Mary married John M. Ash on 14 Feb 1839 in Greene, Ohio, USA. John was born in 1814; died on 7 Jul 1839. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married William H. Walker on 28 Dec 1843 in Greene, Ohio, USA. William was born on 17 Dec 1824 in Ohio, United States of America; died on 16 Dec 1901 in Greene County, Ohio, United States of America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Robert P. Walker was born in 1845 in Greene County, Ohio.
2. John W Walker was born on 3 May 1851 in Greene County, Ohio, United States of America; died on 5 Jan 1939 in South Charleston, Clark County, Ohio, United States of America.
3. Deluna Walker

Other Events and Attributes:

• _MILT: 1812, Greene County, Ohio
• Residence: 1820, Xenia, Greene, Ohio, United States
• Residence: 1830, Ross, Greene, Ohio, USA
• Residence: 1840, Ross, Greene, Ohio, USA
• Residence: 1850, Ross, Greene, Ohio, USA
• Residence: 1860, Cedarville, Greene, Ohio, USA

Robert + Mary A White. Mary was born in 1788 in Kentucky; died on 9 Aug 1828 in Cedarville, Greene County, Ohio, USA; was buried in Baptist Cem., Cedarville, Greene County, Ohio, United States of America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1779, Rockbridge Co., VA
• Residence: 1783, Greene County, Tennessee
• Possessions: 1784, Greene County, Tennessee, USA; Warrant, 228 acres on south side of Nolichucky, opposite mouth of Little Chucky. Greene Book I, p. 199. Grant finalized 1787 as Patent #352
• Possessions: 1792, Greene County, Tennessee, USA; Joseph selling his property from his grant #352. 114 acres to John Robinson, 114 acres to James McFarland.
• Residence: 1793, Harrison County, Kentucky, USA
• Residence: 1810, Harrison, Kentucky
• Possessions: 1814, Harrison County, Kentucky; Bk. 4, p. 189. Joseph and Margaret McF. of Harrison Co. sell 100 a. on Indian Creek.
• Possessions: 8 Dec 1817, Greene Co., Ohio, USA; Bk. 6, p. 64. Joseph McF. pur. 100 a. of military survey #1560 to Horatio Gates, for $300, on waters of Massie's Creek.
• Residence: 1820, Xenia, Greene, Ohio, United States
• Possessions: 4 Mar 1823, Greene Co., Ohio, USA; Bk. 8, p. 634. Joseph for nat. love and affection, plus $100. sells 100 a. part of military survey #1560 on Massie's Creek to James McFarland. Witness Joseph White
• Residence: 1830, Xenia, Greene, Ohio, USA

Notes:

Mary Helen Haines notes:
There had been confusion about this Joseph McFarland. It was not until it became clear that Robert, b. 1730 had several more children unaccounted for, that it became obvious that the Joseph who patented land in 1783 in Greene Co. near Robert McFarland, and sold this land in 1792, was the cousin that Thomas Sims McFarland was referring to. Joseph and his brother John both lived in Rockbridge Co. briefly and married there. They then moved to Greene Co. (now Jefferson and Cocke Co.) near their siblings and father Robert Sr. (b. 1730). They sold their land and moved to Kentucky in the 1790s. Father Robert went to visit them, taking the family Bible. He died on the road, the Bible was lost, therefore the only sons anyone accounted for were the sons who stayed living in Jefferson Co.


From
Thomas Sims McFarland:

Simultaneously with the removal of my grandfather to Kentucky, came Joseph McFarland, a cousin, and also a brother-in-law, having married Margaret White. The family consisted of twelve children. Joseph purchased land adjoining that of grandfather's , on the north side. The family came to Ohio in 1809 and settled near Cedarville, Greene county. In a few years, several of the family with those of my grandfather, with whom they intermingled in marriage, moved to Adams county, Illinois, near what is now Camp Point, in 1822, and formed a nucleus, around which gathered hundreds of McFarlands, many still living in the same locality. My grandfather, William McFarland, served one year in the Revolutionary war, near the close.

