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This was written
for Colonel David Stewart of Garth, delivered probably about 1815-20,
when the Colonel was contemplating writing a history of the Stewarts.
From internal evidence it is possible that the author was Captain James
Stewart who was dismissed as Atholl's Factor in 1818. ...This last mentioned Parish of Killearn in Stirling shire was possessed in ancient times by a family of the name of Galbraith - afterwards a family of Graham of the house of Montrose, and has undergone half a dozen changes since - The Galbraith family was a branch of the ancient family of (Lord) Baldernoch, chief of that name, and was the most numerous and respectable family (excepting that of Lennox) in Stirlingshire in former times, although neglected by the gentleman who wrote the history of that County - There ere such a number of families, both gentlemen and commoners, of that name in this county, that would be tedious to mention - who are all now extinct excepting the family of Balgair, which also may be said to be extinct being claimed lately by a person from Ireland who is not known whether he is the real heir or not. from: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rykbrown/stewarts_of_the_south_section_two.htm |