Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: Abt 1775, Augusta Co., Virginia
• Birth: 1775, Augusta Co., VA
• Residence: 1818, Warren County, TN
• Residence: 1820, Warren, Tennessee, United States
• Residence: 1830, Jackson, Alabama, USA

Notes:

Mary Helen Haines notes:

In 1818 Joseph McFarlane signs an affidavit fo the pension application of Anjer Price in Warren Co. TN.

He was living in Jackson Co. Alabama in the 1830 and 1840 census, therefore it seems likely that if he died in 1840, he would have died there.

In 1830 census he is living next to Meredith Price.

On same page is Wm. W McFarland, age 30 to 40. On next page is Alexander McFarland, age 40 to 50. Why isn't this Alexander listed as a son? In the 1850 census Alexander, 56, born in KY, is married to Susan. He has a son named Washington, 22 AL, and another son more than likely, named William 28 AL living next door.

Internet notes:
CENSUS: 1810 VIRGINIA, Russell County Joseph McFarlan.
CENSUS: 1820 TENNESSEE, Warren County Joseph McFerland 200001-33110.
COURT: 1820 TENNESSEE, Warren County. Joseph signed Jail Petition. SOURCE:
INTERNET PAGE.
LAND: 1821 TENNESSEE, Warren County. Joseph McFarlane to Geo W. Durly, 17
Aug 1821 116a on W side of Hickory Creek, Robert McFarlane's NE corner (80a
tract where he now lives), Recorded 15 Oct 1821, reg 16 Apr 1822. SOURCE:
Warren County, TN Deed Book D, page 260. FOUND in ANSEARCHIN NEWS, Periodical
of TN Genealogical Society 1979:31.
LAND: 1831 ALABAMA, Jackson County. Joseph McFarland. Date 01 06 1831.
document # 3150 AL1210__. 1831 80 Acres in Hunstville, Alabama. Parcel:
Township 2S, Range 8E, Section 18.
CENSUS: 1840 ALABAMA, Jackson county Joseph McFarland. 000100001-00111001
One male 60-70.
CENSUS: 1850 TENNESSEE, Jackson County Lucy McFarlane age 66, b VA, listed in
home of her daughter, Ann McFarlane Price. QUESTION: Was this Warren County,
Tennessee??
NOTE: Joseph and Wm Monroe were said to have married the two Price sisters on
the same day, but one is in time to have a child in 1804 and the other is
listed as abt 1812. Need to find a marriage date for each of these couples.
RESEARCHER-EMAIL: 2000 Linda M. Sykes &ltnsykes@worldnet.att.net&gt Has done much
research on this family.

Family/Spouse: unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Alexander McFarlane was born on 22 Feb 1794 in Kentucky, Kentucky, USA; died on 5 Nov 1856 in Jackson Co., Alabama; was buried in Rocky Springs Cemetery, Bridgeport, Jackson Co., Ala..

Joseph married Lucy Price about 1800 in Russell Co., Virginia. Lucy was born in 1785 in Virginia; died after 1850. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. James M. McFarlane was born about 1802 in Russell Co., Virginia.
2. Ann Washington McFarlane was born on 22 Sep 1805 in Russell Co., Virginia; died on 6 Jun 1887 in Gonzales County, Texas, USA; was buried in Mt Carmel Cem, Bridgeport, Jackson, Alabama.
3. William Washington McFarlane was born about 1807 in Russell Co., Virginia.
4. Christian Price (Chrissie) McFarlane was born on 13 Dec 1808 in Russell Co., Virginia; died on 16 Jun 1888 in Gonzales, Co., TX.
5. Lucy J. McFarlane was born about 1810 in Russell Co., Virginia.
6. Robert Larkin (Bob) McFarlane was born in 1812 in Russell Co., Virginia; died after 1860 in Texas.
7. Sarah Ann McFarlane was born on 14 Sep 1814 in Warren Co., Tennessee; died on 14 Aug 1881 in Jackson Co., Alabama; was buried in Liberty Cemetery, Jackson, Alabama.
8. Anger Washington McFarlane was born on 12 Feb 1817 in Warren Co., Tennessee; died in 1896 in Texas.
9. Rebecca McFarlane was born on 8 Nov 1819 in Warren Co., Tennessee; died on 23 Dec 1905 in Stiles, Reagan Co., Texas; was buried in Stiles, Reagan County, Texas, United States of America.

Other Events and Attributes:

• _MILT: 1775, Virginia
• _MILT: 1777, Augusta County, Virginia
• Residence: 1782, Washington County, VA
• Possessions: 1792, Russell County, Virginia; Robert and Ann McFarland, his wife, selling to John Counts Sr. on Aug. 28, 1792, all of Russell Co., his 166 acres patented to Robert McFarlane on June 27, 1788, on north side of Glade Hollow. Deed Book 1
• Possessions: 1794, Russell County, Virginia, USA; 1794: Personal Property, Upper District, James (son of William). Land Tax: James with 900, 95,80,110 acres Robert with 178 acres
• Possessions: 1802, Russell County, Virginia, USA; 1802: Pers. Prop. Lower District: Joseph McFarland Upper Dist. Alexander McFarland Sr. 1, Alexander McFarland Jr. 1, James 1, Robert 2
• Death: Aft 1802

Notes:

Mary Helen Haines notes:
Is there any record that shows his name as Robert Henry? Also, is there any record that shows him to be the son of Alexander? Couldn't he be the son of Robert, son of Duncan?

