 In May 1562 Donald McGillespie Vich O'Challum received a charter of the lands of Poltalloch in the parish of Kilmartin in the county of Argyll from Duncan Campbell of Duntrune.The Reverend Archibald MacCallum translated parts of the Bible into Gaelic.In 1642 he succeeded his cousin to become the fourth Laird of Poltalloch.