Family/Spouse: James Edwards. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Possessions: 1810; Orange Co. Deed Bk. 13, p. 307. Henry McFarlan of Granville Co. sells to John McFarlan (brother?) 100 a. on north side of Dials Ck. of Flat R. adj. Julius King and John McFarlain. Orange County, North Carolina, USA
• Residence: 1810
• Possessions: 1814; Bk. X, p. 302. Henry McFarling of Granville sold to Daniel Umsted 93 a. on waters of Reeds Creek, adj. Paton Madison's old line. No wife signs the deed. Granville County, North Carolina, USA
• Possessions: 13 Oct 1814; Bk. X, p. 309. Henry Mcfarling pur. 185 a. on Reed Cr. border Peyton Madison from Joseph Taylor Granville County, North Carolina, USA

Notes:

Henry McFarland is in the Granville Co. census in 1810 with 3 males under 10, 1 male 16 to 25, and 2 males 26 to 45. There are 3 girls under 10. Where is his wife?

Between 1818 and Feb 1820 Administration on estate of Henry McFarlin, deceased, granted to Doc Benjamin Bullock with Stephen K Sneed and Nathaniel Robards as bondsman Court minutes of Granville County 1746 - 1820

Henry's estate was settled in 1824.
OBJE: _TEXT Location: Granville County, North Carolina, USA
OBJE: _TEXT Location: Granville Co., NC

Henry married Sarah Madison on 16 Jun 1800 in Orange Co., NC. Sarah (daughter of James Peyton Madison and Mary Laws) was born in 1776 in Granville County, North Carolina; died in 1815 in Granville County, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

So is this the Sally McFarland of the 1830 Orange Co. census, North District, living all by herself, aged 60 to 69? p. 330. If so, then she would have been born bet. 1760 and 1770.

If Henry died, and she stayed living on the land he inherited from Henry Horton, she would be in the census records in Orange Co. Where is she in 1820?

Other researchers said she died before Henry did.
3 Sarah Sallie Mattison/Madison b. 1776 or 1780-1785 Granville d. 1815 Granville NC md 6-16-1800 Orange. William Tilley bm.+ Henry McFarland b. 8-12-1770 NC d. 10-4-1820 Granville Co NC md 6-16-1800 Orange Co NC

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Between 1752 and 1850
• Residence: 2 Aug 1790
• Possessions: Between 1797 and 1798; Bk. 6, p. 330. Bk. 12, p. 142. Henry Horton sells to Thomas 77 1/2 a. for 100 Lbs. on south side of Dial's Creek. Next year, Thomas sells to John McFarland the same property for the same amount. Orange County, North Carolina, USA
• Residence: 6 Aug 1810

Notes:

Orange Co.

1790 Peter McFarland on Tax List (from Peter's tree)
1790 William McFarland on Tax List (from Peter's tree)
1790 Thomas McFarland on tax list. (from Peter's tree)

A Thomas McFarland marries Elizabeth Rose on April 30, 1796. This must be a different Thomas McFarland.

So how is Thomas McFarland connected to Henry Horton?

27 May 1797 Henry Horton to Thomas McFarlin Deed B06 P330

Henry Horton of Orange to Thomas McFarlin of same 100 lbs, 77 ½ acres, on south side of Dyals Cr a branch of Flat R, begin at a white oak the E side of Flat R., a cor of Julius King, W with King’s line to a stake Archer Harris’ cor and King’s, N w ith Harris’ line to Black Oak spalin a cor of Harris and James walker of Dyals Cr., down creek to first station signed Henry (O) Horton; witness Alex McMullan, John McFarlan; proved Nov term 1797 by John McFarlan

1798: Land Deed Thomas Mcfarlin sells to John Mcfarlain 77 1/2 acres on south side of Dials Creek, a branch of Flat River. Adj. to Julius king and Archer Harris. Wit. Joseph Britan and James Moore

So, what this Thomas married to a Horton daughter? Why did he sell the land?

Is this Thomas McFarland the same Thomas McFarland that appears in the Caswell Co. censuses from 1810 through 1840. He was born around 1771 to 1775, and died before the 1850 census. It looks like he and his wife had 5 children from 1800 to 1810.

Thomas McFarland in Caswell Co. married Rachel Winters in 1796. So, this is another Thomas, but then who is this, and is he related?
OBJE: _TEXT Location: Orange Co., NC
OBJE: _TEXT Location: Orange Co. VA

Thomas + daughter Horton. daughter (daughter of Henry Horton and Elizabeth Walker) was born in 1751 in North Carolina, USA; died before 1796 in North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: unknown daugther Horton

Other Events and Attributes:

• Probate: 1800

Notes:

James Peyton Madison, married to Mary Laws lived in Granville Co. NC, seems to have these children:

Sarah (Sallie) Madison who married Henry McFarland in 1800 in Orange Co.

