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Dykegatehead before the census

Abbreviations:
(will) - own testament or inventory; (tax) -  assorted tax lists in NAS
(MI) - memorial inscriptions
(Kirk reg) - Church of Scotland lists of Heads of Household--NAS

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Known ag. labs
(From Kirk Heads of Household lists)
1834 Robert Bowmaker
David Cockburn
George Gibson
Thomas Mabon
Peter Chirnside
1835 Peter Chirnside
John Clay jr
David Cockburn
Thomas Mabon
1836 George Bowmaker
Peter Chirnside
Thomas Mabon
Robert Renton
1837 George Bowmaker
Peter Chirnside
Thomas Mabon
David Haliday

Others
1834 Grace White (Kirk Session)
1841 David Fergie & Margaret Ferguson (Kirk Session)
1842 Joseph Hurlie (pauper)  (Kirk Session)
1850 Jane Hogg  (Kirk Session)

Tenants and their workers
The people who actually lived and worked at Dykegatehead were, of course, the tenant farmers (until the start of the 20^th century), the agricultural labourers, and their families. Thanks to the census and the valuation rolls, the community is much more easily described after the mid-19th century.

The pre-census years
Known tenants
1719 Alexander Dods (will)
1760s George Nisbet (tax)
1770s George Renton of Lamberton (tax)
1782 William Renton (MI)
1799 Adam Johnston & son Alexander Johnston (tack)
1827 John Clay (David Herriot's will)
1834-1837 John Clay (Kirk reg)