Eccles Kirkyard

Section B – Row 4 – 7 – Chisholm/Elliot/Dodds

Erected in memory of JAMES CHISHOLM who died 13th August 1847 aged 63 years.

Also MARY ELLIOT his widow who died at Tweedbank Kelso 13th August 1864 aged 83 years.

Also JOHN CHISHOLM son of the above who died at Lilliesleaf 26th August 1872 aged 57 years.

Also JESSIE DODDS widow of the above JOHN CHISHOLM who died at Lilliesleaf 27th June 1884 aged 67 years.

Section B – Row 4 – 8 – Steele/Allan

Here lies WILLIAM STEELE who died 9th April 1735 aged 24 years.

JOHN STEELE who died 7th May 1770 aged 24 years sons of GEORGE STEELE wright in Bogend who died 28th August 1781 aged 77 years

. AGNES ALLAN his wife who died 7th May 1787 aged 87 years.

Reverse:

Also JANE STEELE daughter of ANDREW STEELE who died 18th March 1789 aged 18 months.

Section B – Row 4 – 9 – Hay/Turnbull

Beside holly tree

Erected by GEORGE HAY fewer in Leitholm in memory of JANET TURNBULL his wife who died 30th July 1831 aged 69 years.

Also to the memory of WILLIAM HAY their son who died at Aberdeen 14th May 1810 aged 24 years.

The said GEORGE HAY who died 22nd April 1846 aged 76 years.

Section B – Row 4 – 10 – Turnbull

Flat stone partially buried.

Here lies the body of GEORGE TURNBULL indweller Eccles who died 5th February 1794 aged 28 years.

Section B – Row 4 – 11 – Illegible

Section B – Row 4 – 12 – Jamieson/Thomson/Hogg/McPherson

Within the confines of a holly bush. Difficult to access.

Here lyes the body of JOHN JAMIESON feuar in Leitholm who died 27th January 1791 aged 80 years. Also MARGARET THOMSON his wife who died 9th July 1797 aged 84 years. Also in memory of of MARY HOGG or McPHERSON who died at Leitholm 27th March 1875 aged 26 years.

Section B – Row 5 – 1 – Creak

Beside the path.

Erected in memory of THOMAS CREAK of Whitrig who died 8th May 1849 aged 75 years.

HELEN CREAK his daughter died 12th June 1838 aged 4 years.

HELEN DICKSON CREAK died 21st October 1842 aged 32 years.

JOHN CREAK his son died 2nd April 1849 aged 23 years.

THOMAS his son died 5th October 1852 aged 21 years.

JANE CREAK his daughter died 25th September 1860 aged 23 years.

WILLIAM CREAK his son was drowned in the Burry River Cape of Good Hope 16th June 1864. Interred Wellington Cemetery 31st July 1864 aged 26 years. 

Epitaph at bottom but difficult to read.  

Section B – Row 5 -2 – Dry(?)/Creak/Waddeston/Wood

Difficult to read these days.

Here lies JANET DRY..........spouse to ALEXANDER CREAK tenant in Angelraw who died 27th June 1760 aged 35 years and two children JANET and ALEXANDER. Also MARY WADDESTON his spouse who died 6th August 1764 aged 32 years.

Also ALEXANDER CREAK who died............and MARY CREAK his daughter died...........

Reverse: .

.CREAK tenant in Angel Row .........Also AGNES WOOD his spouse who died 30th January 1750 aged 67 years. Also........ 

Section B – Row 5 – 3 – Hoy

Difficult to read these days

JOHN HOY late tenant in.......1732......Also .......spouse who died.......And CHRISTIAN daughter.......their children viz AGNES aged 2 years and AGNES aged 1 year. And ALEXANDER aged 1 year.

Section B – Row 5 – 4 – Richardson

Table Stone

Erected by ROBERT RICHARDSON gardner of Blackadder in memory of his father JOHN RICHARDSON who died 13th November 1785 aged 65 years.

Also ISOBEL RICHARDSON his spouse died 10th Ocrober 1780 aged 58 years.

Four of their children: WILL aged 4 years, PEGGY 11 months WILL 14 years and JAMES 6 months.

Section B – Row 6 – 1 – Borthwick

Difficult to read these days

Erected by THOMAS BORTHWICK in memory of JEAN BORTHWICK his daughter who died 2nd March 1818 aged 4 months.

Also THOMAS BORTHWICK his son who died 26th July 1832 aged 21 years.  

Section B – Row 6 – 2 – McDougal/McDougall

Erected by ROBERT McDOUGAL merchant Leitholm in memory of GEORGE McDOUGAL who died 5th January 1815 aged 86 years.

Also JESSIE McDOUGALL his daughter who died 10th August 1823 aged 7 years.

Section B – Row 6 – 3 – Hamilton

Inscription on west side of headstone

Erected in memory of ROBERT HAMILTON who died in Eccles 5th May 1808 aged 54 years. 

Section B – Row 6 – 4 – Frisken/Davidson

Erected by GEORGE FRISKEN shoemaker Leitholm in memory of GRACE DAVIDSON his wife who died 4th December 1837 aged 40 years.

Also ELIZABETH DAVIDSON her aunt who died 20th July 1828 aged 74 years. 

Section B – Row 6 – 5 – Symbolic Stone

Section B – Row 7 – 1 – Stewart/Dary/Dods

Main part of inscription on west side of the headstone

Here lies ROBERT STEWART who died 3rd November 1738 aged 35 years.

Also ISOBEL DARY his wife who died 9th July 1739 aged 33 years. 

Reverse:

Also ELSPETH DODS wife of the late JAMES STEWART in Orvins.........

Section B – Row 7 – 2 – Middlemiss/Kirkwood

Difficult to read these days

To the memory of AGNES MIDDLEMISS spouse to WILLIAM KIRKWOOD who died 22nd July 1806 aged 32 years.

Also of there children......... 

Reverse:

 To the memory of JOHN KIRKWOOD who died 19th September 1805 aged 69(?) years.

Also three of his children who died young.

Section B – Row 7 – 3 – Black/Fairbairn

He lies the corps of JAMES BLACK who died 9th October 1734 aged 60 years.

Also MARGARET FAIRBAIRN his wife who died 15th December 1734 aged 63 years. 

Reverse:

here lies the corpse of ROBERT BLACK son to JOHN BLACK smith in Suinton who died 29th April 1754 aged 10 years. 

Section B – Row 7 – 4 – Black

Symbolic stone but difficult to read

MAR......BLACK........Leitholm

Section B – Row 7 – 5 – Scott/Wood

Erected in memory of CHRISTOPHER SCOTT who died at Gordonbank 22nd October 1860 aged 59 years.

Also of ROBERT his son who died at Swinton Mill 10th March 1839 aged 5 years.

AGNES his daughter who died at Crossrig 1st August 1846 aged 3 years.

 And JAMES his son who died at Sweethope 21st July 1876 aged 23 years.

Also AGNES WOOD wife of the above CHRISTOPHER SCOTT who died at Kelso 31st March 1895 aged 85 years.

Also WILLIAM his son who died at Kelso 10th March 1907 aged 78 years.

Also ROBERT his son who died at Stichill East Field 5th August 1935.

And MARGARET SCOTT who died at Mosstower 9th January 1936 aged 90 years.