Martha (Patsy) Madison who married Larkin McFarland the elder in 1803

Ann (Nancy) Madison who married James McFarland in 1809

Notes taken from on-line discussion of the Madison family:

Peyton Madison
THE RECORD OF PEYTON MADISON, SR. OF ORANGE CO., NC. We can only guess when Peyton Madison, Sr. was born. We can find no record of his age. How old he was would be of great help in determining who his father would have been. We think he was born i n Virginia in the late 1750's. His father is suspected to be John Madison. We judge that he must have been at least 21 years old in 1779 as he is listed as a tax payer, owning land in Orange Co., N. C. To pay taxes on land he must have owned the l and. A person had to be at least 21 years old to buy land back in 1750. Unfortunately there is no way to find out when he bought his land the early Deed Books and Court minutes were buried by the Orange County officials to prevent them from fallin g into the hands of the British soldiers during the Revolutionary War. When the British left the officials dug up the books and found they had all rotted. So all the records left of the period of Orange County are the tax records and many of thes e records are lost or missing.

Library Book:
Orange Co., NC Records (975.0565 R28b), Peyton Madison is witness to deed of George Laws, Sr. Book 2, pg 249. (Don't have date.) Peyton Madison, Sr., one of surveyors on June 22 1780 for two different Land Grants.
Orange County, NC Land Entries 1778- 1795, (975.6565 R28p) page 172, #1308. June 21 1780. Payton Madison, Sr. enters 150 acres in Orange Co. on the waters of Flat River, has border with "Gravel Co. Line". Includes his improvement. Issued Payton Ma dison, June 1, 1781.

Abstracts of Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Orange Co., NC 1787- 1798. (975.6565 P28c) There is a tax list for 1782 that Peyton,Sr. had 260 acres of State Land in Granville County N.C. and 50 acres of unsurveyed land in Orange Co., N.C. Thi s land was described as adjoining the Granville and Orange County line. The lines of Granville and Orange Counties were changed on May 18, 1789.

By the way, taxes were paid in the county where a person lived, no matter where the property was located in the 1700's. Peyton Madison, Sr. had previously received a land grant and an order had been made for this land, 150 acres, to be surveyed. T he record was recorded in Granville County, but the land was in Orange County. The document also had "Including his Improvements." written as a separate line. This means Peyton, Sr. was or had been living on the land, had built a house and possibl y other structures and was already engaged in making a living. There is no way to tell how long he had been there, but evidently, he had been there long enough to farm the land and determine he could make a living from it and wanted to claim it fo r himself.

Since Peyton, Sr. lived there by himself for four years before his marriage, on February 20, 1785 to Elizabeth Bailey, he must have been trying to establish and settle a home before he started a family. From the old tax records we can learn a lo t about Peyton Madison, Sr.

The tax list for 1801 indicates Peyton Madison, Sr. has died as his son William is paying taxes on the same amount of land as listed by Peyton Madison, Sr. for the past 10 tax lists. Peyton Madison, Sr. died in Aug of 1800.

