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William McFarland, BY3019

Male 1755 - 1825  (69 years)

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  • Name William McFarland  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] 
    Suffix BY3019 
    Residence 1782, 85, 87  Rockbridge Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Birth 10 Jun 1755  Peters Township, Cumberland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5, 6] 
    Gender Male 
    Burial Endicott Church, Harrison, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Possessions 1 Dec 1795  Rockbridge Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Sold land his father had sold to him, recorded Deed Book C, p. 216, 220. This William never resided in TN, so the records in Greene/Jefferson TN do not belong to this William. 
    Residence 1800  Harrison, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9] 
    Possessions 1809  Harrison County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Bk. 3, p. 186. John and Eliz. Minter of Ohio sell to William McF. of Nicholas, 60 a. on waters of Indian Creek, in both Nicholas and Harrison county. Cannot tell if this is Wm. Sr. or Jr. or another William entirely. 
    Residence 1810  Nicholas, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Residence 1820  Marysville, Harrison, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Death 1 Jun 1825  Cynthiana, Harrison Co., Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6] 
    Death 1 Jun 1825  Indian Creek, Cynthiana, Harrison, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Burial Endicott Church, Harrison Co., KY Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Person ID I27694  MacFarlane
    Last Modified 29 May 2024 

    Father Robert McFarland, RoM02,   b. 1717, Northern Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Dec 1797, Rockbridge Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Esther Dunn,   b. Abt 1726, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1794, Rockbridge Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 27 Sep 1748  Earltown, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Married Abt 1752  Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Married 1754  Cumberland, Pennsylavania Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Family ID F5681  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Rebecca White,   b. 1763, Fayette Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 May 1822, Cynthiana, Harrison, Kentucky, USA(buried Indian Creek Baptist cemetery) Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years) 
    Marriage 19 Oct 1779  Rockbridge Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 19 Oct 1779  Rockbridge County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Children 
     1. Sarah Ann (Sallie) McFarland,   b. Rockbridge Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Sep 1826  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Letitia McFarland,   b. 19 May 1780, Rockbridge Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Aug 1842, Vienna, Clark, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +3. Robert McFarland,   b. 7 Mar 1782, Natural Bridge, Rockbridge, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Dec 1863, Concord Township, Champaign, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +4. John W. McFarland,   b. 17 Mar 1785, Rockbridge Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Feb 1848, Adams Illinois (Buried in Hebron Cemetery) Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     5. Rachel McFarland,   b. 13 Feb 1787, Rockbridge Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Nov 1809, Urbana, Champaign, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 22 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +6. William McFarland,   b. 13 Nov 1788, Rockbridge Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1850, ,,Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +7. Thomas McFarland,   b. 16 Apr 1790, Rockbridge Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Aug 1863, , Harrison, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     8. Esther McFarland,   b. 1 Oct 1791, Rockbridge Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt Mar 1793, Nolichucky River, Greene, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +9. Rebecca McFarland,   b. 22 Jul 1793, Rockbridge Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 6 Oct 1836, , Adams, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 43 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +10. Rebecca McFarland,   b. 22 Jul 1793, Rockbridge, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Jun 1867, Camp Point, Adams, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +11. James White McFarland,   b. 17 Jun 1797, Cynthiana, Harrison, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Mar 1847, , Nicholas, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +12. Nathaniel McFarland,   b. 4 Aug 1799, Cynthiana, Harrison, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Feb 1851, Henry, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     13. Joseph McFarland,   b. 2 Sep 1799, Cynthiana, Harrison, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Jul 1822, , Harrison, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 22 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     14. Jane McFarland,   b. 26 Jul 1801, Cynthiana, Harrison, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Sep 1874, Harrison, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     15. Katherine McFarland,   b. 9 Mar 1803, Cynthiana, Harrison, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 May 1850, , Harrison, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 47 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +16. Benjamin McFarland,   b. 13 Dec 1808, Cynthiana, Harrison, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Feb 1883, Taylor Co., Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F6978  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 May 2024 

  • Notes 
    • MHH notes:

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

      SOURCE: Forsythe Saga family info

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

      HISTORY OF GREENE COUNTY.

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

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

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

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

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

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

      Below are the older Gary Morris notes:

      [Mcfarlan.ged.GED]

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

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

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

      TAXLIST: 1782 VIRGINIA, Rockbridge County.

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

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

      CENSUS: 1795 KENTUCKY, Harrison County.

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

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

      CENSUS: 1795 KENTUCKY, Harrison County.

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

      TAXLIST: 1800 KENTUCKY, Harrison County.

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

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

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

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

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

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

      Facts about this person:

      Burial
      Endicott Church, Harrison, Kentucky

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

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    5. [S1242] Mcfarlan.ged.GED.
      Date of Import: Feb 21, 1999

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      Date of Import: Feb 21, 1999

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      Date of Import: Feb 21, 1999


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