Rolls of Male Heads of Families
In 1834, the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland passed the Veto Act, removing the absolute right of landowners to appoint ministers to their parish. The Act gave male heads of families who were communicants with the parish the right to veto the appointment of a new minister if a majority of them objected. To this end, the Assembly instructed kirk sessions to draw up rolls of the male heads of families in each parish. We have transcribed the surviving rolls, and are publishing them here. They are significant as they pre-date the earliest nominal census, which took place in 1841.
Male Heads of families 1835 (NRS Reference: CH2/609/19 pp. 1-5)
| Forename | Surname | Occupation | Address | Notes |
| John | Lindsay | servant | Balcanquhal | |
| Robert | Simpson | servant | Balcanquhal | |
| Alexander | Ireland | farmer | Bannety | |
| Richard | Thomson | servant | Bannety | |
| Samuel | Morrisson | weaver | Bellfield | |
| Michael | Pottie | weaver | Bellfield | |
| James | Miller | weaver | Burnside | |
| John | Miller | weaver | Burnside | |
| John | Adamson | weaver | Cash Feus | |
| James | Barclay | weaver | Cash Feus | |
| George | Beveridge | weaver | Cash Feus | |
| James | Bonella | carter | Cash Feus | |
| William | Bisset | weaver | Cash Feus | |
| William | Galloway | labourer | Cash Feus | |
| Francis | Keay | weaving agent | Cash Feus | |
| David | Morrisson | residing in | Cash Feus | |
| Ebenezer | Morrisson | weaver | Cash Feus | |
| Andrew | Morrisson | weaver | Cash Feus | |
| David | Oliphant | weaver | Cash Feus | |
| John | Paton | weaver | Cash Feus | |
| David | Ritchie | weaver | Cash Feus | |
| John | Skinner | weaver | Cash Feus | |
| William | Simpson | weaver | Cash Feus | |
| John | Wishart | weaver | Cash Feus | |
| James | Wishart | weaver | Cash Feus | |
| John | Christie | servant | Cash Mill | |
| David | Goodwillie | servant | Cash Mill | |
| James | Flockhart | farmer | Corrinzion | |
| James | Willis | servant | Corrinzion | |
| Robert | Goodwillie | servant | Corston Mill | |
| Andrew | Wilson | farmer | Corston Mill | |
| David | Lumsden | weaver | Cotton | |
| Robert | Sharp | labourer | Cotton | |
| James | Williamson | labourer | Cotton | |
| James | Bonella | labourer | Dennismonkshill | |
| John | Bonella | labourer | Dennismonkshill | |
| James | Melville | servant | Drumdreel | |
| John | Scott | servant | Drumdreel | |
| John | Beveridge | weaver | Easter Cash | |
| William | Ireland | servant | Easter Cash | |
| James | Philip | servant | Easter Cash | |
| James | Tod | weaver | Easter Cash | |
| John | Watt | servant | Easter Cash | |
| Andrew | Duff | labourer | Edenshead | |
| John | Allan | weaver | Edenshead Feus | |
| John | Fotheringham | feuar | Edenshead Feus | |
| David | Pottie | labourer | Edenshead Feus | |
| James | Reedie | vintner | Edenshead Feus | |
| David | Gould | labourer | Friarmill | |
| David | Allan | servant | Gateside | |
| John | Crambie | weaver | Gateside | |
| David | Duncan | labourer | Gateside | |
| David | Duncan | labourer | Gateside | |
| David | Ellice | carter | Gateside | |
| William | Murray | smith | Gateside | |
| James | Mcclelland | weaver | Gateside | |
| James | Young | labourer | Gateside | |
| William | Gay | servant | Gornogrove | |
| David | Michie | servant | Gospetry | |
| Robert | Keay | smith | Hedderwick | |
| John | Mcfarlane | servant | Kincraigie | |
| Donald | Mcdougall | servant | Kincraigie | |
| Thomas | Philip | servant | Kincraigie | |
| Charles | Roger | farmer | Kincraigie | |
| John | Innes | servant | Lappie | |
| James | Blyth | farmer | Nether Pitlochie | |
| James | Wilkie | proprietor | Of Westbank | |
| George | Robertson | servant | Pitgorno | |
| David | Adamson | servant | Pitlochie | |
| James | Cleugh | servant | Pitlour | |
| George | Craven | servant | Pitlour | |
| David | Morrisson | servant | Pitlour | |
| William | Oliphant | servant | Pitlour | |
| Henry | Keay | weaver | South Feus Of Wester Cash | |
| Andrew | Allan | portioner | Strathmiglo | |