Augusta Co. VA

There are three documents for a Robert McFarland in Augusta County during the Revolutionary War period. They could be for this Robert McFarland, or they could be referring to the Robert McFarland, born abt. 1725, supposed son of Duncan. It makes more sense, because of age, for it to be this one.

First: in 1775 Robert McFarland was paid for his service during the Dunmore Expedition time period. He was paid for 13 days as a scout, and also for 25 days hired...it seems to read something about horses. This is from p. 23 of Dunmore's Expedition: Payrolls and Public Service Claims 1775, pub. 1930, Library of Virginia. Also, on p. 105, Robert McFarland is paid for 112 days duty with Capt. John Lewis' company, on the same payroll as Alexander McFarland.

A Robert McFarland also appears in Staunton court in October, 1776 where he is called as a witness against Alexander Miller, a Rev. who has refused to be disloyal to the King. Robert is also being paid for travel accompanying said Miller, and the distance he travels to Staunton indicates he is coming from Duncan's area near Warm Springs, not Reed Creek area. Found this is Vol. 1 Abstracts from the Records of Augusta County,
Virginia, by Lyman Chalkley, on-line:

"To Robt. McFarland, summoned by the officer; to assist, for going 50
miles, at 4 pence per mile. To the witnesses for attending one day each, 25
pounds of tobacco, or two shillings and one penny, viz: William Ewing,
Silas Hart, Mary Erwin, James Montgomery, William Givens, Robert McFarland,
Thomas Smith, and James Hill."

William Givens is a neighbor to Duncan.

1777: Nov. Muster Roll of Cap. Joseph Crockett Co. of the 7th Regiment by Col. Alex McClenachan (from Augusta Co.). Robert McFarlane is listed, says enlisted for 3 years. On furlough in Nov. 1777. In this company is Robert Sayers as 1st Lt. There is a Richard Scaggs. The rest of the names are not familiar.

Washington Co. VA 1782 tax list:
in Capt. John Kinkead's district:
Robert McFarland, one tithe, 4 horses, 13 cattle. In this district are the same people who sign to create Russell Co.: Richard Price, Thomas Price, William Willoughby

1784 tax list: Mr. Robert Campbell's district.
Robert McFarlin, one tithe, 4 horses, 10 cattle

1783: Surveyed 96 acres on both sides of Clinch River, assignee of Moses Dortan

1785: Washington County
Petition to Form Russell County, Virginia
December, 1785
The petition of sundrey inhabitants of Clinch River, Moccasin Creek, Powells Valley, and others, citizens of Washington County humbly represent that your petitioners are situate from the line of Montgomery as it crosses near the source of Clinch River, down the same eighty miles; thence to the extreme settlements of Powells Valley forty more. ...
Included in this list is Joseph McFarlan, with Robert McFarlan next to him. They are near Samuel Vanhook, James Shewmaker, William Price. Then further down the list is Alexander McFarland. Other lists that show everone's signature also has a Robert McFarland Jr. listed. Not sure who this Joseph McFarlan is. The Joseph McFarland of the Duncan line that is known, is the son of Robert Henry and was born in 1775, therefore too young to sign a petition, one would think. However, there may be children of Robert from Augusta Co. Warm Springs area that are not known or are mixed up with the other Robert line.

Russell County Virginia Deed Book 1 1787-1795, by Tom Colley, 1995 Dallas Public Library:
p. 53. Robert and Ann McFarland, his wife, selling to John Counts Sr. on Aug. 28, 1792, all of Russell Co., his 166 acres patented to Robert McFarlane on June 27, 1788, on north side of Glade Hollow

Russell County Personal Property and Land Tax 1787-1800, 1802, 1810: Dallas Public Library 929.3 V8RUA, Albert:

1787: Alexander, Robert, and James on Pers. Prop. list (This would appear to be Robert Henry, Alexander, son of William, and James son of William.
1788: Land Tax, Upper District: only one with land is Robert McFarland with 100 acres After this only newly acquired land is shown in the lists
1789: Alexander, Robert, James on Pers. Prop. list
1790: Alexander, Robert, James on Pers. Prop. list, Upper District. Land Tax has James with 50 acres, and 95 acres as assignee of Samuel Robertson
1791: Land Tax, Upper District: McFarland ______? assignee of Vanhook, 200 acres; James with 50, 95
1792: Land Tax, Upper District: James with 200, 95, 110 Pers. Prop. James with 1 tithe, Robert with 2 tithes
1793: James on Pers. Prop. Upper District. Robert is missing, must have moved. Nothing new on Land.
1794: Personal Property, Upper District, James. Land Tax: James with 900, 95,80,110 acres Robert with 178 acres
1795: Land Tax: James with 295, 100 Robert with 178: Pers. Prop. is James only
1796: Personal Property Upper District: Alexander with 1 tithe, James with none. Land Tax Upper Dist. James with 275, 110. James new deeds 162, 80. Robert with 172.
1797: Land Tax Upper Dist. new listings: Alex McFarland from R. Price-250 acres Pers. Prop. Alex with 2 tithes, James with one
1798: Pers. Prop. Upper Dist. Alex. McF. with 2, James with one
1799: Pers. Prop. Upper Dist. Alex. McF. with 2, James with one
1800: Pers. Prop. Lower District: Robert McFarland with 3 (Upper Dist. doesn't exist for 1800)
1802: Pers. Prop. Lower District: Joseph McFarland Upper Dist. Alexander McFarland Sr. 1, Alexander McFarland Jr. 1, James 1, Robert 2

