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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Farm horse tax - Volume 12 - Counties (Ross and Cromarty - Wigtown) (see 'More info' for county details), E326/10/12

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Survey of the Wigton Shire Cont. [Continued]

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Andrew McCullock Kirkcalla I think it should be Andrew McDowal Kirkcalla see E326/10/5/282
In the entries below is a Andrew McCullock Garchew, the Surveyor may have lost his concentration for a few minutes and entered Andrew McCullock Kirkcalla instead of Andrew McDowal of Kirkcalla

Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Farm horse tax - Volume 12 - Counties (Ross and Cromarty - Wigtown) (see 'More info' for county details), E326/10/12

Volume 12 contains farm horse tax information on the following counties: Ross and Cromarty, Roxburghshire, Selkirkshire (Ettrick Forest), Stirlingshire, Sutherland, West Lothian (Linlithgowshire), Wigtownshire, and Ross.

Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records)

The Scottish Exchequer, and subsequently the Court of Exchequer, were concerned with the accounting of collected taxes in Scotland. These taxes include the Carriage tax (1785-1798), Cart tax (1785-1798), Clock and watch tax (1797-1798), Dog tax (1797-1798), Farm horse tax (1797-1798), Servant tax (1777-1798), Hearth tax (1691-1695), Horse tax (1785-1798), Inhabited house tax (1778-1798), Land tax (1645-1831), Poll tax (1694-1698), Shop tax (1785-1789), Window tax (1748-1798). Following the Consolidating Acts (38 Geo. III cap. 40 and 41), the duties on windows, inhabited houses, male servants, carts, carriages and dogs were incorporated in Consolidated Schedules of Assessed Taxes (1798-1799).

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