Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: ?
• Birth: 28 Apr 1858
• Death: 1944

Elizabeth married John Nicholas Shrum on 17 May 1876 in Fannin Co., Texas. John was born in 1849; died in 1922 in Fannin Co., Texas; was buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Fannin Co.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Jessie Shrum was born on 16 Aug 1885; died on 26 Jan 1927 in Fannin Co., Texas; was buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Fannin Co..
2. John Wheeler Shrum died in UNKNOWN.
3. Emma Shrum died in UNKNOWN.
4. Mack Shrum died in UNKNOWN.
5. Sam Shrum died in UNKNOWN.
6. Lee Shrum died in UNKNOWN.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: 27 Jun 1807
• Birth: 27 Jun 1807, Perry Cty., Missouri
• Death: Nov 1891
• Death: 24 Nov 1891, Fannin Cty., TX

Notes:

James Newton Pettit can be found in the 1880 census in San Bernadino California as a single boarder, working as a farm laborer, age 73.

Emma Shrum Butler's research:

Census Records:
1830 U S Census Ouachita Co, LA. Head of hhold James N Pettit [living alone] - also living in county were uncles Walker Pettit & Wm McDowell Pettit & cousin Francis Pettit
---
1840 U S Census Perry Co, MO. Head of hhold Newton Pettit
Males
(1) 20-30 James Newton
Females
-5 (2) Sarah Missouri
Lucretia Melissa
20-30 __(Cleveland)
Note: Living next to James Newton is WILLIAM CLEVELAND, I believe this is prob his brother-in-law (ESB)
--
1850 U S Census Fannin Co TX, p.163. Head of hhold J N Pettit, wf E. [Emily McFarland]
---
Dt of birth/death; pl of bur: Pic taken of Grave marker May 1991, Moore's Chapel, 4 mi so of Bonham,
Fannin Co TX.
Note: James Newton Pettit is buried beside daughter, Sarah Melissa Pettit Horton.
---
Dt/pl of marr #1-___Cleveland: Est fr birth of first child, Sarah Missouri b. Sep 1837 in MO.
--
Dt/pl of marr #2-Mary Emily McFarland: Copy of Marr Cert.
---
NOTES:
11 May 1857 - Bill of Sale, Fannin Co TX. Deed Records, Bk J, p 250. JN PETTIT sold to John McFarland [father-in-law] the following slave property: Saunders, aged thirty two years;
Harvey aged twenty five years; Mary aged twenty seven; Emily aged twenty two; Charles aged six; Joseph aged two; Sarah aged two; Phillip aged four and another two days old not named, for the sum of four thousand five hundred dollars. Filed & rec 11 Jun 1857.
---
3 April 1858 - Divorce petition filed "Emily Pettit vs James Newton Pettit",
Fannin Co TX, Box 312, paper 7677.
Petition claims that James Newton Pettit commenced a system of harsh and cruel usage of her in MO, that he cut at her with a knife and attempted to set her bed on fire, while she was confined; that since her removal to Texas, only a few days previous to the birth of her youngest child, Emily. James Pettit attempted to blow up the house with powder, he repeatedly threatened her with a knife, that he struck her over the head with a gun and threaten to shoot her and that he was a habitual drunkard. - Divorce Decree Fall Term 1858, ca Dec 1858 [no dt on papers]
---
According to Joseph Pettit Smith's (grand-son of James N. Pettit) autobiography JAMES NEWTON was a cocky little Irishman, erstwhile Mississippi River Steamboat Captain that left Fannin Co. TX (probably after the sale of the slaves to John McFarland, since he was not found during the divorce proceedings) and went to California for 10-12 years. He returned to Texas 1870.
---
LINEAGE: Perry Co, MO, Will No. 46, Filed 12 Oct 1844:
Last Will & Testament of Sarah `Sally' (Donahue)Pettit - "... to my son
JAMES N PETTIT one eaqual [sic] fifth part of my property..."
- James Pettit [1785-1842] Estate papers: several depositions naming the
children of James & Sally.

Pet262_nt
1850 Census - Fannin Cty., Texas

CENSUS YR: 1850 STATE or TERRITORY: TX COUNTY: Fannin REEL NO: M432-910 PAGE NO: 163a
REFERENCE: Enumerated by John Shaffer, 25th day of January 1851
===========================================================================================================
LN HN FN LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE OCCUP. VAL. BIRTHPLACE MRD. SCH. R/W DDB
===========================================================================================================

27 244 244 Pettit J.N. 38 M Farmer 1,000 MO
28 244 244 Pettit E. 26 F MO
29 244 244 Pettit M. 12 F MO X
30 244 244 Pettit M. 10 F MO X
31 244 244 Pettit E. 6 F MO
32 244 244 Pettit Mary 4 F Tenn
33 244 244 Pettit Ann 1 F Tex
REMARKS: Could be Ami
]
Emma Shrum Butler's research:

