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| Date | Masters & mistresses names & designations | Servants names | Quality of servants | Number of servants | Bachelor servants | One and two servants | Three and four servants | Five to seven servants | Eight to ten servants | Eleven or more servants | Duty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dumfries Burgh | |||||||||||
| 18 Aug 1787 | William Carruthers Esqr of doormount | William Carruthers | footman | 1 | 1 | £1.5.0 | |||||
| Comiser [Commissioner] Thomas Goudie Dumfries | Frances Gray | footman | 1 | 1 | £1.5.0 | ||||||
| Capt [Captain] John Hamilton Dumfries | James Paterson James Walker |
Coachman footman |
2 | 2 | £2.10.0 | ||||||
| Mrs Bryon Dumfries | James Charles | footman | 1 | 1 | £1.5.0 | ||||||
| Robert Ridle Esqr of Carzield | Richard Boyce | footman | 1 | 1 | £1.5.0 | ||||||
| Coll [Collector] Ramsay of Excise Dumfries | James McLelan | footman | 1 | 1 | £1.5.0 | ||||||
| Thomas Clynt Dumfries | Alexander Smith | Waitter | 1 | 1 | £1.5.0 | ||||||
| Mrs Lothain Dumfries | William Underwood | Footman | 1 | 1 | £1.5.0 | ||||||
| Mrs Lothian Rose hall Dumfries | Alexander Finlay | Gardner | 1 | 1 | £1.5.0 | ||||||
| Doctor John Gilkirst Dumfries | John Friezell | House Servt [Servant] | 1 | 1 | £1.5.0 | ||||||
| Alexander Mitchelson Esqr Dumfries | Gilmer Maxwell | footman | 1 | 1 | £1.5.0 | ||||||
| John McVitty Vintr [Vintner] Dumfries | James Thomson Luke Newlands |
Waitter Waitter |
2 | 2 | £2.10.0 | ||||||
| Capt [Captain] Walter Johnston Dumfries | James Smith | House Servt [Servant] | 1 | 1 | £1.5.0 | ||||||
| John Welsh Maxwell of Steelston | John Maxwell Mt dumf[Merchant Dumfries] | Gamekeeper | 1 | 1 | £1.5.0 | ||||||
| Mr David Glen writer Dumf [Dumfries] | David Blunt Mt dumf[Merchant Dumfries] | Game Keeper | 1 | 1 | £1.5.0 | ||||||
| Frances Short of Curanice | William Richardson Mt dumf [Merchant Dumfries] | Game Keeper | 1 | 1 | £1.5.0 | ||||||
| John Wilson of Bogrice | James McCaskie Chanler dumf [Dumfries] | Game Keeper | 1 | 1 | £1.5.0 | ||||||
| 19 | 19 | £23.15.0 | |||||||||
| Proof 19 Servts [Servants] at £1.5.0 is | £23.15.0 |
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Survey of the MALES SERVANTS TAX in the Burgh of Dumfriesfrom the 5th of April 1787 to April the 5th 1788 by William Currie Surveyor
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I William Currie surveyor aforesaid do hereby Certify that upon carefull examination I find the amount
in whole to twenty three pounds fifteen shillings sterl [sterling] and that upon the 21st day of Novr [November] 1787 I deliverd
to Mr Francis Maxwell Collr [Collector] for the said duties for the Burgh aforesaid an exact duplicate of the
foregoing which containd my Oath that notices were Left with the several Inhabitants or at
their dwelling houses of the date anexed to their respective names that was to be Charged with the
sums hereby Certify to be due from them
William Currie
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