Of the Joseph McFarland family, a cousin and brother-in-law of my grandfather, there were twelve children, namely Katharine, married John McFarland, born October 3rd 1782, and died in Adams county, Illinois. Robert, born April 1st 1784; Polly, April 1st, 1786; John A., born April 3rd, 1788; Joseph, born Sept. 3rd, 1790; Margaret, born Jan.12th., 1793; Tabitha, born June 28th, 1797, married John White; Martha born Nov. 8th, 1798, never married; James, born Sept.3rd, 1803; Priscilla, born Nov.8th., 1807, married George Currey, near Cedarville, Ohio, one child, now Mrs. James Milburn, of Cedarville; Thirza, born August 28th, 1809, married Uriah Lawrence. Joseph, the father, was born Feb.4th, 1761, and died Nov. 3rd, 1839, buried near Cedarville, Ohio. Margaret, his wife, was born May 8th, 1763, died Nov. 3rd, 1834.

SOURCE: "Genealogy of the Joseph and William McFarland Branches of the
McFarland Family 1675 to 1910" by Thomas S. McFarland 1910 Cable, Ohio. Copy
at Greene County Room, Greene County Genealogical Society. "Simultaneously
with the removal of my grandfather to Kentucky, came Joseph McFarland, a
cousin, and also a brother-in-law, having married Margaret White. Joseph
purchased land adjoining that of grandfather's on the north side. The family
came to Ohio in 1809 and settled near Cedarville, Green County."

SOURCE: "Mcfarland-Dunlap Family Bible Records, 1831-1928 : and other
genealogical data, 1675-1923", Joseph Dunlap. 35 pages. Microfilm copy at FHC
(film #1320635, item 81). Joseph McFarland was a cousin of William (son of
Robert and Ester Houston), was born in 1761. Married Margaret White, born in
1763, a sister of Rebecca White, and daughter of John White and Katherine
EVANS. They first moved to Tennessee. In 1796 William and Joseph (cousins) and
their families moved to near Cynthiana, north of Lexington, Kentucky. Joseph
and wife Margaret and younger children moved to Greene County, Ohio, near
Cedarville in 1809. Margaret died there in 1834 and Joseph died there in 1839.
They were both buried in Cedarville Church Yard in Green County, Ohio

SOURCE: (From James McFarland Email) Chalkelys Scotch Irish of Virginia: Vol
1(II??) page 437 states that Margret White married James McFarland in later
Rockbridge Co. Another Email states that James married Rebecca White and
William married Margaret White. Their names are plainly written on the civil
lawsuit papers on file in Augusta County, VA. (NOTE: By Gary Morris. Since
it is questionable that another McFarland married a Margaret McFarland, it
seems suspicious enough to double check the original source. Chalkelys is
known for errors. Perhaps he transcribed Jas. as James, when the original
entry may have been Jos. for Joseph. Needs to be confirmed, as there is
reasonable doubt.

LINKS-TAXLIST: 1776-1779 PENNSYLVANIA, Cumberland County, Lack Township
(Cumberland Tax Lists 1750-1780. LDS microfilm # 21087, 21088, 21089). 1776
Joseph McFarland 60 acres, 2 horse, 1 cow. 1779 Joseph McFarlin 2 horses, 2
cows. PLACE: Lack Township now in Juniata County, PA.
NOTE: This must be either Joseph, son of William, or Joseph, son of Joseph, or
Joseph, son of Robert, all first cousins to each other.

PLACE: 1784-1797, State of Franklin (now Tennessee).

LAND: 1784, Jan. 16, Tenn., John McFarlan entered 228 acres on south side
Nolachucky River, opposite mouth of Little Chucky River; warrant 25 June
1784; granted to Joseph McFarland. (Book 1, page 199)

LINKS-TAXLIST: 1785 VIRGINIA, Washington County: Joseph.

LAND: 1787, Sep. 20, Tn., Greene Co., grant to Joseph McFarland, 228 acres on
south side of Chuckey River. (page 47, grant # 352.)

COURT: 1790, May, Tn., Greene Co. Common Pleas, Juror, James McFarland. Juror,
Joseph McFarland, in case of State -vs- David White. (page 160)

LAND: 1792, Aug. 6, Tn., Greene Co. Common Pleas, recorded deed, Joseph
McFarland to John Robinson, for 114 acres, on south side of Nolachucky River,
being part of a grant of 228 acres, #352 in Sept. 1787, to Joseph McFarland.
(page 260) (deeds book 2, page 193.)

