Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1860, Beat 4, Fannin, Texas, USA
• Residence: 1870, Precinct 5, Cooke, Texas, United States
• Residence: 23 Dec 1887, Lawrence, Kaufman, Texas, United States

Jasper + Lucinda P.. Lucinda was born in 1839 in Texas; died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mary Helen Haines notes:

According to information I found from: http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/desrosiers/733/

The immigrant ancestor to our DeGuire family was Francois DeGuire Dit LaRose. He was born in 1641 in Aquitaine, France and was a weaver and farmer. He came to Canada in 1665 as a soldier. He married Marie Rose Colin in St. Ours, Quebec, Canada. He was given the nickname LaRose by the army and it was then passed down to his descendants. He died in 1699 in Montreal.

Next in line is Jean Joseph DeGuire dit LaRose, born 1674 in Quebec, married to Marie Catherine Menard dit St. Onge in 1701, died 1719 in Montreal, Quebec.

Next: Andre DeGuire dit LaRose, born 1692 (so how did that work with the marriage in 1701?), married Elizabeath Bourbonnis in Kaskaskia, Fayette, Illinois. Andre died in 1787 in Ste. Genevieve which was part of Spanish territory at that time.

Andre and Elizabeth are parents of Andre DeGuire dit LaRose, born 1729 in Fayette, Illinois. Married to Marguerite Govereau in 1759 at Fort de Chartres, Illinois Territory. Andre died 1799 in Ste. Genevieve

Andrew and Marguerite are parents ot Paul DeGuire, born 1766 in Ste Genevieve, married to Marianna Golliott Det Lachance in 1792 in Ste Genevieve. Paul died April 1824 in Fredericktown, Madison Co. MO. This is the Paul below.

From the research of a descendant of Marianna Golliott Dit Lachance at http://mjgen.com/colyott/1Nicholas.html

" In 1799, Ste. Genevieve had 949 people and St. Louis had 925. At that time Ste. Genevieve was the biggest trading post and people came from St. Louis to Ste. Genevieve to buy supplies. Also "in 1799 the inhabitants of Nouvelle Bourbon voluntarily made a patriotic war contribution to aid the King of Spain." These included Antoine Lachance, carpenter; Paul DeGuire, armorer; Pierre Chevalier, planter; Gabriel Lachance, planter; Joseph Lachance, carpenter. [History of Missouri, p. 367.]

May 12, 1799, in the Spring right after Nicholas Sr. died, a group of 13 families--mostly Caillots and DeGuires--petitioned Don Zenon Trudeau (Lieutenant Colonel, Captain of the regiment stationed in Louisiana and Governor of the Western part of the Illinois) for land. They had first expressed interest in this particular land to Don Trudeau by Jan., 1798. "In 1800, Francois Valle explained to Lt. Governor Delassus that he did not know what title 3 residents of New Bourbon--Paul Deguire, Francois Lachance, and Jerome Matisse--had to land near Mine La Motte upon which they had built a cabin, 'but I can tell you that their ancestors were old settlers at this post.' Tradition, family name, and customary rights counted heavily in the Illinois Country." [Colonial Ste. Genevieve, p. 154.]

Each man was granted 400 arpents of land (an arpent is about 4/5 of an acre) situated between the Saline River and Castor River (or Village Creek) in what in now Madison County, Missouri. These families moved there and began a settlement called St. Michael's. "Nicholas Calliot, the father of these men, had been a 'Knight of the Grand Cross of the Order of St. Michael' and this accounts for the name chosen for the new village." [History of Madison County, p. 10.]

From Nov. 1811 to March 1812 the whole area was affected by a series of powerful earthquakes that changed the course of the Mississippi River in some places. One eyewitness on the Illinois side said, "the ground would shake and then rock and roll in long waves." He said in these long continued rollings, the tall timber would weave their tops together, interlock their branches, then part and fly back the other way, and when they did this "the blossom ends of the limbs would pop like whip lashes; and the ground was covered with broken stuff." Large areas of land sank and were filled with water. (pictures of quake effects.) [See also: The New Madrid Earthquakes]

In 1814 flooding caused the original site of St. Michael's to be moved to higher ground and the name was changed to Fredericktown. [This area now is part of Madison Co, which was not formed until 1818, so records on them after their move will still be in Ste. Genevieve until 1818.]

The group that moved to St. Michael's (later, renamed Fredericktown):
1. Nicholas Caillot II & Judith (Boyer)
2. Antoine Caillot & Felicite (D'Amour dit DeLouviere)
3. Gabriel Caillot & Marie Ann (D'Amour-DeLouviere)
4. Francois Caillot & Pelagie (DeGuire) - daughter of Andre DeGuire
5. Joseph Caillot & Julie (LaCroix) - granddaughter of Andre DeGuire
6. Michel Caillot & Elizabeth (Roussell)
7. Paul DeGuire & Marie Ann (Caillot) - son of Andre DeGuire
8. Pierre Chevallier & Pelagie (Caillot)
9. Andre DeGuire dit LaRose - father-in-law of Francois Caillot & Marie Ann Caillot, & grandfather-in-law of Joseph Caillot
10. Baptist DeGuire - son (or brother) of Andre
11. Gabriel Nicholl
12. Jerome Matis
13. Pierre Viriat

