Archive for the 'Polgavin Muir' Category
The Polgavin Moor Prisoners and Renwick’s Preaching in Nithsdale in 1686
• January 16, 2013 • 4 CommentsPosted in ------- Welsh (Lochrutton), 1686, Anonymous, Auchencairn (Kirkmahoe), Auchenflowerhill, Auchenleck (Closeburn), Bank (Carsphairn), Bessie Bekett, Bettyknowes, Canongate Tolbooth, Captain William Douglas, Carsphairn parish, Closeburn parish, Closeburnmill, Cotimpan, Covenanter Sites, Covenanters, Dumfries, Dumfries parish, Dumfriesshire, Edinburgh, Edward Welsh, Gledenholm, Green Cleugh, Hartbush, James Corson, James Coultart, James Gowdie, James Harkness, James Renwick, James Robson, James Wallace (Kirkmahoe), Janet Brane, Janet Martin, Jean Currie, John Brane, John Faed, John McKein (Closeburn), John McQueen (Tinwald), John Rennie, John Wallace (Closeburn), King's Regiment of Horse, Kirkmahoe parish, Lieutenant James Stewart, Locherben, Lochmaben parish, Lochrutton parish, Lt General William Drummond, Marie Corbett, Michael Coultart, Mrs John Brane, Mrs John Wallace, Newlands (Kirkmahoe), Nithsdale, Polgavin Muir, Robert Cowan, Robert Ireland (Kirkmahoe), Robert Lister, Roucan, Scotland, Scottish History, Susanna Thomson, Tinwald, Tinwald parish, Torthorwald parish, William Beck, William Faed, William Gillespie, William McVittie, William Welsh (Bank)
Tags: Covenanters, Dumfries, Hillwalking, History, 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