Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: Abt 1706, Northern Ireland

Notes:

Mary Helen Haines notes:

Mary Montgomery is a mystery woman. There are neither marriage records or proven parentage, other than the passed down name John Montgomery.

Among the early Montgomery families:

Using Charles Bolton's Scotch-Irish Pioneers:

There is a James Montgomery, master of the ship William and Mary, who brought over many of the first settlers from Northern Ireland, including the pastor William Boyd in 1718. He arrived on July 25 to Boston and then was cleared to return to Dublin. (p. 132, 319)

There is another ship master, Robert Montgomery, who arrived on an unnamed ship in Sept. 1717 to Boston. (p. 319)

Thre is a Hugh Montgomery, who married Jane Cargill in 1715 in Ballymena (p. 127) and was on the list of early settlers in Londonderry, New Hampshire (p. 264)

There is a John Montgomery in Middleboro, Massachusetts. (p. 156) in 1718-19.

There is a William Montgomery who settled in Kennebec Maine in 1719 (p. 219) and then was among the Merrymeeting Bay settlers. (p. 236)

None of those above seem to be possible.

To look closer to home, here are the Montgomery listings who had surveys made for warrents of land in Lancaster County in the early years:

Alexander Montgomery, warrent #796, for 200 acres in 1734 in Octorara (near Quarryville).

James Montgomery, #30, 30 acres on Fishing Creek (Drumore township), 1736.

John Montgomery, #119, 150 acres in Derry township (present day Dauphin Co), 1737.

Thomas Montgomery, #125, 250 acres in Paxtang, 1737.

William Montgomery, #, 250 acres in L. Britain in 1743.

All of the above are in close enough range to Donegal township, and close enough in years.

There is a James Montgomery with wife Ann Thomson who moved from County Donegal to Pennsylvania, Lancaster County. Then in 1746 he moved to Augusta County, near present day town of Fincastle. Could John be a brother of James, or is John incorrect?

The naming pattern of John and Mary's children support a James and Ann (Nancy) as parents; however none of the family histories for this couple have included a daughter Mary.

Mary married John McFarland, A584 RoM02 in 1728 in Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania. John (son of Robert McFarland, BY3019 RoM02 and Jennet) was born about 1708 in prob. Co. Donegal, Ireland; died after 1785 in Greene Co. TN probably. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Robert McFarlin
• Residence: 1755-56, Bedford Co., VA
• Birth: Abt 1730, Lancaster Co., PA
• Birth: 1730
• Residence: 1747, Black Lick, Wythe, Virginia, USA
• Possessions: 1749, Augusta Co. VA, now Wythe; Survey of 248 acres on Stony Fork, Laurel Run, granted 1753, sold to John Downing in 1754.
• _MILT: 16 Nov 1752, Augusta County, VA (now Wythe Co.)
• Possessions: 1757, Lancaster County, PA; Robert, son of John, is selling property he inherited from his deceased brother James, who had inherited it from his uncle James. Robert is selling it to the husband of James (brother of John) widow Margaret who has now remarried.
• Residence: 1766, Orange Co.NC
• Possessions: 1768, Botetourt Virginia; Augusta
• Residence: 1768, Orange County, North Carolina, USA
• Possessions: 1771, Bedford County, Virginia; Robert, and Jane his wife, sells his 354 acres near the great Otter R. in two sales. Deed book 4, p. 131 and 144.
• Residence: Between 1772 and 1780, Cedar Run, branch of Reed Creek, 85 acres
• _MILT: 1774, Fincastle Co., Virginia
• Possessions: 6 Dec 1774, Montgomery County, Virginia (Wythe Co. now); Montgomery Deed Book A, p. 142. 116 acres on both sides of Reed Creek.
• _MILT: 1776, Virginia
• Residence: Between 1782 and 1783, Washington Co. VA, on the waters of the Middle Fork of the Holstein.
• Possessions: 4 Jun 1782, Montgomery County, VA; "John Davis, assignee of Robert Mcfarland, assignee of Alexander Neely, 200 acres on both sides of Reed Cr." Mary Kegley's Vol. 2, p. 40.
• Possessions: 1789, Greene County, Tennessee, USA; North Carolina grant #818 on south side of Nolachucky for 200 a. next to Robert Armstrong. Roll 13, Book 2, Image 299/329. He sells this in 2 deeds in 1791 and 1792. Wife Jane signs in 91, not 92. Alex. McF. witness.

Notes:

Mary Helen Haines notes:
This first paragraph contains unproven speculation meant to stir up further research:
Too little is known about this Robert McFarland. He must have had several children, but the only two we really know about is Robert Jr. and Benjamin because their descendants kept records that made the connections. I feel sure that Robert had a son named James, probably the eldest son, because he appears in the Montgomery records with him. He also probably had a son named John, because the Washington Co. VA 1782 tax list puts a John near Robert and James. (However, that John maybe John Stewart MacFarlane.) I think there is a good chance that he has a daughter named Mary, and it probably is the Mary that marries Samuel Montgomery. There is an unexplained William in the Jefferson Co. records that may belong to this family. Also, it is possible that the Joseph in Jefferson Co. is another son, or at least a cousin. Lastly, while I am speculating, I think that Robert's wife could be a Crockett. I don't know how, but why would Samuel Crockett leave Robert the 85 acres on Cedar Run?

Now for the facts:
Robert moved with his father John to Augusta County in 1747 and was enrolled in the militia in 1752. He purchased land with his father (1020 acres at Black Buffalo Lick, in 1747, and then separately, in 1749, 248 acres on Stony Fork, at Laurel Run. This he sold to John Downing in 1754. This land is in present day Wythe County, in the foothills east of the Appalachian Mts. and the Jefferson National Forest.

In Lancaster Co. PA Deed Book D, pp. 415-417, Microfilm #21383, there is a very convoluted deed that basically states that the original patent from 1739 to Robert McFarland (grandfather of this Robert who died in 1751) for 286 acres, went first to Robert Sr's son James, who died in 1752 leaving behind a wife Margaret. James' will left 1/2 of the estate to his nephew James (son of his elder brother John). Widow Margaret McF. then married Thomas Clingan shortly after and they lived on the 1/2 estate that she inherited from her dead husband James McFarland, brother to John, Robert, Joseph. The nephew James (son of John) was killed by Indians in Virginia in 1755 and died without heirs or a will, so his inheritance passed to his oldest brother Robert (also son of John). So, this Robert, now living in Bedford County, sells the land to his aunt's husband Thomas Clingan for 143 pounds. Robert McFarland came to Lancaster County and entered the deed June 22, 1757.

He moved with father John to Bedford Co. Va. in 1755/6 during the French and Indian War, probably shortly after the death of James.

In 1756 John and Robert McFarland are present in Bedford County serving in a jury (p. 178). In 1757 Robert McFarland is a plaintiff ag. Jason Meadows (p. 193), issue resolved, in the Sept. court 1757, Robert McFarland is a juror along with Wm. Boyd, Joseph and Walter Crockett, and Andrew Evans (p. 138) Source: Bedford County Virginia Order Book 1, 1754-1761, by TLC Genealogy, 929.37556 B411 2000, Dallas Public Library This shows that all the Reed Creek neighbors moved to Bedford Co. from their patents.

Then Robert married and moved to Orange Co. North Carolina, which we know because of his son Robert's birth there in 1759 (Robert Jr.'s 1832 pension statement). He could have already been married, and Margaret is his second wife-we know nothing about his wife's full name.)

While still in Orange Co. NC Robert and Margaret sold the Black Lick land along with with his father John and Mary Montgomery McFarland in 1766 to the Doak family. It is through this sale that we know his wife's first name and that he was living in Orange Co. NC in 1766.

So, Robert and Margaret were living in Orange County North Carolina from at least 1758/9 to 1766/7.
However, the records for Robert McFarland in Orange County NC in the 1760s are not clearly his as far as I can tell, considering there is another Robert McFarland present at this time it seems. The other Robert in Orange Co. is the Robert who wrote a will in 1780 and died the next year in Caswell County, with wife Margaret (unfortunately the same name). DNA testing on a descendant of this other Robert puts that family in the Cadet lineage, but there is one different marker that makes this lineage not a part of our descendants from Robert and Jennet.

In 1766 Robert purchased land on the Great Otter River in Bedford Co. VA, (Deed Book 2, p. 312, 254 acres on the Otter River) while he still was in Orange Co. NC according to the Bedford Co. records.

Also, he must have moved back to the Black Lick area in 1766 because Kegley records in Vol. 3 of Early Adventurers on the Western Waters: "Gasper (Kinder) may have been living on Reed Creek as early as 1766 as he was in company with Robert McFarland (McFarlin) for a tract of land on the north side of Pine Ridge at that time. This fact is recorded in an unusual document filed in 1785 in the will book of Montgomery County (Will Book B. p. 78)."

Robert sold the land in Bedford Co. in 1771 (Book 4, p. 131 and 144) and by 1772 he was back in the Reed Creek area. In the 1771 deed his wife is named Jane.

In 1772 he received 85 acres of land on Cedar Run, a branch of Reed Creek from the will of Samuel Crockett. He moved to this land, and lived here for 10 years. In 1772 this land was in Botetourt Co, but it is the same area that they first settled in. This land was never recorded as a deed, but is recorded in the Augusta County Will Book 3, p. 506, when Joseph Crockett willed it to his son Samuel, and then Samuel willed it to Robert in 1772. No deed was ever recorded, but the title transferred to Christopher Simmerman in 1791, who then donated it to create the town of Evansham, which was renamed Wytheville. (Kegley, Vol. IV, Early Adventurers in the Town of Evansham, 1998)

In 1774 a Robert McFarland served 108 days in the militia under Captain Walter Crockat as part of the call-up of men who were to travel to Point Pleasant as part of Governor Dunmore's war. Also in this company was James Mcfarland, serving 108 days. This is most likely Robert Sr. (b. 1730) and his son James. Source: Soldiers of Fincastle Co. Virginia 1774, Mary B. Kegley, R929.37558 K26S 1974, p. 30.

In 1776 Robert was living at the Cedar Run acreage, and his son Robert Jr. (age 17) enlisted in Capt. Russell's company in the Rev. War. at his father's house, which is described as being at the present location of the Wytheville court house, Source: Robert Jr.'s 1832 Pension statement. The acreage of future Wytheville was transferred to Christopher Simmerman and recorded in 1791 in the Wythe Deed Book 1, p. 35. In the 1782 tax list for Montgomery Co. there are no Robert McFarlands present, however, a John McFarlane is living next to Christopher Simmerman. It seems that Robert Sr. and Jr. are now living in Washington Co. VA, where they appear on that tax list, and John is living in their place in what becomes the town. (What is unknown at this time is who is this John McFarlane in 1782. Is it a son of Robert's or is it Robert's brother John who was married to Mary Kinder.)

All of this is verified by various tax and militia lists:
From New River Tithables 1770-1773 by Mary Kegley, p. 14 and 15, includes Captain Doacks and Walter Crockett's list of tax payers and lists McFarland, John, and Mackfarland, Robert and his son James. (This would indicate John McFarland jr., his brother, had also moved back)
From Early Adventurers on the Western Waters, Vol III, Mary B. Kegley: p. 258, In 1774, a list of Captain Walter Crockat's Co. of men who served 108 days included Robert Mcfarland and James Mcfarland.

So, Robert had an older son named James who was old enough to pay taxes in 1771, and serve in the militia in 1774. What happened to him? Is he the James who purchased 1/2 of Joseph McFarland's land grant in Greene Co. in 1792? Is he the same James who moved to Christian Co. KY where he died in 1811?

I now believe that the Mary McFarland, who married Samuel Montgomery, a neighbor in the Cedar Run area of Reed Creek, was the daughter of this Robert McFarland. I have no absolute proof, but the time and place is right for this to be the case.

(There are no Roberts or James of the right age in the Duncan line to have served in the militia or paid these taxes, so these records must be attributed to the correct family)

Regarding Robert's wife's name. There are two deeds a couple of years apart where Robert is selling his land and his wife is signing. In the first deed, the wife is named Margaret. In the second deed 2 years later, the wife is named Jane. Ramsey mistakenly wrote her name as Martha, which is why so many trees have that name listed, but the original deed image is quite clearly Margaret.

The following are notes from the McFarland genealogy website of Gary Morris: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hollow/8143/genealogy/mcfarland/rbtlanc.txt --
***** 8 ***** Robert McFARLAND, son of John McFARLAND and Mary MONTGOMERY, was
born 7 Apr 1730 in Donegal Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, died 1798
in Kentucky. Married about 1758 in Virginia to Martha _____ born about 1734 in
Orange(?) County, N.Carolina(?).

----- NOTES FOR Robert McFARLAND:
QUESTION-COMMENT: From the Annuals of Bath County "Families of Greater Bath";
page 187 Colonels Robert and John McFarland, early pioneers of Jefferson County,
TN, are descendants of Duncan McFarland. (See Duncan McFarland Records).
MILITARY: 1752 Augusta County. Robert McFarland qualified a Lieutenant on
November 16, 1752 (Abstracts from the Records of Augusta County, VA, Lyman
Chalkley, Vol. II page 55).
MILITARY: "Virginia Colonial Soldiers" by Lloyd D. Bockstruck 1988;
Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore, MD; page 4 Augusta County 16 Nov 1752 John
McFarland, ensign, and Robert McFarland, Lieutenant.
RESIDENCE: Soon after marriage, in 1758 had gone south to Orange County, North
Carolina.
RESIDENCE: From Abstracts of Revolutionary War Applications of son, Robert;
Lived in Orange County, North Carolina, and about 1768 moved to Bedford County
until about 1771 to Botetourt County, Virginia. Moved 1779 to Washington county,
Virginia, and then later to Jefferson County, Tennessee.
LAND: Robert inherited one-half of a farm from his uncle James. Jame's wife,
Margret inherited the other one-half. Later Robert sold his one-half to Margaret
and her new husband, Thomas Clingan. Source: James A. McFarland.
LAND: 1757 Thomas Clingan (husband of Margaret, who first married uncle James
McFarland) bought land from Robert McFarland, who was living in Bedford Co, VA
at time of transaction, 20 June 1757. From Mary Haines@Juno.com Bedford Co, VA
Queeries Aug 1998.
RESEARCHER-EMAIL: Mary Haines Maryhaines@juno.com.
LAND: 1754. 6 Aug 1754 Robert McFarland sold 248 acres on Stoney Fork of Reed
Creek for 20.14 pounds to John Downing. Teste: Abraham Dunkleberry, Nathaniel
Wilshire. (Chalkley Vol 3:330; Augusta County Will page 442).
QUESTION: Last transaction mentions John Downing, who was related to James
McFarland. However, James McFarland, brother of this Robert, died in 1750's. Do
I have James McFarlands mixed up?
LAND: 1766 Although Robert was still in Orange County, NC, he bought property
in Bedford County. In 1766 he bought 254 acres on the Otter River in Bedford
County from Giles Williams, property that was near to his father, John. Mentioned
in THE MYTH OF SIR JOHN MACFARLANE 1997,1998 by James A. McFarland (C)ole Creek
Productions, Inc. Tulsa, OK, copy at Houston Public Library (Clayton Branch).
LAND: 1768 Botetourt County: John and Mary McFarland of Bedford county,
Virginia and Robert and Martha McFarland of County of Orange, North Carolina, to
David Doak for L156, 1,020 acres at Black Buffalo Lick on water of Wood (New)
River. Annals of Southwest Virginia 1769-1800, by Lewis C. Summers, Kingsport
Press, Kingsport, Tn, 1927 Vol 2, page 531.
RESIDENCE: In 1768 or 1769 Robert returned from Orange County with his family,
but sold his land in 1771.
LAND: Oct 30, 1772 VIRGINIA, Montgomery County. Robert McFarland received 85
acres on Cedar Run, a branch of Reed Creek, from the will of Samuel Crockett
dated this date. This tract was approximately two miles southeast of Fort
Chiswell. Will Book B, page 3.
LAND: 1773. VIRGINIA, Fincastle County. Robert McFarland received 166 acres
in Fincastle County, on Reed Creek, 16 Dec 1773 (Reed Creek now in Montgomery
County). (VA State Library, Record of Plotts, reel 33, Book A, page 79).
LAND: 1776 lived on a tract located in the present town of Wytheville, Wythe
County.
RESIDENCE: Moved 1779 to Washington County, Virginia (mentioned in personal
records of son Robert).
COURT: 1780 TENNESSEE, Greene County. Alexander Outlaw, 1780, complains of
Robert McFarland Sr. and Robert McFarland Jr., that they on ... at Green County
took away fifty head of cattle belonging to said Outlaw. SOURCE: Morgan
District Court Civil Action Papers Found in Bulletin of Genealogical Society of
Old Tyrone County, North Carolina 10:3:135 1982.
TAXLIST: 1785 VIRGINIA, Washington County: Robert Sr. (NOTE: Robert Jr. would
have been Robert Henry McFarlane of Russell County).
PLACE: Russell County formed 1785 from Washington County.
NOTE: Not listed in Russell County, VA Taxlists (1787-on). Must have lived
1786-1788 in that part now Washington County.
LAND: 1788
HISTORY: "Families of Jefferson Conty, Tennessee" 1992 found at Seattle
Genealogical Society. Robert McFarland moved from Virginia to Kentucky in 1788
and to the Watauga Settlement in 1799.
DEATH: Last record of Robert McFarland is in Montgomery County on Sept 7,
1779.
DEATH: According to the Morristown Bible record, Robert Sr. is suppossed to
have gone to Kentucky circa 1788. See "The Myth of Sir John McFarlane" by James
A. McFarlane.

