Notes:

In the 1860 census Lurana is living with mother Rachel and a boy Jasper, age 12. Cannot find Jasper in the 1850 census, so don't know whose child he is. In the 1870 census, Jasper is now 22, married with children named Lavisa age 3, Squire, age 3 months and Lurana, age 49.

Other Events and Attributes:

• _MILT: Virginia
• Residence: 1830, Lee, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1840, Lee, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1850, District 1, Carter, Kentucky, USA

Notes:

Mary Helen Haines notes.

This William McFarlane, McFarland, is definitely not the son of John Stewart MacFarlane, as you can see in the tax lists below. He may well be the son of John, son of William, son of Duncan.

Some researchers have William as being born in 1788 and dying in Christian Co. KY in May 1849 with a completely different set of descendants. However, this is a completely different family as proven by DNA tests of descendants of both familes. The family that appears in Christian Co. KY and Henry Co. TN are connected with the Robert McFarland line from Lancaster Co. PA, not the Duncan line from VA.

William McFarland appears in the tax list for 1812 in Sullivan Co. TN. He married Rachel Farris there on March 15, 1811. There was a John McFarland in Sullivan Co. also who sold his land in 1812.

It appears that William moved to Lee County VA from TN. I am not sure what year, but all his children claim VA as their birth place.

Lee County tax lists exist from 1795 through 1814, and he is not present there. However there are no exant tax lists from 1815 to 1826. He does show up in 1828 list and from then on.

On the microfilm below, he shows up in 1832 and appears for the last time in 1845. By 1847 all this family has left and is now in Carter Co. KY

Lee County Personal Property Tax Lists: 1830-50 Microfilm Reel #250 at Dallas Public Library

1830:
Mcfarlane, John S. 2 tithes, 1 slave, 1 slave, 5 horses p. 13
Mcfarlane, William, 1 tithe, p. 15
Mcfarlane, James, 1 tithe, 1 horse, p. 15 next to William

1831, Tax List B
Mcfarlane, Wm W, 1 tithe, 1 slave, 1 slave, 3 horses, 1 gigg, p. 13
Mcfarlane, James, 1 tithe, 1 horse, 1 slave p. 14
Mcfarlane, John S, 3 tithes, 1 slave, 1 slave, 3 horses p. 14
Mcfarlane, Walter, 1 tithe p. 14
Mcfarlane, Arthur, no tithe, 1 horse p. 14

1832, Tax List A
Mcfarlane William, 1 tithe, 1 horse March 19 (this would be William from the Duncan line, married to Rachel Farris)
Tax List B
Feb.1
Macfarlane, James M., 1 tithe, 2 horses
Macfarlane, William W., 1 tithe, 1 slave, 1 slave, 4 horses
Macfarlane, John S., 2 tithes, 1 slave, 1 slave, 4 horses

1833, Tax List A
Macfarlane William, 2 tithes, March 4
Tax List B
McFarlane, William W. 1 tithe, 2 slaves, 1 slave, 2 horses
McFarlane, James M., 1 tithe, 2 horses
MacFarlane, John S., 1 tithe, 1 slave, 1 slave, 3 horses

1834, Tax List A
John S. Mcfarlane, 1 tithe, 1 slave, 1 slave, 4 horses p. 12
Walter Mcfarlane, 1 tithe, 2 slaves, 2 slaves, 3 horses p. 12

1835 Tax List A
Macfarland, Miles, 1 tithe
Tax List B
Mcfarlane, John S, 1 tithe, 2 slaves, 1 slave, 2 horses p. 12
Mcfarlane, William W, 1 tithe, 2 slaves, 2 slaves, 15 horses p. 12

1836 Tax List A
no Macfarlanes
Tax List B
Macfarlane, John S. 1 tithe, 2 slaves, 2 slaves, 2 horses
no others

1837 Tax List A, p. 9
Mcfarland, William, 1 tithe
Mcfarland, Miles, 1 tithe, 1 horse
Mcfarland, John, 1 tithe, 1 horse
Tax List B, p. 13
Mcfarlane, John S. 1 tithe, 2 slaves, 1 slave, 3 horses
no others

1838 Tax List A, p. 10
Mcfarlane, William, 1 tithe, 3 stallion horses
Mcfarlane, John, 1 tithe, 1 horse

John S. McFarlane is not present on the tax lists

1839
Tax List A
Mcfarland, William, 1 tithe, 3 stallions
no others
Tax List B
Mcfarlane, Arthur, 1 tithe, 1 horse

1840
Tax List A
Mcfarlan, William. 1 tithe, 3 horses, 1 stallion
Mcfarlan, John, 1 tithe, 1 stallion
Tax List B
no McFarlanes

