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| 4301 | Mary Helen Haines notes: This L.T. Cunningham is not to be confused with the L.T. Cunningham who married Josephine Buie in Tennessee. They are two separate individuals. From Lola McFarland Hill notes: A letter from L.T. Cunningham, 1500 Louisiana St. Houston, written to Florence Williams Reagin on Jan. 21, 1936. He was superintendant of schools there, and I assume she had written to him about a position. Her mother makes this note on the letter: "He (L.T.) and I were babies at the same time and his brother was the bro of Julia Stoddard, the last of my father's generation to survive;" His letter: "It grieves me very much to learn of the death of your grandmother (Mary Jane Harper McFarland). Mrs. McFArland, and her sister, Mrs. Bartley. They were both very estimable women. I loved your grandmother very much. She did me many kindnesses which it delights me to recall. She often expressed to me her affection for my sainted mother who died when I was just a small child. I had great admiration for your aunt, Mrs. Bartley, who seemed to me to be so much like your grandmother. your own dear mother possesses so many of the fine traits of her mother. .....I still have a great fondness for my mother's kin, though I have been entirely separated from them a good many years. I am always pleased to hear from any of them. L.T. Cunningham" | Cunningham, L. T. (I30515)
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| 4302 | Mary Helen Haines notes: This statement below has been incorrectly interpreted as referring to this Robert McFarland and his wife. However, that is incorrect. It is referring to William McFarland, a son of Robert, and Mary McNutt, daughter of George. Ramsey's Annals of Tennessee to the End of the Eighteenth Century (1853) p. 369 SETTLEMENTS SOUTH OF FRENCH BROAD. the minds of some of the earliest and most steadfast friends of Franklin by the assurances of the Governor and Legislature of North-Carolina, that, at the proper time, a new state should be formed, and their cherished wishes for independence should be gratified, if the malcontents would return to their allegiance. The argument was forcible-to many perfectly satisfactory and irresistible. It inflicted a vital stab upon the new government, which, within the next year, caused its dissolution. PROGRESS OF THE SETTLEMENTS SOUTH OF FRENCH BROAD. The Irish Bottom began to be settled. George McNutt was one of the earliest emigrants. His daughter, _____, afterwards the wife of Col. _____ McFarland, and still living in Jefferson county, was the first white child born south of French Broad. Nancy Rogers, daughter of Jonah Rogers, was the second. Mary Helen Haines notes: In 1759 there was no Knox County Tennessee, so the birthplace is incorrect. If George McNutt is Margaret's father, then they were residing in Montgomery County VA at the time of the marriage, not Bedford County as some sources have it. George McNutt and John McNutt were living in Montgomery Co. in the 1781 militia list for John Finley's militia company Reed Creek area that included John McFarland, senr. and John McFarland, Duncan Gullion, Robert Love as 1st Lt. and the Simmermans. Ramsey's Annals of Tennessee to the End of the Eighteenth Century (1853) p. 369 SETTLEMENTS SOUTH OF FRENCH BROAD. the minds of some of the earliest and most steadfast friends of Franklin by the assurances of the Governor and Legislature of North-Carolina, that, at the proper time, a new state should be formed, and their cherished wishes for independence should be gratified, if the malcontents would return to their allegiance. The argument was forcible-to many perfectly satisfactory and irresistible. It inflicted a vital stab upon the new government, which, within the next year, caused its dissolution. PROGRESS OF THE SETTLEMENTS SOUTH OF FRENCH BROAD. The Irish Bottom began to be settled. George McNutt was one of the earliest emigrants. His daughter, _____, afterwards the wife of Col. _____ McFarland, and still living in Jefferson county, was the first white child born south of French Broad. Nancy Rogers, daughter of Jonah Rogers, was the second. | Dibberty, Margaret (I28856)
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| 4303 | Mary Helen Haines notes: Virginia: 1770s: Bedford Co. VA. 1772, Joseph McFarland selling 318 acres on Mounts Creek to John Galloway. Deed Book 4, p. 394. This is the same property that John McFarland, his father, acquired in 1770. Deed Book 3, p. 498. It would appear that father John gave his son this land, and that Joseph then sold it and moved to Montgomery County with his brothers. 1780s: Joseph McFarland's name appears in a list of Jehu Stephens militia company list for Montgomery County, with no date, but assuming around 1780. In this listing it says that Jehu Stephens is the Captain, James Finley is the Lieutenant, Robert Love a Lieutenant, and John McFarlan an ensign. Also in the list are McNutts, Wiricks, Davis, and Joseph McFarland is listed as an outlier (which means he is living on the outskirts?). It is interesting that the spelling for Joseph's last name is different than the spelling for John's, however, that changes often. The Joseph McFarland from the Duncan line was born in 1775, therefore too young to be considered as this Joseph. There is another reference to Joseph McFarland in Kegley's book, p. 561, Early Adventurers On The Western Waters, Vol. V, 2004, where it mentions that during the Indian raids of 1774, Nowell took his family and moved away from all the violence and Joseph McFarlane took possession of the place along with his wife, a sister of Duncan Gullion. On McFarlane's death (year or cause not given), the Loyal Company notified his widow that he would have to sell the land for fees due the company. The Gullions were neighbors in the Reed Creek area, so this does indicate that Joseph had a wife, contrary to earlier statements. The land was sold in 1795, so Joseph's death must have occurred before this. During the Revolutionary War, many of the residents of the Reed Creek area, especially those in the more remote areas, believed rumors that their area had been sold to the French by the newly declared independent America. They decided to cast their lot with the Tories and refused to take the oath of allegience in 1777. These people were called to court, some were fined, a few were sent to jail, etc. Duncan Gullion, Joseph's brother in law, was to be sent to jail, but as he was being transported, he escaped. Joseph McFarland was given bail, and then later bound over for good behavior. In 1780, Peter Kinder, in his confession of Tory allegience, named the other people who were considered to be Tories as well, and Joseph McFarland was among the list. However, he was not put on trial according to this source. Source: Mary B. Kegley's book, Vol. V, pp. 137-139. In Montgomery Order Book 3, p. 20. In 1779 "On a Prosecution against Joseph Mcfarland and Jacob Dorter and Joseph Ervin and John Stevens for certain offences committed against the Commonwealth. Whereupon a Jury being sworn (same jury as against O'Gullion except John Bell in the place of John McFarland) the jurty returned their verdict that they should give security for their good behavior. Whereupon the Court were of opnion that they should be bound to thier good behavior for twelve months and a day and thereupon Joseph Mcfarland, Jacob Dorter, Joseph Ervin and John Stevens acknowledged themselves indebted to the Commonwealth... the sum of one thousand each for ther good Behavior as .... In the 1782 personal property tax list for Montgomery Co. VA, Joseph McFareland is listed, but with the notation "did not give in his property." This may be due to his general refusal to adhere to the newly declared government. He is not living in the immediate area of John McFarelane (John and Mary Kinder McF.), who seems to be living in the area that Robert McFarland had lived before his move to Washington Co. (what becomes Wytheville), rather than the Black Lick area, where the Doaks and Wards were living. Nearer to Joseph McFareland is Alexander and William McFarelane of the Duncan line. Alexander and William McFarelane were living in the Wolf Creek area, north of the Black Lick area. Tennessee: This Joseph below may have been mixed up with the records of another Joseph McFarland, his cousin, a likely son of Robert McFarland, b. 1730 who moved to the Nolachucky area with his other son Robert. b. 1759. That Joseph has several children born in TN. Descendants from that family believe that the record below is their Joseph, not this one. Back to VA: James A. McFarland states that Joseph McFarland was killed in a duel or fight with a Doak, I found the source, it was a notation in the Morristown Bible. In the records passed down by his brother's family (Morristown Bible) it notes for Joseph "Killed by Doke in a Fray" His wife had to move off the land in Montgomery County that they had been squatting on since it was abandoned back in 1774. That took place in 1795, so he died bet. 1792 and 1795. It is probable that there were at least 3 sons that moved to Knox Co. KY, Whitley Co. KY and Fentress Co. TN. The Big Y 700 indicates they were all brothers. The following are notes from the McFarland genealogy website of Gary Morris: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hollow/8143/genealogy/mcfarland/rbtlanc.txt -- ***** 15 ***** Joseph McFARLAND, son of John McFARLAND and Mary MONTGOMERY, was born 30 Mar 1745 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, died about 1785/1800 in Montgomery County, Virginia. ----- NOTES FOR Joseph McFARLAND: COMMENTS: Gendex says Joseph McFarland born 30 March 1745, Russell Parish, Lunenberg Co, VA, died before 1780 Montgomery Co, VA. TORY. MARRIAGE: Unmarried. COURT: 1779 "Early Adventures on the Western Waters" LDS microfiche 6125902 Book Vol I May 5, 1779 Joseph McFarlane Montgomery County of Reed Creek questionable Loyalty to country. LINKS-LAND: 1784, Jan. 16, Tenn., Greene County John McFarlan entered 228 acres on south side Nolachucky River, opposite mouth of Little Chucky River; warrant 25 June 1784; granted to Joseph McFarland. (Book 1, page 199) NOTE: 1785 VIRGINIA, Bedford County. Joseph agreed to not actively take up arms against the Colony of Virginia, and spent the rest of the war killing wolves in teh county to protect livestock. IN 1785 Joseph ws paid 350 pounds of tobacco for four wolves. (MHH notes: Source? Joseph was not living in Bedford county at this time.) COURT: "Early Adventures on the Western Waters" LDS microfiche 6125902 Book III-IV 1790 Wythe County Militia. John McFarlin Ensign. Outliers-Joseph McFarland. HISTORY: Joseph may have gone to Greene County, Tn at about the same time as his brothers since some records indicate a Joseph with a close connection to the family. DEATH: "Families of Jefferson Conty, Tennessee" 1992 found at Seattle Genealogical Society. Died unmarried in a duel with Mr. Doak. Other records say that he was killed in an argument with a Doak, possibly the son of the David Doak who years earlier purchased the black Lick property from his father, John, Sr. | McFarland, Joseph BY28612 RoM02 (I23003)
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| 4304 | Mary Helen Haines notes: We have had one CMW member take the Y-DNA test from this line. It showed that this line is part of the Cadet group, but is separate from the Robert McFarland who was married to Jennet and died in 1751 in Lancaster Co. line. It is not known who this Robert McFarland, who died in 1780 in Caswell Co. NC, is descended from. There are records of other McFarlands in the 1750s in Orange Co. who could be related, but not sure who they are. Orange County Court Minutes 1752-1761: From Book I: Dec. Court 1752, a John McFarland is called to be a juror. In 1753 he is impanelled as a juror. In March 1759 there is a deed of sale from William McFarland to Joshua Gregg March 1759 John McFarlin is called to be a grand juror and in 1760 is paid for attendance. In August 1761 John McFarland and James McFarland are called to work on a road. Roberrt McFarland and Andrew Evans are appt. to jury and lay out a road. From Book II: May 1763 John McFarland ordered to work on road. In Nov. 1764 court a road is to be laid out to Granville line from Hugh Barnetts' Robert McFarland Sr. and Jr. are called. Robert McFarland, born 1730 in Lancaster Co. PA, son of John and Mary Montgomery McFarland and grandson of Robert McFarland and Jennet (see above), was in Orange Co. NC from 1759 to 1767. We know this because his namesake Robert Jr. was born ther e in 1759 according to his pension papers. What is not known is where in Orange Co. did he live and which of the records might belong to him. Below are the records assumed to belong to Robert who dies in 1780 in Caswell Co. Orange Co. NC From: Register of Orange County North Carolina Deeds 1752-1768, 1793 transcribed by Eve B. Weeks The Earl of Granville sold 573 acres to Hugh Barnet, which in turn was sold to Robert McFarland in 1760, who then sold it to Frederick Carloch. (p. 14) Joseph Barnet sold to Robert McFarland 202 acres Feb. 14, 1764 (p. 27) The Earl of Granville sold 439 acres to Robert McFarland on May 15, 1764 (p. 31) On that same day Robert sold 138 acres to Lawrence Rambo (p. 33) and then 101 acres on May 14, 1765 to Moses Walker (p. 36). The first 573 acre sale to Frederick Carloch must have not been completed because on May 13, 1766 Robert sold it again to John Pryor. (p. 45) Then there is a purchase of 275 acres from Thomas Dobbins Jr. on Oct. 25, 1768. (p. 53) Robert received a land grant of 196 acres on Castle Creek on July 10, 1779. (Land Grants for Caswell County) The part of Orange Co. where Robert lived on Castle Creek became Caswell Co. in 1777 and then Person Co. in 1790. Castle Creek is located near the town of Woodsdale and Edwin Robertson Rd. In the 1800 census all the McFarlands as well as Thomas Ba rnett, Sarah Barnett, and Margaret Barnett show up in Person Co. A history of this family exists in two books: Our McFarland Family in Early Kentucky and Since. Compiled by R. M. McFarland Jr., Atlanta, Georgia. Written abt. 1986, Available at the Dallas Public Library, 929.20973 M143YM This covers the families that stayed in Kentucky: John, Walter, Josep h Davis, Robert. The families that moved to Missouri (William, Margaret, and Eleanor Rogers McFarland) are covered in The McFarland Clan of North Carolina, Kentucky, Missouri & Kindred Families. Compiled by Kathryn Hutcherson Campbell, Dallas Texas 1974. Because neither of these books, nor the will of Robert McFarland, makes any mention of a son Daniel (b. March 9, 1746), it is difficult to know exactly who Daniel McFarland who lived in Caswell Co. and moved to Barren Co. KY, then White Co. TN whe re he died in 1816, is related to. We know that his son Caleb McFarland, who lived in Lincoln Co. TN, was a cousin. Daniel is elsewhere in this tree. OBJE: _TEXT Location: Orange Co. NC | McFarland, Robert RoM07 (I18622)
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| 4305 | Mary Helen Haines notes: We know through YDNA testing that this line is connected to the line of Robert McFarland of Lancaster Co. married to Jennet and definitely not the son of Alexander McFarland and Lydia Priest. That family is a completely different haplogroup. Big Y 700 testing has made clear that the James C. line is the same haplogroup as the George McFarland b. 1776 in VA, and the Duncan McFarland, b. 1774 in VA, and the Barnabas McFarland, b. 1825 in KY lines: BY28612. George and Duncan must have been brothers to James C. and Barnabas the son of another brother who died before his name showed up on records. The only son of John and Mary Montgomery who is unaccounted for is Joseph, b. 1745, who died abt. 1792, but was living in the area that became Wythe Co. along with his brothers till the rest moved on Tennessee in 1783/4. It appears that Joseph's children moved to TN (Overton/Fentress) and KY (Knox and Whitley). Fentress County was created in 1826 from Overton County. Records: 1820 census record in Overton County for James McFarland has a male 26-44, with wife in same range. Two males under 10, which would be Wesley born 1817 and another. The John McFarland born 1808 in some trees would be incorrect. There is a female also under 10, and the Mary Ann in some trees born 1805 would be too old also. 1830 census in Fentress County 2 males under 5: Samuel born 1828, age 2 and another unknown 1 male 5-9: James Evans born 1825, age 5 (so if there is a William born 1824, where is he?) 1 male 10-14: Wesley born 1817, age 13 2 males 15-19: born 1810-1815...unknown 1 male 20-29: born 1800-1810...unknown--could be John who shows up in 1833 tax list 1 male 40-49: born 1780 to 90: James born 1785 2 females 5-9: Anna, born 1824, age 6, and another 1 female 10-14: ? Nancy Jane born 1820, age 10 1 female 30-39: Rebecca Rule born 1790-1800 ? Mary Ann born 1805 25 years old, probably married In 1833 tax list for Fentress County is James McFarland, John McFarland 1840 census in Fentress County p. 19 1 male under 5: Young born 1836, age 4 1 male 5-9: Andrew James born 1832, age 8 2 males 10 to 14: Samuel, born 1828, age 12, and ? James Evans, born 1825, age 15? 1 male 15-19: William, born 1824, age 16 1 male 40-19: James C. born 1785, age 55 2 females 15-19: Anna, born 1824, age 16; and Nancy Jane born 1820, age 20? 1 female 40-49: mother of Young? Wesley is in own household age 20 to 30, p. 19 1850 census in Fentress County p. 768 District 6-11, fam. 110 Jas McFarland 65 farmer born VA Priscilla 44 Rebecca Prichet 16 Levi Prichet 14 Sarah Prichet 13 Levina Prichet 10 Thos Prichet 18 Delila McFarland 3 Young McFarland 13 (is on the next page 769) 1860 census in Clinton Co. KY fam. 577 James C. McFarlin, 73, TN Prisilla, 55, KY Eli T, 20, TN Delila T. 12, TN Lavisa J. Prichart 3 KY So, there are several unaccounted for children or people living in this household in the census records. Older notes: QUESTIONABLE LINK: Believed to be the son of Alexander McFarland and Lydia Priest, but not conclusive. Probably based on geographic locale and lack of any other persons. CENSUS: 1820-1850 TENNESSEE, Fentress County. James C. McFarland. CENSUS: 1860 KENTUCKY, Clinton County. James McFarland 73 VA, Priscilla (wife), and his daughter Delilah and Lavisa J. Prichard f. age 3. Page 81. 14 July 1860. OCCUPATION: Farmer RESEARCHER: Descendant Vernon C. McFarland, 957 Unadilla St., Shreveport, LA 71106. Corresponded last July 1997. RESEARCHER: Descendant of daughter Deliliah and Alexander GOODING; Darrell Gooding, P.O.Box 714 Jamestown, TN 38556. RESEARCHER: 1999 Mary P. WINSTEAD &ltmwinstead@eazy.net&gt WIFE: Records of Howard in Flint, TX, from his Aunt Lillian who was very close to grandmother Susannah Caroline Wood McFarland. THeir family records state that James C. McFarland of VA/Frentress Co TN/Clinton Co, KKKY(1785-1860?) was married to a Barbara Young. This is believed to perhaps be his second wife. Note, the second wife alos listed as Elizabeth ____. This may be a clue for researchers. SOURCE (2001) from Mary Haines. | McFarland, James C. BY28612 (I29277)
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| 4306 | Mary Helen Haines notes: What happens to this James McFarland? He appears in the census record of 1850 living with Wesley McFarland's family, There is Rhoda 13, Jas. 12, and Elexander 11, William 10, Barbary 7, Nancy 5, Matthew 2 and Rebecca 10 months. In 1860 he is not living with his widowed mother. I have not found him again. Is he really a son, or was he taken in? Is he a twin to Richard Crabtree McFarland, born in Oct. 1838, and living with Alex Atkinson in 1850 census? | McFarland, James (I8098)
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| 4307 | Mary Helen Haines notes: What if this Alexander was the son of Alexander McFarlane, son of William of Wolf Creek. That Alexander moved to Kentucky, Cumberland Co. in 1795 where he is recorded as being Maj. Alexander McFarlane on Indian Creek. then he moved to New Madrid MO, and died in 1812 in Arkansas. This Alexander could have then moved to Alabama to join relatives. I do not know positively who Alexander is the son of. He appears in Jackson Co. Ala in the 1840 census on p. 43. Near by (p. 41) is Joseph and William W. McFarland. It is curious he did not show up on the 1830 census anywhere that I can find. His daughter Amanda stated she was from Jackson Co. Alabama and her father was A. McFarland. In the 1840 census, Hardin Long's father Arthur Long was on p. 35 and Alexander McFarland was on p. 43. In 1850 census: Jackson Co. Ala, Dist. 19, p. 9, fam. 107 Alexander Mc Farlin, 56, kY Susan, 50, NC Washington 22 Ala. fam. 108 William Mc Farlin 28 Ala Margaret 18 Ala | McFarlane, Alexander (I29798)
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| 4308 | Mary Helen Haines notes: William married the first time to Nancy Smith (same name as his mother....their records have gotten mixed up I believe) Barry Co. Marriage: William McFarland and Nancy Smith on Mary 1, 1850 by Charles C. Harris, Min. of Gospel 1850 census: Barry Co., Image 15/80, stamp 198 fam. 97: William M Farlen 23, farmer MO Nancy 24, Indiana Nancy S. 58 NC Rebecca L. 17 MO Andrew J. 14 MO In the 1860 census in Flat Creek twn., P.O. Cassville, Barry Co. MO fam. 1035: Wm. R. Mcfarland 33 MO Martha A. 33, Indiana John M. 9 MO Wm. C. 7 MO Jas H. 5 MO Nancy E. 6/12 MO Annie Myers 20 MO domestic So, William remarried Sept. 17, 1857 in Barry Co. MO, so this is his second wife. I found Martha's earlier marriage to Tinn C. Carter, on Oct. 12, 1848, in Barry Co. at the Baptist Church of Christ, minister Martin J. Butler M G. She must have given birth to three children, John M, Wm. C. and James H. before her husband's death, and then mrried William Riley in 1857 and be the mother of his two children Nancy E. and Wm. R. E. before her death after 1870. 1870 census in Washington Co. Arkansas, Vineyard town. fam. 76, W.R. Mcfarland 43 MO M A. Mcfarland 43 KY John Carter 19 MO Wm. Carter 17 MO J.H. Carter 13 MO N.E. Mcfarland 10 MO R.E. Mcfarland 5 Texas 1880 census in Erath Co. TX William R. Mcfarland, 52, MO, NC, NC Wm. R.L. McFarland 13 son, TX, MO, KY Lucinda J. Williams, 34, neice, Ark, NC. Ark 1900 census in Webster, Woodward Co. Oklahoma territory living by himself: William R. McFarlen Ap. 1827, wd. MO, NC, NC | McFarland, William Riley (I29489)
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| 4309 | Mary Helen Haines notes: William McFarland is present in the 1810 census in Ohio Co. KY. He is the one male over 45, with two males over 25. 10 people in the household, 11 slaves. This part of Ohio Co. became Daviess County in 1815. Information on the children and their marriages and dates comes from The McFarland Clan of North Carolina, Kentucky, Missouri & Kindred Families. Compiled by Kathryn Hutcherson Campbell, Dallas Texas 1974. This covers the children of Robert (d. 1780, Caswell Co. NC) who moved from there to KY to Ralls Co. MO. That would be William, Eleanor Rogers Tapley Cleaver. | McFarland, William (I18769)
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| 4310 | Mary Helen Haines notes: Y-DNA results at familytreedna.com have shown that this Duncan McFarland/McFarlane line in America is not related to the line of Robert McFarland of Lancaster Co. PA. Instead the tests of several descendants of the Russell Co. VA line (Duncan's sons and grandsons) have shown these descendants are part of the same genetic family as the family of Daniel McFarland, immigrant to Massachusetts in 1718 who died in Worcester, MA in 1738, as well as the line of McFarlands from Orange/Granville Co. NC. who appear in the area in the 1780s. This is part of the Scots lineage: L-21>DF13>L1065>FT92329 (abt. 800 AD)>FT88395 (abt. 1600 AD)>BY214647 which begins this line. There have been three intermarriages between the Duncan McFarland of Bath VA line and the Robert McFarland of Lancaster PA line. One is the marriage of Lucy Ann McFarlane, daughter of Anger Washington McFarlane to Finis Monroe McFarland, son of David McFarland in Texas. Another is the descendant of Rhoda McFarland (daugther of William of Wolf Creek VA) marrying a descendant of Duncan McFarland of Whitley Co. KY. Because of DNA testing we know that Duncan of Whitley is associated with the Robert of Lancaster line. Thank you Mary T. Haines for your file on Duncan and the previous work you have done. It is nice to see that we all hit the same brick walls. First: Duncan's birth. From Col. James McFarlane of Virginia, by Lake McFarlane Parsons, p. 1 "...and according to some reports was an immigrant from Weter, Ireland in 1718...." She does not name a source. The closest name place in Ireland to Weter, is a Witter parish, located in County Down, but there are no records available in Ireland this far back in time to verify if this is correct. Duncan's birth year is a guess based on the 1760 record in Augusta County when he was exempt from militia duty because of old age. All men, 16 to 60, were expected to serve in the local militias, therefore he must have been over 60 in that year. From Neel-Dickson Genealogy, Chapter 10, by Wm. Trent Neel, pp. 268, 269: 1753: March 18. James Lockhart "made oath that he was afraid Duncan McFarland and his son William would kill or injure some of his stock of creatures" Order Book 1, p. 453, or Lyman Chalkey's Chronicles, Vol. 1, p. 58. May 1753, Duncan McFarland and James Lockhart were in the list of tithables named to assist in clearing a roadway from John Brown's bridge to the Glebe House. Chalkey, Vol 7, p. 444. (James Lockhart seems to have lived on the headwaters of Middle River of the Shenandoah some 6 to 10 miles southwest of Staunton-the Glebe house was located on the headwaters of Middle River just two miles west of Sugar Loaf mountain.) {mhh-cannot find a mountain by this name. Also, not clear if he owned land, don't have any deed documents for this.} 1755: Augusta Co. VA, AUGUSTA COUNTY, VIRGINIA - CHALKLEY'S CHRONICLES; Vol 3, p. 332. Duncan is present as early as 1755 when he is mentioned as a weaver here in the Augusta Order Book. This is an abstract, so not sure what the connection to Robert Young here: Page 506.--18th March, 1755. Robert Young, plantationer, to William. Hugh and Joseph Young, his sons, for their better preferment and advancement Conveys his personal estate. Duncan McFarland, weaver, Thomas Bradshaw, weaver; (Robert called distiller). Teste: Francis Dame. Delivered: James Young. 1767: Duncan purchased 100 acres from William and Barbara Willson on both sides of Jackson River in 1767 (Deed Book No. 13, p. 226-7, March 18), however he was probably living there before that. In the book History of Highland County, by Morton, p. 83, talks of the Indian raid in 1764 on the home of William Wilson at the mouth of Bolar Run. The family was building a new house and "An Irishman was weaving outdoors near the old house.....In fleeing toward the house, Barbara Wilson was struck by a flying tomahawk and rendered unconscious, ...The weaver escaped with a bullet wound in his shoulder." From George Cleek's Early Western Augusta Pioneers, 1992 (Dallas Public Library 929.20973 C6244C 1992) p. 129 quotes from Augusta Order Book 10, p. 478 March 18, 1767 where a petition has been made for a road to be built, mentions Robert Bratton.....William Givens, Duncan Mcfarling, Robert Mcfarling, Alex McFarling......at foot of Bull Pasture to Branch near Feemsters.... p. 59 in Annals of Bath County by Oren F. Morton, 1917, make this order clearer when it says a view was ordered from William Wilson's mill on Bolar Run "into the New Layed out Road at the foot of the Bull Pastures and thence into the Branch near Feemsters" Also included in the petition was Robert Bratton, Duncan's son-in-law. Reference to Duncan's property: May 15, 1770. Conveyance of property in Beverley Manor, corner of Duncan McFarland, George Peary's line...(L.C. VIII, p. 498) (George Peary also lived adjacent to James Lockhart) Source, p. 269 from Neel-Dickson Genealogy. Then from Chalkey's Vol. 1: p. 153 AUGUSTA COUNTY COURT RECORDS. ORDER BOOK No. XIII. NOVEMBER 21, 1768 Page (45) John McCreery appointed road surveyor. John Hamilton appointed road surveyor from Warm Springs Road to Cap. Dickenson's, and to work with the tithables on Jackson's River, from Wm. Mann's to Duncan McFarland's, and tithables on Back Creek--vice John McClenachan. This area of Augusta Co. becomes Bath County VA in 1791. In the land tax records for Augusta Co. for years 1786-1790, Duncan McFarland owned two pieces of property, 100 acres and 119 acres. From Augusta County Personal Property Taxes 1782-1795, microfilm R-25 at Dallas Public Library: 1782: Image 29 on roll: Duncan McFarland, 1 tithe, 5 horses, 11 cattle, next to George Bratton, near William Willson, who sold him his land 1783: Image 72: Duncan McFarland, 1 tithe, 5 horses, 11 cattle 1784: Image 73: Duncan McFarland, 1 tithe, 5 horses, 11 cattle. On same page is Thomas Neal. Is this the same Thomas Neal, married to Eleanor McFarland, Duncan's granddaughter? Probably yes because Thomas Neal does not appear in the tax list in Montgomery Co. VA in 1782, while William McFarland (father of Eleanor) does. 1785:Image 127: Alexander McFarland, 1 tithe, 7 horses, 6 cattle (So, has Duncan become too old to be taxed, and Alexander, his son, has returned home from somewhere else?) I786: Image 177: Alexander McFarland, 2 tithes, 8 horses, 12 cattle (so is the second tithe Duncan?) 