Census Records:
1830 U S Census Ouachita Co, LA. Head of hhold James N Pettit [living alone] - also living in county were uncles Walker Pettit & Wm McDowell Pettit & cousin Francis Pettit
---
1840 U S Census Perry Co, MO. Head of hhold Newton Pettit
Males
(1) 20-30 James Newton
Females
-5 (2) Sarah Missouri
Lucretia Melissa
20-30 __(Cleveland)
Note: Living next to James Newton is WILLIAM CLEVELAND, I believe this is prob his brother-in-law (ESB)
--
1850 U S Census Fannin Co TX, p.163. Head of hhold J N Pettit, wf E. [Emily McFarland]
---
Dt of birth/death; pl of bur: Pic taken of Grave marker May 1991, Moore's Chapel, 4 mi so of Bonham,
Fannin Co TX.
Note: James Newton Pettit is buried beside daughter, Sarah Melissa Pettit Horton.
---
Dt/pl of marr #1-___Cleveland: Est fr birth of first child, Sarah Missouri b. Sep 1837 in MO.
--
Dt/pl of marr #2-Mary Emily McFarland: Copy of Marr Cert.
---
NOTES:
11 May 1857 - Bill of Sale, Fannin Co TX. Deed Records, Bk J, p 250. JN PETTIT sold to John McFarland [father-in-law] the following slave property: Saunders, aged thirty two years;
Harvey aged twenty five years; Mary aged twenty seven; Emily aged twenty two; Charles aged six; Joseph aged two; Sarah aged two; Phillip aged four and another two days old not named, for the sum of four thousand five hundred dollars. Filed & rec 11 Jun 1857.
---
3 April 1858 - Divorce petition filed "Emily Pettit vs James Newton Pettit",
Fannin Co TX, Box 312, paper 7677.
Petition claims that James Newton Pettit commenced a system of harsh and cruel usage of her in MO, that he cut at her with a knife and attempted to set her bed on fire, while she was confined; that since her removal to Texas, only a few days previous to the birth of her youngest child, Emily. James Pettit attempted to blow up the house with powder, he repeatedly threatened her with a knife, that he struck her over the head with a gun and threaten to shoot her and that he was a habitual drunkard. - Divorce Decree Fall Term 1858, ca Dec 1858 [no dt on papers]
---
According to Joseph Pettit Smith's (grand-son of James N. Pettit) autobiography JAMES NEWTON was a cocky little Irishman, erstwhile Mississippi River Steamboat Captain that left Fannin Co. TX (probably after the sale of the slaves to John McFarland, since he was not found during the divorce proceedings) and went to California for 10-12 years. He returned to Texas 1870.
---
LINEAGE: Perry Co, MO, Will No. 46, Filed 12 Oct 1844:
Last Will & Testament of Sarah `Sally' (Donahue)Pettit - "... to my son
JAMES N PETTIT one eaqual [sic] fifth part of my property..."
- James Pettit [1785-1842] Estate papers: several depositions naming the
children of James & Sally.

Pet262_nt
1850 Census - Fannin Cty., Texas

CENSUS YR: 1850 STATE or TERRITORY: TX COUNTY: Fannin REEL NO: M432-910 PAGE NO: 163a
REFERENCE: Enumerated by John Shaffer, 25th day of January 1851
===========================================================================================================
LN HN FN LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE OCCUP. VAL. BIRTHPLACE MRD. SCH. R/W DDB
===========================================================================================================

27 244 244 Pettit J.N. 38 M Farmer 1,000 MO
28 244 244 Pettit E. 26 F MO
29 244 244 Pettit M. 12 F MO X
30 244 244 Pettit M. 10 F MO X
31 244 244 Pettit E. 6 F MO
32 244 244 Pettit Mary 4 F Tenn
33 244 244 Pettit Ann 1 F Tex
REMARKS: Could be Ami
]

James married Mary Emily McFarland on 16 May 1844 in Buffalo, Erie, New York, USA. Mary (daughter of John McFarland and Mary Fleming) was born on 10 Nov 1824 in Missouri; died on 14 May 1900 in Fannin Co., Texas; was buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Fannin Co.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: 1824, Missouri
• Possessions: 1849, Purchased 350 acres from John F. Crawford for $350., survey of Thomas Mohansen?
• Death: 1900, Fannin Cty., Texas

Notes:

Known as Emily. Shown on 1860 Slave holder census as owner of one slave. She is shown in 1860 as a property owner living in same household with father John McFarland. In 1870 she is shown living with John McFarland, 89 yrs. old, born in Tennessee. With them are her children, Loucinda, 16, born in Texas and James N. and Elizabeth.
McFARLAND, ELI NEWMAN SAMUELS, ANN M. 12/14/37
McFARLAND, ELIZA DEGUIRE, FRANCIS 11/28/30
McFARLAND, ELIZABETH BENNETT, THOMAS S. 4/27/54
McFARLAND, ELIZABETH MADISON, GEORGE 10/16/25

