Logie-Pert, Angus, Scotland Genealogy

Parish #304

History
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The parishes of Logie or Logie-Montrose and Pert were joined about 1610. The population in 1831 was 1360.

Condition of Original Registers—
Indexed: For an index to these records, see the Scottish Church Records Index available on computers at the Family History Library and family history centers. The records may be indexed in the International Genealogical Index. Births: The pages covering the years 1725–1740 were partially destroyed by mice. Mothers' names are not recorded until 1740. Births, marriages and deaths are intermixed up to 1740, and are intermixed with marriages beginning 1801. There is a duplicate of 1723–1730. Marriages: Marriage record pages covering the years 1725–1740 were partially destroyed by mice. The records are intermixed with births and deaths up to 1740, and also after 1801. There are a few entries of proclamation fees 1775–1800, and they are blank from November 1740 to December 1800, after which the entries again occur among the births. There is a duplicate of portion 1723–1728, much wasted. Deaths: Mortcloth Dues intermixed with births and marriages until 1740. There is a record of Mortcloth Dues which is blank 1740–1770. The record terminates December 1801. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23b.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Minutes 1717–1935, 1952–1982 Accounts 1770–1801, 1825–1923 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/248

Nonconformist Church Records
General Statement: The New Statistical Account of Scotland, dated January 1835, FHL book 941 B4sa Ser. 2, vol. 11 pt. 2, states that at that time there were ten families in the parish who belonged to Seceding chapels. However, as there were no places of worship for them in Logie-Pert, they would have attended chapels in neighboring parishes. Other churches would have come into being after 1835.

Logie-Pert Free Church
History— The congregation here was formed immediately after the Disruption, and supply provided. Public worship was held first in a barn, then in a wooden church erected at St. Martin's Den. A permanent church was built in 1844, in which year the charge was sanctioned. A manse purchased at Hillside in 1845 was afterwards enlarged. A school was also erected there. The congregation was greatly indebted for generous help to the Miss Carnegy of Craigs. Membership: 1848, 308; 1900, 266. Source: Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, 1843–1900, ed. Rev. William Ewing, D.D., 2 vols. pub. 1914. Film #918572. More details may be given in the source.

Records— Session Minutes 1843–1942 Deacons Court Minutes 1844–1942 Cash Book, 1844–1856 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH3/443

Episcopalians
The New Statistical Account of Scotland dated January 1835 FHL book 941 B4sa Ser. 2, vol. 11 pt. 2, states that at that time there were five Episcopalian families in the parish. However, as there was no chapel for them in Logie-Pert, they would have traveled to a chapel in a neighboring parish, such as Montrose.

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