1841
Tax List A
McF., Wm. 2 tithes, 1 horse
McF. John, 1 tithe, 1 horse

1843
Tax List A
McF. Wm. 3 tithes, 2 horses
McF. John, 1 tithe, 1 horse

1844
Tax List A
Mcfarlane, Wm. 2 tithes, 1 horse
Mcf. John, 1 tithe, 1 horse

1845
Tax List A
Macfarland, William, 1 tithe, 1 horse

1846
McFarland, John, 1 tithe, 2 horses

1847
No MacFarlanes at all

Older notes:
CENSUS: 1820 VIRGINIA, Lee County. John McFarlane. P 133. William McFarlane
P. 133.
CENSUS: 1830 VIRGINIA, Lee County William McFarlane 2M 0-5, 1M 10-15, 1M
15-20, 1M 40-50, 1 F 0-5, 1F 5-10, 1 F 30-40. Also William McFarlane 1M 15-20,
1M 20-30, 1M 30-40, 1F 20-30.
CENSUS: 1850 KENTUCKY, Carter County. William McFarlane 66 Rachel 50 Miles 36
Lurancy 25 Nancy 17 Rachel 15 Jeney 10. Living adjacent to John McFarlane 33.
RESEARCHER-EMAIL: (1999) Chest Flint &ltceflint@tgtel.com&gt. G-g grandson of
Fada McFarland (dau of William 1784) and John Flint.
NOTE: According to research of Chester Flint, William McFarland was born 1784
VA, son of John, who was son of William, who was son of Duncan. All this
family information from Chester Flint. Notes that he married Rachael
Farris.
NOTE: One source has that he married Rachel Lewis, d/o George Lewis and Mary
Evans. Support that his wife was actually Rachel Farris, is also supported by
the fact that their son, John (1817) had daughter Faris McFarland.
RESEARCHER-EMAIL: (2001) Hurshel Debord &ltHLDebord@AOL.com&gt
CONFLICT: William McFarland (1825-1910) who married Nancy Caroline Bays
(1828-1897).They are burried in Johnson Co. Ky. A researcher on Rootsweb says
that William's parents are William McFarland and Rachel Farris but you list
them as having no son named William.Only a Luracy born in 1826.The only William
I see born in 1825 was a son of James C. and Rebecca Cole.
SOURCE: Richard Penix.

William married Rachael Farris on 15 Mar 1811 in Sullivan Co., TN. Rachael was born in 1797 in Virginia; died in 1875 in Little, Carter, Kentucky, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Rachel Farris
• Residence: 1860, Carter, Kentucky, USA
• Death: 1875

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1799, Cumberland County, KY

Notes:

Mary Helen Haines notes:

John McFarland, son of William, appears to have moved with his brothers to Green/Cumberland County KY about 1795. He is listed in the tax records in 1799 and owned 200 acres of land.

See the notes on Alexander (his brother).

No one knows John's wife's name, nor the names of other children beside William. Records over the years have shown William to be the son of John Stewart MacFarlane of Lee County VA, but research has shown that to be incorrect.

So, what happened to John, the father of this William, after he left Cumberland Co. KY? If William married Rachel Farris in Sullivan Co. in 1811, it would appear that John was living there. More research into tax records and deeds needs to be done for Sullivan Co. TN.

Most sources attribute the William of Lee County as the son of the John of Lee County. The John Stewart McFarlane of Lee County, VA is definitely not the son of William and Elizbeth Gibson McFarland, and not the father of this William. That John was born in England, came to the U.S. in 1778 and became a naturalized citizen in 1809 in Lee Co. where he practiced law in Lee and Tazewell Co. and had married Elizabeth Campbell, daugther of Arthur and Margaret Campbell. (Look for John Stewart MacFarlane in the index to see his notes)

1820 census Lee Co. p. 133: John Mc farlane: 4 males under 10, 2 males 10 thru 15, one over 45. One female under 10, 2 females 10 thru 15, 2 females 16 thru 25, one female 26 thru 44. 3 slaves. This is John Stewart MacFarlane, born bef. 1775. John Stewart MacFarlane does have a son named William Wallace McFarlane, but he is one of the young boys still living at home.

William Mc Farlane is also on p. 133 and shows one male 26-45, 2 males under 10, one female 16-26, 2 females under 10. This is William, married to Rachel Farris.

1830 census Lee Co. John McFarlen, 1 male 10-14, 2 males 15-19, 1 male 60-69. One female 10-14, one 20-29, One female 50-59. 2 slaves. This is John Stewart MacFarlane

John Stewart MacFarlane is not present in the 1840 census. He had left the area it seems around 1838.

William is present in the 1820, 1830, and 1840 censuses, and in the tax records until 1846.

Mentioned in will of Alexander Gibson, Sr. as a grandson.

Older research notes:
TAXLIST: 1799 KENTUCKY, Cumberland County, Indian Creek. Alexander McFarland
(3 cattle, 400 acres), Daniel McFarland (200 acres), John McFarland (1 cattle,
200 acres). SOURCE: "History of Cumberland County" by Joseph W. Wells 1947
Bell FHC.
LAND-LINKS: 1805 KENTUCKY, Cumberland County, Indian Creek. To the Trustees
of the Woodford Academy of Woodford County, by the Commonwealth of Kentucky,
350 acres of land, Aug 25, 1805, on the S. Side of Cumberland River, adjoining
John McFarland on the Ridge between Illwill and Indian Creeks. SOURCE:
"History of Cumberland County" by Joseph W. Wells 1947 Bell FHC.
RESIDENCE: Alexander McFarland, Lydia, James, Blassingame Harvey McFarland,
John and Daniel all lived for awhile in the Cumberland of Kentucky (Clinton
County) in the 1790's, before Alexander and Lydia and Blassingame Harvey
McFarland moved to New Madrid Missouri and then to the Arkansas territory.
CENSUS: 1820 VIRGINIA, Lee County. John McFarlane. P 133. William McFarlane
P. 133.
CENSUS: 1830 VIRGINIA, Lee County, page 312 John McFarlen M 1 10-15, 2
15-20, 1 60-70 Females 1 10-15, 1 20-30, 1 50-60. Page 312. Note: John born
about 1767. Wife born about 1773.

John + unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]