McFARLAND, EMILY PETTIT, JAMES NEWTON 5/16/44

McFARLAND, EVELINE HUES, MAHLON 9/21/37
McFARLAND, FRANCES FARRAR, MOSES 8/16/29
McFARLAND, FRANKLIN B. BATEMAN, JANE MRS 5/8/59
McFARLAND, HUSTON C. ROBINSON, ELIZABETH R. 10/19/37
McFARLAND, ISABEL VANCE, CHARLES A. P. 1/4/55
McFARLAND, ISABELLA H. HORNE, JOHN N. 3/21/66
McFARLAND, JESSE J. SMITH, SARAH J. 9/11/62
McFARLAND, JESSE J. VANCE, SARAH JANE 12/16/40
McFARLAND, JOHN SHOOK, LOUISA 10/31/39
McFARLAND, JOHN L. THOMAS, MARY M. 3/13/60
McFARLAND, JOSEPH McFARLAND, POLLY ELIZA. 1/12/34
McFARLAND, JOSEPH McFARLIN, POLLY 7/4/22
McFARLAND, JOSEPH G. ROOKER, LETTY 3/12/58
McFARLAND, LOUISA COX, ROBERT S. 3/9/36
McFARLAND, LUCINDA DOUTHIT, WILLIAM H. 11/16/45
McFARLAND, LUCRETIA M. VANCE, WILLIAM R. 12/17/40
McFARLAND, MALISSA M. J. VANCE, SAMUEL C. 7/24/45
McFARLAND, MARGARET KEITH, ABRAM W. 7/2/59
McFARLAND, MARTHY E. FRAZEE, WILLIAM L. 10/2/56
McFARLAND, MARY A. WATTS, HENRY S. 9/25/53
McFARLAND, NAMAN H. HORNE, REBECCA JANE 3/20/66
McFARLAND, NANCY E. LOVE, T. S. 2/5/57
McFARLAND, NARCISSA E. McFARLAND, S. V. 1/1/61
McFARLAND, POLLY ELIZA. McFARLAND, JOSEPH 1/12/34
McFARLAND, REBECCA LANE, ROBERT H. 11/26/40
McFARLAND, S. V. McFARLAND, NARCISSA E. 1/1/61
McFARLAND, SARAH GEORGE, CARRIE ? 11/10/22
McFARLAND, SARAH J. KEITH, JOHN B. 4/8/58
McFARLAND, SOPHIA DEGUER, FRANCOIS 12/20/27
McFARLAND, WILLIAM CRAWFORD, IRENE B. 6/25/56
McFARLAND, WILLIAM A. VANCE, ELIZABETH H. 10/31/38
McFARLIN, POLLY McFARLAND, JOSEPH 7/4/22
Known as Emily. Shown on 1860 Slave holder census as owner of one slave. She is shown in 1860 as a property owner living in same household with father John McFarland. In 1870 she is shown living with John McFarland, 89 yrs. old, born in Tennessee. With them are her children, Loucinda, 16, born in Texas and James N. and Elizabeth. McFARLAND, ELI NEWMAN SAMUELS, ANN M. 12/14/37
McFARLAND, ELIZA DEGUIRE, FRANCIS 11/28/30
McFARLAND, ELIZABETH BENNETT, THOMAS S. 4/27/54
McFARLAND, ELIZABETH MADISON, GEORGE 10/16/25

McFARLAND, EMILY PETTIT, JAMES NEWTON 5/16/44

McFARLAND, EVELINE HUES, MAHLON 9/21/37
McFARLAND, FRANCES FARRAR, MOSES 8/16/29
McFARLAND, FRANKLIN B. BATEMAN, JANE MRS 5/8/59
McFARLAND, HUSTON C. ROBINSON, ELIZABETH R. 10/19/37
McFARLAND, ISABEL VANCE, CHARLES A. P. 1/4/55
McFARLAND, ISABELLA H. HORNE, JOHN N. 3/21/66
McFARLAND, JESSE J. SMITH, SARAH J. 9/11/62
McFARLAND, JESSE J. VANCE, SARAH JANE 12/16/40
McFARLAND, JOHN SHOOK, LOUISA 10/31/39
McFARLAND, JOHN L. THOMAS, MARY M. 3/13/60
McFARLAND, JOSEPH McFARLAND, POLLY ELIZA. 1/12/34
McFARLAND, JOSEPH McFARLIN, POLLY 7/4/22
McFARLAND, JOSEPH G. ROOKER, LETTY 3/12/58
McFARLAND, LOUISA COX, ROBERT S. 3/9/36
McFARLAND, LUCINDA DOUTHIT, WILLIAM H. 11/16/45
McFARLAND, LUCRETIA M. VANCE, WILLIAM R. 12/17/40
McFARLAND, MALISSA M. J. VANCE, SAMUEL C. 7/24/45
McFARLAND, MARGARET KEITH, ABRAM W. 7/2/59
McFARLAND, MARTHY E. FRAZEE, WILLIAM L. 10/2/56
McFARLAND, MARY A. WATTS, HENRY S. 9/25/53
McFARLAND, NAMAN H. HORNE, REBECCA JANE 3/20/66
McFARLAND, NANCY E. LOVE, T. S. 2/5/57
McFARLAND, NARCISSA E. McFARLAND, S. V. 1/1/61
McFARLAND, POLLY ELIZA. McFARLAND, JOSEPH 1/12/34
McFARLAND, REBECCA LANE, ROBERT H. 11/26/40
McFARLAND, S. V. McFARLAND, NARCISSA E. 1/1/61
McFARLAND, SARAH GEORGE, CARRIE ? 11/10/22
McFARLAND, SARAH J. KEITH, JOHN B. 4/8/58
McFARLAND, SOPHIA DEGUER, FRANCOIS 12/20/27
McFARLAND, WILLIAM CRAWFORD, IRENE B. 6/25/56
McFARLAND, WILLIAM A. VANCE, ELIZABETH H. 10/31/38
McFARLIN, POLLY McFARLAND, JOSEPH 7/4/22

Other Events and Attributes:

• Possessions: 1816, Ste. Genevieve records, now St. Francois; John McFarland purchases the preemption rights to the Back Creek property from George Cathey, who was moving on to Cooper County. George Cathey was the husband of Anna McFarland, b. 1786 (his aunt)
• Residence: 1830, Liberty, St Francois, Missouri, USA
• Possessions: 1824, 1837, Ste. Genevieve; St. Francois
• Residence: 1850, Fannin, Texas, USA
• Possessions: 1858, Fannin County, Texas; 1858 tax list shows John McFarland with 640 a. from J. Whittenburg patent. Under his name is A.C. Sloan with 164 acres from two patents. A.C. Sloan is his son-in-law.
• Residence: 1860, Beat 5, Fannin, Texas, USA
• Possessions: 1865, Fannin County, Texas; Shows John McFarland with a total of 651 acres from 4 different sections patented by different people.
• Residence: 31 Jul 1867, Fannin, Texas
• Residence: 1870, Precinct 4, Honey Grove, Fannin, Texas, USA

Notes:

Mary Helen Haines research:

North Carolina:
Haywood County:
Census Records for Haywood County, NC in 1810 show this John McFarland as a male older than 15 and younger than 26, with a wife the same, and a male younger than eleven, a female younger than 11, and another female younger than 16, but over 10. The records of these children are unknown at this time, but this might indicate the mystery son named John. A daughter bet. 10 and 15 seems unlikely, so this could be a relation instead.