1787: Image 225: Alex Mcfarling person's name charged with tax, Alex Mcfarling name of white male tithe above 21, 15 horses, 20 cattle 1788: couldn't find them in the pages, a John McFarlin is present (and he continues in the 1790s) (Is this Duncan's grandson John?) 1789: Image 310: Alexander Mcfarland: 1 tithe, 11 horses 1790: they are absent and do not reappear While it is often stated that Duncan McFarland died on his property near the Jackson River, the court record below would seem to refute that. Possibly his wife is buried there, and then he moved south to live with his son Alexander in Tennessee. From Greene County, Tennessee Minutes of the Court of Common Pleas, 1783-1795, compiled by Goldene Fillers Burgner, p. 82 "A Power of Attorney from DUNCAN MCFARLAND TO ALEX MCFARLAND dated August second 1790 (giving unto the said ALEX full power and authority to ask, demand, (p. 176) sell for recover and receive all debts, dues etc) was duly acknowledged by the said DUNCAN and admitted to record. The land was sold in 1792, so Duncan probably died around this time. The two documents selling the land are in Bath County, Deed Book 1, pp. 66-69. Dated Feb. 20, 1792, Alexander McFarland of Green County North Carolina (TN), as power of attorney for Duncan McFarland, is selling to Jacob Cleek, two parcels of land that adjoin each other on Jackson's River, below William Givens. The 100 acre parcel sold for 200 lbs. Virginia money, and the 119 acre parcel also for 200 lbs. Notes from Gary Morris site abt. Duncan McFarland: DEATH: Jackson River area. HISTORY: From the "Annals of Bath County" by Oren F. Morten 1917 Staunton, VA found at Staunton Public Library, Staunton, VA Page 198 under chapter "Families of Greater Bath" - Duncan Mc Farland seems to have come from Lunenburg County. Alexander and William were sons. The first was a soldier of the Revolution. He sold to Jacob Cleek and went to North Carolina. The other absconded about 1775, leaving his father-in-law to care for the wife and her seven children." RESIDENCE: (PRE 1738) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. RESIDENCE: (1742-1745) Probably first moved from Philadelphia to Virginia about this time. RESIDENCE: 1753-1767 VIRGINIA, Augusta County, Middle River headwaters. "Duncan McFarland and family were in Beverly Patent, Augusta County, VA by at least 1753 on the headwaters of Middle River, 6 to 10 miles SW of present Staunton, and in 1767 moved to Jackson River in present Bath County, VA." SOURCE: From Mary T. Haines. (not the same as Mary Helen Haines) MIGRATION: 1767 VIRGINIA, Augusta County, Jackson River. "Duncan McFarland and family moved in 1767 to Jackson River in present Bath County, VA." SOURCE: From Mary T. Haines. NOTES: The McFarlands of Tennessee appear to be of a different family. (Which now we know to be true!! MHH) RESIDENCE: 1782-1787 Augusta County Tax Payers. CHILDREN: 1753 VIRGINIA, Augusta County. Duncan McFarland and son William, March 18, 1753. SOURCE: "CHRONICLES OF THE SCOTCH IRISH SETTLEMENT IN VIRGINIA" Vol I, page 58. PROBATE-LINKS: 1755 VIRGINIA, Augusta County. Duncan McFarland, March 18, 1755. WILL of Robert Young, plantaioneer, converys to personal estate. [One of which...] Duncan McFarland, weaver. SOURCE: "Chronicles of the Scotch Irish Settlement in Virginia" 1958 by Lyman Chalkley vol 3 LDS Microfilm #0162044. LAND: 1767 VIRGINIA, Augusta County. Daniel McFarland, 18 March 1767, from William Willson and Barbara, 100 acres on Jackson River for 30 pounds. SOURCE: Chalkley Vol 3:450; Augusta County Will page 227. BOOK: Referenced in book on grandson, James McFarlane of Virginia (1766/1767); Duncan Mc Farland immigrated from Weter, Ireland in 1718 and married daughter of a Sea Captain, Anne Porter, in Augusta County, VA before 1750; was possibly from Lancaster Co, Pa, settled on the Jackson River, near Warm Springs, Augusta County (soon that part in Bath County); buried in unmarked graves in the George W. Cleek Cemetery, 13 miles North of Warm Springs on US Route 220. (note: noone has found a place in Ireland called Weter) MILITARY: 1760 VIRGINIA, Augusta County. Duncan McFarland. Too old. Court martial of Duncan McFarland Augusta County, VA 24 Sep 1760. Conclusion: exempted from Military Service due to old age. SOURCE: "Virginia Colonial Soldiers" by Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck 1988, page 329. LAND: 1792 VIRGINIA, Bath County. Alexander, son of Duncan McFarland, Feb 20, 1792. "On February 20, 1792, Alexander McFarland of Green County, North Carolina [[now Greene county, TN]], by virtue of a power of attorney from his father, Duncan McFarland, sold 319 acres of land on Jackson River, Bath County, Virginia to Jacob Cleek. SOURCE: Bath County Deed Book 1, pages 66 and 68. "Early Western Augusta County Pioneers" 1957 by George W. Cleek [page 22]. Deed Book 1, pages 66 and 68). NOTE: The land which Jacob Cleek purchased is approximately ten miles north of Warm Springs, Virginia, on U.S. Route 220. LINKS: From "History of Woodford County, Kentucky" by Wm E. Railey 1938 at Bellingham Library R929.3R: Duncan McFarland's daughter, Ann McFarland descendant of Calan McFarland. HISTORY: VIRGINIA, Bath County. Page 397-398. MCFARLAND FAMILY. The Macfarlane Clan was one of the Highland Clans in Scotland. They moved from Aryleshire, Scotland to Ireland about 1601, where the name changed from Macfarlane to McFarland. There have been no fewer than 23 Lairds of Macfarlane, the last of whom came to America early in the 18th century. _____1. Duncan McFarland (1), died in Bath County, Virginia; married Anne Porter, daughter of a sea captain. Duncan McFarland was a weaver and was in Augusta County before 1750. He settled on Jackson River in what is now Bath County, Virginia. Both are buried near the George Cleek Cemetery in Bath County, Virginia in unmarked graves. The McFarland family abandoned their cabin cave on the east side of Jackson River just opposite their cabin. From the cave they saw their home and personal belongings destroyed and their livestock tortured and killed. After several years of discouragement by being continually harassed by the cunning Indians, descendants of Duncan McFarland sold their real estate to Jacob Cleek in February 1792 and settled in that part of North Carolina which is now included in the state of Tennessee. _____Children: 4 (others?) _____2. i. Robert McFArland (2), died in 1798; married Esther Houston, daughter of John Houston (1669-1755) and Margaret Crawford. He qualified a Lieutenant on November 16, 1752 (Abstracts from the Records of Augusta County, Virginia, Lyman Chalkley, Vol. II, page 55). Their daughter, Anne McFarland (3), born 1723; married (1) in 1738, Captain Alexander Dunlap, born 1716; died 1744; married (2) in 1745, Robert Bratton, born May 20, 1712; died in 1785. (See Bratton Family). (the family of John McFarland below, claims the Lieutenant above was to the Robert from their line) (MHH notes: The Robert who lived in Rockbridge Co. is not the same Robert connected to the Bratton family.) _____3. ii. John McFarland (2), called "Old Scotland John", married Mary Montgomery. He was one of the first Elders in the Old Stone Church in Augusta County, Virginia. Two of his grandsons were active in the early settlement of the Tennessee border territory. They were Colonel Robert McFArland (son of Robert McFarland) and Colonel John McFarland (son of Benjamin McFarland). Colonel John McFarland represented Jefferson County, Tennessee in the Legislature at Nashville in 1824. John McFarland (2) qualified as Ensign on November 16, 1752. (Abstracts from the Records of Augusta County, Virginia, Lyman Chalkley, Vol. II, page 55). (Mary Helen Haines notes: This is NOT a son of Duncan. John is a son of Robert McFarland who died in Lancaster Co. PA in 1751) _____4. iii. William McFarland (2), married _____ Gibson, daughter of Alexander Gibson and Mary _____. William McFarland served in the Revolution. _____5. iv. Alexander McFarland (2). He was wounded in the Battle of Point Pleasant, October 10, 1774. (Ibid, Vol. I, page 254). SOURCE: "EARLY WESTERN AUGUSTA PIONEERS" by George W. Cleek, Staunton, Virginia 1957. Page 397-398. Copy obtained from Staunton Public Library, Virginia. ERRORS: Note that Robert (2) and John (2) were not children of Duncan (Actually, Duncan does have a son named Robert MHH notes) | McFarland, Duncan BY214647 DuM01 (I30376)
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| 4311 | Mary Helen Haines notes: A descendant of the line of Andrew and Roseanna McFarland took the Y-DNA test and is a match with this line of Robert McFarland (died 1751) of Lancaster Co. While the line of James McFarland of Pennsboro twn. Cumberland Co. is related to this line, the match is much closer for Robert's line. Therefore the note below under QUESTIONABLE LINK is answered, and John is put in the correct lineage here. Older notes: QUESTIONABLE LINK: Was the John McFarland, son of Joseph, the same as the one who died in Ohio Co, WV?? Note the similarity of this John and Elizabeth to that of John and Elizabeth, son of James and Janet (Buchanan) McFarlane. LINKS-TAXLIST: 1772 PENNSYLVANIA, Bedford County. Jno McFarling. (NOTE: At this time Bedford would include all counties now in SW Pennsylvania,with Westmoreland being created in 1773 (Westmoreland would have included Washington, Greene, Fayette). PROBATE: "Early West Virginia Wills" Compiled by K.T.H. McFarland 1993, found at the Seattle Genealogical Society. Ohio County. John McFarland, wife Elizabeth. Children - Margaret (wife of James Wilson), Sally (wife of Robert Atkinson), Elizabeth, Jane, Robert, Andy, John, Samuel, Joseph, and Ezekial. Grandson Joseph Wilson. Witness Samuel Steely, Walter Denny. Dated May 30, 1797. [!!!!! NOTE: Where did son Joseph come from -- not found in other records. Joseph is probably in reference to grandson, Joseph, son of James and Margaret Wilson, or he is the Joseph McFarland of Ohio County, WV and Coschocton Co, Ohio]. PROBATE: "Abstracts of West Virginia______" Will of John McFarland, Ohio County, WV Dev: James, Marg Wilson, Robert Atkinson, Eliz., Sally, Andy, John, Samuel, Joseph, Ezekial. [!!!!!!MY NOTE: This record seems to be incorrect. James is probably in reference to James Wilson, husband of Marg Wilson. Son Robert, and daughter Jane, are not mentioned here. Also, Joseph is mentioned, but not found elsewhere. Joseph is probably grandson Joseph, son of James and Margaret Wilson, or he is the Joseph of Ohio County, WV and Coschocton County, WV ]. LINKS-PROBATE: "Early West Virginia Wills" Compiled by K.T.H. McFarland 1993, found at the Seattle Genealogical Society. Ohio County. The McFarland - Cumberland/Franklin County, PA connection is further reinforced with will of Robert Mitchel, formerly of Franklin Co, Pa dated March 8, 1805. Children: Christiana McFarlin. Son of John must have married Christiana Mitchel. PROBATE: 1797 [WEST] VIRGINIA, Ohio County. WILL OF JAMES MCFARLAND. SOURCE: Ohio County Record of Wills Book 1, Page 40 County Clerk, Ohio County West Virginia. [This record is a typewritten copy of the actual will itself, and includes some spelling corrections] ABSTRACT OF FULL RECORD: John McFarland, of Ohio County, WV, dated 30 May 1797. Wife Elziabeth. Children Margaret (wife of James Wilson, and their son Joseph Wilson), Sally (wife of Robert Atkinson), Elizabeth, Jane, Robert (over 21), Andy (over 21), John, Ezekial, and Samuel. Witness Samuel Steely and Walter Denny. PROBATE: 1796 VIRGINIA, Ohio County. WILL OF JAMES MCFARLAND. SOURCE: Ohio County Record of Wills Book 1, Page 40 County Clerk, Ohio County West Virginia. [This record is a typewritten copy of the actual will itself, and includes some spelling corrections] In the name of God Amen; I John McFarland of Ohio County and state of Virginia Yeomen, being at present in an infirm state of health but of sound and disposing health and memory, do this thirtieth day of May in the year of Our Lord one thousand Seven hundred & ninety seven, make and ordain this my last will and testament in manner following, that is to Say----- Imprimis, I desire that my body may be decently interred after my decease, at the discretion of my executors herein after named, Confiding in ye, merits of my blessed redeemer for an admission into the regions of eternal happiness--------------------------- Item, I will that all such debts as I shall Justly owe at the time of Decease and my funeral charges and expenses be paid, in the first place by my Said Executors and as to the first rest of my estate both real and personal, I dispose thereof as follows--------------------- Item, I give and bequeath unto my son in law James Wilson the Sum of five shillings lawful money of the Said state and to my daughter Margaret wife of Said James the like sum of five shillings in full of their shares of the whole of my estate, I having already made provision for them----- Item, I give and Bequeath unto my son in law Robert Atkinson the sum of five shillings in like money aforesaid, and to my daughter Sally ye, like sum of five shillings in full of their shares of the whole of my estate, I having already made provision for them.----- Item, I give and Bequeath unto my Daughter Elizabeth, a horse, or mare, a saddle and bridle, Clothing and household furniture equal in value to those of her sisters already married.----- Item, I give and Bequeath unto my daughter Jane, a horse, or mare, a saddle and Bridle, Clothing and household furniture equal in value to those of her sisters already married.------ Item, I give devise and Bequeath unto my Son Andy the Sum of thirty pounds, in place of his mare that his Sister got----- Item, I give and bequeath unto my son John, a good horse Saddle and bridle with Clothing equal to his elder brothers, with ten pounds in pens currency which is in my hands of his that was bequeathed him by his brother Robert----- Item, I give and bequeath unto my son Samuel a good horse saddle and bridle with Clothing equal to his mentioned Brothers----- Item, I give and bequeath unto my grandson Joseph Wilson a good horse saddle and bridle when he arrives to ye, age of twenty one years----- Item, I desire that all the lands within ye, County and state aforesaid that I possess at ye, time of my decease shall be put to public sale at such time as my executors shall think most proper----- Item, I give devise and bequeath unto my well beloved wife Elizabeth the one third of the Money arising from the Sale of my said mentioned land for her own proper use; and the remaining two thirds to be divided equally between my five sons (Viz): Robert, Andy, John, Ezekial, and Samuel----- Item, I give devise and bequeath unto my beloved Wife the whole of my personal estate to & for her own proper use and behalf, and in regard to raising the younger Children----- Item, I desire that ye, legacies devised and bequeathed to be paid after the Sale of my Said land----- Item, It is my will that the legacies hereby given and devised to my Said dear Wife, shall be deemed and taken in full of her dower and thirds of all my real and personal estate whatsoever, and lastly I do hereby constitute ordain and appoint my beloved wife my Said Sons Andy and Robert as mentioned above said and the Survivors of them Executors of this my last will and testament hereby revoking and making void all former and other Wills by me at any other time heretofore made and declaring this only to be my last will and testament--In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year first within mentioned-----Signed sealed published pronounced and declared by the aforesaid John McFarland as and for his last will & testament in the presence of us-- Samuel Steely, Walter Denny John McFarland [His Seal] RESEARCHER-EMAIL: (1999) Bonnie A. Parker <bparker@csranet.com> | McFarland, John (I29437)
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| 4312 | Mary Helen Haines notes: Alexander Ward is listed next to John McFarland on the petition to North Carolina Assembly in 1789 to be recognized as part of Greene County. They were living in the area south of the French Broad, east side of the Tennessee River, near Little Pidgeon and Boyd's Creek. From the on-line essay: JOHN WARD, SON OF WILLIAM WARD WHO LIVED NEAR GREENVILLE, VIRGINIA by Judy Anderson To further point out the Wythe County - Jefferson County Ward connection, Summer's Annals of Southwest Virginia , pg. 87, indicated that Alexander Ward was recommended as an Ensign in William Ward's Militia Company November 17, 1781; John Ward was a Lieutenant. In the Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 47, 1939, pgs. 38-3 for about 1782, John Ward, Alexander Ward, William Ward and Alexander Rodgers are shown as members of William Doack's Company. On page 153 of the same source, it shows George McNutt, John McNutt, John McFarland, Sr., and John McFarland in Capt. James Finley's Company. The Settlement Map of Wythe County by J. R. Hildegrand, cartographer, shows that William Ward, John Ward, John McFarland, Robert McFarland, James Finley, John McFarland, Jr. and John McNutt all lived in Wythe County. Alexander Ward's will is written Apr. 1, 1793. He leaves his land, 300 acres south of the French Broad, (remember that John III had a land grant for 400 acres south of the French Broad) to his son, David, with benefits from the land providing a decent living for his wife, Mary, and daughters Phebe and Rachel. Unaware that John Ward is deceased, Alexander names him as executor of his estate. The will was proven in the May session of court 1793 by the oaths of John McFarland and David Stuart, subscribing witnesses. The two of them handled the sale of personal items at an auction October 4, 1796. The January 1793 session of court stated that John Ward, III had been commissioned as a Justice and appeared to take the oath. In February, he is dead. Alexander wrote his will in April of 1793. By May he is dead. The will and inventory are located at: http://www.tngenweb.org/cocke/willjeff.htm#1 Contributed by Marcia Douglas ALEXANDER WARD In the name of God amen the first day of April in the year one thousand seven hundred and Ninety three I Alexander WARD of Jefferson County and Territory of the United South of the Ohio being sick and weak in body but of perfect mind and memory, thanks to God for it and calling to mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it appointed for all men once to die do make and ordain this my last will and testament. That is principally and first of all I give and recommend my soul into the hands of Almighty God who gave it. my body I recommend to the dust to be burried in a decent christian manner at the discretion of my executor nothing doubting but I shall receive the same against the general resurrection. And as touching the worldly estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this life I give, demise, and dispose of in the following manner and form VIZ. Imprimis I give and bequeath unto my beloved son David my claim of land whereon I now live south of French broad containing three hundred acres reserving to my beloved wife Mary a decent living out of the benefits of said claim of land during her widowhood. Also I do order that my two daughters Phebe and Rachael have their maintenance out of the benefits of said land wilst they live single. Also I give and bequeath unto my son David my Gun & sword my Saddle and bridle. Likewise I do order that the remainder of my estate to be equally divided amongst my wife and children. And Lastly I constitute and appoint John WARD my Executor of this my Last will and testament. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this first day of April One thousand seven hundred and Ninety three Signed sealed published and declared as my last will & testament in presents of John MCFARLAND Alexander WARD D.d STUART -0- [seal] An inventory of Alexander WARD dic.d personal estate sold by public sale October the 4th AD 1796 Seth MOORT and Benj. MCFARLAND Dr to sundries L23.2.10 Isaac W. RODGERS & Robert RODGERS Dr to a Coal [or coat] 3.12 Thomas SMELSORS & John HAYS Dr to sundries 2.2 William GEORGE & Henry STYEN Dr to Do 2.17 Jacob & George MAYBERRY Dr to Do 11.15 Jacob & George MAYBERRY Dr to Do 1.1.6 Benj. FORD and William NIELSON Dr to Do 2.0.6 Dd STUART & Alexr RODGERS Dr to Phebe WARD 3. Geo. MAYBERRRY & Jacob SMELSER Dr to Sundries 2.7 James ANLEY & John COFFEY Dr to Do 2.10 Absolom and John MAYBERRY Dr to Do 3.13.6 David FULTON & William GEORGE Dr to Do 1.3 Benj. MCFARLAND & Geo MCFARLAND Dr to Phebe & Rachael WARD 11. Do Do Dr to two iron wedges .7.6 Jacob SMELSOR & Geo. MAYBERRY Dr to sundries 2.1.6 Thomas & Anthony CHRISTIAN Dr to Do 3.10.6 Four pounds ten shillings of the above account to and three pounds twelve shillings for a Coat coming to David WARD L78.10. A just inventory delivered by us this 6th day of February AD 1797 D.d. STUART Alex.r RODGERS | Ward, Alexander (I29942)
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| 4313 | Mary Helen Haines notes: Am not certain, but it seems that John Strother may be named after John Strother, a land speculator who sold John McFarland (husband of Mary Kinder) his first land purchases in Buncombe Co. John Strother recieved a large land grant there and sold parts to everyone, including John McFarland's purchases in 1799. He then moved to Nashville and his agent Robert Love handled his business. Strother died in 1816. This was shared with me by Kevin McEwen, a descendant of this line: From the history of John S. McFarland sent to the Loretto Archives in Missouri in 1946. It was written in 1884. "John S. A McFarland was born on 19 June, 1802, in the state of North Carolina. The family continued to reside in that state until the fall of 1811 when they removed to the then Territory of Missouri, and settled in what was then called Cook's settlement. The family continued to reside in that place ( Cook's settlement ) until the fall of 1816. While living in Cook's settlement which was then in the bonds of St. Genevieve County, now in the bonds of St. Francis County while living there, James Smith, a young man from Kentucky came and taught school in the neighborhood, and brother Jesse who was older than me, and sister Mahala (who was younger than myself) went to school a year to Mr. Smith. This was the first school that the subject of this sketch ever attended, then about 13 years old. The next school and the neighborhood was taught by a man by the name of Jason Harrison, who afterwards was clerk of the county and circuit courts of Cole County, Missouri, and after that the lamented Joshua Barton taught school, and boarded at my fathers. Barton who was brother to David Barton, Center of Missouri in the United States Senate. Joshua Barton was killed on the bloody island opposite St. Louis by one of the victors in a duel. This took place in 1823. In the winter of 1811 and 1812 the great earthquake occurred at new Madrid. The first shock was about 1 January, 1812. We were then living and a half acre camp in the woods. The first shock was before day and the next was about daylight. It continued at intervals pretty much all the winter of that year. The family continued to reside in Cook's settlement until the fall of 1816 when we removed to what was then called the Boonstick County, and settled about 5 miles South of Boonville in Cooper County, Missouri, about 1/2 mile above where Rankin's Mill now stands; here the log cabin was the resort of the use of the neighborhood for educational facilities. The first school was taught by a man by the name of Mr. H. Anderson. The county was then an almost natural state. Where Boonville now stands was in a state of nature. Very heavy timber place. Old Franklin was first started in the winter of 1816, a few houses built that winter. John S. McFarland continued to live with the family until 1823 win that year he was married to Elizabeth Houx, daughter of Frederick and Margaret Houx, and moved to the city of Boonville and 1827, where he still lives having lived in Boonville more than 50 years. In 1867 he lost his amiable wife, and in 1872 was again united in marriage to Ms. Mary B. Johnston, daughter of Robert Johnston who settled in New Salem neighborhood at an early day. There are two children still living by the first marriage, a son and a daughter, both living in St. Louis, Missouri. In 1821 he professed religion at a camp meeting held in new Salem neighborhood called Cave Creek Campground and 1822 United with the Cumberland Presbyterian church and has continued to be a member of that church, up to the present time, this being the year 1884. He had two terms as Mayor of the city of Boonville, this was in 1841 and 1842, and was several years a member of the board of Councilman; also is Judge of the County Court of Cooper County one or two terms. He still resides in Boonville at this date being the year 1884. The subject of this sketch was appointed by the president (The Lamented Lincoln) in the spring of 1861 to the office of U. N.(?) States land office at Boonville as Rect. ( receiver) of said office, and again in 1865 reappointed to the same office, and continued in the same until in the year 1867 he was removed by the drunken acting Pres. Andrew Johnson on political grounds there being no charges of malfeasance in his acts as Receivers. He united with the 900L (IOOF- Independent Order of Odd Fellows) In the winter of 1840 and has filled many important offices during this long period. Was at one session of the Grand Lodge of Missouri, elected D. G. (District Grand) Master, and in 1962 was elected G. R. to Grand Lodge of the United States. He has served in all of the offices of the subordinate lodges, and is still a worthy member of the Ohio branch Lodge number 36 located at Boonville, Cooper County, Missouri." Am not certain, but it seems that John Strother may be named after John Strother(s) in Buncombe County, NC. John Strothers recieved a large land grant there and sold parts to everyone, including John McFarland's purchases in 1799. He then moved to Nashville and his agent Robert Love handled his business. Strothers died in 1816. | McFarland, John Strother (I29039)
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| 4314 | Mary Helen Haines notes: Buried in the Presbyterian Cemetery in Ladonia, Tx. In the family bible and in early documents his name is shown as John Win McFarland. 1890 address P.O. was Bonham, lived in Silver City. Had 407 acres in cultivation. Married his second cousin. Flowers for the Living: Ladonia News The passing of another week bring into existence another flower, just as rare and beautiful as any which we have strawn along the pathway of life. This week we have selected a farmer of the great Ladonia country, Mr. J. E. McFarland. Mr. McFarland owns a large farm and beautiful home about 7 miles northeast of Ladonia, on the Bonham pike in the Silver City community. He is the kind of farmer who believes in diversification, and usually raises large crops of grain, fruits, caught, poultry and pork. He is also a man who believes in a good community, always taking a leading part in school and church affairs and it is largely through his effort that they are rated among the best rural in the County. Mr. McFarland has served Woods school for years as an efficient trustee. As a young man Mr. McFarland united with the First Christian Church and has been an active worker in that congregation for years and has always supported financially and otherwise. He has proven himself in many ways to be an influential citizen. Mr. McFarland and family enjoy the many luxuries the farm now affords, electric lights, radio, Victrola, piano; automobile and good roads. As to the affairs of community, county and state you can always depend on Mr. McFarland being well informed. He believes in selecting the man for a public office who is competent and best qualified to fill the trust, and has never voted for a man merely through sympathy our friendship. You can always depend on his being on the right side of every question. Mr. McFarland is a good acquaintance, a special friend and he always finds the warmest welcome wherever he goes. Mr. and Mrs. McFarland have reared a large family of Christian girls and boys and they are now enjoying the latter years of life is only those can who live in contentment. Obituary: PIONEER LADONIA CITIZEN IS DEAD John E. McFarland was born April 19th, 1849, and passed away at 1:05 on the morning of August 13th, 1927, being at the time of his going, 78 years 4 months and 4 days of age. He was united in marriage to Nancy B. Horn, on September 25, 1873. To this union seven children were born, six of whom are living; Susie McFarland Abshire, (deceased) Artimessia McFarland Rattan, James N. McFarland, John J. McFarland, Cordelia McFarland Bartley, Annette McFarland Milford, Newman Horn McFarland. John McFarland was born, reared and died, on the same farm. This is unusual, and complimentary too, for his boy-hood friends loved him as in the days of their youth. He was of a generous nature and ready at all times to lend a hand and means to his fellow man. Living in his house by the side of the road, he proved himself a real friend to all who passed his way. He was a Christian for thirty-six years, and his life was such that he will be missed by his community as a man of true worth and benefit to all. Those who knew him loved him for his cheerful and hopeful disposition which was in evidence, even to the time of his going. He leaves to hold him in cheerished (sic) memory, the companion, the six children, thirty-one grand children, and thirteen great-grand children, together wild a host of relatives and friends, numbered by those who knew him. Funeral services were held at the First Christian Church of Ladonia Sunday afternoon at 3:00 o'clock, conducted by Rev. E.B. Chancellor, minister after which the remains were interred in the local cemetery. The funeral services were largely attended by the relatives and friends. Six of the grandsons acted as pallbearers. | McFarland, John Ewing (I29552)
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| 4315 | Mary Helen Haines notes: Chalkey, Vol. 2, p. 510 is a list of all the people wounded, killed in the Indian attack in 1755. North River is in present day Augusta County, however, most researchers say that this is really New River where this attack occurred. Draper's Meadow is present day Blacksburg, Montgomery Co. 1755, May 3d.--Mary Baker, at Holston's River, wounded. June 18th, Saml. Stalnacker, at Holston's River, prisoner escaped; Saml. Hydon, at Holston's River, escaped; Adam Stalnaker, at Holston's River, killed; Mrs. Stalnaker, at Holston's River, killed; a servant man, at Holston's River, killed; Mathias Counie, at Holston's River, killed. June 19th, Muheal Honch (Houck), at Holston's River, killed. July 3d, James McFarland, at North River, killed; John Bingeman, at North River, killed; Mrs. Bingeman, at North River, killed; Adam Bingeman, at North River, killed; John Cook, at North River, killed; Henry Zin, at North River, killed; a young child, at North River, killed; Nathaniel Welshire, at North River, wounded; Dutch Jacob and his wife, at North River, prisoner escaped; Frederick Stern, at North River, wounded; Mrs. Bingeman, Jr., at North River, wounded; Mrs. Davies, at North River, wounded; Isaac Freeland, his wife, and 5 children, at North River, prisoners; Bingeman's son and daughter and a stranger, at North River, wounded. July 12th, Lieut. Wright and 2 soldiers, at Reed Creek, killed. July 30th, Col. James Patton, at North River, killed; Casper Barrier, at North River, killed; Mrs. Draper and one child, at North River, killed; James Cull, at North River, wounded; Mrs. English and Her children, at North River, prisoners escaped; Mrs. Draper, Jr., at North River, prisoner escaped; Henry Leonard, at North River, prisoner escaped. August 12th, Morrice Griffith, at Vauses, prisoner escaped; Henry Baughman, at Green Brier, killed; John Couse and his father-in-law, at Green Brier, killed; Walter Fishpough, at Green Brier, killed; George White, at Green Brier, killed; Old Christopher, at Green Brier, killed; Mrs. Consler, at Green Brier, killed; an old man, his wife, and a schoolmaster, at Green Brier, killed. September, John Thomas, at Green Brier, killed; Mrs. Fishpough and 5 children, at Green Brier, prisoners; Consler's daughter and Mrs. Ineny, at Green Brier, killed; Corporal Bennett, at Green Brier, killed; 2 girls called Landsisco, at South Branch, prisoners. In 1767 Botetourt County is a reference to James McFarlin, deceased, when George Kegley acquires 150 acres on Lick Run, adjoining a survey made for James McFarlin, deceased. Source: Early Adventures of the Western Waters, Wythe County, Vol. 2, p. 110, 112. The following are notes from the McFarland genealogy website of Gary Morris: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hollow/8143/genealogy/mcfarland/rbtlanc.txt -- ***** 10 ***** James McFARLAND, son of John McFARLAND and Mary MONTGOMERY, was born 10 Feb 1732/1733 in Donegal Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, died about Jul 1755 in New River, Augusta County, Virginia. ----- NOTES FOR James McFARLAND: COURT: "Pennsylvania Vital Records"; 1983; Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, MD; page 353, James McFarland, son of John McFarland, and devicee named in will of James McFarland, his uncle, deceased in 1752 (being about age of 21), chooses the said John McFarland, his father, as Guardian. Ordered that the said John McFarland give sufficient Security to Janet McFarland, mother of said James McFarland. NOTE: That James died before 1757 is documented in Lancaster County, PA Deed Book D, page 415. See Notes of Robert McFarland 1675-1752. James did not have any children. DEATH: "Virginia Military Records" 1983 Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore Md; Augusta County, page 32; 3 Jul 1755; James McFarland, New River, Augusta county, killed. New River, from 1760 to about 1780 was in that part that is in Wythe County, SW Virginia. Also in Chronicles of the Scotch Irish settlement of Virginia by Lyman Chalkley Book 2 page 510 Augusta County Court Records. July 3, 1755 James McFarland killed at North River. CONFLICT: Note that one source has New River, the other has North River. HISTORY: "Families of Jefferson Conty, Tennessee" 1992 found at Seattle Genealogical Society. Killed by Indians. | McFarland, James (I30663)
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| 4316 | Mary Helen Haines notes: During the Civil War, Arthur is first recorded as being at Ft. Washita on Dec. 27, 1861. He is 17, black hair, dark eyes, dark complexion, on a horse valued at $150. and rigging $35. He is part of Taylor's Regiment of Texas Mounted Rifles, 22nd Cavalry, Co. C. On the Muster Roll for Jan 16, to June 30, 1862, the Co. C is now call the 1 Indian Reg't Texas Cavalry, and it lists the enrolling commander as J.W. Piner for a period of 12 months. Then the next muster role is for June to Dec. 1862 and it says that he was discharged July 16, 1862 by order of Gen. Albert Pike, in compliance with Act of Congress approved April 16, 1862. Other records for A. McFarland show him enlisting on August 9, 1862 at Fort Washita for the duration of the war. He was part of the 31st Regiment, Texas Cavalry, also known as Hawpe's Regiment Texas Cavalry or Mounted Volunteers that was organized first on May 14th, 1862 with companies A to H. Company I was organized on August 9th, 1862. Then on December 28th, 1862 he is listed Absent without leave. Then in March and April of 1863 listed an Present and entitled to bounty, and last paid on June 30th, 1863. On census in 1870 Arthur is shown at 26 married to Mary E, age 30, from Illinois, with three children using McFarland name: James F. 3, Lillian E. 5, and Edwin age 1. In 1880 Arthur and family is found in Coleman County, Texas where he moved after the family argument over the land erupted after father James' death with no will and mother's will leaving the land to Arthur and brother Newton. Deed records show that his father alloted 150 acres to Arthur from the original land grant, but mother Jane left Newton and Arthur the 302 acres she and James had still in their name. "Arthur McFarland, during his life, was a school teacher and a circuit preacher - a rancher - and at the time of his death he was a sub - contractor for a Star Route Mail Carrier, out of Chickasha, Oklahoma, then Indian Territory. He died the *8th of October, 1899 of diarrhea, at Chickasha, and as I have stated before, is buried there.... Mama always said the happiest days of her life were those when she and her father camped out near the school where he taught- going home only on weekends." * "I was unable to find the actual date of Arthur's death, so, in order to obtain the stone (memorial at McFarland Cemetery) I used the birthdate of his daughter. Does it matter so much what date a man dies, more than the memory of his life?" Loma Scroggins Loma Patton thinks Arthur died shortly before the birth of Noble Dugan Scroggins (his grandson born in Princeton Texas), because Arthur's wife Mary Ellen moved to Princeton with the Scroggins family. She thinks that Arthur died in Chickasha, Grady County, Oklahoma and is buried on a hill-Rose Hill Cemetery. If he was buried there, the on-line records of those gravesites do not mention him. Coleman County: Beginning in September 1879, Mary E. McFarland settled on land surveyed for W.D. Wyatt in Coleman County in June 1879. She purchased the 160 acres of that pre-emption survey #137 from him in June 1882. Papers were filed and the official state patent #519 was issued to Mary E. McFarland for the 160 acres on May 23, 1884. But while this was happening, it seems that another pre-emption was being filed. On October 18, 1881 a survey #154 was done for 160 acres of vacant land for Arthur McFarland, that he occupied starting in August 22, 1881. A proof of settlement was filed on August 25, 1884. That land was adjacent to, and surrounding, the W.D. Wyatt survey #137. Then on Sept. 9, 1884, Mary E. and Arthur McFarland sold survey #154 of 160 acres to D.F. and W. B. Roddan for $200. The property was resurveyed Nov. 1886 as a corrected survey. During the Civil War, Arthur is first recorded as being at Ft. Washita on Dec. 27, 1861. He is 17, black hare, dark eyes, dark complexion, on a horse valued at $150. and rigging $35. He is part of Taylor's Regiment of Texas Mounted Rifles, 22nd Cavalry, Co. C. On the Muster Roll for Jan 16, to June 30, 1862, the Co. C is now call the 1 Indian Reg't Texas Cavalry, and it lists the enrolling commander as J.W. Piner for a period of 12 months. Then the next muster role is for June to Dec. 1862 and it says that he was discharged July 16, 1862 by order of Gen. Albert Pike, in compliance with Act of Congress approved April 16, 1862. Other records for A. McFarland show him enlisting on August 9, 1862 at Fort Washita for the duration of the war. He was part of the 31st Regiment, Texas Cavalry, also known as Hawpe's Regiment Texas Cavalry or Mounted Volunteers that was organized first on May 14th, 1862 with companies A to H. Company I was organized on August 9th, 1862. Then on December 28th, 1862 he is listed Absent without leave. Then in March and April of 1863 listed an Present and entitled to bounty, and last paid on June 30th, 1863. On census in 1870 Arthur is shown at 26 married to Mary E, age 30, from Illinois, with three children using McFarland name: James F. 3, Lillian E. 5, and Edwin age 1. In 1880 Arthur and family is found in Coleman County, Texas where he moved after the family argument over the land erupted after father James' death with no will and mother's will leaving the land to Arthur and brother Newton. Deed records show that his father alloted 150 acres to Arthur from the original land grant, but mother Jane left Newton and Arthur the 302 acres she and James had still in their name. "Arthur McFarland, during his life, was a school teacher and a circuit preacher - a rancher - and at the time of his death he was a sub - contractor for a Star Route Mail Carrier, out of Chickasha, Oklahoma, then Indian Territory. He died the *8th of October, 1899 of diarrhea, at Chickasha, and as I have stated before, is buried there.... Mama always said the happiest days of her life were those when she and her father camped out near the school where he taught- going home only on weekends." * "I was unable to find the actual date of Arthur's death, so, in order to obtain the stone (memorial at McFarland Cemetery) I used the birthdate of his daughter. Does it matter so much what date a man dies, more than the memory of his life?" Loma Scroggins Loma Patton thinks Arthur died shortly before the birth of Noble Dugan Scroggins (his grandson) in Princeton Texas, because Arthur's wife Mary Ellen moved to Princeton with the Scroggins family. She thinks that Arthur died in Chickasha, Grady County, Oklahoma and is buried on a hill-Rose Hill Cemetery. If he was buried there, the on-line records of those gravesites do not mention him. Coleman County: Beginning in September 1879, Mary E. McFarland settled on land surveyed for W.D. Wyatt in Coleman County in June 1879. She purchased the 160 acres of that pre-emption survey #137 from him in June 1882. Papers were filed and the official state patent #519 was issued to Mary E. McFarland for the 160 acres on May 23, 1884. But while this was happening, it seems that another pre-emption was being filed. On October 18, 1881 a survey #154 was done for 160 acres of vacant land for Arthur McFarland, that he occupied starting in August 22, 1881. A proof of settlement was filed on August 25, 1884. That land was adjacent to, and surrounding, the W.D. Wyatt survey #137. Then on Sept. 9, 1884, Mary E. and Arthur McFarland sold survey #154 of 160 acres to D.F. and W. B. Roddan for $200. The property was resurveyed Nov. 1886 as a corrected survey. | McFarland, Arthur Rodney (I30696)
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| 4317 | Mary Helen Haines notes: From Mary B. Kegley's book, Adventurers on the Western Waters, Vol. 5, p. 561, Duncan Gullion states that Joseph Mcfarlane took possession of abandoned land and after Joseph's death, his widow, sister of Duncan Gullion, could not pay the fees necessary to keep it. | Gullion, daughter (I22980)
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| 4318 | Mary Helen Haines notes: From p. 114-115 Fannin County Folks and Facts, pub.1977, article by Dorothy Nelson Fleming. "The oldest son of Asa, Hezikiah age 34 from Missouri was already married and living in separate hosehold in 1850. He married Rebecca McFarland born in Missouri but her family also lived in Fannin County. They were married September 14, 1843 in Fannin County. Their children were: James H., S.E., Jno.W. and E.G." My information to connect Hezekiah to Asa Sr. is family notes. Hezekiah's estate settlement is in Probate Book C, pp. 25-27 and dates to January 8, 1853. Rebecca was the owner of the land they lived on. 80 acres was a gift to Rebecca, and a part of the head right of James Albert McFarland survey. Also, another 160 acres from the same head right belonged to her as the wife of Hezekiah. He purchased it from Albert McFarland fo $180. on Sept. 4, 1852.(Deed Book H, p. 235). Jackson McFarland was the administrator. This information was located by Frances Terrry Ingmire and appears in her book, Terry and Allied Families, Vol. III, pp. 178-180. The original record of the probated estate is also found in the Probate Box 3, Case #114 in Fannnin County Courthouse. It states that he died intestate on Oct. 13, 1852 with an estate of $1500. His wife, Rebecca Blankenship is requesting that the estate be administered. R.W. Lane appeared to collect a note of $18.56 in January 1854, and Albert McFarland came to collect on one plow and one covering for coffin, dated March 9, 1854. Jackson signed this document as County Commissioner. My information to connect Hezekiah to Asa Sr. is family notes. Hezekiah's estate settlement is in Probate Book C, pp. 25-27 and dates to January 8, 1853. Rebecca was the owner of the land they lived on. 80 acres was a gift to Rebecca, and a part of the head right of James Albert McFarland survey. Also, another 160 acres from the same head right belonged to her. Jackson McFarland was the administrator. This information was located by Frances Terrry Ingmire and appears in her book, Terry and Allied Families, Vol. III, pp. 178-180. The original record of the probated estate is also found in the Probate Box 3, Case #114 in Fannnin County Courthouse. It states that he died intestate on Oct. 13, 1852 with an estate of $1500. His wife, Rebecca Blankenship is requesting that the estate be administered. R.W. Lane appeared to collect a note of $18.56 in January 1854, and Albert McFarland came to collect on one plow and one covering for coffin, dated March 9, 1854. Jackson signed this document as County Commissioner. | Blankenship, Hezekiah (I30551)
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| 4319 | Mary Helen Haines notes: He is not present on the 1880 census with the rest of the family. He joined the military from Chickasha, Oklahoma. He had no children. According to the 1920 and 1930 census, Lawrence must have been born around 1881, which would explain his absence on the 1880 census in Coleman Co. even though in his application for a disability pension he stated his birth year as 1879. When he filled out a WW I Draft registration, he states his birth date as May 18, 1882. | McFarland, Lawrence Winfield Scott (I31087)
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| 4320 | Mary Helen Haines notes: I have come to the conclusion that the John Hunter who married Rachel McFarland is the son of Alexander Hunter, instead of John Hunter who was married to Henrietta Davidson. Alexander Hunter, married to Elizabeth Steele, was the brother of John Hunter who married Henrietta Davidson. Therefore the following article is incorrect in the highlighted section below. It was the Col. James Martin autobiography discussing his mother's (Jane Hunter) siblings that helped straighten this out. Therefore the following article is incorrect in naming this John Hunter as the son of John Hunter and Henrietta Davidson, since he was not mentioned in John Hunter Sr.'s will, yet he was still alive. Alexander Hunter does have a son named John Hunter that is mentioned in Alexander's will. CAMPBELL CHRONICLES and FAMILY SKETCHES Embracing the History of CAMPBELL COUNTY, VIRGINIA 1782-1926 By R. H. EARLY With Illustrations J. P. BELL COMPANY LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA 1927 Hunter The founder of the Hunter family was of Scotch ancestry. John Hunter, Sr., came to America from Scotland in colonial times and settled near Fredericksburg, Va., married Henrietta Davidson and had four children, of whom John, Jr., the eldest, married Rachel McFarland and moved south of James river, fourteen or fifteen miles below Lynchburg to a homestead called Clover Green. He patented 4OO acres on both sides of Russell's creek, 1751, in Lunenburg county. Children: -John, 3rd, a surveyor by profession, and a Revolutionary War pensioner in 1835, had also served in the Indian War of 1758 as sergeant in a Bedford company,- his father being captain of an Albemarle company during the same war. In 1768 John Hunter patented 9O acres on Falling river; his former patent located land on Russell, a branch of Mayo. John Hunter was among the first justices of Campbell. In 1783 he was appointed sheriff with Alexander Hunter, his deputy; again sheriff in 1789 with Josias Bullock as deputy. In 1811 the people of Bedford, Botetourt, Campbell and Greenbrier counties petitioned for the establishment of the Great Western Turnpike from Hunter's, on the main Richmond road through Lynchburg, to Lewisburg, Greenbrier county. John Hunter married Mrs. Mary Stith-Early, sister of Richard Stith and widow (2nd wife) of Colonel Jeremiah Early. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jonesinvirginia/hunter.htm Hunter, John II b. 1737 d. 1796 in Campbell County, Virginia son of John Hunter and Henrietta Davidson. He married Rachel McFarland. Their children - 1) John III (1760 - ) 2) Elizabeth (1761 - ) m. John Walker, son of David Walker Jr. 3) Alexander (1763 - ) 4) Robert (1765 - ) 5) James (1767 - 1815) 6) Benjamin (1775 - 1845) In 1751 John Hunter patented 400 acres of land on both sides of Russell's Creek, a branch of the Mayo River in Lunenburg County and he came to Bedford County, Virginia circa 1756 and patented 800 acres of land that now lies in Appomattox County, Virginia. In 1768 he bought 90 acres of land on Falling River. He called his farm "Clover Green" and he built Hunter's Tavern on the "Great Road" to Richmond. John Hunter married secondly on 5 Feb 1790 in Campbell County, Virginia, the widow, Mrs. Mary Stith Early daughter of Colonel Drury Stith and Elizabeth Buckner and widow of Jeremiah Early. Campbell County was formed out of Bedford Co. in 1782. The Bedford County grantor/grantee index I have the following: DB 1, pg 93 1756, Alexander Hunter (grantee) and W Still et aux 1060 Acres on Wreck Island Cr (this is north of Appomattox) DB1, pg 267-1760 John Hunter (grantee) and Paul Still 400 acres on Falling R, 270 a on Headwaters of Falling River. Db 1, pg 279-1760 John Hunter (grantee) and Alex'r Hunter 330 acres on upper fork of Wreck Cr Db 1, pg 494-1761 James Hunter (grantee) and Alex'r Hunter 239 acres on s branch of Wreck Cr adj John Carson Db 2, pg 207-1763 James Hunter (grantee) and Alexander Hunter 350acres on branches of Wreck Island Cr and s side of Fluvanna River Db 3, pg 124- Elizabeth, Edward Hunter et al (grantor) to Alex'r Hunter 375 acres on both sides of Wreck Is Cr adj John Carson Date? HUNTER, JOHN Campbell Co, Va. Will filed June 7, 1796. wife (former husband Jere Early). s. Benjamin Hunter. s. John Hunter. 8. Alexander Hunter. s. Robert Hunter. s. James Hunter. d. Elizabeth Hunter. I just read on-line at https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/JonesInVirginia/conversations/messages/101 "John and Rachel are buried in the # 2 graveyard of Old Concord Presbyterian Church, Appomattox County, Virginia, not far from their home farm. The this cemetery is about 2400 meters miles east of # 1 and marked by a cemetery only..no trace of the original church remains. This church was called Reedy Springs church and was named for the reeds which grew by a spring near the church. It is located south of HW 460. It was on the south side of the old Richmond Road. John WILSON donated the land for this church. Tradition says that it was located in a school house by the name of Reedy Springs. Some forty graves are still extant in the cemetery. MC N 37 56' 30.68" In 1751 John HUNTER patented 400 acres of land on both sides of Russell's Creek, a branch of the Mayo River in Lunenburg County and he came to Bedford County, Virginia circa 1756 and patented 800 acres of land that now lies in Appomattox County, Virginia. (MHH notes: this is land purchased by his uncle John Hunter. In 1751 this John Hunter would have only been abt. 15 years old.) In 1768 he bought 90 acres of land on Falling River. He called his farm "Clover Green" and he built HUNTER'S TAVERN on the "Great Road" to Richmond. An early map of the area done in 1807 clearly shows HUNTER'S Tavern, but Concord is not shown. " (MHH: this is correctly attributed) MHH notes: However, if they are buried there, their names do not show up on any lists that I have found. Their stones are probably not there, or unreadable. There are three Hunter infants there, but with no years indicated. | Hunter, John (I30451)
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| 4321 | Mary Helen Haines notes: I have not found the marriage documentation for Mary Kinder and John McFarland, so the search for Mary Kinder's parents is also incomplete. Other researchers have stated that the marriage took place in Bedford County because that is where John McFarland was living, but there is no documentation. Also, I have not found any records of Kinders in Bedford Co. at any time. I think Mary is the daughter of either Gasper Kinder, below, or George Kinder. The Kinders lived just south of the McFarlands in Montgomery County VA, and although the McFarland family had moved to Bedford Co. in the late 1750s, they retained ownership of their land until the 60s and 70s. The names of the Kinders in Montgomery County VA, George and Jacob, are reflected in two names of John and Mary's children. There was a Gasper Kinder who settled on land at Great Spring on Reed Creek, surveyed for Loyal Company 1753. This land comes into Robert McFarland's possession in 1762-Augusta Co. records. "Early Adventures on the Western Waters, Wythe County, Vol. 2. p. 119, page 251 Cert. book. From "Early Adventurers On The Western Waters" Volume V, Mary B. Kegley, 2004: p. 315-18 The Wythe Co. Kinders were around from the signing of the petition for a new county in 1768/9 and included Gasper Gender, George Gender, and Jacob. The name in German is Gunder or Gunter, but appears as Kinder in the first tithables in 1771. "It is believed that Gasper (also Casper) and Peter (and Margaret) Kinder lived in the vicinity of Staley's Crossroads. Gasper's land came as an assignment of Robert Mcfarlin and at some unknown time Kinder assigned his claim to William Boyd. Gasper may have been living on Reed Creek as early as 1766 as he was in company with Robert McFarland and Josiah Ramsey and paid McFarland (or McFarlin) for a tract of land on the north side of Pine Ridge at that time. This fact is recorded in an unusual document filed in 1785 in the will book of Montgomery County (Will Book B, p. 78)..... Gasper also appeared on the list of Fincastle County soldiers in 1774. In that same year a fort was erected at Gasper's house and ammunition was requested for the war effort by Captain Robert Doak. (Papers of William Preston, 3QQ61, p. 79)...Cameron suggests the possibility that Casper was the same as Johann Gasper Kinder born November 30, 1712 in Neunkirchen, in what is now Germany, but was unable to locate the necessary proof. The last time Casper (or Gasper) can be found in the records of the western part of Wythe County is 1793 when he took the Lord's Supper at Kimberling Lutheran Church. There is no record of his wife's name or the names of any children except his son Jacob (Cameron, Early Settlers, p. 161.)" George and Michael Kinder appear in the Augusta Co. Deed Book 11, p. 37 in Nov. 16, 1762, when they purchase 34 acres of land from Henry Maese and wife Ann on a branch of Broad Run near Linvell's Creek, part of 400 acres surveyed to Thomas Beal. So, not all of the inhabitants of the area left for Bedford County as the result of the Indian raids of the late 50s and 60s. If the above is true, then Gasper would be the brother of the Peter Kinder discussed below. It has been suggested that Mary Kinder could possibly be the orphaned daughter of Johann Peter Kinder born in 1710 in Neunkirchen, Germany and wife Mary Magdalena Sattler, who he married in 1744 in Virginia. They were killed, along with a young child, in the Great Flood of 1749 on the Roanoke River, Virginia. They were buried in Salem, Virginia. Known children of Johann Peter and Mary are: Peter Kinder, born 1745, Sarah Kinder, born 1746, Christinah B. Kinder, born 1747, Catherine Kinder, born 1748, all in Augusta Co., VA. Here is their story below. Notes from the Burk Familiy History website http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~swva/The%20Burk%20Family%20History.htm "There was a terrible flood on Roanoke in August 1749. ....... Neighbors Peter Kinter, wife and child were washed away. One spectator said, "Entire hills were swept down and leveled and several tracts of bottom land, all inhabited, were filled with so much sand and gravel they can no longer be lived on. Houses and barns were carried away and with them a great deal of the crop. The Roanoke was a mile wide at several places and the water rose to 15 feet above dry land."( Samuel Eckerlin to Alexander Mack, Sept. 1749, Johnson, Patton and Colonists, p. 63)" Note: Augusta County, VA consisted of all of southwest Virginia at the time. Below from site: http://www.clinchmountainhome.com/Nickels/castle.html The following excerpt is from the Pennsylvania Berichte, a Germantown newspaper, published January 6, 1750. It is a letter from Samuel Eckerlin to Alexander Mack, Jr. "Upon this occasion I want to report to you about the great inundations which occurred on the 25th of August, a little past midnight, on the Roanoke and the area northeast of it. Our river as well as the Little River were also very high but nobody here suffered mentionable damage. On the Roanoke, however, and other nearby places there was much damage. At several spots entire hills were swept down and leveled and several tracts of bottom land, all inhabited, were filled with so much gravel and sand that they can no longer be lived on. This I have seen myself. Also, houses and barns were carried away and with them a great deal of the crop. The Roanoke was a mile wide at several places and the water rose to 15 feet above otherwise dry land. Since you are familiar with this area, I want to give you details about several places as follows: One mile below Tobias Breit a man and a child were drowned; a woman managed to save herself on a tree; livestock was practically all drowned because the water rose so suddenly and right at midnight that none could have been driven away. The house of Henrich Braun with whom we stayed has been torn up. Clad in nothing but their shirts they got away with their children, the water reaching up to their arms. His three cows in the field were carried 3 miles downstream by the waters where they gained firm land alive. Peter Kinter and his wife found a horrible end. They were not yet asleep but had been drinking together, were in good cheer and thought of no danger till the water suddenly rose up to the house and no more escape was possible. So they retreated to the attic. No sooner had they reached it than the water rose up to them. They placed boards on the collar beam and sat on them. When the water reached up to their arms and no more flight seemed possible, he lost heart and told his people: He believed that this was another deluge and the Last Judgment had come. He asked his wife to give him a kiss. As he grabbed her, both slid from the board and away with the waters. Those who were with them on the boards saw no more of them. "Kassel's wife and children and their old mother were in the house at the same time. They all survived up on the collar beam save for a small child whom Peter Kinter's wife had on her lap. It drowned with them. After daybreak, the others found out that they had been carried with the upper part of the house for a mile into some woods. They found a rope and tied it to a tree so that they would not be carried any further until the waters subsided or someone would come to their rescue. After a few days, Peter Kinter's wife was found dead and naked hanging on a tree with one arm. And several days later he was also found. But he had no more head and only one arm. Maybe some wild animal had already feasted on him." There is also a Johann Casper Kinder born Nov. 30, 1712 in Neunkirchen, Saarbrucken, married to Anna Catherine Mueller, who is listed as having died Aug. 25, 1793 in Wythe Co. VA. He would appear to be the brother of the Peter Kinder who died in the flood. However, other researchers have his son, Peter, as born 1759 in East Bethlehem, Washington Co. PA, and with military service in the Rev. War in PA., and dying in Montgomery Co. Indiana. Is the Casper Kinder above the same as the Gasper Kinder on the roles in Montgomery Co. in the 1770s, and possibly Mary's father? In the tithables for 1771, 1772, and 1773 for the Black Lick area are Gasper Kinder, George Kinder, Jacob Kinder, Peeter Kinder Sr. and Peeter KInder Jr. and Phillip Kinder. As well as Montgomerys, Finleys, Robert and son James Mackfarland, John McFarland, and Crocketts. In Robert Doak's Company of Militia June 2nd, 1774 (Reed Creek area) is all the Doaks, and George, Peter and Jacob Kinder, as well as Waggoners, Gullions. In Capt. William Doak's company in 1780 are the Wards, George Kinder, John McFarland, In the 1782 tax list for Montgomery Co. a Peter Kinder, and a Joseph Kinder appear. In 1793, they still appear, but the county record is for Wyeth Co. Same area, just new county division. It has been suggested that Mary Kinder could possibly be the orphaned daughter of Johann Peter Kinder born in 1710 in Neunkirchen, Germany and wife Mary Magdalena Sattler, who he married in 1744 in Virginia. They were killed, along with a young child, in the Great Flood of 1749 on the Roanoke River, Virginia. They were buried in Salem, Virginia. Known children of Johann Peter and Mary are: Peter Kinder, born 1745, Sarah Kinder, born 1746, Christinah B. Kinder, born 1747, Catherine Kinder, born 1748, all in Augusta Co., VA. Notes from the Burk Familiy History website http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~swva/The%20Burk%20Family%20History.htm "There was a terrible flood on Roanoke in August 1749. ....... Neighbors Peter Kinter, wife and child were washed away. One spectator said, "Entire hills were swept down and leveled and several tracts of bottom land, all inhabited, were filled with so much sand and gravel they can no longer be lived on. Houses and barns were carried away and with them a great deal of the crop. The Roanoke was a mile wide at several places and the water rose to 15 feet above dry land."( Samuel Eckerlin to Alexander Mack, Sept. 1749, Johnson, Patton and Colonists, p. 63)" Note: Augusta County, VA consisted of all of southwest Virginia at the time. Below from site: http://www.clinchmountainhome.com/Nickels/castle.html The following excerpt is from the Pennsylvania Berichte, a Germantown newspaper, published January 6, 1750. It is a letter from Samuel Eckerlin to Alexander Mack, Jr. "Upon this occasion I want to report to you about the great inundations which occurred on the 25th of August, a little past midnight, on the Roanoke and the area northeast of it. Our river as well as the Little River were also very high but nobody here suffered mentionable damage. On the Roanoke, however, and other nearby places there was much damage. At several spots entire hills were swept down and leveled and several tracts of bottom land, all inhabited, were filled with so much gravel and sand that they can no longer be lived on. This I have seen myself. Also, houses and barns were carried away and with them a great deal of the crop. The Roanoke was a mile wide at several places and the water rose to 15 feet above otherwise dry land. Since you are familiar with this area, I want to give you details about several places as follows: One mile below Tobias Breit a man and a child were drowned; a woman managed to save herself on a tree; livestock was practically all drowned because the water rose so suddenly and right at midnight that none could have been driven away. The house of Henrich Braun with whom we stayed has been torn up. Clad in nothing but their shirts they got away with their children, the water reaching up to their arms. His three cows in the field were carried 3 miles downstream by the waters where they gained firm land alive. Peter Kinter and his wife found a horrible end. They were not yet asleep but had been drinking together, were in good cheer and thought of no danger till the water suddenly rose up to the house and no more escape was possible. So they retreated to the attic. No sooner had they reached it than the water rose up to them. They placed boards on the collar beam and sat on them. When the water reached up to their arms and no more flight seemed possible, he lost heart and told his people: He believed that this was another deluge and the Last Judgment had come. He asked his wife to give him a kiss. As he grabbed her, both slid from the board and away with the waters. Those who were with them on the boards saw no more of them. "Kassel's wife and children and their old mother were in the house at the same time. They all survived up on the collar beam save for a small child whom Peter Kinter's wife had on her lap. It drowned with them. After daybreak, the others found out that they had been carried with the upper part of the house for a mile into some woods. They found a rope and tied it to a tree so that they would not be carried any further until the waters subsided or someone would come to their rescue. After a few days, Peter Kinter's wife was found dead and naked hanging on a tree with one arm. And several days later he was also found. But he had no more head and only one arm. Maybe some wild animal had already feasted on him." Also, however, there was a Gasper Kinder who settled on land at Great Spring on Reed Creek, surveyed for Loyal Company 1753. This land comes into Robert McFarland's possession in 1762-Augusta Co. records. Need to research this more. "Early Adventures on the Western Waters, Wythe County, Vol. 2. p. 119, page 251 Cert. book. In the 1782 tax list for Montgomery Co. a Peter Kinder, and a Joseph Kinder appear. In 1793, they still appear, but the county record is for Wyeth Co. Same area, just new county division. | Kinder, Mary (I29964)
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| 4322 | Mary Helen Haines notes: I now realized why George does not show up in the index of Civil War enlistees. On his service records the transcriber put Geo. W. Wilkinson, instead of Wilkerson. No wonder. According to his CMSC, he was born in Georgia, was 35 years old when he joined on Dec. 16, 1861 in Honey Grove. He had dark hair, blue eyes, fair complexion. He had a horse valued $40. and rigging valued $35. He was mustered in on Dec. 27, 1861 at Ft. Washita with the rest of the McFarlands. An S. W. Wilkinson appears in the Brush Battalion, the 34th Texas Cavalry, and this is probably George as well. Records show that he was discharged July 1862 by order of Gen. Albert Pike in compliance with act of Congress that set age limits for enlistees. He probably then enrolled in the 34th when it was organized and the ages for service had been extended. If he was 35 in Dec. 1861, then his birth year should be in 1826, not 1828 as it says on his gravestone. He birth date is awfully confusing, because on the census records in 1850 in January, the records says he is 27 born in GA (which would be 1823). In 1860 in July it says he is 33 born in Arkansas (which would be 1828), and in 1870 he is 47 born in GA. However, his gravestone at Coleman Cemetery definitely says born July 22, 1828. The family moved to Indian Territory sometime around 1873. Further research on George Wilkerson was supplied to me by a descendant Gary Clampitt and he was sharing information with another cousin Joyce Vaughn. He connects up George with the line of John Wilkerson and above that Edward Wilkerson, Indian agent in South Carolina. It seems that Edward had an Indian wife, and that John did also. However, I have found conflicting evidence on this, so I am not sure of his heritage. Further information on George's heritage comes from Raymond Ray at Raysharon73@aol.com which seems to be very well documented. Marriage certificate #0287 issued to George Wilkenson and Rebecca Blankinship | Wilkerson, George (I31032)
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| 4323 | Mary Helen Haines notes: In 1850, Joseph M Farlen 37 NC, is fam. 98, living in Dist. 5, Barry Co. MO with wife Micky, 23, Ark. and daughter Lucinda J, 4 MO. He is next to fam. 97 which includes William M Farlen, (his brother) 23 MO, Nancy 24 Indiana, Nancy S. 58 NC, Rebeca L. 17 MO, Andrew J. 14 MO 1860: Barry Co. MO, White River township, p. 2, fam. 11 Joseph Mc farlin, 47, farmer, no land, 200, NC Sarah F. 37, NC Jane 14 Ark. (Lucinda) Elias M. 13, MO James b. 12 MO Jane 9, MO Nancy J. 2 MO James Brourlee 8 MO It appears that first wife Micky from Ark. has died, somewhere after 1851, and Joseph remarried Sarah F. ....Brourlee. Have not located him in the 1870 census yet. 1880: Prec. 4, Erath Co. TX, p. 21, fam. 184 Joseph W. McFarland, age 67, born in NC with parents TN and NC, Sarah F. 62. NC, VA, VA John W. , 14, MO, NC, NC Also present on p. 16 is brother William R. McFarland, 52, MO. | McFarland, Joseph W. (I29605)
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| 4324 | Mary Helen Haines notes: In the 1900 census in East St. Louis, ward 2, Dist. 95, Image 9 on Friendly ave. is Floyd McFaraland, born Feb. 1878, born in Illinois, married for 2 years to Ida, born Aug. 1881 and their daughter Lottie, born may 1899. There is a marriage record in St. Clair County for a William McFarland and an Ida Price on Oct. 6, 1897. That record has been associated with Milton P. McFarland as his second wife, but no proof. There is another marriage record for Floyd McFarland with Mamie Skaggs on Oct. 12, 1903 in St. Clair County. | McFarland, Floyd (I29459)
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| 4325 | Mary Helen Haines notes: In the 1900 census in Sparta, Joe is listed as Joseph, but I have not seen any other documents using that name. In the 1920 census, Joe and Lola were counted twice, so they must have been visiting Ladonia with their new born, because they are on Mill Street, which would be Mary Jane McFarland's house. The Ladonia census is dated as January, and the Oklahoma census is dated as being in May. My fondest memories of Granddaddy as a little girl were the wonderful games he would play with us. He would bounce us on his knee with the "This is the way a lady rides, pace, pace, pace,..." game. He also would swing us round and round holding our arm and leg playing airplane. I thought he was so big and strong. The following is a statement written by his sister Bessie Hill Copeland on the event of his application for a birth certificate in May, 1957 from the county clerk in Hunt Co. Texas. "Before me, the undersigned authority, this day personally appeared Mrs. J.P. (Bessie Hill) Copeland, and upon oath states : that she is the older sister of Joe Meredith Hill, that she was born March 30, 1882, and has personal knowledge of the birth of Joe M. Hill, on September 21, 1888; that she remembers returning home from school about 4 PM on the date of her only brothers birth and was told by her mother that Joe was born at 1 PM that day; that she has known hime through out their lives and knows of her own knowledge of the following events in his life: that he graduated from the Wolfe City, Texas, High school in June 1907; that he worked for the Santa Fe R.R. in Cleburne, Texas, 1908 to 1912; that he attended the University of Texas, Sept. 1912 to June 1916, graduating with a LLB degree; that he took Bar Examination in June 1913, and received his license to practice law; that he worked for the legal-claims department of the MK&T RR in Oklahoma 1916-1924, except for the time he served in World War I, he was commissioned 1st Lt. of Infantry at Leon Springs, Texas, Nov. 27, 1917, served with Co. M, 347th Inf. 87th Division, discharged as a Captain; that he was married to Lola McFarland Hill, October 24, 1918, and same is recorded in County Clerks Office Dallas County, Texas; that they have three children born as follows: Jane Hill, Aug. 3, 1919; Anne Hill, July 12, 1921, Joe McFarland Hill, Dec. 26, 1923, at the present time Joe M. and Lola Hill have 10 grandchildren. Joe Meredith Hill also served in World War II, March 1942 to Feb. 1946, .....rged as a full Colonel in the Inspector General's Dept. ....facts can be verified by public records, school, state, ...itary. (the ... are where the Notary Seal covered. Army Serial #0-152 186 In World War II served as a Major and Lt. Col. in the Eight Service Command and the Bermuda Base Command in the Inspector General office. Was promoted from Major to Lt. Col. to Col. and released from Active Duty Feb. 2, 1946. Obituary from the Dallas Morning News, May 28, 1980 p. 4D Wednesday services set for Judge Joe Hill, 91 Funeral services for Joe Hill, 91, a retired Dallas city judge, will be held at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Sparkman-Hillcrest Funeral Chapel, 7405 W. Northwest Highway. Burial will be in Ladonia cemetery in Ladonia, Fannin County. Hill, of 7422 Centenary, died Monday in Lakewood Medical Center after a lengthy illness. A native of White County, Tenn., Hill grew up in Wolfe City, 75 miles northeast of Dallas. After graduating from high school and working as a railroad company claim clerk, Hill entered the University of Texas at Austin, where he earned a law degree in 1916 and was a member of Delta Sigma Phi fraternity. After graduation, Hill went to work for the legal department of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad in Muskogee, Okla. His career with the railroad was interrupted by World War I. He joined the U.S. Army, received a commission as a lieutenant and left the service in 1918 as a captain. Hill returned to the M-K-T for five years before coming to Dallas to begin a law practice in 1923. He was appointed city judge in 1929 and held the position - except for his service in World War II when he rose to the rank of colonel - until 1953. During his tenure, Hill was active in trying to help the many alcoholics and drunken drivers who appeared in his court. After hearing about Alcoholics Anonymous from a reformed alcoholic judge during a convention in Chicago, Hill tried to form the first chapter of AA in Dallas. His efforts did not meet with immediate success. But while he was serving in World War II, the first chapter of AA was formed in Dallas. After retiring as a judge, Hill worked for the American Bar Association's traffic court program for five years before returning to private practice. He continued his practice until he was 85. Hill was active in many organizations including the Kiwanis, the Masons, the American Legion, Sons of the American Revolution, and the local and state Bar associations. Survivors include his wife, Lola McFarland Hill; a daughter, Anne Hill McMahan; a son, Col. Joe M. Hill Jr.; 11 grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren. | Hill, Joe Meredith (I30202)
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| 4326 | Mary Helen Haines notes: In the 1930 census, Ida McFarland is living in East St. Louis, is 54, a widow, married when she was 22, born in Illinois. She is living with her daugther Florence Hutmacher, 30 also a widow, married when she was 19, born in Illinois, father born in MO, mother in Illinois. Florence has two daughters, Delores, 10 and Dorothea, 7. They live on State Street. Dist. 58, Image 32, St. Clair Co. Illinois. | Ida (I29022)
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| 4327 | Mary Helen Haines notes: Is there any record that shows his name as Robert Henry? Also, is there any record that shows him to be the son of Alexander? Couldn't he be the son of Robert, son of Duncan? Augusta Co. VA There are three documents for a Robert McFarland in Augusta County during the Revolutionary War period. They could be for this Robert McFarland, or they could be referring to the Robert McFarland, born abt. 1725, supposed son of Duncan. It makes more sense, because of age, for it to be this one. First: in 1775 Robert McFarland was paid for his service during the Dunmore Expedition time period. He was paid for 13 days as a scout, and also for 25 days hired...it seems to read something about horses. This is from p. 23 of Dunmore's Expedition: Payrolls and Public Service Claims 1775, pub. 1930, Library of Virginia. Also, on p. 105, Robert McFarland is paid for 112 days duty with Capt. John Lewis' company, on the same payroll as Alexander McFarland. A Robert McFarland also appears in Staunton court in October, 1776 where he is called as a witness against Alexander Miller, a Rev. who has refused to be disloyal to the King. Robert is also being paid for travel accompanying said Miller, and the distance he travels to Staunton indicates he is coming from Duncan's area near Warm Springs, not Reed Creek area. Found this is Vol. 1 Abstracts from the Records of Augusta County, Virginia, by Lyman Chalkley, on-line: "To Robt. McFarland, summoned by the officer; to assist, for going 50 miles, at 4 pence per mile. To the witnesses for attending one day each, 25 pounds of tobacco, or two shillings and one penny, viz: William Ewing, Silas Hart, Mary Erwin, James Montgomery, William Givens, Robert McFarland, Thomas Smith, and James Hill." William Givens is a neighbor to Duncan. 1777: Nov. Muster Roll of Cap. Joseph Crockett Co. of the 7th Regiment by Col. Alex McClenachan (from Augusta Co.). Robert McFarlane is listed, says enlisted for 3 years. On furlough in Nov. 1777. In this company is Robert Sayers as 1st Lt. There is a Richard Scaggs. The rest of the names are not familiar. Washington Co. VA 1782 tax list: in Capt. John Kinkead's district: Robert McFarland, one tithe, 4 horses, 13 cattle. In this district are the same people who sign to create Russell Co.: Richard Price, Thomas Price, William Willoughby 1784 tax list: Mr. Robert Campbell's district. Robert McFarlin, one tithe, 4 horses, 10 cattle 1783: Surveyed 96 acres on both sides of Clinch River, assignee of Moses Dortan 1785: Washington County Petition to Form Russell County, Virginia December, 1785 The petition of sundrey inhabitants of Clinch River, Moccasin Creek, Powells Valley, and others, citizens of Washington County humbly represent that your petitioners are situate from the line of Montgomery as it crosses near the source of Clinch River, down the same eighty miles; thence to the extreme settlements of Powells Valley forty more. ... Included in this list is Joseph McFarlan, with Robert McFarlan next to him. They are near Samuel Vanhook, James Shewmaker, William Price. Then further down the list is Alexander McFarland. Other lists that show everone's signature also has a Robert McFarland Jr. listed. Not sure who this Joseph McFarlan is. The Joseph McFarland of the Duncan line that is known, is the son of Robert Henry and was born in 1775, therefore too young to sign a petition, one would think. However, there may be children of Robert from Augusta Co. Warm Springs area that are not known or are mixed up with the other Robert line. Russell County Virginia Deed Book 1 1787-1795, by Tom Colley, 1995 Dallas Public Library: p. 53. Robert and Ann McFarland, his wife, selling to John Counts Sr. on Aug. 28, 1792, all of Russell Co., his 166 acres patented to Robert McFarlane on June 27, 1788, on north side of Glade Hollow Russell County Personal Property and Land Tax 1787-1800, 1802, 1810: Dallas Public Library 929.3 V8RUA, Albert: 1787: Alexander, Robert, and James on Pers. Prop. list (This would appear to be Robert Henry, Alexander, son of William, and James son of William. 1788: Land Tax, Upper District: only one with land is Robert McFarland with 100 acres After this only newly acquired land is shown in the lists 1789: Alexander, Robert, James on Pers. Prop. list 1790: Alexander, Robert, James on Pers. Prop. list, Upper District. Land Tax has James with 50 acres, and 95 acres as assignee of Samuel Robertson 1791: Land Tax, Upper District: McFarland ______? assignee of Vanhook, 200 acres; James with 50, 95 1792: Land Tax, Upper District: James with 200, 95, 110 Pers. Prop. James with 1 tithe, Robert with 2 tithes 1793: James on Pers. Prop. Upper District. Robert is missing, must have moved. Nothing new on Land. 1794: Personal Property, Upper District, James. Land Tax: James with 900, 95,80,110 acres Robert with 178 acres 1795: Land Tax: James with 295, 100 Robert with 178: Pers. Prop. is James only 1796: Personal Property Upper District: Alexander with 1 tithe, James with none. Land Tax Upper Dist. James with 275, 110. James new deeds 162, 80. Robert with 172. 1797: Land Tax Upper Dist. new listings: Alex McFarland from R. Price-250 acres Pers. Prop. Alex with 2 tithes, James with one 1798: Pers. Prop. Upper Dist. Alex. McF. with 2, James with one 1799: Pers. Prop. Upper Dist. Alex. McF. with 2, James with one 1800: Pers. Prop. Lower District: Robert McFarland with 3 (Upper Dist. doesn't exist for 1800) 1802: Pers. Prop. Lower District: Joseph McFarland Upper Dist. Alexander McFarland Sr. 1, Alexander McFarland Jr. 1, James 1, Robert 2 Older notes: QUESTIONABLE LINK: Is this Robert Henry McFarlane the same one who married Ann R. Walkup? QUESTIONABLE LINK: *********** IT SEEMS FAIRLY REASONABLE THAT Robert Henry is a grandson of Duncan McFarland. QUESTIONABLE LINK: Robert C. McFarlane (1781) is said to be a Junior in some records, which would make his father also Robert mcFarlane (?), married to "Ann"--?---. (See also under son Robert C.) Researcher James C. McFarlen states that Robert C. was son of Robert HENRY McFarland. LINKS: There are several suggestive links of the daughters, Angie and Rebecca, as being the same as the girls who lived in Clark (now Taylor) County, Kentucky, and who married YOUNG brothers. See that family. SOURCE: Much information on this family comes from Linda M.Sykes (1999). SOURCE: James C. McFarlen (1998) in THE HERITAGE OF JACKSON CO., ALABAMA (1997-1998). Lists much of this early family including the name Robert Henry as father to all the listed children. Robert Henry had daughters Angie and Rebecca. LAND: 1783 VIRGINIA, Washington County Survey Records 1783 Page 16 Phillip Crurne -- 180 acres ... on the head of a small branch the waters of Clinch River, corner to Robert McFarlane's... by a path ... line of John Lewis Land... March 25, 1783. LAND: 1783 VIRGINIA, Washington County Survey Records 1783 page 75 Robert McFarlin, assinee of Moses Dorton .. 96 acres ... Treasury Warrant .. on both sides of Clinch River...by a path... July 22, 1783. RESIDENCE: 1785 Washington County, VA (in a petition to form that part of the County into Russel County): Alexander, Robert, Robert Jr., Joseph. (NOTE: Robert Sr. would have been Robert, son of John and Mary [Montgomery] McFarland? {mhh: Actually Robert, son of John and Mary Montgomery was already in TN, Greene Co. by this time. The Robert Sr. could have been Robert, son of Duncan} PLACE: Russell County formed 1785 from Washington County. TAXLIST: 1787-1796 VIRGINIA, Russell county, Upper District Robert McFarland. Note: Not listed after 1796 (record only goes 1796-1799). However, records prior to 1800 do not include the Lower district. May have moved to Lower District 1796/1797. LAND: 1790 VIRGINIA, Russsel County Deed Book #1 Page 86 May 15, 1790 Robert McFarland, assignee of William Vaughn - 187 acres - part Treasury Warrant 119 acres by 8432 dtd Apr 4, 1782 and 59 acres by 11344 dtd March 11, 1782 - at the foot of the north side of Clinch Mtn --at the foot of Clinch Mtn. TAXLIST: 1792 VIRGINIA, Russell County, Upper District Robert McFarland 1M 21-up, 1M 16-21, no others listed. NOTE: This indicates a son age 16-21 years of age. LAND: 1792 VIRGINIA, Russell County Deed Book #1 Abstracts Pae 228 & 229. Aug 28, 1792 between Robert McFarland and Ann and John Counts ... 166 acres granted to Robert McFarland by patent dated 27 June 1788 .. Beginning on north side of Glade Hollow ...Signed Robert McFarland and Ann McFarland TAXLIST: 1795 VIRGINIA, Russell County, Upper District Robert McFarland 178 acres. TAXLIST: 1796 VIRGINIA, Russell County, Upper District Robert McFarland 172 acres. TAXLIST: 1800 VIRGINIA, Russell County, Lower District Robert McFarland. Probably same Robert. CENSUS: 1810 VIRGINIA, Russell County Robert McFarlan. RESEARCHER-EMAIL: (1999) Linda M.Sykes <nsykes@worldnet.att.net>. Descent from Robert C. McFarlane. RESEARCHER-EMAIL: (1999) Carolyn Tamblyn <tamblyn@auburn.campus.mci.net> Descent from Warren Co, Tn branch. RESEARCHER-EMAIL: (1998) James C. McFarlen <JCMcF123@aol.com> Descendant of Joseph and Lucy Price McFarlen. LINKS: Several researchers of this family claim that Robert had a son James who married Jane Price, but this James has been definiteley been linked as son of William, son of Duncan of Bath Co, VA. FAMILY: This family has definitely linked Joseph, William Monroe, Christopher, and Robert C. as siblings. Other siblings: Angie, Rebecca and B.L. supplied by James C. McFarlen. It is also believed that there was a brother James, but the early birth date of 1767 is troubling. | McFarlane, Robert Henry BY214647 (I30186)
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| 4328 | Mary Helen Haines notes: Jacob McFarland's first marriage would have taken place in Tennesee in Greene/Jefferson County. Jefferson County was created in 1782 and its marriage records start in 1798. I assume his first, and or second wife died and he then married Nancy Cathey in 1804 when he purchased land from George Cathey. The McFarlands did not move to Buncombe County before 1799. Regarding the children: the son George W. McFarland born Oct. 18, 1809 may be incorrect, or he has become mixed up with George W. McFarland, born Jan. 25, 1809, son of James Ray McFarland. Also, the marriage to Elizabeth Webb, and then the marriage to Nancy Cathey...yet there are children born before that marriage. Buncombe County Deed Records: On April 20, 1804 Jacob McFarland purchases 65 acres on the east side of the Pigeon River from George Cathey. Vol. 8, p. 271. Haywood Co. is created out of Buncombe Co. in 1808. Haywood Co. NC, County Court Pleas, Vol. C, p. 11, in June 15, 1812, Jacob McFarland was foreman of the Grand Jury, James McFarland served, and John McFarland, Esq. was a Justice. Dec. 1814, Jacob and James McFarland serving as grand jurors (p. 90). March session, 1815, Jacob is serving again, John McFarland Esq. is Justice.( p. 103) Haywood County N.C. Deed Records: Book A, p. 363. On Sept. 19, 1815, Jacob McFarland sold to Daniel McDowell 67 acres on the east side of the Pigeon River, where he lives, for $700. The land intersects the said McFarland spring branch. George Cathey witnessed. This must have been shortly before the move to Missouri. (Daniel McDowell is the son of James McDowell, therefore a brother to Margaret McDowell who married David McFarland, Jacob's brother.) Cooper County, Missouri, Cemetery Records, Vol. 1-12 Collection of cemetery records from Cooper County, Missouri. More information below (MHH note: mistake in the records below: the Jacob married to Matilda Fleming is Jacob Jr., not the Jacob born in 1772.) Name: Jacob McFarland Birth Date: 21 Feb 1772 Death Date: 13 Oct 1846 hus. of Matilda (Fleming) McFarland; hus. of Nancy (Cathey) McFarland; (buried?) Note: Nancy Cathey was a dau. of George Cathey, a Revolutionary Soldier. These families came to St. Genevieve Co., Mo., in about 1816; lived there for two years; and in 1819 came to Cooper Co., where they lived out their lives. Cemetery: Reid Cemetery Description: Number 1 Also, called McFarland Cemetery Location: T-48-N; R-17-W; Section 25 About a mile from the new bridge on Route B, south, out of Boonville on a country lane not far from the Petite Saline Creek on the farm once owned by Ed (Jack) Melkersman is a cemetery about twenty feet square with an iron fence around it. On the gate is the name "McFarland". The farm is now owned by Henry Grathwohl. There are no visible tombstones inside this enclosure but on the outside was found one foot marker with the initials, J. McF. on it. It is our thinking that this is a marker for the grave of John S. or Jessie McFarland who had come to Cooper County between 1815 and 1820 after William McFarland, the first sheriff of Cooper County, who resided on the Byler farm now owned by Larry Lymer of the Rankin Mill Community. Other markers scattered around over an area of some fifty by seventy five feet were found that had not been broken beyond reading and these were: Cemetery Records of Cooper County, Missouri Volume VI -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Location: T-48-N; R-17-W; Section 25 on the Charles Grathroohl land. p. 15, correction Bousfield: Henry Crawford: George; b. March 8, 1795 d. July 29, 1852. p. 16, correction Mcfarland: Jacob; b. Feb. 21, 1772 d. 1843; hus. of Matilda (Fleming) McFarland (deceased 1846). Atlas Survey: 1877 land atlas - no cemetery symbol on the William A. Reed land. 1915 land atlas - no cemetery symbol on the Ed. Melkersmann land. 1978 plat book - no cemetery symbol on the Charles Grathwohl land. 1991 plat book - no cemetery symbol on the Charles Grathwohl land. Note: Grathwohl land was 4-5 miles south of Boonville, on Route "B". Inquire and Please, ask permission to enter Private Property. Missouri Cemetery Records Volume XI Addendum to the Volumes I to X of the records Part Two Reed Cemetery #1 Volume VIA, pp. 15-16 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- View Full Context The following are notes from the McFarland genealogy website of Gary Morris: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hollow/8143/genealogy/mcfarland/rbtlanc.txt -- ***** 46 ***** Jacob McFARLAND, son of John McFARLAND and Mary KINDER, was born 21 Feb 1772 in Bedford County, Virginia, died 13 Oct 1846 in Cooper-Moniteau County, Missouri. Jacob married (1) to Elizabeth (Betsey) WEBB born about 1770 in Virginia(?), died 1796/1798 in Virginia. Jacob married (2) 1796/1799 in Pigeon Valley, Buncombe County, North Carolina to Nancy CATHEY daughter of George CATHEY and Margaret CHAMBERLAIN, born 1 Jan 1780 in Burke County, North Carolina, died 29 Aug 1870 in Booneville, Cooper County, Missouri. ----- NOTES FOR Jacob McFARLAND: SOURCE: World Family Tree #9 and #10 and #12. CENSUS: 1800 NORTH CAROLINA, Buncombe County 00010-10100. P. 177. RESIDENCE: Lived 1806 Buncombe County,North Carolina. CENSUS: 1810 NORTH CAROLINA, Buncombe County. Jacob McFarland P. 197. ----- NOTES FOR Nancy CATHEY: PARENTS: George CATHEY and Margaret CHAMBERLAIN. DEATH: Also listed as Pettis Co, MO 24 Aug 1870. ===CHILDREN of Jacob McFARLAND and Nancy CATHEY 154 Elizabeth (Betsy) McFARLAND b 6 Feb 1795 Buncombe County, North Carolina. + 155 Catherine McFARLAND b 12 Feb 1800/1801 Buncombe County, North Carolina. M Nicholas McCARTHY. + 156 Sarah McFARLAND b 8 Aug 1802 Buncombe County, North Carolina. M Reuben GEORGE. + 157 Reuben McFARLAND b 17 Oct 1804 Buncombe County, North Carolina. M Eunice RICE. + 158 Ann McFARLAND b 26 Apr 1806 Buncombe County, North Carolina. M Jesse McFARLAND. + 159 William McFARLAND b 26 Jan 1808 Haywood County, North Carolina. M Martha A. ROBERTS. 160 George McFARLAND b 18 Oct 1809 Haywood County, North Carolina. + 161 Jacob McFARLAND b 30 Oct 1811 Haywood County, North Carolina. M Matilda FLEMING. Jacob McFarland's first marriage would have taken place in Tennesee in Greene/Jefferson County. Jefferson County was created in 1782 and its marriage records start in 1798. I assume his first, and or second wife died and he then married Nancy Cathey in 1804 when he purchased land from George Cathey. The McFarlands did not move to Buncombe County before 1799. Buncombe County Deed Records: On April 20, 1804 Jacob McFarland purchases 65 acres on the east side of the Pigeon River from George Cathey. Vol. 8, p. 271. Haywood Co. is created out of Buncombe Co. in 1808. Haywood County N.C. Deed Records: Book A, p. 363. On Sept. 19, 1815, Jacob McFarland sold to Daniel McDowell 67 acres on the east side of the Pigeon River, where he lives, for $700. The land intersects the said McFarland spring branch. George Cathey witnessed. This must have been shortly before the move to Missouri. Cooper County, Missouri, Cemetery Records, Vol. 1-12 Collection of cemetery records from Cooper County, Missouri. More information below « Global Search Results Name: Jacob McFarland Birth Date: 21 Feb 1772 Death Date: 13 Oct 1846 hus. of Matilda (Fleming) McFarland; hus. of Nancy (Cathey) McFarland; (buried?) Note: Nancy Cathey was a dau. of George Cathey, a Revolutionary Soldier. These families came to St. Genevieve Co., Mo., in about 1816; lived there for two years; and in 1819 came to Cooper Co., where they lived out their lives. Cemetery: Reid Cemetery Description: Number 1 Also, called McFarland Cemetery Location: T-48-N; R-17-W; Section 25 About a mile from the new bridge on Route B, south, out of Boonville on a country lane not far from the Petite Saline Creek on the farm once owned by Ed (Jack) Melkersman is a cemetery about twenty feet square with an iron fence around it. On the gate is the name "McFarland". The farm is now owned by Henry Grathwohl. There are no visible tombstones inside this enclosure but on the outside was found one foot marker with the initials, J. McF. on it. It is our thinking that this is a marker for the grave of John S. or Jessie McFarland who had come to Cooper County between 1815 and 1820 after William McFarland, the first sheriff of Cooper County, who resided on the Byler farm now owned by Larry Lymer of the Rankin Mill Community. Other markers scattered around over an area of some fifty by seventy five feet were found that had not been broken beyond reading and these were: Cemetery Records of Cooper County, Missouri Volume VI View Full Context -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Location: T-48-N; R-17-W; Section 25 on the Charles Grathroohl land. p. 15, correction Bousfield: Henry Crawford: George; b. March 8, 1795 d. July 29, 1852. p. 16, correction Mcfarland: Jacob; b. Feb. 21, 1772 d. 1843; hus. of Matilda (Fleming) McFarland (deceased 1846). Atlas Survey: 1877 land atlas - no cemetery symbol on the William A. Reed land. 1915 land atlas - no cemetery symbol on the Ed. Melkersmann land. 1978 plat book - no cemetery symbol on the Charles Grathwohl land. 1991 plat book - no cemetery symbol on the Charles Grathwohl land. Note: Grathwohl land was 4-5 miles south of Boonville, on Route "B". Inquire and Please, ask permission to enter Private Property. Cemetery: Splice Creek Baptist Church Cemetery Description: Location: T-47-N; R-15-W; Section SW 1/4 of Section 10. The Splice Creek Baptist Church is nearby - only about one quarter mile south of the cemetery, at the crossroads in the N. E. 1/4 of Section 16. Cooper County, Missouri Cemetery Records Volume XI Addendum to the Volumes I to X of the records Part Two Reed Cemetery #1 Volume VIA, pp. 15-16 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Reuben McFarland Birth Date: 17 Oct 1804 Death Date: 26 Jan 1882 "Born in No. Carolina; buried on old McFarland place." Son of Jacob, Sr. and Nancy (Cathey) McFarland, wife of Jacob, Jr.; hus. of Eunice (Rice) McFarland Cemetery: Reuben McFarland Cemetery Description: Location: In Boonville Township, Cooper County, Mo; T-48-N; R-16-W; Section 18; Center of the section on the north side of hill; elevation 670'; on the farm of J. C. Loesing. "The cemetery was named after Reuben McFarland, who was born in North Carolina, one of eight children of Jacob and Nancy (Cathey) McFarland. Nancy Cathey was a daughter of George Cathey, a Revolutionary Soldier. These families all came to Missouri about 1816; to St. Genevieve County and lived there two years and then came to Cooper County, in 1818; and settled the land where they lived out the remainder of their lives. The cemetery had head stones and an iron fence around it, with tall cedar trees just inside the fence." Recorded by Mr. and Mrs. Grover Debo. Cemetery Records of Cooper County, Missouri Volume III View Full Context | McFarland, Jacob (I29575)
