John Blaw of Castlehill

JOHN BLAW OF CASTLEHILL

His Father's Testament Dative and Inventory

John Blaw of Castlehill gave up his father's testament dative and inventory. Confirmation was granted to him on 1 February 1722. [National Records of Scotland, Dunblane Commissary Court, The Testament Dative and Inventory of George Blaw of Castlehill, parish of Culross, reference CC6/5/23]

1. Image of Testament

The Execution of John Blaw of Castlehill

John Blaw of Castlehill is reported to have killed a man during an argument in a hostelry in Clackmannan. He was tried and convicted of murder and was hanged at Stirling in 1767. Culross and Tulliallan II: 127

Genealogy

1. Culross and Tulliallan or Perthshire on Forth its History and Antiquities etc. By David Beveridge. In Two Volumes. Vol I (William Blackwood and Sons, London and Edinburgh, MDCCCLXXXV), 402 pp.
2. Culross and Tulliallan or Perthshire on Forth its History and Antiquities etc. By David Beveridge. In Two Volumes. Vol I (William Blackwood and Sons, London and Edinburgh, MDCCCLXXXV), 427 pp. including index
3. John Blaw of Castlehill Jacobite and Criminal. By Christopher N. Johnston, K.C., LL.D., Sheriff of Perth (William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London, 1916), 154 pp. including index