Missouri:
In 1828 John McFarland and the heirs of John McFarland (deceased) made claim to 240 acres in Ste. Genevieve in or near the town of Avon today. Doc. #514, 515, and 516 for 80 acres each: Section 12, 35-N, Range 7 E. I can only speculate that this is the land where they first settled when they came to Missouri. (This would be land claimed by John husband of Rebecca Bell, because this is bought out by John Jr. to settle the estate of John Sr.)

There are several John McFarland land claims in Missouri, and there are at least two different John McFarlands living in the area around Avon, so it is hard to know anything for certain. It would seem that the land claim made in 1825 for 80 acres, Doc. 581, W1/2 SW, Sec. 33, 36N, 8E, and the 1837 claim of 40 acres, Cert. 3744, SESE 32, 36-N, 8-E, in Ste. Genevieve is the land where the Stone Church Cemetery is today. If so, then this would be the Rev. John McFarland's land claim. His home was used as a church meeting place (Methodist), until a stone church was erected in the 1840s. Rev. John McFarland, his wife, and some other children are buried there. This Rev. John McFarland is not related to our John in any known way. The Rev. John's parents were Duncan and Janet McFarland from Ireland.

There is an 1824 land claim by John McFarland, Doc. 508, for 126.72 acres: SW Sect. 7, 35-N, Range 7-E, that borders Ste. Francois/Ste. Genevieve line. This seems to be where he made his home for the census in 1830 and 1840.(This seems to be the preemption claim of George Cathey bought for $100. in 1816. There are two other claims made that seem adjacent to the claim above: Doc. 5131 and 5132, for 31 acres in SWNW 7, 35-N, 7E, and 40 acres at SENE Sect. 12, 35-N, 6-E. These lands seem to be next to Back Creek, and just below are the land claims made by Reuben and Jacob McFarland.

There is another land purchase made in 1829 recorded in Book A, p. 366-367 for 65 acres in NE quarter of Sect. 26, 35 N, Range 6 E, paid $65 to John McHenry and wife. This is near the Sect. 25 that brother James received from Elliott Jackson. In 1837 John sold this tract to Samuel P. Harris (Book B. p. 121).

Texas:

John's gravesite at OakRidge Cemetery is still visible, as is his wife's. Although I have records of John's daughters and their families, John's son, John, is lost to me at this time. I think he must have died young.

John McFarland, eldest brother of James McFarland, followed James to Fannin County around the year 1849, twelve years after James' arrival. In the 1830 and 1840 censuses his family was found in Libertyville, St. Francois County, Missouri. The earliest record of John McFarland (1787-1874), husband of Mary, in Fannin County is the purchase of land from James Chambers in 1849. It seems that Rice Smith, who owned the land grant north and adjacent to James McFarland, died and James McFarland administered the Rice estate in September, 1847. 104 acres were offered in public outcry in Bonham and James Chambers bought it for $55.00 (p. 299 Deed Record Book C). On p. 300 of the same deed book, John McFarland buys a parcel from James Chambers.

John then purchased 640 acres from James E. McConnell, which is an original land grant and adjacent to Jasper McFarland, Andrew White, D. P. Bridge, and Rice Smith's land grants, and near the Waggoner and Fuller grants. (p. 312, Book C)

On April 9, 1850 John bought 150 acres for $150 from the heirs of Mary Allen, headright of Mary Allen. Pat. #323 Vol. I, Nov. 19, 1845.

In the 1850 census John and wife Mary were living on this land with F.P. Deguire and his wife Eliza (John and Mary's daughter) and their children. Their neighbors were the Pences, Jasper McFarland, the Thomas Rattans, and Andrew White.

John continued to purchase more land. Book H, p. 429 records a purchase from the Heirs of Mary Allen. He then buys 41 acres for $41 from John Rattan out of the Daniel Waggoner survey, Book I, p. 5. Also he buys 55 acres for $55 from Isaac Hobbs, Book I, p. 293.
John gave a gift of land to Eliza Deguire, his daughter, on Sept. 20, 1852. Eliza died in 1853 giving birth to a daughter named Emily. In September 1855, this deed was cancelled and Deguire pays $510 to own 75 acres from the Mary Allen survey. Mary McFarland also signed this document. (Book I, p. 171)

Mary McFarland died in 1855 and is buried on land that became the Oak Ridge Cemetery in the late 1870s.

In January, 1857 John sold to Francis P. DeGuire, his son-in-law, one-half of 560 acres for $1000, p. 127 Book J. The land is described as being the late residence of John McFarland and deeded to him by James E. McConnell (280 acres) and 70 acres from the George Smith survey and part of Allen and Waggoner surveys.
In March, 1857 Jasper DeGuire, Francis' son, purchases 110 acres of the 280 acres for $400 from his father. (Book J, p. 176). Francis pays $337 for 135 acres from J.N. Walker, part of the Daniel Davis survey.
In Book K, p. 83, John gave his daughter Emily Pettit a gift of slaves:
"John McFarland for love and affection to my daughter Emily, wife of James N. Pettit…including two daughters of sd. James Pettit by a former wife, to wit Missouri and Lucretia.
Man - Sanders, age 32 years
Woman-Mary, age 27 years
Man - Henry, age 24 years
Boy - Charles- age 2 years
Boy - Joseph, age 2 years
Girl - Delilah, age 2 months"

In 1858 he bought another 250 acres on the North Sulphur from Hugh Braley (Pat. 792, Vol. 3), p. 84 in Deed Book K. And then he bought back land from F.P. Deguire that he had conveyed to him earlier. (P. 85, Book K)

John then sold to Alexander C. Sloan (his brother-in-law) 180 acres on Feb. 4, 1858 for $825.00. Alexander and Nancy Caroline McFarland Sloan must have moved here from Missouri at this time (p. 124, Book K.) In 1850 the Sloan family was living in Lafayette County, Missouri, on land valued at $3000 and owning four slaves.

