Also Laigh Plyde
Gone. Ruinous
1767 OPR baptism
1767 OPR baptism
Simson, George lawful son of Patrick Simson in Laigh Plyde was baptised February 16th 1767
Horse Tax 1797-98 Allan Gibson, Laigh Plaid, one horse
Valuation Roll no result
Horse Tax 1797-98 Allan Gibson, Laigh Plaid, one horse
Valuation Roll no result
The History of Ochiltree Village & Parish - Dane Love
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Plaid, Laigh
Part of Rottenrow farm since before 1855.
1619 Ochiltree Estate
-1792 Ochiltree Estate - Andrew Gibson (d1792)
1797 Ochiltree Estate - Allan Gibson
-1809 Ochiltree Estate -
1809- Dumfries House Estate -
1841 Dumfries House Estate - David Smith
1851 Dumfries House Estate - Helen Henderson
1861 Dumfries House Estate - Allan Gibson
1881 Dumfries House Estate - John Miller
1899 Dumfries House Estate - Robert Wilson - Mary Clark
-1917 Allan Millar (1845-1917)
1940 Hugh Howat - uninhabitable
The 1841 census shows Laigh Plaid being farmed by David Smith 50, 5 children age 13yrs and under, Mary Smith 35 and John Black 14.
The 1851 census shows Laigh Plaid being occupied by an unmarried Helen Henderson 55 housekeeper/servant and George Thomson 14 servant/message boy.
The 1861 census shows agricultural labourer Allan Gibson 65 living there with his son Allan a ploughman.
The 1871 census shows William Cokner 28 an agricultural labourer living there with his wife & children and 2 railway workers.
The 1881 census shows Laigh Plaid now occupied by John Miller 73 a curling stone maker with his wife Catherine 70 and their family.
The 1891 census shows Catherine Miller 80 ow a widow living at 1 Low Plaid with her daughter and daughter's husband (James Jess) who is a railway pointsman. Living at No 2 Low Plaid is Allan Miller a railway labourer and his family.
Ochiltree Churchyard Lair Ref: 13
IMO John Miller died North Plaid 2/3/1889 83, wife Cath McWharrie died North Plaid 27/5/1894 64, Elizabeth Miller died North Plaid 6/12/1902 65 (hus James Jess)
