I found the following on a website about Springburn  http://gdl.cdlr.strath.ac.uk/springburn/springmitchell.htm "The most famous of those interred at Sighthill were, however, of much lower rank. In 1847 a monument was raised by public subscription to honour John Baird and Andrew Hardie (later James Wilson was also commemorated there). These three men were all executed for taking part in the so-called Radical War of 1820. In that year the first mass strike in world history took place when 60,000 workers in the West of Scotland downed tools for the right to vote. Baird, Wilson and Hardie, along with some others, carried their protest as far as armed insurrection, and paid the ultimate price, though their example inspired later generations of reformers who eventually achieved many of the original aims of the men of 1820." Here is another website which is a very harrowing account of the execution of Baird and Hardie: http://www.gcal.ac.uk/radicalglasgow/chapters/1820_insurrection.html It all sounds nearly as desperate as the French Revolution. Thanks for drawing our attention to this. I wonder what happened to the 6 baker boys who were transported without any trial. Linda --- On Mon, 6/4/09, Carol Wood <nanawood@bigpond.com> wrote: From: Carol Wood <nanawood@bigpond.com> Subject: [AUS-CON] Scottish convicts/martyrs To: aus-convicts@rootsweb.com Received: Monday, 6 April, 2009, 11:40 AM Hi, The following names were transcribed from the 'Martyrs' Monument', Sighthill Cemetery in Glasgow, Scotland "For their part in the 1820 Rising the following, originally sentenced to death were transported to New South Wales, Australia and in 1835 were given a Royal Pardon" JOHN ANDERSON, JOHN BARR, WILLIAM CLACKSON or CLARKSON, JAMES CLELLAND      ANDREW DAWSON, ROBERT GRAY, ALEXANDER HART, ALEXANDER JOHNSON, ALEXANDER LATIMER, THOMAS McCULLOCH, THOMAS McFARLANE, JOHN McMILLAN, BENJAMIN MOIR, ALLAN MURCHIE, THOMAS PIKE or PINK, WILLIAM SMITH, DAVID THOMPSON, ANDREW WHITE, JAMES WRIGHT. Does anyone know what the 1820 Rising was? Carol Wood ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-CONVICTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message