===CHILDREN of Robert McFARLAND and Martha _____

+ 33 Robert McFARLAND b 15 Mar 1759 Orange County, North
Carolina. M (1) Margaret McNUTT. M (2) Mary NEAL. M
(3) Mary WEAVER.
+ 34 Benjamin McFARLAND b abt Oct 1769 Bedford County,
Virginia. M (1) Martha STINSON. M (2) Mary RATCLIFFE.
Robert moved with his father John to Augusta County in 1747 and was enrolled in the militia in 1752. He moved with father John to Bedford Co. Va. in 1757. Then he married and moved to Orange Co. North Carolina. In 1768 Robert moved back to Virginia to Bedford Co. and then four years later to Botetourt Co. for 10 years, where in 1772 he received 85 acres on Reed Creek from will of Samuel Crockett (two miles southeast of Fort Chiswell). In 1776 Robert is living in what is the present town of Wytheville, and his son Robert Jr. enlists in Capt. Russell's company in the Rev. Wa

Robert married Margaret Jane about 1747 in Virginia. Margaret was born in 1734; died about 1792 in Jefferson County, TN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The following are notes from the McFarland genealogy website of Gary Morris: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hollow/8143/genealogy/mcfarland/rbtlanc.txt --
***** 9 ***** Nancy McFARLAND, daughter of John McFARLAND and Mary MONTGOMERY,
was born 26 Nov 1731 in Donegal Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, died
1798 in Kentucky. Married to Andrew EVANS born 26 Nov 1731 in Lancaster County,
Pennsylvania.

----- NOTES FOR Andrew EVANS:
CONFLICT: Note birth date of self and wife.

Family/Spouse: Andrew Evans. Andrew was born on 26 Nov 1731 in Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Possessions: 1752; James McFarland, son of John, was willed 1/2 of James McFarland's (brother of John) land in Lancaster County, PA.
• Possessions: 1757; James died with no heirs, so his brother Robert (b. 1730), son of John and Mary Montgomery, inherited his inheritance. Robert sells the property.

Notes:

Mary Helen Haines notes:
Chalkey, Vol. 2, p. 510 is a list of all the people wounded, killed in the Indian attack in 1755. North River is in present day Augusta County, however, most researchers say that this is really New River where this attack occurred. Draper's Meadow is present day Blacksburg, Montgomery Co.

1755, May 3d.--Mary Baker, at Holston's River, wounded. June 18th,
Saml. Stalnacker, at Holston's River, prisoner escaped; Saml. Hydon, at
Holston's River, escaped; Adam Stalnaker, at Holston's River, killed; Mrs.
Stalnaker, at Holston's River, killed; a servant man, at Holston's River,
killed; Mathias Counie, at Holston's River, killed. June 19th, Muheal
Honch (Houck), at Holston's River, killed. July 3d, James McFarland, at
North River, killed; John Bingeman, at North River, killed; Mrs. Bingeman,
at North River, killed; Adam Bingeman, at North River, killed; John Cook,
at North River, killed; Henry Zin, at North River, killed; a young child,
at North River, killed; Nathaniel Welshire, at North River, wounded;
Dutch Jacob and his wife, at North River, prisoner escaped; Frederick
Stern, at North River, wounded; Mrs. Bingeman, Jr., at North River,
wounded; Mrs. Davies, at North River, wounded; Isaac Freeland, his wife,
and 5 children, at North River, prisoners; Bingeman's son and daughter
and a stranger, at North River, wounded. July 12th, Lieut. Wright and
2 soldiers, at Reed Creek, killed. July 30th, Col. James Patton, at North
River, killed; Casper Barrier, at North River, killed; Mrs. Draper and one
child, at North River, killed; James Cull, at North River, wounded; Mrs.
English and Her children, at North River, prisoners escaped; Mrs. Draper,
Jr., at North River, prisoner escaped; Henry Leonard, at North River,
prisoner escaped. August 12th, Morrice Griffith, at Vauses, prisoner
escaped; Henry Baughman, at Green Brier, killed; John Couse and his
father-in-law, at Green Brier, killed; Walter Fishpough, at Green Brier,
killed; George White, at Green Brier, killed; Old Christopher, at Green
Brier, killed; Mrs. Consler, at Green Brier, killed; an old man, his wife,
and a schoolmaster, at Green Brier, killed. September, John Thomas, at
Green Brier, killed; Mrs. Fishpough and 5 children, at Green Brier, prisoners;
Consler's daughter and Mrs. Ineny, at Green Brier, killed; Corporal
Bennett, at Green Brier, killed; 2 girls called Landsisco, at South Branch,
prisoners.

In 1767 Botetourt County is a reference to James McFarlin, deceased, when George Kegley acquires 150 acres on Lick Run, adjoining a survey made for James McFarlin, deceased. Source: Early Adventures of the Western Waters, Wythe County, Vol. 2, p. 110, 112.

The following are notes from the McFarland genealogy website of Gary Morris: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hollow/8143/genealogy/mcfarland/rbtlanc.txt --

***** 10 ***** James McFARLAND, son of John McFARLAND and Mary MONTGOMERY, was
born 10 Feb 1732/1733 in Donegal Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, died
about Jul 1755 in New River, Augusta County, Virginia.

----- NOTES FOR James McFARLAND:
COURT: "Pennsylvania Vital Records"; 1983; Genealogical Publishing Company,
Baltimore, MD; page 353, James McFarland, son of John McFarland, and devicee
named in will of James McFarland, his uncle, deceased in 1752 (being about age
of 21), chooses the said John McFarland, his father, as Guardian. Ordered that
the said John McFarland give sufficient Security to Janet McFarland, mother of
said James McFarland.
NOTE: That James died before 1757 is documented in Lancaster County, PA Deed
Book D, page 415. See Notes of Robert McFarland 1675-1752. James did not have
any children.
DEATH: "Virginia Military Records" 1983 Genealogical Publishing Company,
Baltimore Md; Augusta County, page 32; 3 Jul 1755; James McFarland, New River,
Augusta county, killed. New River, from 1760 to about 1780 was in that part that
is in Wythe County, SW Virginia. Also in Chronicles of the Scotch Irish
settlement of Virginia by Lyman Chalkley Book 2 page 510 Augusta County Court
Records. July 3, 1755 James McFarland killed at North River.
CONFLICT: Note that one source has New River, the other has North River.
HISTORY: "Families of Jefferson Conty, Tennessee" 1992 found at Seattle
Genealogical Society. Killed by Indians.

Family/Spouse: no spouse. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mary Helen Haines notes:

The Morristown Bible record says that Rachel was born March 17, 1734. I have only seen a transcript, not the original page.

The following are notes from the McFarland genealogy website of Gary Morris: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hollow/8143/genealogy/mcfarland/rbtlanc.txt --

***** 11 ***** Rachel McFARLAND, daughter of John McFARLAND and Mary MONTGOMERY,
was born 17 Mar 1737 in Donegal Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, died
1790 in Campbell County, Virginia, buried in Concord, Virginia. Married 1758 in
Bedford County, Virginia to John HUNTER son of Alexander HUNTER and Elizabeth
STEELE, born 1737 in Virginia, died 1796 in Campbell County, Virginia.

----- NOTES FOR Rachel McFARLAND:
SOURCE: World Family Tree Disk #2. Includes childrens families.
TO-DO: Obtain childrens families.
SOURCE: Internet, Family Tree Maker Online User Home Pages, "Lori Samples
Ancestors".

----- NOTES FOR John HUNTER:
PARENTS: Alexander HUNTER and Elizabeth STEELE.
CONFLICT: Internet lists parents as John Hunter and Henrietta DAVIDSON.
RESIDENCE: Lived about 1770 Bedford Co, VA.

===CHILDREN of Rachel McFARLAND and John HUNTER

+ 35 John HUNTER b 10 Jul 1760 Bedford County, Virginia. M
Susanna PRESTON.
+ 36 Elizabeth HUNTER b 1761 Bedford County, Virginia. M
John MAY.
+ 37 Alexander HUNTER b 1763 Campbell County, Virginia. M
Nancy JONES.
+ 38 Robert HUNTER b 1765 Virginia. M Nancy ELLIS.
+ 39 James HUNTER b 1767 Virginia. M Elizabeth HOWLETT.
+ 40 Benjamin HUNTER b 1775 Virginia. M Elizabeth FIELDS.

Rachel married John Hunter about 1756 in Bedford Co., VA. John was born in 1736 in PA; died in 1796 in Campbell Co. VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• DNA: 1739
• _MILT: 16 Nov 1752, Augusta Co. VA, now Wythe
• _MILT: Jul 1757, 7th Co. under Capt. Josh Lewis in VA militia
• _MILT: Jul 1757
• Residence: 1761, Bedford Co., VA
• Possessions: 1764, Bedford Co., VA; 212.5 acres at head of branches of Buffalo Creek and Elk Creek
• Possessions: 1778, Reed Creek, Montgomery Co., VA; John McFarland Sr. of Bedford Co. sells to John McFarland Jr. of Montgomery Co. 367 acres on Meadow Run, granted to John McFarland Sr. in 1753. Montgomery Co. Deed Book A, p. 234 Sold in 1786 to Jacob Prooner (Brooner, Pruner)
• Possessions: 25 May 1778, Bedford Co., Virginia; John McFarland Jr. of Montgomery Co. VA sold 212.5 acres at head of Medow's Creek to Lyonell Brown. Deed Bk. 6, p. 48
• _MILT: 1780, Reed Creek, Montgomery Co., VA
• _MILT: 1781, Reed Creek area of Montgomery County, Virginia, USA
• Possessions: 1784, Greene Co., Tenn., 228 acres on south side of Nolichucky R.
• Residence: Between 1784 and 1799
• Possessions: 1789, Purchased 120 and 200 acres in Greene Co. TN. Book 4, p. 93 and 107
• Possessions: 1799, Purchased land in Buncombe Co., N.C.
• Possessions: 1799, Jonathan Creek, Haywood Co. NC; Purchased 640 acres on both sides of Jonathan's Creek Buncombe Deed Bk. 4, pp. 481-482, later "sold" to four of his sons, James, Reuben, William, David--Deed Bk. 9, pp. 31,32,34,36
• Residence: 1800, Morgan, Buncombe, North Carolina
• Possessions: 1801, Purchased land in Buncombe Co., N.C.; April 22 1801, Deed Bk. 6 pp. 357-358. Patent #1065 is recorded. 200 acres on the east Side of Pigeon known by the Locust Old Field. Registered Dec. 1802. For land to be patented, it must be improved (a structure built, crop planted) and lived on for 3 yr

Notes:

Mary Helen Haines research notes:

This John moved with his father and brothers to Augusta County, the Reed Creek area, in what is today Wythe County as early as 1747, when the first survey is made on the land at Reed Creek. They lived at Reed Creek until the Indian attacks of 1756 drove them from the area and they moved to Bedford County. John Jr. purchased land in Bedford in 1764, which he sold in 1778.John Jr. purchased one of the patents from his father and moved with his wife, Mary Kinder, and children back to the Reed Creek area, along with brothers Robert and Joseph. Around 1783 or 84, the family moved to the area that ends up being Cocke Co. Tennessee around the Nolachucky River. The records there are located in Greene and Jefferson County Tennessee, as Cocke County came into being in 1797, and those records were lost in a courthouse fire in the late 1800s. Around 1799 the family moved again, this time just a short distance up the Big Pigeon River, over the border into what was Buncombe County NC, but today is Haywood County. The last records that we know are his date to 1803, but there is no known death date.

Virginia Records:

Because of new counties being created as population increased, land and other records can be found in various counties. Augusta County was formed in 1737 from Orange Co. VA. In 1770 Botetourt County was formed from Augusta Co. The county seat was Fincastle, which existed as a county from 1772 to 1777 when it was dissolved and divided into Montgomery Co. and Washington Co. The Reed Creek area was then part of Montgomery Co. This area becomes Wyeth County in 1790, but our McFarlands were in Tennessee by this time.

1750s:
Augusta Co.
"Virginia's Colonial Soldiers" by Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck, 1988, 975.5 M2b1 at Dallas Public Library:
On p. 4, on Nov. 16, 1752, John McFarland, Ensign. and Robert McFarland Lieutenant, took their oath of allegience to the crown for their service with the Augusta County Militia. I assume this is for father John, as this John was only 13 at the time.

p. 97. In the 7th Co. of Virginia Regiment commanded by Capt. Joshua Lewis, July 1757, John McFarlin was listed. On p. 95 is found this description: "John McFarling, drafted, 18, 5'6", planter, Virginia, Richmond, fair complexion. p. 112, return of necessaries belongs to 7th Co. Sept, 1757, John McFarlinn. This fits in age to this John McFarland. However, there are indications that this does not belong to our John. His place of birth is given as Virginia, and that would be incorrect for our John. Also, he enlisted in Richmond, which is quite a distance from Bedford, where the family had moved to.

1760s:
Bedford Co.
John McFarland Jr. is found in the records in Bedford county serving on a jury in 1761.

1764: Deed Book 2, p. 433-434, Aug. 28. John McFarland (this would be John McFarland Jr.) purchased 212.5 acres from Joshua Early, both of the Parish of Russell, for 50 pounds current money. It is described as being at the head of Medoes's Creek. When this plat is sold May 25, 1778 in Deed Book 6, p. 48, John McFarland Jr. of County of Montgomery is selling it to Lyonell Brown for 100 pounds current money and the land is described as being at the head of Medow's Creek. In researching this plot of land further back in time, it was originally a patent belonging to Richard Randolph in Aug. 30, 1744, part of 3233 acres on the north side of the Otter River, at head of branches of Buffalo Creek and Elk Creek. The name Medoes's Creek, or any variation, has not been discovered so far. The estate of Richard Randolph of Henrico Co. sold this 212.5 plot to Joshua Early on July 24, 1764 for 50 pounds before Joshua sold it to John McFarland shortly after for the same amount. (FHL #1940776)

1770s:
Montgomery Co.
From New River Tithables 1770-1773 by Mary Kegley, p. 14 and 15, includes Captain Doacks and Walter Crockett's list of tax payers and lists McFarland, John, and Mackfarland, Robert and his son James in 1772, and then in Captain Crockett's list in 1773, again John McFarland, and Robert McFarland and his son James. This would seem to indicate John Jr. and brother Robert, and a son of Robert's.

In 1776 there are two payables to John McFarland serving in Capt. Robert Doak's company, one for 3 days, one for 6 days. Also serving in this company was Wm. Ward, Samuel Ewing, John Gullion, George Kinder and Jacob Kinder.

In 1777 with the Revolution in progress and order was issued that all men over 16 take an oath of loyalty to the Virginia government, as opposed to the English crown.

There are two John McFarlands that took an oath of allegience in Montgomery County a day apart from one another in November 1777; one spelled John McFarland and the other spelled John McFarlan. Source: Montgomery County Virginia, The First 100 Years, by Judge C.W. Crush, 1982, 929.37557 C957M 1982, Dallas Public Library, p. 49. We can know that one of these is John married to Mary Kinder, because they were living in Montgomery Co. at this time.

The DAR has accepted John Jr. born 2-4-1739 d. 10-17-1803 NC m. Mary Kinder, as a Pvt. Patriotic Service in VA. I don't know where that death date came from. His number is DAR #A 070328.

Did run across a record for a John McFarlin from the NARA (Footnotes.com), that says he was on the payroll of Captain Thomas Thweatt, part of the 14th Virginia Regiment in 1777-1778. He received 4 pounds, 25 in pay. The 14th Regiment was composed of soldiers that included Bedford County in the Regiment. It was commanded by Col. Charles Lewis. Do not know who this John McFarlin is, because in this time period our John McFarland was living in Montgomery County, but that doesn't mean he didn't serve here.

There are some extra McFarlands in the area that are unaccounted for. The John above, then a Robert McFarland who marries Mary Jones in 1778 in Bedford Co. VA., and a James McFarland who marries Margaret Downing in 1763 in Bedford Co. Also the extra John who signed the Oath of Allegience in Montgomery Co.

James A. McFarland, a descendant of John's grandson Arthur McFarland (1803 North Carolina to 1852 Missouri) has found evidence that John was on an expedition in 1776 in William Christian's Company against the Cherokees, while he was residing in Montgomery County, Virginia. application #725169 for DAR. I have not seen the proof of him being on the expedition in 1776. Must do more research.

In 1778, John seems to have taken the money received from the sale of the Bedford land to Lyonell Brown for 100 pounds, and then purchased the 367 acres patent that belonged to his father. (1749 Survey to John McFarland, 367 acres on Meadow Run, a branch of Reed Creek, granted in Augusta Co. Patent Book 32, p. 149 on June 20, 1753. Sold to John McFareland, Jr. for 55 pounds lawful money in 1778 from John McFareland, Sr. of Russell Parish, Bedford Co.) Montgomery Co. Deed Book A, p. 234.

