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

1. Malinda Francs was born in 1850.

Notes:

1840 census, Elijah Kidd is living next to Wm. Neel and all the Neels, and Mary Justice and John Lambert Sr. and Jr.

Elijah married Matilda "Tillie" Neel on 11 Jul 1811 in Tazewell Co., Virginia. Matilda (daughter of Thomas Neel and Eleanor McFarland) was born in 1795 in Montgomery Co., VA; died in 1860 in Tazewell, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1850 census, Elijah and Matilda are family 305 with no land. Wm. Neal is fam. 302, Mary Neal is fam. 301

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Thomas Neel

Notes:

Mary Helen Haines notes:

It seems that Thomas Neel married Eleanor McFarland back in Augusta Co. before moving south to join her father William.

I found a Thomas Neal living in Augusta County in 1784 on the tax list. He was not on the Montgomery Co. 1782 tax list. So, maybe the move happened later than thought before. However, he does appear in the 1790 tax list B for the Montgomery Co. area that becomes Wythe Co. in 1790.

In the 1790 tax list for February 20th (Walkers and Wof Creeks)Wm. Kidd, Wm. McFarland, Thomas Neil...listed.

Thomas Neel appears in the 1793 personal tax list, James Davies Commissioner of the Wythe Co. district north of Walker's Mt. On May 22 Thomas Neel was taxed with 3 adult men and 10 horses. Also on the same day Louesa Mcfarland was taxed with 2 horses. They appear to be living close to one another because they were recorded on the same day.

Also living in this same district are the many Peary (Peery) family and the Spanglers and the Robinetts, both Michael and Daniel.

BOOK: Book written on the family of Thomas Neel and Eleanor McFarland, at SLC.
"The Neel-Dickson Genealogy" by William T. Neel 1949. LDS Microfilm #1011925,
item 2. Thomas Neel was born about 1750 or earlier. He married Eleanor
McFarland about 1774, having come from Muddy Creek (Now Rockingham) in Augusta
County, VA to settle on Wolf Creek. He died about 1819.
RESIDENCE: Came from Muddy Creek (Now Rockingham county) in Augusta County, VA
to settle on Wolfe Creek, Bland County, Virginia.
GENEALOGY: See INTERNET AT
&lthttp://homepages.rootsweb.com/~radbud/gedpages/fam01723.htm&gt

Thomas married Eleanor McFarland about 1774. Eleanor (daughter of William McFarland, BY214647 and Elizabeth Gibson) was born in 1756 in Augusta Co, Virginia; died before 1840 in Tazewell Co., Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Eleanor (Ellen) McFarland
• Birth: 1760, Augusta Co., Virginia

Notes:

Mary Helen Haines notes:

In Lake Parson's book: Col. James McFarlane of Virginia, p. 119, she says that Thomas Neel was an attorney and they married in 1774 and then moved to the Grapefield section of what is Bland Co. today. He practiced law in Tazewell Co., was a Methodist Class leader and a farmer.

Eleanor, in 1825, was living on the property of her father that was in the hands of her brother James, who mentioned her in his will of 1825.
In 1830 she is in the census of Tazewell Co. as Eleanor Neel, bet. 70 and 80 years old with a total of 7 members living there.
In 1840, she is not present.

Bland County History, prod. by Bland County Centenial, p. 84. "Thomas Neel and Ellen McFarlane Neel moved from Augusta County to Wolf Creek (Grapefield, Bland Co.) in about the year 1757. {this date is incorrect,Thomas Neel is not present on the 1782 Montgomery Co. tax list} To this union were born six sons Robert, Alexander, William, Duncan, Zachariah, James, and four daughters Kate, Jennie, Tillie, and Betsy. One son was killed in the War of 1812."

