James McFarland
1778 - Aft 1836 (> 59 years)-
Name James McFarland [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] Birth 2 Nov 1778 Virginia Gender Male Possessions 1800, 1803 Jefferson County, TN 1800, James McFarland purchases 10 acres for $27. from Wm. Rorex on Mill Creek, adj. Robert McF. Jeff. Co. Vol E, p. 29. 1803, Robert McF. deed to James McF. 150 acres for $50. on Outlaw's Mill Creek. Jeff. Co. Deed Vol G, p. 17 Possessions 1804 Grainger County, Tennessee John Bean sold 200 acres from his 1000 acre grant to James McFarland of Jefferson Co., adjacent to John Hogan Bean. (John Hogan Bean was the husband of Jane McFarland. We can assume that this James McF. is her brother.)Deed Bk. A, p. 358 Residence 1805 Grainger, Tennessee, United States [3] Possessions 1807 Greene County, Tennessee, USA Bk. 8, p. 92. James McFarland buys 120 acres on Gap Creek from Elijah Willoughby for $883. Residence 1810 Grainger County, Tennessee, United States [6] Residence 1812 No Township Listed, Greene County, TN [4] Residence 1823 Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA Residence 1830 Possessions 21 Jul 1835 Carroll County, Georgia, USA It appears in this deed that James McFarland Sr. is witnessing the purchase of 196 acres by his two sons, James Junior and John McFarland from Charles Hulsey (who also used to live in Jefferson Co. TN). Book C, p. 26 Death Aft 1836 Carroll County, Georgia, USA Person ID I28797 MacFarlane Last Modified 29 May 2024
Father Robert McFarland, FT218687 RoM02, b. 15 Mar 1759, Orange Co., North Carolina d. 10 Feb 1837, Jefferson Co., TN (Age 77 years) Relationship natural Mother Margaret Dibberty, b. 23 Dec 1759, Virginia d. 25 Jul 1803, Jefferson Co., TN (Age 43 years) Relationship natural Marriage 7 Jan 1778 Botetourt County, VA Married 7 Jan 1778 Montgomery Co., Virginia Family ID F6359 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Elizabeth Carmichael, b. 1775 d. UNKNOWN Marriage 3 Oct 1798 Jefferson Co., TN [1, 5] Children 1. John McFarland, b. Abt 1802, Tennessee [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] + 2. James McFarland, b. 1805, Tennessee d. Bef 1870, Texas (Age < 64 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] Family ID F6383 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 29 May 2024
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Notes
MHH notes:
The records that I have found for James McFarland, son of Robert McFarland consist of:
Jefferson Co. TN
1800: Jan. James McFarland purchases 10 acres for $27. On Mill Creek from Wm. Rorex, adjacent Robert McFarland, part of the tract granted Robert but sold to Rorex. Witness Robert McF. and John McFarland. Vol. E, p. 29 Jefferson Co.
1803: Oct. 17, Robert McFarland deed to James McFarland, 150 acres for $50. On Outlaw's Mill Creek adj. Wm. Rorax, Robert McFarland, Charles Hodge, James McFarland. Vol. G, p. 17. Jefferson Co.
Not sure if the next records in Greene Co. are for the same James McFarland.
1805: James McFarland buying 120 acres of land from Elijah Willoughby. Book 8, p. 92 Greene Co. TN (FHL #944411)
1809: James McFarland on tax list for Greene Co. in Capt Joseph Kirk's Co.
1815: Polly Willoughby (16) and Anne Willoughby (14) chose James McFarland as guardian. Also he is guardian to John and Eliz. Willoughby, minors under 14. (Greene County Tenn. Guardians, and Orphans Court Records, 1783-1870, by Sandra Kelton Houston, p. 107 )
Now, back in Jefferson Co. TN
Page 99: #2394: James McFarland enters 16 acres in Jefferson County on the Sinking Fork of Long Creek adj. Benjamin McFarland Sr. Part of Cert No. 1018 for 50 acres issued 01 Aug 1815 to Samuel Nicholson. Entered 13 Feb 1821, James McFarland. (Not sure if this is the same James McFarland)
He is mentioned in his father's will written in 1836.
One researcher noted that when his father died in 1837, James was living in Carroll Co. GA according to the will record.
It appears that he has a son born 1805 in TN. who married Elizabeth Harrison born in NC on Feb. 27, 1834 in Carroll Co. GA. They are present in the 1840 census in Carroll Co. Are they the same James and Elizabeth present in Murray County in the 1850 census?
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- [S1240] Ancestry.com, Tennessee, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1810-1891, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc;;;;;).
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- [S1569] Ancestry.com, U.S. Census Reconstructed Records, 1660-1820, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;;;;;), Document: Tennessee Records of Grainger County - Tax Lists, 1810 [TN State Library and Archives]; Call Number: FHL Film 464105; Page Number: 213; Family Number: 8.
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