William Campbell/Ann McFall 1884 Clintyfinnan

[Elwyn Soutter]

The changes in the revaluation records are in different coloured inks for different years, and the year is usually in the rh column of the page. So in your case the records show that William Campbell is recorded as having left plot 7 in the townland in 1897, when he was replaced by Robert Gillan. The records can sometimes be out by a year or two, as the Griffiths clerks didn't always get it exactly right.

Incidentally what that Wm Campbell had was a small house on a farm (in this case John Moore’s), so typical for an agricultural labourer or weaver.

[redquirrel]

Thanks Elwyn, i appreciate your help. Out of interest, when 'type of tenancy' refers to Bog, does this mean the named person had the right to cut peat, or does it mean something entirely different?
Thanks.

[Elwyn Soutter]

The term bog is normally in the section, “description of tenements” which is used to describe each property. So by listing it as bog, it will explain why the value is lower than for adjacent land, capable of growing crops etc. The possession or lease of a piece of bog doesn’t grant any automatic right to cut peat (turf). That is covered by separate rights, usually called turbery, which are often mentioned in leases but not in Griffiths. The right to cut peat doesn’t directly affect the value of the land, and so wasn’t of interest to Griffiths.

A person with a piece of bog would probably use it to graze a few sheep or cattle. It may also be used for turf cutting but, as I say, that would be specified separately elsewhere. Note that if the bog is described just as land, then normally that means the owner/lessee didn’t have a house there, and must have lived elsewhere.

[redquirrel]

Thank you for that information. I have also located the Scottish death cert for William, which lists his father, also William, as a farm labourer. It also gives his mother's maiden name as Robertson. He died following a stroke in 1939.