Now the fact that William Madison, his son is now paying taxes tells us two very important things. One, William was at least 16 years old (at that time in N.C., history, men were required to pay taxes beginning at age 16). And two, since William w as paying taxes and 16 years old that makes William the oldest son of Peyton Madison, Sr. His father was married in 1785.In Orange County court minutes for the May 29 term 1792, is an account as follows: "Administration of the estate of John is gr anted Peyton Madison in the sum of 80 pounds. And he enters with Isaac Hicks and George Laws, his securities. John Madison must be a brother of Peyton Madison, Sr. He is too old to be Peyton's son. The value of the estate would be 40 pounds, hal f the bond price or value. It is probably a horse and saddle. There is no record of a John Madison paying taxes in Granville or Orange Counties. The court minutes for the August and November terms have been lost so we have no record when Peyton tu rned in his administrators report. Peyton Madison, Sr's. estate settlement papers have been located in the Orange County minutes, in the May and August 1800 minutes. Also in the Orange County Estate Records Book, 1754- 1849 there is the original h and written administrator's report dated August 29, 1800. We are now sure that Peyton Madison Sr. died in August 1800. With a close look at the inventory, we can learn several things about Peyton, Sr. and his family. As there were "six spoons, kni ves and forks." This tells us there was or had been six people in the family. There was Peyton, Sr., his wife Elizabeth, William, Peyton, Jr. and two more children. We think one of these children was a son named Bailey Madison. In 1806 Granville C ounty tax list has Elizabeth Madison paying taxes on 105 acres of land. This indicated her husband is dead and she has received part of his land and that the estate has been settled. Women in 1806 could not buy or own land unless it had come to he r through inherited property. On the 1822, Granville Tax list there was a Bailey Madison, with no land but paying a pole tax. This means he was of voting age, 16. We can't think why anyone would name a son "Bailey", except to carry on a family nam e as many people do. His mother, we think would have been Elizabeth Bailey Madison. Bailey and Peyton Madison, Jr. were about the same age.
When Peyton Madison, Sr. died in 1800 the Administrators bond was 500 pounds. They used the British monetary system back in 1800. This means the estate was worth 250 pounds. This inventory listed all household and farm property, but, no land is me ntioned. However, the land value is include in the amount of the bond. Judging from the items listed in the inventory, Peyton was not a rich man. It's not so much what he had, as what he doesn't have. For instance, there were no, brass or pewter o r silver or gold things, like plates, pitchers, bowls or candleholders, etc. If he had any brass candle holders or pewter bowls or a clock, he would be considered to be a "man of substance." The above items mark wealth.
Was Peyton Madison, Jr. the son of Peyton, Sr.? Yes we have found the record. In Granville County Deed Book 9 page 99, dated November 7, 1839, Peyton Madison, Jr. sold to Redman Forsythe, 56 acres of land for $117.00 "descended by his father, Peyt on Madison, deceased.
Peyton Madison, Jr., was probably born in 1787 or 1788. Peyton Madison, Jr. married Elizabeth Cary of Maryland. The date of the marriage is unknown. Elizabeth's father was Levin Cary. Peyton had land and lived near his father on or near the Orang e and Granville County line, Peyton and Elizabeth Cary Madison had a large family of twelve children as stated in the book of Lives of Christian Ministries, dated 1909. Their names were not listed. Four of his daughters are listed in the administr ators report in the settlement of his estate, by his son in-law Larry Burton. They were Martha, Elizabeth, Maria and Eliza. The names of the twelve children are listed later. By the way, Peyton Madison, Jr. is listed on the 1820 Granville County c ensus as being between 26 and 44 years old. Obviously, he is nearer 26 and born before 1800. I am not sure where this fits in but I feel I need to enter it here because of dates.
Info given by John Thomas from internet.
OBJE: _TEXT Location: Granville Co, NC

James + Mary Laws. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: William McFarland BY11789 + 2
• Birth: Abt 1725
• Possessions: 1763; Bk. 13, p. 333. Wm. McFarlane purchases 380 acres from David Vauter in Parish of St. Thomas. Orange County, Virginia
• Residence: 1768
• Possessions: 1780; 370 acres on Flat River, Orange Co. NC. Orange Co., North Carolina
• Possessions: 1780; Bk. 2, p. 279. William purchases 370 a. on east side of Flat R. It is impossible to know if this was a purchase by Sr. or Jr., but it would be more likely to be afforded by Sr. Orange County, North Carolina, USA
• Death: 1799, Orange County, North Carolina, USA

Notes:

We do know from genetic testing that this line of McFarlands, and at least one of the Hunts next door, are part of a Scottish line of McFarlands, separate from the Cadet line. They are related to the Daniel McFarland line that came to America in 1 718/9 and settled in Worcester Mass.

Susan Pavlech believes it is William the elder who patented this land.

3 Aug 1778 Wm McFarland enters a claim to 400 acres land lying in Orange County on the east side of Flat River bounded on the west by Flat River aforesaid on the north by land of (can't read) and on the south by a claim of Henry Horton includin g his improvement. From LDS land records Orange County familysearch.org

15 Nov 1778 State land grants NC
Issued 13 mar 1780 entry no 466
William McFarling entered for 400 acres, issued for 370 acres, survery 13 Aug 177?. Peter McFarling & Thos McFarling SCC on the east side of Flat River bounded on the west by Flat River aforesaid on the east by land of Peter King on the nort h by land of John Brown and on the south by a claim of Henry Horton including his improvement.

