Horse Tax 1797-98 Widow Black, March, New Cumnock, one horse.
Meaning of March - Boundary
Location not found on Roy or OS maps but the March burn flows into the Afton at 55 21 22N, 4 10 01W.
Some Baptisms for March - New Cumnock OPRs
16/4/1710, Hugh and 29/5/1712 Agnes - parents Patrick Black & Agnes Ronald in March
20/8/1727, Elspeth and1/3/1730 Janet - parents John Howat & Mary Barrie in March
6/4/1729, Janet - parents Hugh Howat & Agnes Barrie in March
18/7/1742, John and 8/11/1744 William - parents John McLure & Euphans Barrie in March
5/6/1748, James - parents James Black & Betsy Good in March
26/10/1770, Elizabeth - parents John Black & Elizabeth McTurk in March
23/2/1774, Margaret - parents John Johnston & Agnes Wilson in March
21/11/1778, Marrion - parents John Black & Betty McTurk in March
born 26/5/1809 ,James - parents Charles Crichton & Mary Thomson in March
The 1841 census for March shows John Howatson 40, farmer, wife Jane 35, Mary 2 and farm servants Janet Sharp 14 & Shusan Orr 11.
The 1851 census for March shows John Howatson 52 farmer of 15 acres, his wife Jean 48, daughter Mary 12, daughter Janet and son William 7.
The 1861 census for March shows John Howatson 62 farmer of 100 acres, his wife Jean, daughter Janet 19 and visitor John Howatson 67 farmer.
Further censuses show John Howatson at Over Cairn although Probate for 1883 shows he died at March. Was this the same farm?
Probate 21/12/1883 Ayr
Conf. of John Howatson, cottar, March New Cumnock who died 21/10/1893 at March aforesaid, intestate, granted to Mary Howatson or Paterson, wife of William Paterson, carter, March aforesaid. Daughter of deceased, executrix next-of-kin.
Valuation Roll: no entries for a farm and no entries at all until 1925 when James Campbell (who had bought Pollosh and Lochbrowan) is shown as the proprietor of a house with a tenant.
