No Farm Horse Tax found
ScotlandsPlaces (1855/1857)
Treesmax (or Treesmacks) - A farmsteading dwelling and outhouses one storey all thatched and in good repair. Marquis of Bute proprietor.
The History of Ochilftree Village & Parish - Dane Love
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Treesmax
110 acres in 1851
Ochiltree Estate - James Cuthbert
-1809 Ochiltree Estate -
1809- Dalblair Estate -
1841-1844 Dalblair Estate - Robert Sloan (1782-1851)
1844-1851 Dumfries House Estate - Robert Sloan (1782-1851)
1855 Dumfries House Estate -
1875- Dumfries House Estate - W. Sloan & James Sloan (1829- )
1881-1901 Dumfries House Estate - James Sloan
1914 Dumfries House Estate -
-1919 Dumfries House Estate - John Baird
1919-1931 John Baird
1931-1942 John Baird
1944 David Murdoch
c2000 Alan Watson (1965-2013)
James Sloan
Census
1841 census Robert Sloan 56 and Jane 39, Mirren 18, Jennet 17, Margaret 15, Jane 13, James 12, Elizabeth 9, Robert 8, John 5, Mary 2, William 2.1851 census Robert Sloan 68 farmer Of 110 acres employing 3 ag labs, wife Jean (Cuthbert) 9 children as above but Mirron at 28 is not listed, and 1 male farm labourer Thomas Grierson 30
1861 not found
1871 and Jean 70, is a widow and James 41 has taken over the farm. Janet 47 is housemaid, and Mary 32 is a dairymaid. Their servants are William Jelly 32, John McCracken 18, ploughman, and William Park 13. Jean Dorans 18 is the general servant.
Daughter Mary’s 100th Birthday Announcement
Mary’s Death
The 1881 census shows James Sloan 49, farming 144 acres arable employing 1 man, 1 boy, and 1 girl.
His mother Jean 80, sisters Janet 55 and Mary 41, are all living with him on the farm with three farm servants.
1891 census shows James Sloan 58 sister Janet 66 as dairymaid and 4 other servants, Ann Kilpatrick 27, John Taylor 20, Robert Taylor 17, and Elizabeth Wilson 17.
1901 and James Sloan is 72, with wife Marion 50. Sister Janet 50, is housekeeper and they have three servants Elizabeth Clows 20, Helen Clows 18, and David Miller 31.
Sale of Bulls - D. Murdoch
Valuation Rolls
1865 prop. Marquis of Bute; tenant Mrs Sloan.
1895 tenant James Sloan.
1920-1940 prop. John Baird.
