Inverary & Glenaray, Argyllshire, Scotland Genealogy

'''Iverary, Argyle, Scotland (#513'

History
This parish was at one period called Kilmiliew and also Glenaray. The parish takes its name from the river Aray. Furnace and Kenmore are the nearest towns. At this time the family of Argyle posses most of the parish and are the major land owners. The land was primarily used for, sheep, cattle, hay crops, and oats. The population in 1792 was 1832, and in 1841 was 2277. The parish registers were first kept in 1651 to July 1688, then from Dec 1699 to December 1763, from January 1764 to January 1790, from July 1790 to December 1817, and from January 1818 to the present (1843). The Earl of Argyle succeeded his father in 1542 and embraced Protestantism at an early period of the Reformation. There now is a Gaelic congregation and an English congregation, a few Baptists, Papists and seceders.

This account was written in 1844. source: New Statistical Account of Scotland (FHL book 941 B4sa, series 2 vol. 7)