This same land is sold in 1786 to Jacob Brooner (Pruner) from John McFarland, Jr. of County Casewell, State of Frankland (Montgomery Co. Deed Book A, p. 386-387).

1780s:

Militia of Montgomery County, Virginia by Mary Kegley, R929.37557 K26M 1990, at the Dallas Public Library:
p. -- lists the members of Capt. William Doack's company from August 30, 1780 and includes Peter, Joseph, and George Kinder, and John McFarland. (This would be the Black Lick area)
p. 15 lists James Finley's company of militia, no year (but after 1781), and includes John McFarland Sr., John McFarland , Robert Love, William Love, Duncan Gullion, Earhart Simmerman and Stophel Simmerman, George McNutt and John McNutt, etc. None of the men from one militia are duplicated in the other, so it seems we are talking about two different parts of the county and therefore possibly two different John McFarland families. (this would be men from the area close to present day Wytheville)
p. 39 lists Jehu Stephens Co. and it has James Finley as lieutenant under Capt. Jehu Stephens, Robert Love, lieutenant, and John McFarlan as ensign. This also includes many of the same people in the previous Finley militia, so I assume it is the same one. Also, in this one Joseph McFarland as an outlier. I assume this is brother Joseph who married a Gullion and was living on abandoned property. (Kegley, Vol 5 of Adventurers of the Western Waters, p. 67, 560, 561)

From Kegley, Vol 5 of Adventurers of the Western Waters, pub. 2004, she makes clear that Finley took over from Jehu Stephens Co., so the date for Finley's Company had to be no earlier than 1782. Since it has John McFarland Sr. and then John McFarland, we must be talking about John married to Mary Kinder, and then possibly his son John born 1764, which he would be 18 years old.

John McFarelane is on the Montgomery County tax list of 1782 and it is clear from the other people on the list that he is living on the Meadow Run property of 367 acres. There is no other John McFarland on this list.

In Jan. 6, 1783 a John McFarland sells 100 acres on North side of Pine Ridge, on John McFarland's branch to John Cypher. Not sure when this 100 acres was acquired. (In the 1793 tax list for Wythe Co., John Cypher is paying tax on that land, which lets us know exactly where this land was located.)

Montgomery Deed Book A, p. 386-387, On August 22, 1786 John came in person to the courthouse in Christianberg and sold 367 acres on a north branch of Reed Creek to Jacob Brooner for 250 pounds in hand, and it states John is living in "County of Casewell and State of Frankland". In maps of the temporary state of Franklin, Caswell county is located where Jefferson County/Hamblen county is today. This is the link between John of Montgomery Co., VA being the same as the John of Greene/Jefferson County, TN.)

Since Mary Kinder McFarland is not signing this deed or giving up her dower rights, I assume she died before the move to Tennessese, but not positive.

Tennessee Records:

Greene Co.
There are two lineages of McFarlands present in this area at the same time. Besides our sons of John and Mary Montgomery McFarland (Robert, John, pos. Joseph, Benjamin), there are descendants Alexander and Robert McFarland from the Duncan line. Then there is also a William McFarland who is closely associated with our group, but unidentified as far as the connection. The Alexander and Robert familes end up selling their land and moving back to Virginia to Russell Co. where Alexander dies in 1804.

About the State of Franklin: In 1776 the settlers of the area of Watauga and Nolachucky asked for protection from North Carolina. This became the Washington District was represented by John Sevier. This became Washington County in 1776 and was essentially all of the future Tennessee. During the Rev. War various campaigns against the Indians were fought by Virginia and Carolina troops into the Holston and Tennessee Valleys. After the war North Carolina fixed the upper line of the Cherokee hunting grounds at the French Broad River, which opened up the land north for settlement. Land was granted by North Carolina to veterans of the war in lieu of pay. Greene county was established by North Carolina in 1783, but in 1784 three districts within the former territory, Washington Co., Sullivan Co., and Greene Co. formed an association and declared themselves the separate state of Franklin. The State of Franklin was organized, with John Sevier as the Governor, and the following year Greeneville became the capital. Four years later, the State of Franklin collapsed, and Greene County once again became a part of North Carolina in 1788. In 1787, citizens signed a petition to get the State of Franklin recognized. However, no McFarlands signed this petition, nor any of the known neighbors, so they must have lived outside the area, or did not want to be a separate state. The following year, 1789, North Carolina again ceded western lands, and in 1790 Greene County became a part of the Territory of the United States South of the Ohio River. The state of Tennessee was formed in 1796.

John McFarland was not present for taxes in 1783 in Greene Co. TN, His move must have been around 1784. We know he sold his VA land in 1786 and was living in the State of Franklin at that time. Greene County (what became Tennessee) was formed in April 1783 by North Carolina out of the Washington District which had been formed in 1777. However, we know from the Petitions below that he was living south of the French Broad River.

In the Petitions to the North Carolina General Assembly from Inhabitants South of the French Broad, we can see where our John McFarland located. In 1784 he signed a petition with the inhabitants who were living around the Little Pigeon and Boid's Creek, south of the French Broad. They were asking for North Carolina to recognize their land settlements, even though they had been prohibited from settling in this Cherokee hunting ground. The inhabitants from this area included John McFarland Senr (married to Mary Kinder), John Mcfarland (married to Rebecca Bell), Samuel Jack, William Boyd, lots of Montgomerys, lots of Evins (Evans).

Then in 1788 they were trying again and now we have Alex. Ward, George McNutt, Wm. Bell, George McFarland, Benjamin McFarland, added to the above list.

In 1789 there is now John Ward Junr. next to John Mcfarland. then the other Mcfarland; Benjamin and George and then Alex Ward, Samuel Jack Jr. and Andrew Neely.

It becomes clear from the petitions above that the John McFarlin listed below is not the same person as this John McFarland or his son.
Source for above: Henderson, Cherel Bolin, transcriber. "Petitions to the North Carolina General Assembly from Inhabitants South of the Franch Broad-1784-1789". Tennessee Ancestors, Vol. 17, No. 3, East Tennessee Historical Society, Dec. 2001.

In 1787 Greene Co. tax list, John McFarlin appears for the first time, with no acres. He is in Abraham McKay's list., same as Thomas Love. He does not appear in that same list in 1796 with Thomas Love; however the purchase from Alex. Outlaw below would be in Jefferson Co. after 1792. No more McFarlands show up on the Greene Co. tax list until 1798 when James McFarland, who has purchased 114 acres from Joseph McFarland appears on their list.

Note about the Love family. Robert Love, born 1760, and brother Thomas Love, born 1766, were the childen of Samuel Love and Dorcas Bell. They were living in what became Wythe Co. VA and in 1782 moved away. Thomas was living in Greene Co. as you see above. He then moved on to Buncombe Co. by 1790--that part that became Haywood Co. NC, along with brother Robert. Their arrival must have inspired the move by John McFarland's family.

1788: March 25, Deed Book 4, p. 107 Green Co. Abstracts Indenture bet Alex. Outlaw and John McFarland. Outlaw selling 200 acres on North side of Nolichucky R. for 150 pounds, part of John Heritage (of New River in Dobbs Co. NC) patent of 640 acres. Witnesses are David Campbell, Elizabeth Campbell, and William McFarland (p. 47, Greene County Tennessee Deed Abstracts 1785-1810, by Murray) {John Heritage received 640 acres on North side of Nolachucky including the mouth of Flatt Creek, Warrant #8 from State of N.C. on July 13, 1786 as Rev. War grant} (No way to know for certain if this is John McFarland, married to Mary Kinder, or John McFarland who married Jenny Moore)

1788 Greene County, Tennessee. 1788, Oct 15, Tn. Greene County,
Ewen Morgan married Abigail Netherton; bond by William McFarland and John
McFarland.

1789: Oct. 30, John McFarland purchased 120 acres Greene Co. from Thomas Lee for 135 pounds, patent #725 from NC to Lee on head of Flat Creek (#8 on map) including a Limestone Creek, with Archibald Roden-Jurat, Andrew Kerr, Deed Book 4, p. 93 (Greene Co. TN Deed Abstracts, Murray, p. 46){Thomas Lee received this 120 acres on July 11, 1788, Warrant 1309, surveyed by Robert McFarlin, on head of flat creek including a limestone spring running up the valley, from State of N.C. as Rev. War grant Roll 5, Book C, p. 56}

1790: Order Book, p. 176, "Ordered that the road known by the name of Bulls Gap Road be altered thus to turn of the road below John McFarlands along a valley leading to Richard Lees and continue along said valley to the head of Long Creek….." (Greene Co. TN Minutes of Court of Common Pleas 1783-1795, p. 82)

I now believe that the John McFarland in these Greene Co. records above is not my John McFarland. This John is somehow more closely related to Robert McFarland, born 1759. Prehaps a brother. Because of the signatures on the petitions we know that the are that our John McFarlands, and the Wards, and Samuel Jack lived, was not part of Greene Co. at the time. North Carolina must have given in to all the petitions and incorporated the areas that are today Cocke and Sevier Counties in 1790.

The orders below belong to this John McFarland and his son and their relatives.

1791: "Ordered that a road be laid off from Neilys Ferry on French Broad River to ___Mill on Big Pigeon River and that Samuel Jack, John McFarland, Jno. Casey, Alex Rodgers, Alex ward, John Ward, Henry Nave, Thomas Keeny, Charles Adkins, Thomas Anderson, William Bell, and Robert Miller being first duly sworn, view and mark the same and report next court. (Greene Co. TN Minutes of Court of Common Pleas 1783-1795, p. 117) This area would be in present day Cocke Co. and indicates that John was living there with the above men as neighbors. This would explain John being witness to the Ward wills, and his sons marrying Jack daughters. This would seem to be referring to this John McFarland due to the reference to the Wards, the Bell and location on French Broad.

1792 Jefferson County carved out of Greene County.

These below in italics are not our John.

1792: June 30, Jefferson Co. Vol. C. John McFarland selling to John McDonald 190 acres for 150 pounds, on Flat Creek, the waters of Nolachucky. Witnesses: Alex. Outlaw, Baldwin Harle, James Menasco. Signed John McFarland

1792: July, Jefferson Co., Vol. C. p. 66, John McFarland sold to James Menasco 150 acres for 150 pounds land on Flat Creek, the waters of Nolachuckey R. including the plantation where Menasco now lives. Witness: Robert McFarland, Charles Hodges, Signed John McFarland

1792: July 17, Jefferson Co. Vol. C, p. 299. John McFarland deed to Daniel Williams, 100 acres for 100 pounds, on Flat Creek, waters of Nolachucky adj. Scott, John McFarland, Daniel Williams, ___Hodges. Witness: Robert McFarland and Charles Hodges. Signed John McFarland.

These below are our John McFarland.

1793: John McFarland witness to will of Alexander Ward, who lived on claim south of French Broad. Alexander Ward has wife Mary, son David, daughters Phoebe, and Rachael (wife Mary is considered by many to be John's daughter Mary, born 1764)

1795: Jefferson Co. Deed Book 6, p. 162 John McFarland a witness to William Bell selling his patent to Thomas Hill, Jr. 150 acres for 150 lbs. Also witnesses, Arch'd Campbell, James Bell, Wm. George (Are these Bells related to Rebecca Bell, wife of John McFarland, born 1764?)

1796: Alex. Ward's inventory file Feb. 1797 , Jefferson Co. filed, purchasers include Wm. George, Benjamin McFarland, George McFarland.

1796: John Ward, Co. of Jefferson, land on Big Pigeon, sons Cyrus, John, daug. Mary. John McFarland appt. executor, witness John McFarland, Jr., Matthew Bell. Inventory, Feb. 20th 1796. ( The wife of John Ward is considered to be Rachel McFarland, daughter of John Sr. John Ward is probably the brother of Alexander Ward. The Wards were neighbors in the Reed Creek area, and the two girls Rachel and Mary probably married there before the move. However the Ward family also moved to the same area in Jefferson Co. as the McFarlands.)

1799: deed to Robert McFarland for 250 acres on Bent Creek, Vol. D, p. 304, wit. John McFarland.

1799: John McF. Jr. and Matthew Bell witness to will of Samuel Jack in Jefferson Co. Two of John Sr.'s sons married Jack girls. Benjamin McFarland married Ruth Buchanan Jack, July 31, 1788 in Greene Co. records, and George married Sally Jack in Jan. 5, 1793 in Greene Co. records.

1799: John McFarland witness to Samuel Jack deed to Richard Morgan, July 15. Vol. D, p. 335 Jefferson Co.

1797 Cocke Co. created out of Jefferson County. Some records were still recorded in Jefferson Co. as we see above, but if there are land sale records when John and family moves up the Pigeon River to Buncombe Co. (Haywood Co.) they were lost in a courthouse fire in the 1800s.)

Cocke county TN is adjacent to Haywood Co. NC. Buncombe County had been formed in 1792 from Burke County NC after the inhabitants of that Appalachian community petitioned for their own government. John McFarland must have moved into the area around 1797 judging from the birth date of his granddaughter Rebecca McFarland, daughter of John McFarland, Jr. and Rebecca Bell. However, there are documents as late as 1799 that seem to be referring to one of the John's presence in TN till 1799.

There are no McFarlands present in the earlier Burke Co. or Rutherford Co. North Carolina records, so we know this family was not already present. Also, John's name is not on the petition to form Buncombe County in 1792. All other McFarland families are accounted for in Virginia and North Carolina, so even though there is no land document tying the Buncombe County McFarlands to the Tennessee McFarlands, this has to be the correct John McFarland family.

One of the interesting items I ran across was the Love family. It seems that Robert Love was a young man in the area in the 1760s that became Montgomery County VA in the 1770s, and is in the same militia company with John McFarland. He also moved to Buncombe Co. and he and John McFarland, Jr. served in the state legislature for North Carolina from Haywood County at the same time.

Official North Carolina Records:

Buncombe Co., NC:

1799, Oct. 15. Deed Book 4, p. 481, John McFarland of Buncombe Co. purchases 640 acres on both sides of Jonathan's Creek for $300, paid in hand, from John Strother of Beaufort Co. NC. (This land he "sells" to his sons James, Reuben, William, and David in 1803.)

1799, Oct. 22. Deed Book 4, p. 472. John McFarlin purchases 122 acres on the waters of the Pigeon River, the "flowery garden" for $62. from John Strother of Beaufort Co. NC. (The Flowery Garden area is north of present day Canton, on east side of Pigeon River, south of the fork between east and west Pigeon.)

1799, Nov. 15. Deed Book 3, p. 191-192. John McFarland of Buncombe Co. NC purchases three tracts of land from John Strother of Beaufort Co., NC.
1st tract of 150 acres on south side of Richland Creek by side of Rutherford's War Path. (This would be referring to Rutherford Trace, the path taken by Gen. Griffith Rutherford in 1776 in his expedition from Cathey's Fort to the Cherokee Villages south of this area, which were burned down. Today it is probably Main St. in Waynesville, Hwy. 23 where it crosses Richland Creek.)

2nd tract of 350 acres on east side of Pigeon River-adjoining his own and the flower garden line.

3rd tract is 130 acres on east side of Pigeon River, adjoining his own tract on the north, the flower garden on the east, and the Locust Old Field on the south side. This land was a part of a NC land grant to David Allison. Signed by John McFarland and Nathan Dever. (Image)

1800, July 22. Deed Book 3, pp. 308, 309. John McFarland buys a parcel of land from Robert Gillaspy, on the waters of the Pigeon River for $50. next to the flowery garden and George Cathey's land.

1801, Feb. 23. Deed Book 5, pp. 211-213. John McFarland of Buncombe purchases from Seth Moore of Buncombe 118 acres at the mouth of Beaverdam Creek, beginning at the bank of Pigeon River on line of McDowell's survey, for $75, paid in hand. Witness, Nathan Dever and Sam'l Rutherford. Signed Seth Moore.

1802, April 20. Deed Book 7, p. 160. John McFarland, Jr. sells George McFarlin 100 acres. Deed Records for Buncombe Co., NC show a purchase of 100 acres by George McFarlin in 1802 from John McFarland, Jr (husband of Rebecca Bell), and in Deed Book 9, p. 320, George McFarlin is selling the same land back to John Jr. on Nov. 18, 1804.

1802, Dec. 17. Deed Book 6, p. 357. A grant from the State of N.C. #1065 for 200 acres on the Pigeon River to John McFarland Sr.

1803, Jan. 18. Deed Book 7, p. 245. John Sr. buys 150 more acres on the Pigeon River from John Dobson.

1803, June 18. Deed Book 3, p. 270. John McFarland sells to Jacob Shook 265 acres for $265. 1st tract is from McDowell's flowery garden to a cove of a mountain, on Defedellar's and McFarland's line. The second tract is 15 acres on the west side of the Pounding Mill branch. Both were purchased from John Strother. (These would be purchases made in 1799).

1803, Oct. 1. Deed Book 9, p. 94. Jacob Biffle to Elijah Dever, 40 acres on the east side of the mean fork of Pigeon River beginning on one corner of John McFarland Sr's field, and the corner of Devers old survey….