Older notes:
QUESTIONABLE LINK: Is this Robert Henry McFarlane the same one who married Ann
R. Walkup?
QUESTIONABLE LINK: *********** IT SEEMS FAIRLY REASONABLE THAT Robert Henry is
a grandson of Duncan McFarland.
QUESTIONABLE LINK: Robert C. McFarlane (1781) is said to be a Junior in
some records, which would make his father also Robert mcFarlane (?), married to
"Ann"--?---. (See also under son Robert C.) Researcher James C. McFarlen
states that Robert C. was son of Robert HENRY McFarland.
LINKS: There are several suggestive links of the daughters, Angie and Rebecca,
as being the same as the girls who lived in Clark (now Taylor) County,
Kentucky, and who married YOUNG brothers. See that family.
SOURCE: Much information on this family comes from Linda M.Sykes (1999).
SOURCE: James C. McFarlen (1998) in THE HERITAGE OF JACKSON CO., ALABAMA
(1997-1998). Lists much of this early family including the name Robert Henry
as father to all the listed children. Robert Henry had daughters Angie and
Rebecca.
LAND: 1783 VIRGINIA, Washington County Survey Records 1783 Page 16 Phillip
Crurne -- 180 acres ... on the head of a small branch the waters of Clinch
River, corner to Robert McFarlane's... by a path ... line of John Lewis Land...
March 25, 1783.
LAND: 1783 VIRGINIA, Washington County Survey Records 1783 page 75 Robert
McFarlin, assinee of Moses Dorton .. 96 acres ... Treasury Warrant .. on both
sides of Clinch River...by a path... July 22, 1783.
RESIDENCE: 1785 Washington County, VA (in a petition to form that part of the
County into Russel County): Alexander, Robert, Robert Jr., Joseph. (NOTE:
Robert Sr. would have been Robert, son of John and Mary [Montgomery]
McFarland? {mhh: Actually Robert, son of John and Mary Montgomery was already in TN, Greene Co. by this time. The Robert Sr. could have been Robert, son of Duncan}
PLACE: Russell County formed 1785 from Washington County.
TAXLIST: 1787-1796 VIRGINIA, Russell county, Upper District Robert McFarland.
Note: Not listed after 1796 (record only goes 1796-1799). However, records
prior to 1800 do not include the Lower district. May have moved to Lower
District 1796/1797.
LAND: 1790 VIRGINIA, Russsel County Deed Book #1 Page 86 May 15, 1790 Robert
McFarland, assignee of William Vaughn - 187 acres - part Treasury Warrant 119
acres by 8432 dtd Apr 4, 1782 and 59 acres by 11344 dtd March 11, 1782 - at the
foot of the north side of Clinch Mtn --at the foot of Clinch Mtn.
TAXLIST: 1792 VIRGINIA, Russell County, Upper District Robert McFarland 1M
21-up, 1M 16-21, no others listed. NOTE: This indicates a son age 16-21 years
of age.
LAND: 1792 VIRGINIA, Russell County Deed Book #1 Abstracts Pae 228 & 229. Aug
28, 1792 between Robert McFarland and Ann and John Counts ... 166 acres granted
to Robert McFarland by patent dated 27 June 1788 .. Beginning on north side of
Glade Hollow ...Signed Robert McFarland and Ann McFarland
TAXLIST: 1795 VIRGINIA, Russell County, Upper District Robert McFarland 178
acres.
TAXLIST: 1796 VIRGINIA, Russell County, Upper District Robert McFarland 172
acres.
TAXLIST: 1800 VIRGINIA, Russell County, Lower District Robert McFarland.
Probably same Robert.
CENSUS: 1810 VIRGINIA, Russell County Robert McFarlan.
RESEARCHER-EMAIL: (1999) Linda M.Sykes &ltnsykes@worldnet.att.net&gt. Descent from
Robert C. McFarlane.
RESEARCHER-EMAIL: (1999) Carolyn Tamblyn &lttamblyn@auburn.campus.mci.net&gt
Descent from Warren Co, Tn branch.
RESEARCHER-EMAIL: (1998) James C. McFarlen &ltJCMcF123@aol.com&gt Descendant of
Joseph and Lucy Price McFarlen.
LINKS: Several researchers of this family claim that Robert had a son James
who married Jane Price, but this James has been definiteley been linked as son
of William, son of Duncan of Bath Co, VA.
FAMILY: This family has definitely linked Joseph, William Monroe, Christopher,
and Robert C. as siblings. Other siblings: Angie, Rebecca and B.L. supplied
by James C. McFarlen. It is also believed that there was a brother James, but
the early birth date of 1767 is troubling.

Robert + Annie Walkup. Annie was born about 1751 in Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

LAST NAME PERHAPS WASHINGTON.

Notes:

Mary Helen Haines notes:

There is great confusion about this Alexander McFarland. His name first appears in records in Augusta Co. in 1767. There is an Alexander McFarland who fights at the Battle of Point Pleasant in 1774 and states that he was born in 1750 in his pension requests. However, the descendants of Robert Henry McFarland, who was born about 1740-50, claim that Alexander is his father. So......are there one or two Alexanders?

The elder Alexander must have moved to Greene County TN where he shows up on the first tax list. At some point Duncan must have moved there too, because he gives Alexander his power of attorney in the Greene Co. court in 1790. In 1792, Alexander traveled back to Augusta to sell the estate to Jacob Cleek.