Then John bought more land from Samuel Wall(s) for $100 in 1858 (who had previously bought it from John Rattan).( P. 105, Book L) He also buys land from John Biggerstaff. (p. 398, Book L)

In A History of Fannin County, by Floy Crandall Hodge, pub. 1966, he explains that the Flag Spring Church was organized in 1853 by Methodists and Baptists. Early trustees include Samuel Wall, Jackson McFarland, and Joseph Wigley. The Church must have been used as a school as well.

In 1860 John McFarland and D.P. Bridge conveyed land to establish a school for the Flag Springs Community. It came from the southeast corner of the 280 acres owned by John McFarland and the southwest corner of the 110 acres owned by D.P. Bridge, and part of the 640 acres of the Central National Road certificate of John Whittenburg. The trustees of the settlement are Samuel Wall, Jackson McFarland, and Joseph Wigley. (Book M, p. 420)

In the 1860 census John McFarland was living with his daughter Emily Pettit. J. N. Pettit, her husband, who in 1857 had sold slaves to John McFarland for $4500.00 (Book J, p. 250) was not present, and has probably died. (There is confusion about J. N. Pettit as there seems to be two different men by that name.) In the 1880 census, Emily lists herself as widowed, and this is confirmed by other court documents. Yet there is a J.N. Pettit buried in Moore's Chapel cemetery in Fannin County with a death date of 1891, so even though he has been connected with Emily by some descendants, he is not the same man.) They were living next to sister Nancy Caroline and her husband Alexander C. Sloan and their family in Beat 5, Fannin County. (Families 312, 313)

In 1867 John deeded to his daughter Emily Pettit, 180 acres of the 280 acres "I reside on" from the original tract of John Whittenburg and Daniel Waggoner that he bought from James E. McClellan for $17.00.

In 1868 John bought 100 more acres from Theophilus Wall for $600. (Book Q, p. 188-189)

In the 1870 census John, 82, was living with Emily, 44, on their land. His land was valued at $2500, and hers at $2000. At approximately $6 an acre, that puts his land at approximately 416 acres, and hers at 333 acres. The former slaves that he had given to his daughter have taken the name of Pettit and are still living on, and presumably working, the land.

There are no films of marriage records this early for these counties.

John married Mary Fleming about 1805 in Buncombe Co., North Carolina. Mary was born in Jun 1785 in Virginia; died on 31 Dec 1855 in Fannin Co., Texas; was buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Fannin Co., Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mary Helen Haines notes:

John wife's last name has no documentation, but has been passed down. Still needs verification.

In Buncombe/Haywood Co. NC:
I found a Daniel Fleming in the 1810 Haywood Co. NC census and he was older than 46.

Daniel Fleming was a neighbor of John and Jacob McFarland whose name appears in the early records as a neighbor when he was ordered to work on a road with John and Jacob McFarland in 1813 (County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Vol. “C” p. 47, FHL #463089

In the deed book A for Haywood County, p. 405 David Fleming sells his plantation "where he now lives" on the north fork of Hominy Creek for $100 to Thomas Able. This is recorded during the June session 1816. This section of land is near some of the McFarland land at Old Locust Field in Canton.

Supposedly Jacob McFarland, John's uncle was married to a Matilda Fleming.

Notes on Daniel Fleming found in Ancestry:
A Daniel Fleming, born 1765 is shown married to a Ann Farrar in 1783 in Granville, NC. others have him married to Susanna Johnston. They put him in the 1800 census in Lincoln NC, then 1810 in Haywwod NC.

In the Circuit Court records for 1816 in Ste. Genevieve County MO at various times an Abraham Fleming, Alexander Fleming and Patrick Fleming were called to serve. FHL #915670. Later Flemings in the area include Nicholas Fleming in the mid 1800s, and Samuel Fleming in late 1800s, and his son Charles R. Fleming.

There are no films of marriage records this early for these counties.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Buncombe, North Carolina, USA
• Residence: 1800, Morgan, Buncombe, North Carolina
• Residence: 1808, East Fork of Pigeon River
• Residence: 6 Aug 1810, Haywood, North Carolina, USA
• _MILT: 1812, Haywood Co., NC
• Possessions: 16 Dec 1828, Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri, USA; Three patents totaling 240 a. issued to John McFarland and heirs of John McFarland Sr. #514, 515, 516. Patent issued after his death, and son John buys out the interests of his siblings, and then sells to Joseph.

Notes:

Mary Helen Haines notes:

Alternative birth date: Feb. 25, 1764 according to Bible Record submitted by Lucille McFarland in 1989
Alternative death date: July 10, 1820

Bible record coming from Nancy Caroline McFarland says John was born Feb. 28, 1764, died July 10, 1820. Rebecca McFarland born April 26, 1770, died Sept. 14, 1816.

1784: "Petition of the People Setled Over french Broad river on the pidgen rivers" made April-June 1884 includes John Mcfarlad Sene, John Mcfarland, Samuel jeck, John Mcnute, along with Wm Willoughby, Jesse Evans, Andrew Evins, Alexander Montgomery, William Boyd, Silas George, and many others.

1788: another petition to the North Carolina Assembly asking for pre-emption status and relief from the depredations by Indians includes: Alex. Ward, George McNutt, then about 20 down in the list is Wm Bell, John McFarland, George McFarland, Alexr Rodgers, ? Campbell, and Samuel Jack all next to one another, Near is Benj McFarland, and David Staurt.

It is not clear exactly where this place is, although it is most likely what becomes Cocke Co. TN judging from the records below, unless the borders were so fluid that this land was actually the North Carolina land that they finally get deeds to in the early 1800s.