1803, Oct. 17. Deed Book 9, pp. 31, 32, 34, 36. John Sr. is deeding land to James (253 acres on Jonathan Cr.), to Reuben (175 acres on Jonathan Cr.) William (196 acres on Jonathan Cr.) and David (116 acres Jonathan's Cr.) (740 acres total) Jonathan Creek runs along Hwy. 276 today.

1803 seems to be the last official record belonging to John McFarland, Sr.

In records of Elijah Henson of Buncombe County, NC, it notes that he was married by John McFarlin, Esq. in August 1803. (found in on-line record posted by a descendant of Henson, however this could be the record belonging to son John married to Rebecca Bell)

I am of the opinion that John is buried in the Locust Old Field Cemetery. That burying ground was on land belonging to McFarlands, and in 1826, the heirs of John McFarland, son of this John McFarland, gave 3 acres of land to the Baptist Church with the Old Locust Field burying ground. That land must have belonged to John McFarland Jr., prehaps inherited from this John. Today this is the First Baptist Church of Canton, and the present building is about a mile from the original log cabin that housed the first meeting church. They date their beginning to 1803, the year that it is believed that John died.

The following are notes from the McFarland genealogy website of Gary Morris: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hollow/8143/genealogy/mcfarland/rbtlanc.txt --

***** 12 ***** John McFARLAND, son of John McFARLAND and Mary MONTGOMERY, was
born 4 Feb 1739 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, died 1809 in Haywood County,
North Carolina. Married about 1762/1763 in Bedford County, Virginia to Mary
KINDER born about 1742 in Virginia(?).

----- NOTES FOR John McFARLAND:
MILITARY: Colonial War. "Colonial Soldiers of the South 1732 - 1774" by
Murtie June Clark 1983 R929.373 Clark at Bellingham Public Library. Virginia
Militia. July 1757 John McFarlin 7th Company, Virginia Regiment, commanded by
Capt Joshua Lewis. John McFarlin age 18 (5'6" height), of Virginia, a planter,
drafted in Richmond.
LAND: 1773 Montgomery County, VA Deed Book 1:142. John McFarland sold 327
acres on Sally Run in Montgomery County to John Finley, Nov 1773.
MILITARY: John served in the Montgomery County VA Militia in the Revolutionary
WAR.
LAND: 1778 Sale, 20 Oct 1778 from John McFarland Sr. of Russell Parish,
Bedford County to John McFarland Jr. of Montgomery County, 367 acres on Reedy
Creek (Montgomery County Deed Book A:234).
TAXLIST: 1782-1787 VIRGINIA, Montgomery County
LAND: 1786. On 22 August 1786 he sold this (Land on Reedy Creek, Montgomery
County) to Jacob Brooner for 250 pounds (Summers Page 917). Home listed as
"County of Caswell, State of Franklin". On 24 May 1787 Jacob "Pruner" sold this
back to John McFarland for 63.5.11 pounds (Summers page 919).
LINKS-TAXLIST: 1778 TENNESSEE, Washington County John McFarling. Next to
Nathaniel Clark, Francis Hughes, Samuel Williams, John Stuart, James Crawford,
John Clarke, James Howard, Benjamin Cobb, Solomon Smith, William Ashurst, and
Amos Bird. in "History of Washington County, TN" 1988 page 18 in Bellingham
Library R976.8 History. ****** PERHAPS THIS INDIVIDUAL IS FROM ANOTHER FAMILY??
PLACE: Lived in Washington County, Tennessee, that part which later became
Greene County, TN after 1783.
LINKS-LAND: 1784, Jan. 16, Tenn., Greene County John McFarlan entered 228
acres on south side Nolachucky River, opposite mouth of Little Chucky River;
warrant 25 June 1784; granted to Joseph McFarland. (Book 1, page 199)
LINKS-LAND: 1788, March 25 Greene County, TN Deed, Alexander Outlaw, to John
McFarland, for 200 acres on north side of Nolachucky...Witness, William
McFarland. (Book 3, page 107).
LINKS-LAND: 1788, April 8, Tn, Greene County, deed, Alexander Outlaw to John
Gordon, for 212 acres on north side of Nolachucky River, in the Long Bottom, at
mouth of a grain on river bank on line of John McFarlands (Book 2, page 55.).
LINKS-RESIDENCE: 1788 Greene County, Tennessee. 1788, Oct 15, Tn. Greene
County, Ewen Morgan married Abigail Netherton; bond by William McFarland and John
McFarland.
PLACE: State of Franklin existed only from 1784 through 1787 and was dissolved
into NC and later Tennessee. That part of Tennesse in which John lived became
Greene County, and then Jefferson County.
RESIDENCE: Lived before 1790 in Greene County, Tn, before his nephew Robert,
son of Robert moved there. Robert lived in the Bend of the Nolichucky River, a
short distance west of John McFarland, his uncle.
CENSUS: 1800 NORTH CAROLINA, Buncombe County 00201-01101. P. 180.
SOURCE: WFT Disk #1, contains in depth notes on family.
PLACE: Haywood County, NC was formed from Buncombe County in 1809.
LINKS: _____ McFarlin, born about 1770 VA or NC, married David Ward and had
dau Rachel Leanal Ward, born 22 Dec 1792 Tn and married 11 Nov 1809 Haywood Co,
NC to James W. Reed. SOURCE: "Ancestors of Michael Norman Swanson" User Home
Pages, Family Treemaker.com INTERNET.

----- NOTES FOR Mary KINDER:
LINKS: Father was possibly named Peter Kinder (Gunder/Guenter).

===CHILDREN of John McFARLAND and Mary KINDER

+ 41 John McFARLAND b 28 Feb 1764 Bedford County, Virgini
M Rebecca BELL.
+ 42 Mary (Polly) McFARLAND b 28 Feb 1764 Bedford County,
Virginia. M Samuel MONTGOMERY.
+ 43 Rachel McFARLAND b 10 Mar 1766 Bedford County, Virginia.
M John WARD.
+ 44 Benjamin McFARLAND b 21 Dec 1767 Bedford County,
Virginia. M Ruth Buchanan JACK.
+ 45 George McFARLAND b 7 Dec 1769 Bedford County, Virgini
M (1) Sarah (Sally) JACK. M (2) Nancy GOLDEN.
+ 46 Jacob McFARLAND b 21 Feb 1772 Bedford County, Virgini
M (1) Elizabeth (Betsey) WEBB. M (2) Nancy CATHEY.
+ 47 James McFARLAND b 20 Dec 1773 Bedford County, Virgini
M Frances WEBB.
+ 48 William McFARLAND b 10 Nov 1775/1776 Bedford County,
Virginia. M Susannah GEORGE.
+ 49 Reuben A. McFARLAND b 19 Feb 1778 Bedford County,
Virginia. M Martha CAMPBELL.
+ 50 David McFARLAND b 7 Jan 1780 Bedford County, Virginia.
51 Catherine McFARLAND b 13 Mar 1782 Bedford County,
Virginia.
+ 52 Jesse McFARLAND b 7 Aug 1784 Bedford County, Virgini
M Isabella Henry BOYD.
+ 53 Anna McFARLAND b 15 Nov 1786 Bedford County, Virgini
M George CATHEY.

Mary Helen Haines research notes:
Descendant of John's grandson Arthur McFarland (1803 North Carolina to 1852 Missouri) has found evidence that John took an oath of Allegience in 1777 and was on an expedition in 1776 in William Christian's Company against the Cherokees, while he was residing in Montgomery County, Virginia. application #725169
Is this John McFarland the same as John McFarling of Capt Joshua Lewis' Company in 1757? I don't know.

The DAR has accepted John Jr. born 2-4-1739 d. 10-17-1803 NC m. Mary Kinder, as a Pvt. Patriotic Service in VA. I don't know where that death date came from.

Virginia Records:
Bedford County formed from Lunenburg in 1753.
Fincastle formed from Botetourt in 1772, but only lasted till 1777, when Montgomery was founded. Washington Co. was also formed from Fincastle in 1776.
Montgomery County, founded in 1777.
Deed Book A, p. 234 is recorded the transfer of 367 acres on Reedy Creek to John McFarland, Jr. of Montgomery Co., from John McFarland, Sr. of Russell Parish, Bedford Co.
In Jan. 6, 1783 John McFarland sells 100 acres on North side of Pine Ridge, on John McFarland's branch to John Cypher. (In the 1793 tax list for Wythe Co., John Cypher is paying tax on that land.)
Book A, p. 478, In 1786 John sold his land on Reedy Creek to Jacob Brooner, and it states John is living in State of Franklin, Caswell Co. (which becomes Greene Co. TN.)

About the State of Franklin: In 1776 the settlers of the area of Watauga and Nolachucky asked for protection from North Carolina. This became the Washington District was represented by John Sevier. This became Washington County in 1776 and was essentially all of the future Tennessee. During the Rev. War various campaigns against the Indians were fought by Virginia and Carolina troops into the Holston and Tennessee Valleys. After the war North Carolina fixed the upper line of the Cherokee hunting grounds at the French Broad River, which opened up the land north for settlement. Land was granted by North Carolina to veterans of the war in lieu of pay. Greene county was established by North Carolina in 1783, but in 1784 three districts within the former territory, Washington Co., Sullivan Co., and Greene Co. formed an association and declared themselves the separate state of Franklin. The State of Franklin was organized, with John Sevier as the Governor, and the following year Greeneville became the capital. Four years later, the State of Franklin collapsed, and Greene County once again became a part of North Carolina in 1788. The following year, 1789, North Carolina again ceded western lands, and in 1790 Greene County became a part of the Territory of the United States South of the Ohio River. The state of Tennessee was formed in 1796.

I have not found the deed record for John's purchase or grant for land, only references to it in other deeds. John McFarland was not present for taxes in 1783 in Greene Co. TN, but is present for taxes in Montgomery County VA in 1782 paying taxes on his 367 acres there. His move must have been around 1784. We know he sold his VA land in 1786 and was living in the State of Franklin at that time. Greene County (what became Tennessee) was formed in April 1783 by North Carolina out of the Washington District which had been formed in 1777. The land John McFarland settled is described as being on the south side of the Nolachucky, where the Little Chucky stream meets the Nolachucky River, 228 acres to John McFarlan. It was Greene County then, also owning land in the part that became Jefferson County when that county was formed in 1795, and in 1797 it becomes Cocke County. In Deed Book 2, p. 55 for Greene County, a mention is made for Alex. Outlaw buying 212 acres on North Side of Nolichucky on the line of John McFarlin in 1788. In 1789 Robert McFarlan receives a grant for 200 acres on the south side of the Nolachucky in Greene Co., #2347.

John McFarland Sr. and Jr. are present in Jefferson Co. TN records as late as 1796, when their names appear on will and probate documents of Alexander and John Ward in the Jefferson County, TN Will Books. George and Benjamin McFarland's names also appear, and Robert McFarland as sheriff. William George's name also appears, as well as Samuel Jack.

The move to North Carolina was just a few miles east from where they were living on the Nolachucky to their new land on the Pigeon River. Cocke county TN is adjacent to Haywood Co. NC. Buncombe County had been formed in 1792 from Burke County NC after the inhabitants of that Appalachian community petitioned for their own government. John McFarland must have moved into the area around 1797 judging from the birth date of his granddaughter Rebecca McFarland, daughter of John McFarland, Jr. and Rebecca Bell.

Official North Carolina Records:
Buncombe Co., NC:
Deed Book 4, p. 472. John McFarlin purchases 122 acres on the waters of the Pigeon River, the "flowery garden" for $62. from John Strothers on Oct. 22, 1799.
Deed Book 3, p. 191. John McFarland of Buncombe Co. NC purchases three tracts of land on Nov. 15, 1799 from John Strother of Beufort Co., NC. One tract of 150 acres on south side of Richland Creek. 2nd tract of 350 acres on east side of Pigeon River-the "flowery garden." 3rd tract is 130 acres on east side of Pigeon River. This land was a part of a NC land grant to David Allison. Signed by John McFarland and Nathan Dever.
Deed Book 3, pp. 308, 309. John McFarland buys a parcel of land on the waters of the Pigeon River for $50. next to the flowery garden and George Cathey's land.
Deed Book 6, p. 357. A grant from the State of N.C. #1065 for 200 acres on the Pigeon River to John McFarland Sr. December 17, 1802.
Deed Book 7, p. 245. Jan. 18, 1803 John Sr. buys 150 more acres on the Pigeon River from John Dobson.
Deed Book 9, pp. 31, 34, 36. John Sr. is deeding land to James (253 acres on Jonathan Cr.), to Reuben (175 acres on Jonathan Cr.) William (196 acres on Jonathan Cr.) and David (116 acres Jonathan's Cr.)

Haywood Co. is formed from Buncombe Co. in 1808 at the request of the residents of this area, including John McFarland. He is found in early records as a grand jury member along with Jacob McFarland, Daniel Fleming, William Deaver, David McFarland, and George Cathey.In 1808 in the founding document of the county, John McFarland was named a commissioner in charge of erecting public buildings, etc. They laid the foundation at Mt. Prospect, which became Waynesville. Haywood County celebrated their centennial by writing a county history. On page 12, "Higher up the river (Pigeon), on the East and West fork, settlements were made some years later than those lower down. Among those who first bought land on East Fork, the name of John McFarland, William Cathey, and Elijah Deaver, who moved there previous to 1808, are found." Descriptions of the land where they settled include: "The Pigeon River, as it winds its course among the verdant hills...It forms as beautiful a valley as can be found in North Carolina. Richland Creek, with its rippling, laughing waters...Jonathan's Creek, a meandering mountain torrent, rises among the peaks and winds through a beautiful valley with lofty mountains on either side..."

In the first book of County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions (FHL 463089) John McFarland appears frequently. There is no way to know if it is John McF. Sr. or Jr. He is referred to as Capt. John McFarland, and John McFarland, Esq. in the records of 1809. He is a Justice of the Peace along with people like Thomas Love, William Deaver, and John Dobson.

John married Mary Kinder between 1762 and 1763 in Montgomery or Bedford Co., Virginia. Mary was born about 1742 in Virginia ?; died after 1786. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The following are notes from the McFarland genealogy website of Gary Morris: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hollow/8143/genealogy/mcfarland/rbtlanc.txt --
***** 13 ***** Arthur McFARLAND, son of John McFARLAND and Mary MONTGOMERY, was
born 19 Jan 1741 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, died about 1741/1747 in
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

----- NOTES FOR Arthur McFARLAND:
HISTORY: "Families of Jefferson Conty, Tennessee" 1992 found at Seattle
Genealogical Society. Died as an infant.

Notes:

Mary Helen Haines notes:

Her birth date comes from the Morristown Bible record.

Where did this marriage take place, and is the Mary McFarland who married James Hunter the same one who is the daughter of John and Mary Montgomery? One source says that they married in Cowpens, (Spartanburg Co.) South Carolina. If that is true, what was she doing there without her family? It is possible that she went south with her brother Robert McFarland and was living with his family when she married James Hunter.

The following are notes from the McFarland genealogy website of Gary Morris: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hollow/8143/genealogy/mcfarland/rbtlanc.txt --
***** 14 ***** Mary McFARLAND, daughter of John McFARLAND and Mary MONTGOMERY,
was born 11 Feb 1743 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, died 20 May 1821 in
Madison County, North Carolina. Married 13 Sep 1762 in Bedford County, Virginia
to James HUNTER son of Alexander HUNTER and Elizabeth STEELE, born 8 Apr 1740 in
Ireland, died 30 Jan 1821 in Guilfrd/Rock'ham County, North Carolina.

----- NOTES FOR James HUNTER:
PARENTS: Alexander HUNTER and Elizabeth STEELE.
SOURCE: World Family Tree Disk #10 and #12.
MILITARY: Revolutionary War. Leader of the "Regulators", a group opposed to
corruption in the government. George Washington promoted him to Col. Brevet. From
"Early Families of North Carolina Counties of Rockingham and Stokes with
Revolutionary War Service".
CENSUS: 1790 NORTH CAROLINA, Rockingham County, Salisbury District, page 169
James Hunter 3/3/4-11 slaves. Resided next to James Sharp, Edward Burton, John
Glenn, John Davis, James Vaughn, and John Gann.
CENSUS: 1800 NORTH CAROLINA, Rockingham County page 466 00211-00001.
SOURCE: Internet Gendex.com.
SOURCE: Internet Family Tree Maker at User Home Pages "Ancestors of Thomas
Jefferson McCaa".

===CHILDREN of Mary McFARLAND and James HUNTER

+ 54 Mary McFarland HUNTER b 7 Sep 1768 Rockingham County,
North Carolina. M William DEARING.
+ 55 John HUNTER b 2 Mar 1769 Rockingham County, North
Carolina. M _____ McNAIRY.
56 James HUNTER b 2 Mar 1769 Rockingham County, North
Carolina, d 1788 Benedent, Tennessee.
57 Alexander HUNTER b 1 Nov 1772 Rockingham County, North
Carolina, d 26 Dec 1821 Milledgeville, Georgia.
+ 58 Rachel HUNTER b 30 Nov 1774 Rockingham County, North
Carolina. M Nicholas DALTON.
+ 59 Samuel G. HUNTER b 4 Feb 1777 Rockingham County, North
Carolina. M Rebecca BRUCE.
60 Elizabeth HUNTER b 2 Sep 1779 Rockingham County, North
Carolina.
+ 61 Robert HUNTER b 16 Jan 1782 Rockingham County, North
Carolina. M Fanny MARTIN.
62 Pleasant Henderson HUNTER b 18 Jul 1785 Rockingham
County, North Carolina, d 22 Nov 1830.
+ 63 Nancy HUNTER b 29 Nov 1788 Rockingham County, North
Carolina. M Rice W. WHITEAKER.