Records for land in Greene Co. TN begin in 1782 and the land is described in various places as the Meadows and Sinking Spring in 1787, and then as being on the north side of the Nolachucky river, mouth of Meadow Creek, and Alexander is paying taxes on 400 acres in 1793.

The same land in Greene Co. owned by Alexander McFarland that he paid taxes on 400 acres, in 1793, was then sold in two parts. The first 200 acres was sold in 1795 to William Hall Jr, and no wife was involved in the sale. In 1799, Alexander McFarland and wife Mary of Russell Co. VA sell the other 200 acres of Greene Co. land to John Morris Sr.

1802: Nov 3 Tn, Greene Co, an Alexander McFarlane married Mary Crawford; bond by John Hall.This Mary Crawford is the daughter of Isabella McFarland (daughter of William McFarland, son of Duncan), therefore it is not this Alexander. The Alexander who married Mary Crawford would have been born abt. 1780. He ended up moving to Alabama according to probate records in 1848 in Greene Co. concerning the estate of Isabella Crawford and her deceased daughter Mary McFarland (Alexander's wife) Could this Alexander be a grandson of the first Alexander?

Below are notes found on internet about Alexander. It looks like the research of Mary T. Haines:
QUESTIONABLE LINK: Not sure if the Alexander who married Mary Crawford was the
same one who was son of Duncan. The one who married Mary Crawford may have
been Alexander, who may have been son of this Alexander, or perhaps a
completely different Alexander.
MILITARY: From the Draper Manuscripts, copied from Microfilm: McFarling,
Alexer, scout, at Rye Cove, Washington Co. Payroll of Capt Joseph Martin's Co.
Stationed on frontiers of Washington Co.[must be Tennessee], under command of
Col Evan Shelby, May 1st to 30 Jun 1777, both days inclusive. From ANSEARCHIN
NEWS, Periodical of TN Genealogical Society 1978, page 131.
MILITARY: Pension Record Abstract of Alexander McFarland. Augusta Co. Ct.
records 1788 to 1799, signed by A. McClenachan, Jacob Kinney, and Nathan
Ellington. Undated petition of Alexander McFarlin, a soldier under the
command of Col. Andrew Lewis, was wounded in the Battle of Point Pleasant 10
Oct 1774. He moved to Clinch, a remote part of Virginia, where invasion of
savages prevented further application for his annuity. Deposition 17 Jun 1788
by Dr. Alex Humphreys; 7 Oct 1788 by Alex Gibson that McFarlane was enlisted
for one year in 1775 at Staunton by Lt. Thos. Hughes of Capt Faunton's Co.
In the fall of 1776, he was a soldier from Clinch against the Cherokee Indians
under the command of Col. Christian... that later he was a soldier from
Nowlachuka against the Indians.
...Henrico Co. 8 Oct 1788 by Samp. Mathews; 22 Oct 1788 the McFarlane was about
38 years of age. Certificates authorizing pension approved by the Executive
1788 to 1803. REceipts to Zecharia Taliaferro and Morris Austin, signed by
Alex MCFarland. Warrant endorsements by A. Blair and Jas. Steele.
...Russell Co. Ct. records 1798 to 1804 signed by Henry Dickenson. Receipts to
Henry Smith and Aaron Hendricks, signed by McFarlane,wtinessed by Harry Smith
and John Ward. Request for payment to John Tate, witnessed by James McFarlane.
Warrant endorsement by Rich'd Price.
RESIDENCE: 1782-1795 FROM THE DATA BELOW, Alexander lived at the Big spring,
which was at the mouth of Meadow Creek (also known as the meadows), located on
the north side of Sinking Springs, which must have run into the north side of
the Nolachucky River. Had neighbors in Greene County: ____ CROW, _____ GRAHAM,
Richard Higgins, Alexander Gilbreath, Evan Jones, Charles Kilgore, John Reed,
William Hall Jr.
LAND: 1782 TENNESSEE, Greene County Oct 24 Alexander McFarland entered 300
acres in Washington County, at the Big Spring, on North Side of Sinking Creek,
adjacent Crow and Graham (Page 42, grant #235.)
PLACE: Greene County formed 1783 from Washington County, TN.
TAXLIST: 1783 TENNESSEE, Greene County: Alexander McFarland.
RESIDENCE: 1785 Washington County, VA (in a petition to form that part of the
County into Russel County): Alexander, Robert, Robert Jr., Joseph.
PLACE: Russell County formed 1785 from Washington County.
LAND: 1786 TENNESSEE, Greene County Sep 1 Alexander McFarland entered 200
acres known by the meadows, adj. Richard Higgins (page 330, #46.) (sold 1795).
LAND: 1787 TENNESSEE, Greene County Sep 20. Alexander Gilbreath entered 50
acres at Sinking Spring; adj. Gilbreath, from Alexander McFarland's line, &
Evan Jones. (Page 20, grant #400).
LAND: 1787 TENNESSEE, Greene County, Sept 20. Charles Kilgore entered 300
acres on north side of Nolachucky River, including his improvement, adjoining
Higgins and McFarland (page 35, #556).
COURT-MILITARY: 1788-1793 VIRGINIA, Augusta County. Revolutionary WAR.