PROBATE: 1830 Russell County, Virginia Will of James McFarlane Will Book 4a,
page 466-467 Made 3 Dec 1825, exec 12 Aug 1830.
...I James McFarlane of the County of Russell and State of Virginia do hereby
make my last Will and Testament in manner and form following that is to say.
...1st I desire all my just debts and funeral expenses to be paid out of my
perishable property
...2dly I give to my son James M. McFarlane Elizabeth McFarlane & Malinda
McFarlane all my personal estate including my slaves to be equally divided
between them
...3dly I give to my son James M. McFarlane all my land in the County of
Russell State aforesaid and the buildings thereon with the exception that the
said Elizabeth & Malinda shall have the privilege of living in my house until
they get married the aforesaid lands buildings etc I give to said James M.
McFarlane & his heirs forever.
...4thly I give all my lands in the County of Tazwell State aforesaid to my son
James M. McFarlane Elizabeth McFarland and Malinda McFarlane with the exception
that Elenor Neal and her daughter Mary Neal shall have a life Estate of the
bent of the creek whereon they now live, they the said James M. McFarlane
Elizabeth & Malinda to have and to hold the said lands to be equally divided
between them to them and their heirs forever
...5thly I give to my son Alexander one dollar to be paid by James M. McFarlane
...6thly I give to my daughter Clarissa Kindrick one dollar to be paid by the
said James M. McFarlane
...7thly I give to my son Augustus McFarlane one dollar to be paid by James M.
McFarlane
...8thly and lastly I do hereby constitute and appoint James M. McFarlane and
Joseph Shoemaker Executors of this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking
all other or former wills or Testaments by me heretofore made.
...In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 3d day of
December 1825. James McFarlane (Seal)
...Signed, sealed published and declared as and for the last will and testament
of the above named James McFarlane in presence of us John Burk Joseph Shoemaker
...At a quarterly Court continued and held for Russell County on the 4th day of
August 1830. This instrument of writing was exhibited in Court as and for the
last Will and Testament of James McFarlane deceased and proven by the oaths of
Joseph Shoemaker and John Burk the two subscribing witnesses thereto, and was
also proven to be in the hand writing of the Testator, and ordered to be
recorded And Joseph Shoemaker one of the executors therein named refusing to
take upon himself any part of the further(?) of the execution thereof, on the
motion of James M. McFarlane the other executor therein named who made oath,
and together with John T. Smith William Williams and William Ferrell his
securities, entered into and acknowledged a bond in the penalty of $8000
conditioned as the law directs, certificate is granted the said James M.
McFarlane for obtaining probat of the said Will in due form
...Teste James P. Carrell C.R.C.

On Jan. 9, 1839 a deed is entered (where?) I am quoting from the book, Col James. McFarlane of Virginia, by Lake McFarlane Parsons, p. 12. "Jan. 9, 1839-Alexander Neal, William Neal and Mary Neal of Tazewell to Elizabeth McFarland and Malinda McFarlane and James McFarlane of Russell Co. Virgina. Mary Neal relinguishes tiitle bond which was given her by James McFarlane, deceased to Lyda place, made by Thomas Neal and William McFarlane, deceased, Muddy fork of Wolf Creek in Tazewell County Virginia."

Other Events and Attributes:

• Possessions: 1774; 1774: William McFarland, assignee of Andrew Lyda, 300 acres both sides of Wolf Creek branch of New River, settled 1770. From Early Adventures on the Western Waters by Mary Kegley
• Residence: 1782, Montgomery County, VA

Notes:

Mary Helen Haines notes:
William appears in Chalkey's book as a son of Duncan in 1753. He must have moved south-west from the land near Warm Springs, to the land near Wolf Creek sometime before 1774 and his father-in-law panicked. It is interesting to note that this family line always lived north of the John McFarland line that settled around present day Wytheville. When they moved further south and west, they followed the northern mountains down the Clinch River; whereas John's family followed the Holston River.

Augusta Co. VA records:

1753: Vol. 1, p. 58: shows March 18, 1753 a reference to Duncan McFarland and his son William (abt. 1732-1791) (p. 453 in Order Book I, Augusta County) See next entry which gives more details. This would be referring to the land they first lived on in Augusta Co. when they were neighbors with James Lockart.