Mary married James Hunter in 1762 in Bedford Co., VA. James was born on 8 Apr 1740 in Pennsylvania; died on 30 Jan 1821 in Rockingham Co., NC; was buried in Madison, Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: 1745
• Possessions: 1772, Bedford Co., VA; Joseph sold 318 acres on Mounts (or Mtn) Creek to John Gallaway (Bedford Deed Bk. 4, p. 394. This had been purchased by John in 1770, so I presume it was a gift from father to son.
• Residence: 1774, Montgomery County, VA
• Residence: 1782, Montgomery County, VA
• Possessions: 1788, Reed Creek area of Montgomery County, Virginia, USA; Mar. 9, 1788 Duncan Gullion, treasury warrant, 92 acres adjoining Nicholas Tarter and Joseph McFarland on Reed Creek...also 129 acres joining George Kinder at Bluespring of Reed Cr. both withdrawn, Vol. 5 Kegley
• Death: 1792

Notes:

Mary Helen Haines notes:

Virginia:
1770s:
Bedford Co. VA. 1772, Joseph McFarland selling 318 acres on Mounts Creek to John Galloway. Deed Book 4, p. 394. This is the same property that John McFarland, his father, acquired in 1770. Deed Book 3, p. 498. It would appear that father John gave his son this land, and that Joseph then sold it and moved to Montgomery County with his brothers.

1780s:
Joseph McFarland's name appears in a list of Jehu Stephens militia company list for Montgomery County, with no date, but assuming around 1780. In this listing it says that Jehu Stephens is the Captain, James Finley is the Lieutenant, Robert Love a Lieutenant, and John McFarlan an ensign. Also in the list are McNutts, Wiricks, Davis, and Joseph McFarland is listed as an outlier (which means he is living on the outskirts?). It is interesting that the spelling for Joseph's last name is different than the spelling for John's, however, that changes often. The Joseph McFarland from the Duncan line was born in 1775, therefore too young to be considered as this Joseph.

There is another reference to Joseph McFarland in Kegley's book, p. 561, Early Adventurers On The Western Waters, Vol. V, 2004, where it mentions that during the Indian raids of 1774, Nowell took his family and moved away from all the violence and Joseph McFarlane took possession of the place along with his wife, a sister of Duncan Gullion. On McFarlane's death (year or cause not given), the Loyal Company notified his widow that he would have to sell the land for fees due the company. The Gullions were neighbors in the Reed Creek area, so this does indicate that Joseph had a wife, contrary to earlier statements. The land was sold in 1795, so Joseph's death must have occurred before this.

During the Revolutionary War, many of the residents of the Reed Creek area, especially those in the more remote areas, believed rumors that their area had been sold to the French by the newly declared independent America. They decided to cast their lot with the Tories and refused to take the oath of allegience in 1777. These people were called to court, some were fined, a few were sent to jail, etc. Duncan Gullion, Joseph's brother in law, was to be sent to jail, but as he was being transported, he escaped. Joseph McFarland was given bail, and then later bound over for good behavior. In 1780, Peter Kinder, in his confession of Tory allegience, named the other people who were considered to be Tories as well, and Joseph McFarland was among the list. However, he was not put on trial according to this source. Source: Mary B. Kegley's book, Vol. V, pp. 137-139.

In Montgomery Order Book 3, p. 20. In 1779 "On a Prosecution against Joseph Mcfarland and Jacob Dorter and Joseph Ervin and John Stevens for certain offences committed against the Commonwealth. Whereupon a Jury being sworn (same jury as against O'Gullion except John Bell in the place of John McFarland) the jurty returned their verdict that they should give security for their good behavior. Whereupon the Court were of opnion that they should be bound to thier good behavior for twelve months and a day and thereupon Joseph Mcfarland, Jacob Dorter, Joseph Ervin and John Stevens acknowledged themselves indebted to the Commonwealth... the sum of one thousand each for ther good Behavior as ....

In the 1782 personal property tax list for Montgomery Co. VA, Joseph McFareland is listed, but with the notation "did not give in his property." This may be due to his general refusal to adhere to the newly declared government. He is not living in the immediate area of John McFarelane (John and Mary Kinder McF.), who seems to be living in the area that Robert McFarland had lived before his move to Washington Co. (what becomes Wytheville), rather than the Black Lick area, where the Doaks and Wards were living. Nearer to Joseph McFareland is Alexander and William McFarelane of the Duncan line. Alexander and William McFarelane were living in the Wolf Creek area, north of the Black Lick area.

Tennessee: This Joseph below may have been mixed up with the records of another Joseph McFarland, his cousin, a likely son of Robert McFarland, b. 1730 who moved to the Nolachucky area with his other son Robert. b. 1759. That Joseph has several children born in TN. Descendants from that family believe that the record below is their Joseph, not this one.

Back to VA:

James A. McFarland states that Joseph McFarland was killed in a duel or fight with a Doak, I found the source, it was a notation in the Morristown Bible. In the records passed down by his brother's family (Morristown Bible) it notes for Joseph "Killed by Doke in a Fray"

His wife had to move off the land in Montgomery County that they had been squatting on since it was abandoned back in 1774. That took place in 1795, so he died bet. 1792 and 1795. It is probable that there were at least 3 sons that moved to Knox Co. KY, Whitley Co. KY and Fentress Co. TN. The Big Y 700 indicates they were all brothers.

The following are notes from the McFarland genealogy website of Gary Morris: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hollow/8143/genealogy/mcfarland/rbtlanc.txt --
***** 15 ***** Joseph McFARLAND, son of John McFARLAND and Mary MONTGOMERY, was
born 30 Mar 1745 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, died about 1785/1800 in
Montgomery County, Virginia.

----- NOTES FOR Joseph McFARLAND:
COMMENTS: Gendex says Joseph McFarland born 30 March 1745, Russell Parish,
Lunenberg Co, VA, died before 1780 Montgomery Co, VA.
TORY.
MARRIAGE: Unmarried.
COURT: 1779 "Early Adventures on the Western Waters" LDS microfiche 6125902
Book Vol I May 5, 1779 Joseph McFarlane Montgomery County of Reed Creek
questionable Loyalty to country.
LINKS-LAND: 1784, Jan. 16, Tenn., Greene County John McFarlan entered 228
acres on south side Nolachucky River, opposite mouth of Little Chucky River;
warrant 25 June 1784; granted to Joseph McFarland. (Book 1, page 199)
NOTE: 1785 VIRGINIA, Bedford County. Joseph agreed to not actively take up
arms against the Colony of Virginia, and spent the rest of the war killing wolves
in teh county to protect livestock. IN 1785 Joseph ws paid 350 pounds of tobacco
for four wolves. (MHH notes: Source? Joseph was not living in Bedford county at this time.)
COURT: "Early Adventures on the Western Waters" LDS microfiche 6125902 Book
III-IV 1790 Wythe County Militia. John McFarlin Ensign. Outliers-Joseph
McFarland.
HISTORY: Joseph may have gone to Greene County, Tn at about the same time as
his brothers since some records indicate a Joseph with a close connection to the
family.
DEATH: "Families of Jefferson Conty, Tennessee" 1992 found at Seattle
Genealogical Society. Died unmarried in a duel with Mr. Doak. Other records say
that he was killed in an argument with a Doak, possibly the son of the David Doak
who years earlier purchased the black Lick property from his father, John, Sr.

Joseph married daughter Gullion about 1772 in Montgomery Co., Virginia. daughter was born about 1745 in Virginia; died after 1795. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• DNA: One descendant of Benjamin has done the full Big Y. He carries the BY3019 of Robert and the A584 of John. Until another descendant of Benjamin does the Big Y we won't know what unique SNP this line carries.
• Possessions: 1773, Bedford County, Virginia, USA; Purchased 375 acres on Otter River. Deed Bk. 4, p. 468
• Possessions: 1777, Bedford County, Virginia, USA; 100 acres and 5 slaves and other property from father John McFarland and wife Mary. Deed Bk. 5, p. 516
• _MILT: Between 1777 and 1779, Revolutionary War
• Possessions: 1785, Bedford County, Virginia, USA; Sold 475 acres to Cornelius Nowell on north side of Otter River. Signed by Benjamin and John and Benjamin's wife Mary. Deed Bk. 7, p. 582
• Possessions: Between 1793 and 1797, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA; 1793: Bk B, p. 29, buys 300 acres Long Creek from Robert Riggs. 1794: Bk B., p. 153 92 a. Long Cr. from Tho. Cameron. 1794: B, p. 215, 150 a. Long Cr. from David Cameron. Bk A, p. 217 200 a. Long Cr. from Greene Co., 1797: Bk B, p. 126 127 a. Long Cr.
• Possessions: 29 Jul 1793, Greene Co., Tennessee; Warrant 247. 200 a. north side of French Broad, beg. on Clark Gentry's line, bank of river, conditional line with Hugh Kelso
• Possessions: 1794, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA; Partnered with Thomas Snoddy for N.C. grant #1274 for 200 acres on north side of French Broad, on waters of Sinking Fork of Long Creek.
• Possessions: 21 Jan 1797, Sinking Fork of Long Creek, north of French Broad; 127 acres purchased from State, adjacent his other survey
• Residence: 1800, Jefferson, Tennessee, United States
• Possessions: 1822, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA; On tax list for Capt. Riggs Co. as Benj. Sr. with 262 acres. Also in same company is John McFarland Sr. with 391, Andrew B. with 133 and John McFarland (his son) with 180.
• Probate: 15 Nov 1823, Jefferson, Tennessee, USA

Notes:

Mary Helen Haines notes:

On the DAR application of a descendant of Benjamin, she found a tax list for Lunenberg Co. from 1748 through 1750, with three tithes, therefore speculating that Benjamin was born in that county. I don't think this is the same John McFarland. By 1747, father John was surveying his land in Augusta County with his eldest son Robert, therefore he should not be on a tax list for Lunenberg Co. There was a John McFarland (various spellings, noted as a criminal in that county.)

There is a Rev. War record for a Benjn Mcfarlin in the Continental Army, 3rd Regiment in Robert Powell Company under Col Will Heth. The 3rd Regiment was consolidated with the 4th for a few months May til Nov. 1779. I do not know if this is the same person. However, many people from this line have joined the DAR based on this record. His DAR number is #A076782, and descendants of his children Rachel, John, Mary, and Andrew B. have joined under this line.

The National Archives records, available on-line at www.fold3.com show Benjamin McFarland, McFarling, etc. but all the same person, as first pay Oct. 1777 (which would be the same month that he married) and final pay Nov. 1779. He was serving under Capt. David Arell under Col. Thomas Marshall in the beginning. Then he was under Capt. Reubin Briscoe and Lt. Col. Wm Heth, then Capt. Rober Powell, and Capt. Willliam Betley and Col. John Nevill. He was at Valley Forge in April 1778, then other locations like Newark NJ in Sept. 78, Middle Brook NJ, Ramapo (Oakland) NJ, and Smith's Clove (Woodbury) New York. He had signed for the duration of the war, but fell sick while he was at the Middlebrook camp (New Jersey) in March 1779. Maybe he was sent home for illness. The record does not say. His first Captain was David Arell, who was born in Alexandria VA. Also, his later Capt. Robert Powell was from the same area. Reading about this 3rd Regiment indicates the men were from the eastern VA counties, not Bedford.

In Bedford Co. Deed Records:
In 1773 Benjamin McFarland purchased 375 acres on the Otter River. In 1777, his father John McFarland transfers the 100 acre plot on the Otter River to Benjamin, Book 5, p. 516. These are sold in 1785, Book 7, pp. 581, 582.
In 1785 Benjamin McFarland received a grant from North Carolina for 200 acres in Greene County. Book 3, p. 345 of Greene Co. TN Deed Books. He then moves to Greene/Jefferson County to join his brothers. Robert, John.

Tennessee:
In 1800 in Jefferson Co. Benjamin McFarland appears on the tax list for Capt. Carson's Co. with 1167 acres, 5 black polls, 1 town lot. In that same tax list is Edward George with 300 acres, 1 white poll, 1 black poll, and 4 town lots. This must be Dandridge.

(I found a Benjamin Mcfarland on the Wythe Co. VA personal property tax list for 1800. Just his name, but no property. Same district as Crockets, Duncan Gullion, Jesse Evans. Have no idea who this is, but he is probably one of our family.)

The following are notes from the McFarland genealogy website of Gary Morris: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hollow/8143/genealogy/mcfarland/rbtlanc.txt --

***** 16 ***** Benjamin Anderson McFARLAND, son of John McFARLAND and Mary
MONTGOMERY, was born 16 Apr 1747 in Virginia, died 9 May 1823 in Dandridge,
Jefferson County, Tennessee. Married 7 Oct 1777 in Bedford County, Virginia to
Mary BLACKBURN daughter of Andrew Blackburn and Ann Moberly ALEXANDER, born 1 Jul
1758 in Bedford County, Virginia, died 16 Oct 1820 in Jefferson County,
Tennessee.

----- NOTES FOR Benjamin Anderson McFARLAND:
MILITARY: REVOLUTIONARY WAR"Families of Jefferson Conty, Tennessee" 1992 found
at Seattle Genealogical Society. On Sep 4, 1777, a month before his marriage,
Benjamin McFarland began his Revolutionary War military service, and was last
listed on a muster roll in Dec 1779.
MARRIAGE: 1777 VIRGINIA, Bedford County. Benjamin McFarland to Mary Blackburn
7 Oct 1777; John McFarland, surety; consent of Andrew Blackburn, the father of
Mary. SOURCE: Bedford County Marriage Records.
MARRIAGE: "Families of Jefferson Conty, Tennessee" 1992 found at Seattle
Genealogical Society. Married 14 Oct 1777 in Bedford.
TAXLIST: 1782-1787 VIRGINIA, Bedford County, VA Benjamin Mcfarland 7 slaves.
LAND: 1791, Dec 26, TENNESSEE, Greene County. Hugh Kelsey entered 100 acres
on Kelsey's Mill Creek, on north of French Broad River, adjacent Benjamin
McFarling (Page 198, grant #920).
TAXLIST: 1791/2 TENNESSEE, Greene County Robert McFarland, Benj. Mcfarland.
PLACE: Lived in Green County, Tennesse, that part which became Jefferson
County in 1792.
LAND: 1793 TENNESSEE, Greene County. 1793 July 29, TN Greene Co, Benjamin
McFarland entered 200 acres on north of French Broad River, adjoining Charles
Gentry and Hugh Kelsey. (Page 348, #1247).
LAND: 1796/1797 TENNESSEE, Revolutionary Warrants in Tennessee page 61 No.4328
Benjamine McFarland, Pvt, 274 acres, 10 Dec 1796. On May 31, 1797 John Hunter,
attorney for Benjamin McFarland transferred the warrant to Rob Allen with Willis
Rogers and Thomas Seawell. "Tennessee Genealogical Records" by Edythe Whitley
1980. At Bellingham Library R929.3768W.
CENSUS: 1800 TENNESSEE, Jefferson County
CENSUS: 1820 TENNESSEE, Jefferson County.
MILITARY: REVOLUTIONARY WAR: Private 3rd VA Regiment.
SOURCE: WFT Disk #11 Includes all family data.
RESEARCHER-EMAIL: (1998) Nina Crier 5953 Highland Hills Drive Austin, TX
78731 Ninarc5@aol.com. Found at RootsWeb, researching McFarland, Blackburn,
Montgomery, Bedford Co, VA.

----- NOTES FOR Mary BLACKBURN:
PARENTS: Andrew Blackburn and Ann Moberly ALEXANDER.
CONFLICT: History of Jefferson County, VA says daughter of Andrew Blackburn
and Virginia Ann Wilson.

===CHILDREN of Benjamin Anderson McFARLAND and Mary BLACKBURN

+ 64 John McFARLAND b 1 Sep 1778 Bedford County, Virginia. M
Elizabeth (Betsy) DAVIS.
+ 65 Mary Blackburn (Polly) McFARLAND b 5 Jan 1781 Bedford
County, Virginia. M (1) Benjamin BRADFORD. M (2)
Augustus H. RICE.
+ 66 Rachel McFARLAND b 25 Aug 1783 Bedford County, Virginia.
M Henry BRADFORD.
+ 67 Benjamin A. McFARLAND b 24 Jan 1786 Bedford County,
Virginia. M (1) Margaret (Peggy) McFARLAND. M (2) to
*UNKNOWN*.
+ 68 Alexander McFARLAND b 8 May 1790 Greene County,
Tennessee.
+ 69 Andrew Blackburn McFARLAND b 9 Aug 1792 Jefferson
County, Tennessee. M (1) Margaret Mathes (Peggy) EDGA
M (2) Jane PEARCE.
70 James McFARLAND b 8 Oct 1794 Jefferson County,
Tennessee, d 20 Aug 1843.

Benjamin married Mary Blackburn on 14 Oct 1777 in Bedford Co., Virginia. Mary was born on 1 Jul 1758 in Bedford Co., VA; died on 16 Oct 1820 in Dandridge, Jefferson Co., Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mary Helen Haines notes:

It is not known positively that the Mary McFarland who married Samuel Montgomery and moved to Indiana is the daughter of this Robert McFarland; however, the timing and proximity, and lack of other options makes this the best bet.

However, I do think it is possible that she is the unknown (so far) daughter of Robert McFarland, born 1730, son of John McFarland and Mary Montgomery.

In 1772 Robert McFarland, b. 1730, son of John and Mary Montgomery McFarland, received 85 acres of land on Cedar Run, a branch of Reed Creek from the will of Samuel Crockett. He moved to this land, and lived here for 10 years. In 1772 this land was in Botetourt Co, but it is the same area that they first settled in. This land was never recorded as a deed, but is recorded in the Augusta County Will Book 3, p. 506, when Joseph Crockett willed it to his son Samuel, and then Samuel willed it to Robert in 1772. This acreage later became the town of Evansham, which was renamed Wytheville.

Samuel and Mary's Children:

Polly: Born 1775 married in KY David Swope

Rachel: Born Nov 26, 1777 married Smith Mounts

Robert: Born 1782, Virginia died 1815 Owensville, IN
married 1805 Miss Cook, born in Kentucky

James: Born 1784 in Kentucky Nov 20, 1826 Gibson Co, IN
married Nancy Cook Born May 6, 1874 in PA

Benjamin: Born 1785 married Polly Smith

Dorcas: Born 1787, married Thomas Stone

John: Born 1790, married in Kentucky Jane Cook

Samuel Jr: Born 1794 (1st) married Sarah Montgomery
(2nd) married Nancy Davis Robb

Katie: Nov 19, 1799 died Aug 16, 1857 married Thomas Alcorn

Mary married Samuel Montgomery in 1775 in Virginia. Samuel was born in 1748 in VA; died in 1815 in Gibson County, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _MILT: 1772, Reed Creek area of Fincastle County, Virginia, USA
• _MILT: 1774, Reed Creek area of Fincastle County, Virginia, USA
• Occupation: 1777, Reed Creek area of Montgomery County, Virginia, USA; James McFarland chosen as Constable for the Reed Cr. area of the new Montgomery County. p. 117 1 Source
• Residence: 1782, Washington County, Virginia
• Possessions: 1784, Washington County, Virginia; 372 acres on Walker's Creek, Middle Fork of Holstein, at foot of Walker's Mountain. Warrant #1757 preemption. This appears to be Smyth County today. Not sure if this is for this person. 1 Source
• Possessions: 6 Aug 1792, Greene County, TN; James McFarland buys from Joseph McFarland 114 acres from Joseph's grant #352. Not sure if this is the same James, but there are no other known James in the area.
• DNA: 1806

Notes:

Mary Helen Haines notes:

Earlier family trees never mention this James as the son of Robert, they only include Robert Jr. and Benjamin. However, the records for Robert in Montgomery Co., indicate he had a son named James. James appears as his son on various tax and militia records for 1772, 1774 in the Augusta Co., then Botetourt Co., area. (See below)

A James McFarland marries a Margaret Downing, daughter of John Downing, supposedly in Bedford County in 1763. The connection with Robert selling the land to John Downing in the 1750s could indicate this connection, however if he was born in 1752, he would be too young to have married in 1763. Other sources have the James who married Margaret Downing as belonging to the Robert of Rockbridge Co. VA line.

In 1774 a Robert McFarland served 108 days in the militia under Captain Walter Crockat as part of the call-up of men who were to travel to Point Pleasant as part of Governor Dunmore's war. Also in this company was James Mcfarland, serving 108 days. This could be the two sons of Robert, Sr., James being 22 and Robert just 15, or it could be Robert Sr.. Source: Soldiers of Fincastle Co. Virginia 1774, Mary B. Kegley, R929.37558 K26S 1974, p. 30.

In 1777, James McFarland was picked to be the Constable for the Reed Creek militia. (Mary Kegley's book, Early Adventurers on the Western Waters, Vol. 1, p. 35)

In Nov. 1779, the Montgomery court allowed the pay to men who served in the previous year during the Revolution. James McFarland's name was listed. Source: Montgomery County Virginia: The First 100 Years, by Charles W. Crush, Dallas Public Library

However in 1782 in Montgomery Co. entries for Commissioner's Court where everyone was filing for their deeds (p. 113 of Kegley, Vol. 1) George Kegley, filed for 150 acres on Lick Run, adjoining a survey made for Jas Mcfarlin dec'd. Not sure who this James McFarland is referring to.

Washington County VA:

There is a James who is next to Robert on the 1782 tax list in Washington Co. Robert never warranted any land in Washington Co. By 1783 Robert has moved Greene Co. (TN).

1784: Washington Co. Surveyors Record, Page 92 - James McFarland...372 ac...on Walkers Creek, waters of the middle fork of Holstein River...Preemption Warrant...Beginning on the bank of a little branch...corner to John Andersons survey...at the foot of Walkers Mountain...Warrant #1757...November 2, 1784 (Washington Co.) This is not too far from Abington.

Tennessee:
A James McFarland purchased the 114 acres from Joseph McFarland in 1792. Then he could have sold that land (but with no record because Cocke Co. courthouse fire destroyed all these). He could have then moved to Christian Co. KY and be the James who died in that county in 1811 and who had a first son named Robert. Need to find a descendant of that family to genetically test.

He also could be the father of Joseph McFarland of Whitley Co. KY. According to Joseph McFarland's death record in 1752 in Whitley Co., his parents were James McFarland and wife Ety (Ely). The Knox Co. and Whitley Co. KY McFarlands seem to be genetically connected to the Robert of Lancaster Co. line.

So presently, the McFarlands of Rockbridge Co. VA (1780s), Bedford Co. VA (1760s-80s), Reed Creek area (Wythe Co. VA 1750s-80s)), Christian Co. KY (1800s), Whitley Co. KY (1800s), Knox Co. KY (1800s), Jefferson Co. TN (1780s on), Buncombe/Haywood Co. NC (1800s-1815) , Rutherford Co. TN (1840s, coming from Rockingham Co. NC) appear to be the same lineage according to the most advanced DNA tests. From these places they moved into Missouri, Texas and beyond. The earliest presence of this line is in Lancaster Co. PA in the 1720s and what becomes Franklin Co. PA in the 1780s.

James married Margaret Downing in 1763 in Bedford, Virginia, United States. Margaret was born about 1748. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ely. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: possible Marthy. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1787-88, Greene County, Tennessee, USA
• Birth: Abt 1758, Va.
• Birth: Abt 1760, Virginia
• Residence: 11 Nov 1777, Reed Creek area of Montgomery County, Virginia, USA
• Possessions: 6 Jan 1783, Reed Creek area of Montgomery County, Virginia, USA; A John McFarland sold 100 acres on North Side of Pine Ridge, on the John McFarland branch to John Cypher. This is south of Reed Cr.
• Possessions: 1788, 1789, Greene Co., TN; A John McFarland purchased 200 acres on North side of Nolichucky from Alex. Outlaw, Deed Book 4, p. 107 (orig patent John Heritage Flat Creek). Purchased 120 acres from Thomas Lee on head of Flat Creek, Deed Book 4, p. 93.
• Possessions: 1792, Jefferson Co., TN; Selling 190 acres, 150 acres, 100 acres in June and July of his lands on Flat Creek. Jefferson Co. Deeds, Vol. C.
• Possessions: 1797, Christian County, Kentucky, USA; On 1797 tax list there is a John McFarland with 200 acres on Nelson Cr. (Daniel Smith survey) and 200 acres on Caney Cr. (Gen. Russell survey). However, he is not on the Christian tax list again until 1811.
• Residence: Between 1800 and 1808, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, USA
• Possessions: 1813, Christian County, Kentucky, USA; John is listed with 150 acres on Spring Creek, and William with 100 acres on Spring Creek. Later we find out that this is Samuel Moore's property that he "sold" to John by verbal agreement. His heirs will pay for the property in 1817.
• Possessions: 5 Jan 1815, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, USA; Book 4, p. 155-157 John McFarland of Christian Co. sells to Bartholomew Lott 130 acres for $400, and to Wm. Moore of Muh. 70 acres on Cypress, where Moore now lives for $400 . Neighbors are Wm. Drake.
• Possessions: 1 Feb 1817, Christian County, Kentucky, USA; His children pay Samuel and Phoebe Moore for the property on Spring Creek where the family lived. Samuel is the brother of Jenny, John's wife.

Notes:

Mary Helen Haines notes:

Several years ago two different men who descend from this John married to Jenny Moore did the Y-DNA testing and both men match the other descendants from this line of Robert and Jennet. So far, the connecting documents have not proven who John's father is. He could be Robert, born 1730, married to Martha based on a John McFarland who appears in the records in VA and TN listed below, or he could have another parent that we do not know about. The "magic bullet" has not been found.

Virginia:

There is an extra John McFarland who appears in Montgomery County VA in 1777 signing the Allegience oath. Also there is a John McFarland who sells his 100 acres near Pine Ridge to John Cypher. Then there is the John McFarland, living near Robert and James in Washington Co. VA in 1783 tax lists. However, that John could be John Stewart McFarland who marries Elizabeth Campbell.

I believe that this John McFarland could be the same one who married Jenny Moore in 1779 in Rockbridge Co. VA, but never seems to have lived there. I think that Robert had a son named John (it just makes sense, doesn't it), who followed him to Washington Co. VA with his brother Robert Jr. and James, and then followed them to TN and purchased the land on Flat Creek near Robert Jr. That land was sold in 1792, and then John McFarland appears in Christian Co. KY where he purchased land on the Muddy Creek. He has a land patent there in 1797. He died in 1815, His descendants have taken the DNA test and are close matches to everyone else who has taken the test and are from this lineage.

It means that various land purchases attributed to John McFarland (married to Mary Kinder) in Tennessee are probably not his, but instead his nephew's...this John McFarland.

Here are my notes on tax and land records in Greene Co./Jefferson Co. TN that could pertain to either John, son of Robert, or John, brother of Robert.

John McFarland was not present for taxes in 1783 in Greene Co. TN, His move must have been around 1784. We know he (John married to Mary Kinder) sold his VA land in 1786 and was living in the State of Franklin at that time. Greene County (what became Tennessee) was formed in April 1783 by North Carolina out of the Washington District which had been formed in 1777.

In 1787 Greene Co. tax list, John McFarlin appears for the first time, with no acres. He is in Abraham McKay's list., same as Thomas Love. He does not appear in that same list in 1796 with Thomas Love; however the purchase from Alex. Outlaw below would be in Jefferson Co. after 1792. No more McFarlands show up on the Greene Co. tax list until 1798 when James McFarland, who has purchased 114 acres from Joseph McFarland appears on their list.

Note about the Love family. Robert Love, born 1760, and brother Thomas Love, born 1766, were the childen of Samuel Love and Dorcas Bell. They were living in what became Wythe Co. VA and in 1782 moved away. Thomas was living in Greene Co. as you see above. He then moved on to Buncombe Co. by 1790--that part that became Haywood Co. NC, along with brother Robert. Their arrival must have inspired the move by John McFarland's (Mary Kinder wife) family.

1788: March 25, Deed Book 4, p. 107 Green Co. Abstracts Indenture bet Alex. Outlaw and John McFarland. Outlaw selling 200 acres on North side of Nolichucky R. for 150 pounds, part of John Heritage (of New River in Dobbs Co. NC) patent of 640 acres. Witnesses are David Campbell, Elizabeth Campbell, and William McFarland (p. 47, Greene County Tennessee Deed Abstracts 1785-1810, by Murray) {John Heritage received 640 acres on North side of Nolachucky including the mouth of Flatt Creek, Warrant #8 from State of N.C. on July 13, 1786 as Rev. War grant} (No way to know for certain if this is John McFarland, married to Mary Kinder, or John McFarland who married Jenny Moore)

1788 Greene County, Tennessee. 1788, Oct 15, Tn. Greene County,
Ewen Morgan married Abigail Netherton; bond by William McFarland and John McFarland.

1789: Oct. 30, John McFarland purchased 120 acres Greene Co. from Thomas Lee for 135 pounds, patent #725 from NC to Lee on head of Flat Creek (#8 on map) including a Limestone Creek, with Archibald Roden-Jurat, Andrew Kerr, Deed Book 4, p. 93 (Greene Co. TN Deed Abstracts, Murray, p. 46){Thomas Lee received this 120 acres on July 11, 1788, Warrant 1309, surveyed by Robert McFarlin, on head of flat creek including a limestone spring running up the valley, from State of N.C. as Rev. War grant Roll 5, Book C, p. 56}

1790: Order Book, p. 176, "Ordered that the road known by the name of Bulls Gap Road be altered thus to turn of the road below John McFarlands along a valley leading to Richard Lees and continue along said valley to the head of Long Creek….." (Greene Co. TN Minutes of Court of Common Pleas 1783-1795, p. 82)

1792 Jefferson County carved out of Greene County.

1792: June 30, Jefferson Co. Vol. C. John McFarland selling to John McDonald 190 acres for 150 pounds, on Flat Creek, the waters of Nolachucky. Witnesses: Alex. Outlaw, Baldwin Harle, James Menasco. Signed John McFarland

1792: July, Jefferson Co., Vol. C. p. 66, John McFarland sold to James Menasco 150 acres for 150 pounds land on Flat Creek, the waters of Nolachuckey R. including the plantation where Menasco now lives. Witness: Robert McFarland, Charles Hodges, Signed John McFarland

1792: July 17, Jefferson Co. Vol. C, p. 299. John McFarland deed to Daniel Williams, 100 acres for 100 pounds, on Flat Creek, waters of Nolachucky adj. Scott, John McFarland, Daniel Williams, ___Hodges. Witness: Robert McFarland and Charles Hodges. Signed John McFarland.

It could be that John sold his land in Tennessee and moved to KY shortly after. There are later John McFarland records in TN; however I believe those records up till 1799 belong to John McFarland, married to Mary Kinder. After that, they are records belonging to John McFarland, son of Robert McFarland Jr. (the one who fought in the Rev.)

Kentucky:

The land grants made to John in Christian Co. KY are listed in The Kentucky Land Grants, by Willard Rouse Jillson, Vol. 1, p. 373 from section labeled Grants South of Green River. It also lists a grant to William McFarland for 50 acres in Book 5, p. 208, in Muhlenberg Co. on Cypress Creek, made Oct. 4, 1804.

Christian Co. formed in 1796 from Logan Co., 1799 Muhlenberg was formed from Christian Co., and in 1819 Todd Co. was created from Christian Co.

From Dawn Daddario e-mail on Aug 2, 2014:
1797: John McFarland is on the tax list in Christian County, Ky re: 200 acres on Nelson Creek, and 200 acres on Caney Creek.
1798: John McFarland is listed duplicately in Christian County and Muhlenberg County on the tax list for 200 acres on Cypress Creek.
1800: John McFarland is listed on the Muhlenberg County tax list.

New information from Dawn through e-mail. John McFarland is on the tax list for Muhlenberg Co. from 1799 through 1809, when he sells this land and moves to Christian County sometime during 1810. He does not appear on any census in either Christian or Muhlenberg County. He did purchase land in 1810 in Christian Co. but died before he was able to pay it, and his children finished up paying it.

It appears John and Jenny had another child: Elizabeth "Betsy" - who was mentioned with the other children in the estate records of CC in 1817. In the next year, 1818, records do not mention her name. Note: James and Martha McMackin McFarland, also had a daughter Elizabeth, "Betsy" but she married John Caldwell and lived for quite a bit longer in a different area of Kentucky.

The following notes were gathered by descendant Johnny Walker:

NOTES FOR JOHN MCFARLAND: THE FOLLOWING NOTES SUPPLIED BY JOHNNY D.
WALKER, HERMITAGE, TENNESSEE Notes for William McFarland:

# Note:

RESEARCHER-EMAIL: (2002) Johnny D. Walker From Web page
[www.familytreemaker.com/users/w/a/l/Johnny-D-Walker].

# Note:

LAND: 1798 KENTUCKY, Christian County, 30 Nov 1798, Book 15, p. 187, John
McFarland receives a land grant of 200 acres in Christian Co., Kentucky on
Cypress Creek.

# Note:

LAND: 1799 KENTUCKY, Muhlenberg County, 30 Nov 1799, Book 19, p. 253, John
McFarland receives a land grant of 200 acres in Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky on
Cypress Creek.

# Note:

LINKS-PROBATE: 1807 KENTUCKY, Muhlenberg County. Witnesses John McFarland and
William McFarland, 25 Oct - Dec 1807, will of Susanna Cooly, of Muhlenberg
County. She had son Job Mathias/Mathews (who had son Justus), daughter Susanna
(married Samuel Reaves, and had daughter Susanna). Witnesses named John
McFarland and Samuel Reeves, but signatures include William McFarland. Her
land adjacent to Samuel ?rakin and Gilbert Evans.