Alexander McFarland, a soldier under Col. Andrew Lewis and wounded at Point
Pleasant 10 Oct 1774; aged 38 on 17 June 1788, and lives in Augusta County.
Pension Continued in Augusta County from 1788 to 1793. SOURCE: "Virginia
Colonial Soldiers" by Lloyd D. Bockstruck 1988; Genealogical Publishing
Company, Baltimore, MD; page 242; and in "CHRONICLES OF THE SCOTCH IRISH
SETTLEMENT IN VIRGINIA, VOL I" page 254.
TAXLIST: 1790 VIRGINIA, Russel County: Alexander.
LAND: 1792 TENNESSEE, Greene County Aug 26, deed Robert McFarland to Benjamin
Armstrong, for 121 acres on south side of Nolachucky River, part of Grant
#818, in 1789. Witness, Alexander McFarland. (Book 2, page 217).
LAND: 1792 TENNESSEE, Greene County. Alexander, son of Duncan McFarland, Feb
20, 1792. "On February 20, 1792, Alexander McFarland of Green County, North
Carolina [[now Greene county, TN]], by virtue of a power of attorney from his
father, Duncan McFarland, sold 319 acres of land on Jackson River, Bath County,
Virginia to Jacob Cleek. SOURCE: Bath County Deed Book 1, pages 66 and 68.
"Early Western Augusta County Pioneers" 1957 by George W. Cleek [page 22].
Deed Book 1, pages 66 and 68). NOTE: The land which Jacob Cleek purchased is
approximately ten miles north of Warm Springs, Virginia, on U.S. Route 220.
PLACE: Alexander settled in that part of North Carolina which is now included
in the state of Tennessee (now Greene County, Tennessee).
LAND: 1792 TENNESSEE, Greene County Nov 27 John Reed, entered 150 acres on
north side of Nolachucky River, at mouth of Meadow Creek, adjoining Alexander
McFarland, including island (page 374, #1258.).
LAND: 1793 TENNESSEE, Greene County, Alexander McFarland entered 200 acres on
north side of Nolachucky River. (Page 406, #1140.) (sold 1799).
TAXLIST: 1793 TENNESSEE, Greene County Alexander McFarland 450 acres 1 white,
2 blacks.
LAND: 1795 TENNESSEE, Greene County, deed, Alexander McFarland to William
Hall, Jr. for 200 acres on north side of Nolachucky River, on the meadows,
adjoining Richard Higgins. (book 2, page 436).
TAXLIST: 1796-1799 VIRGINIA, Russell County, Upper District (1796-1799
continuous). A gap appears 1791-1795, apparently with the younger Alexander
living there prior to 1791. No taxlist records after 1799.
COURT-MILITARY: 1796-1800 VIRGINIA, Russell County. Court Records Oct
1796-Jan 1800 relating to Pension of Alexander McFarland. Served in War
against Cherokee Indians 1776, under command of Col. Wm Christie. At battle of
Pt. Pleasant in year of 1774. During his being on the service he was disabled
and deprived of the sight of one of his eyes. (FOUND ON INTERNET USGENWEB
Russell Co, VA).
TAXLIST: 1797-1799 VIRGINIA, Russell County, Upper District Alexander
McFarland, lists 2 males for both years that are age 21 years and upward.
This must indicate the elder Alexander and his son.
LAND: 1798 VIRGINIA, Russell County Surveyors Book page 319 Oct 13, 1798
Alexander McFarland, assignee of Richard Price - 23 acres part Treasury Warrant
10249 dtd Dec 22, 1781 - adjoining a survey of Richard Price - corner to
Michael Wright.
LAND: 1798 VIRGINIA, Russell County Surveyors Book 2 Page 29 Oct 28, 1798 Rev.
James Madison 800 Acres, entry made Nov 18, 1786, part of Treasury Warrant
22015 dated Dec 24, 1783 on Copper Creek including Copper Springs -- corner to
Alexander McFarland - corner to William Lee -- corner to Thomas Stapleton.
LAND: 1798 VIRGINIA, Russell County Surveyors Book 2 Page 327 Oct 30, 1798
Alexander McFarland, assignee of Richard Price -- 150 acres - part Treasury
Warrant 10249 dated Dec 22, 1781 -- adjoining a survey of said McFarlands --
corner to William Lee.
LAND: 1799 TENNESSEE, Greene County, deed Alexander McFarland of Russell Co,
VA, and Mary his wife, sell to John Morris Sr. of Greene County, TN, 200 acres
on north side of Nolachucky River (book 3, page 270).
MARRIAGE: 1802 Nov 3 Tn, Greene Co, Alexander McFarlane married Mary Crawford;
bond by John Hall.
LINKS: Married by a Hall and Alexander of 1795 lived next to a Hall.
LAND: 1804 VIRGINIA, Russell County Surveyors Book page 17 May 19, 1804
Alexander McFarlane - 24 acres part of treasury Warrant 1855, dated March 18,
1796 - on the water of Sinking Creek - corner to McFarlane and William Foster -
foot of Knobb of Mockerson Ridge - corner to Rauster and Joseph Long.
LAND: 1810 VIRGINIA, Russell County Surveyors Book page 79 July 3, 1811 David
Munsey - 42 acres on the waters of Sinking Creek - corner to Alexander
McFarlanes 150 acre tract -- survey made for Richard Price - corner to James
Madison.
DEATH: Alexander is not recorded after 1804 in Russel Co, VA. Since his
pension stopped, it looks like he died, but there is mention of an old
Alexander McFarland in early records of Crawford Co, IND (where his brother and
nephews went to).