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.

1774: Vol. 1, p. 179: Order Book XV, March 22, 1774 listed William McFarland, no inhabitant. (p. 433)

1775: Vol. 1, p. 185: Order Book XVI, p, 76: Alexr. Gibson petitions that William McFarland, his son-in-law, has moved out of the Colony, and his children are not properly provided for, viz: Isabella, Alexander, James, Mary, Daniel, Eleanor and John.--They are to be bound to said Alexander, their grandfather. William had moved west to the Wolf Creek area of Montgomery Co. that today is Bland Co.

In what becomes Montgomery Co. (but is Bland Co. VA today):

1774: William McFarland (son of Duncan), assignee of Andrew Lyda (Lyday), 300 acres both sides of Wolf Creek branch of New River, settled 1770. From Early Adventures on the Western Waters by Mary Kegley, LDS microfiche 6125902 Vol II page 66 (original page 139) and Page 111 (original 123)

From all later records, the land is on the Muddy Fork of Wolf Creek, near the present town of Grapefield in Bland County.

Military Records:

1774: From the Preston and Virginia Papers, Vol. 1, p. 78 "Lewis, Col. Charles. Letter to (William Preston) mentions (July 9) Captain Dickinson's skirmish with the Indians and wound received by William Mc Farlan at Warm Springs; people in great confusion." There is some concern about whether this is all the same William McFarland because you can see by the dates, William was listed as "no inhabitant" in March, 1774, and was instead in the southwestern part of VA buying land along Wolf Creek it is presumed. However, he is the only known William McFarland. Did he go south earlier to establish his claim, return home to pick up his family, get wounded in July 1774 and then return south and join Daniel Smith's company in the same year? I guess that is possible. The Capt. Dickinson is John Dickinson who was a neighbor in what became Bath County. This incident happened prior to the Dunmore Expedition when Indians became enraged over the April 30, 1774 murder of peaceful family members of Chief Logan by Daniel Greathouse and other militiamen who were part of Capt. Michael Cresap's Company. Many of those militia men then were in the company of Capt. Hancock Lee, including William McFarland. What is missing are exact months for these rolls.

It is interesting to note that there is a William McFarland who appears in Capt. Hancock Lee's Company in 1774. (Virginia's Colonial Soldiers, by Lloyd Bockstruck, pub. 1988, p. 142-3) Included in that company is the same Daniel Greathouse. It is hard to tell if this is the same William McFarland in all three places in 1774, serving with Capt. John Dickinson, Capt. Hancock Lee, and Capt. Daniel Smith.

1774: a William McFarland served in the militia of Capt. Daniel Smith guarding the frontier. When the names of the men in this list are compared with the tax list of 1782, it seems that it includes the men who are in the area that becomes Russell Co. in 1786 along the Clinch River. (not sure that the William along the Clinch is the same William as the one at Wolf Creek, but the distance is not too great). This group did not participate in the expedition to Point Pleasant, but did guard the frontier against Indian incursions.
Source: http://www.accessgenealogy.com/virginia/captain-daniel-smiths-company.htm

1781: Montgomery Co.: Capt. Thomas Ingles Co. with William McFarland (son of Duncan), Wm. Lyday, John Gullion and Barnet Gullion soldiers. This district is near Wolf Creek, in present day Bland County. This list does not overlap with the lists that include John and Robert of Reed Creek in what becomes Wythe County. Source:
Militia of Montgomery County, Virginia by Mary Kegley, 1990, p. 16. R929.37557 K26M 1990, at the Dallas Public Library (Capt. Thomas Ingles was living in Burkes Garden)