# Note:

PROBATE: 1815 KENTUCKY, Christian County, 14 Nov 1815, Will Book C, p. 33,
Inventory of the personal estate of John McFarland decd. Mentions 1 note of
hand on Wm Edgar, $65.00. Total amt of personal estate: $706.90 and 1/2 cents.
Signed 14 Nov 1815, Wm T. Harlan, Joshua Roberts, E S Walton, Wm McFarland
Admr, John McFarland, Admr. The within named appraisers were qualified before
me on Nov. 14, 1815, Henry Gorin, J.P. Recorded Feb Term 1816.

# Note:

PROBATE: 1816 KENTUCKY, Christian County, Feb 1816, Will Book C, p. 34, Acct
of sale of the personal estate of John McFarland, decd. Purchasers: John
Morson, Elliott Vawter, Levi Wooldridge, John Moore, E. Watkin, William
McFarland, John Hinch, Henry Gorin Esq, Reuben Mansfield, Charles Bradley,
Aldred Carter, John McFarland, James S. Mansfield, William Harlan, Hugh Park,
Thomas Thompson, John Edwards, Benjamin Benham, Thos Nash, Robt Rutherford,
Samuel Sutton, Littleberry Watsone, Thomas Watsone, James Mannire, Wm G. Wiatt,
James Rutherford, Andrew McFarland, Edward Tucker, David Moore, Jane McFarland,
Margaret McFarland. Total $671.35 and 3/4 cents. Signed Wm McFarland, Admr,
John McFarland, Admr. Recorded February Term, 1816.

# Note:

LAND: 1817 KENTUCKY, Christian County, 1 Feb 1817, Christian Co., Kentucky,
Deed Book G, p. 341, Saml Moore & Phebe, his wife, to William, Jane, Jno,
Margaret, Andrew, Arthur, Isabella, Betsey, & Sally McFarlene, heirs of Jno
McFarlene deceased, all of Christian County for $650, all that tract of land
in Christian County, and bounded by Walan Wallam, containing 150 acres, ...
the same tract of land purchased by Jno McFarland dec'd of sd Saml Moore by
voided agreement. Signed Saml Moore. Witnesses: Rob Coleman, Peter Hall.
Recorded 3 Mar 1817.

# Note:

PROBATE: KENTUCKY, Christian County, Feb 1818, Christian Co., Kentucky, Will
Book C, p. 114, Settlement with William & John McFarland, Admrs of the estate
of John McFarland decd. Entries start Nov 1815. People mentioned: Wm Edgar,
Samuel Moore, John Fields collector, B. Fields, R. Harrison, Samuel Rice
surveyor, John D. Gorin, 2 beds received by Jane & Margaret McFarland of their
father, John McFarland; John McFarland, sundries received of same; Andrew
McFarland received of same 1 cow; Nathan McFarland ditto 1 mare and saddle.
Also mentions going to Muhlenburg County, 12 days' riding to Frankford, 7 days
to Muhlenburg. Total $577.37. We, William Harlan & James Mannion met on Jan.
31, 1818 and settled the adminstrators acct of John McFarland decd, agreeable
to court order, and find in the hands of the administrators $285.76. Signed Wm
Harlan, Jas. Mannion. Recorded Feb Term 1818.

# Note:

LAND: KENTUCKY, Todd County, 18 Apr 1821, Todd Co., Kentucky, Deed Book A, p.
379, William McFarland and Nancy his wife, Jane McFarland, John McFarland and
Polly his wife, Andrew McFarland and Nancy his wife, Arthur McFarland, Elijah
Hagood and Margaret his wife, Isabella McFarland, Sally McFarland of the one
part and Daniel White of the other part, all of the county of Todd and state
of Kentucky. Consideration $1500, 150 acres, on the waters of Spring Creek,
adjacent Pauncey Anderson. Witness: Pauncey Anderson. Isabella (X) McFarland,
Margaret Hagood signed in the presence of Robt Ellis, Henry Goren, 5 Dec 1821.

Father: 1700-1770 MISCELLANEOUS

Marriage 1 Spouse Unknown

Children

1. Has Children William MCFARLAND b: 16 OCT 1783 in ,,Virginia
2. Has No Children Jane MCFARLAND b: 16 FEB 1788 in ,,Virginia
3. Has No Children Margaret (Peggy) MCFARLAND b: 25 JUL 1790 in ,,Kentucky
4. Has Children Andrew M. MCFARLAND b: 21 MAR 1793 in ,Christian,Kentucky
5. Has No Children Arthur MCFARLAND b: 1794/1795 in ,Augusta of,Virginia
6. Has No Children John MCFARLAND b: 1795 in ,Augusta of,Virginia
7. Has No Children Isabella MCFARLAND b: ABT 1800 in ,Christian,Kentucky
8. Has No Children Elizabeth (Betsy) MCFARLAND b: ABT 1805 in ,,Kentucky
9. Has No Children Sarah (Sally) MCFARLAND b: 1807 in ,Christian of,Kentucky of

I do not know if there is a son named John, but there is an extra John McFarland living in the Reed Creek area who was old enough to sign the allegience oath in 1777 and own 100 acres for a time.

There was a John McFarland present in Washington Co. VA as late as 1786 when he was on a jury in a trial. P. 1191 Minutes of the County Court of Washington Co.

Could this be the John who settles in Christian Co. KY in the late 1700s and dies there in 1815? The DNA indicates the possibility.

John married Jenny Moore on 1 Apr 1779 in Rockbridge Co., VA. Jenny was born about 1757; died before 14 Nov 1815 in Christian, Kentucky, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: Abt 1760, ,,Virginia of
• Possessions: 7 Jun 1784, Greene County, Tennessee; Greene Co. Deed Book 1, p. 76. 200 acres on Long Creek.
• Possessions: 23 Aug 1788; North Carolina Grant #641 for 400 acres on south side of Sinking Creek, including John Crouch Cabin. Paid 10 pounds for every 100 acres. (In 1804 he sells 2 acres from this grant to Wm. Jones in Jefferson Co. deeds Bk.G. p. 19
• Residence: 1790, Jefferson Co.Tenn, Ohio Territory, OH
• Death: Aft 1791, ,Greene of, Tennessee
• _MILT: 11 Jun 1793, Jefferson County, TN
• Possessions: 1799, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA; Book D, p. 304. Robert purchases 250 acres from Charles Hodges on Bent Creek. Wit. John McFarland
• Residence: 1800, Jefferson, Tennessee, United States
• Residence: 1822, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA
• Possessions: 12 Aug 1828, Sinking Creek, Jefferson County, TN; Book T, p. 118. Robert McF. Sr. sells to John McF. a tract of land on Sinking Cr. where he and Robert Jr. live.
• Residence: 1830, Jefferson, Tennessee, USA
• Residence: 4 Mar 1831, Jefferson, Tennessee, USA
• Probate: 15 Sep 1836, Jefferson, Tennessee, USA

Notes:

Mary Helen Haines notes:

In the 1800 tax list for Jefferson Co. Robert McFarland is in Capt McDonald's list, with 400 acres, 1 white poll, 3 black polls. In the same list is Alexander Outlaw with 1040 acres and 8 black polls. Also a George Webb with one white poll.

In a 1921 letter written by Katie McNutt Johnson about her family's lineage, she states that this Robert McFarland, born in March 1758/9, married Margaret Dibberty in Botetort Co and enlisted in 1776 in that county. This would conflict with the statements about him marrying Margaret McNutt, daughter of George McNutt. This needs to be checked. We do know that two of Robert's sons married McNutt daughters of a George McNutt. (See my notes on Margaret Dibberty)

There are two McFarland Cemeteries in Hamblen County. The first is the Col. Robert McFarland Cemetery (described below) located on Fish Hatchery Rd. (Hwy. 113) on the north east quadrant just above where Chucky River Rd. meets Hwy. 113. It appears to be at the edge of the woods that surround Turkey Creek. GPS coordinates are: Latitude: 36.20026, Longitude: -83.20290 according to Find A Grave.

36.20026 -83.20290

The other McFarland Cemetery in Hamblen County is located on Nelson School Rd. The oldest visible grave stone is that of John McFarland, born May 17, 1780, died June 9, 1851 son of Robert and Margaret McFarland.

The information below is what exists at the Jefferson County website concerning Robert McFarland. There is much that is factually in error, from the location of his birth, to what battles he participated in and even the location of the cemetery. It seems the author did not read his pension statement.

COL. ROBERT McFARLAND CEMETERY

LOCATION: ABOUT 6 AND ONE- HALF MILES SOUTHEAST OF MORRISTOWN ON SPRINGVALE PIKE.
THE FARM FOR MANY YEARS BELONGED TO THE McFARLANDS.

ROBERT McFARLAND MAR 15,1759-FEB 5, 1837

B.F. RICHARDSON MAR 1,1851-AUG 20,1880

THOMAS M. JONES AUG 3,1817-DEC 26,1890
ERECTED TO HIS MEMORY BY HIS CHILDREN, R. M. JONES AND E.M. SPECK (husband of Lavinia McFarland Jones)

PENELOPE WEST DIED APR 24,1826 AGE 18Y 11M 5 D (Penelope Hill West is the daughter of Robert and Elizabeth McFarland Hill)

ELIZABETH HILL, W/O ROBERT HILL DIED MAY 9,1833 AGE 54Y 5M 28 D (daug. of Robert McFarland and Margaret McNutt-the tombstone actually says died May 9, 1838, AGE 51Y)

ROBERT HILL DIED FEB 26,1832 AGE 81Y 4M 1D

ANNE RAMSEY HILL, W/O JOHN W. HILL DIED AUG 22,1834 AGE 20Y 10M 3D (John West Hill is the son of Elizabeth McF. Hill and Robert Hill)

ABRAM WADE MASKALL, S/O WILLIAM & PHEBE MASKALL OCT 23,1824-DEC 14,1841
PHEBE MASKALL, W/O WILLIAM MASKALL OCT 17,1794-OCT 20,1845
WILLIAM MASKALL DEC 21,1790-JUN 23,1869
ALVINZI ALONZO ANDRUSS, S/O HARVEY & MARY ANDRUSS DEC 16,1830-DEC 1,1857
JACOB HOBACK APR 22,1773-OCT 23,1845

JAMES CUNNINGHAM MAR 31,1818-JAN 21,1885
ELIZABETH CUNNINGHAM DIED JUN 26,1860 (1850?) AGE 29Y 4M 2D
W/O JAMES CUNNINGHAM

MARY A. MCFARLAND W/O ROBERT McFARLAND FEB 11,1799-FEB 23,1866
MEMORIAL STONE, BURIED AT WHITE HALL, MADISON CO, KY (this is the wife of Robert McF. Jr. who died in 1844 on the Kentucky Rd. according to family history)

LEVINIA M. JONES W/O THOMAS M. JONES DIED APR 17,1850
AGE 24 Y 1 M 2D D/O ROBERT & MARY McFARLAND (Levinia is gdaug. to Col. Robert, daug. of Robert McF. Jr.)

THE ROBERT MCFARLAND CHAPTER, SONS OF THE REVOLUTION, AT THE ANNUAL
MEETING MARCH 25TH, 1918 VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO DESIGNATE MARCH 15TH, WHICH IS THE
BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY OF COL. ROBERT MCFARLAND, AS THE ANNUAL MEETING DATE OF THIS
CHAPTER, IN MEMORY OF THE ONLY OFFICER OF THE REVOLUTION WHOSE REMAINS REST IN
HAMBLEN COUNTY SOIL, HE HAVING BEEN BURIED ON THE OLD PLANTATION NEAR SPRINGVALE, TENNESSEE.

COL. ROBERT MCFARLAND WAS A BOY OF SEVENTEEN AT THE BEGINNING OF THE
REVOLUTIONARY WAR AND RODE BY HIS FATHER'S SIDE TO THE BATTLE OF KING'S MOUNTAIN. (this is not what his pension says)

HE WAS BORN IN THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY IN VIRGINIA, MARCH 15TH, 1759 AND
DIED FEBRUARY 5TH, 1837. HE MARRIED MARGARET MCNUTT, THE FIRST WHITE
CHILD BORN SOUTH OF THE FRENCH BROAD RIVER. HIS FATHER WAS AN OFFICER
IN THE COLONIAL ARMY AND FATHER AND SON WERE PIONEERS IN THE WATAUGA
SETTLEMENT. HE WAS THE FATHER OF COL. ROBERT MCFARLAND THE THIRD, WHO
SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE WAR OF 1812. HIS GRANDSON, COL. ROBERT
MCFARLAND THE FOURTH, SERVED WITH THE CONFEDERATE ARMY IN THE CIVIL
WAR AND WAS AFTERWARD JUDGE OF THE SUPREME COURT OF TENNESSEE AND LIVED IN MORRISTOWN.

SIR JOHN MCFARLAND, OF ARROUQUAH, SCOTLAND, BORN THERE IN 1708 AND WHO
CAME TO VIRGINIA IN 1746, WAS THE AMERICAN HEAD OF THIS FAMILY AND THE
GRANDFATHER OF ROBERT MCFARLAND, THE SECOND.

WILLIAM CALLOWAY'S LIST OF LOYAL AMERICANS GIVES HIS NAME AND OATH OF
ALLEGIANCE TO VIRGINIA.

THE OLD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN AUGUSTA COUNTY, VIRGINIA, IN WHICH SR.
JOHN WAS AN ELDER, IS STANDING TODAY.

THIS HISTORY IS GIVEN AS THE REASON WHY THIS CHAPTER IS NAMED THE
ROBERT MCFARLAND CHAPTER, SONS OF THE REVOLUTION.

TAKEN FROM THE MINUTE BOOK OF ROBERT MCFARLAND CHAPTER.

COPIED DECEMBER 29,1936 - ADA RUTH NOE

Mary Helen Haines notes: As far as I can tell, there are many errors in the above statement. If you read his actual sworn words given in 1832 to receive his Revolutionary War pension it states he was born in Orange County North Carolina. At age 8, he moved to Bedford Co. VA, and then in 1771 moved to Botetourt Co. where he stayed for 10 years. This area is today Wythe Co., and his father lived where the courthouse presently is in Wytheville. He joined the military in Nov. 1776. While living there he married, and shortly after moved to Washington County in 1781 and appears on the tax list at that time. When the war ended, 1783, he moved to what became Greene Co. (Jefferson Co., later Hamblen Co.) Tennessee, where he remained.

1782: Tax List for Washington County VA:
In Col. Arthur Campbell's District: Robert McFarland with 2 tithes (therefore most likely father Robert and son Robert), 5 horses, 8 cattle, next to James McFarland with one tithe, four horses, six cattle, (probable brother to Robert Jr.) and nearby is John McFarland with one tithe, 3 horses, 5 cattle (other brother?). Also present in this district is Andrew Evans, one tithe, 2 horses, 3 cattle. Since there are no Robert McFarlands left in Montgomery Co. this must be Robert Sr, with Jr. in one house, eldest son James, and not sure about the John. Col. Arthur Campbell lives in his district, and land deeds describe it as being on the middle fork of the Holston, Mill Creek, south of Abington. Others in this tax list include Michael Montgomery, Samuel Ward, Alex. Caldwell.

Land in Tennessee:

1783: Greene County Oct 27 Joseph Alexander entered 200 acres in Greene County, on Long Creek (#7 on map), Warrant 7 June 1784; granted to Robert McFarland (Book 1, page 76).(There is a Long Creek south of the McFarland Cemetery, flows into Nolichucky from north side, west of Flat Creek. Historians say Robert Jr. was present in 1783, however, his father could have been here also.) This would be the first land ownership of the John McFarland family in Tennessee.

1788: Aug. 23. P. 593. North Carolina grant #641 to Robert McFarland for 400 acres on south side of Sinking Creek including John Crouch Cabbin. Paid 10 pounds for every 100 acres. There are several Sinking Creeks. One is in present day Greene Co. and one is in present day Jefferson Co., north of the Nolichucky and south of the John McFarland Cemetery. This seems to be the grant of Sheriff Robert McFarland.

1789: Aug. 11. North Carolina grant #818 to Robert McFarland for 200 acres on south side of Nolachucky, beside Robert Armstrong. Paid 10 pounds for every 100 acres. Roll 13, Book 2, Image 299/329. (This is not Robert Jr. from our line because he sells this grant in 1792 and his wife is named Jane. However, it could be Robert Sr. with a wife named Jane we know nothing about. The Robert Henry McFarland from the Duncan line has a wife named Annie Walkup. Is there another Robert from that line?)

