William married Elizabeth A. McFarland on 28 May 1854. Elizabeth (daughter of Benjamin McFarland and Sarah Short) was born on 17 Dec 1831. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1870, Precinct 2, Saloma, Taylor, Kentucky, USA

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1850, Division 2, Taylor, Kentucky, USA
• Residence: 1860, , Taylor, Kentucky, USA
• Residence: 1870, Precinct 2, Saloma, Taylor, Kentucky, USA
• Residence: 1880, Saloma, Taylor, Kentucky, USA
• Death: 16 Feb 1883, ,Taylor, Kentucky

Notes:

MARRIAGE: KENTUCKY, Green County. Benjamin McFarland - Sarah Short 22 Feb
1830. James W. McFarland - Rachel Willock 25 Dec 1825. James W. McFarland to
Milly Duckworth, consent of her mother, Polly, 24 Nov 1830. SOURCE: Green
County Marriage records, USGENWEB, INTERNET.

CENSUS: 1830 KENTUCKY, Green County. Benjamin McFarland. P. 018. James
McFarland P. 018.

Benjamin came to Green Co. KY abt. 1826. The section he settled in became Taylor Co. in 1848.

Benjamin married Sarah Short on 28 Feb 1830 in Greene Co., Kentucky. Sarah was born about 1810 in Kentucky; died on 1 Aug 1894 in Taylor Co., Kentucky; was buried in Saloma, Taylor County, Kentucky, United States of America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1870, Precinct 2, Saloma, Taylor, Kentucky, USA
• Residence: 1880, Saloma, Taylor, Kentucky, USA

Other Events and Attributes:

• Burial: Endicott Church, Harrison, Kentucky
• Residence: 1782, 85, 87, Rockbridge Co., VA
• Possessions: 1 Dec 1795, Rockbridge Co., VA; Sold land his father had sold to him, recorded Deed Book C, p. 216, 220. This William never resided in TN, so the records in Greene/Jefferson TN do not belong to this William.
• Residence: 1800, Harrison, Kentucky, United States
• Possessions: 1809, Harrison County, Kentucky; Bk. 3, p. 186. John and Eliz. Minter of Ohio sell to William McF. of Nicholas, 60 a. on waters of Indian Creek, in both Nicholas and Harrison county. Cannot tell if this is Wm. Sr. or Jr. or another William entirely.
• Residence: 1810, Nicholas, Kentucky, United States
• Residence: 1820, Marysville, Harrison, Kentucky, United States
• Death: 1 Jun 1825, Cynthiana, Harrison Co., Kentucky

Notes:

MHH notes:

Notes received in e-mail 6-28-17:

SOURCE: Forsythe Saga family info

Cousins, Joseph (1761) and William McFarland (1755) of Peters Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, fought in the revolutionary war. After the war they settled in Rockbridge County, Virginia where they married the sisters Rebecca and Margaret White. Around 1783, Joseph (1761) removed to Greene County, Tennessee, where he remained until about 1793 when he removed to Harrison County, Kentucky. About the same time, his father William (1731) and his brothers William (1763) and Benjamin (1765) joined him there. His cousin and brother-in-law William (1755) also came about that time. These five gentlemen are the seed for the McFarland families of Harrison County, Kentucky. Virtually none of the family would remain however. They began to migrate to Greene County, Ohio beginning with William (1763) who arrived there between 1798 and 1803. Joseph (1761) moved there in 1810, and Arthur must have arrived before 1814 when his daughter Eliza was born. It is unknown what became of Benjamin (1765) after 1810, but presumably he migrated with the family and died soon after, or he died in Kentucky and his family migrated with the rest of the McFarland clan. The patriarch of the family, William (1731) died around the time of the migration. It is thought his wife survived him and died in Ohio.

HISTORY OF GREENE COUNTY.

William McFarland, Esq., emigrated from Kentucky, and came with his family to this township about 1804, and purchased one hundred and fifty acres of land on Massie's Creek, a short distance from where Cedarville now stands. There was no trading point then nearer than Xenia, and that was a small affair. Salt was hauled from Chillicothe, and could not be had nearer. Mr. McFarland soon became a prominent man in the sparsely settled neighborhood, and served as foreman on the first grand jury in the county, in 1804.

My notes:
D.A.R. number A076838. Record says he served in the Cumberland Co. Militia

There are two William McFarlands in Cumberland Co. PA during the Revolutionary War. It all depends on the unit and what part of the county it is connected with. The other William McFarland lived in Pennsboro township. This William McFarland lived in Peters township. Since he moved to VA in 1778 with his parents, it would also be necessary to check the year for the service.

By any chance, is the William Mc Farland in Nicholas Co. KY in 1800 tax list, and there in 1810 census with one over 45, 7 under 16, total of 11, the same as this one who is in Harrison Co. in 1820? Nicholas is adjacent to Harrison Co. KY. Another adjacent county is Fleming Co. that has a Robert Mc Farlen on the tax list for 1800.