Alexander + Mary. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1753, Augusta County, Va
• Occupation: 1755, Augusta County, Virginia, USA; Weaver. CHALKLEY'S CHRONICLES; Vol 3, p. 332. Duncan is present as early as 1755 when he is mentioned as a weaver here in the Augusta Order Book.
• Residence: 1764, Augusta County, Va
• Possessions: 1767, Augusta Co. Virginia; 1767: Duncan purchased 100 acres from William and Barbara Willson on both sides of Jackson River in 1767 (Deed Book No. 13, p. 226-7, March 18), however he was probably living there before that.
• Residence: 1767
• Possessions: Between 1786 and 1790, Augusta Co., Virginia; In the land tax records for Augusta Co. for years 1786-1790, Duncan McFarland owned two pieces of property, 100 acres and 119 acres.

Notes:

Mary Helen Haines notes:

Y-DNA results at familytreedna.com have shown that this Duncan McFarland/McFarlane line in America is not related to the line of Robert McFarland of Lancaster Co. PA. Instead the tests of several descendants of the Russell Co. VA line (Duncan's sons and grandsons) have shown these descendants are part of the same genetic family as the family of Daniel McFarland, immigrant to Massachusetts in 1718 who died in Worcester, MA in 1738, as well as the line of McFarlands from Orange/Granville Co. NC. who appear in the area in the 1780s. This is part of the Scots lineage: L-21>DF13>L1065>FT92329 (abt. 800 AD)>FT88395 (abt. 1600 AD)>BY214647 which begins this line.

There have been three intermarriages between the Duncan McFarland of Bath VA line and the Robert McFarland of Lancaster PA line. One is the marriage of Lucy Ann McFarlane, daughter of Anger Washington McFarlane to Finis Monroe McFarland, son of David McFarland in Texas. Another is the descendant of Rhoda McFarland (daugther of William of Wolf Creek VA) marrying a descendant of Duncan McFarland of Whitley Co. KY. Because of DNA testing we know that Duncan of Whitley is associated with the Robert of Lancaster line.

Thank you Mary T. Haines for your file on Duncan and the previous work you have done. It is nice to see that we all hit the same brick walls.

First: Duncan's birth. From Col. James McFarlane of Virginia, by Lake McFarlane Parsons, p. 1 "...and according to some reports was an immigrant from Weter, Ireland in 1718...." She does not name a source. The closest name place in Ireland to Weter, is a Witter parish, located in County Down, but there are no records available in Ireland this far back in time to verify if this is correct.

Duncan's birth year is a guess based on the 1760 record in Augusta County when he was exempt from militia duty because of old age. All men, 16 to 60, were expected to serve in the local militias, therefore he must have been over 60 in that year.

From Neel-Dickson Genealogy, Chapter 10, by Wm. Trent Neel, pp. 268, 269:
1753: March 18. James Lockhart "made oath that he was afraid Duncan McFarland and his son William would kill or injure some of his stock of creatures" Order Book 1, p. 453, or Lyman Chalkey's Chronicles, Vol. 1, p. 58.

May 1753, Duncan McFarland and James Lockhart were in the list of tithables named to assist in clearing a roadway from John Brown's bridge to the Glebe House. Chalkey, Vol 7, p. 444. (James Lockhart seems to have lived on the headwaters of Middle River of the Shenandoah some 6 to 10 miles southwest of Staunton-the Glebe house was located on the headwaters of Middle River just two miles west of Sugar Loaf mountain.) {mhh-cannot find a mountain by this name. Also, not clear if he owned land, don't have any deed documents for this.}

1755: Augusta Co. VA, AUGUSTA COUNTY, VIRGINIA - CHALKLEY'S CHRONICLES; Vol 3, p. 332.
Duncan is present as early as 1755 when he is mentioned as a weaver here in the Augusta Order Book. This is an abstract, so not sure what the connection to Robert Young here:

Page 506.--18th March, 1755. Robert Young, plantationer, to William.
Hugh and Joseph Young, his sons, for their better preferment and
advancement Conveys his personal estate. Duncan McFarland, weaver,
Thomas Bradshaw, weaver; (Robert called distiller). Teste: Francis
Dame. Delivered: James Young.

1767: Duncan purchased 100 acres from William and Barbara Willson on both sides of Jackson River in 1767 (Deed Book No. 13, p. 226-7, March 18), however he was probably living there before that. In the book History of Highland County, by Morton, p. 83, talks of the Indian raid in 1764 on the home of William Wilson at the mouth of Bolar Run. The family was building a new house and "An Irishman was weaving outdoors near the old house.....In fleeing toward the house, Barbara Wilson was struck by a flying tomahawk and rendered unconscious, ...The weaver escaped with a bullet wound in his shoulder."

From George Cleek's Early Western Augusta Pioneers, 1992 (Dallas Public Library 929.20973 C6244C 1992)

p. 129 quotes from Augusta Order Book 10, p. 478 March 18, 1767 where a petition has been made for a road to be built, mentions Robert Bratton.....William Givens, Duncan Mcfarling, Robert Mcfarling, Alex McFarling......at foot of Bull Pasture to Branch near Feemsters....

p. 59 in Annals of Bath County by Oren F. Morton, 1917, make this order clearer when it says a view was ordered from William Wilson's mill on Bolar Run "into the New Layed out Road at the foot of the Bull Pastures and thence into the Branch near Feemsters" Also included in the petition was Robert Bratton, Duncan's son-in-law.

Reference to Duncan's property: May 15, 1770. Conveyance of property in Beverley Manor, corner of Duncan McFarland, George Peary's line...(L.C. VIII, p. 498) (George Peary also lived adjacent to James Lockhart) Source, p. 269 from Neel-Dickson Genealogy.