In 1800 Spain ceded the land west of the Mississippi back to the French with formal possession made in 1802. It is interesting to note that after 40 years of Spanish rule, there was virtually no Spanish influence on the culture, customs and language of these people. They spoke a conglomerate dialect of French, Indian and English until about 1840 by which time the English had gradually overpowered, intermarried, and outnumbered them.
In 1803 the Louisiana Territory was sold to the United States and the Lewis & Clark Expedition took place in 1804. When Capt. Amos Stoddard took possession of Upper Louisiana from the Spanish on Mar. 9, 1804, the French settlers were both bewildered and troubled by these changes. One report declares that the "older inhabitants took it sadly to heart." Once again they had been traded away by their own countrymen. Stoddard described the reaction of the Creoles to the deal as follows: "they seemed to feel as if they had been sold in open market, and by this means degraded..."
Missouri Territory Land Claims mentioned two of Nicholas' sons: In 1803 "John B. Caillot" settled on the bayou 3-4 miles below the village in New Madrid County; and "Francois Caillot" settled in Jan., 1809 on the Big Marsh, Ste. Genevieve. (See: Early Settlers of Missouri as Taken from Land Claims in the Missouri Territory)
A few sources:
George Rogers Clark Adventure in the Illinois, by Seineke, 1981
The Story of Old Ste. Genevieve, by Franzwa, 1999
Colonial Ste. Genevieve, by Ekberg, 1996
History of Missouri, by Houck, 1908
History of Madison County, by H.C. Thompson, 1940
First Families of Louisiana, by Cinrad, 1969
History of Southeast Missouri: (Embracing Counties of Ste. Genevieve...Madison...), 1998
Early Settlers of Missouri as Taken from Land Claims in the Missouri Territory, by Lowrie, 1986"

my research:
I found a Paul DeGuire, who I assume is Francois's father. He claimed 640 acres between east fork of St. Francis river and Castor Creek, county of St. Genevieve on March 26, 1813 -(now the county of Madison). Witnesses swore that Paul DeGuire had a sugar camp on this tract in 1804 and had made sugar every year to this time. Another witness said that Paul Deguire was born in this country, then the province of Upper Louisiana, and that the claimant built a cabin on the land in 1803, had a wife and four or five children at the time, and that one Charles L. Byrd came in and pretended to have a concession there and compelled the claimant to give up the same. Record book F, page 95

I found DeGuires with deed records in this area (part of the Louisiana territory owned by Spain) dating back to 1768. There was an Andre DeGuire in 1768 record, a Jean Baptiste DeGuire in 1781, and a dit. LaRose DeGuire in 1788. Those records are in the Ste. Genevieve Colonial Court Records, FHL #1986739.

I also found these claims made for the Missouri Territory:
In 33 N, Range 7E, which is St. Michael, which becomes Fredericktown in Madison County
Francis DeGuire, on Jan. 24, 1837 for 156.38 acres
Francis B. DeGuire, in 1850 for 47.5 acres
Paul DeGuire in 1848 for 148.46 acres

I assume the Francis DeGuire is our guy. The other two would be relatives. When our Frances Paul DeGuire moves to Texas, his relatives stay and are found in census records there. The last time I found F.P. DeGuire was in the 1860 census when he was living with Jasper Newton DeGuire in Beat 4, Fannin County. They are living next to J.P. Eaton, the family of James R. Eaton who marries Mollie Cox.
I found a Paul DeGuire, who I assume is Francois's father. He claimed 640 acres between east fork of St. Francis river and Castor Creek, county of St. Genevieve on March 26, 1813 -(now the county of Madison). Witnesses swore that Paul DeGuire had a sugar camp on this tract in 1804 and had made sugar every year to this time. Another witness said that Paul Deguire was born in this country, then the province of Upper Louisiana, and that the claimant built a cabin on the land in 1803, had a wife and four or five children at the time, and that one Charles L. Byrd came in and pretended to have a concession there and compelled the claimant to give up the same. Record book F, page 95

I found DeGuires with deed records in this area (part of the Louisiana territory owned by Spain) dating back to 1768. There was an Andre DeGuire in 1768 record, a Jean Baptiste DeGuire in 1781, and a dit. LaRose DeGuire in 1788. Those records are in the Ste. Genevieve Colonial Court Records, FHL #1986739.

Francois married Elizabeth McFarland on 28 Nov 1830 in St. Francois Co., Misssouri. Elizabeth (daughter of John McFarland and Mary Fleming) was born in 1814 in North Carolina; died on 29 Aug 1853 in Fannin Co., Texas; was buried in most probably at Oak Ridge next to father John and mother Mary. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In Book C, p. 306 of the deed records of Fannin Co., James Pettit sold to Eliza Deguire, wife of Francis P. Deguire for $170. two slaves. A man, Jason, 40 years old, and a woman Isabella. Date is 1849.

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.