The Newport, Wormit & Forgan Archive

Forgan Kirkyard - The Gravestones

These inscriptions were recorded between 1992 and 1997. Some of the photos were taken at that time but most have been taken within the past 10 years. Since I did the original surveys, weather and time have taken their toll - some of the inscriptions are no longer visible and some stones have fallen face down.

Quite a few photos have still to be taken.

Other pages: Notes on Kirkyard Plan of the kirkyard Gravedigger's Book from 1899 Mortcloth records 1695 - 1835 Vicarsford Cemetery Which Cemetery?

The Gravestones:

The stone numbers only refer to this website. They are not used anywhere else.

Indistinct characters have been inserted in (round brackets); missing characters are shown by a single dot; longer gaps by a series of 3 dots; editorial additions are inserted in [square brackets]. Most of the inscriptions are on the east side of the stones. Where there are inscriptions on more than 1 side, this is indicated.

All stones are listed below, or you can search them for any word or part of a word:

No.	Inscription	Photos
203 Plan	[tablestone] [in centre] John Gillespie Esq. of Kirkton died September 1795 aged 87; John Gillespie Esq. of Mountwhany died May 1782 aged 43; David Gillespie Esq. of Kirkton born 26 Aprile 1777 died 28 November 1827. [around sides] Andrew Gillespie of Kirkton born 18 August 1844 died 20 February 1916 buried at Cheltenham; David Gillespie of Kirkton and Mountquhanie born 30 January 1814 died 14 December 1899; David Gillespie of Kirkton born 21 October 1841 died 13 April 1911; James Carnegie Gillespie Lt. Col. Royal Artillery born 10 November 1845 died 1 February 1902; and his wife Selina Elgiva Scrymgeour Wedderburn born 22 August 1856 died 28 December 1904, buried at Wimborne, Dorsetshire.

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