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I believe that I have read far enough to understand that the Caolas on Tyree and the aforementioned district of Caolislate or Caolisraide are not the same.  The parish register entries for the birth of Crawfords who emigrated from Caolasraide to Caradoc and Lobo Townships appear to support what the archivist wrote.  I have located records for Dugald, Archibald, Catherine, Neil and Malcolm Crawford in Kilcalmonnel and Kilberry Parish.  There is a record for a marriage between Archibald Fletcher and Margaret Crawford on January 13, 1838 in kilcalmonnel and Kilberry Parish.  This is consistent with what the archivist wrote regarding Cara versus Carse.

One last piece of information which tends to support what the Archivist wrote, in the 1841 census Malcolm Crawford (50), Ann Crawford (50), Neil Crawford (12), Allan Crawford (9) and Malcolm Crawford (1) are all found living at N. Coulghaiter.

Jim.

My immigrating ancestors Archibald Fletcher and Margaret Crawford are buried in the Lamont cemetery on the Lamont farm on the caradoc lobo townline (yes it would have a different  road name now).  The Lamonts that own the farm are also fletcher descendants.    My dad tells me that the original Scottish settlers of that immediate area called their community Culloden though it seems no village ever came about for the name to stick to.

Archie ,Margaret , their 2 oldest children immigrated with Margaret's four brothers  Dugald, Malcolm, Archibald, and Dr. Allen Crawford.  The Crawford's father was Malcolm Crawford who immigrated later.  Margaret Crawford Fletcher is my great great grandmother but it seems that the Fletchers have lost Family "consciousness"  of any Crawford cousins.

Carl Archie Fletcher  fletcherfamily@rogers.com

Margaret Crawford's brother Archibald married Janet Graham who figures in my family as several of my ancestors settled in Lobo and the surrrounding area.  I would be interesting in at least knowing who were Archibald Fletcher's parents.

As for Caolisraide and Cara I had made enquiry about this back in 2005 and received the following in reply from the Archivist of the Argyll and Bute Council:

"The place name you required about is one of those names for which there is
no standardised spelling.  It can be found as Killislate, Keilslate,
Caolislate, etc.  The name has totally disappeared today, but originally it
was a district lying partly in the Parish of Kilberry and partly in the
Parish of South Knapdale.  Since the boundary change in 1891, however, it
has lain entirely within South Knapdale.

"My suspicion is that the name “Cara” is a misreading for the place name
“CARSE”, in Caolislate and in the Parish of Kilberry in the 1830s.  There is
no Presbyterian Church in the island of Cara.  Kilberry Parish Church,
however, which is Presbyterian, is adjacent to Carse."

This latter makes sense as there is a marriage between Archibald Fletcher and Margaret Crawford on 13 January 1838 in the parish of Kilcalmonell and Kilberry.
Jim.

I came across this thread and perhaps someone has encountered the family which I am interested in.

John McFadyen married Mary McLean on Nov. 22, 1831.  He lived in Acha at the time while she was at Grimsary.  The family lived in Grimsary and I am descended from their daughter Mary who married Hugh Young at Cambusnethan Parish Church on Dec. 9, 1864.

If anyone has any information about this family I would appreciate hearing from you.  While I have some information I am not confident of its accuracy.

Jim.

Regarding Alexander Stewart and Christina McLean from Kilmartin.  If memory serves Kilmartin is the parish just to the north of Lochgilphead and Glassary parishes in Argyll.  There were quite a number of Stewarts in the Glassary area and I have a privately published history of them which was published about 1998.  IF you know Alexander's parents I could see if that might mate up with any of the information which I have.