LAND: 1792, Aug 6, Tn, Greene Co, Common Pleas, recorded deed, Joseph
McFarland to James McFarland, for 114 acres, on south side of Nolachucky River,
being part of a grant of 228 acres, #352 in Sept, 1787, to Joseph McFarland.
(Page 261.) (Deeds, book 2, page 203).

CENSUS: 1795 KENTUCKY, Harrison County.

LAND-LINKS: 1799, May 15, Tn., Greene Co., deed, John Robinson, to James
Cravens, for 114 acres, on south side of Nolachucky River, being part of a
grant of 228 acres, #352 in Sept. 1787, to Joseph McFarland. (book 3, page
268.)

TAXLIST: 1800 KENTUCKY, Harrison County. Joseph, William, and
Benjamin McFarland.

CENSUS: 1810 KENTUCKY, Harrison County. Joseph McFarlin 11301-22210. Page
317. Neighbors of John Smith, Francis Man, William Knight, John Berry, Abraham
Miller, Joseph Hendrix, Margarette Ross, Sary Neasit, Francis Anderson, Jacob
Carrabough, John Easton, Francis Anderson, George Easton, and Thomas Phillips.

MIGRATION: 1811, Joseph McFarland family moved from Harrison County,
Kentucky to Greene County, Ohio.

CENSUS: 1820 OHIO, Greene County, Xenia Township page 147. Joseph McFarland,
000101- 02101- 2.

TAXLIST: 1825 OHIO, Greene County. Joseph McFarland.

CENSUS: 1830 OHIO, Greene County, Town of Xenia. Joseph McFarland, 1 male
70-80, 2 females 20-30, 1 female 60-70. Page 300.

CEMETERY: OHIO, Greene County, Cedarville Township, Baptist Cemetery. Joseph
McFarland d. 29 Nov 1839, age 78y, 9m, 25d. Margaret died 8 Nov 1834, age 72y.
Martha, daughter of J & M died 1 Jan 1873, age 75 years. Greene County, Ohio
Cemetery Inscriptions (FHC Microfiche 6051045).

RESEARCHER-EMAIL: (1996) Corrinne Hannah Diller Email cdiller@juno.com.
Greene County, Ohio Queeries on internet. Born 16 Sepo 1954 Coldwater, OH,
dau of Weldon Hanna and Robert Norris. Descent of mary (Polly) McFarland (b.
1786 md. Aaron Brewer), dau of Joseph and Margaret (WHITE) Mc FARLAND. Has
much information on the Joseph McFarland family.

RESEARCHER-EMAIL: (1997) Donald L. Kear Email dlkgen@aol.com. Greene
County, Ohio Queeries on internet. Descent from daughter Mary McFarland who
married Aaron Brewer.

RESEARCHER-EMAIL: (1998) Researching a Joseph McFarland, relationship unknown.
EMail address slmorrow@hti.com.

RESEARCHER-EMAIL: (1999) Researching ancestors John A. McFarland and Rebecca
McFarland and also ancestor Arthur McFarland of Greene County, Ohio. Brenda
Bennett <BK_Snyder@wiu.edu>.

RESEARCHER-EMAIL: Timothy J. Forsythe <t4sythe@mailcity.com>.

