Jacob McFarland

Jacob McFarland

Male 1772 - 1843  (70 years)

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  • Name Jacob McFarland  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
    Birth 21 Feb 1772  Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Birth 21 Feb 1772  Fincastle, Montgomery, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Residence 1810  Haywood, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Residence 1830  Cooper, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Residence 1840  Cooper, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Death 1843  Cooper Co., Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 13 Oct 1846  Booneville, Cooper, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Burial UNKNOWN  Reid Cemetery (also called McFarland Cemetery) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I29575  MacFarlane
    Last Modified 29 May 2024 

    Father John McFarland, BY146078 RoM02,   b. 4 Feb 1739, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1803, Haywood Co., North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Mary Kinder,   b. Abt 1742, Virginia ? Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1786 (Age > 45 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage Between 1762 and 1763  Montgomery or Bedford Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9
    Family ID F5747  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Nancy Cathey,   b. 18 Jan 1780, Burke Co., North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Aug 1870, Boonville, Cooper Co., Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1804  Buncombe Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Catherine McFarland,   b. 12 Feb 1801   d. UNKNOWN  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Sarah McFarland,   b. 13 Jan 1802, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Nov 1873, Cooper Co., MO Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. Reuben A. McFarland,   b. 17 Oct 1804, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Jan 1882, Boonville, Cooper Co., Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     4. Ann McFarland,   b. 26 Apr 1806, Buncombe Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jan 1884, Pleasant Hill, Cass Co., MO Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     5. George W. McFarland,   b. 18 Oct 1809, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     6. Jacob McFarland,   b. 30 Oct 1811, Haywood Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1836, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 24 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F5934  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 May 2024 

    Family 2 Elizabeth Webb,   b. 1770   d. Abt 1796, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 26 years) 
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth McFarland,   b. 6 Feb 1795, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. UNKNOWN  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F5935  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 May 2024 

  • Notes 
    • 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

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      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

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      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

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      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

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      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

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      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

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  • Sources 
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    7. [S1709] 1810 Federal Census Haywood Co., NC, p. 197.
      Jacob McFarland: males: 3 under 11, 1 bet. 26 and 45: females: 3 under 11, one bet. 11 and 16, one bet. 16 and 26, one bet. 26 and 45.

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