The Statistical Account, written more than a century and a half later, records that:

The first Statistical Account of Ayrshire also places the steps at Chapel Crags.

This is generally known as the "Old Statistical Account."

A Statistical Account of the British Settlements in Australasia (1819)

It was, however, very much the child of the "Old Statistical Account".

The title comes from the judgment by the Statistical Account of Scotland in 1799 that This parish possesses no advantages.

In the Statistical Account of Scotland of 1795 we read of

The Statistical Accounts are an important source.

The Statistical Account gives in 1795 a detailed description of his agricultural improvements, based on continued raising of the traditional black cattle.

(The entry in the Statistical Account complains about the state of the church and manse in 1836).