1789: another petition is signed by Wm. Cathey, near Adam Lowery, James Lowery, Wm. Houston, John Finley, George Ewing.

In 1790 the border between TN and NC was set and the records begin in Greene Co. TN and then Jefferson Co. when it was formed. By 1800 census the McFarlands are in Buncombe Co. NC census and all records appear there.

Tennessee records:
My ancestor James E. McFarland always listed his birth as Jefferson County Tennessee, and he was born in 1795.

John Jr. appears in various records in the 1790s as he witnesses wills for the Wards. His children from John born in 1787 to John in 1795 list their birthplaces as Tennessee on 1850 censuses.

1796: John Ward, Co. of Jefferson, land on Big Pigeon, sons Cyrus, John, daug. Mary. John McFarland appt. executor, witness John McFarland, Jr., Matthew Bell. Inventory, Feb. 20th 1796. ( The wife of John Ward is considered to be Rachel McFarland, daughter of John McFarland Sr.

John Ward is probably the brother of Alexander Ward. The Wards were neighbors in the Reed Creek area of VA, and the two girls Rachel and Mary probably married there before the move. However the Ward family also moved to the same area in TN as the McFarlands.)

1799: deed to Robert McFarland for 250 acres on Bent Creek, Vol. D, p. 304, wit. John McFarland.

1799: John McF. Jr. and Matthew Bell witness to will of Samuel Jack in Jefferson Co. Two of John Sr.'s sons married Jack girls. Benjamin McFarland married Ruth Buchanan Jack, July 31, 1788 in Greene Co. records, and George married Sally Jack in Jan. 5, 1793 in Greene Co. records.

So, the question is....did the family move or did new lines get drawn that established the land they lived in became North Carolina?

North Carolina Records:
Buncombe County NC records:

1800 Census in Buncombe Co. NC has John McFarland Sr., George, Reuben, James, William, and John Jr.

Land Records:
Buncombe County, NC.
Deed Book 4, p. 472. John McFarlin purchases 122 acres on the waters of the Pigeon River, the "flowery garden" for $62. from John Strothers on Oct. 22, 1799. (It is impossible to know which John purchased this acreage, although it would seem to be this one.)
Deed Book 9, p. 320. John McF. Jr. buys 100 acres on the Pigeon from George McFarlin in Nov. 1804, the same 100 acres he had sold to him in 1802 in Book 7, p. 160.
Deed Book 7, p. 557. John McFarland has a land grant from N.C. #1506 for 150 acres on the Pigeon River. on June 27, 1806.

John McFarland served as a Senator for the State Legislature for North Carolina representing Buncombe Co. in 1808 according to A History of Buncombe County North Carolina, by F.A. Sondley, p. 801.

Haywood Co. is formed from Buncombe Co. in 1808 at the request of the residents of this area, including John McFarland. He is found in early records as a grand jury member along with Jacob McFarland, Daniel Fleming, William Deaver, David McFarland, and George Cathey.In 1808 in the founding document of the county, John McFarland was named a commissioner in charge of erecting public buildings, etc. They laid the foundation at Mt. Prospect, which became Waynesville, the county seat.

Haywood County celebrated their centennial by writing a county history. On page 12, "Higher up the river (Pigeon), on the East and West fork, settlements were made some years later than those lower down. Among those who first bought land on East Fork, the name of John McFarland, William Cathey, and Elijah Deaver, who moved there previous to 1808, are found." Descriptions of the land where they settled include: "The Pigeon River, as it winds its course among the verdant hills...It forms as beautiful a valley as can be found in North Carolina. Richland Creek, with its rippling, laughing waters...Jonathan's Creek, a meandering mountain torrent, rises among the peaks and winds through a beautiful valley with lofty mountains on either side..."

In the first book of Haywood County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions (FHL 463089) John McFarland appears frequently. Because John McFarland, husband of Mary Kinder is presumed dead, and John McFarland, born 1787 is just coming of age, the records of John McFarland as Capt. and Esquire, and Justice, and Senator, must belong to John born 1764. He is referred to as Capt. John McFarland, and John McFarland, Esq. in the records of 1809. He is a Justice of the Peace along with people like Thomas Love, William Deaver, and John Dobson, and a State Senator representing Buncombe Co. in 1808, and Haywood in 1811, 1812, 1813, and 1814.

Haywood County NC records:
Minutes, County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions 1809-1815 for Haywood County:
First Vol., p. 2 the opening session that takes place on the fourth Monday in March, 1809 at Mount Prospect, John McFarland Esq. is listed as one of the Justices of Peace. Again, it is hard to know which John McFarland, but I am assuming it is John with wife Rebecca due to his middle age. There is no separate designation to differentiate him from his father. He is referred to as Capt. John McFarland on various pages (p. 9, 21, and is in charge of a company of militia, and therefore collector of taxes in 1810. The McFarlands appear in court records as jurors, road overseers, justices. The last record is a reference to a deed from Jacob McFarland to Dan McDowell for 67 acres dated September 19, 1815.

When Haywood County was formed John McFarland served as Haywood County's state Senator for the years, 1811 through 1814. Source: The Centennial of Haywood County, by W.C. Allen, p. 37.

Court Order #7, March 27-29, 1809 session (p. 21-22 of Early History of Haywood County, by Medford) "John McFarland appt. overseer "from the burnt schoolhouse, up Jonathans Creek across the mountain (Soco Gap) to the first crossing of Soco Creek"

Haywood County Militia in 1812: There are four McFarland listings in the records for Haywood County. James, in the 16th Co. Regiment, John in the 16th Co. Regiment, John in the 12th Co. Regiment, and then James in an unknown company.