1782: Tax List for Montgomery County:
William McFarelane with one tithe, 10 horses, 20 cattle. (William dies in 1791 at Round Mountain, Wythe Co. Today that is Bland Co. near Wolf Creek close to town of Grapefield.)
Alex McFarelane next to him with one tithe, 1 slave, 2 horses, no cattle, next to Robert Crawford. (Not sure which Alexander this is....son of William, or brother). Robert Crawford is next to them. He was married to Isabella McFarland, William's daughter. {Another Alexander McFarland, born abt. 1780 later married Mary Crawford in TN in 1802. That Mary was the daughter of Robert and Isabella Crawford.} Joseph, Willliam, and Alex McFarlane are living near Thomas Ingles, Peter Groseclose. It is uncertain who this Joseph is. There is a Joseph McFarland, brother of John and Robert McFarland, part of the line of Robert and Jennet McFarland from Lancaster County, PA that was living in the Reed Creek area from 1771 on. We don't know when he died or exactly where he was living, but this could be him.

The land grants to William McFarland were not finalized until after his death. It seems that there was a dispute between the Ohio Company and the Loyal Company as to who owned this land...and then there were the disruptions of the French and Indian War and the Revolutionary War. With the creation of Tazewell County in 1799 things began to be finalized based on the original surveys.

William McFarland died in 1791. Tradition says he died at Round Mountain. The Muddy Fork of Wolf Creek flows just north of Round Mountain. The valley where people lived is the present town of Grapefield. His son James McFarlane was given the administration of the estate in 1791, and as early as 1801, his son Daniel is deeding over his portion to James while he was living in Cumberland Co. KY. During the ensuing years, James, living in Russell County pays the taxes and is considered the owner. James gets Isabella McFarland Crawford's portion in 1817 while she is living in Greene Co. TN. I have not found any more records of the other siblings relinguishing their portions to James.

In the Wythe Co. tax list of 1793 there is a Louesa McFarland in Sect. 3, north of Walker's Mountain, James Davies Commissioner. It was recorded on May 22. Also recorded on this same day was Thomas Neel (Neal), husband of Eleanor McFarland, daughter of William McFarland. This would be Bland County today. There are no other McFarlands in the list. We know from later records that Eleanor and Thomas Neel moved here from Augusta Co. (she was married there around 1774), and that they lived in what is Grapefield today. Thomas did not own any land (that I have found), they must have been living on William's land, because in 1825, James refers to her living on this land that belonged to him as long as she lived.

It looks as if Louesa (Lucy, Lucresa) could be the 2nd wife of William McFarland, and mother of Rhoda and Martha McFarland. Martha (b. 1784) marries their neighbor in 1802 (mentioned below), and Rhoda, born around 1789, is binded out in 1801 to John Peery. That could mean that Louesa died that year.

Tazewell County records:
In the Archives of Tazewell County, p. 167, says William McFarlin (assignee of Andr Lyda) is granted 195 acres on Jan. 9, 1805, surveyed on Feb.25, 1775 for the Loyal Company, on both sides of Wolf Creek. Grant #54, p.8

Other grants refer to another 72 acres. Of particular interest is the grant made to Daniel Justice in 1809 that refers to his grant going to the corner of the 72 acres granted to William McFarland. Daniel Justice's son, George Justice, married a Martha McFarlon (b. 1786) in 1802. ( It is believed by some that Martha is a daughter by William McFarland's second wife.

James McFarlane continues paying taxes and in the Archives, p. 147 is the list of county taxes in 1814: It reads:
Wm McFarland est. Tazewell, 195 acres Wolf Creek 39 SE
72 acres Wolf Creek 39 SE
107 acres Wolf Creek 39 SE

In 1790 tax list for Russell County is a Robert, Alexander, and James McFarland. James is the son who became the administrator for William's estate in 1791. Robert is the Robert Henry, considered a son of Alexander Sr. the son of Duncan.

Washington Co. formed in 1777
Russell formed in 1786.
Wythe Co. formed from Montgomery in 1790.
Lee formed in 1793
Tazewell formed in 1799. The Wolf Creek area was in Tazewell until the formation of Bland in 1861.