1820 census: Marysville, Harrison KY, p. 202
William M Farland
1 male 45+, 1 male 26-44, 1 male 10-15, 3 males under 10
1 female 45+, 1 female 26-44, 2 females 16-25

Son Nathaniel on p. 209, Thomas on p. 194

Below are the older Gary Morris notes:

[Mcfarlan.ged.GED]

SOURCE: "Genealogy of the Joseph and William McFarland Branches of the
McFarland Family 1675 to 1910" by Thomas S. McFarland 1910 Cable, Ohio. Copy
at Greene County Room, Greene County Genealogical Society. "In 1796 the family
moved to Harrison County, Kentucky, and settled on Indian Creek, seven miles
northeast of Cynthiana. From 1800 to 1825 he taught school on the home farm.
He died June 1st, 1825, aged seventy years, and is buried at Endicott's church,
in Harrison County, Kentucky. Rebecca, my grandmother, was born in 1763, and
died May 1st, 1822. ...William McFarland seved one year in the Revolutionary
war, near the close. ...&ltDaughter Esther&gt died in spring of 1793 while moving
to Tennessee, and is buried near Knoxville, Tennesse, on the bank of
Nolichucky River, grave unmarked."

SOURCE: "Mcfarland-Dunlap Family Bible Records, 1831-1928 : and other
genealogical data, 1675-1923", Joseph Dunlap. 35 pages. Microfilm copy at FHC
(film #1320635, item 81). Was in the army one year near the close of the
Revolutionary War. At the age of 24 years he married Rebecca White in
Rockbridge County, VA in 1779. In 1796 William and his cousin Joseph and their
families moved to near Cynthiana, north of Lexington, Kentucky., his wife,
children James, Joseph, John, Joseph, and a daughter, and his wife's father and
mother (Joseph Mc Farland), their names were also McFarland , were all buried
at the Indicott (Endicott) Meeting House Graveyard in the edge of Bourbon
County. William died near Cynthiana in 1825, and wife Rebecca died there in
1822, and they were both buried in the Endicott Church yard. Moved from East
Tennesse to Fayette County, Kentucky about 1797.

MARRIAGE: Rockbridge County Marriages 1779-037a. William McFarland to Rebecca
White 19 Oct 1779, daughter of John and Katherine White. Bondsan James Wilson,
Jr.

TAXLIST: 1782 VIRGINIA, Rockbridge County.

TAXLIST: 1783 VIRGINIA, Rockbridge County: Wm McFarland 1 Free White Male, 0
slaves, 1 horse, 2 cows.

TAXLIST: 1787 VIRGINIA, Rockbridge County, Book A, William McFarlin, 2
horses, 3 cows. John White, 1 horse. Source: From records of Corinne Diller.

CENSUS: 1795 KENTUCKY, Harrison County.

LAND: Rockbridge County, VA; Deed Book B, page 544 and Deed Book C, page 216;
Received or bought land from father Robert 3 Dec 1793 and 1 Dec 1795.

LAND: Rockbridge County, VA; Deed Book C, page 220; Sold land 1 Dec 1795 to
Thomas Welch.

CENSUS: 1795 KENTUCKY, Harrison County.

RESIDENCE: In 1796 William and Joseph (cousins) and their families moved to
near Cynthiana, north of Lexington, Kentucky.

TAXLIST: 1800 KENTUCKY, Harrison County.

CENSUS: 1820 KENTUCKY, Harrison County, No Township Listed, page 202.
310011-00211.

PROBATE: Harrison County, Kentucky Will Abstracts: William McFarland, Book B,
page 233, 25 Nov 1822 - Aug 1825. Names son Thomas, other children previously
provided for.

SOURCE: "Revolutionary War Veterans of Greene County, Ohio" by Julie M.
Overton 1995 by the Greene County Chapter, Ohio Genealogical Society, copy
obtained from the Greene County Chapter, Xenia, Ohio. Military Service:
Pennsylvania drummer boy, also frontier ranger. On muster roll of
Pennsylvania, Navy of Ranger Galley, commissioned by John Mitchell, 1 Dec 1776
through 1 Jan 1777.

SOURCE: "Genealogy of the Joseph and William McFarland Branches of the
McFarland Family" by Thomas S. McFarland 1910 published by author in Cable,
Ohio.

SOURCE: "History of Greene County, Ohio" by George F. Robinson 1902 Chicago:
S.J. Clarke Publishing Company.

SOURCE: DAR PATRIOTIC INDEX CENTENNIAL. William McFarland born 10 Jun 1755 PA
died 1 Jun 1825 KY married Rebecca White. PVT PA.