Then from Chalkey's Vol. 1: p. 153

AUGUSTA COUNTY COURT RECORDS.
ORDER BOOK No. XIII.
NOVEMBER 21, 1768
Page
(45) John McCreery appointed road surveyor. John Hamilton appointed road surveyor from Warm Springs Road to Cap. Dickenson's, and to work with the tithables on Jackson's River, from Wm. Mann's to Duncan McFarland's, and tithables on Back Creek--vice John McClenachan.

This area of Augusta Co. becomes Bath County VA in 1791.

In the land tax records for Augusta Co. for years 1786-1790, Duncan McFarland owned two pieces of property, 100 acres and 119 acres.

From Augusta County Personal Property Taxes 1782-1795, microfilm R-25 at Dallas Public Library:

1782: Image 29 on roll: Duncan McFarland, 1 tithe, 5 horses, 11 cattle, next to George Bratton, near William Willson, who sold him his land

1783: Image 72: Duncan McFarland, 1 tithe, 5 horses, 11 cattle

1784: Image 73: Duncan McFarland, 1 tithe, 5 horses, 11 cattle. On same page is Thomas Neal. Is this the same Thomas Neal, married to Eleanor McFarland, Duncan's granddaughter? Probably yes because Thomas Neal does not appear in the tax list in Montgomery Co. VA in 1782, while William McFarland (father of Eleanor) does.

1785:Image 127: Alexander McFarland, 1 tithe, 7 horses, 6 cattle (So, has Duncan become too old to be taxed, and Alexander, his son, has returned home from somewhere else?)

I786: Image 177: Alexander McFarland, 2 tithes, 8 horses, 12 cattle (so is the second tithe Duncan?)

1787: Image 225: Alex Mcfarling person's name charged with tax, Alex Mcfarling name of white male tithe above 21, 15 horses, 20 cattle

1788: couldn't find them in the pages, a John McFarlin is present (and he continues in the 1790s) (Is this Duncan's grandson John?)

1789: Image 310: Alexander Mcfarland: 1 tithe, 11 horses

1790: they are absent and do not reappear

While it is often stated that Duncan McFarland died on his property near the Jackson River, the court record below would seem to refute that. Possibly his wife is buried there, and then he moved south to live with his son Alexander in Tennessee.

From Greene County, Tennessee Minutes of the Court of Common Pleas, 1783-1795, compiled by Goldene Fillers Burgner, p. 82 "A Power of Attorney from DUNCAN MCFARLAND TO ALEX MCFARLAND dated August second 1790 (giving unto the said ALEX full power and authority to ask, demand, (p. 176) sell for recover and receive all debts, dues etc) was duly acknowledged by the said DUNCAN and admitted to record.

The land was sold in 1792, so Duncan probably died around this time. The two documents selling the land are in Bath County, Deed Book 1, pp. 66-69. Dated Feb. 20, 1792, Alexander McFarland of Green County North Carolina (TN), as power of attorney for Duncan McFarland, is selling to Jacob Cleek, two parcels of land that adjoin each other on Jackson's River, below William Givens. The 100 acre parcel sold for 200 lbs. Virginia money, and the 119 acre parcel also for 200 lbs.