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| 4329 | Mary Helen Haines notes: Land Claims: Two claims in Sect. 18, 35 N, 7E, straddling both counties of St. Francois, and Ste. Genevieve, 74 acres. In Vol. 1 of the St. Francois Will Record, p. 47-48 of Jacob McFarland, filed March 7, 1864, he wills to his only living son Francis M. McFarland his farm and plantation of 160 acres. To his four daughters Angeline M, Narcissa, Mary A. Watts, and Sarah J. Keith, he bequeaths $100. plus one bed and bedding, one bedstead, dining and serving table and one cow. FHL #915206 According to the records of the cemetery found at the Farmington Library: The McFarland Cemetery is in Township 35, Range 7, NW 1/4 of Section 8, owned in 1989 by Franklin Smith. It is just off Wesley Chapel road, on the west side of the road, just across from the Wesley Chapel Cemetery. It is on private land, under a grove of trees, and almost completely overgrown. In the St. Francois County Missouri Cemeteries Book, Vol. 3, p. 204 are listed these burials: McFarlands: Amanda, b. Nov. 29, 1824, died Feb. 9, 1827, d/o Jacob and Mary Jacob, b. Oct. 19, 1799, died Jan. 5, 1864, s/o Reuben and Martha (Campbell) John Bell, b. Dec. 1, 1823, died. Dec. 1, 1823, s/o Jacob and Mary Josiah Berton, b. Dec. 24, 1832, died Jun 16, 1833 Mary, b. Jun 30, 1800, died Jan. 30, 1857, wife of Jacob, md. July 4, 1822, daug. of John and Rebecca Bell Nancy Ellen, b. Feb. 4, 1830, died Oct. 29, 1834 There are other people buried there: George and Elizabeth Madison, George, Annie, Delia, and Horace Bradley, who were neighbors, and then the Smiths who were also neighbors: Willliam T. Smith, Eva L. Smith, Jamie Smith and Mary Lillian Smith. The Smiths purchased the property from the McFarlands, and their descendants own it still today. The last burial is William Smith, born 1853, died Dec. 2, 1908. Land Claims: Two claims in Sect. 18, 35 N, 7E, straddling both counties of St. Francois, and Ste. Genevieve, 74 acres. In Vol. 1 of the St. Francois Will Record, p. 47-48 of Jacob McFarland, filed March 7, 1864, he wills to his only living son Francis M. McFarland his farm and plantation of 160 acres. To his four daughters Angeline M, Narcissa, Mary A. Watts, and Sarah J. Keith, he bequeaths $100. plus one bed and bedding, one bedstead, dining and serving table and one cow. FHL #915206 | McFarland, Jacob (I29371)
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| 4330 | Mary Helen Haines notes: Many Ancestry trees show this George McFarland, son of George and Sally Jack McF. as the one who married Elizabeth Maddox, March 16, 1812 in Greene Co. TN. If so, then she must have died and he remarried Abigail Cathey in 1816 in Howard Co. MO. This George Jr. should not be confused with the George Jr. of Knox Co. KY. Logic dictates that there are two different George McFarland families: the one who moved to Missouri, and the one that moved to Kentucky. According to research done in the Cathey family, this George married Abigail Cathey, daugher of George Cathey and Margaret Chamberlain, some time after the move to Missouri. The marriage took place Dec. 19, 1816 in Howard Co. MO. It was recorded as George Mcfarlin and Abigal Carthey. In 1828, a George McFarland purchased 40 acres #10932 at 5th Meridian, 49N, 28W, NW1/4SW1/4 12, Lafayette In 1835, George McFarland purchased 40 acres #3285 at 5th Meridian, 49N, 28W NE1/4SW1/4 13, Lafayette In 1830 census: what appears to be this George McFarland is in Lafayette Co. with no spouse, so she must have died before that. The 1830 census shows 1 male under 5, 1 male 5 to 9, 1 male 30 to 39 (George), 1 female 5 to 9, 1 female 10 to 14. (There is no female under 5, so where is Sarah A.?) In 1840 census, George (age 40-50) is in Lafayette Co. p. 156, along with brother Samuel. There are two males: one 10-15 (Robert), one 15-20 (Samuel A.), one female 20-30. (Still no Sarah) George purchases two 40 acre properties in Johnson Co. in 1843 and 1848. 540 HISTORY OF JOHNSON COUNTY. "George McFarland was born in Tennessee in 1793, and died in Chilhowee township, Johnson county, in 1862. Samuel McFarland, Sr., was a native of Tennessee, and came, with all his father's family, to Missouri territory in 1816, and settled in Cooper county, near Otterville; then in about four years thereafter removed to the Sni-a-bar creek, in Lafayette county. He came with his family to Centerview township in 1843, and settled about two miles east of the present depot at Centerview. Here he purchased about 400 acres, and resided thereon till the year 1850, when he removed to Texas. He died in the year 1861. George McFarland, the brother of Samuel, came to Centerview about the year 1843, and settled about two miles south of the present village of Centerview. He died there some time before the war. He was given to quaint, dry expressions, which were wont to produce great merriment among his friends." p. 538 "It is related that Father McFarland, his sons and sons of his neighbors, every fall engaged in a great hunt for the purpose of getting a supply of meat for the coming winter. Being a strictly religious man, wherever in the forest the camp was pitched there he also erected an altar to the worship of Almighty God, and every morning before the chase, and every evening at the camp fire, there in nature's solemn temple was heard the reverent tones of Father McFarland ascending to high heaven from among the dark trees of the forest, while the bowed head of each comrade betokened the conscientious though strong spirit of those hardy men." By 1850 census, George is living with his son Robert in Johnson Co. MO and does not show a spouse. This George was living in the 1850 and 1860 censuses in Post Oak Twn. in Johnson Co. with what appears to be his son, Robert McFarland, born in 1837, married to an Elizabeth, born in 1836 in KY, with their children Arabella, born in 1849, then John P. 1852, Samuel B. 1856. 1860 census is fam. 1644, Johnson Co., Post Oak twn. p. 23. In this same census, the households include fam. 1644, Robert with father George. fam. 1645, Milly Ann McFarland (widowed wife of Samuel A. McFarland), and fam. 1646 James G. Morrow, 48, merchant from Tennessee, whom I assume is a relation of Jane Morrow, wife of the Samuel McFarland who moved to Texas. The George McFarland of Johnson County MO died April 23, 1863 and is buried at the Sluder Cemetery in Centerview Twnship Johnson County, MO. He is buried with a S.A. who died in 1859 age 35 years. This could be a son named Samuel who was present in the 1850 census, age 27, married to Milly from KY, but is absent in the 1860 census. If, in fact, this George McFarland, is the son of George and Sally Jack McFarland, and he married Elizabeth Maddox on March 16, 1812 in Greene County TN, then it is more proof that the George who married Nancy Golden in Knox County TN is a different George. The George McFarland of Johnson County TN died April 23, 1863 and is buried at the Sluder Cemetery in Centerview Twnship Johnson County, MO. He is buried with a S.A. who died in 1859 age 35 years. This could be a son named Samuel who was present in the 1850 census, age 27, married to Milly from KY, but is absent in the 1860 census. This George was living in the 1850 and 1860 censuses in Post Oak Twn. in Johnson Co. with what appears to be his son, Robert McFarland, born in 1837, married to an Elizabeth, born in 1836 in KY, with their children Arabella, born in 1849 | McFarland, George (I27852)
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| 4331 | Mary Helen Haines notes: Mary T. Haines sent me the book by Lake McFarlane Parsons. She has lots of information, but unfortunately, does not give her sources. Some of the information she cites is incorrect regarding James's siblings, etc. She does not mention if he was the James McFarland who was briefly with brother Alexander, John, Daniel in Greene Co. KY and claimed 200 acres. His name appears there and is gone, and it seems as if Alexander absorbs his claim. Older notes: NOTES: "COL. James McFarlane of Virginia: some descendants and related families"; Lake McFarlane PARSONS (1902- );1979; LDS Book 929.273 M164p; states James McFarlane was born in 1766 or 1767 in Virginia. He married Jane Price. Many descendants remain in Virginia. Book Review found in VIRGINIA APPALACHIAN NOTES Nov 1991, page 154, at BHam FHC; 227 pages; ACTION: Wrote to Lake McFarlane Parsons. Address (1997) 1 Liberty Place Apt 135 Bristol, VA 24201. She does not have a copy of her book. PLACE: Russell County formed 1785 from Washington County, Virginia. NOTE: NOT LISTED IN 1785 Washington county, request to split into two counties. TAXLIST: 1787-1799 continuous VIRGINIA, Russell County, Upper District. LAND: 1791 Deed Book #1 Page 135-136 March 22,1791 Between Samuel VanHook and James McFarland ... 199 acres on both sides of the north fork of Cedar Creek the waters of Clinch River. LAND: 1792 Virginia, Russell County Land Records page 132 11 Jan 1792 James McFarland, assignee of Philip Naanes 142 acres part of Treasury Warrant 100 acres by 8174 dtd Feb 2, 1782 & 42 ac by 11244 dtd 11 march 1782 on the south side of House and Barn Mtn -corner Wm Priest, and Samuel Robertson - corner Henry Smith. LINKS: Neighbor of William Priest, likely a close relative of brother's wife, Lydia Priest. TAXLIST: 1792 VIRGINIA, Russell County, Upper District. James McFarland 50 and 95 acres. LINKS-LAND: 1793 VIRGINIA, Russell County Surveyors Books page 187 Sep 13, 1793 John Horton 96 acres on the waters of Cedar Creek Corner of Richard PRICE and James MC Farland -on the side of Priests Mountain near the foot. LAND: 1794 VIRGINIA, Russell county, Surveyors Books page 195 Sep 17, 1794 James McFarland, assignee of Alexander Scott - 23 acres - part Treasury Warrant 8174 dtd Feb 2, 1782, on both sides of N. Fork of Cedar Creek, corner to John Horton. TAXLIST: 1795 VIRGINIA, Russell County, Upper District James McFarland 295 and 100 acres. TAXLIST: 1796 VIRGINIA, Russell County, Upper District James mcFarland 275, 110, 162 (new deed) and 80 (new deed) acres. LINKS-LAND: 1796 VIRGINIA, Russell County Surveyors Books Page278 Abraham Crabtree Nov 5, 1796 150 acres assignee of David Priest - On the south side of the House and Barn Mountains - corner of James McFarland. LAND: 1798 VIRGINIA, Russell County Surveyors Book page 317 James McFarland 15 Feb 1798 90 acres part Treasury Warrant 1019 dated Dec 24, 1794 - on the north side of Clinch Mtn and on both sides of the Lick branch -corner to Richard Price - on the Lick Branch corner to said Price - corner George Mutter. LINKS-LAND: 1798 VIRGINIA, Russell County Surveyors Books pae 302 Sep 20,1798 John Drake -- assignee of Harry Smith, assignee of James McFarland - on the south side of the middle Fork of Indian Creek, part of Headwaters of Clinch River. LINKS: 1803 Russell County, VA Will of Richard Price, Sr. Will Book 2, page 3-12 date 9 March 1803 exec 24 May 1803. Wife Priscilla. Lived Cedar Creek, branch of Clinch River. Neighbors Samuel Robinson, James McFarlane, Henry Smith. Lived near Preece Mountain. CENSUS: 1810 VIRGINIA, Russell County James McFarlane. TAXLIST: 1816 VIRGINIA, Tazewell county. James McFarland owned land in Tazewell County, but resided in Russell County. CENSUS: 1820 VIRGINIA, Russell County James McFarlane Esq 1M 16-18, 3M 16-26, 1M 45-up, 2F 0-10, 1F 45-up, several slaves. PROBATE: 1830 Russell County, Virginia Will of James McFarlane Will Book 4a, page 466-467 Made 3 Dec 1825, exec 12 Aug 1830. Children James M., Elizabeth, Malinda, Alexander, Clarissa Kindrick, and Augustus. Owned land in Tazewell County. Mentions Elenor Neal and her daughter Mary Neal. Executors: James M. McFarlane and Joseph Shoemaker. Also witness John Burk. PROBATE: 1830 Russell County, Virginia Will of James McFarlane Will Book 4a, page 466-467 Made 3 Dec 1825, exec 12 Aug 1830. ...I James McFarlane of the County of Russell and State of Virginia do hereby make my last Will and Testament in manner and form following that is to say. ...1st I desire all my just debts and funeral expenses to be paid out of my perishable property ...2dly I give to my son James M. McFarlane Elizabeth McFarlane & Malinda McFarlane all my personal estate including my slaves to be equally divided between them ...3dly I give to my son James M. McFarlane all my land in the County of Russell State aforesaid and the buildings thereon with the exception that the said Elizabeth & Malinda shall have the privilege of living in my house until they get married the aforesaid lands buildings etc I give to said James M. McFarlane & his heirs forever. ...4thly I give all my lands in the County of Tazwell State aforesaid to my son James M. McFarlane Elizabeth McFarland and Malinda McFarlane with the exception that Elenor Neal and her daughter Mary Neal shall have a life Estate of the bent of the creek whereon they now live, they the said James M. McFarlane Elizabeth & Malinda to have and to hold the said lands to be equally divided between them to them and their heirs forever ...5thly I give to my son Alexander one dollar to be paid by James M. McFarlane ...6thly I give to my daughter Clarissa Kindrick one dollar to be paid by the said James M. McFarlane ...7thly I give to my son Augustus McFarlane one dollar to be paid by James M. McFarlane ...8thly and lastly I do hereby constitute and appoint James M. McFarlane and Joseph Shoemaker Executors of this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking all other or former wills or Testaments by me heretofore made. ...In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 3d day of December 1825. James McFarlane (Seal) ...Signed, sealed published and declared as and for the last will and testament of the above named James McFarlane in presence of us John Burk Joseph Shoemaker ...At a quarterly Court continued and held for Russell County on the 4th day of August 1830. This instrument of writing was exhibited in Court as and for the last Will and Testament of James McFarlane deceased and proven by the oaths of Joseph Shoemaker and John Burk the two subscribing witnesses thereto, and was also proven to be in the hand writing of the Testator, and ordered to be recorded And Joseph Shoemaker one of the executors therein named refusing to take upon himself any part of the further(?) of the execution thereof, on the motion of James M. McFarlane the other executor therein named who made oath, and together with John T. Smith William Williams and William Ferrell his securities, entered into and acknowledged a bond in the penalty of $8000 conditioned as the law directs, certificate is granted the said James M. McFarlane for obtaining probat of the said Will in due form ...Teste James P. Carrell C.R.C. LINKS: Will mentions sister Elenor Neal. QUESTIONABLE LINK: Have this James McFarland who married Jane Price in three different families. One as son of William MCFARLAND and Elizabeth GIBSON, and the other listed as son of Robert MC FARLAND AND Ann _____. Also have this same James as James (b.1778 son of Robert and Margret MCNUTT MCFARLAND) who married Elizabeth Carmichael. Same children. See Elsewhere. HISTORY: "The Heritage of Russell Co, VA 1786-1986" at LDS -FHC on microfilm. Page 267 Col. James McFarlane, husband of Jane Price, lived on a large acreage of land at Rosedale, VA which he inherited from his father, William McFarlane. Born in 1767, he was active in many events of early Russell County History and served in the State Legislature. Their five children were Alexander, Augusta, Clarissa (md Kendrick) and James M. ...... John A., son of Alexander, married "Lou" Ann Hunt of Tazewell County. QUESTIONABLE LINK: Records of Linda Sykes state that Alexander Jackson McFarland's father had a brother named James. Most researchers of her family state that this James was the one who married Jane Price. Linda Sykes notes that many in her family did marry into the Price family, but that James who married Jane Price possibly could have been an uncle instead of a brother, since he was born several years earlier than the rest. This family has definitely linked Joseph, William Monroe, Christopher, and Robert C. as siblings. Other siblings: Angie, Rebecca and B.L. supplied by James C. McFarlen. It is also believed that there was a brother James, but the early birth date of 1767 is troubling. HISTORY: 1830 -- Russell Co. History Book: Col. James McFarlane (1767-1830) with spouse, Jane Price (1768-1820) were parents of Augustus McFarlane (1798-1890), who m Nancy Kendricks (1806-1886), dtr of George Kendricks and Elizabeth. CENSUS: 1850 TENNESSEE, Hy County, Jane McFarlance age 80 in home of John McFarland, 53, born North Carolina, Mary 45 KY, William 23, Sarah 17, Elizabeth 19, Martha 15, Mary 12, Emeline 10, John W. 6, Theo Smithwick 15. Below is from the 1814 tax list for Russell County: total of 1078 acres, found on website http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~varussel/census/1814landtx.html McFarlane, James Russell County 110 acres In Elk Garden north fork of Cedar Creek 23 acres adjoining the above 95 acres adjoining the above 142 acres adjoining the above 150 acres adjoining the above 90 acres On the head of Cedar Creek 400 acres in Elk Garden waters of Cedar Creek 34 acres adjoining the above 34 acres On the waters of Cedar Creek This family lived on land between the towns of Lebanon and Dickensonville on Big Cedar Creek, known as Glade Hollow. Once named for Ft. Glade Hollow, not existing today, that was called Ft. Christian in 1774 by Capt. Wm. Russell. Glade Hollow and Elk Gardens are next to one another. | McFarlane, James BY214647 (I30243)
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| 4332 | Mary Helen Haines notes: Maybe the Ida McFarland buried in the St. Clair Memorial Park Cemetery with the burial date of 1902 is this Ida. She seems to be buried close to Lotta McFarland. | Ida (I29426)
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| 4333 | Mary Helen Haines notes: Nathaniel McFarland and wife Nancy were found in the 1850 census living in Oldham County, Division 2, and he was a stonemason, as was his son.Nathaniel's age was 50 which answers the conflict noted below. There must have been a error made in Thomas Sims biography when he made Nathaniel's birthyear as 1797, instead of 1799. However, now this conflicts with brother Joseph's birthdate of Sept. 2, 1799. 1850 census. Oldham Co. kY, August 1850, Division 2, stamped page 109, fam. 51: Nath McFarland, 50, stonemason, KY Nancy, 5-, KY Nath C, 21, stonemason, KY Christo, 19, KY Nancy, 7, KY 1840 census: Oldham Co. 1 male 40 thru 49--Nathaniel 2 males 10 thru 14--Nanthaniel C. and .... 1 male 5 thru 9--Christopher Columbus 1 female 15 thru 19..? 1 female 40 thru 49--Nancy 1830 census: Henry Co. Nathaniel Mc Farlan, page 276 in Alpha order, no other McFarlands 1 male 30 thru 39--Nathaniel 2 males under 5--Nathaniel C. and .... 1 female 5 thru 9--? 1 female 20-29-Nancy 1820 census: Marysville, Harrison Co. KY, p. 209, next to Endicott and Tsgrigg Nathaniel M Farland, 2 males 16-25 and 2 females 16-25 Did he really die in Henry County since he was living in Oldham County. Oldham County was created in 1823 from parts of Henry Co. Some trees have a Richard as a son. However in the area I have only found a Dickerson McFarland, born 1826 as a possibility. I have not found the other daughter. [Mcfarlan.ged.GED] RESIDENCE: Went to Henry County, Kentucky and was for a term, sheriff of his county. CONFLICT: Note birth date for brother James. CENSUS: 1820 KENTUCKY, Harrison County, No Township Listed, page 208. 000200-00200. [Mcfarlan.ged] | McFarland, Nathaniel (I27808)
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| 4334 | Mary Helen Haines notes: Not sure about this name for first wife. Acquired this from on-line tree. I found the marriage record original on Ancestry. The handwriting is so poor, it looks like Peirce Terry, but I see how it could be Jane Long. | Long, Jane (I29308)
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| 4335 | Mary Helen Haines notes: Samuel Jackson McFarland graduated from Ladonia High School in 1892, and then Austin College in Sherman in June, 1895 and Waco Business College in Sept. 1895. He was also awarded the 32nd degree of Masonry in 1914 for the Dallas Chapter of Scottish Rite. In Scollard's Ladonia Directory is the listing McFarland S.J. cashier at First National Bank. residence 106 Church St. Mrs. S. McFarland is listed in residence 106 Church Street. Article from Dallas Morning News, Sept. 21, 1900: "Ladonia, Tex. Sept. 19--A full volunteer military company has been organized in Ladonia. The company is to be known as Company L, Third regiment of the State militia. Major Jules Merchert came from Bonham yesterday and mustered the boys in. There are fifty-five of the new soldiers. The officers of the company are: Captain, S.J. McFarland; First Lieutenant, C.H. Weldon; Second Lieutenent, Walter N. Jones." Dallas Morning News, Oct. 27, 1900: "Third Regiment--Company B, Denton Light Guards, Capt......; Company M, Ladonia Rifles, Capt. S.J. McFarland, Ladonia." From Lola McFarland's book, p. 93. "SAMUEL JACKSON MCFARLAND - eldest son of James and Mary Jane - born Nov. 23, 1872, 5 ½ mi. N. Ladonia, Texas. Attended school in Ladonia, Campbell, and graduated from Austin College in Sherman, 1895. His years of banking were spent in Ladonia, Greenville and Dallas. In 1929 he went to Lubbock and organ¬ized an Insurance and Real Estate Business. He retired in 1943, when he returned to Dallas. He married Jewel Easley in 1898, and died Nov. 1948 - 76 years of age. He was always an active member of the Christian Church and was president of the boards of Texas Christian University and Juliette Fowler Homes in Dallas for many years. Buried in Restland Cemetery, Dallas" Samuel and Jewel had no children. He went by Sam. Obituary in Daily Times Herald, Dallas on Nov. 29, 1948 BANKER, CIVIC LEADER'S RITES ARE SCHEDULED Final rites for Samuel J. McFarland, 76, banker and civic leader in Texas, were to be held at 2 PM Monday in the George A. Brewer Funeral Home, with Dr. Thompson L Shannon of the East Dallas Christian Church officiating. Burial was to be in Restland Memorial Park. McFarland died Saturday of a heart attack at his home in the Stoneleigh Hotel. A former owner of a chain of Texas banks, he was a past president of the Juliette Fowler homes for Orphans and Aged. For a number of years he was superintendent of the Bible school in the East Dallas Christian church and was a charter member of the church's John G. Slater Bible class. A former chairman of the board of Texas Christian University, McFarland for two years was president of the YMCA board in Dallas. He was a 32nd degree Mason and belong to the Lakewood Country Club, Dallas City Club, Dallas Athletic Club and Glen Haven Country Club. Surviving are his wife, three brothers, James R. McFarland and Dr. Gordon B. McFarland, Dallas, and John a. McFarland of Ladonia, Texas, and three sisters, Mrs. Joe M. Hill and Mrs. W.M. Williams, Dallas, and Mrs. W.P. Jennings, Lubbock. Pallbearers will be J. W. Timmins, Charles Fleming, Michaux Nash, L. C. Wright, Frank Ayers and T. H. Callan. Honorary pallbearers will be Andrew J. Bush, Dr. H. Leslie Moore, Arthur a. Everts, Kleber V. Lipscomb, Dr. S.E. Milliken, Dr. E. M. Waits, Dr. L. N. D. Wells, Dan D. Rogers and officers of the board of East Dallas Christian Church and the Board of Trustees of Juliette Fowler Homes. Samuel Jackson McFarland graduated from Ladonia High School in 1892, and then Austin College in Sherman in June, 1895 and Waco Business College in Sept. 1895. He was also awarded the 32nd degree of Masonry in 1914 for the Dallas Chapter of Scottish Rite. | McFarland, Samuel Jackson (I30055)
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| 4336 | Mary Helen Haines notes: See notes for second husband Seth Moore as well. Most researchers believe that Mary's first husband was Alexander Ward, born in 1765 and died in 1793 in Jefferson Co. TN. He writes a will in 1793, mentioning his wife Mary, son David, daughters Rachel and Phoebe. Witness to the will was John McFarland.This will was found in the Jefferson County, TN will books. " These people and their descendents were later inhabitants of Cocke County." These were submitted by: Marcia Douglas ________________________________________ ALEXANDER WARD In the name of God amen the first day of April in the year one thousand seven hundred and Ninety three I Alexander WARD of Jefferson County and Territory of the United South of the Ohio being sick and weak in body but of perfect mind and memory, thanks to God for it and calling to mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it appointed for all men once to die do make and ordain this my last will and testament. That is principally and first of all I give and recommend my soul into the hands of Almighty God who gave it. my body I recommend to the dust to be burried in a decent christian manner at the discretion of my executor nothing doubting but I shall receive the same against the general resurrection. And as touching the worldly estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this life I give, demise, and dispose of in the following manner and form VIZ. Imprimis I give and bequeath unto my beloved son David my claim of land whereon I now live south of French broad containing three hundred acres reserving to my beloved wife Mary a decent living out of the benefits of said claim of land during her widowhood. Also I do order that my two daughters Phebe and Rachael have their maintenance out of the benefits of said land wilst they live single. Also I give and bequeath unto my son David my Gun & sword my Saddle and bridle. Likewise I do order that the remainder of my estate to be equally divided amongst my wife and children. And Lastly I constitute and appoint John WARD my Executor of this my Last will and testament. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this first day of April One thousand seven hundred and Ninety three Signed sealed published and declared as my last will & testament in presents of John MC FARLAND Alexander WARD -0- [seal] D.d STUART An inventory of Alexander WARD dic.d personal estate sold by publick sale October the 4th AD 1796 Seth MOORE and Benj. MCFARLAND Dr to sundries ....................................... L 23.2.10 Isaac W. RODGERS & Robert RODGERS Dr to a Coal [or coat]................... 3.12. Thomas SMELSORS & John HAYS Dr to sundries ........................................ 2.2. William GEORGE & Henry STYEN Dr to Do....................................................... 2.17. Thomas SMELSOR John HAYS Dr to Do.......................................................... 11.15. Jacob & George MAYBERRY Dr to Do................................................................. 1.1.6 Benj. FORD and William NEILSON Dr to Do..................................................... 2.0.6 Dd STUART & Alexr RODGERS Dr to Do.............................................................. .17. Geo. MAYBERRY & Jacob SMELSER Dr to Phebe WARD.................................. 3. Jacob SMELSOR & Geo TARWATER Dr to sundries ....................................... 2.7. James ANLEY & John COFFEY Dr to Do ........................................................... 2.10. Absolom and John MAYBERRY Dr to Do .......................................................... 3.13.6 David FULTON & William GEORGE Dr to Do .................................................... 1.3. Benj. MCFARLAND & Geo MCFARLAND Dr to Phebe & Rachael WARD...... 11. Do Do Dr to two iron wedges ............................................. .7.6 Jacob SMELSOR & Geo. MAYBERRY Dr to sundries ...................................... 2.1.6 Thomas & Anthony CHRISTIAN Dr to Do ........................................................ 3.10.6 Four pounds ten shillings of the above account to L 78.10. . and three pounds twelve shillings for a Coat coming to David WARD A just inventory delivered by us this this 6th day of February AD 1797. D.d STUA Alex.r RODGERS MHH notes: Other researchers have this same Mary McFarland married to Samuel Montgomery and dying in 1796 in Owensville, Gibson Co., Indiana. This is the incorrect Mary. Also, the Mary listed below who married Daniel Robinette is from the Duncan line. The following are notes from the McFarland genealogy website of Gary Morris: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hollow/8143/genealogy/mcfarland/rbtlanc.txt -- ***** 42 ***** Mary (Polly) McFARLAND, daughter of John McFARLAND and Mary KINDER, was born 28 Feb 1764 in Bedford County, Virginia, died in Owensville, Gibson County, Indiana. Married 1773 in Botetourt County, Virginia to Samuel MONTGOMERY son of Hugh MONTGOMERY and C, born 1743/1752 in Augusta County, Virginia, died 1815/1845 in Gibson County, Indiana, buried in Benson Cemetery, Gibson County, Indiana. ----- NOTES FOR Mary (Polly) McFARLAND: TWIN. CONFLICT: other records says born about 1745 VA. If born 1763 then she was 11 years old when married. CONFLICT: Other records place Mary as wife of (1) Alexander WARD, and (2) Daniel Robinett. Note that marriage to Alexander Ward is feasable (brother, Benjamin had as sponsor at his wedding an Alexander Ward, probably same person), but marriage to Daniel Robinett is in question, since Mary, daughter of William (son of Duncan of Bath Co, VA) is place as marrying Daniel or Michael Robinett. TO-DO: Recheck family to resolve conflict of husband. MIGRATION: Moved 1778/1785 to Garrard County, Kentucky. ----- NOTES FOR Samuel MONTGOMERY: PARENTS: Hugh MONTGOMERY and Caroline ANDERSON. PLACE: Married 1773 in Botetourt, that part now in Wythe County, VA. RESIDENCE: 1775, 1779 in Botetourt County, VA MILITARY: Revolutionary War. RESIDENCE: Lived 1777 Roanoke Springs, Roanoke County, VA. Moved 1780/1785 to Garrard Co, Kentucky. RESIDENCE: 1784-1795 Lincoln county, Kentucky and by 1815 Gibson County, Indiana. SOURCE: World Family tree Disk #5, Disk #9. Father Hugh born Campbell Co, VA, married Lancaster Co, Pa and died near Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky. ***** 43 ***** Rachel McFARLAND, daughter of John McFARLAND and Mary KINDER, was born 10 Mar 1766 in Bedford County, Virginia. Married about 1796 in Tennessee to John WARD born about 1760 in Virginia(?). ________________________________________ CONFLICT: Some sources have Mary McFarland/McFarlin married Michael Robinett 22 Aug 1786 in Montgomery County. MARRIAGE 1774 VIRGINIA, Wythe County "Early Adventures on the Western Waters" LDS microfiche 6125902 Page 178 Montgomery County, VA marriages 1786, Jan 24 Daniel Robinet and Mary McFarland. Sur David Fanning [of Robinet family]. Some people believe that Mary's husband is Alexander Ward, born in 1765 and died in 1793 in Jefferson Co. TN. He writes a will in 1793, mentioning his wife Mary, son David, daughters Rachel and Phoebe. Witness to the will was John McFarland.This will was found in the Jefferson County, TN will books. " These people and their descendents were later inhabitants of Cocke County." These were submitted by: Marcia Douglas ________________________________________ ALEXANDER WARD In the name of God amen the first day of April in the year one thousand seven hundred and Ninety three I Alexander WARD of Jefferson County and Territory of the United South of the Ohio being sick and weak in body but of perfect mind and memory, thanks to God for it and calling to mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it appointed for all men once to die do make and ordain this my last will and testament. That is principally and first of all I give and recommend my soul into the hands of Almighty God who gave it. my body I recommend to the dust to be burried in a decent christian manner at the discretion of my executor nothing doubting but I shall receive the same against the general resurrection. And as touching the worldly estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this life I give, demise, and dispose of in the following manner and form VIZ. Imprimis I give and bequeath unto my beloved son David my claim of land whereon I now live south of French broad containing three hundred acres reserving to my beloved wife Mary a decent living out of the benefits of said claim of land during her widowhood. Also I do order that my two daughters Phebe and Rachael have their maintenance out of the benefits of said land wilst they live single. Also I give and bequeath unto my son David my Gun & sword my Saddle and bridle. Likewise I do order that the remainder of my estate to be equally divided amongst my wife and children. And Lastly I constitute and appoint John WARD my Executor of this my Last will and testament. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this first day of April One thousand seven hundred and Ninety three Signed sealed published and declared as my last will & testament in presents of John MC FARLAND Alexander WARD -0- [seal] D.d STUART An inventory of Alexander WARD dic.d personal estate sold by publick sale October the 4th AD 1796 Seth MOORE and Benj. MCFARLAND Dr to sundries ....................................... L 23.2.10 Isaac W. RODGERS & Robert RODGERS Dr to a Coal [or coat]................... 3.12. Thomas SMELSORS & John HAYS Dr to sundries ........................................ 2.2. William GEORGE & Henry STYEN Dr to Do....................................................... 2.17. Thomas SMELSOR John HAYS Dr to Do.......................................................... 11.15. Jacob & George MAYBERRY Dr to Do................................................................. 1.1.6 Benj. FORD and William NEILSON Dr to Do..................................................... 2.0.6 Dd STUART & Alexr RODGERS Dr to Do.............................................................. .17. Geo. MAYBERRY & Jacob SMELSER Dr to Phebe WARD.................................. 3. Jacob SMELSOR & Geo TARWATER Dr to sundries ....................................... 2.7. James ANLEY & John COFFEY Dr to Do ........................................................... 2.10. Absolom and John MAYBERRY Dr to Do .......................................................... 3.13.6 David FULTON & William GEORGE Dr to Do .................................................... 1.3. Benj. MCFARLAND & Geo MCFARLAND Dr to Phebe & Rachael WARD...... 11. Do Do Dr to two iron wedges ............................................. .7.6 Jacob SMELSOR & Geo. MAYBERRY Dr to sundries ...................................... 2.1.6 Thomas & Anthony CHRISTIAN Dr to Do ........................................................ 3.10.6 Four pounds ten shillings of the above account to L 78.10. . and three pounds twelve shillings for a Coat coming to David WARD A just inventory delivered by us this this 6th day of February AD 1797. D.d STUA Alex.r RODGERS Other researchers have this same Mary McFarland married to Samuel Montgomery and dying in 1796 in Owensville, Gibson Co., Indiana. ________________________________________ | McFarland, Mary (I29889)