Joseph married Margaret White in 1782 in Rockbridge, Virginia, USA. Margaret was born on 8 May 1763 in Augusta County, Virginia, United States of America; died on 8 Nov 1834 in Greene, Cty, OH; was buried in Cedarville, Greene County, Ohio, United States of America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Robert McFarlin
• Residence: 1755-56, Bedford Co., VA
• Birth: Abt 1730, Lancaster Co., PA
• Birth: 1730
• Residence: 1747, Black Lick, Wythe, Virginia, USA
• Possessions: 1749, Augusta Co. VA, now Wythe; Survey of 248 acres on Stony Fork, Laurel Run, granted 1753, sold to John Downing in 1754.
• _MILT: 16 Nov 1752, Augusta County, VA (now Wythe Co.)
• Possessions: 1757, Lancaster County, PA; Robert, son of John, is selling property he inherited from his deceased brother James, who had inherited it from his uncle James. Robert is selling it to the husband of James (brother of John) widow Margaret who has now remarried.
• Residence: 1766, Orange Co.NC
• Possessions: 1768, Botetourt Virginia; Augusta
• Residence: 1768, Orange County, North Carolina, USA
• Possessions: 1771, Bedford County, Virginia; Robert, and Jane his wife, sells his 354 acres near the great Otter R. in two sales. Deed book 4, p. 131 and 144.
• Residence: Between 1772 and 1780, Cedar Run, branch of Reed Creek, 85 acres
• _MILT: 1774, Fincastle Co., Virginia
• Possessions: 6 Dec 1774, Montgomery County, Virginia (Wythe Co. now); Montgomery Deed Book A, p. 142. 116 acres on both sides of Reed Creek.
• _MILT: 1776, Virginia
• Residence: Between 1782 and 1783, Washington Co. VA, on the waters of the Middle Fork of the Holstein.
• Possessions: 4 Jun 1782, Montgomery County, VA; "John Davis, assignee of Robert Mcfarland, assignee of Alexander Neely, 200 acres on both sides of Reed Cr." Mary Kegley's Vol. 2, p. 40.
• Possessions: 1789, Greene County, Tennessee, USA; North Carolina grant #818 on south side of Nolachucky for 200 a. next to Robert Armstrong. Roll 13, Book 2, Image 299/329. He sells this in 2 deeds in 1791 and 1792. Wife Jane signs in 91, not 92. Alex. McF. witness.

Notes:

Mary Helen Haines notes:
This first paragraph contains unproven speculation meant to stir up further research:
Too little is known about this Robert McFarland. He must have had several children, but the only two we really know about is Robert Jr. and Benjamin because their descendants kept records that made the connections. I feel sure that Robert had a son named James, probably the eldest son, because he appears in the Montgomery records with him. He also probably had a son named John, because the Washington Co. VA 1782 tax list puts a John near Robert and James. (However, that John maybe John Stewart MacFarlane.) I think there is a good chance that he has a daughter named Mary, and it probably is the Mary that marries Samuel Montgomery. There is an unexplained William in the Jefferson Co. records that may belong to this family. Also, it is possible that the Joseph in Jefferson Co. is another son, or at least a cousin. Lastly, while I am speculating, I think that Robert's wife could be a Crockett. I don't know how, but why would Samuel Crockett leave Robert the 85 acres on Cedar Run?

Now for the facts:
Robert moved with his father John to Augusta County in 1747 and was enrolled in the militia in 1752. He purchased land with his father (1020 acres at Black Buffalo Lick, in 1747, and then separately, in 1749, 248 acres on Stony Fork, at Laurel Run. This he sold to John Downing in 1754. This land is in present day Wythe County, in the foothills east of the Appalachian Mts. and the Jefferson National Forest.

In Lancaster Co. PA Deed Book D, pp. 415-417, Microfilm #21383, there is a very convoluted deed that basically states that the original patent from 1739 to Robert McFarland (grandfather of this Robert who died in 1751) for 286 acres, went first to Robert Sr's son James, who died in 1752 leaving behind a wife Margaret. James' will left 1/2 of the estate to his nephew James (son of his elder brother John). Widow Margaret McF. then married Thomas Clingan shortly after and they lived on the 1/2 estate that she inherited from her dead husband James McFarland, brother to John, Robert, Joseph. The nephew James (son of John) was killed by Indians in Virginia in 1755 and died without heirs or a will, so his inheritance passed to his oldest brother Robert (also son of John). So, this Robert, now living in Bedford County, sells the land to his aunt's husband Thomas Clingan for 143 pounds. Robert McFarland came to Lancaster County and entered the deed June 22, 1757.

He moved with father John to Bedford Co. Va. in 1755/6 during the French and Indian War, probably shortly after the death of James.

