Archive for the 'Blackgannoch' Category
The Killing of Trooper Gordon in 1682: Was Patrick Walker a Murderer?
• August 6, 2013 • 4 CommentsPosted in 'R_____ S______', 10 convention, 26 convention, 29 convention, 31 convention, 35 convention, 39 convention, Alexander Peden, Alexander Ramsay, Alexander Shields, Anthony Sleigh, Archibald Wilson, Arnesalloch Burn, Auchengilloch, Blackgannoch, Cairntable, Cameronian Regiment, Captain Adam Urquhart, Carluke parish, Carstairs parish, Covenanters, Cromwell Lockhart of Lee, Cumberland, Daniel Ker of Kersland, Douglas, Douglas parish, Dr Furd, earl of Airlie, Easterseat, Francis Gordon (d.1682), George Hill, Glasgow, Greenock, Ireland, James Gavin, James Ingles, James Nisbet (Hardhill), James Renwick, James Wilson (Societies), John Darroch, King's Regiment of Horse, Lanark, Lanarkshire, London, Mauchline, Michael Shields, Mossplatt, Mr Gerkima (Leeuwarden), Netherton (Carstairs), Patrick Walker, Penruddock, Robert Cathcart, Robert Goodwin, Robert Hamilton, Robert Muir, Russellites, Thomas Douglas, Thomas Linning, Thomas Young (d.1685), Thomas Young (Strathaven), Townhead of Douglas, William Boyd, William Cadzow, William Fiddison (d.1685), William Nairn
Tags: Douglas, Early modern history, Lanark, Scotland, Scottish History
Robert Hamilton’s Relentless Letter Against Union
• April 24, 2013 • 1 CommentPosted in 1685, 23 convention, 24 convention, 25 convention, Andrew Wylie (Sorn), Ayrshire, Benbain, Blackgannoch, Dalmellington parish, David Steel (d.1686), Evandale parish, George Barclay, James Renwick, John Campbell of Over Welwood, John Cochran (Craig), John Dick (Benbain), John Haddow, John Maxwell of Nether Pollok, Lanarkshire, Leeuwarden, Lesmahagow parish, Muirkirk parish, Robert Boyd of Trochrague, Robert Hamilton, Robert Langlands, Sorn parish, Utrecht
Tags: Covenanters, Early modern history, History, Leeuwarden, Netherlands, Scotland, Scottish History
The Remarkable Hidden Histories of John and Mrs Stevenson
• August 30, 2012 • 13 CommentsPosted in 1685, 1686, 30 convention, 32 convention, Ayrshire, Barr parish, Blackgannoch, Camregan, Carrick, Carrick Mill, Castle Stewart, Colmonell parish, Colonel Burns (d.1679), Colonel John Burns, Covenanters, Craigdarroch, Dailly parish, Dalry parish, Dumfriesshire, Earlstoun Castle, Elizabeth Gordon Lady Castle Stewart, Elizabeth McGhie (Craigdarroch), Galloway, George Walker (d.1685), Gilbert McIlroy, Glencairn parish, Glenkens, Irongray parish, James Renwick, John Ferguson of Craigdarroch, John Stevenson (Camregan), John Welsh, John Welsh of Cornlee, Keir parish, Kirkcalla, Kirkconnel parish, Kirkcudbrightshire, Kirkmabreck parish, Kirkmichael parish, Kirkoswald parish, Margaret Wilson (d.1685), Maybole, Mrs Stevenson, Nithsdale, Penninghame parish, Polgavin Muir, Preaching Stone, Robert Laurie of Maxwelton, Sanquhar parish, Scotland, Scottish History, Thomas Stevenson (Camregan), Wanlockhead, Wigtownshire
Tags: Covenanters, Dailly, Hillwalking, History, Newton Stewart, Scotland, Scottish History, women's history
The Journey of John Dick, Covenanter: From Fugitive to Dragoon
• July 28, 2012 • 3 CommentsPosted in 1685, 1686, 23 convention, 24 convention, 25 convention, Alexander Gordon of Kilsture, Alexander Peden, Argyll Rising, Ayrshire, Benbain, Blackgannoch, Carrick, Dalmellington parish, Friarminnan, George Barclay, James Nisbet (Hardhill), James Renwick, John Dick (Benbain), Polbaith Burn, Quintin Dick, Robert Cathcart, Robert Langlands
Tags: Covenanters, Dalmellington, Hillwalking, History, Scotland, Scottish History
The Killing of an Intelligencer in 1685
• June 16, 2012 • 3 CommentsPosted in ------- Grier (d.1685), 1685, 20 convention, Blackgannoch, Carsphairn parish, Covenanters, Dalry parish, Galloway, James Renwick, John McClurg, Kirkcudbrightshire, Minnigaff, Robert Grierson of Lag, Scotland, Scottish History
Tags: Assassination, Covenanters, Hillwalking, History, Scotland, Scottish History, Spies
