Nithsdale Martyrs' Cross
Dalgarnock Kirkyard
Kirkbog
Thornhill
Dumfriesshire
NGR - NX 876936
A white granite cross located just inside the kirkyard gate lists 57 Covenanters from Nithsdale who were martyred for their beliefs. The monument was erected at the instigation of Rev James King Hewison, author of The Covenanters (1913). The memorial was erected in 1928. In front of the monument is a lesser stone from admirers in Australia.
On the side facing the gate is a carving of a sword, thistle, Bible, with the inscription FOR CHRIST CHURCH AND COVENANT, and a scroll reprersenting the National Covenant.
Nithsdale Martyrs' Cross
The monument commemorates all of the Covenanting martyrs associated with Nithsdale in Dumfriesshire. There are 57 names on the monument:
George Allan, Penpont
James Bennoch, Ingliston 1685
William Brown, Sanquhar
John Corsan, New Jersey 1685
James Colvin, Scarvating 1679
George Corson, New Cumnock 1685
Thomas Dinwiddie, Bothwell 1679
Robert Edgar, Ingliston 1685
Andrew Ferguson, Glasgow 1685
Elizabeth Hunter Ferguson, Holland
Robert Ferguson, Bothwell 1679
Robert Ferguson, Auchencloy 1684
M(rs) Jas. Forsyth, Dunnottar 1685
John Gibson, Ingliston 1685
James Glover, Edin. tolbooth 1685
Edward Gordon, Irongray 1685
Margaret Gracie, Penpont
Robert Grierson, Ingliston 1685
William Grierson, Dumfries 1667
John Hair, New Cumnock 1685
Thos. Harkness, Grassmarket 1684
William Heron, Lochenkit 1685
Andrew Hunter, Dumfries Prison
Elizabeth Hunter
William Hunter, Kirkcudbright 1684
John Johnstone, Bothwell 1679
John Kennedy
James Kirko, Dumfries 1685
John MacCall, Bothwell Brig 1679
Alexander MacCubine, Irongray 1685
Samuel MacEwan, Edinburgh 1685
Thomas MacGirr, Bothwell 1679
David MacKervail
John MacClamroes, Bothwell 1679
And. MacLellan, Pitlochy’s ship 1685
Daniel MacMichael, Dalveen 1683
James MacMichael, Auchencloy 1684
Robert Milligan, Scarvating 1679
Robert Mitchell, Ingliston 1685
Robert Morris, Sanquhar
John Muirhead, Leith prison 1685
James Muncie, Edinburgh Prison
John Mundell, Edin. tolbooth 1685
Rev. James Renwick, Grassmarket 1685
John Renwick
James Robson, Bothwell 1679
Thos Rosper, Scarvating 1679
Robt. Sitlington, Bothwell 1679
Thos. Sitlington, Pitlochy’s ship 1685
James Smith, Bothwell 1679
Robert Smith, Kirkcudbright 1684
William Smith, Moniaive 1685
John Stot, Dunnottar 1685
William Welsh, Dumfries 1667
Andrew Wallet, Scarvating 1679
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