James Thomas McFarland

James Thomas McFarland

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  James Thomas McFarland was born on 20 Dec 1839 in Heard, Georgia (son of Daniel C Mcfarland and Eleanor Duzenberry).

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 1850
    • Residence: 1870
    • Residence: 1880
    • Residence: 5 Jun 1899
    • Residence: 1900
    • Residence: 1907

    James married Mary Mcfarland in 1883. Mary was born in Jul 1843 in Alabama, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Walter Daniel McFarland was born on 14 Sep 1883 in Alabama, USA.

    James married Rebecca A. Ballow on 20 Sep 1870 in Marengo, Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Alice G. Mc Pharland was born about 1876 in Alabama.
    2. Lucy Mc Pharland was born about 1878 in Alabama.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Daniel C Mcfarland was born in 1800 in Georgia (son of Peter McFarlin and Elizabeth Horton); died in Marengo, Alabama, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 1830
    • Residence: 1840
    • Residence: 1850
    • Residence: 1860
    • Residence: 1870
    • Residence: 1880

    Notes:



    If this is the correct Daniel, he is in the 1850 census in Marengo Alabama as Daniel C. McFarland and on a descendants tree that is Daniel Coatsworth McFarland, married to Eleanor in Wilkes Co. GA

    Daniel married Eleanor Duzenberry on 10 Dec 1819 in Wilkes, Georgia, USA. Eleanor was born about 1803 in Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Eleanor Duzenberry was born about 1803 in Georgia.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 1850
    • Residence: 1860
    • Residence: 1870

    Children:
    1. John C Mcfarland was born in 1827 in Georgia.
    2. Rebecca McFarland was born about 1830 in Georgia.
    3. Wm S McFarland was born about 1831 in Georgia.
    4. Elizabeth McFarland was born about 1833 in Georgia.
    5. Jane McFarland was born about 1835 in Georgia.
    6. Stephen McFarland was born about 1838 in Georgia.
    7. 1. James Thomas McFarland was born on 20 Dec 1839 in Heard, Georgia.
    8. Nancy McFarland was born about 1843 in Alabama.
    9. Daniel Franklin McFarland was born about 1846 in Alabama; died on 24 Dec 1920 in Madison, Texas.
    10. Andrew Mcfarland was born in 1849.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Peter McFarlin was born about 1751 (son of William McFarland BY11789 + 2, WiM02 and Keziah); died in 1822 in Jones County, Georgia.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Possessions: 1784; NC659. File 1522, Patent Book 57. Entry #466. 100 a. on Flat River. Orange County, North Carolina, USA
    • Possessions: 1786; Deed Bk. 4, p. 213. Peter McFarland sold 100 a. on Flat R. to John Crouse. Orange County, North Carolina, USA
    • Residence: 1820

    Notes:

    4 Dec 1778 Peter McFarland enters claim to 100 acres land adjoining the land of Charles Ashley, Gustav?? Vaughn nd land claimed by Vaughn to thus on the waters of Seal? River From LDS land records of Orange County familysearch.org

    04 Jan 1786 Peter McFarland to John Crouse Deed 04 pg 213
    Peter McFarland of the county of Orange for 50 lbs sells to John Crouse a tract of land on the Flatt River containing 100 acres (no names mentioned)
    Witness Sal? Turrentaine, James Carrington Jurat

    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)

    1790 census: Peter McFarlin is not listed.

    From Jones Co. Georgia on-line records, an abstract of his will:

    PETER McFARLIN Sr. 2/28/1816 - 1/16/1822
    Wife: mentioned but not named (Negroes: Skiff & Fanny,his wife;
    Children: Martha McFarlin (negro girl Annie and Mariah), Peter McFarlin (negro girl:Charlot), Aaron H. McFarlin (negro fellow : Ceaser), Harvey
    McFarlin (negro boy Jim), Washington McFarlin (negro: Phillis) {who would be the woman given to daughter Elizabeth in 1801 by Henry Horton}

    Son= James McFarlin, Daniel McFarlin, William
    McFarlin
    Others mentioned: Laban Turk & wife Lucy; pay $25 in lieu of claims by wife Edward Oxford & wife Nancy
    Witnesses: Chas P. Hansford, G.W. Hansford, H.D. Stone

    Peter + Elizabeth Horton. Elizabeth (daughter of Henry Horton and Elizabeth Walker) was born in North Carolina; died in Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Elizabeth Horton was born in North Carolina (daughter of Henry Horton and Elizabeth Walker); died in Georgia.

    Notes:

    1801: Deed Book 9, p. 155
    Henry Horton of Orange to daughter Elizabeth McFarland of Georgia gives her a Negro woman named Phyllis.

    This connects Elizabeth McFarland as daughter of Henry to wife of Peter in Georgia, where Phyliss is inherited by her son Washington in Peter's will.

    Children:
    1. William McFarlin, BY11789 was born about 1767 in South Carolina; died in 1850 in Georgia, USA.
    2. Lucy McFarlin was born between 1771 and 1780 in North Carolina; died after 1830 in Butler County, Alabama, USA.
    3. Nancy McFarlin was born in 1775; died in 1828 in Georgia.
    4. Washington McFarlin was born between 1780 and 1790 in North Carolina.
    5. Peter McFarlin, Jr. was born between 1780 and 1790 in North Carolina; died in 1840 in Butts County, GA.
    6. Aaron H. McFarlin was born in 1789 in North Carolina; died about 1829 in Jones County, Georgia.
    7. Harvey McFarlin was born between 1790 and 1800 in Georgia; died after 1840.
    8. 2. Daniel C Mcfarland was born in 1800 in Georgia; died in Marengo, Alabama, USA.
    9. Martha McFarlin
    10. James McFarlin


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  William McFarland BY11789 + 2, WiM02 was born in 1725 (son of DNA BY11789 + 2, Scots Modal); died before 1790 in Orange, North Carolina, USA.

    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]


  2. 9.  Keziah was born about 1730; died between 1790 and 1800.

    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.

    Children:
    1. Thomas McFarland was born about 1750; died after 1810.
    2. 4. Peter McFarlin was born about 1751; died in 1822 in Jones County, Georgia.
    3. John McFarlin was born before 1755; died about 1825 in South Carolina, USA.
    4. William McFarland, FT263049 was born between 1761 and 1770 in Orange County, Virginia; died after 1840 in Wilson Co., TN.
    5. Larkin McFarland, Sr. was born between 1770 and 1775 in Orange County, North Carolina, USA; died about 1841 in Dyer Co., TN.

  3. 10.  Henry Horton died in 1807 in Orange Co., NC.

    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]


  4. 11.  Elizabeth Walker
    Children:
    1. daughter Horton was born in 1751 in North Carolina, USA; died before 1796 in North Carolina, USA.
    2. Sarah Horton was born about 1765; died before 1805 in Orange Co., NC.
    3. 5. Elizabeth Horton was born in North Carolina; died in Georgia.
    4. Hugh Horton