David was a blacksmith, living in Hurlford, Ayrshire, Scotland.
He emigrated to Front Royal, Virginia sometime between 1816 and 1824. By 1830, he was living in Baltimore, Maryland, still working as a blacksmith.
Note on photo: Shawhill was an estate within a wide meander of the River Irvine in Hurlford, East Ayrshire, Parish of Riccarton, Scotland. John Carse purchased the estate and built a house on an elevated site to the south of the old farmstead, naming it Shawhill. According to "The Ayrshire Hermit," by M. Wilson, "Mr Carse of the Shawhill Estate protected a fine old thorn tree that grew at the Hurlford Bridge end by attaching a pair of jougs to it, made by David Brown the local blacksmith. These were never used, but acted as a deterrent to local children who might have harmed the tree." --from Wikipedia
He emigrated to Front Royal, Virginia sometime between 1816 and 1824. By 1830, he was living in Baltimore, Maryland, still working as a blacksmith.
Note on photo: Shawhill was an estate within a wide meander of the River Irvine in Hurlford, East Ayrshire, Parish of Riccarton, Scotland. John Carse purchased the estate and built a house on an elevated site to the south of the old farmstead, naming it Shawhill. According to "The Ayrshire Hermit," by M. Wilson, "Mr Carse of the Shawhill Estate protected a fine old thorn tree that grew at the Hurlford Bridge end by attaching a pair of jougs to it, made by David Brown the local blacksmith. These were never used, but acted as a deterrent to local children who might have harmed the tree." --from Wikipedia
David was a blacksmith, living in Hurlford, Ayrshire, Scotland.
He emigrated to Front Royal, Virginia sometime between 1816 and 1824. By 1830, he was living in Baltimore, Maryland, still working as a blacksmith.
Note on photo: Shawhill was an estate within a wide meander of the River Irvine in Hurlford, East Ayrshire, Parish of Riccarton, Scotland. John Carse purchased the estate and built a house on an elevated site to the south of the old farmstead, naming it Shawhill. According to "The Ayrshire Hermit," by M. Wilson, "Mr Carse of the Shawhill Estate protected a fine old thorn tree that grew at the Hurlford Bridge end by attaching a pair of jougs to it, made by David Brown the local blacksmith. These were never used, but acted as a deterrent to local children who might have harmed the tree." --from Wikipedia
He emigrated to Front Royal, Virginia sometime between 1816 and 1824. By 1830, he was living in Baltimore, Maryland, still working as a blacksmith.
Note on photo: Shawhill was an estate within a wide meander of the River Irvine in Hurlford, East Ayrshire, Parish of Riccarton, Scotland. John Carse purchased the estate and built a house on an elevated site to the south of the old farmstead, naming it Shawhill. According to "The Ayrshire Hermit," by M. Wilson, "Mr Carse of the Shawhill Estate protected a fine old thorn tree that grew at the Hurlford Bridge end by attaching a pair of jougs to it, made by David Brown the local blacksmith. These were never used, but acted as a deterrent to local children who might have harmed the tree." --from Wikipedia
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