Carol You can find the Duke of Argyle listed here : http://newsite.stirnet.com/html/genie/british/cc4aq/campbell02.htm and other Campbells, including Carsaig here: http://newsite.stirnet.com/html/genie/british/cc4aq/campbell11.htm Googling "Campbell Argyle" and "Campbell Carsaig" will bring up a lot of sites to explore j Gary Wood wrote: > I am looking for any information about Campbell of Carsaig. Notes written > by my great-grandmother state that > > "Campbell of Carsaig (Duke of Argyle) married ?? She is buried in Ram's > Horn Churchyard in Glasgow about 1820. He had two sisters Jessie and > Elizabeth. > Campbell and also had two children. > > 1. Mary Campbell who married her brother's tutor, Patrick McRuer of > Doon. He was a student at University of Glasgow of which Campbell was > president. > ( I have checked with the University and they have no record of > Campbell as president but have a Patricius McRuer as a student in 1778). > Mary and Patrick (his name is also quoted as Peter M. McRuer) had 12 > children. He was a minister at Jura and Colonsay. Afterwards moved to > Greenock where they both died. He was buried there about 1787. She died > and is buried in Carsaig, aged 40 years about 1785. > > 2. Daniel Campbell, only son of Campbell of Carsaig, was a very > extravagant man and ran through the property, so Carsaig had to be sold. > Daniel never married. > > The two sisters of Campbell had their share (of Carsaig) and lived on it. > The aunts were buried at Ram's Horn Churchyard about 1868." > > Later these notes also state that Sir Walter Scott was a cousin of Mary > Campbell. > > Any help or information would be appreciated so that I can prove or > disprove these notes. > > Carol > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCT-ISLEOFMULL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >