Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1880, Whitley, Kentucky, USA

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1850, District 2, Whitley, Kentucky, USA
• Possessions: 28 Aug 1851, Whitley County, Kentucky, USA; Book 3, p. 493. Joseph McFarland and Cinthay his wife sell to Benjamin McFarland 50 acres for $70. on waters of Meadow Creek, conditional line bet. Joseph and George McF. and neighboring Lewis Brown and John McKeehan. Entered Feb. 5, 1852.
• Residence: 1860, District 10, Campbell, Tennessee, USA
• Residence: 1870, Whitley, Whitley, Kentucky, USA
• Residence: 1880, Whitley, Kentucky, USA

Joseph + Cynthia Young. Cynthia was born in 1827 in Kentucky; died in 1898 in Whitley, Kentucky, USA; was buried in 1898 in Whitley, Kentucky, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1850, District 2, Whitley, Kentucky, USA
• Residence: 1870, Whitley, Whitley, Kentucky, USA
• Residence: 1880, Whitley, Kentucky, USA

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Whitley
• Possessions: 11 May 1829, 12 May 1829, Whitley, Kentucky, USA; Two warrants: 75 acres, and 150 acres on Laurel R. Kentucky Land Office Records, Book Z, p. 277. This appears to be Joseph, son of Duncan.
• Residence: 1830, Jefferson, Tennessee, USA
• Possessions: 1 Apr 1850, Whitley, Kentucky, USA; Deed Book 3,p. 256. Joseph McFarland and Eliz. his wife, Gustavus Hill and Mary his wife, and George McF. and Benj. McF. of Whitley sell to Thomas Marlow 52 acres on Maple Creek for $55.
• Death: 27 Feb 1852, Kentucky, USA

Notes:

Mary Helen Haines notes:

Joseph's death record in Kentucky states his death date, his parents James and Ety (probably Ely) McFarland, and age 76, and place of death, Meadow Creek, and birth in Jefferson Co. TN.

Since there was no Jefferson Co. TN in 1776, this is probably referring to where he lived prior to moving to Whitley Co. KY.

There is a record of him being buried at the Coffee or Joseph McFarland Cemetery with the dates 1778- 3 Mar. 1852. Also there an Edith McFarland, 1803-3 Mar 1853 age 50 years. (a daughter?)

Not sure about the 1830 census record below. Why would he be in TN and all his children are born in KY.

A Joseph shows up in Jefferson Co. TN in the 1830 census:
#543, image 41/134 with:
2 males under 5, George and Benjamin
1 male 5 thru 9,
1 male 10 thru 14,
1 male 15 thru 19,
1 male 50 thru 59,= Joseph
1 fem. under 5,
1 fem. 10 thru 14,
1 fem. 15 thru 19,
1 fem. 30 thru 39 = Elizabeth

Joseph is in Whitley Co. TN in the 1840 census:
2 males 10 - 15, = George and Benjamin
2 males 15 - 20,
1 male 60 - 70, = Joseph
1 female under 5,
1 fem. 5 - 10, = Clarisy
1 fem. 15 - 20, = Ailsy
1 fem. 40 - 50. = Elizabeth

1850 census: Whitley Co. KY,
Fam. 360: Joseph McFarland, 85, TN
Elizabeth, 50, TN
George 23, KY
Benjamin 20, KY
Ailsy 17, KY
Clarisy 15, KY

Not sure how to reconcile the place of birth of the youngest children with their presence in the 1830 census in Jefferson Co. TN.

Next to him, Fam. 361 is Joseph, 26, KY with wife Cynthia 23, KY, children Baker, 5, Jasper, 7, Joseph, 2, all KY.