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| 4337 | Mary Helen Haines notes: She is not with her family in the 1830 census or after, so she must have died before. Why do family trees say she died in Pettis Co. MO in 1860. The date that some trees give for her death in 1860 is actually the date for her sister Rebecca's death. Her father George Cathey lived there in the 1840 census. | Cathey, Abigail (I27524)
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| 4338 | Mary Helen Haines notes: So, is this the Jane McFarland who married Samuel Robinson in Augusta and then the family moved to Russell Co. VA, and their son Samuel Robinson married Mary Price, daughter of Richard Price? p. 133 of Col. James McFarlane of Virginia by Lake McFarlane Parsons states that "Mary Price, born 1779, married first, Samuel Robinson, second James Moore." | McFarland, Jane (I5809)
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| 4339 | Mary Helen Haines notes: This first paragraph contains unproven speculation meant to stir up further research: Too little is known about this Robert McFarland. He must have had several children, but the only two we really know about is Robert Jr. and Benjamin because their descendants kept records that made the connections. I feel sure that Robert had a son named James, probably the eldest son, because he appears in the Montgomery records with him. He also probably had a son named John, because the Washington Co. VA 1782 tax list puts a John near Robert and James. (However, that John maybe John Stewart MacFarlane.) I think there is a good chance that he has a daughter named Mary, and it probably is the Mary that marries Samuel Montgomery. There is an unexplained William in the Jefferson Co. records that may belong to this family. Also, it is possible that the Joseph in Jefferson Co. is another son, or at least a cousin. Lastly, while I am speculating, I think that Robert's wife could be a Crockett. I don't know how, but why would Samuel Crockett leave Robert the 85 acres on Cedar Run? Now for the facts: Robert moved with his father John to Augusta County in 1747 and was enrolled in the militia in 1752. He purchased land with his father (1020 acres at Black Buffalo Lick, in 1747, and then separately, in 1749, 248 acres on Stony Fork, at Laurel Run. This he sold to John Downing in 1754. This land is in present day Wythe County, in the foothills east of the Appalachian Mts. and the Jefferson National Forest. In Lancaster Co. PA Deed Book D, pp. 415-417, Microfilm #21383, there is a very convoluted deed that basically states that the original patent from 1739 to Robert McFarland (grandfather of this Robert who died in 1751) for 286 acres, went first to Robert Sr's son James, who died in 1752 leaving behind a wife Margaret. James' will left 1/2 of the estate to his nephew James (son of his elder brother John). Widow Margaret McF. then married Thomas Clingan shortly after and they lived on the 1/2 estate that she inherited from her dead husband James McFarland, brother to John, Robert, Joseph. The nephew James (son of John) was killed by Indians in Virginia in 1755 and died without heirs or a will, so his inheritance passed to his oldest brother Robert (also son of John). So, this Robert, now living in Bedford County, sells the land to his aunt's husband Thomas Clingan for 143 pounds. Robert McFarland came to Lancaster County and entered the deed June 22, 1757. He moved with father John to Bedford Co. Va. in 1755/6 during the French and Indian War, probably shortly after the death of James. In 1756 John and Robert McFarland are present in Bedford County serving in a jury (p. 178). In 1757 Robert McFarland is a plaintiff ag. Jason Meadows (p. 193), issue resolved, in the Sept. court 1757, Robert McFarland is a juror along with Wm. Boyd, Joseph and Walter Crockett, and Andrew Evans (p. 138) Source: Bedford County Virginia Order Book 1, 1754-1761, by TLC Genealogy, 929.37556 B411 2000, Dallas Public Library This shows that all the Reed Creek neighbors moved to Bedford Co. from their patents. Then Robert married and moved to Orange Co. North Carolina, which we know because of his son Robert's birth there in 1759 (Robert Jr.'s 1832 pension statement). He could have already been married, and Margaret is his second wife-we know nothing about his wife's full name.) While still in Orange Co. NC Robert and Margaret sold the Black Lick land along with with his father John and Mary Montgomery McFarland in 1766 to the Doak family. It is through this sale that we know his wife's first name and that he was living in Orange Co. NC in 1766. So, Robert and Margaret were living in Orange County North Carolina from at least 1758/9 to 1766/7. However, the records for Robert McFarland in Orange County NC in the 1760s are not clearly his as far as I can tell, considering there is another Robert McFarland present at this time it seems. The other Robert in Orange Co. is the Robert who wrote a will in 1780 and died the next year in Caswell County, with wife Margaret (unfortunately the same name). DNA testing on a descendant of this other Robert puts that family in the Cadet lineage, but there is one different marker that makes this lineage not a part of our descendants from Robert and Jennet. In 1766 Robert purchased land on the Great Otter River in Bedford Co. VA, (Deed Book 2, p. 312, 254 acres on the Otter River) while he still was in Orange Co. NC according to the Bedford Co. records. Also, he must have moved back to the Black Lick area in 1766 because Kegley records in Vol. 3 of Early Adventurers on the Western Waters: "Gasper (Kinder) may have been living on Reed Creek as early as 1766 as he was in company with Robert McFarland (McFarlin) for a tract of land on the north side of Pine Ridge at that time. This fact is recorded in an unusual document filed in 1785 in the will book of Montgomery County (Will Book B. p. 78)." Robert sold the land in Bedford Co. in 1771 (Book 4, p. 131 and 144) and by 1772 he was back in the Reed Creek area. In the 1771 deed his wife is named Jane. In 1772 he received 85 acres of land on Cedar Run, a branch of Reed Creek from the will of Samuel Crockett. He moved to this land, and lived here for 10 years. In 1772 this land was in Botetourt Co, but it is the same area that they first settled in. This land was never recorded as a deed, but is recorded in the Augusta County Will Book 3, p. 506, when Joseph Crockett willed it to his son Samuel, and then Samuel willed it to Robert in 1772. No deed was ever recorded, but the title transferred to Christopher Simmerman in 1791, who then donated it to create the town of Evansham, which was renamed Wytheville. (Kegley, Vol. IV, Early Adventurers in the Town of Evansham, 1998) 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 is most likely Robert Sr. (b. 1730) and his son James. Source: Soldiers of Fincastle Co. Virginia 1774, Mary B. Kegley, R929.37558 K26S 1974, p. 30. In 1776 Robert was living at the Cedar Run acreage, and his son Robert Jr. (age 17) enlisted in Capt. Russell's company in the Rev. War. at his father's house, which is described as being at the present location of the Wytheville court house, Source: Robert Jr.'s 1832 Pension statement. The acreage of future Wytheville was transferred to Christopher Simmerman and recorded in 1791 in the Wythe Deed Book 1, p. 35. In the 1782 tax list for Montgomery Co. there are no Robert McFarlands present, however, a John McFarlane is living next to Christopher Simmerman. It seems that Robert Sr. and Jr. are now living in Washington Co. VA, where they appear on that tax list, and John is living in their place in what becomes the town. (What is unknown at this time is who is this John McFarlane in 1782. Is it a son of Robert's or is it Robert's brother John who was married to Mary Kinder.) All of this is verified by various tax and militia lists: From New River Tithables 1770-1773 by Mary Kegley, p. 14 and 15, includes Captain Doacks and Walter Crockett's list of tax payers and lists McFarland, John, and Mackfarland, Robert and his son James. (This would indicate John McFarland jr., his brother, had also moved back) From Early Adventurers on the Western Waters, Vol III, Mary B. Kegley: p. 258, In 1774, a list of Captain Walter Crockat's Co. of men who served 108 days included Robert Mcfarland and James Mcfarland. So, Robert had an older son named James who was old enough to pay taxes in 1771, and serve in the militia in 1774. What happened to him? Is he the James who purchased 1/2 of Joseph McFarland's land grant in Greene Co. in 1792? Is he the same James who moved to Christian Co. KY where he died in 1811? I now believe that the Mary McFarland, who married Samuel Montgomery, a neighbor in the Cedar Run area of Reed Creek, was the daughter of this Robert McFarland. I have no absolute proof, but the time and place is right for this to be the case. (There are no Roberts or James of the right age in the Duncan line to have served in the militia or paid these taxes, so these records must be attributed to the correct family) Regarding Robert's wife's name. There are two deeds a couple of years apart where Robert is selling his land and his wife is signing. In the first deed, the wife is named Margaret. In the second deed 2 years later, the wife is named Jane. Ramsey mistakenly wrote her name as Martha, which is why so many trees have that name listed, but the original deed image is quite clearly Margaret. The following are notes from the McFarland genealogy website of Gary Morris: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hollow/8143/genealogy/mcfarland/rbtlanc.txt -- ***** 8 ***** Robert McFARLAND, son of John McFARLAND and Mary MONTGOMERY, was born 7 Apr 1730 in Donegal Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, died 1798 in Kentucky. Married about 1758 in Virginia to Martha _____ born about 1734 in Orange(?) County, N.Carolina(?). ----- NOTES FOR Robert McFARLAND: QUESTION-COMMENT: From the Annuals of Bath County "Families of Greater Bath"; page 187 Colonels Robert and John McFarland, early pioneers of Jefferson County, TN, are descendants of Duncan McFarland. (See Duncan McFarland Records). MILITARY: 1752 Augusta County. Robert McFarland qualified a Lieutenant on November 16, 1752 (Abstracts from the Records of Augusta County, VA, Lyman Chalkley, Vol. II page 55). MILITARY: "Virginia Colonial Soldiers" by Lloyd D. Bockstruck 1988; Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore, MD; page 4 Augusta County 16 Nov 1752 John McFarland, ensign, and Robert McFarland, Lieutenant. RESIDENCE: Soon after marriage, in 1758 had gone south to Orange County, North Carolina. RESIDENCE: From Abstracts of Revolutionary War Applications of son, Robert; Lived in Orange County, North Carolina, and about 1768 moved to Bedford County until about 1771 to Botetourt County, Virginia. Moved 1779 to Washington county, Virginia, and then later to Jefferson County, Tennessee. LAND: Robert inherited one-half of a farm from his uncle James. Jame's wife, Margret inherited the other one-half. Later Robert sold his one-half to Margaret and her new husband, Thomas Clingan. Source: James A. McFarland. LAND: 1757 Thomas Clingan (husband of Margaret, who first married uncle James McFarland) bought land from Robert McFarland, who was living in Bedford Co, VA at time of transaction, 20 June 1757. From Mary Haines@Juno.com Bedford Co, VA Queeries Aug 1998. RESEARCHER-EMAIL: Mary Haines Maryhaines@juno.com. LAND: 1754. 6 Aug 1754 Robert McFarland sold 248 acres on Stoney Fork of Reed Creek for 20.14 pounds to John Downing. Teste: Abraham Dunkleberry, Nathaniel Wilshire. (Chalkley Vol 3:330; Augusta County Will page 442). QUESTION: Last transaction mentions John Downing, who was related to James McFarland. However, James McFarland, brother of this Robert, died in 1750's. Do I have James McFarlands mixed up? LAND: 1766 Although Robert was still in Orange County, NC, he bought property in Bedford County. In 1766 he bought 254 acres on the Otter River in Bedford County from Giles Williams, property that was near to his father, John. Mentioned in THE MYTH OF SIR JOHN MACFARLANE 1997,1998 by James A. McFarland (C)ole Creek Productions, Inc. Tulsa, OK, copy at Houston Public Library (Clayton Branch). LAND: 1768 Botetourt County: John and Mary McFarland of Bedford county, Virginia and Robert and Martha McFarland of County of Orange, North Carolina, to David Doak for L156, 1,020 acres at Black Buffalo Lick on water of Wood (New) River. Annals of Southwest Virginia 1769-1800, by Lewis C. Summers, Kingsport Press, Kingsport, Tn, 1927 Vol 2, page 531. RESIDENCE: In 1768 or 1769 Robert returned from Orange County with his family, but sold his land in 1771. LAND: Oct 30, 1772 VIRGINIA, Montgomery County. Robert McFarland received 85 acres on Cedar Run, a branch of Reed Creek, from the will of Samuel Crockett dated this date. This tract was approximately two miles southeast of Fort Chiswell. Will Book B, page 3. LAND: 1773. VIRGINIA, Fincastle County. Robert McFarland received 166 acres in Fincastle County, on Reed Creek, 16 Dec 1773 (Reed Creek now in Montgomery County). (VA State Library, Record of Plotts, reel 33, Book A, page 79). LAND: 1776 lived on a tract located in the present town of Wytheville, Wythe County. RESIDENCE: Moved 1779 to Washington County, Virginia (mentioned in personal records of son Robert). COURT: 1780 TENNESSEE, Greene County. Alexander Outlaw, 1780, complains of Robert McFarland Sr. and Robert McFarland Jr., that they on ... at Green County took away fifty head of cattle belonging to said Outlaw. SOURCE: Morgan District Court Civil Action Papers Found in Bulletin of Genealogical Society of Old Tyrone County, North Carolina 10:3:135 1982. TAXLIST: 1785 VIRGINIA, Washington County: Robert Sr. (NOTE: Robert Jr. would have been Robert Henry McFarlane of Russell County). PLACE: Russell County formed 1785 from Washington County. NOTE: Not listed in Russell County, VA Taxlists (1787-on). Must have lived 1786-1788 in that part now Washington County. LAND: 1788 HISTORY: "Families of Jefferson Conty, Tennessee" 1992 found at Seattle Genealogical Society. Robert McFarland moved from Virginia to Kentucky in 1788 and to the Watauga Settlement in 1799. DEATH: Last record of Robert McFarland is in Montgomery County on Sept 7, 1779. DEATH: According to the Morristown Bible record, Robert Sr. is suppossed to have gone to Kentucky circa 1788. See "The Myth of Sir John McFarlane" by James A. McFarlane. ===CHILDREN of Robert McFARLAND and Martha _____ + 33 Robert McFARLAND b 15 Mar 1759 Orange County, North Carolina. M (1) Margaret McNUTT. M (2) Mary NEAL. M (3) Mary WEAVER. + 34 Benjamin McFARLAND b abt Oct 1769 Bedford County, Virginia. M (1) Martha STINSON. M (2) Mary RATCLIFFE. Robert moved with his father John to Augusta County in 1747 and was enrolled in the militia in 1752. He moved with father John to Bedford Co. Va. in 1757. Then he married and moved to Orange Co. North Carolina. In 1768 Robert moved back to Virginia to Bedford Co. and then four years later to Botetourt Co. for 10 years, where in 1772 he received 85 acres on Reed Creek from will of Samuel Crockett (two miles southeast of Fort Chiswell). In 1776 Robert is living in what is the present town of Wytheville, and his son Robert Jr. enlists in Capt. Russell's company in the Rev. Wa | McFarland, Robert FT218687 RoM02 (I28851)
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| 4340 | Mary Helen Haines notes: Why does the 1900 census for Milton McFarland say he was born in December, 1852, instead of 1850. Is this Milton McFarland the same as Milton P. McFarland from St. Francois Co. MO. who was born in March of 1850 according to the census in 1850 in St. Francois County ? The details in the sketch below indicate it is the same person when referring to his grandfather, and father, yet dates do not match on all the censuses. There also is a marriage record in East St. Louis, St. Clair Co. for a William McFarland to an Ida Price on Oct. 6, 1897. If this is the correct Ida, then the transcriber made a mistake in putting William, instead of Milton. This also could be the marriage to Floyd McFarland. This was sent to me by Suzanne Richardson, descendant of Milton P. through daughter Pearl. Suzrichards7@aol.com PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD ST CLAIR COUNTY, ILLINOIS CONTAINING BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF PROMINENT AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS CHICAGO CHAPMAN BROS. 1892 CAPT. MILTON McFARLAND The original of this notice is the pleasant and accommodating Superintendent of the Wiggins Ferry Company under Capt. Sackmann. He has a through understanding of his business and is one of the most efficient men in the employ of this company. The grandfather of our subject was a planter in North Carolina, of Scotch descent, and the father was born in the same State, where he turned to agricultural pursuits. When a young man, he emigrated to Missouri and made a settlement at Farmington, where he married and bought a farm of one hundred and sixty acres, which he improved and operated until 1866, when he came to St. Louis. Here he lived retired until his death in 1873. He was a quiet, easy-going man, and a Democrat in politics, often serving in township offices. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church. The mother of our subject was Amanda Frezelle, who was born in North Carolina, and died at her home in 1865. She was the mother of twelve children, and all grew to maturity and ten are now living. Three brothers of our subject, John, Newman and George, were in the Civil War in the Confederate army. The original of this sketch was reared on the farm until he was seventeen years of age and was given the rudiments of knowledge in the little log schoolhouse of the district. His birth took place at Farmington, Mo, December 14, 1849, he being the third youngest. He was reared on the farm until he was tired of his duties, and as there was no school during the war, he learned little in books in those disastrous years. In 1866, he came to St. Louis and obtained employment with the Chicago & Alton Railroad Transfer Company in East St. Louis, and remained there until the spring of 1871, when he began with the Wiggins Ferry Company as a dock hand on the “Ed C. Wiggins” for Capt. Pernoe, and then for Capt. Trendley on the same boat. He worked his way until he became pilot on the old “Simon C. Christy, “ and for five or six years he remained as pilot, but in 1880 he became Captain of the old “Springfield” and ran it for four years. He then became Captain on the tug “Samuel C. Clubb,” and for three years he ran that noisy little boat and had charge of various other boats until 1890 he was made Assistant Superintendent under Capt. Sackmann and this important post, requiring a man of energy and experience, he has held ever since. Our subject was married in East St. Louis, in 1873, to Charlotte Miller, a native of Buffalo, N.Y. They have five children living, Harvey, Floyd, Lotta, Pearl and Freddie. The Captain is a member of the Knights of Honor and the Uniform Rank of the Knights of Honor, and in politics is a Democrat, but lives too busy a life to care for office. He has clung to the faith of his ancestors and attends the Presbyterian Church. Capt. McFarland, like all the other captains in the employ of the Wiggins Ferry Company, is a whole-souled man is also a thorough business man. We cannot account for it, but there seems to be a peculiar spirit of friendliness about these good captains which makes them pleasant men to meet. And they all have long tales of experiences which never happen to men in other lines, which they tell for the stranger’s entertainment. Long live Capt. McFarland. Research done by Kathy Wieland has found that Milton McFarland purchased two plots at St. Peter's Cemetery in East St. Louis in 1887, one was used by an infant buried July 11, 1887. Since there is no name, it must be assumed it was a child who died at birth. This cemetery was condemned in 1920 and the bodies moved elsewhere. This was sent to me by Suzanne Richardson, descendant. CHICAGO CHAPMAN BROS. 1892 CAPT. MILTON McFARLAND The original of this notice is the pleasant and accommodating Superintendent of the Wiggins Ferry Company under Capt. Sackmann. He has a through understanding of his business and is one of the most efficient men in the employ of this company. The grandfather of our subject was a planter in North Carolina, of Scotch descent, and the father was born in the same State, where he turned to agricultural pursuits. When a young man, he emigrated to Missouri and made a settlement at Farmington, where he married and bought a farm of one hundred and sixty acres, which he improved and operated until 1866, when he came to St. Louis. Here he lived retired until his death in 1873. He was a quiet, easy-going man, and a Democrat in politics, often serving in township offices. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church. The mother of our subject was Amanda Frezelle, who was born in North Carolina, and died at her home in 1865. She was the mother of twelve children, and all grew to maturity and ten are now living. Three brothers of our subject, John, Newman and George, were in the Civil War in the Confederate army. The original of this sketch was reared on the farm until he was seventeen years of age and was given the rudiments of knowledge in the little log schoolhouse of the district. His birth took place at Farmington, Mo, December 14, 1849, he being the third youngest. He was reared on the farm until he was tired of his duties, and as there was no school during the war, he learned little in books in those disastrous years. In 1866, he came to St. Louis and obtained employment with the Chicago & Alton Railroad Transfer Company in East St. Louis, and remained there until the spring of 1871, when he began with the Wiggins Ferry Company as a dock hand on the “Ed C. Wiggins” for Capt. Pernoe, and then for Capt. Trendley on the same boat. He worked his way until he became pilot on the old “Simon C. Christy, “ and for five or six years he remained as pilot, but in 1880 he became Captain of the old “Springfield” and ran it for four years. He then became Captain on the tug “Samuel C. Clubb,” and for three years he ran that noisy little boat and had charge of various other boats until 1890 he was made Assistant Superintendent under Capt. Sackmann and this important post, requiring a man of energy and experience, he has held ever since. Our subject was married in East St. Louis, in 1873, to Charlotte Miller, a native of Buffalo, N.Y. They have five children living, Harvey, Floyd, Lotta, Pearl and Freddie. The Captain is a member of the Knights of Honor and the Uniform Rank of the Knights of Honor, and in politics is a Democrat, but lives too busy a life to care for office. He has clung to the faith of his ancestors and attends the Presbyterian Church. Capt. McFarland, like all the other captains in the employ of the Wiggins Ferry Company, is a whole-souled man is also a thorough business man. We cannot account for it, but there seems to be a peculiar spirit of friendliness about these good captains which makes them pleasant men to meet. And they all have long tales of experiences which never happen to men in other lines, which they tell for the stranger’s entertainment. Long live Capt. McFarland. | McFarland, Milton Price (I28985)
