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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
MARTYR'S GRAVE (Morton) [Newmilns] Martyr's Grave (John Morton's)
Martyr's Grave
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Martyr's Grave
Mr. James Mitchel Newmilns
Mr. William Steel Newmilns
Mr. Matthew Steel Newmilns
019 This grave is marked by a headstone in the Grave Yard of the Established Church in Newmilns, it is on the west of the Church, the Stone bears the following inscription.
"Here lies John Morton of Broomhill
who for his appearing in arms
in his own defence and in defence
of the Gospel according to the
obligations of our national
covenant and agreeable to
the word of God was shot
in a Encounter at Drumclog
June 1st, 1679, by bloody
Graham of Claverhouse."

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County of Ayr -- Parish of Loudoun

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