In 1756 John and Robert McFarland are present in Bedford County serving in a jury (p. 178). In 1757 Robert McFarland is a plaintiff ag. Jason Meadows (p. 193), issue resolved, in the Sept. court 1757, Robert McFarland is a juror along with Wm. Boyd, Joseph and Walter Crockett, and Andrew Evans (p. 138) Source: Bedford County Virginia Order Book 1, 1754-1761, by TLC Genealogy, 929.37556 B411 2000, Dallas Public Library This shows that all the Reed Creek neighbors moved to Bedford Co. from their patents.

Then Robert married and moved to Orange Co. North Carolina, which we know because of his son Robert's birth there in 1759 (Robert Jr.'s 1832 pension statement). He could have already been married, and Margaret is his second wife-we know nothing about his wife's full name.)

While still in Orange Co. NC Robert and Margaret sold the Black Lick land along with with his father John and Mary Montgomery McFarland in 1766 to the Doak family. It is through this sale that we know his wife's first name and that he was living in Orange Co. NC in 1766.

So, Robert and Margaret were living in Orange County North Carolina from at least 1758/9 to 1766/7.
However, the records for Robert McFarland in Orange County NC in the 1760s are not clearly his as far as I can tell, considering there is another Robert McFarland present at this time it seems. The other Robert in Orange Co. is the Robert who wrote a will in 1780 and died the next year in Caswell County, with wife Margaret (unfortunately the same name). DNA testing on a descendant of this other Robert puts that family in the Cadet lineage, but there is one different marker that makes this lineage not a part of our descendants from Robert and Jennet.

In 1766 Robert purchased land on the Great Otter River in Bedford Co. VA, (Deed Book 2, p. 312, 254 acres on the Otter River) while he still was in Orange Co. NC according to the Bedford Co. records.

Also, he must have moved back to the Black Lick area in 1766 because Kegley records in Vol. 3 of Early Adventurers on the Western Waters: "Gasper (Kinder) may have been living on Reed Creek as early as 1766 as he was in company with Robert McFarland (McFarlin) for a tract of land on the north side of Pine Ridge at that time. This fact is recorded in an unusual document filed in 1785 in the will book of Montgomery County (Will Book B. p. 78)."

Robert sold the land in Bedford Co. in 1771 (Book 4, p. 131 and 144) and by 1772 he was back in the Reed Creek area. In the 1771 deed his wife is named Jane.

In 1772 he received 85 acres of land on Cedar Run, a branch of Reed Creek from the will of Samuel Crockett. He moved to this land, and lived here for 10 years. In 1772 this land was in Botetourt Co, but it is the same area that they first settled in. This land was never recorded as a deed, but is recorded in the Augusta County Will Book 3, p. 506, when Joseph Crockett willed it to his son Samuel, and then Samuel willed it to Robert in 1772. No deed was ever recorded, but the title transferred to Christopher Simmerman in 1791, who then donated it to create the town of Evansham, which was renamed Wytheville. (Kegley, Vol. IV, Early Adventurers in the Town of Evansham, 1998)

In 1774 a Robert McFarland served 108 days in the militia under Captain Walter Crockat as part of the call-up of men who were to travel to Point Pleasant as part of Governor Dunmore's war. Also in this company was James Mcfarland, serving 108 days. This is most likely Robert Sr. (b. 1730) and his son James. Source: Soldiers of Fincastle Co. Virginia 1774, Mary B. Kegley, R929.37558 K26S 1974, p. 30.

In 1776 Robert was living at the Cedar Run acreage, and his son Robert Jr. (age 17) enlisted in Capt. Russell's company in the Rev. War. at his father's house, which is described as being at the present location of the Wytheville court house, Source: Robert Jr.'s 1832 Pension statement. The acreage of future Wytheville was transferred to Christopher Simmerman and recorded in 1791 in the Wythe Deed Book 1, p. 35. In the 1782 tax list for Montgomery Co. there are no Robert McFarlands present, however, a John McFarlane is living next to Christopher Simmerman. It seems that Robert Sr. and Jr. are now living in Washington Co. VA, where they appear on that tax list, and John is living in their place in what becomes the town. (What is unknown at this time is who is this John McFarlane in 1782. Is it a son of Robert's or is it Robert's brother John who was married to Mary Kinder.)

