Kilmartin, Argyl, Scotland

Parish #521

History
This parish got its name as the the burial place of St. Martin. Oban, and Lochgilphead are the nearest towns. The Bard of Hope, Gertrude of Wyoming, V. is a well known person of this parish. The major land owners were: Neil Malcolm, Esq. of Poltallach; Colin Bell Maclochlan, Esq of Craiginterave; Captain Donal Campbel, R.N. of Barbreck; and The Rev. Dugald Campbell of  Auchanellan. The land was primarily used for, cattle, sheep, horses, oats, bear, potatoes, turnips, and hay. The population in 1795 was 1537. The population in 1841 was 1213. The register of baptisms and marriages was kept imperfectly from 1747-1774. There is no record from then to 1819. From 1819 to 1844 it was regularly kept. Most of the people in the parish are Prespbyteran. There are 2 Baptist families, and 6 Separtist families. This account was written in 1844.

source: New Statistical Account of Scotland (FHL book 941 B4sa, series 2 vol. 7) also available online at http://edina.ac.uk/stat-acc-scot/. Browse the scanned pages under 'For non-subscribers,' then search for the parish report.

Condition of Original Records—
Index: For an index to these records, see the Scottish Church Records Index on computer at the Family History Library and family history centers. Some records may be indexed in the International Genealogical Index. Births: The pages are blank, except for a few entries on an imperfect page, 1767–1778, January 1767–January 1773, after which a number of pages are imperfect and entries are partially destroyed. Except for two entries 1799 and 1806, the record is blank December 1793–January 1819. Marriages: There are no entries April 1767–January 1774 and January 1793–March 1819. Deaths: The records are of deaths and burials. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British book 941 K23b.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Minutes 1691–1706, 1724–1941 Note: Available at the Scottish National Archives, Edinburgh, record CH2/793.

Nonconformist Church Records
There are no churches with known pre-1855 records.

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