In this week's poser, taken from a list of purchasers of lairs in the burial ground at Kilbarchan Relief Church, 1796, we asked you what the occupations mentioned were and how much people had to pay.
Answer: John Caldwell was a weaver and James Alison was a farmer. They paid 10 shillings and six pence each.
Transcription
1796 John Caldwell Weaver in Kilbarchan purchased
Years 19 A lair in the Relief Church yeard in Kilbarchan ;
John Caldwell for which he paid the Sum of ten Shillings and
No 102 Sixpence Sterling Said purchase being for himself
And Heirs or Asignes the N: is 102
1796 James Alison Farmer in Auchensell purchased
A[u]gust 5 A lair in the Relief Church yeard in
James Alison Kilbarchan for which he paid the Sum of
No 71 ten Shillings and Sixpence Sterling Said
purchas Being for himself and Heirs or Asignes the N: is 71
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