Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1860, District 23, Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee, USA

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Jo McFarland [MacFarlane]
• Residence: 1850, District 23, Bedford, Tennessee, USA
• Residence: 1860, District 23, Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee, USA
• Residence: 1870, District 23, Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee, USA
• Residence: 1880, District 23, Bedford, Tennessee, USA
• Residence: 1900, Esculapia, Benton, Arkansas, USA

Notes:

1 - Joe McFarlin was the personal Guard for General Bedford Forrest during the entire Civil War.

2 - Forrest's Escort.
Letter from Commander Charlie Lott; Forrest's Escort Camp 1239; Sons of Confederate Veterans
McFarland, J.S. TN Cav. Jackson's Co.
Organized September 1862 at Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Paroled at Gainesville, Alabama, May 10, 1865. This company was recruited at the instance of Nathan Bedford Forrest shortly subsequent to his promotion to brigadier general, by Captain Montgomery Little, a native of Bedford County who had been before the war a planter and business man in Memphis. It was made up mainly of me from Bedford County, part of which is now Moore County, who were assembled in Shelbyville in September and moved from there to Murfreesboro just before the town was temporarily occupied by a Federal raiding force. They were integrated into Forrest's command in
time to participate in the confused fighting around Lavergne on October 7, 1862.
Thereafter, the combat record of this company is the record of battles in which Forrest was himself engaged. After taking part in the demonstration against Nashville on November 6, they moved with Forrest to his West Tennessee Raid, and from there to the frequent fighting around Spring Hill, Thompson's Station - where Little was killed - College Grove, Franklin and Breutwood; they also participated in the pursuit and capture of Streight during the early summer of 1863. They then moved south and east, screening Bragg's withdrawal in the Chattanooga Campaign, to take part in the Battle of Chickamauga. From here they were transformed, a part of the
nucleus of Forrest's new command, to West Tennessee.
In West Tennessee, they took part in the operations incident to Forrest's mobilization of a force from the stragglers hiding in that area and North Mississippi, and gathering supplies. The mobilization having been accomplished, they took part in the Battle of Okolona, the raid to Paducah, the capture of Fort Pillow, the Battles of Brice's Crossroads and of Harrisburg and the Memphis Raid. Following the Middle Tennessee Raid and the destruction of Johnsonville, they moved with their commander to the screening action ahead of Hood on his invasion of Tennessee, which was followed by coverage of the retreat. During all these operations, they were frequently mentioned favorably in orders. It would not be unusual for the general commanding to make favorable mention of his Escort, but the facts are that all these commendations were richly deserved.
It is significant to note that, whereas the Escort had numbered 90 men at its first muster, and had been 65 strong on its arrival in West Tennessee, it had, when paroled at Gainesville, Alabama on May 9, 1865, mustered a strength of 119. Part of this increase may be attributable to the gathering in of stragglers from other units, but a part is also due to the fact that the Escort, from its first organization to the final surrender, had an incomparable morale.

2 - MCFARLIN, J.S. - J.S. McFarlin, or "Uncle Joe" as he was best known, died Monday morning at three o'clock in Rogers and was buried the same day in the city cemetery. The funeral services were held at the M.E. Church, South, being conducted by the pastor, J.F.E. Bates, the Masonic Order being in charge and holding their regular burial services. Mr. McFarlin was born in Bedford Co., Tenn. March 9, 1835 and died at his home in Rogers March 9, 1908, being just seventy - three years old. He was one of th oldest men in Rogers, having moved to Rogers from his native state and county in November of 1881. He was the youngest son oldest the family and the last one of them to pass away, his oldest brother, W.H. McFarlin, preceding him only a few months. He was married early in life to Miss Martha Jane Arnold, and to this union were born four children, two of whom survive him, Jesse McFarlin, so well known her, and Mrs. R.R. Carson [Sarah Jane Belle McFarlin Carson], also of Rogers. He leaves an only sister in Tennessee. His wife died eighteen years ago and these years have been years of loneliness to him. He was a good citizen, true to what he believed to be right. He served four years in the Southern army and was a strong believer in the rights of the Southern cause. He was an honored Mason and his brethren trusted and respected him, as was shown by the large procession of the brotherhood, being more than sixty who did him honor. After the funeral sermon, T.J. Keller paid a tribute to him in behalf of the Masonic Lodge. "Uncle Joe" was a familar figure on our streets and will be very much missed. Many friends sympathize with the family and the whole community will feel the loss of her oldest citizen. [Rogers Democrat 3/11/08]
( OBIT 04 Joseph S. McFarlin, Compiled by Barbara P. Easley, Obituaries of Benton County, Artansas; Volume 3 1905-1909 (Heritage Books, Inc.; 1995), Page 306. )

Joseph married Martha Jane ArnoldTennessee, USA. Martha was born on 2 Sep 1826; died on 13 Feb 1890; was buried in Rogers, Benton, Arkansas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1860, District 23, Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee, USA
• Residence: 1870, District 23, Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee, USA

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Benjamin McFarland [MacFarlane]
• Residence: 1850, District 23, Bedford, Tennessee, USA
• Residence: 1860, District 23, Bedford, Tennessee
• Residence: 1870, District 23, Bedford, Tennessee, USA
• Residence: 1880, District 23, Bedford, Tennessee, USA

Notes:

Listed in Reed/McFarlin Family Bible as child of Robert McFarlin and Sarah Hays McFarlin
Discrepancies in birthdate Dec 8 or Dec 18. IN REED/MCFARLIN FAMILY BIBLE DEC 8, 1801
Will: July 28, 1880, Bedford County, Tennessee

Benjamin + Nancy Holland. Nancy was born in 1801 in Bedford Co., Tennessee, USA; died on 20 Jun 1880 in Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alt. Birth: 1801, North Carolina, USA
• Residence: 1850, District 23, Bedford, Tennessee, USA

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• Residence: 1800, Salisbury, Rockingham, North Carolina

Robert married Sarah 'Sally' Hays in 1799 in Guilford Co., North Carolina, USA. Sarah (daughter of James Hays, Snr. and Sarah Browne) was born in Jul 1778 in Rockingham Co., North Carolina, USA; died on 8 Nov 1856 in Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee, USA; was buried in New Hope Cemetery, Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Sarah Hayes
• Residence: 1850, District 23, Bedford, Tennessee, USA

Notes:

EXPARTE PETITION FOR LUNACY
ROBERT MCFARLIN VS. SARAH MCFARLIN
May Term 1855
Robert Mcfarlin
Exparte petition for Lunacy - We the undersigned Jurors and freeholders having been appointed by the County Court of Bedford County - at the April term of said court to inquire into the condition of the mind of (?) Sarah
McFarlin, whether she be an idiot or capable of transacting her own family affairs and what amount of property she now owns, and to report the same at the next May term of the court.
Having met and being duly sworn, a report that after conversing with the said Sarah Mcfarlin~we are fully satisfied that she is of sound mind and that she is capable of controlling her own pecuniary affairs and further that as far as we can ascertain her property consists of household furniture for one room a Negro boy of sixteen years of age and about $128. in cash ~
All of which is respectfully submitted to the worshipful Court of the County of Bedford May 3rd 1855
Tho. C (Ryath?)
John (?)
John B. Johnson
Spencer Brown
Joseph Hastings
Isham (?)
George Pratt
Joseph Hasty
Wm Reaves
(?) Stanfield
Jacob Kizer
Jesse Rogers
Which report being read and by the Court fully understood
was ordained in all things to be confirmed and it was
further ordered by the court that Robert Mcfarlin,
Petitioner, pay the costs of the proceedings in the premises
which Executum Ipue.