The Parish of Troqueer

People and Places

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Joseph Ewart (1759 - 1792) of Mullock, Kirkcudbright, Troqueer and Prussia By ---- Waldie:
This remarkable man's story is taken from Waldie's Select Circulating Library &c published in 1836. His father was Rev. John Ewart, who was Presbyterian minister of Troqueer for 58 years, and descended from the Ewarts of Mullock. - View Page

Rev. John Blackadder, Covenanting Minister of Troqueer. By James Gibson:
This article is taken from a book on Covenanter gravestones and tells the story of his imprisonment and death on the Bass Rock. - View Page

The Diary of Col. John Blackadder By Andrew Crichton:
The diary of Rev. John Blackadder who was minister at Troqueer and a Covenanter - View Page

Kirkconnell House and New Abbey By Odo Blundell:
A history of the Maxwell family of Kirkconnell House, and their influence on Catholicism in the area - View Page

William Maxwell Hetherington, Troqueer. By James Grant Wilson:
A native of Troqueer, this free church minister was also an author and poet - View Page

John Maxwell of Terraughty, Parish of Troqueer. By Rev Charles Rogers:
Extracted from "The book of Robert Burns; genealogical and historical memoirs of the poet, his associates and those celebrated in his writings," this item contains much of local interest. - View Page