David Millar Stairhill Horse tax rolls Five horses, four taxed
The 1841 census shows James Young 70 farming with his wife Margaret (Millar) 55 and children William 15, David 13, Isobel 12, Ann 9, and Thomas Crichton 3.
The Post Office Directory for 1851/2 has this address as Old Cumnock.
The tenant is James Young.
However, the 1851 census has James Young retired from farming and living in Townhead street, Cumnock.
By 1858, he had died, and his daughter was married Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald November.
1851 census
By 1858, he had died, and his daughter was married Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald November.
1851 census
Farming North and West Hill is James Crichton 38, with his wife Elizabeth 31, and children Sarah 4 and Charles 2. The farm is 132 acres, and it is possible that Stairhill has been amalgamated with Hill. Stair hill cottages are occupied by agricultural workers.
1856, March 17th Kirk Session minutes William Wilson of Stairhill called as a witness
The Valuation Rolls show it as a house only by 1875, occupied by James Murray, and owned by the Marquis of Bute, still listed as Old Cumnock.
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