also South Bog, South Bogs. Also called by locals "the Boowen"
Photos Robert Guthrie
Horse Tax 1797-98 John Cubbieson, Southbogs, 2 horses , one taxed.
1841 census for South Boig shows James Kerr 40 wife Sarah (Ferguson) 5 children 1 female servant. NB doesn't give an occupation.
1851/1861/1871 censuses - unable to find.
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| Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald February 1864 |
Margaret and her sister Janet Caldwell came from Rottenyard.
1881 census shows Margaret Caldwell 33, unmarried with a three year old son George farming 210 acres arable employing 3 men and 1 girl. Her sister Janet 18 is assistant farm manager, Janet Raw 15, James Dowie 18, and James Ronald 20 are general farm servants.
From Robert Walker4 March 2021 at 12:13
Little up date on this story, James (Kennedy) Sharp was born at Burnside Farm in 1855 then in 1881 was at Lanehead Farm later on started winchin Margaret Caldwell and they got married at Rottenyard in 1886 and lived at South Boig Farm, think James died 1942.
1891 census shows James Sharp 35 a farm grieve and his wife Margaret 42 (this is Margaret Caldwell), son George Caldwell 13, 1 male farm servant James Farquhar 16 and 1 female farm servant Barbara McMurdo 15.
1901 census shows James (Kennedy) Sharp 45 farming with his wife Margaret 53, son George Caldwell, Mary Caldwell his 70 yr old mother-in-law, 2 female domestic servants Christina Clark 19 and Helen Houston13 and 2 male Hugh Gilmour 41 Tobie O'Neill 14
George Caldwell farmer South Boig Parish of New Cumnock died 17/11/1900 at South Boig aforesaid estate. Conf granted at Ayr to Margaret Caldwell or Sharp, Boig Farm, New Cumnock his daughter, James Brown Cunningham, banker there and James Wilson auctioneer Old Cumnock - executors
Margaret Caldwell Sharp died 20/11/1924 at Meadow View, Pathhead, New Cumnock age 76
Valuation Roll
Valuation Roll
1855 prop H D Boswell, tenant John Hyslop.
1865 prop Patrick Charles Douglas Boswell.
1885 tenant George Caldwell.
1915 prop J D Boswell, tenant George Caldwell.
1925 - 1940 prop Col. J D Boswell, tenant George Caldwell (of South Boig and High Boig).
