The following is a transcription of the death entries in Portpatrick's old parish records for the period of 1783-1818. Every effort was made to remain true to the information, but it is possible that a few misinterpretations have crept into the work. We encourage researchers to use this only as a finding tool, and to verify the information for themselves by viewing the source material themselves.
Please note, the years are not in sequential order. The transcription appears in order of entry. There are entries for 1783, 1784 and 1785 (including an odd 1841 note). Then there is a lapse. A new register page begins with the title D. 1813-1815. Blank from 1785. The next page has a few baptismal records, followed by another ornate heading: "A Registry of Deaths and Funerals in the parish of Portpatrick form the 1st August 1817". It begins with 1817 records, continues to 1818, and then finishes with records from 1813, indicating that the information was entered long after the event.
| 1783 | |||||
| Surname | Forename | When Died | Late Residence | From | Comments |
| Smith | Alexander | 9 October 1783 | 11 October 1783 | Portospittal | Stoneykirk, Miller |
| Wallace | Francis | 18 October 1783 | 20 October 1783 | ||
| Morishon | Alexander | 12 November 1783 | 14 November 1783 | ||
| Innis | Agnas | 13 November 1783 | 14 November 1783 | ||
| 1784 | |||||
| Fox | Alexander | 17 January 1784 | 18 January 1784 | ||
| Adair | Alexander | 23 March 1784 | 24 March 1784 | son of Robert | |
| Morishon | Cathrin | 26 March 1784 | 27 March 1784 | ||
| Orr | Mary | 8 April 1784 | 10 April 1784 | ||
| Lennox | Barbra | 24 April 1784 | 25 April 1784 | ||
| Carson | Hugh | 31 May 1784 | 1 June 1784 | son of James | |
| Kerr | Alexander | 5 June 1784 | 7 June 1784 | Dinvin | |
| Henderson | Robert | 31 July 1784 | 1 August 1784 | Auchenree | son of Andrew |
| Sherrar | Ann | 8 August 1784 | 10 August 1784 | Knockglass | wife of Robert Rowan |
| Baylie | William | 11 October 1784 | 13 October 1784 | Enoch | son to James |
| Adair | Elizabeth | 27 October 1784 | 29 October 1784 | Portpatrick | relict of John Sloan |
| Rowan | Sarah | 5 November 1784 | 7 November 1784 | Knockglass | |
| McCarlie | John | 9 November 1784 | 11 November 1784 | Mason | |
| Lennox | David | 19 November 1784 | 20 November 1784 | ||
| McCulloch | John | 11 December 1784 | 14 November 1784 | Dinvin | Buried in Stonykirk |
| McBryde | Margaret | 15 December 1784 | 16 December 1784 | Auchenree | dau. to William |
| Aitkin | Jannet | 21 December 1784 | 22 December 1784 | Corrachpark | wife of John Adair |
| Rowan | Margaret | 21 December 1784 | 23 December 1784 | Knockglass | |
| 1785 | |||||
| Cochran | Elizabeth | 5 February 1785 | 6 February 1785 | Portpatrick | dau. to John |
| Lennox | Charles | 13 March 1785 | 14 March 1785 | Portpatrick | |
| Eaton | Mary | 26 March 1785 | 30 March 1785 | Portpatrick | wife of John Campbell |
| Kennady | Jean | 10 April 1785 | 12 April 1785 | Colvin | wife of Robert Curruthers |
| McNielly | John | 24 April 1785 | 26 April 1785 | Portpatrick | sailor |
| Adair | Andrew | 21 May 1785 | 22 May 1785 | Portpatrick | son to John Adair |
| Carrothers | Robert | 7 June 1785 | 8 June 1785 | Colvin | |
| Martin | William | 17 June 1785 | 18 June 1785 | Portpatrick | |
| Drynan | Jean | 3 August 1785 | 4 August 1785 | Auchenree | |
| Milvain | Elizabeth | 29 August 1785 | 31 August 1785 | Colvin | buried in Inch |
| Ross | Jean | 30 August 1785 | 31 August 1785 | Ochtry Mackain | |
| 1841 entry found on the 1785 page | |||||
| Little | John | 28 January 1841 | 3 February 1841 | Portpatrick | Commander, late of HMS Packets |
| 1817 | |||||
| Parker | Samuel | 6 August 1817 | 7 August 1817 | Spittal | son of Samuel Parker/Mary Pike |
| Smith | Cathrine | 17 August 1817 | 18 August 1817 | Lagganmore | dau. of Peter Smith/Ann Casgrin |
| McDowall | Thomas | 23 August 1817 | 25 August 1817 | Craignequarrach | Mason |
| McNellie | Mary | 5 October 1817 | 7 October 1817 | alias Blain | |
| Armstrong | William | 5 October 1817 | 7 October 1817 | son to Thomas | |
| Glindinnan | 25 December 1817 | 27 December 1817 | Native of Ireland | ||
| 1818 | |||||
| Beattie | William | 1 May 1818 | 2 May 1818 | ||
| Torrance | (Widow) | 6 June 1818 | 9 May 1818 | otherwise Mackenzie | |
| Cosh | Jannet | 13 July 1818 | |||
| Parker | Margaret | 10 August 1818 | wife to John Carruthers | ||
| McWilliam | Andrew | August 1818 | August 1818 | Cragoch | |
| 1813 | |||||
| Bryan | Joseph | 27 October 1813 | 10 October 1813 | Dunskey | groom to Col. Blair |
| Registration of Burial Ground |
| Anthony Cummings's burial ground is bounded on south by the church yard wall, on the north by William Johnston's ground being three in breadth and one in length. |
| Martha McCaig's burial ground is bounded on the north west by the Minister's garden wall in the south west by Mrs. McLawrence's ground on the south east by McQueen's box stone and in the north by Jean Rowan's ground. |
| John Marshalls burial ground being one in length and three breadth is bounded on the south by Robt Shearer's ground and in the southwest by John McWilliam's ground in Castle Croft. |
| John Miller's or Walter's burial ground being one in length and three in breadth upon the north side of the church yard gate bounded by the church yard wall upon the east, in west by Mr. Clark's ground in the south by the pad landing to the back door of the church. |
| James and Widow McWilliam's burial ground being one in length and three in breadth is bounded. |