Notes from Gary Morris site abt. Duncan McFarland:
DEATH: Jackson River area.
HISTORY: From the "Annals of Bath County" by Oren F. Morten 1917 Staunton, VA
found at Staunton Public Library, Staunton, VA Page 198 under chapter "Families
of Greater Bath" - Duncan Mc Farland seems to have come from Lunenburg County.
Alexander and William were sons. The first was a soldier of the Revolution. He
sold to Jacob Cleek and went to North Carolina. The other absconded about
1775, leaving his father-in-law to care for the wife and her seven children."
RESIDENCE: (PRE 1738) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
RESIDENCE: (1742-1745) Probably first moved from Philadelphia to Virginia about
this time.
RESIDENCE: 1753-1767 VIRGINIA, Augusta County, Middle River headwaters.
"Duncan McFarland and family were in Beverly Patent, Augusta County, VA by at
least 1753 on the headwaters of Middle River, 6 to 10 miles SW of present
Staunton, and in 1767 moved to Jackson River in present Bath County, VA."
SOURCE: From Mary T. Haines. (not the same as Mary Helen Haines)
MIGRATION: 1767 VIRGINIA, Augusta County, Jackson River. "Duncan McFarland and
family moved in 1767 to Jackson River in present Bath County, VA." SOURCE:
From Mary T. Haines.
NOTES: The McFarlands of Tennessee appear to be of a different family. (Which now we know to be true!! MHH)
RESIDENCE: 1782-1787 Augusta County Tax Payers.
CHILDREN: 1753 VIRGINIA, Augusta County. Duncan McFarland and son William,
March 18, 1753. SOURCE: "CHRONICLES OF THE SCOTCH IRISH SETTLEMENT IN
VIRGINIA" Vol I, page 58.
PROBATE-LINKS: 1755 VIRGINIA, Augusta County. Duncan McFarland, March 18,
1755. WILL of Robert Young, plantaioneer, converys to personal estate. [One
of which...] Duncan McFarland, weaver. SOURCE: "Chronicles of the Scotch
Irish Settlement in Virginia" 1958 by Lyman Chalkley vol 3 LDS Microfilm
#0162044.
LAND: 1767 VIRGINIA, Augusta County. Daniel McFarland, 18 March 1767, from
William Willson and Barbara, 100 acres on Jackson River for 30 pounds. SOURCE:
Chalkley Vol 3:450; Augusta County Will page 227.
BOOK: Referenced in book on grandson, James McFarlane of Virginia
(1766/1767); Duncan Mc Farland immigrated from Weter, Ireland in 1718 and
married daughter of a Sea Captain, Anne Porter, in Augusta County, VA before
1750; was possibly from Lancaster Co, Pa, settled on the Jackson River, near
Warm Springs, Augusta County (soon that part in Bath County); buried in
unmarked graves in the George W. Cleek Cemetery, 13 miles North of Warm Springs
on US Route 220. (note: noone has found a place in Ireland called Weter)
MILITARY: 1760 VIRGINIA, Augusta County. Duncan McFarland. Too old. Court
martial of Duncan McFarland Augusta County, VA 24 Sep 1760. Conclusion:
exempted from Military Service due to old age. SOURCE: "Virginia Colonial
Soldiers" by Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck 1988, page 329.
LAND: 1792 VIRGINIA, Bath County. Alexander, son of Duncan McFarland, Feb
20, 1792. "On February 20, 1792, Alexander McFarland of Green County, North
Carolina [[now Greene county, TN]], by virtue of a power of attorney from his
father, Duncan McFarland, sold 319 acres of land on Jackson River, Bath County,
Virginia to Jacob Cleek. SOURCE: Bath County Deed Book 1, pages 66 and 68.
"Early Western Augusta County Pioneers" 1957 by George W. Cleek [page 22].
Deed Book 1, pages 66 and 68). NOTE: The land which Jacob Cleek purchased is
approximately ten miles north of Warm Springs, Virginia, on U.S. Route 220.
LINKS: From "History of Woodford County, Kentucky" by Wm E. Railey 1938 at
Bellingham Library R929.3R: Duncan McFarland's daughter, Ann McFarland
descendant of Calan McFarland.
HISTORY: VIRGINIA, Bath County. Page 397-398. MCFARLAND FAMILY. The
Macfarlane Clan was one of the Highland Clans in Scotland. They moved from
Aryleshire, Scotland to Ireland about 1601, where the name changed from
Macfarlane to McFarland. There have been no fewer than 23 Lairds of
Macfarlane, the last of whom came to America early in the 18th century.
_____1. Duncan McFarland (1), died in Bath County, Virginia; married Anne
Porter, daughter of a sea captain. Duncan McFarland was a weaver and was in
Augusta County before 1750. He settled on Jackson River in what is now Bath
County, Virginia. Both are buried near the George Cleek Cemetery in Bath
County, Virginia in unmarked graves. The McFarland family abandoned their
cabin cave on the east side of Jackson River just opposite their cabin. From
the cave they saw their home and personal belongings destroyed and their
livestock tortured and killed. After several years of discouragement by being
continually harassed by the cunning Indians, descendants of Duncan McFarland
sold their real estate to Jacob Cleek in February 1792 and settled in that part
of North Carolina which is now included in the state of Tennessee.
_____Children: 4 (others?)
_____2. i. Robert McFArland (2), died in 1798; married Esther Houston,
daughter of John Houston (1669-1755) and Margaret Crawford. He qualified a
Lieutenant on November 16, 1752 (Abstracts from the Records of Augusta County,
Virginia, Lyman Chalkley, Vol. II, page 55). Their daughter, Anne McFarland
(3), born 1723; married (1) in 1738, Captain Alexander Dunlap, born 1716; died
1744; married (2) in 1745, Robert Bratton, born May 20, 1712; died in 1785.
(See Bratton Family). (the family of John McFarland below, claims the Lieutenant above was to the Robert from their line) (MHH notes: The Robert who lived in Rockbridge Co. is not the same Robert connected to the Bratton family.)
_____3. ii. John McFarland (2), called "Old Scotland John", married Mary
Montgomery. He was one of the first Elders in the Old Stone Church in Augusta
County, Virginia. Two of his grandsons were active in the early settlement of
the Tennessee border territory. They were Colonel Robert McFArland (son of
Robert McFarland) and Colonel John McFarland (son of Benjamin McFarland).
Colonel John McFarland represented Jefferson County, Tennessee in the
Legislature at Nashville in 1824. John McFarland (2) qualified as Ensign on
November 16, 1752. (Abstracts from the Records of Augusta County, Virginia,
Lyman Chalkley, Vol. II, page 55). (Mary Helen Haines notes: This is NOT a son of Duncan. John is a son of Robert McFarland who died in Lancaster Co. PA in 1751)
_____4. iii. William McFarland (2), married _____ Gibson, daughter of
Alexander Gibson and Mary _____. William McFarland served in the Revolution.
_____5. iv. Alexander McFarland (2). He was wounded in the Battle of Point
Pleasant, October 10, 1774. (Ibid, Vol. I, page 254).
SOURCE: "EARLY WESTERN AUGUSTA PIONEERS" by George W. Cleek, Staunton,
Virginia 1957. Page 397-398. Copy obtained from Staunton Public Library,
Virginia.
ERRORS: Note that Robert (2) and John (2) were not children of Duncan (Actually, Duncan does have a son named Robert MHH notes)

Duncan married Ann or Elizabeth Porter about 1720 in Ireland. Ann was born about 1705 in Ireland; was buried in George Cleek Cem, Bath, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

PARENTS: Thomas PORTER.
FATHER A CAPTAIN, born before 1715 in England?