John Porter McFarland, A7799 JoPoM01

John Porter McFarland, A7799 JoPoM01

Male Abt 1750 - 1824  (74 years)

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  • Name John Porter McFarland  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
    Suffix A7799 JoPoM01 
    Birth Abt 1750  Probably Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • Parent's names have been passed down by tradition. No documents.
    Gender Male 
    Possessions 1784  Nashville Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Purchased Lot #78 in Nashville. Sold same lot in 1791. Deed Book A, p. 34, and 164. 
    Possessions 13 Oct 1791  Davidson Co., Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Purchased 113 acres adj. John Walker from Joseph Shaw 
    Possessions Mar 1792  Davidson County (now Wilson) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Preemption claim 640 acres on Stoner's Creek adj. James Harris. Becomes Grant #397. This creek runs from the Cumberland R. near the Old Lebanon Rd. to below Mt. Juliet 
    Possessions 1796  Davidson County (now Wilson) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    640 acres between Cedar Lick Creek and Spencer's Creek adj. Martin Armstrong, North Carolina Grant #1089 to John McFarlin as assignee from Alexander McFarlin #1089 
    Residence 1820  Wilson, Tennessee, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Residence Abt 1824  Wilson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Death 24 May 1824 
    DNA
    • Cadet. BY674>BY7798>BY7799. Because there is no FT64717, it means this line descends from the earliest chiefs before the 1400s.
    Death 24 May 1824  Wilson County, TN Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4, 5
    Probate 8 Aug 1824  Wilson, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 5
    Person ID I26306  MacFarlane
    Last Modified 29 May 2024 

    Father Arthur Walter McFarland,   b. Abt 1715 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Elizabeth Porter,   b. 1725, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 1747  Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F7638  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Nancy Menees,   b. 1762, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1835 (Age 73 years) 
    Marriage 1783  Fort Nashboro, TN Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. James Menees McFarland,   b. 10 Jan 1784, Fort Nashboro, TN Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Apr 1856, Wilson County, TN Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Nancy McFarland,   b. Abt 1785  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. Mary C McFarland,   b. Abt 1790, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +4. John Porter McFarland, Jr.,   b. 16 Feb 1791, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1856, Wilson Co., Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +5. Elizabeth McFarland,   b. Abt 1792   d. 22 Sep 1833 (Age 41 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +6. Arthur Menees McFarland,   b. 21 Mar 1793, Wilson County, TN Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aug 1878, Athens, Claiborne Parish, LA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +7. Margaret McFarland,   b. 22 Mar 1795, Wilson County, TN Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1827, Wilson County, TN Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 31 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +8. Anne McFarland,   b. Abt 1802  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +9. Benjamin Maneese McFarland,   b. 4 Apr 1803, Wilson County, TN Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Jul 1878, Humboldt, TN Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +10. Jane Rachel McFarland,   b. 1806  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F7589  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 May 2024 

  • Notes 
    • John PORTER McFARLAND 1784 John Porter McFarland - b. abt 1750 Ireland d. 5-24-1824, Wilson Co. TN; served from N.C.troops as a pvt; served at the Siege of Yorktown in 1781 and fought with Gates at his defeat (DAR Nat'l #'s 355108 & 332408);
      received three land grants from N.C.: #1090 Davidson Co,TN, 640 acres btw Cedar Creek and Spencer Creek (now in Wilson Co), as the heir of his brother Alexnder McFarland;
      #397 640 acres, Book #80, p. 341;
      entry #826, issued 6-26-1793 on the head of Stones Creek; married Nancy Menees in Fort Nashboro (Davidson County) in 1783. His first son, James Menees was the second white male born in Middle TN, 1-10-1784. John and Nancy raised 9 children in Wilson Co. TN, current Mt. Juliet area. (Florence Parman)

      Tennessee Land Grants, p. 68:
      McFarlin, John (Davidson Co.) 640 acres, N. dist, bk C-3, p. 17-18, g#1089, Warrant #3364 assignee of Alexander McFarland, soldier
      McFarlin, John (Davidson Co.,) 640 acres, N dist. Bk G-7, p. 190, g#397, Warrant #826

      160 John Porter MC FARLAND. b. abt 1750 Ireland d. 5-24-1824, Wilson Co. TN; served from N.C.troops as a pvt; served at the Siege of Yorktown in 1781 and fought with Gates at his defeat (DAR Nat'l #'s 355108 & 332408); received three land grants from N.C.: #1090 Davidson Co,TN, 640 acres btw Cedar Creek and Spencer Creek (now in Wilson Co), as the heir of his brother Alexnder McFarland; #397 640 acres, Book #80, p. 341; entry #826, issued 6-26-1793 on the head of Stones Creek; married Nancy Menees in Fort Nashboro (Davidson County) in 1783. His first son, James Menees was the second white male born in Middle TN, 1-10-1784. John and Nancy raised 9 children in Wilson Co. TN, current Mt. Juliet area. (Born Paris, TN, resided in French Lick (now Nashville) TN, married Nancy Mennes.)The following information from Gary Morris , November 2000.