Facts about this person:

Burial
Endicott Church, Harrison, Kentucky

Source: Mcfarlan.ged.GED
Medium: Other
Date of Import: Feb 21, 1999

William married Rebecca White on 19 Oct 1779 in Rockbridge Co., VA. Rebecca was born in 1763 in Fayette Co., Virginia; died on 1 May 1822 in Cynthiana, Harrison, Kentucky, USA(buried Indian Creek Baptist cemetery); was buried in Endicott Church, Harrison, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: 1763, , Fayette of, Virginia

Notes:

p. 137 Vol. II Chalkey records in Augusta Co.
White vs. Moore--O. S. 168; N. S. 59--Bill, June, 1808.
Complainants are, viz: John, Nathaniel, James, William White,
Margaret (White), wife of James McFarland, Rebecca (White), wife of
William McFarland, Mary (White), wife of Robert Snodgrass, David
Greenlee and his children (infants), heir of their mother Jane, who
was Jane White, all being heirs and legal representatives of John
White, who was only heir-at-law and legal representative of Thomas
Boyd, who was son of Andrew Boyd, who died many years ago, leaving
a tract in Augusta County, 240 acres. Andrew died testate in
Augusta, devising to his wife and sons, Thomas and John. Andrew's
widow died intestate and her part descended to Thomas, the eldest
son. After Andrew's death, a patent issued in Andrew's name for an
entry of his for 115 acres, but some one struck out Andrew and
inserted John. John died testate, without issue, devising his lands
to his wife, Elizabeth, for her life, with reversion to her son,
John Varnum. Then Thomas Boyd died intestate, leaving complainants
his heirs. But Elizabeth Boyd and William Moore, who bought claim
of Varnum, set up an adverse claim. Answer says Andrew Boyd died
1750. A patent for the 115 acres issued in 1759 in name of John,
when he was not more than 12 or 15 years old. Andrew Boyd's will
dated 26th February, 1749, proved in Augusta 22d May, 1750, to
cousin, John White, if he came here to live. Wife, Rebecca.

[Mcfarlan.ged.GED]

PARENTS: John WHITE and Katherine EVANS.

COMMENT: Sister of Margaret WHITE (married Joseph McFarland) and Mary Ann
(Polly) White (b.1757 Fayette Co, VA d. 1819 Cynthiana, Harrison County, KY,
married Robert Benjamin Snodgrass).

LINKS: 1789, John White had gone to Fayette Co., Ky., where he was killed
by Indians in 1791.

LINKS: Chronicles of the Scotch Irish Settlement in Virginia by Lyman
Chalkley. Book 2 Page 137. Circuit Court Causes Ended: Augusta County. O.S.
(Old Series) 168 N.S. (New Series) 59 Bill June 1808. White vs Moore.
Complainants are viz: John, Nathaniel, Jams, William White, Margaret (White),
wife of James McFarland, Rebecca (White), wife of William McFarland, Mary
(White), wife of Robert Snodgrass, David Greenlee and his children (infants,
heir of their mother Jane, who was Jane White, wife of John White, who was only
heir and legal representative of Thomas Boyd, who was son of Andrew Boyd (died
1750 Augusta County). Andrew Boyd will dated 26 Feb 1749, proved in Augusta 22
May 1750 to cousin John White, if he came her to live.

CONFLICT: Note that record says James, not Joseph McFarland.

TO-DO: I believe there is the possibility in error of Lyman Chalkleys
transcription. If the record said Jos. (for Joseph), it could have been
misinterpreted as Jas. (for James). Recheck original record.
[Mcfarlan.ged]

PARENTS: John WHITE and Katherine EVANS.

COMMENT: Sister of Margaret WHITE (married Joseph McFarland) and Mary Ann
(Polly) White (b.1757 Fayette Co, VA d. 1819 Cynthiana, Harrison County, KY,
married Robert Benjamin Snodgrass).

LINKS: 1789, John White had gone to Fayette Co., Ky., where he was killed
by Indians in 1791.

LINKS: Chronicles of the Scotch Irish Settlement in Virginia by Lyman
Chalkley. Book 2 Page 137. Circuit Court Causes Ended: Augusta County. O.S.
(Old Series) 168 N.S. (New Series) 59 Bill June 1808. White vs Moore.
Complainants are viz: John, Nathaniel, Jams, William White, Margaret (White),
wife of James McFarland, Rebecca (White), wife of William McFarland, Mary
(White), wife of Robert Snodgrass, David Greenlee and his children (infants,
heir of their mother Jane, who was Jane White, wife of John White, who was only
heir and legal representative of Thomas Boyd, who was son of Andrew Boyd (died
1750 Augusta County). Andrew Boyd will dated 26 Feb 1749, proved in Augusta 22
May 1750 to cousin John White, if he came her to live.

CONFLICT: Note that record says James, not Joseph McFarland.

TO-DO: I believe there is the possibility in error of Lyman Chalkleys
transcription. If the record said Jos. (for Joseph), it could have been
misinterpreted as Jas. (for James). Recheck original record.

Facts about this person:

Burial
Endicott Church, Harrison, Kentucky

Source: Mcfarlan.ged.GED
Medium: Other
Date of Import: Feb 21, 1999

Source: Mcfarlan.ged.GED
Medium: Other
Date of Import: Feb 21, 1999

Source: Mcfarlan.ged
Medium: Other
Date of Import: Feb 21, 1999