Land Records:
Haywood County, NC:
Deed Book A, p. 16, State of North Carolina #1715. 160 acres purchase by John McFarland, Sr. at cost of 50 shillings for every 100 acres. County of Buncombe, east fork of the Pigeon River, including both sides where said McFarling now lives. Beginning on north side of William Cathey's branch, with Elijah Deaver's line. Entered Ap. 5, 1808. Warrant was originally issued to Joseph Henry. Signed by George Cathey and John Patton.

Deed Book A, p. 67. Feb. 10, 1809. John McFarland purchased 150 acres on east side of Pigeon River from Michael Defedellar for $300. The land adjoins John McFarland and John Gulbright. Witness: John McFarland Jr. Signed Michael Defedellar.

Deed Book A, p. 70. Feb. 10, 1809. John McFarland purchased 75 acres for $400. on east side of Pigeon River, adjoining Joseph Dobson on the south. Witness: John McFarland Jr., Michael Defedellar. (The John Jr. would be the John who married Mary Fleming.)

Deed Book A, p. 571, the recording made of John McFarland appointing William Dever "my truly and well-beloved friend William Dever of the county and state aforesaid my true and lawful attorney" and he is empowered to sell my lands. Dated April 10, 1815.

Deed Book B, p. 286. Dated April 10, 1815, but not entered into records until January 1826. This records the sale of four parcels of land to William Dever for $800. total. These are on the east side of the Pigeon River, one for 200 acres, another is unspecified amount, another for 75 acres, and the last for 150 acres.
This indicates that the move to Missouri took place shortly after.

Missouri Records:
Ste. Genevieve Deed Book C, pp. 148-49. George Cathey of Ste. Genevieve Co. Missouri Territory sells to John McFarland for $100. his pre-emption claim on the northside of Back Creek. Dated Nov. 29, 1816, witnessed by Reuben McFarland. (This land probably is the land in Sect. 7, 35 N, 7 E, just north of Reuben's.)

Tax Records for Ste. Genevieve Co. for 1821 to 1824 show McFarlands: Jacob, James, Jesse, John Sr., John Jr. John Andrew, and Reuben.

Sale Bill of the Estate of John McFarland, Ste. Genevieve Missouri, on Sept. 14, 1820. Appraisers: Alen Richards, Wingate Jackson, William Holmes. Most of the purchasers at the sale were Mary, John, James, Reubin, Jesse McFarland. Also were Bailey Fleming, Joseph Hughes, William Holmes.

Final Dispostion of John's land in Ste. Genevieve: Range 7E, Township 35N, Sect. 12 and is land patent #514 that dated to 1828, takes place in Deed Book G, pp. 63-67 where the various brothers and sisters of John McFarland, Jr. are paid $30.00 each for their part of the inheritance of land near present-day Avon community that they claimed together in 1828. This list includes Anna and Joseph Hughes, Jacob and Mary McFarland, William B. and Nancy McFarland, Sally H. and Carroll George, Nancy C. and Alexander Sloan, Arthur, James and Joseph McFarland. The land is 240 acres and each brother/sister is paid for their part: the total divided by 8. This puts in question Rebecca McFarland. The only thing I can think is that since she and her husband had not moved to Missouri with the rest of the children, she was not a part of the original claim, therefore not to receive a part, but that seems odd.

St. Francois Co. formed in 1821.

Back in Haywood County:
"William Dever, agent for the heirs of John McFarland, to the members of the Baptist Church of the Locust Old Field. For love and friendship which sd McFarland had to the followers of Jesus Christ and to encourage the cause of Zion, 3 acres and 24 perches, more or less, on the headwaters of North Hominy, including the Locust Old Field Meeting House and burying ground; beginning on a white oak bush. Signed John McFarlin by his agent Wm Dever.. Test Elijah Dever Junr. R. Osburn, ackd by Dever in open court. Reg. 24 Nov. 1826. From: Abstracts of Haywood County, North Carolina. Deeds Books A-C, 1809-1838, Bille Eddleman, p. 116.

This cemetery can be found in Canton, at the intersection of Academy Street, Pennsylvania, and Locust. Find a Grave's listing is http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=1981635

Mary Helen Haines notes: Research on John's presence in Tennessee has not been verified by me in the records. There are records that John McFarland received 228 acres in 1784 on the Nolachucky River opposite the mouth of the Little Chucky River. This would have been Greene Co. at the time, then it would be Jefferson County when Jefferson was formed in 1792, and then it would be Cocke Co. after 1797. My ancestor James E. McFarland always listed his birth as Jefferson County Missouri. MHH

North Carolina Records:
Minutes, County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions 1809-1815 for Haywood County:
First Vol., p. 2 the opening session that takes place on the fourth Monday in March, 1809 at Mount Prospect, John McFarland Esq. is listed as one of the Justices of Peace. Again, it is hard to know which John McFarland, but I am assuming it is John with wife Rebecca due to his middle age. There is no separate designation to differentiate him from his father. He is referred to as Capt. John McFarland on various pages (p. 9, 21, and is in charge of a company of militia, and therefore collector of taxes in 1810. The McFarlands appear in court records as jurors, road overseers, justices. The last record is a reference to a deed from Jacob McFarland to Dan McDowell for 67 acres dated September 19, 1815.

John McFarland served as a Senator for the State Legislature for North Carolina representing Buncombe Co. in 1808 according to A History of Buncombe County North Carolina, by F.A. Sondley, p. 801.

Land Records:
Buncombe County, NC.
Deed Book 4, p. 472. John McFarlin purchases 122 acres on the waters of the Pigeon River, the "flowery garden" for $62. from John Strothers on Oct. 22, 1799.
Deed Book 9, p. 320. John McF. Jr. buys 100 acres on the Pigeon from George McFarlin in Nov. 1804, the same 100 acres he had sold to him in 1802 in Book 7, p. 160.
Deed Book 7, p. 557. John McFarland has a land grant from N.C. #1506 for 150 acres on the Pigeon River. on June 27, 1806.