      SOURCE: DAR Patriotic Index North Carolina, and LDS Ancestral File.

      LAND: 1781 TENNESSEE, Davidson County. Jno McFarland, 7 Dec 1781, bought land
      from William Ellis of Cumberland District.

      TAXLIST: 1788 TENNESSEE, Davidson County. John McFarland.

      PLACE: Probably lived in Davidson County, that part which later became Wilson
      County.

      CENSUS: 1820 TENNESSEE, Wilson County. John McFarland 001011 - 01101. Page
      385.

      SOURCE: LDS Ancestral File says son of Duncan McFarland and Elizabeth PORTER
      (which probably is incorrect, since this couple lived in Augusta County, VA,
      and probably did not have a son born as late as 1768). Indicates John had a
      brother Thomas, born about 1770 in Scotland.

      SOURCE: Mrs. Parman of TN says son of Arthur (b. Scotland) and Elizabeth
      Porter. Also that Arthur was son of Duncan McFarland, born about 1700 in
      Scotland.
      John and his brother Thomas landed in USA in Charleston, SC "in time to
      sign up and fight in American Revolution". He was made a Leiutenant. All
      this information from her grandfather who did research about 1930.

      RESEARCHER: (1999) Florence L. PARMAN Mt. Juliet,
      TN.

      HISTORY: John McFarland arrived in Charleston, SC about 1765. His brother
      Thomas joined him in this country.

      RESEARCHER-EMAIL: (2000) James McFarland

      NOTES: (FROM JAMES MCFARLAND) John Porter McFarland's son Ben Menees McFarland( b April 4 1803, d July 19 1878 Wilson C. TN) left a manuscript that tells the McFarland family history to John and James Sommers (his Somers Grandchildren). The second paragraph begins; "Our oldest ancestor, that I know of traditionally was Duncan McFarland who was born near Edinburgh, Scotland. He was the father of Walter and Tabby, and Tabby was the mother of the famous Rob McGregor. Walter had a son that he called Arthur who went to ireland and there married Elizabeth Porter, sister of Commodore Porter of Revolutionary fame." Ben Menees continues; "The fruit of this union was a girl whose name I have forgotten and three boys - Alexander , Thomas and John(My GGGrandfather John Porter McFarland)." ***( Note: My aunt said that they always said "Alexander the one they called Arthur".)**** _______There were two John McFarlands that were listed in most early Tennessee documentation (North Carolina till 1796). One was John Porter McFarland, listed in Claytons History of Davidson County Tennessee 1780-1880 p 58. "Names of persons who were in Davidson county in 1787, being the first year in which the tax of land and polls was taken---" The second lived in Knoxville. In fact there is a park in the older part of town that is named after him. He is mentioned in many of Nolechukie Jacks(Gov. Severe)papers. _______John Porter McFarland is listed in "Membership Roster and Soldiers the Tennessee Society of the DAR 1970-1984 Vol 3 p 505 gives his birth date as 1750. His wife and 11 children are listed, and who they married. Where this document gets confusing is that his son Benjamin Menees m Susy Young but it fails to say that Susy m 1847 is his second wife, His first was Penia Dun who died 1845. Susy and Ben had a son Ben Franklin McFarland who is my Grandfather.
      Birth: ABT 1750 in Scotland or Ireland
      Death: 24 MAY 1824 in Lebanon, Wilson County, Tennessee

      Father: Arthur Walter McFarland b: ABT 1725 in probably near Edinburgh, Scotland
      Mother: Elizabeth Porter b: ABT 1725 in Ireland

      Marriage 1 Nancy Menees b: ABT 1766 in North Carolina
      Married: 1783 in Fort Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee

      161 Nancy MENESS; MANESS; Mennes. of Virginia. b: ABT 1766 in North Carolina

      There is also the John Porter McFarland who immigrated to America 1774 on the ship Commerce which landed at NY on February 1774, served in the Rev. War and met and married his wife Nancy Menees in Fort Nashboro (now Nashville). He received a land grant for 660 acres from N. C. for his Rev. War service and when it was safe to leave the fort settled his land grand in what is now Wilson Co., TN and raised his family.

  • Sources 
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