A martyr's grave
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A martyr's grave
Image: © Walter Baxter Taken: 22 Sep 2008
A memorial, west-northwest of Meikle Auchengibbert Farm, to the Covenanter John McGeachan. The inscription reads:- HERE LIES JOHN McGEACHAN WHO FOR HIS CONSTANT ADHERENCE TO THE WORD OF GOD PROSECUTING THE ENDS OF NATIONAL VALUE AND COVENANT AND APPEARING FOR THE RESCUE OF THE REV DAVID HOUSTON ONE OF THE PERSECUTED MINISTERS OF THE GOSPEL WAS SHOT AT BELLOW PATH BY A PARTY OF BLOODY DRAGOONS XXVIITH JULY MDCLXXXXIII On the other side is inscribed:- THIS Stone was Erected by the Proceeds of a Sermon Preached by the Rev Mr JAMES CURRIE Of Catrine 28th August 1836 An inscription on a small stone to the side of the monument reads:- THE PERSECUTED MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL WAS SHOT AT BELLO PATH BY A PARTY OF THE BLOODY DRAGOONS JULY 28 1688 ERECTED ANNO 1728
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