>From The Dumfries Weekly Journal 11th May, 1824Sourced by Robert Wells and transcribed by myself "At Drumore, in the parish of Kirkmaiden, on the 9th of March, in the 105th year of his age, John King, officer of his Majesty's Customs. He was born in Edinburgh, and was 3 days under arms, when the citizens at Edinburgh armed for the defence of the town, in the year 1745."Diana Henry