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| 4341 | Mary Helen Haines notes: Why he is called James "Ray" is not known. Have not run across this middle name yet in any found records. The marriage record should be in Jefferson County, TN, but it is not in the county records. The only James McFarland in the Jefferson Co. record for this time period is to Eliz. Carmichael, Oct. 3, 1798. There is a deed record in 1792 in Greene Co., Deed Book 2, p. 203, where a James McFarland purchases 114 acres from Joseph McFarland. This land is at the mouth of the Little Chucky River where it flows into the Nolichucky. I now think that this land was purchased not by this James McFarland, age 19 and unmarried, but instead by James McFarland, son of Robert McFarland born in 1730. The fact that this James' father deeds him land in 1803 in NC, rather than he purchasing the land, makes me think this land in NC is his first land. This particular James (son of John) is in the 1800 census for Buncombe Co. 1803: Buncombe County, North Carolina Deed Book 9, pp. 31, 34, 36. John Sr. is deeding land to James (253 acres on Jonathan Cr.), to Reuben (175 acres on Jonathan Cr.) William (196 acres on Jonathan Cr.) and David (116 acres Jonathan's Cr.) James is mentioned various times in the Haywood Co. NC Minute Book of Court Pleas. On p. 12 to lay out a road from the store to Jonathan Creek, Reuben, James and David are assigned in 1809. In 1812, in Vol. 2 (1812-1815) he serves on a grand jury p. 11, and p. 47, p. 90 in Dec. 1814, he is ordered to appear as a grand juror, along with Jacob McFarland, and Alexander Caldwell. Haywood Co. Deed Book B, pp. 364-365. James McFarland of Haywood Co. sells to Malcolm Henry part of his parcel of land on Sept. 18, 1809 for $225. It is described as being on both sides of Jonathan Creek and begins on the south fork on the west side of the Creek. This was not registered until 1826. When he arrives in Cooper County, he patented 80 acres on Aug. 1, 1825 on Otter Creek in the southwestern part of the county. He is in the Cooper Co. census of 1830 on p. 230 with three sons on the same page: John and Benjamin next to him, Willliam at the bottom of the page. He is on the same page as Carroll George, married to Sarah Hale McFarland, and Reuben A. Ewing, the Weirs and the Kavinaughs. The listing of all the children and their birthdates comes from a letter written by Walter Leftwich (copied as Lettwich in 1963) in 1884 to his brother George W. McFarland. Walter was living in Mount View in Benton Co., MO when he wrote the letter, mentions his daughter Jane in Eureka Springs married to George H. Williams, plus two youngest daughters Margret R. and Eliza. He also gives the birthdates of his father and mother, but did not have their dates of death. The following are notes from the McFarland genealogy website of Gary Morris: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hollow/8143/genealogy/mcfarland/rbtlanc.txt -- ***** 47 ***** James McFARLAND, son of John McFARLAND and Mary KINDER, was born 20 Dec 1773 in Bedford County, Virginia, died about 1839/1850 in Morgan(?) County, Missouri. Married 9 Apr 1793 to Frances WEBB born 8 May 1772 in Virginia, died Mar 1860 in Cass County, Missouri. ----- NOTES FOR James McFARLAND: CENSUS: 1800 NORTH CAROLINA, Buncombe County 30010-10110. P. 181. CENSUS: 1810 NORTH CAROLINA, Haywood County. James McFarland P. 197. LAND: Made claim in Cooper county, Missour between 1818 and 1824. CENSUS: 1830 MISSOURI, Cooper County. RESEARCHER-EMAIL: (1999) Gary Harvey <garyharvey@csi.com> ===CHILDREN of James McFARLAND and Frances WEBB 162 Mary McFARLAND b 23 Feb 1794 N.Carolina(?). 163 William McFARLAND b 22 Jun 1795 Virginia(?). + 164 Alexander McFARLAND b 6 May 1796 Buncombe County, North Carolina. M (1) Sarah HIX. M (2) Catherine WHITE. + 165 James M. McFARLAND b 3 Feb 1799 Buncombe County, North Carolina. M Nancy PETERS. + 166 Elijah McFARLAND b 7 Dec 1800 Buncombe County, North Carolina. M Frances HICKS. + 167 David McFARLAND b 12 Mar 1803 Buncombe County, North Carolina. M (1) Rebecca HARDWICK. M (2) Susan ROSS. 168 John McFARLAND b 23 Oct 1804 Buncombe County, North Carolina. 169 Benjamin Franklin McFARLAND b 5 Mar 1807 Buncombe County, North Carolina, d 20 Mar 1885 Grayson, Texas. 170 George Washington McFARLAND b 25 Jan 1809 Buncombe County, North Carolina. + 171 Jacob H. McFARLAND b 30 May 1811 Haywood County, North Carolina. M Mary Ann BARNETT. + 172 Walter Leftwich McFARLAND b 7 Nov 1813 Haywood County, North Carolina. M (1) Permelia Penn BARNETT. M (2) Elizabeth Jane BLAKE. Why he is called James "Ray" is not known. Have not run across this middle name yet in any found records. His son James is referred to as Jr. but his initial is shown as M. The marriage record should be in Jefferson County, TN, but it is not. The only James McFarland in the Jefferson Co. record for this time period is to Eliz. Carmichael, Oct. 3, 1798. Buncombe County, North Carolina Deed Book 9, pp. 31, 34, 36. John Sr. is deeding land to James (253 acres on Jonathan Cr.), to Reuben (175 acres on Jonathan Cr.) William (196 acres on Jonathan Cr.) and David (116 acres Jonathan's Cr.) James is mentioned various times in the Haywood Co. NC Minute Book of Court Pleas. On p. 12 to lay out a road from the store to Jonathan Creek, Reuben, James and David are assigned in 1809. In 1812, in Vol. 2 (1812-1815) he serves on a grand jury p. 11, and p. 47, p. 90 in Dec. 1814, he is ordered to appear as a grand juror, along with Jacob McFarland, and Alexander Caldwell. The listing of all the children and their birthdates comes from a letter written by Walter Leftwich (copied as Lettwich in 1963) in 1884 to his brother George W. McFarland. Walter was living in Mount View in Benton Co., MO when he wrote the letter, mentions his daughter Jane in Eureka Springs married to George H. Williams, plus two youngest daughters Margret R. and Eliza. He also gives the birthdates of his father and mother, but did not have their dates of death. | McFarland, James Ray (I29544)
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| 4342 | Mary Helen Haines notes: William appears in Chalkey's book as a son of Duncan in 1753. He must have moved south-west from the land near Warm Springs, to the land near Wolf Creek sometime before 1774 and his father-in-law panicked. It is interesting to note that this family line always lived north of the John McFarland line that settled around present day Wytheville. When they moved further south and west, they followed the northern mountains down the Clinch River; whereas John's family followed the Holston River. Augusta Co. VA records: 1753: Vol. 1, p. 58: shows March 18, 1753 a reference to Duncan McFarland and his son William (abt. 1732-1791) (p. 453 in Order Book I, Augusta County) See next entry which gives more details. This would be referring to the land they first lived on in Augusta Co. when they were neighbors with James Lockart. From Neel-Dickson Genealogy, Chapter 10, by Wm. Trent Neel, pp. 268, 269: 1753: March 18. James Lockhart "made oath that he was afraid Duncan McFarland and his son William would kill or injure some of his stock of creatures" Order Book 1, p. 453, or Lyman Chalkey's Chronicles, Vol. 1, p. 58. 1774: Vol. 1, p. 179: Order Book XV, March 22, 1774 listed William McFarland, no inhabitant. (p. 433) 1775: Vol. 1, p. 185: Order Book XVI, p, 76: Alexr. Gibson petitions that William McFarland, his son-in-law, has moved out of the Colony, and his children are not properly provided for, viz: Isabella, Alexander, James, Mary, Daniel, Eleanor and John.--They are to be bound to said Alexander, their grandfather. William had moved west to the Wolf Creek area of Montgomery Co. that today is Bland Co. In what becomes Montgomery Co. (but is Bland Co. VA today): 1774: William McFarland (son of Duncan), assignee of Andrew Lyda (Lyday), 300 acres both sides of Wolf Creek branch of New River, settled 1770. From Early Adventures on the Western Waters by Mary Kegley, LDS microfiche 6125902 Vol II page 66 (original page 139) and Page 111 (original 123) From all later records, the land is on the Muddy Fork of Wolf Creek, near the present town of Grapefield in Bland County. Military Records: 1774: From the Preston and Virginia Papers, Vol. 1, p. 78 "Lewis, Col. Charles. Letter to (William Preston) mentions (July 9) Captain Dickinson's skirmish with the Indians and wound received by William Mc Farlan at Warm Springs; people in great confusion." There is some concern about whether this is all the same William McFarland because you can see by the dates, William was listed as "no inhabitant" in March, 1774, and was instead in the southwestern part of VA buying land along Wolf Creek it is presumed. However, he is the only known William McFarland. Did he go south earlier to establish his claim, return home to pick up his family, get wounded in July 1774 and then return south and join Daniel Smith's company in the same year? I guess that is possible. The Capt. Dickinson is John Dickinson who was a neighbor in what became Bath County. This incident happened prior to the Dunmore Expedition when Indians became enraged over the April 30, 1774 murder of peaceful family members of Chief Logan by Daniel Greathouse and other militiamen who were part of Capt. Michael Cresap's Company. Many of those militia men then were in the company of Capt. Hancock Lee, including William McFarland. What is missing are exact months for these rolls. It is interesting to note that there is a William McFarland who appears in Capt. Hancock Lee's Company in 1774. (Virginia's Colonial Soldiers, by Lloyd Bockstruck, pub. 1988, p. 142-3) Included in that company is the same Daniel Greathouse. It is hard to tell if this is the same William McFarland in all three places in 1774, serving with Capt. John Dickinson, Capt. Hancock Lee, and Capt. Daniel Smith. 1774: a William McFarland served in the militia of Capt. Daniel Smith guarding the frontier. When the names of the men in this list are compared with the tax list of 1782, it seems that it includes the men who are in the area that becomes Russell Co. in 1786 along the Clinch River. (not sure that the William along the Clinch is the same William as the one at Wolf Creek, but the distance is not too great). This group did not participate in the expedition to Point Pleasant, but did guard the frontier against Indian incursions. Source: http://www.accessgenealogy.com/virginia/captain-daniel-smiths-company.htm 1781: Montgomery Co.: Capt. Thomas Ingles Co. with William McFarland (son of Duncan), Wm. Lyday, John Gullion and Barnet Gullion soldiers. This district is near Wolf Creek, in present day Bland County. This list does not overlap with the lists that include John and Robert of Reed Creek in what becomes Wythe County. Source: Militia of Montgomery County, Virginia by Mary Kegley, 1990, p. 16. R929.37557 K26M 1990, at the Dallas Public Library (Capt. Thomas Ingles was living in Burkes Garden) 1782: Tax List for Montgomery County: William McFarelane with one tithe, 10 horses, 20 cattle. (William dies in 1791 at Round Mountain, Wythe Co. Today that is Bland Co. near Wolf Creek close to town of Grapefield.) Alex McFarelane next to him with one tithe, 1 slave, 2 horses, no cattle, next to Robert Crawford. (Not sure which Alexander this is....son of William, or brother). Robert Crawford is next to them. He was married to Isabella McFarland, William's daughter. {Another Alexander McFarland, born abt. 1780 later married Mary Crawford in TN in 1802. That Mary was the daughter of Robert and Isabella Crawford.} Joseph, Willliam, and Alex McFarlane are living near Thomas Ingles, Peter Groseclose. It is uncertain who this Joseph is. There is a Joseph McFarland, brother of John and Robert McFarland, part of the line of Robert and Jennet McFarland from Lancaster County, PA that was living in the Reed Creek area from 1771 on. We don't know when he died or exactly where he was living, but this could be him. The land grants to William McFarland were not finalized until after his death. It seems that there was a dispute between the Ohio Company and the Loyal Company as to who owned this land...and then there were the disruptions of the French and Indian War and the Revolutionary War. With the creation of Tazewell County in 1799 things began to be finalized based on the original surveys. William McFarland died in 1791. Tradition says he died at Round Mountain. The Muddy Fork of Wolf Creek flows just north of Round Mountain. The valley where people lived is the present town of Grapefield. His son James McFarlane was given the administration of the estate in 1791, and as early as 1801, his son Daniel is deeding over his portion to James while he was living in Cumberland Co. KY. During the ensuing years, James, living in Russell County pays the taxes and is considered the owner. James gets Isabella McFarland Crawford's portion in 1817 while she is living in Greene Co. TN. I have not found any more records of the other siblings relinguishing their portions to James. In the Wythe Co. tax list of 1793 there is a Louesa McFarland in Sect. 3, north of Walker's Mountain, James Davies Commissioner. It was recorded on May 22. Also recorded on this same day was Thomas Neel (Neal), husband of Eleanor McFarland, daughter of William McFarland. This would be Bland County today. There are no other McFarlands in the list. We know from later records that Eleanor and Thomas Neel moved here from Augusta Co. (she was married there around 1774), and that they lived in what is Grapefield today. Thomas did not own any land (that I have found), they must have been living on William's land, because in 1825, James refers to her living on this land that belonged to him as long as she lived. It looks as if Louesa (Lucy, Lucresa) could be the 2nd wife of William McFarland, and mother of Rhoda and Martha McFarland. Martha (b. 1784) marries their neighbor in 1802 (mentioned below), and Rhoda, born around 1789, is binded out in 1801 to John Peery. That could mean that Louesa died that year. Tazewell County records: In the Archives of Tazewell County, p. 167, says William McFarlin (assignee of Andr Lyda) is granted 195 acres on Jan. 9, 1805, surveyed on Feb.25, 1775 for the Loyal Company, on both sides of Wolf Creek. Grant #54, p.8 Other grants refer to another 72 acres. Of particular interest is the grant made to Daniel Justice in 1809 that refers to his grant going to the corner of the 72 acres granted to William McFarland. Daniel Justice's son, George Justice, married a Martha McFarlon (b. 1786) in 1802. ( It is believed by some that Martha is a daughter by William McFarland's second wife. James McFarlane continues paying taxes and in the Archives, p. 147 is the list of county taxes in 1814: It reads: Wm McFarland est. Tazewell, 195 acres Wolf Creek 39 SE 72 acres Wolf Creek 39 SE 107 acres Wolf Creek 39 SE In 1790 tax list for Russell County is a Robert, Alexander, and James McFarland. James is the son who became the administrator for William's estate in 1791. Robert is the Robert Henry, considered a son of Alexander Sr. the son of Duncan. Washington Co. formed in 1777 Russell formed in 1786. Wythe Co. formed from Montgomery in 1790. Lee formed in 1793 Tazewell formed in 1799. The Wolf Creek area was in Tazewell until the formation of Bland in 1861. Older notes from Gary Morris tree: MILITARY: Augusta County, Virginia: William McFarland under Colonel John Buchanan, "Virginia County Records Vol. II - Virginia Colonial Militia 1651 - 1776" by William A. Crozier 1905 New York (at Bellingham Library). RESIDENCE: 1770 VIRGINIA, Wythe County. Original settlement by William in this county (see 1774 land record). LAND: 1774 VIRGINIA, Wythe County "Early Adventures on the Western Waters" LDS microfiche 6125902 Vol II page 66 (original page 139) and Page 111 (original 123) William McFarland, assignee of Andrew Lydia, 300 acres both sides of Wolf Creek branch of New River, settled 1770. COURT: 1775 VIRGINIA, Augusta County. William McFarland and children. June 20, 1775 Alexander Gibson petitions that William Mcfarland has moved out of the colony, and his children are not provided for, viz: Isabella, Alexander, James, Mary, Daniel, Eleanor, and John. They are bound to said Alexander, their grandfather. SOURCE: "CHRONICLES OF THE SCOTCH IRISH SETTLEMENT IN VIRGINIA" Vol 1. page 185 [76]. COURT: 1782 "Chronicles of the Scotch Irish Settlement in Virginia" 1958 by Lyman Chalkley vol 3 LDS Microfilm #0162044: Will Abstracts of Augusta County, VA: Page 207 [Chalkley], Page 178 (Will Book) 15 Jul 1782 Alexander Gibson's Will -- Executor, son Alexander; to wife Mary; to grandchildren: Elenor McFarland, Daniel McFarland, John McFarland, Ann McFarland, Isabella McFarland, Alexander McFarland, James McFarland, and Mary McFarland. Proved Jul 1795. RESIDENCE: 1790 Wythe County, VA. Wythe Co, VA Wills 1790-1822 FHC microfiche 6101259. Page 4. Appraisal of Estate of Thomas DUNN. Bonds and Notes due Estate: (mostly for ginsing root) Wm Cox, Matt Lindsey, John Lanthrain, Samuel Dunlap, Daniel Collens, Wm McFarland, Edward How, Adam Runner. Aug 24, 1790. COURT: 1791 Wythe County "Early Adventures on the Western Waters" LDS microfiche 6125902 Book Vol II-IV March 8,1791 page 190. Joseph Atkins with William Davis, Administrators of estate of William McFarland, deceased, was granted to James McFarland. William Cecil, John Greenup, Samuel Ferguson, to appraise estate and slaves of William McFarland. COURT: 1794 VIRGINIA, Augusta County. Daniel and John McFarling. 6 Sep 1794. WILL of Alexander Gibson Will-- To Wife, Mary; to children, viz: Elizabeth, Christian, Mary Mourey, Margaret; to grandson Daniel Gibson, who is to make deed to Daniel McFarling for his tract on Christian's Creek; to John McFarling; to granddau Elizabeth Cargo, to grandson Samuel Cargo; to Daniel McFarling. Proved 16 June 1795 by James Hill, Daniel McFarling. SOURCE: "Chronicles of the Scotch Irish Settlement in Virginia" 1958 by Lyman Chalkley vol 3 LDS Microfilm #0162044. PLACE: Died in Wythe County, VA, that place which became Tazewell county in 1799. RESEARCHER-EMAIL: (1999) Tom Townsend <tomt@intcom.net>. | McFarland, William BY214647 (I30248)
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| 4343 | Mary Helen Haines notes: A William McFarland appears in Greene County Tennessee records as a witness to various deeds as documents with John McFarland. 1793: July 29. William McFarland purchased a North Carolina land grant #1201 for 100 acres at a cost of 10 pounds for each 100 acres on the north side of the Nolachucky on waters of Bent Creek. Roll 16, Book 5, Image 240/328. (Jefferson Co. Deeds, p. 301. Bent Creek This is probably another son of Robert McFarland, b. 1730, who has been misidentified. He is married to Rebecca Kirkpatrick. 1799: Robert McFarland (Jr.), attorney in fact for William McFarland sold his 100 acres in Jefferson Co. to Patrick Nenney for $1000. Vol. D, p. 309 (p. 88). This indicates that William has left the area, and is likely the William McFarland who settles in Greene Co. Ohio by 1802. DNA has proved he is a son of Robert Sr. The Kirkpatrick family has long been associated with these McFarlands and were neighbors and intermarried in PA, then moved to Rockbridge Co. VA and then to Greene Co. TN. This is probably where William met and married Rebecca, although there is no record. Much earlier there are these records that are recorded in Gary Morris's site: Some have associated this William with the line of Robert McFarland that lived in Rockbridge Co. VA. LINKS-COURT: 1786 August, Greene County, TN. Common Pleas, Justice William McFarland (page 66). LINKS-COURT: 1787, May Greene County, TN. Common Pleas, oaths of William McFarland Esq., & James McFarland, that they each attended court 8 days as witnesses in Joe Baits vs James King (page77). LINKS-LAND: 1788, March 25 Greene County, TN Deed, Alexander Outlaw, to John McFarland, for 200 acres on north side of Nolachucky...Witness, William McFarland. (Book 3, page 107). RESIDENCE: 1788 Greene County, Tennessee. 1788, Oct 15, Tn. Greene County, Ewen Morgan married Abigail Netherton; bond by William McFarland and John McFarland. | McFarland, William FT218687 RoM02 (I29298)
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| 4344 | Mary Helen Haines notes: John's parents are uncertain. We know John married in Rockbridge in 1799 and appears in the tax list for the first time in 1800. 1810 census: John McFarland on Image 8/43, He has 3 males under 10, one male 16-25, one male 26-44. neighbors Hugh McCreary, Robert Anderson. Reuben Grigsby is 7/43 It is probable that this John was living on land that was part of the original tract of land purchased by Robert and Esther in 1778 from James Grigsby. Robert (1718-1797) did not have a son named Joseph, however the Joseph who appears in Rockbridge appears to be a son of Robert's nephew Robert, b. 1730 married to Margaret Jane. Joseph lived briefly in Rockbridge, as did his brother John. Both married in Rockbridge; Joseph to Margaret White and John to Jennie Moore. They then settled near their father Robert (1730) and brother Robert (1759) in Greene Co. TN before moving to Kentucky in the 1790s. Another possible father for this John could be Robert's son Thomas who was living in Rockbridge after his brother William moved out to Kentucky. However, John and Mary Hayslett never named any of their sons Thomas, and Thomas was reputed to be a bachelor all his life. John's eldest son was named Alexander, so all is still speculation. We need a male Y-DNA tester from this line. Personally, I have an autosomal match with people who descend from this line through John's son Andrew who settled in West Virginia. This helps verify this John as being part of the BY3019 line unless a Y-DNA tester proves otherwise. Below are the older notes from Gary Morris who descends from this line: This is Gary Morris' line and his notes: QUESTIONABLE LINK: Not sure the father of John was Joseph McFarland. However, since John was in Rockbridge county, and was born earlier, in Pennsylvania, then he must have made the migration from Peters Township, Cumberland (now Franklin) County, Pennsylvania to Rockbridge County, Virginia in 1778. All the names are accounted for, except for the children of Joseph McFarland, and John was likely a son of Joseph. BIOGRAPHY: John McFarland was born about 1778 in (probably Peters Township), Cumberland (that part now in Franklin) County, Pennsylvania, son of Joseph McFarland (not absolutely proven, but extremely likely). As an infant, a year or so old, he moved with his parents (and a dozen or so other relatives) to Rockbridge County, Virginia. When John was a boy or early teens, his father apparently died, and John was probably raised by his grandfather and aunts and uncles, till he was about 17 or 20 years of age. ...When John was about 21 years of age he married Mary Hayslett, daughter of Andrew Hayslett, born about 1780/1783 in either Berkeley or Rockbridge County, Virginia. They had at least 13 children. ...Between 1810 and 1820 John and Mary and family moved a few miles west, to Bath County, Virginia, where they resided for 10 to 15 years, and moved far west between 1825 and 1830 to Morgan Township, Gallia County, Ohio. They resided there the rest of their lives, Mary dying between 1840 and 1850 and John dying sometime after 1860. MARRIAGE: 1799 VIRGINIA, Rockbridge County. .....Know all men by these presents that we John McFarland and Andw Hayslet are held and firmly bound to James Wood, Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia or his successors in the sum of one hundred and fifty Dollars to which payment well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, our heirs, Executors to jointly and verally firmly by these presents, witness our hands and Seals this 9th day of July 1799. .....The condition of the above obligation is such that whereas there is a marriage shortly intended to be Solemnized between the above bound John McFarland and Mary Hayslet daughter of said Andrew of Rockbridge. .....If therefore there shall be no lawfull cause to obstruct the same then this obligation to be void or else to remain in full force. .....John McFarland Andw Hayslet (his mark) Teste: A. Reed. .....NOTE: Married 11 July 1799 by Samuel Houston, Presbyterian Minister. CENSUS: 1810 VIRGINIA, Rockbridge County; page 396; MALES 3 0-10, 1 16-26, 1 26-45, FEMALES 2 0-10, 1 16-26; John MC FARLAND. Lived next to Robert Anderson, Hugh McCreary, George Elwood, Robert Elwood, William Lyle, James McCollins, Thomas Scott, William Pantan, John Cummins, James Leach, John Armstrong, William Duncan, James Ford, Robert Hamilton, John Murphy, William Raleigh, and Reuben Grigsby. CENSUS: 1820 VIRGINIA, Bath County; PAGE 065/160/326; John MC FARLIN; MALES 2 0-10, 1 10-16, 1 16-18, 1 26-45; FEMALES 4 0-10, 2 16-26, 1 26-45; Lived next to James Ross, Adam Quickle, Polly Ross, John Gillaspie, John Banning, Alexander Griffith, Carlas Wood, William Gillespie, John Hansberger, William Griffith, John Shaw(an?), Jacob Minnie and Baston Hansberger. RESIDENCE: Between 1825 and 1830 they moved to Morgan township, Gallia County, Ohio. RESIDENCE: 1825/1830 VIRGINIA, Bath County. In a Bath Co Newsletter, John McFarland was listed as a surname that no longer showed up living in the county and it was noted that he had moved to Gallia Co Ohio. I haven't found the exact transcript in my files, but I'm sure that this is where if learned that he had lived in Bath Co, VA for a period of time. SOURCE: (2001) Esther Byrd Warner. CENSUS: 1830 OHIO, Gallia County, Morgan Township Page 167; Males 1 5-10, 1 20-30, 1 50-60, Females 1 0-5, 1 5-10, 2 10-15, 1 15-20, 1 40-50. Living next to John Fox, Stephen Teny, Samuel Frowley, George R(ominus?), Lewis Atkingson, Thomas Vance, Jacob Colwell, Constance Eblen (F50-60), William Hutchinson, Jesse Denny, Alexander McFarland, Cynthia Jenkins. CENSUS: 1840 OHIO, Gallia County, Morgan Township Page 23; Males 1 50-60, 1 15-20, Females 1 50-60. CENSUS: 1850 OHIO, Gallia County, Morgan Township; John 73 born PA, a farmer, no wife listed. James 30 VA, Mary 23 OH George R. 23 OH, William 3/12 OH, Samuel Oiler 32 OH, Sabra Oiler 28 VA, Harrison Oiler 9 OH, George Oiler 7 OH, James Oiler 3 OH, Francis Oiler 1 OH. Living next to Joseph Skinner. CENSUS: 1860 OHIO, Gallia County, Morgan Township; John 80 born PA; living with son, James. LAND: GALLIA COUNTY, OHIO; 1859; John McFarland deeded land to his son, James McFarland in Gallia County on 14 Oct 1859; Deed Book 30, page 237. RESEARCHER-EMAIL: (1996,2001) Esther Byrd WARNER 630 Pioneer Lane, Charleston, WV 25312; descent from Alexander BYRD, son in law of Andrew Mc Farland, son of John. <ebw104@juno.com> RESEARCHER: (1997) Patricia RHODES, 101 Rainbow Drive #2873, Livingston, TX 77351-9300; from Nov to May at - 16430 N. 33rd Way, Phoenix, AZ 85032. RESEARCHER: (1997) James Michael JOHNSON 4342 State Route 13 NE, RR#1, New Lexington, OH 43764; descent from daughter Jane MC FARLAND SKINNER. RESEARCHER-EMAIL: (1998) Shirley Boyce COMBS. Internet address Combs@netcnct.net Descent from Isaac Ayer and Nancy McFarland. RESEARCHER-EMAIL: (1998) Cindy <or Leanne?> Fisher Intenet Address Shelea@zoomnet.net Descent from daughter Mary Ann and Henry Oiler. RESEARCHER-EMAIL: (1998) Laureen Pringle. Internet Address laurin@netfeed.com Descent from McFarland family of Jackson County,Ohio. RESIDENCE: Between 1822 and 1830 they moved to Morgan township, Gallia County, Ohio. LINKS: CENSUS: 1840 OHIO, Gallia County, Harr_____ Township page 69. Bazel McFarland. Probably is no relation, but mentioned here. NOTE: There was a black family in Gallia County (probably in Gallipolis) later. (From Gallia County newspapers). Death: Colored woman named McFarland in Ohio. Died in River in Gallipolis last Saturday <19 Aug> (newspaper dated 24 Aug 1854). LINKS: Other marriages, Gallia County, Ohio 30 Dec 1850 Catherine McFarland to Addison McGlaughlin 5 Jun 1851 Sarah McFarland to Anthony Burl 3 Nov 1856 Mary McFarland to Nelson Dillan 11 Nov 1858 Henry McFarland to Sarah Ann HOLCOMB 11 Aug 1859 Nancy Ann McFarland to George W. Armstrong 29 Aug 1861 Jane McFarlin to Jeremiah Dillon 2 Jan 1863 Joseph McFarlin to Sarah Jane Cordle 19 Apr 1863 James McFarlin to Susan Ellis 15 Aug 1866 Mary McFarland to Jacob FORDICE 31 Aug 1866 Mary E. McFarland to J. L. Williams 23 Oct 1867 James McFarland to Sarah Carter 21 May 1868 Ada E. McFarland to Henry J. Vanden 8 Dec 1868 Walter McFarland to Amdanda Kuhn 15 Aug 1869 George McFarlin to Catharine Huffman Marriages Mason County, WV 9/11 Dec 1851 John I. Weaver, jr. to Anna Mariah MC FARLAND LINKS: Another McFarland in Gallia County. John McFarland died Feb 18, 1882, married. Age 74 years 1 month, 17 days (born about 1806. Died in Gallopolis, 4th Ward. Born in Scotland. Died of Paralysis. (Source: Gallia County, Ohio Death Records). LINKS: 1850 Census Gallipolis, Gallia County page 41. David McFarlan. LINKS: Gallia County, Ohio Death Records: Sarah A. McFarland died June 14, 1895, widow, age 79 years. Died in Gallipolis, 2nd Ward. Born in Gallia County. Died of Pneunomia. LINKS: Jackson County, Ohio marriage records: Austin McFarland married Mary (Mollie) BOGAN Nov 24, 1868. | McFarland, John RoM02 (I27685)
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| 4345 | Mary Helen Haines notes: There had been confusion about this Joseph McFarland. It was not until it became clear that Robert, b. 1730 had several more children unaccounted for, that it became obvious that the Joseph who patented land in 1783 in Greene Co. near Robert McFarland, and sold this land in 1792, was the cousin that Thomas Sims McFarland was referring to. Joseph and his brother John both lived in Rockbridge Co. briefly and married there. They then moved to Greene Co. (now Jefferson and Cocke Co.) near their siblings and father Robert Sr. (b. 1730). They sold their land and moved to Kentucky in the 1790s. Father Robert went to visit them, taking the family Bible. He died on the road, the Bible was lost, therefore the only sons anyone accounted for were the sons who stayed living in Jefferson Co. From Thomas Sims McFarland: Simultaneously with the removal of my grandfather to Kentucky, came Joseph McFarland, a cousin, and also a brother-in-law, having married Margaret White. The family consisted of twelve children. Joseph purchased land adjoining that of grandfather's , on the north side. The family came to Ohio in 1809 and settled near Cedarville, Greene county. In a few years, several of the family with those of my grandfather, with whom they intermingled in marriage, moved to Adams county, Illinois, near what is now Camp Point, in 1822, and formed a nucleus, around which gathered hundreds of McFarlands, many still living in the same locality. My grandfather, William McFarland, served one year in the Revolutionary war, near the close. Of the Joseph McFarland family, a cousin and brother-in-law of my grandfather, there were twelve children, namely Katharine, married John McFarland, born October 3rd 1782, and died in Adams county, Illinois. Robert, born April 1st 1784; Polly, April 1st, 1786; John A., born April 3rd, 1788; Joseph, born Sept. 3rd, 1790; Margaret, born Jan.12th., 1793; Tabitha, born June 28th, 1797, married John White; Martha born Nov. 8th, 1798, never married; James, born Sept.3rd, 1803; Priscilla, born Nov.8th., 1807, married George Currey, near Cedarville, Ohio, one child, now Mrs. James Milburn, of Cedarville; Thirza, born August 28th, 1809, married Uriah Lawrence. Joseph, the father, was born Feb.4th, 1761, and died Nov. 3rd, 1839, buried near Cedarville, Ohio. Margaret, his wife, was born May 8th, 1763, died Nov. 3rd, 1834. 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. "Simultaneously with the removal of my grandfather to Kentucky, came Joseph McFarland, a cousin, and also a brother-in-law, having married Margaret White. Joseph purchased land adjoining that of grandfather's on the north side. The family came to Ohio in 1809 and settled near Cedarville, Green County." 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). Joseph McFarland was a cousin of William (son of Robert and Ester Houston), was born in 1761. Married Margaret White, born in 1763, a sister of Rebecca White, and daughter of John White and Katherine EVANS. They first moved to Tennessee. In 1796 William and Joseph (cousins) and their families moved to near Cynthiana, north of Lexington, Kentucky. Joseph and wife Margaret and younger children moved to Greene County, Ohio, near Cedarville in 1809. Margaret died there in 1834 and Joseph died there in 1839. They were both buried in Cedarville Church Yard in Green County, Ohio SOURCE: (From James McFarland Email) Chalkelys Scotch Irish of Virginia: Vol 1(II??) page 437 states that Margret White married James McFarland in later Rockbridge Co. Another Email states that James married Rebecca White and William married Margaret White. Their names are plainly written on the civil lawsuit papers on file in Augusta County, VA. (NOTE: By Gary Morris. Since it is questionable that another McFarland married a Margaret McFarland, it seems suspicious enough to double check the original source. Chalkelys is known for errors. Perhaps he transcribed Jas. as James, when the original entry may have been Jos. for Joseph. Needs to be confirmed, as there is reasonable doubt. LINKS-TAXLIST: 1776-1779 PENNSYLVANIA, Cumberland County, Lack Township (Cumberland Tax Lists 1750-1780. LDS microfilm # 21087, 21088, 21089). 1776 Joseph McFarland 60 acres, 2 horse, 1 cow. 1779 Joseph McFarlin 2 horses, 2 cows. PLACE: Lack Township now in Juniata County, PA. NOTE: This must be either Joseph, son of William, or Joseph, son of Joseph, or Joseph, son of Robert, all first cousins to each other. PLACE: 1784-1797, State of Franklin (now Tennessee). LAND: 1784, Jan. 16, Tenn., John McFarlan entered 228 acres on south side Nolachucky River, opposite mouth of Little Chucky River; warrant 25 June 1784; granted to Joseph McFarland. (Book 1, page 199) LINKS-TAXLIST: 1785 VIRGINIA, Washington County: Joseph. LAND: 1787, Sep. 20, Tn., Greene Co., grant to Joseph McFarland, 228 acres on south side of Chuckey River. (page 47, grant # 352.) COURT: 1790, May, Tn., Greene Co. Common Pleas, Juror, James McFarland. Juror, Joseph McFarland, in case of State -vs- David White. (page 160) LAND: 1792, Aug. 6, Tn., Greene Co. Common Pleas, recorded deed, Joseph McFarland to John Robinson, for 114 acres, on south side of Nolachucky River, being part of a grant of 228 acres, #352 in Sept. 1787, to Joseph McFarland. (page 260) (deeds book 2, page 193.) LAND: 1792, Aug 6, Tn, Greene Co, Common Pleas, recorded deed, Joseph McFarland to James McFarland, for 114 acres, on south side of Nolachucky River, being part of a grant of 228 acres, #352 in Sept, 1787, to Joseph McFarland. (Page 261.) (Deeds, book 2, page 203). CENSUS: 1795 KENTUCKY, Harrison County. LAND-LINKS: 1799, May 15, Tn., Greene Co., deed, John Robinson, to James Cravens, for 114 acres, on south side of Nolachucky River, being part of a grant of 228 acres, #352 in Sept. 1787, to Joseph McFarland. (book 3, page 268.) TAXLIST: 1800 KENTUCKY, Harrison County. Joseph, William, and Benjamin McFarland. CENSUS: 1810 KENTUCKY, Harrison County. Joseph McFarlin 11301-22210. Page 317. Neighbors of John Smith, Francis Man, William Knight, John Berry, Abraham Miller, Joseph Hendrix, Margarette Ross, Sary Neasit, Francis Anderson, Jacob Carrabough, John Easton, Francis Anderson, George Easton, and Thomas Phillips. MIGRATION: 1811, Joseph McFarland family moved from Harrison County, Kentucky to Greene County, Ohio. CENSUS: 1820 OHIO, Greene County, Xenia Township page 147. Joseph McFarland, 000101- 02101- 2. TAXLIST: 1825 OHIO, Greene County. Joseph McFarland. CENSUS: 1830 OHIO, Greene County, Town of Xenia. Joseph McFarland, 1 male 70-80, 2 females 20-30, 1 female 60-70. Page 300. CEMETERY: OHIO, Greene County, Cedarville Township, Baptist Cemetery. Joseph McFarland d. 29 Nov 1839, age 78y, 9m, 25d. Margaret died 8 Nov 1834, age 72y. Martha, daughter of J & M died 1 Jan 1873, age 75 years. Greene County, Ohio Cemetery Inscriptions (FHC Microfiche 6051045). RESEARCHER-EMAIL: (1996) Corrinne Hannah Diller Email cdiller@juno.com. Greene County, Ohio Queeries on internet. Born 16 Sepo 1954 Coldwater, OH, dau of Weldon Hanna and Robert Norris. Descent of mary (Polly) McFarland (b. 1786 md. Aaron Brewer), dau of Joseph and Margaret (WHITE) Mc FARLAND. Has much information on the Joseph McFarland family. RESEARCHER-EMAIL: (1997) Donald L. Kear Email dlkgen@aol.com. Greene County, Ohio Queeries on internet. Descent from daughter Mary McFarland who married Aaron Brewer. RESEARCHER-EMAIL: (1998) Researching a Joseph McFarland, relationship unknown. EMail address slmorrow@hti.com. RESEARCHER-EMAIL: (1999) Researching ancestors John A. McFarland and Rebecca McFarland and also ancestor Arthur McFarland of Greene County, Ohio. Brenda Bennett <BK_Snyder@wiu.edu>. RESEARCHER-EMAIL: Timothy J. Forsythe <t4sythe@mailcity.com>. | McFarland, Joseph (I23040)
