Notes:
1. In 1634, Walter Buchannan is recorded as
being of Balfunning. In 1772, William Gairdner, son of John Gairdner,
appears to have been the owner. The estates of John M. Kechnie, of
Balfunning Douglas, in the parish of Drymen, Cattle Dealer and Farmer,
were sequestrated on the 19th day of March 1841. In the ownership of Dr
(?Thomas) Graham, of Killearn, in 1861
2. Robert Douglas of Ferguston was the son of
William Douglas, 4th of Mains (a 1491)
3. Camoquhill Douglas c1860 - A Farmsteading,
the dwelling two Storeys and Offices one Storey high Slated and in good
repair. The property of William Nelson Esqr. 69 Glasford St. [Street],
Glasgow. The Templars had lands which, on the suppression of the
Order, came into the hands of the Knights Hospitallers. These are the
lands now called Spittal, or more properly, the Hospital Lands of
Camoquhill. Camoquhill was held by the Buchanans for several
generations from the mid to late 15th century.
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