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- Mary Helen Haines notes.
This William McFarlane, McFarland, is definitely not the son of John Stewart MacFarlane, as you can see in the tax lists below. He may well be the son of John, son of William, son of Duncan.
Some researchers have William as being born in 1788 and dying in Christian Co. KY in May 1849 with a completely different set of descendants. However, this is a completely different family as proven by DNA tests of descendants of both familes. The family that appears in Christian Co. KY and Henry Co. TN are connected with the Robert McFarland line from Lancaster Co. PA, not the Duncan line from VA.
William McFarland appears in the tax list for 1812 in Sullivan Co. TN. He married Rachel Farris there on March 15, 1811. There was a John McFarland in Sullivan Co. also who sold his land in 1812.
It appears that William moved to Lee County VA from TN. I am not sure what year, but all his children claim VA as their birth place.
Lee County tax lists exist from 1795 through 1814, and he is not present there. However there are no exant tax lists from 1815 to 1826. He does show up in 1828 list and from then on.
On the microfilm below, he shows up in 1832 and appears for the last time in 1845. By 1847 all this family has left and is now in Carter Co. KY
Lee County Personal Property Tax Lists: 1830-50 Microfilm Reel #250 at Dallas Public Library
1830:
Mcfarlane, John S. 2 tithes, 1 slave, 1 slave, 5 horses p. 13
Mcfarlane, William, 1 tithe, p. 15
Mcfarlane, James, 1 tithe, 1 horse, p. 15 next to William
1831, Tax List B
Mcfarlane, Wm W, 1 tithe, 1 slave, 1 slave, 3 horses, 1 gigg, p. 13
Mcfarlane, James, 1 tithe, 1 horse, 1 slave p. 14
Mcfarlane, John S, 3 tithes, 1 slave, 1 slave, 3 horses p. 14
Mcfarlane, Walter, 1 tithe p. 14
Mcfarlane, Arthur, no tithe, 1 horse p. 14
1832, Tax List A
Mcfarlane William, 1 tithe, 1 horse March 19 (this would be William from the Duncan line, married to Rachel Farris)
Tax List B
Feb.1
Macfarlane, James M., 1 tithe, 2 horses
Macfarlane, William W., 1 tithe, 1 slave, 1 slave, 4 horses
Macfarlane, John S., 2 tithes, 1 slave, 1 slave, 4 horses
1833, Tax List A
Macfarlane William, 2 tithes, March 4
Tax List B
McFarlane, William W. 1 tithe, 2 slaves, 1 slave, 2 horses
McFarlane, James M., 1 tithe, 2 horses
MacFarlane, John S., 1 tithe, 1 slave, 1 slave, 3 horses
1834, Tax List A
John S. Mcfarlane, 1 tithe, 1 slave, 1 slave, 4 horses p. 12
Walter Mcfarlane, 1 tithe, 2 slaves, 2 slaves, 3 horses p. 12
1835 Tax List A
Macfarland, Miles, 1 tithe
Tax List B
Mcfarlane, John S, 1 tithe, 2 slaves, 1 slave, 2 horses p. 12
Mcfarlane, William W, 1 tithe, 2 slaves, 2 slaves, 15 horses p. 12
1836 Tax List A
no Macfarlanes
Tax List B
Macfarlane, John S. 1 tithe, 2 slaves, 2 slaves, 2 horses
no others
1837 Tax List A, p. 9
Mcfarland, William, 1 tithe
Mcfarland, Miles, 1 tithe, 1 horse
Mcfarland, John, 1 tithe, 1 horse
Tax List B, p. 13
Mcfarlane, John S. 1 tithe, 2 slaves, 1 slave, 3 horses
no others
1838 Tax List A, p. 10
Mcfarlane, William, 1 tithe, 3 stallion horses
Mcfarlane, John, 1 tithe, 1 horse
John S. McFarlane is not present on the tax lists
1839
Tax List A
Mcfarland, William, 1 tithe, 3 stallions
no others
Tax List B
Mcfarlane, Arthur, 1 tithe, 1 horse
1840
Tax List A
Mcfarlan, William. 1 tithe, 3 horses, 1 stallion
Mcfarlan, John, 1 tithe, 1 stallion
Tax List B
no McFarlanes
1841
Tax List A
McF., Wm. 2 tithes, 1 horse
McF. John, 1 tithe, 1 horse
1843
Tax List A
McF. Wm. 3 tithes, 2 horses
McF. John, 1 tithe, 1 horse
1844
Tax List A
Mcfarlane, Wm. 2 tithes, 1 horse
Mcf. John, 1 tithe, 1 horse
1845
Tax List A
Macfarland, William, 1 tithe, 1 horse
1846
McFarland, John, 1 tithe, 2 horses
1847
No MacFarlanes at all
Older notes:
CENSUS: 1820 VIRGINIA, Lee County. John McFarlane. P 133. William McFarlane
P. 133.
CENSUS: 1830 VIRGINIA, Lee County William McFarlane 2M 0-5, 1M 10-15, 1M
15-20, 1M 40-50, 1 F 0-5, 1F 5-10, 1 F 30-40. Also William McFarlane 1M 15-20,
1M 20-30, 1M 30-40, 1F 20-30.
CENSUS: 1850 KENTUCKY, Carter County. William McFarlane 66 Rachel 50 Miles 36
Lurancy 25 Nancy 17 Rachel 15 Jeney 10. Living adjacent to John McFarlane 33.
RESEARCHER-EMAIL: (1999) Chest Flint <ceflint@tgtel.com>. G-g grandson of
Fada McFarland (dau of William 1784) and John Flint.
NOTE: According to research of Chester Flint, William McFarland was born 1784
VA, son of John, who was son of William, who was son of Duncan. All this
family information from Chester Flint. Notes that he married Rachael
Farris.
NOTE: One source has that he married Rachel Lewis, d/o George Lewis and Mary
Evans. Support that his wife was actually Rachel Farris, is also supported by
the fact that their son, John (1817) had daughter Faris McFarland.
RESEARCHER-EMAIL: (2001) Hurshel Debord <HLDebord@AOL.com>
CONFLICT: William McFarland (1825-1910) who married Nancy Caroline Bays
(1828-1897).They are burried in Johnson Co. Ky. A researcher on Rootsweb says
that William's parents are William McFarland and Rachel Farris but you list
them as having no son named William.Only a Luracy born in 1826.The only William
I see born in 1825 was a son of James C. and Rebecca Cole.
SOURCE: Richard Penix.
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