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| 4346 | Mary Helen Haines notes: could this not be Esther Dunn? We know that Robert's wife's name is Esther from the sale of their land in 1752 in Lancaster Co. PA. We are not sure if Esther's name is really Dunn, however a marriage took place in 1748 in the proximity of Donegal township, so it seems logical. Other Roberts in PA at this time include Robert, son of James of Cumberland Co.; however he is not noted as ever marrying, and he was not born until 1741. Thomas Sims McFarland, in his history said that the Robert of Rockbridge Co. came to America in 1740. This Robert did marry an Esther, who was his wife when he died in Rockbridge Co. VA in 1797. However, it is usually said that Esther is a Huston. I believe that the evidence overwhelmingly shows that the Robert of Rockbridge is the same man as the Robert, son of Robert and Jennet, of Lancaster Co. PA, then Cumberland Co. PA, before the move to Rockbridge VA in 1778. Therefore, the logical conclusion is the notes below speculating that Esther is Esther Huston is probably wrong. Author George Cleek's history has the two McFarland families (Duncan's and Robert's) completely mixed together. There is a Robert McFarland from the Duncan line also. Older notes below: [Mcfarlan.ged.GED] PARENTS: John HUSTON and Margaret CRAWFORD. LINKS: source "Early Western Augusta County Pioneers" 1957 by George W. Cleek Esther Houston, daughter of John Houston (1669-1755) and Margaret Crawford. NAME: HUSTON or HOUSTON. In Pennsylvania and Virginia up until about 1800, most everyone went by Huston. After 1800 several changed name to Houston. LINKS-TAXLIST: Cumberland County, PA Tax Lists 1750-1780. FHC microfilm # 21087, 21088, 21089. 1753 Peters Township, Cumberland County, PA TAX LIST. 1751 Widow Huston, John Huston, David Huston. 1753 Hugh Huston, John Huston, Widow Huston. 1763 Hugh Huston 250 acres, John Huston 200 acres, David Huston (young man) 100 acres. 1764 John Huston 200 acres, David Huston (young man) 100 acres. 1765 William Huston 260 acres, George Huston 350 acres, William Huston 100 acres, David Huston 100 acres. 1767 William Huston 275 acres (80 clear), 1 negro, 7 horse, 3 cows, George Huston 175 acres (50 clear), 3 horse, 4 cows, 2 sheep, David Huston 200 acres, James Huston 175 acres(19 clear), 3 horse, Margrett Huston 200 acres (40 clear), 2 horse, 2 cows. RESEARCHER: Charles John 918 Golden Arrow Street Great Falls, VA 22066. (Ancestral Files-John Huston and Margaret Crawford). [Mcfarlan.ged] PARENTS: John HUSTON and Margaret CRAWFORD. LINKS: source "Early Western Augusta County Pioneers" 1957 by George W. Cleek Esther Houston, daughter of John Houston (1669-1755) and Margaret Crawford. NAME: HUSTON or HOUSTON. In Pennsylvania and Virginia up until about 1800, most everyone went by Huston. After 1800 several changed name to Houston. LINKS-TAXLIST: Cumberland County, PA Tax Lists 1750-1780. FHC microfilm # 21087, 21088, 21089. 1753 Peters Township, Cumberland County, PA TAX LIST. 1751 Widow Huston, John Huston, David Huston. 1753 Hugh Huston, John Huston, Widow Huston. 1763 Hugh Huston 250 acres, John Huston 200 acres, David Huston (young man) 100 acres. 1764 John Huston 200 acres, David Huston (young man) 100 acres. 1765 William Huston 260 acres, George Huston 350 acres, William Huston 100 acres, David Huston 100 acres. 1767 William Huston 275 acres (80 clear), 1 negro, 7 horse, 3 cows, George Huston 175 acres (50 clear), 3 horse, 4 cows, 2 sheep, David Huston 200 acres, James Huston 175 acres(19 clear), 3 horse, Margrett Huston 200 acres (40 clear), 2 horse, 2 cows. RESEARCHER: Charles John 918 Golden Arrow Street Great Falls, VA 22066. (Ancestral Files-John Huston and Margaret Crawford). Facts about this person: Burial FallingSpring Ch, Rockbridge, Virginia 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 Facts about this person: Record Change January 25, 1998/99 Source: GREGORY.GED Medium: Other Date of Import: Feb 21, 1999 . | Dunn, Esther (I30098)
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| 4347 | Mary Helen Haines notes: Nancy Jane was named for her two grandmothers. Obituary dated Feb. 22, 1924: Mrs. W. W. Cunningham Passed Away Nancy Jane McFarland, the only daughter of Jackson and Artemissa McFarland was born Jan. 2, 1851, was married to Wm. W. Cunningham Jan. 4, 1872 and passed into the Great Beyond Feb'y 14, 1924. She leaves a truly devoted husband, four sons: Matthen (typo), William, James and Logan and a daughter, Mrs. W H. Wilson, and four grand-children. All were present at her home going, though death came most unexpectedly. The bodily strength that had been impaired for a number of years could not withstand an attack of acute indigestion which occurred about then days prior to her death. But on Thursday morning Feb. 14, she seemed much improved, ate a good breakfast and expressed a belief that she would soon be well again. Within thirty minutes, despite all that could be done the tired, wornout body found rest in the Life Eternal. She was an old fashioned mother, the kind of a mother we love the best. She was an ardent lover of her home, having been born, spent her childhood, married and reared her family at her father's old homestead, and here the death angel found her when she was ready to go. No task was ever too hard for her if it meant comfort to her household. Of her father's family only three brothers remain. They are John E., Newton J, and C.S. (Bose) McFarland: all in and near Ladonia. The oldest brother, J. F. McFarland died Feb. 4, 1917. Mrs. Cunningham had been a Christian forty years. In a quite and unpretentious way she had let her light shine through all these years. She was outspoken against wrong and she possessed unusual strength of character. The funeral service was held at the Plainview Christian Church and was conducted by Eld. Jno. T. Louderdale of St. Jo, Texas who had been a devoted friend of the family for a number of years. He was assisted by W. M. Williams, editor of the Christian Courier, who is also closely attached to the family. He laid her to rest in the Hulsey cemetery beside the little daughter they placed there years ago. The pall bearers were six stalwart nephews whose Sunday visits to "Aunt Jane's" will ever remain among the happiest of childhood's memories. They were Sam, Will, Newman, Jim, Lee and Sylvester McFarland. As a last service of love five nieces lovingly placed the flowers on the grave of the aunt they loved so well and the thought of whose life will linger in their memories as the embodiment of loyalty, hospitality and devotion to those around her. The following relatives from a distance attended the funeral: Mrs. R. H. Steppe, Mrs. Oscar Scott, W.M. Willliams and family, Miss Vista Cunningham, Sylvester McFarland, Samuel J. and James R. McFarland, all of Dallas: Mr. and Mrs. J.N. McFarland of Greenville; Jack McFarland of Bonham; Mrs. Oscar Moore, Windom; Mrs. Lura London, Bailey; Mesdames Walls and Shrum of Cash; Jas. Cunningham, Honey Grove and Mr. and Mrs. Johnson of Wolfe City. NOTES: The Hulsey Cemetery is the Oak Ridge Cemetery today. The Plainview Christian Church was the name for the present Oak Ridge Church of Christ Church. W.M. Williams is the husband of Jane's niece, Florence McFarland, daughter of James Franklin McF. and a Christian minister. married W. Cunningham Feb. 4, 1872 | McFarland, Nancy Jane (I30220)
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| 4348 | Mary Helen Haines notes: This Benjamin has been claimed by different trees to different parents. No one specifically knows who he is. Kentucky Benjamins: The Rockcastle River flows from border of present day Jackson and Rockcastle Counties down as border between Pulaski and Laurel counties until it joins the Cumberland River near Honeybee dividing McCreary and Whitley counties. The 1810 Washington County census is probably refering to a different Benjamin from the Benjamin who received the land grant for 1000 acres. The children, William and James are the children of the Washington Co. Benjamin. There is a Benjamin Mc Farland in Harrison Co. KY in 1810 with 2 men over 25 in the family. Also present in Harrison Co. is Joseph Mc Farland with 2 over 25, and 6 under 25. The Benjamin appears to be the son of Robert McFarland (1730 to abt. 1798 KY, married to a Martha) who moved to Marion Co. Indiana in 1826. The Joseph is the one who was married to Margaret White. North Carolina/Tennessee Benjamin married to Elizabeth Nelson. Strong possibility. From Gary Morris: [Mcfarlan.ged.GED] QUESTIONABLE LINK: Not sure if Benjamin, son of Robert, is same Benjamin as the one in Kentucky. LINKS: Checked 1790 census records for a Benjamin McFarland. Did not find any. The best link of all is from "The Kentucky Land Grants" by Willard Rouse Jillson 1925 (at Bellingham Public Library). Old Kentucky Grants. Benjamin McFarland 4 Dec 1795 Madison County, watercourse Rockcastle River. This probably is in present day Jackson county. CENSUS: 1810 KENTUCKY, Washington County. Benjamin McFarling 00301 - 01001. P. 287. 1 - Sometimes shown to be son of Arthur Walter McFarlin and Elizabeth Porter. Too many discrepencies show that this is almost certainly not the case [Ed.] 2 - Arthur Walter McFarlin is not the father of Benjamin McFarlin. DNA study done by Clan MacFarlane Wordwide shows that Arthur is of a line of "Hidden MacGregors" [E-mail from Cheryl Corey rec: 24 Aug 2013] 3 - ROCKINGHAM COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA HISTORICAL DOCUMENTATION MAP In the southwest corner of the map appears Jacobs Creek. Benjamin McFarlin bought land from Issac Rolston, who appears on the map. Note Robert Nelson lives on Jacobs Creek, father of Elizabeth Nelson who married Benjamin. Note James Hayes lives on Jacobs Creek, father of Sarah Hayes who married Benjamin's son, Robert B. McFarlin. Iron Works and Speedwell Furnance Directly south of Jacobs Creek is Ironworks Road. Benjamin was a blacksmith. (The Journal of Rockingham County History and Genealogy; Vol. III; No. 2; October 1978; pg. 58 "The Iron Works millsite is located on Troublesome Creek (so called because it was subject to sudden flooding) on State Road 2423 approximately 1.5 miles north of Monroetoe. For over one hundred and fifty years the Iron Works was an important site in Rockingham County with activities including: furnances for smelting iron, the operation of gristmills, sawmills, and blacksmith shops, and the operation of a store and an ordinary. " (ordinary = pub) The church on the map, New Bethel Church 1799 is not currently in existance. It is unknown exactly where the church stood or what demonination it was. It's existance is known only from county court records that mention the church. No known church records exist. No known area cemeteries dating back to the period. On the hill near the Jacobs Creek Fire station there is an old cemetery. Graves where marked with field stones and rarely had identifying marks. The area where Benjamin lived on Jacobs Creek originally was Rowan County formed in 1753, then became Guilford County formed in 1771, then Rockingham County formed in 1785. ROCKINGHAM COUNT COURT RECORDS AT ROCKINGHAM COUNTY COURT HOUSE IN WENTWORTH, NC *** Oct 10, 1792 Book D, Page 116 Division of estate of James Brown dec'd by commissions Thomas Massey, Thomas Lowe, Benjamin McFarlin, Nathl Linder Commissions *** Sept 17, 1793 Book D, Page 69 - Samuel Brown to Robert Brown - land divided by Thomas Lomax, Thomas Lowe, Benjamin McFarlin, Nathl Linder Commissions *** Sept 17, 1793 Book D, Page 73 - Hugh Brown to Samuel Brown - divided by Commissioners Thomas Lomas, Thomas Lowe, Benjamin McFarlin, Nathaniel Linder December 19, 1794 State of NC for ten pounds for every hundred acres to Benjamin McFarland 1000 acres on East Side of Stones River January 26, 1802 Benjamin McFarland bought 200 acres on Jacobs Creek from Isaac Rolston for two hundred pounds current money of the aforesaid State of North Carolina November 11, 1803 Benjamin McFarlin was a commissioner in the division of 100 acres held by Samuel Hays and the heirs of William Hays deceased. Surveyed by Robert McFarlin August 26, 1806 Benjamin McFarlin sold Adam Sharp four hundred sixty nine acres on both sides of Jacobs Creek for one hundred dollars current lawful money of the United States ** Thomas McFarlin signed a petition to build a dam over Duck River, Bedford Co., TN Sept 1825 ** Rutherford Co., TN Murfreesboro Courthouse Book H p. 119 Benjamen McFarlin sold 600 acres in middle district of TN on Cripple to Ac Cummins of Rockingham Co. NC 11 October, 1811 for $1200.00 Wit: James Allen and Jepe Rodes **Rutherford Co., TN Deed Book N, pg. 2 Benjamen McFarlin in 1819 sold to William McFarlin and Benjamin, Jr. 107 acres of land on Cripple Creek being a part of the 1000 acres granted to Benjamen by North Carolina for $400.00. Wit: Jepe Rhodes and Elizabeth L. McFarlin **Deed Book O, pg 226 Benjamen McFarlin to William McFarlin bill of sale for $100.00 a negro woman Nelly and a 9 month old boy Aistin. Also 2 mars, 3 horses, 1 colt, 7 cattle, 16 hogs, 5 sheep with house hold furniture. Feb 1822 ** Deed Book, O pg. 405 Benjamen McFarlin to my son Benjamin, Jr. deed of gift - a negro boy Alfred age 13 years old. August 1821 ** Rutherford Co. Minute Book A 24 April 1849 Benjamin McFarland and others verus Thomas N. Youree and others **Benjamin McFarlin received two certificates for surveys, dated 1784, to be conducted in middle TN, both lying on the Stones River. The surveys seem to have been filed in 1792. One of these was assigned to Alexander Nelson [Family Group Record for Benjamin McFarlin in "Benjamin McF b. 1750.pdf" from | McFarlin, Benjamin BY3019, FT85966 (I23539)
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| 4349 | Mary Helen Haines question: Some trees have that his children by his first wife were born in Harrison Co. KY, yet, the history below says he was in Ohio by 1807. He is not in the 1810 census in KY. [Mcfarlan.ged.GED] QUESITONABLE LINK: See SOURCE. CENSUS: 1820 OHIO, Champaign County, Concord Township, page 502. 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). Robert Mcfarland, our grandfather, John McFarlands, oldest brother, was born in 1760 in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. <Note, this cannot be correct, as William, father of John, was born in 1755> His home was near Urbanah. Was a preacher. Died and buried in Urbana <Champaign county, Ohio>, and it is said that he was 105 years old when he died. Robert Endicott (Indicott) daughter was our grandfathers mother. Her oldest child Robert McFarland was born in 1760. BIOGRAPHY: "History of Champaign County, Ohio" 1881 on Microfilm 0934880 at FHC, page 798.. Under biography of son Thomas S. McFarland. Robert McFarland was born in Rockbridge County, VA, near the Natural Bridge March 7, 1783; his parents moved to Tennessee in 1796, and for ten years he lived at different places in that State and in Kentucky. In October, 1806, he, in company with Martin Hitt and Joseph Diltz, made an excursion on horseback to Champaign County, Ohio, where he located in the following year. When he arrived in this county, his goods were unloaded in the woods beside an oak log, and, after paying his teamster, he had 50 cents in money to start with. He rented farms at different places in teh county till 1811, when he purchased 80 acres of land in Sec. 14 of Concord Township, which he cleared and improved. He was Township Clerk from 1819 to 1831; was Assesssor for a number of years, and was also a local minister in the M.E. Church for upward of fifty years. He was the founder of Concord Chapel. His marriage with Deborah Gray was celebrated Dec 27, 1804. She died Oct 12, 1814, the mother of five children, two of whom are living-- William H., living east of Urbana, and Elizabeth, now Mrs. Nichols of Illinois. On Dec 3, 1814, he married Elizabeth Kenton, a grand-neice of Gen. Simon Kenton, by whom he had three children, viz., Deborah, now Mrs. Kenton, residing in Kansas; Frances, now Mrs. Conroy, of Shelby Co, Ohio and Rebecca Gibbs, of St. Paris. Elizabeth McFarland departed this life Jan 8, 1821. On the 23d of August of the same year he was united in marriage with Eunice Dorsey, a native of Maryland, born Feb 3, 1797. By this union they had eleven children. Eight are still living--Sarah J. Huston, of DeGraff, Ohio; John M. of this township, Robert W. of the Ohio State University at Columbus, Cynthia A. Gibbs of St. Paris, Ohio, Thomas S., James R. of Goshen, New York, Mary C. Pence of this township, and Benjamin S., living in Kansas. Prov R. W. McFarland is a a natural born mathematician, and is a thorough scholor. Robert McFarland departed this life dec 28, 1863; his wife survived till Sep 17, 1869. The subject of this sketch was born Jul 14, 1832. He was raised a farmer's boy, and received a common-school education. His chief occupation has been tilling the soil. He now owns the old home farm and 16 acres besides, making 96 acres in all. He has been public auctioneer for nineteen years, couselor for eighteen years,and has been Secretary of the Champaign and Logan County Pioneer Association for the last six years. Has been a newspaper contributor for twenty-eight years, and is President of the Editors and Reporters Association of this county. He has also been very successful as a detective. In 1856 Sep 30 he married Ursula H. Evans, of Kentucky, born Dec 23, 1829. She died Dec 14, 1864, the mother of one child -- Evans White, who met his death Apr 20, 1871 by a horse falling on him. Thomas S. McFarland and Catherine Evans were married March 20, 1866. She is also a native of Virginia, a sister of Ursula H., born Oct 13, 1834. The fruits of this marriage are four children--Hattie B., Rebecca J., Sallie DeVoe adn Thomas D.C. Page 489 Robert McFarland was taken to Tennessee early in life, but subsequently settled on Indian Creek, near Cynthiance, Kentucky. BIOGRAPHY: "History of Champaign County, Ohio" by Evan P. Middleton 1917 LDS Microfilm # 0934881. Page 201 Robert McFarland, the father of Thomas Sims McFarland, was a native of Rockbridge County, VA, and was taken by his parents when still a child to Tennessee and shortly afterwards to Kentucky. In 1807 Robert came to Champaign County to make a permanent location. ...a prospecting trip with Martin Hitt and Joseph Diltz. The impelling reason for McFarlands leaving Kentucky was his intense hatred of slavery. In Oct 1807 the McFarland family arrived in the county and stopped for a short time in the Northern part of the present Union Township. ...They quickly made a cabin. In this cabin, William McFarland and his family and Joseph Gray, his father-in-law, lived from October until the following spring. They then moved to Salem Township on a tract about half way between Urbana and West Liberty. Still later the two families located about 2 and 1/2 miles SE of Westville in the Mad River Township. Robert McFarland bought the farm of Henry Bacome. In the winter 1811/1812, Robert McFarland built a cabin on his newly acquired farm and in April 1812 moved into his new home. Page 1105 Thomas Sims McFarland, one of the most prominent local historians, was born in Concord Township July 14, 1832 and died March 19, 1914. Son of Robert McFarland. T.S. McFarland was one of 19 children. LINKS: A Jesse Buffinton McFarland, born 1797 of Champaign County, Ohio married Elizabeth Yazel, born 1817 in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky. RESEARCHER-EMAIL: (1998) Pam Gow Email pgow@snowcrest.net. Champaign County, Ohio Queeries on internet. Researchng James McFarland who married Rebecca Yazel. Had 2 sons, John and David, who later moved to Hamilton County, Iowa. RESEARCHER-EMAIL: (1998) Pam Sprouse Email pspro@greenapple.com. Champaign County Ohio Queeries on internet. McFarland Family. LINKS: Must have had son Jesse McFarland 1840 Census Urbana Township, Champaign County page 381. [Mcfarlan.ged] Facts about this person: Burial Harbor Graveyard, Urbana, Champaign, Ohio Source: Mcfarlan.ged.GED Medium: Other Date of Import: Feb 21, 1999 | McFarland, Robert (I27721)
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| 4350 | Mary Helen Haines research and notes: I just bet that James E. stands for James Ewing. Missouri Records: Land: Deed Book A: pp. 234-235 Oct. 20, 1826 Elliott Jackson gives to daughter Jane and her husband James McFarland 151 acre tract on the waters of St. Francis River, on northwest corner of James Davis's 400 arpen tract. On pp. 442-443. James McFarland purchased 340 acres for $960. on northwest corner of Nathaniel Cook's 800 arpen track from Elliott Jackson. On p. 456 James McF.and wife Jane sells to Ambrose Willliams 225 acres for $650. on Aug. 23, 1831. On p. 498 James and wife Jane sells to Wm Brewer 170 acres for $500. on Nov. 5. 1832. On. Oct. 10, 1836 James and wife Jane sells 340 acres of Davis Survey to Samuel P. Harris for $1050 (Twnship 35, section 24, 25, Range 6 east) Not sure where this record is, but Lola McFarland Hill was informed by the St. Francois County Clerk of a record I missed where on Nov. 1, 1832, Elliott Jackson, as attorney for Rucker Jackson of Hempstead Co. Arkansas sold 170 acres to James McFarland. This is probably in Book A as well. The family probably stopped in Arkansas for a short time before moving on in to Texas in 1837. Texas: Credited as a founder, with Daniel Davis, of the Ladonia community. Daniel Davis was the earliest settler, arriving in 1836, therefore receiving a Class 1 land grant. Because of his early death in Nov. 1837, his family sold his land and moved away. James McFarland purchased much of it that connected to his own land grant, and his grandchild James Franklin McFarland's homestead was on Daniel Davis land. Southwestern Historical Quarterly: History of Fannin County, Texas, 1836-1843, p. 297 is discussing the Indian attack on the home of Daniel Davis in Nov. 1837 "Davis, less fortunate, had one arm broken and received a ball through his breast that killed him instantly. During that night a heavy rain had fallen forcing a scouting party of twelve or fourteen men from Lyday's Fort to seek shelter at the Davis house. This proved a fortunate thing for the remainder of the family, for no sooner had the Indians fired upon the two at the gate than they charged the house. They were swarming over the fences when the rangers opened the door. The sight of their unexpectedly large numbers caused the savages to retire in spite of the fact that the scouts were caught unarmed by the sudden attack and did not fire a shot. The rangers moved the dead man and his family from the scene of the tragedy to James McFarland's place three miles to the eastward, and it was there that Andrew Davis, the son, learned of his father's death, at ten o'clock in the morning, as he was returning fom the fort where he had been sent the night before with an old slave to obtain some hogs." If this account is accurate, then it might be that Daniel Davis is buried in the McFarland cemetery, and was its first burial. See "Our McFarland Family's History and Migrations" for more history about the settlement of Texas. More information on land titles, wills, probates, etc. can be found in the document "Land Issues Concerning James McFarland and his Children" written by Mary Helen Haines. Note: in some places his middle initial is shown as an M. This is a typo deriving from the Mc in McFarland, I believe. It is possible that his middle name is Ewing, since this name appears several times in this family. Patent #264 for 1280 acres. 2nd class grant. February 23, 1845. In the original survey James' land includes the North Sulphur River, but in a survey dating from the 1870s it stops short of the river and two plots that include the river are in the names of a Cunningham and a Fulton. James makes a few other purchases. In 1847 he buys from Morgan Mullens part of the Rice Smith survey for $9.75. (Book G. p. 368) Then in 1853 he buys land in the Davis Creek area from Allen Tilly. (Book G. p. 442) In the 1850 census James and Jane are fam. #217 living with James, 17, Wm, 16, Mary Jane, 14, Newton, 10, and Arthur, 5. James land is valued at $1000. Land is valued at approximately $1.00 an acre. Fam. #216 is Anna McF. Etheridge with husband Howard on land valued at $100. Fam. #218 is Sarah McF. Sebastian with husband Elijah on land valued at $30. Jackson is living with his family #221 on land valued at $1500. Living not too far away is John McFarland, James older brother, fam. #229 living with his wife Mary, daughter Eliza and her husband Francois Deguire. Jasper McFarland is fam. #225 living next to Andrew White, Thomas P. Ratton, and John and Nancy Pence (Artemissa's father and mother). Jasper's land is only worth $89. Cintha A. McF. Tucker is living with husband James C. Tucker, but they have no land. Fam. #176 is Rebecca McF. and husband Hezekiah Blankenship, with no land, living next to Albert, fam. #175 who has land valued at $240. Unaccounted for is John Ewing McFarland. On July 7, 1845 James and Jane appear at the Fannin County court to claim a land certificate for 640 acres in the name of their deceased son, John Ewing McFarland. They are issued certificate #152- a 2nd class headright. I assume he is the McFarland son who died in the Indian raid that led to the establishment of the McFarland cemetery. James and Jane hold on to this certificate until February, 1871 when they sell it to O.P. Richardson for $320.00, or .50 cents an acre. The document reads "the land certificate issued by the Board of land Commissioners of Fannin Co. to our deceased legitimate son John Ewing McFarland." (Book T, p. 199). When this land was finally surveyed in 1874, it was located in Hunt County along the Caddo Fork of the Sabine River, near present day Caddo Mills. In 1875 the formal land grants, #636 and #637, were issued by the State of Texas to the Heirs of John Ewing McFarland. (certified copies of both documents) James then proceeds to give grants to his daughters and sons-in-law. In 1853 he gives Mary Jane and her husband Wm. R. Terry 130 acres of land from Daniel Davis survey, and Allen Tilley purchase. (Deed Book G, p. 444) He gives Elijah Sebastian, his son-in-law, and his daughter Sarah, a deed of 44 acres, July 28, 1855 (Book L, p. 84.) Hezekiah Blankenship dies in 1852, leaving Rebecca a widow and Jackson McFarland is the executor of his estate (Box 3, Case #114). In the 1860 census, James and Jane are fam. #598 living with Newton and Arthur R. on land valued at $4000, with personal property valued at $2000. Fam. #598 is L. Cunningham, married to Mary Jane McF. Cunningham, who has already buried 2 husbands. They are living on land valued at $300, personal property at $600. Fam. #599 is Elijah Sebastian and Sarah McF. with land valued at $400 and personal property at $200. The Moses Cunningham and John Hulsey families have moved in and bought big chunks of land near by. Jackson is Fam. #586 on land valued at $3000, with personal property of $2000. James and Jane sell 200 acres of their headright to son Newton McFarland for $100 on May 23, 1870. Deed Book T, p. 275 Starting in May, 1870, filed for record Oct. 27, 1871, In Deed Book U, pp. 50, 51, 52 All three documents are the conveyance of land titles to Anna Ethridge, Sarah Sebastian and Arthur McFarland. It seems that James and Jane McFarland wanted to disperse most of their land to their children while they were still alive, knowing that they would not be living much longer. Sarah is given 156 acres, Anna is given 160 acres, Sarah gives to Arthur 44 acres that she had been given previously in 1855 (part of Rice Smith survey). Location must have been in Missouri, judging from the birth locations of his brother John's children. The trip from North Carolina must have taken place in 1814 and arrived by 1815. There is no record of this marriage in the Ste. Genevieve, nor the later St. Francois county records. | McFarland, James E. BY146078 RoM02 (I30182)
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