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- Mary Helen Haines notes:
Rebecca McFarland is listed as a child of John and Rebecca in the Bible records that belonged to Lucille McFarland of Newport Oregon with the birthday listed here.
I wonder why she is the only child born in Kentucky. The Rebecca McFarland married to John Deaver that appears on other family trees is shown as born in Kentucky, and the census of John Deaver in Grayson Co. Texas in 1850, fam. 248, p. 357 shows an R Deaver, age 53, born in Kentucky. It could be that her mother Rebecca Bell was visiting relatives there when this Rebecca was born.
In papers found in the Book G, p. 63 - 67 deed records of Ste. Genevieve County, all the other children are listed as heirs of John McFarland, except Rebecca. Why? In the documents, John McFarland is buying out all the heirs of property that was the land grant made for 240 acres on Dec. 16, 1828 in what is Avon, Ste. Genevieve County today. He pays out $30. to each brother and sister, for a total of $240. Rebecca is not mentioned at all.
The Deavers were neighbors of the McFarlands in Buncombe/Haywood County, NC, and John Deaver's father William R. Deaver Jr. purchased some of the McFarland land when they moved to MO. Also, he was John McFarland's attorney in fact for selling the rest of his land after John had left.
I also found a Joseph M. Deaver, age 26, that died in Dec. 1850 in Grayson Co. TX. He was born in 1824 in North Carolina, and therefore seems to be a part of this family.
Mary Helen Haines notes:
Need to do more research. The Rebecca McFarland married to John Deaver that appears on other family trees is shown as born in Kentucky, and the census of John Deaver in Grayson Co. Texas in 1850, fam. 248, p. 357 shows an R Deaver, age 53, born in Kentucky. It could be that her mother Rebecca Bell was visiting relatives there when this Rebecca was born.
I now think this Rebecca could belong to another family. In papers found in the Book G, p. 63 - 67 deed records of Ste. Genevieve County, all the other children are listed as heirs of John McFarland, except Rebecca. Why? In the documents, John McFarland is buying out all the heirs of property that was the land grant made for 240 acres on Dec. 16, 1828 in what is Avon, Ste. Genevieve County today. He pays out $30. to each brother and sister, for a total of $240. Rebecca is not mentioned at all. However, John McFarland was involved in some kind of legal matters pertaining to Wm. Dever back in Buncombe Co. that had to be resolved after his death. It probably is finalizing the sale of his land, that he left in Wm. Dever's hands as his power of attorney.
Another thought on this. It could be that Rebecca married a McFarland back in North Carolina, and had a son named Jason, then the father died very quickly, and she remarried John Deaver, and he adopted her son. That could explain why she was not part of the original move to Missouri, why she did not move to the same county in Missouri, and then why the son Jason McFarland Deaver, did not move with the rest of the Deavers to Grayson Co. Texas before 1850. All of this is total speculation, but the attribution of Rebecca to the family of Rebecca and John McFarland just does not quite gel correctly.
I also found a Joseph M. Deaver, age 26, that died in Dec. 1850 in Grayson Co. TX. He was born in 1824 in North Carolina, and therefore seems to be a part of this family.
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1798 - 1859 (60 years)