All of this is verified by various tax and militia lists:
From New River Tithables 1770-1773 by Mary Kegley, p. 14 and 15, includes Captain Doacks and Walter Crockett's list of tax payers and lists McFarland, John, and Mackfarland, Robert and his son James. (This would indicate John McFarland jr., his brother, had also moved back)
From Early Adventurers on the Western Waters, Vol III, Mary B. Kegley: p. 258, In 1774, a list of Captain Walter Crockat's Co. of men who served 108 days included Robert Mcfarland and James Mcfarland.

So, Robert had an older son named James who was old enough to pay taxes in 1771, and serve in the militia in 1774. What happened to him? Is he the James who purchased 1/2 of Joseph McFarland's land grant in Greene Co. in 1792? Is he the same James who moved to Christian Co. KY where he died in 1811?

I now believe that the Mary McFarland, who married Samuel Montgomery, a neighbor in the Cedar Run area of Reed Creek, was the daughter of this Robert McFarland. I have no absolute proof, but the time and place is right for this to be the case.

(There are no Roberts or James of the right age in the Duncan line to have served in the militia or paid these taxes, so these records must be attributed to the correct family)

Regarding Robert's wife's name. There are two deeds a couple of years apart where Robert is selling his land and his wife is signing. In the first deed, the wife is named Margaret. In the second deed 2 years later, the wife is named Jane. Ramsey mistakenly wrote her name as Martha, which is why so many trees have that name listed, but the original deed image is quite clearly Margaret.

The following are notes from the McFarland genealogy website of Gary Morris: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hollow/8143/genealogy/mcfarland/rbtlanc.txt --
***** 8 ***** Robert McFARLAND, son of John McFARLAND and Mary MONTGOMERY, was
born 7 Apr 1730 in Donegal Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, died 1798
in Kentucky. Married about 1758 in Virginia to Martha _____ born about 1734 in
Orange(?) County, N.Carolina(?).