Joseph married Nancy about 1810. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _MILT: 1772, Reed Creek area of Fincastle County, Virginia, USA
• _MILT: 1774, Reed Creek area of Fincastle County, Virginia, USA
• Occupation: 1777, Reed Creek area of Montgomery County, Virginia, USA; James McFarland chosen as Constable for the Reed Cr. area of the new Montgomery County. p. 117 1 Source
• Residence: 1782, Washington County, Virginia
• Possessions: 1784, Washington County, Virginia; 372 acres on Walker's Creek, Middle Fork of Holstein, at foot of Walker's Mountain. Warrant #1757 preemption. This appears to be Smyth County today. Not sure if this is for this person. 1 Source
• Possessions: 6 Aug 1792, Greene County, TN; James McFarland buys from Joseph McFarland 114 acres from Joseph's grant #352. Not sure if this is the same James, but there are no other known James in the area.
• DNA: 1806

Notes:

Mary Helen Haines notes:

Earlier family trees never mention this James as the son of Robert, they only include Robert Jr. and Benjamin. However, the records for Robert in Montgomery Co., indicate he had a son named James. James appears as his son on various tax and militia records for 1772, 1774 in the Augusta Co., then Botetourt Co., area. (See below)

A James McFarland marries a Margaret Downing, daughter of John Downing, supposedly in Bedford County in 1763. The connection with Robert selling the land to John Downing in the 1750s could indicate this connection, however if he was born in 1752, he would be too young to have married in 1763. Other sources have the James who married Margaret Downing as belonging to the Robert of Rockbridge Co. VA line.

In 1774 a Robert McFarland served 108 days in the militia under Captain Walter Crockat as part of the call-up of men who were to travel to Point Pleasant as part of Governor Dunmore's war. Also in this company was James Mcfarland, serving 108 days. This could be the two sons of Robert, Sr., James being 22 and Robert just 15, or it could be Robert Sr.. Source: Soldiers of Fincastle Co. Virginia 1774, Mary B. Kegley, R929.37558 K26S 1974, p. 30.

In 1777, James McFarland was picked to be the Constable for the Reed Creek militia. (Mary Kegley's book, Early Adventurers on the Western Waters, Vol. 1, p. 35)

In Nov. 1779, the Montgomery court allowed the pay to men who served in the previous year during the Revolution. James McFarland's name was listed. Source: Montgomery County Virginia: The First 100 Years, by Charles W. Crush, Dallas Public Library

However in 1782 in Montgomery Co. entries for Commissioner's Court where everyone was filing for their deeds (p. 113 of Kegley, Vol. 1) George Kegley, filed for 150 acres on Lick Run, adjoining a survey made for Jas Mcfarlin dec'd. Not sure who this James McFarland is referring to.

Washington County VA:

There is a James who is next to Robert on the 1782 tax list in Washington Co. Robert never warranted any land in Washington Co. By 1783 Robert has moved Greene Co. (TN).

1784: Washington Co. Surveyors Record, Page 92 - James McFarland...372 ac...on Walkers Creek, waters of the middle fork of Holstein River...Preemption Warrant...Beginning on the bank of a little branch...corner to John Andersons survey...at the foot of Walkers Mountain...Warrant #1757...November 2, 1784 (Washington Co.) This is not too far from Abington.

Tennessee:
A James McFarland purchased the 114 acres from Joseph McFarland in 1792. Then he could have sold that land (but with no record because Cocke Co. courthouse fire destroyed all these). He could have then moved to Christian Co. KY and be the James who died in that county in 1811 and who had a first son named Robert. Need to find a descendant of that family to genetically test.

He also could be the father of Joseph McFarland of Whitley Co. KY. According to Joseph McFarland's death record in 1752 in Whitley Co., his parents were James McFarland and wife Ety (Ely). The Knox Co. and Whitley Co. KY McFarlands seem to be genetically connected to the Robert of Lancaster Co. line.

So presently, the McFarlands of Rockbridge Co. VA (1780s), Bedford Co. VA (1760s-80s), Reed Creek area (Wythe Co. VA 1750s-80s)), Christian Co. KY (1800s), Whitley Co. KY (1800s), Knox Co. KY (1800s), Jefferson Co. TN (1780s on), Buncombe/Haywood Co. NC (1800s-1815) , Rutherford Co. TN (1840s, coming from Rockingham Co. NC) appear to be the same lineage according to the most advanced DNA tests. From these places they moved into Missouri, Texas and beyond. The earliest presence of this line is in Lancaster Co. PA in the 1720s and what becomes Franklin Co. PA in the 1780s.

James + Ely. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]