Older notes from Gary Morris tree:

MILITARY: Augusta County, Virginia: William McFarland under Colonel John
Buchanan, "Virginia County Records Vol. II - Virginia Colonial Militia 1651
- 1776" by William A. Crozier 1905 New York (at Bellingham Library).
RESIDENCE: 1770 VIRGINIA, Wythe County. Original settlement by William in
this county (see 1774 land record).
LAND: 1774 VIRGINIA, Wythe County "Early Adventures on the Western Waters" LDS
microfiche 6125902 Vol II page 66 (original page 139) and Page 111 (original
123) William McFarland, assignee of Andrew Lydia, 300 acres both sides of Wolf
Creek branch of New River, settled 1770.
COURT: 1775 VIRGINIA, Augusta County. William McFarland and children. June
20, 1775 Alexander Gibson petitions that William Mcfarland has moved out of
the colony, and his children are not provided for, viz: Isabella, Alexander,
James, Mary, Daniel, Eleanor, and John. They are bound to said Alexander,
their grandfather. SOURCE: "CHRONICLES OF THE SCOTCH IRISH SETTLEMENT IN
VIRGINIA" Vol 1. page 185 [76].
COURT: 1782 "Chronicles of the Scotch Irish Settlement in Virginia" 1958 by
Lyman Chalkley vol 3 LDS Microfilm #0162044: Will Abstracts of Augusta County,
VA: Page 207 [Chalkley], Page 178 (Will Book) 15 Jul 1782 Alexander Gibson's
Will -- Executor, son Alexander; to wife Mary; to grandchildren: Elenor
McFarland, Daniel McFarland, John McFarland, Ann McFarland, Isabella McFarland,
Alexander McFarland, James McFarland, and Mary McFarland. Proved Jul 1795.
RESIDENCE: 1790 Wythe County, VA. Wythe Co, VA Wills 1790-1822 FHC microfiche
6101259. Page 4. Appraisal of Estate of Thomas DUNN. Bonds and Notes due
Estate: (mostly for ginsing root) Wm Cox, Matt Lindsey, John Lanthrain, Samuel
Dunlap, Daniel Collens, Wm McFarland, Edward How, Adam Runner. Aug 24, 1790.
COURT: 1791 Wythe County "Early Adventures on the Western Waters" LDS
microfiche 6125902 Book Vol II-IV March 8,1791 page 190. Joseph Atkins with
William Davis, Administrators of estate of William McFarland, deceased, was
granted to James McFarland. William Cecil, John Greenup, Samuel Ferguson, to
appraise estate and slaves of William McFarland.
COURT: 1794 VIRGINIA, Augusta County. Daniel and John McFarling. 6 Sep 1794.
WILL of Alexander Gibson Will-- To Wife, Mary; to children, viz: Elizabeth,
Christian, Mary Mourey, Margaret; to grandson Daniel Gibson, who is to make
deed to Daniel McFarling for his tract on Christian's Creek; to John McFarling;
to granddau Elizabeth Cargo, to grandson Samuel Cargo; to Daniel McFarling.
Proved 16 June 1795 by James Hill, Daniel McFarling. SOURCE: "Chronicles of
the Scotch Irish Settlement in Virginia" 1958 by Lyman Chalkley vol 3 LDS
Microfilm #0162044.
PLACE: Died in Wythe County, VA, that place which became Tazewell county in
1799.
RESEARCHER-EMAIL: (1999) Tom Townsend &lttomt@intcom.net&gt.

William married Elizabeth Gibson about 1755 in Augusta Co., VA. Elizabeth was born about 1735 in Augusta Co. Virginia; died about 1770 in Augusta Co., Virginia; was buried in Cove Creek, Tazewell County, Virginia, United States of America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Elizabeth must have died shortly after the birth of her youngest child Daniel. Records indicate that her husband William moved south at that time looking for new land opportunities, because records indicate he was present in the Wolf Creek area by 1770.

PARENTS: Alexander GIBSON and Mary -----.
LINKS: Father, Alexander, died 1795 in Augusta County, VA.