1823-1833--JOHN MACFARLANE, tr. to Collessie. Mr Macfarlane afterwards
joined the Free Church; received degree of D.D., and died Free Church
minister at Dalkeith in 1875.
1833-1839--ALEX. OSWALD LAIRD, tr. to Abbotshall. Afterwards joined
Free Church; became minister of St. John's, Dundee; died in Crieff,
1891.
1840-1843--SAMUEL GRANT. Seceded in 1843, afterwards tr. to Aberdeen.
1843-1844--Chapel vacant.
1844-1858--DAVID BONALLO, tr. to Blackford.
Ardoch erected into parish _quoad omnia_, 21st February, 1855.
1858-1864--JOHN ROBERT CAMPBELL, tr. to Monzievaird.
1865-1869--WILLIAM MAIR, A.M., tr. to Earlston; now D.D., and author of
"Digest of Church Laws."
1869-1874--CHARLES M'GREGOR, tr. to Dornoch. Since minister of East
Church, Aberdeen; now of Lady Yester's, Edinburgh; also D.D.
1874-????--GEO. D. MACNAUGHTAN, B.D.
AUCHTERARDER
(_Before Reformation belonged to Abbey of Arbroath._)
1568-1585--JOHN HAMMYL, returned to Dunning.
1591-1593--PATRICK DAVIDSON, A.M.
1594-1599--JOHN CLERK, A.M.
1601-1607--ROBERT SINCLAIR, A.M., returned to Madderty.
1607-1617--JOHN MONTEATH, A.M., tr. to Monzie.
1617-1623--HENRY ROLLOCK, tr. to Kilconquhar. Nephew of Principal
Pollock, Edinburgh.
163?-1649--JOHN GRAHAME, deposed as a Royalist.
16??-1658--JAMES DRUMMOND, A.M., tr. to Muthill.
1655-1680--ARCHD. DRUMMOND, A.M., died.
1680-1686--DAVID FREEBAIRN, A.M., tr. to Dunning.
1686-1688--JOHN RATTRAY, A.M. Ousted for not praying for William and
Mary; died 1712.
1700-1705--JAMES MITCHELL, A.M., died July.
1709-1718--JOHN STEDMAN, A.M., died January. Took part in drawing up
"Auchterarder Creed," and prepared Presbytery's defence before
Commission.
1718-1729--DAVID SHAW, A.M., died 28th September.
1730-1770--ROBERT DRUMMOND, died 15th September; son of John Drummond,
of Crieff.
1770-1781--JAMES CAMPBELL, A.M., died 1st January.
1781-1803--ANDREW DUNCAN, tr. to Ratho.
1803-1834--CHARLES STEWART, died 31st August.
1834-1843--Parish vacant pending settlement of "Auchterarder Case,"
Presbytery refusing, in obedience to Veto Act, to take Robert Young on
trials.
1843-1865--ROBERT YOUNG, died 14th September. "His congregation
greatly increased in numbers, and many who had once been his bitter
opponents became his warmest supporters and best friends. When the day
of his death came all mourned him with unfeigned grief."--_Presbytery
tribute to his memory_.
1865-????--WILLIAM GIBSON. In 1871 Mr Gibson was judicially declared
to be insane, and the parish has since been served, in terms of the
Belhaven Act, by a series of ordained assistants.
1871-1878--WM. SIMPSON. Appointed to Bonhill.
1878-1888--CHARLES SHORT, died 2nd June.
1888-????--ARCHIBALD JAMIESON, M.A.
ABERUTHVEN
(_Supplied with Readers from 1567-1591, but united to Auchterarder
before 1618._)
BLACKFORD
(_Formerly Strageyth._)
1574-1576--ALEX. GALL, tr. to Trinity-Gask.
1576-1589--WM. DRUMMOND.
1590-1591--WM. STRIUILING.
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