West Tarbeg. They are wife Margaret 29, sons Anthony 23 and John 2, and daughters Ann10, Elizabeth 7, and Jessie 4.
1871 West Tarbeg Bernard Murray 58 is living with his family wife Helen 60, Helen daughter 37 and grandchildren Sarah 6 and Barbara 5.
Also John Campbell 39 and wife Agnes 30 both farm workers with their son James 9.
There are no census returns for West Tarbeg of Terbeg Cottage after this.
The contrasting maps of the Tarbeg area illustrate the loss of East and West Tarbeg. The first map is the OS map from 1888 to 1913, and the second is the most modern version.
Valuation Rolls
1855 Mrs Boswell was the owner, and Mid Tarbeg was tenanted by Robert Sloan
1865 no owner listed but tenant is Robert Sloan
1875 John Morton is the owner, tenant Robert Sloan
1885 as above - only Scotlands People has mis-spelled as Mid and East Failey
1895John Morton was the owner of Mid and East Tarbeg. no tenant listed for Mid Tarbeg
1905 as above.
1915 Andrew MacCosh is listed as proprietor.
1920 as above
1925 James Watson is owner/occupier
1930 as above
1935 as above
1940 as above
Around the late 1970s , Hugh F Watson ( in High Tarbeg ) bought Laigh Tarbeg from the Connells and his two sons now farm the Tarbegs - James in H Tarbeg and Hugh in Low Tarbeg ( which has a modern setup with robots milking the cows).