Haywood County, NC:
Deed Book A, p. 571, the recording made of John McFarland appointing William Dever "my truly and well-beloved friend William Dever of the county and state aforesaid my true and lawful attorney" and he is empowered to sell my lands. Dated April 10, 1815.
Deed Book B, p. 286. Dated April 10, 1815, but not entered into records until January 1826. This records the sale of four parcels of land to William Dever for $800. total. These are on the east side of the Pigeon River, one for 200 acres, another is unspecified amount, another for 75 acres, and the last for 150 acres.
This indicates that the move to Missouri took place shortly after.

Missouri Records:
Ste. Genevieve Deed Book C, pp. 148-49. George Cathey of Ste. Genevieve Co. Missouri Territory sells to John McFarland for $100. his pre-emption claim on the northside of Back Creek. Dated Nov. 29, 1816, witnessed by Reuben McFarland. (This land probably is the land in Sect. 7, 35 N, 7 E, just north of Reuben's.)

Tax Records for Ste. Genevieve Co. for 1821 to 1824 show McFarlands: Jacob, James, Jesse, John Sr., John Jr. John Andrew, and Reuben.

Sale Bill of the Estate of John McFarland, Ste. Genevieve Missouri, on Sept. 14, 1820. Appraisers: Alen Richards, Wingate Jackson, William Holmes. Most of the purchasers at the sale were Mary, John, James, Reubin, Jesse McFarland. Also were Bailey Fleming, Joseph Hughes, William Holmes.

Final Dispostion of John's land in Ste. Genevieve: Range 7E, Township 35N, Sect. 12 and is land patent #514 that dated to 1828, takes place in Deed Book G, pp. 63-67 where the various brothers and sisters of John McFarland, Jr. are paid $30.00 each for their part of the inheritance of land near present-day Avon community that they claimed together in 1828. This list includes Anna and Joseph Hughes, Jacob and Mary McFarland, William B. and Nancy McFarland, Sally H. and Carroll George, Nancy C. and Alexander Sloan, Arthur, James and Joseph McFarland. The land is 240 acres and each brother/sister is paid for their part: the total divided by 8. This puts in question Rebecca McFarland. The only thing I can think is that since she and her husband had not moved to Missouri with the rest of the children, she was not a part of the original claim, therefore not to receive a part.

John married Rebecca Bell on 20 Jul 1786 in South of the French Broad River. Rebecca was born on 26 Apr 1770 in Virginia; died on 14 Sep 1816 in Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1784, South of the French Broad River

Notes:

Mary Helen Haines notes:

I have detached Rebecca Bell from James Bell of Augusta Co. VA and his wife Agnes Hogshead. Even though he had a daughter named Rebecca, new evidence just discovered makes William Bell the likely father. (2016) What makes this likely is the discovery of the Petitions in 1784 from the inhabitants South of the French Broad River to the North Carolina General Assembly, asking for inclusion of their territory into Greene Co. In the list of people signing in 1788 there is a William Bell included in the list with John McFarland. Considering that John and Rebecca Bell McFarland name their second son William Bell McFarland, we can safely assume this connection.
Source:
Henderson, Cherel Bolin, transcriber. "Petitions to the North Carolina General Assembly from Inhabitants South of the Franch Broad-1784-1789". Tennessee Ancestors, Vol. 17, No. 3, East Tennessee Historical Society, Dec. 2001.

Older notes:
There is a Rebecca Bell listed in the will of James Bell about 1782, Augusta County. This James Bell was probably born in Northern Ireland and came to Va. via Pennsylvania, just as the McFarlands did. He lived near Staunton, VA at Long Glades, and had children listed in the will as: James, Frances, David, Samuel, Thomas, Agnes, Sarah, and Rebecca. More research will need to be done to determine if this is the correct match. This particular James Bell would have been about 60 years old at her birth, which seems a little old. Maybe Rebecca Bell married to John McFarland, is a granddaughter to James Bell married to Agnes Hogshead and had an aunt named Rebecca.

From the Bell Clan website: http://www.clanbell.org/content/view/47/86/
THE ULSTER PLANTATION IN NORTHERN IRELAND

In 1610, when the Ulster Plantation was opened, a good number of Bells were encouraged to journey to the new "land of opportunity." A standard to assist in determining Bell origin for those Bells in North America is whether or not your ancestors came through the Ulster Plantation in Ireland.

A certain portion of Scotland was expressly excluded from the "privilege" of sharing in the Ulster experience as it was made a condition that the colonists, both of higher and lower ranks, must have been "born in England or the inward parts of Scotland." This restriction was specifically designed to exclude all persons in Argyllshire and the Isles. The MacMillans and their Bell Sept were of Argyllshire.

Nine "major" Bell families are identified as having lived in Ulster. Of them, it is said that between 1707 and 1729 approximately 500 Bell families emigrated from Ulster to North America where they flourished.

Not enough is known about Rebecca Bell and where she died or is buried. One story passed to me was that she died in Kentucky on the road, however by September, 1816 the family would have been in Missouri according to the birth place of Louisa, John Jr.'s daughter in 1815. The death date of Sept. 14, 1816 is recorded in the Bible records of daughter Nancy Caroline McFarland Sloan. It is also recorded in a separate Bible record owned by Lucille McFarland of Newport, Oregon. Obituary of her daughter Mary says that mother was a Baptist.
Not enough is known about Rebecca Bell and where she died or is buried. The date of 1816 seems too late. They should have been in Missouri by 1815 according to births. Obituary of her daughter Mary says that mother was a Baptist.