Hi Druid56,
Glasserton along with all the other Birchman surveys are due to be published by Dumfries and Galloway Family History Society (
www.dgfhs.org.uk) later this year. You probably don't know that DGFHS have a database of MIs extracted from the graveyard surveys they have a record of in their Research Centre in Dumfries.
The database is NOT on-line but we do offer an e-mail lookup service.
This is essentially a members-only service but we do offer non-members a limited look-up against five names. I am the DGFHS volunteer who manages this database.
I can tell you the database currently lists 500 stones with KERR burials, 103 stones with Agnew burials and 18 stones with Dunse burials. This database covers all of D&G but a quick look at the three searches I ran tells me that many of the burials listed are for Wigtownshire graveyards.
If this service is of interest to you then e-mail me using the personal message facility with an address that will accept attachments and I will send you these three files in RTF format which you can read using any wordprocessor.
The 2 MIs listed here are the only ones with both AGNEW & KERR burials recorded on the same stone. None of the Dunse stones list either of your other two family names.
Location: Kirkcolm (Old Churchyard), WIGTOWNSHIRE
[ Stone broken in 2 pieces ]
Here lys the corps of James McMEKAN, who died in Balgoun the 30th of November 1748 aged 72 years Also the corps of Jannet REID his spouse, who died May 10th 1741 aged 59 years [------------------------] the corpse of Jean AGNEW, spouse to Patrick [McMEKAN his] son, who died the 30th of Octr 1759 aged 44 And of [----------] McKEOUN his second wife, who died the 26th of Nov 17[7]3 aged 46 years Archd. McMEIKAN, Tennant in Balgo
n, died Feby 17th 1791 aged 79 years Margaret KERR his wife, died 4th of Feby 1794 aged 78 years Mary McMECKAN, spoue to Andrew KERR in Portmulin, who died the 20th Jany 1821 aged 67 years Also two their children Alexr & Mary, who died in infancy
Erected by Archbald, Patrick & Hugh McMEKANs
2.
Erected by John AGNEW in Stewartown As the last tribute of respect To the Memory of Patrick AGNEW his father, who died 15th June 1803 aged 70 years
Also the above John AGNEW, who was drowned at sea 18th Jany 1839 aged 60 years
Also Margaret KERR his wife, died 28th Jany 1848 aged 57 years
Also Jane AGNEW their daughter, died 11th March 1889 aged 64 years "Dear to Memory"
Also John AGNEW their son, died in America 5th May 1895 aged 61 years
"Dead but not forgotten"
