James McFarland, I-M253 JaM03
Abt 1730 - 1810 (80 years)
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Name James McFarland [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] Suffix I-M253 JaM03 Birth Abt 1730 probably Ireland 
[1] Gender Male Name James McFarlan [MacFarlane] [7] Name James McFarland [MacFarlane] [2] Residence Oct 1768 Rowan County, North Carolina Possessions 1778 Rowan County, North Carolina James shows 440 a. in Capt. Purviance's district. Other records describe it as being on Third Creek. Possessions 9 Aug 1787 Rowan County, North Carolina, USA State Grant #1492 for 400 a. at 50 sh. per 100 a. on Back Creek adj. Lindsay and widow Henry. p. 9 in Rowan County Abstracts of Deed Books 11-14, by James Kluttz. Residence 2 Aug 1790 Iredell, North Carolina, USA [5] Residence 1800 Salisbury, Iredell, North Carolina [3] Probate 1806 Iredell, North Carolina, USA [6] Residence Iredell, North Carolina [6] Residence 6 Aug 1810 Iredell, North Carolina, USA [4] Death 20 Sep 1810 Iredell Co., North Carolina, USA [1, 6] Burial Iredell Co., North Carolina, USA [2] Person ID I20632 MacFarlane Last Modified 29 May 2024
Family Rebecca Campbell, b. 1735, unknown d. Aft 1810, Iredell Co., North Carolina, USA (Age > 76 years) Marriage Abt 1766 North Carolina most probably [2] Children + 1. William McFarland, b. Abt 1767, North Carolina, USA d. 1839, Rutherford Co., North Carolina, USA (Age 72 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]+ 2. Katherine McFarland, b. 20 Jun 1767, unknown d. 10 May 1821, Iredell Co., North Carolina, USA (Age 53 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]+ 3. Patrick McFarland, b. 23 Dec 1769, Iredell Co., North Carolina, USA d. 25 Sep 1810, Golden Valley Twp., Rutherford, North Carolina, USA (Age 40 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]+ 4. James McFarland, b. 10 Jan 1772, North Carolina, America d. 7 Aug 1831, Rutherford Co., North Carolina, USA (Age 59 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]+ 5. John McFarland, b. 3 Dec 1775, Iredell Co., North Carolina, USA d. 16 Dec 1845, Rutherford Co., North Carolina, USA (Age 70 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]+ 6. Robert McFarland, b. 25 Jan 1781, Iredell Co., North Carolina, USA d. 5 Jun 1853, Iredell Co., North Carolina, USA (Age 72 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]7. Rebecca McFarland, b. 1784, Iredell County, North Carolina, USA [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]+ 8. Samuel McFarland, b. 6 Jan 1786, Iredell Co., North Carolina, USA d. 11 Nov 1852, Iredell Co., North Carolina, USA (Age 66 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]9. Nancy McFarland, b. 1790, Iredell County, North Carolina, USA [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F2191 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 29 May 2024
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Notes - (MHH note: this has not been proven that James was born in 1728 in PA.)James married Rebecca Campbell and moved to Iredell County, North Carolina. Their children were: William, Patrick, James, John, Samuel, Robert and Rebecca.
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Mary Helen Haines notes:
Earliest ancestor of FTDNA Kit #156219 and Kit #301305, Lineage Vikings 1
Many Ancestry.com public trees show this James as son of James McFarland and his wife Janet Buchanan. DNA testing of descendants of both couples show that this is not the case, so we are still looking for this James parents.
Iredell County was formed in 1788 from Rowan County, therefore the earliest records are Rowan County records.
Rowan County, NC records:
James is present in the Rowan County tax list from 1768 through 1787. He is shown with 440 acres in 1778 and 400 acres in 1783.
1768: in Walter Lindsay's district. in 1778 listed as James McFarling with 440 acres in Capt. Purviance's Dist.
In 1787 in Capt. Morrison's dist. The list includes on white male 21-60, one 16-21, 4 white males under 16, or 60+, and 4 white females.
There is a John McFarland who appears in the 1772 tax list of Walter Lindsay, but that could just be a mistake on the transcriber. However in 1778 there is a John McFarland with 149 acres in Capt. Jacob Nichol's district. Do not know who this is.
However, there is a John McFarland who purchased 100 acres on the waters of the South Yadkin, joining John Archibald and Wm. McCrary and David Logan, Rowan Co. deeds p. 456 from Absracts of state Grants, Vol. 1, by Margaret Hoffman.
Property in Rowan: He purchases 400 acres on Aug. 9, 1787, State Grant #1492, at a cost of 50 shillings per 100 acres. described as on Back Creek, (which flows from Hwy. 70, crosses Arey Rd, and meets 3rd Creek). Waters of South Yadkin. Source: Abstracts of Rowan County N.C. Deed Books 11-14, 1786-1797, by James Kluttz. p. 9
There are other references to his land in other people's deeds. Such as the deed of William Waugh in 1778 on both sides of Third Creek, bordering James McFarlin. William Waugh is probably the father of Elizabeth Waugh who married Samuel McFarlin.
A map that shows James' land on Back Creek is available on-line at http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ncmaps/id/118 It was made in 1777.
Iredell County, NC records:
Iredell Deed Book E, p. 281, Nov. 18, 1803, William Watts (clothier) sells to James McFarland 288 acres for $61. . Source: Iredell County Deed Abstracts 1803-1808, by Russell Black
Will Book 1, p. 357, July 4, 1806. Wife Rebecca gets 1/3 land. Sons Robert, Samuel, Daughter Betsy, sons James and John. Witness James Alexander, Betsey Alexander, Nancy Alexander
Source: Abstracts of Will Book I, IA, II, of Iredell Co. NC 1788-1845, Schneider p. 43 (So...where are the other children listed as sons...Patrick and William, and the other daughters. Also, there is no Betsy or Elizabeth listed here) Is it because Patrick and William are living in Rutherford County?
- (MHH note: this has not been proven that James was born in 1728 in PA.)James married Rebecca Campbell and moved to Iredell County, North Carolina. Their children were: William, Patrick, James, John, Samuel, Robert and Rebecca.
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Sources - [S77] Ancestry.com.au, Ancestry Public Member Trees, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;;;;), Humphries Craighead Connection Owner: MaryCraighead_Nolte.
- [S77] Ancestry.com.au, Ancestry Public Member Trees, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;;;;), A-Mcfarland Owner: vncarter.
- [S458] Ancestry.com, 1800 United States Federal Census, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc;;;;), Year: 1800; Census Place: Salisbury, Iredell, North Carolina; Series: M32; Roll: 29; Page: 644; Image: 322; Family History Library Film: 337905.
- [S459] Ancestry.com, 1810 United States Federal Census, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;;;;), Year: 1810; Census Place: Iredell, North Carolina; Roll: 40; Page: 157; Image: Ncm252_40-0457; FHL Roll: 0337913.
- [S549] Ancestry.com, 1790 United States Federal Census, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;;;;), The National Archives in Washington, DC; Washington, DC; First Census of the United States, 1790.; Year: 1790; Census Place: Iredell, North Carolina; Series: M637; Roll: 7; Page: 392; Family History Library Film: 0568147.
- [S568] Ancestry.com, North Carolina, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;;;;), Wills and Estate Papers (Iredell County), 1663-1978; Author: North Carolina. Division of Archives and History; Probate Place: Iredell, North Carolina.
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