----- NOTES FOR Robert McFARLAND:
QUESTION-COMMENT: From the Annuals of Bath County "Families of Greater Bath";
page 187 Colonels Robert and John McFarland, early pioneers of Jefferson County,
TN, are descendants of Duncan McFarland. (See Duncan McFarland Records).
MILITARY: 1752 Augusta County. Robert McFarland qualified a Lieutenant on
November 16, 1752 (Abstracts from the Records of Augusta County, VA, Lyman
Chalkley, Vol. II page 55).
MILITARY: "Virginia Colonial Soldiers" by Lloyd D. Bockstruck 1988;
Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore, MD; page 4 Augusta County 16 Nov 1752 John
McFarland, ensign, and Robert McFarland, Lieutenant.
RESIDENCE: Soon after marriage, in 1758 had gone south to Orange County, North
Carolina.
RESIDENCE: From Abstracts of Revolutionary War Applications of son, Robert;
Lived in Orange County, North Carolina, and about 1768 moved to Bedford County
until about 1771 to Botetourt County, Virginia. Moved 1779 to Washington county,
Virginia, and then later to Jefferson County, Tennessee.
LAND: Robert inherited one-half of a farm from his uncle James. Jame's wife,
Margret inherited the other one-half. Later Robert sold his one-half to Margaret
and her new husband, Thomas Clingan. Source: James A. McFarland.
LAND: 1757 Thomas Clingan (husband of Margaret, who first married uncle James
McFarland) bought land from Robert McFarland, who was living in Bedford Co, VA
at time of transaction, 20 June 1757. From Mary Haines@Juno.com Bedford Co, VA
Queeries Aug 1998.
RESEARCHER-EMAIL: Mary Haines Maryhaines@juno.com.
LAND: 1754. 6 Aug 1754 Robert McFarland sold 248 acres on Stoney Fork of Reed
Creek for 20.14 pounds to John Downing. Teste: Abraham Dunkleberry, Nathaniel
Wilshire. (Chalkley Vol 3:330; Augusta County Will page 442).
QUESTION: Last transaction mentions John Downing, who was related to James
McFarland. However, James McFarland, brother of this Robert, died in 1750's. Do
I have James McFarlands mixed up?
LAND: 1766 Although Robert was still in Orange County, NC, he bought property
in Bedford County. In 1766 he bought 254 acres on the Otter River in Bedford
County from Giles Williams, property that was near to his father, John. Mentioned
in THE MYTH OF SIR JOHN MACFARLANE 1997,1998 by James A. McFarland (C)ole Creek
Productions, Inc. Tulsa, OK, copy at Houston Public Library (Clayton Branch).
LAND: 1768 Botetourt County: John and Mary McFarland of Bedford county,
Virginia and Robert and Martha McFarland of County of Orange, North Carolina, to
David Doak for L156, 1,020 acres at Black Buffalo Lick on water of Wood (New)
River. Annals of Southwest Virginia 1769-1800, by Lewis C. Summers, Kingsport
Press, Kingsport, Tn, 1927 Vol 2, page 531.
RESIDENCE: In 1768 or 1769 Robert returned from Orange County with his family,
but sold his land in 1771.
LAND: Oct 30, 1772 VIRGINIA, Montgomery County. Robert McFarland received 85
acres on Cedar Run, a branch of Reed Creek, from the will of Samuel Crockett
dated this date. This tract was approximately two miles southeast of Fort
Chiswell. Will Book B, page 3.
LAND: 1773. VIRGINIA, Fincastle County. Robert McFarland received 166 acres
in Fincastle County, on Reed Creek, 16 Dec 1773 (Reed Creek now in Montgomery
County). (VA State Library, Record of Plotts, reel 33, Book A, page 79).
LAND: 1776 lived on a tract located in the present town of Wytheville, Wythe
County.
RESIDENCE: Moved 1779 to Washington County, Virginia (mentioned in personal
records of son Robert).
COURT: 1780 TENNESSEE, Greene County. Alexander Outlaw, 1780, complains of
Robert McFarland Sr. and Robert McFarland Jr., that they on ... at Green County
took away fifty head of cattle belonging to said Outlaw. SOURCE: Morgan
District Court Civil Action Papers Found in Bulletin of Genealogical Society of
Old Tyrone County, North Carolina 10:3:135 1982.
TAXLIST: 1785 VIRGINIA, Washington County: Robert Sr. (NOTE: Robert Jr. would
have been Robert Henry McFarlane of Russell County).
PLACE: Russell County formed 1785 from Washington County.
NOTE: Not listed in Russell County, VA Taxlists (1787-on). Must have lived
1786-1788 in that part now Washington County.
LAND: 1788
HISTORY: "Families of Jefferson Conty, Tennessee" 1992 found at Seattle
Genealogical Society. Robert McFarland moved from Virginia to Kentucky in 1788
and to the Watauga Settlement in 1799.
DEATH: Last record of Robert McFarland is in Montgomery County on Sept 7,
1779.
DEATH: According to the Morristown Bible record, Robert Sr. is suppossed to
have gone to Kentucky circa 1788. See "The Myth of Sir John McFarlane" by James
A. McFarlane.

===CHILDREN of Robert McFARLAND and Martha _____

+ 33 Robert McFARLAND b 15 Mar 1759 Orange County, North
Carolina. M (1) Margaret McNUTT. M (2) Mary NEAL. M
(3) Mary WEAVER.
+ 34 Benjamin McFARLAND b abt Oct 1769 Bedford County,
Virginia. M (1) Martha STINSON. M (2) Mary RATCLIFFE.
Robert moved with his father John to Augusta County in 1747 and was enrolled in the militia in 1752. He moved with father John to Bedford Co. Va. in 1757. Then he married and moved to Orange Co. North Carolina. In 1768 Robert moved back to Virginia to Bedford Co. and then four years later to Botetourt Co. for 10 years, where in 1772 he received 85 acres on Reed Creek from will of Samuel Crockett (two miles southeast of Fort Chiswell). In 1776 Robert is living in what is the present town of Wytheville, and his son Robert Jr. enlists in Capt. Russell's company in the Rev. Wa

Robert married Margaret Jane about 1747 in Virginia. Margaret was born in 1734; died about 1792 in Jefferson County, TN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mary Helen Haines notes:Her name appears in two deeds selling Robert's property. The first deed is the sale of the Black Lick property he co-owned with father John, and her name is listed as Margaret. The second deed is selling the Bedford property and her name is listed as Jane. It could be two different wives.