13 March 1780, North Carolina to WILLIAM MCFARLIN, fifty shillings per hundred acres, 370 acres, on the E side of Flat R., bounded on E by Peter King, on N by John Brown, on S by a claim of HENRY HORTON, begin at a hickory, E 52 ch. to a dogwood , S 16 ch. to a white oak, E 18 ch.to a white oak, S 41 ch to a Hickory, W 70 ch. to a pine, N 57 ch to first station, signed Richard Caswell: witness: Wm Sheppard; no probate record. (Ed. note: see also N. C. Patent Book 42:2) Deed Book 2, Pag e 279

Peter, Thomas, and William McFarling are on the 1779 tax list for Orange County. Spelled Mc Farling. or as Susan believes, it is father William and 2 eldest sons Peter and Thomas.

1790 Peter McFarland on Tax List (from Peter's tree)
1790 William McFarland on Tax List (from Peter's tree) (So which Willliam is this?)
1790 Thomas McFarland on tax list. (from Peter's tree)

1790 census lists Wm. McFarlin Jr., Thos. McFarlin, Keziah McFarlin. William Sr. is not listed. Where is he?

Peter and wife Elizabeth Horton moved to Jones Co. Georgia and dies there in 1822.
OBJE: _TEXT Location: Orange Co. NC
OBJE: _TEXT Location: Flat R. Orange Co. NC

DNA:
Based on 10 kits, William carried BY11789 plus two SNPs to America. This dates from the 1500s through his birth. The next generation develops downstream SNPs.

William married Keziah about 1750. Keziah was born about 1730; died between 1790 and 1800. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 2 Aug 1790

Notes:

No records exist for 1790 in Orange Co. NC on Ancestry. However, the AGBI records that Keziah McFarlin was listed as the head of family in the first U.S. Census of 1790 and she was born around 1750. She is not present in 1800 census. If she was tr uly born in 1750, she could not be the mother of these three.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Probate: 25 Mar 1805

Notes:

Will Book D, p. 213 Orange Co. NC

25 March 1805 Transcription of Henry Horton Will by Susan Pavlech with her comments

In the name of God Amen, I Henry Horton being weak in body but of sound mind and memory to make and ordain this my last will and testament first I command my soul to God who gave it and my body to the earth to be buried in a decent Christian lik e order at the discretion of my executor herein after named nothing doubting but at the general resurrection I shall receive the same again and as to my temporal good and affairs it hath pleased god to bestow on me I do ordain give and dispose o f the same in the manner and from following (to wit) that all my just debts be paid at the reasonable direction of my executor as speedily as my be after my decease. I give and devise all my land to my grandson Henry McFarlan (I think this Henr y is the son of Thomas McFarland mentioned below and Thomas’ first wife an unknown Horton daughter, this Henry dies around 1819,) I give and bequest all my hand bequeath to my granddaughter Mary Coply (This is a daughter of Sarah and William McFar land see below) the negro woman Jane ___. I give and bequeath to my son Hugh Horton one negro man named Jack ___. I give and bequeath to my Daughter Elizabeth McFarlain one dollar (He had already given her a slave, she and Peter McFarland in G A at this time). I give and bequeath to Thomas McFarlain (This I beleive is the Thomas who is the father of John and Henry mentioned in this will. This is the Thomas who married Elizabeth Rose as I believe his third wife in 1796. At the time o f this will Thomas would not have been a son in law anymore to Henry Horton as he was remarried) one cow and calf and as to the rest of penmoral estate I give and bequeath to my grandchildren of Sarah each and each to share a like a named ? afte r Liz Winnfred McMullen, Susanna Adams, Mary Coply, James McFarlan, and William McFarland (He is very specific here as the grandchildren of Sarah meaning Elizabeth the kids from Thomas McFarland and his first wife the unknown Horton) all the res t of my personal estate to share and share alike. I nominate and appoint my grandson John McFarland (I think John is the brother of Henry, son of Thomas and unknown Horton his first wife, a reason I think he is a brother of Larkin is that he bond ed Larkin’s marriage to Patsey Matterson) my hole and sole executor to this my last testimony and will in witness thereof I hereunto my hand and affix my seal this twenty fifth day of March 1805.

Signed sealed and published as my last will and testament in the presence Henry Horton (X)

Jas Walker

Mosy Jones

Larkin McFarlin (X) mark ( I think this Larkin is the son of Thomas McFarland named above and a second wife) He is not named in the will plus he could not witnessed his grandfather’s will. However he would be ½ brother to Henry and John but no t related to the Horton’s.)

Orange county Nov term 1807 the execution of the forgoing last will and testaments of Henry Horton Dec was duly proved in open court by the oath of Jas Walker one of the subscribing witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded at the same time th e Ex therein named qualified accordingly
OBJE: _TEXT Location: Orange Co., NC

Henry + Elizabeth Walker. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]