| William | Allan | grocer | Strathmiglo | |
| James | Allan | weaver | Strathmiglo | |
| Thomas | Anderson | weaver | Strathmiglo | |
| George | Anderson | labourer | Strathmiglo | |
| James | Buist | labourer | Strathmiglo | |
| Andrew | Batchelor | weaver | Strathmiglo | |
| Robert | Brown | weaver | Strathmiglo | |
| Douglas | Bruce | labourer | Strathmiglo | |
| John | Cameron | teacher | Strathmiglo | |
| Peter M | Comrie | teacher | Strathmiglo | |
| David | Carmichael | carrier | Strathmiglo | |
| John | Carmichael | labourer | Strathmiglo | |
| Robert | Christie | labourer | Strathmiglo | |
| Gilbert | Chapman | weaver | Strathmiglo | |
| James | Clement | weaver | Strathmiglo | |
| James | Duncan | carter | Strathmiglo | |
| James | Duncan | grocer | Strathmiglo | |
| Andrew | Davidson | labourer | Strathmiglo | |
| William | Denovan | labourer | Strathmiglo | |
| James | Edie | weaver | Strathmiglo | |
| Robert | Ellice | weaver | Strathmiglo | |
| William | Elder | wright | Strathmiglo | |
| Alexander | Elder | wright | Strathmiglo | |
| James | Elder | warper | Strathmiglo | |
| David | Gilmer | vintner | Strathmiglo | |
| Alexander | Graham | labourer | Strathmiglo | |
| Richardson | Grieve | shoemaker | Strathmiglo | |
| Charles | Goodwillie | weaver | Strathmiglo | |
| Michael | Gray | weaver | Strathmiglo | |
| John | Henderson | weaver | Strathmiglo | |
| George | Hoy | weaver | Strathmiglo | |
| David | Hoy | weaver | Strathmiglo | |
| Walter | Heggie | maltster | Strathmiglo | |
| John | Harrower | weaver | Strathmiglo | |
| William | Harrower | weaver | Strathmiglo | |
| Peter | Kiddie | sawyer | Strathmiglo | |
| Henry | Laing | wright | Strathmiglo | |
| James | Lumsden | weaver | Strathmiglo | |
| Charles | Logue | weaver | Strathmiglo | |
| Neil | Lennox | flesher | Strathmiglo | |
| George | Miller | manufacturer | Strathmiglo | |
| George | Miller | weaver | Strathmiglo | |
| David | Miller | merchant | Strathmiglo | |
| James | Miller | labourer | Strathmiglo | |
| John | Miller | weaver | Strathmiglo | |
| David | Morrisson | weaver | Strathmiglo | |
| Robert | Matthew | labourer | Strathmiglo | |
| Duncan | Menzies | labourer | Strathmiglo | |
| John | Peat | weaver | Strathmiglo | |
| Andrew | Patrick | tailor | Strathmiglo | |
| John | Philip | labourer | Strathmiglo | |
| Thomas | Rutherford | labourer | Strathmiglo | |
| John | Robertson | weaver | Strathmiglo | |
| Andrew | Robertson | weaver | Strathmiglo | |
| George | Senior | wright | Strathmiglo | |
| William | Smith | mason | Strathmiglo | |
| Peter | Skinner | manufacturer | Strathmiglo | |
| James | Simpson | shoemaker | Strathmiglo | |
| George | Smart | weaver | Strathmiglo | |
| Peter | Scott | weaver | Strathmiglo | |
| James | Tod | weaver | Strathmiglo | |
| John | Tod | labourer | Strathmiglo | |
| Thomas | Tod | weaver | Strathmiglo | |
| Francis | Tod | weaver | Strathmiglo | |
| William | Thaw | tailor | Strathmiglo | |
| George | Thomson | shoemaker | Strathmiglo | |
| David | Wallace | feuar | Strathmiglo | |
| Robert | Wilson | carter | Strathmiglo | |
| Robert | Williamson | smith | Strathmiglo | |
| Thomas | Wilson | carrier | Strathmiglo | |
| John | Williamson | weaver | Strathmiglo | |
| John | Williamson | weaver | Strathmiglo | |
| William | Wallace | weaver | Strathmiglo | |
| John | Wishart | smith | Strathmiglo | |
| Robert | Wallace | grocer | Strathmiglo | |
| James | Henderson | foreman | Strathmiglo Bleachfield | |
| Thomas | Walker | bleacher | Strathmiglofield | |
| George | Miller | residing in | Urquhart | |
| John | Robertson | servant | Urquhart | |
| John | Rankine | shepherd | Urquhart | |
| James | Smith | servant | Urquhart | |
| James | Williamson | servant | Urquhart | |
| James | Stark | servant | Wellfield | |
| Mungo | Temple | gardener | Wellfield | |
| John | Oliphant | foreman | Wester Cash | |
| Richard | Ness | servant | Westfield | |
| Andrew | Duff | servant | Westmill | |
| John | Fraser | mill master | Westmill | |
| Robert | Gardiner | |||
| James | Harrower |