1804: March 3. Robert McFarland deed to William Jones, 2 acres at the head of Sinking Creek, called Rock Spring, adj. William Cox, part of 400 acres grant to Robert #641, by North Carolina. Witness: John McFarland (We know that William Cox was his adjacent neighbor in the 1830 census and from a reference in his 1836 will.) His granddaughter Lavinia marries a Thomas Jones in

This Robert McFarland was involved in a lot of the Indian fights that took place in settling this land. From The Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish by Chalkey: p. 277, he made his crop at the Bend of the Chucky in 1782, and the next year moved his family to the place, which was Greene Co. TN. Then in 1792 there was a report on an attack by the Creek Indians and McFarland was wounded. In 1793 Major McFarland was ordered to form regiments to protect from the Indians by Gov. Blount of TN (p. 569), and p. 576, Robert McFarland is the sheriff from Jefferson Co. records. p. 578, Col. McFarland raised 180 mounted men to go after Indians against orders, and p. 582 the 2 oldest citizens of the fort protecting Knoxville is John McFarland and Robert Williams. (Hard to know who this John McFarland is)

1830 census in Jefferson Co. TN: p. 281, living next to William Cox. Near John Inman (married to Catherine McFarland), Joseph Hays, James Alexander.

Transcription of Robert McFarland Revolutionary War Pension statements S2004

By Mary Helen Haines, 2010 (question marks are by words not sure of, and orange dates and spelling are my additions)

Robert McFarland Sr. of Jefferson Co. in State of E. Ten who was a Lieut.___(?) in the Company commanded by Captain Russell of the Regiment commanded by Col. Hill in the N.C. line for
6 mo. Lieut,
2 mo. Ensign,
16 mo. Private
Virginia Line Records corrected. Included in the Roll of East Tennessee at the rate of 153 dollars 33 cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

State of Tennessee
Jefferson County
August 25, 1832

On this twenty fifth day of August personally appeared before me Alexander McDonald, one of the justices of the peace for the county of Jefferson and State of Tennessee, Colonel Robert McFarland Senior, a resident of said County and State, aged seventy-three, who being first duly sworn according to law doth, on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832.

That the Deponent Colonel Robert McFarland Senior was born on the fifteenth day of March, seventeen hundred and fifty nine in Orange County North Carolina. At eight years of age he removed with his father to Bedford County, State of Virginia. (1767) Four years thereafter he removed to Boutetourt. Remained ten years in Boutetourt (1771-1781), when he married and moved with his wife to Washington where he remained till the close of the war of the Revolution. He then moved into what was then called Greene County (1783) -now Jefferson County State of Tennessee and has lived in Jefferson ever since. This deponent served about four months under Captain William Russell, afterwards General Russell. Two of the Lieutenants of Captain R’s company came to his father’s house near Reed Creek, where Wythe Court House now stands, and this deponent agreed with them to join the company in November 1776. William Bowen was another Lieutenant and James Kagon (?) the Ensign of this Company. This company was raised to guard the Frontier Garrisons. Captain Russell marched with his company from Reed Creek to Ramsay’s Fort five miles above Long island. (Kingsport, TN. today) Remained in the Fort until the latter part of February 1777 when discharged. The Company got no written discharge, but received certificates of service, upon which they got their pay which was forty shillings per month. In the following March 1777 Captain John Mongomery came to Deponents’ Father’s home and got Deponent to join his company. Michael Dougherty Lieutenant John Simpson Ensign. Marched from Reed Creek to Blackamond’s Station on Clinch River-rangn? to Houston’s Station on Moccasin Creek-Bledsoe’s Station and Shelby’s Station-returned to Long Island in the first of October, There joined General William Christian’s army consisting of upwards of two thousand men. Captain Mongomery’s (Montgomery) company was annexed to Major Evan Shelby’s Batallion. Colonel Hill and Major Winston of North Carolina was on this expedition. This deponent served throughout this expedition against the Cherokee Indians. Marched through Greene County, east Tennessee by the Bend of the Chucky-along the Indian War-path to the Tennessee River, crossed said River at the Town of Tomatlaw (Tomotley) -thence to Isand Town below the mouth of Tilico-four miles-which town was burnt-thence through Toco, Chota, and Citico (Sittiquo) (beloved town of the Indians and our commander Gen’l Christian would not permit the men to burn them) to Tuskega (Tuskegee), where a young white man had been burned by the Indians. We burned Tuskega-The Indians fled before our Army and deserted their towns-so that we had no fighting on this expedition. Returned in the month of December with our respective Captains to our homes-Our company got no written discharge. Our Captain returned a pay Roll and the men must have received their pay upon that evidence. This Deponent was but eighteen years and nine months old at this time, and his father may have received his pay, thought this Deponent does not know-He did not received it himself but thinks his father did, Though even then it had begun to be worth much less that the first year of the war. In the following September 1778 volunteered under Captain James Mongomery at Wythe Court House. Wm Doke Lieutenant-Robert Davis Ensign-Marched to the head of the Clinch. Maxwell’s fort was detached as one of a guard for Major Robertson to Alpo? Valley on Blew Stone Creek-again as a spy down the Tug fork of Sandy River on to the Levil (?) Country, to ascertain whether the Indians were disturbing or about to disturb the border settlement-Returned to Maxwell’s Fort the first of December after having ascertained that the Indians were quiet on Sandy and beyond that war? From Maxwell’s fort Captain Mongomerys Company returned home in the month of December 1778. Received no written discharge. In 1779 removed with his wife to Washington County Virginia Shortly after that was appointed as Ensign in Captain John Campbell’s company (recommended on Nov. 23, 1780) -received no commission but was appointed by Colonel Arthur Campbell the commander of our regiment. Arthur Bowin Lieutenant. In 1779 this Deponent volunteered and marched in the expediton under Col Arthur Campbell against Col Roberts of North Carolina, who had come over into Virginia to plunder the Whigs and recruit Tories. This deponent acted as the Ensign under Captain William Edmonson, Robin Edmonson and David Beattie Lieutenant, Col Campbell and Col Crocket and Major Edmonson-with 500 men started on this expedition-Rendevous at the head of Cripple Creek-thence through Elk Creek Settlement, up to Baker’s settlement-there learned that Roberts had recrossed the mountain and been defeated at Ram-Sower’s Mill The main body of the men turned back. Captain Edmonson and his company, of which this deponent was Ensign was ordered to the three forks of New River into Perkins Settlement to quell the Tories in that section-took two tories gave them up to Colonel Cleveland(?) and returned in the latter part of July after an absence of two months. This deponent was prevented from marching with his company to the Battle of King’s Mountain by receiving orders from Col. Arthur Campbell to return and collect a force to march against the Tories at New River. He was with his Company at the Rendevous, James Thompson’s Ebbing Spring-whence the troops marched to King’s Mountain-Then this deponent received orders to return and at the same time was promoted to a Lieutenancy. This Deponent returned, collected some men, was joined by Lieutenant Davis at the Blue Springs, and marched to Elk Creek. At Clem Lea’s took sixteen of the tories and sent them to the lead mines, there to be guarded and kept from mischief-pursued the Tories into the edge of North Carolina returned home in ten or twelve days. In two or three days started again with 30 men-passed over the mountain, higher up--Punished severely the Tories that had been destroying and carrying off the property of our citizens-and returned in three weeks, the same day the men returned from King’s Mountain. On Saturday after our return, the first or second Saturday in December 1780 mustered at Captain Bowen’s home and there received orders that every man who had not been wounded at the battle of King’s Mountain should be ready on Monday to start on an Indian expedition under Col. Arthur Campbell. Captain Bowen (who had now become Captain of the Company in place of Captain Campbell resigned) remained at home and this Deponent with part of Bowen’s company, joined Captain Crabtree of Washington, who had not a full company-George Finly Ensign. The Rendevous was at Honeycutt’s 3 miles west of Rogersville-300 men rendevous at Honeycutt’s Col. A Campbell of Washington-Commander-Col. Clark of Sullivan Commander and the regiment from that Section. Marched from Honeycutt’s by the bend of Chucky-thence down to Tennessee River-crossed said River at the Virginia Ford; to Chota-burned it-to Chilhowah burned part of it-But Captain Clark retreating through a panic (hearing that some Indians were on the Heights above the town) left Crabtree with only 30 men. The Indians retreated after loosing three men-and Crabtree retired to the main body at Chota-Returned to Chilhowah the next day-burned it-back to Chota-thence to little Tilico-burnt it-Lost Captain Ellit at Tillico-Captain Ellit was in front crossing Tillico River-as he rose? The opposite bank, one of the Indians who lay concealed shot Captain Ellit who fell from his horse-The Indian seized Ellit’s gun (?) immediately snapped (?) at the next man who ascended the Bank. The Indian fell dead before he could snapp (?) a second time. After a little firing the Indians retreated-burnt Tillico. The troops now divided-part went to old Hywassee the balance to Big Tillico-From Old Hywassee went to Chistiwah burnt it-marched back to Tillico-After return to Tilllico made preparations for home-We killed forty or fifty Indians in this expedition and cost but one man Capt. Ellit-a brave and gallant officer. Returned to our homes about the first of March. This deponent served four months under Captain Russell from the first of November 1776 to the latter part of February 1777, nine months under Capt. John Mongomery from March 1777 to December 1777, three months under Captain James Mongomery from September 1778 to December 1778; This deponent served as an Ensign in expeditions against the Tories two months in 1779-as a Lieutenant he was in constant service from just before the battle of King’s Mountain until the first of March following, about six months. This Deponent after passing the meridian of his life in prosperity and enjoying the confidence of his fellow citizens in various public trusts and honourable employments has been reduced by misfortunes to a want of many of those comforts with which he had hoped the industry and exertions of earlier years would have crowned the evening of his days. The last act of Congress for the relief of soldiers and officers of the revolution he hopes will be found to reach his care and he places the facts of his service before the Honorable Secretary at War in the confident hope that they will be comprehended within the meaning and intention of that act. The Deponent has no documentary evidence in regard to his service nor does he know of any person living from when he could procur the testimony as to his service. He was very young, when he entered the service, and there were none younger than himself in his company-he believes there are very few survivors of the services in which he was engaged. This Deponent hereby relinquishes any claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Sworn to and subscribed before me.
Alexander McDonald Justice of Peace

Commission Book of Governor John Sevier
April 2, 1796 - June 16, 1801
State of Tennessee
p. 26
Robert McFarland commissioned First Major of the regiment of Jefferson County, during good behaviour October 22nd 1799.

Robert McFarland's DAR #A076834.

Last Will and Testament of Robert McFarland of Jefferson Co. TN --Jefferson County TN Will Book 4, pp. 433, 434

ROBERT MCFARLAND SENR'S WILL

I Robert McFarland Senr of the County of Jefferson and State of Tennessee having become old and weak of Boddy but of sound mind and memory and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, do make, ordain, publish and declare this my last Will and Testament as follows,

First to my son James McFarland, my son John McFarland, my daughter Jane who intermarried with John Hogan Bean, my daughter Elizabeth who intermarried with Robert Hill, my daughter Margaret who intermarried with Benjamin McFarland, my daughter Sarah who intermarried with William George . . . . . .ONE OR MORE LINES SEEM TO BE MISSING......., my daughter Catie who intermarried with John Inman, my son William McFarland, my daughter Rachel who intermarried with Jessee George, I confirm all former gifts as they have personally received from me that portion of my estate that I desired for them at the time they left me.

Second to my son Robert McFarland I give and grant all the rights that I already have to that tract or parcel of land that he now lives on to be designated by a line running from the beginning corner of my North Carolina grant to where the two creeks meet in my meadow running there with the &lt____sic___&gt Creek on Spring Branch until it comes near to where an apple tree stands on the West Side of Side of Branch, thence so as to include the whole of the branch on my side until it comes to some Rooks above my springs above to my S. Son until the head spring therof leaving him the use of S. head Spring thence in a direct line so as to inter-sect the old line near a field of mine known by the name of the hollow field thence with S. line to where it corners with William Cox Sen'rs land.

3rd to my daughter Malinda McFarland I give and bequeath the horse ____ I formerly gave to her also one cow and calf, a bed and furniture and whatever else she may have acquired since she has kept house for me.

4th to my son Benjamin McFarland I give the tract of land whereon I now live provided he should return home from Missouri by the First day of January or at a reasonable time after and live with me and supply me with all the necessaries of life and do all things necessary to tender me comfortable as long as I may live but in case he should, fail, refuse or neglect to attend to me as above stated my will is that or then my daughter Malinda or my daughter Dorcas either of them that may comply with the conditions of this bequest should be entitled to S. lands giving to the oldest the first offer of same.

5th to my daughter Kitturah who interemarried with Zophar Layne I confirm all the gifts that I once made to her and she has received that portion intended for her except what may be hereinafter named.

6th to my daughter Dorcas who is now intermarried with Beverly Talley I give the Sorrell mare now in her possession also a bedstead and furniture and one cow and calf.

7th my will is that the negro Clark that was left to me by my father in law Benjamine Neal now deceased shall when myself or my heirs m(a)y be sold to the best advantage and the monies arrising therefrom be equally divided between my daughter Malinda and my daughter Kitturah my son Benjamin and my daughter Dorcas.

8th my will is my aged slave Delila who has become almost blind shall remain on and have her maintenance off the land I now live on.

9th my will is my faithful servant Elias shall be emancipated provided the laws of the state shall permit the same be done and if he cannot be lawfully emancipated I will that he shall hae the liberty of living with whom be may choose either my heirs or anyone else and in case he should live to be unable to support himself my will is that he shall have his support off the land I now live.

10th my will is that whatever property I do possess of not mentioned above shall be sold and proceeds applied to the payment of my last debts and should a surplus remain my son Benjamin shall have the same.

Lastly I constitute and appoint my two sons John McFarland and Robert McFarland executors to this my last will and testament whereof I have herunto made my mark and affixed my sseal this 15th day of September 1836.

Signed Sealed published and declared.

In presence of
his
Rueben Wyatt Robert x McFarland (seal)
Beverly Tally mark
William Hill

State of Tennessee )
Jefferson County )
March Session 1837

The last Will and Testament of Robert McFarland Snr. was presented in open Court for probate and thereupon came Reuben Wyatt and William Hill two of the sub-Witnessess to the same, who being duly sworn depose and say they were personally acquainted with Robert McFarland Snr they saw him make his mark to his said signature and acknowledge the same to be his last Will and Testament for teh purposes therein expressed and at the time of signing the same he was of sound and disposing mine and memory and at his request and in his presence they signed their names as subscribing witnesses to said will. It is therefore considered by the Court that said will be admitted to ___________ and therefore come John McFarland and Robert McFarland the executors therin named and was qualified for the faithful discharge of their duty thence they be exempted by the will from giving security.

Attach copy from the records of my office

Joseph Hamilton, Clerk

From Jefferson Co. Tennessee Will Book 4 and Sale Book 1833-1840 p. 30-31, an abstraction of the records on p. 434
"Witnesses, John McFarland and Robt. McFarland sworn say that Robert McFarland Sr., who departed this life on 10th of Feb. 1837, is the identical Robert McFArland Sr. who is named in the Pension certificate shown in court bearing date the day said dec'd departed this life leaving widow by the name of ?. She has not lived with him for more than six years and she is a citizen of Alabama. He died leaving the following chidren: James McFarland, a citizen of Carroll County, Georgia, John McFarland of Jefferson County, Tennessee, Jane McFarland who married John H. Bean, their residence unknown and reported to be dead, Elizabeth Hill widow of Jefferson County, Tennessee, the late Elizabeth McFarland, Margaret, who married Benj. McFarland, living in Missouri, Sarah who married Wm George living in Missouri, Robert McFarland of Jefferson County, Tennessee, Polly, who married Rolin Lawrence, living in McMinn County, Tennessee, Wm. McFarland residence unknown, Catherine, who married John Inman, of Jefferson County Tennessee, Rachel who married Jesse George, living in Missouri, Malinda Mcfarland of Jefferson County, Tennessee, Kitturah, who married Zophar Jayne, living in Illinois, Benj. McFarland, living in Jefferson County, Tennessee.

The following are notes from the McFarland genealogy website of Gary Morris: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hollow/8143/genealogy/mcfarland/rbtlanc.txt --

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FOURTH GENERATION
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***** 33 ***** Robert McFARLAND, son of Robert McFARLAND and Martha _____, was
born 15 Mar 1759 in Orange County, North Carolina, died 10 Feb 1837 in Jefferson
County, Tennessee, buried in McFarland Cem, Hamblen County, Tennessee. Robert
married (1) 5 Apr 1778 in Bedford County, Virginia to Margaret McNUTT daughter
of George MC NUTT, born 13 Dec 1759 in Knox County, Tennessee, died 25 Jul 1804
in Jefferson County, Tennessee. Robert married (2) 31 Aug 1805 in Jefferson
County, Tennessee to Mary NEAL daughter of Benj, born about 1775 in Virginia,
died 1820 in Jefferson County, Tennessee. Robert married (3) 8 Mar 1821 in
Jefferson County, Tennessee to Mary WEAVER born about 1760 in Virginia(?).

----- NOTES FOR Robert McFARLAND:
MILITARY: Revolutionary War; Dar Patriotic Index; Lieutenant and Captain in
North Carolina Militia.
CONFLICT-DEATH: 10 Feb 1837 from IGI at FHC; DAR Patriotic Index says 20 May
1834. World Family Tree #5 has died 20 may 1834 and 16 Feb 1837.
NOTES: One source is DAR Magazine No.76, 122; DAR No 83, 391.
RESIDENCE: Robert move to Washington County, Virginia and then to Greene
County, and lived in the Bend of the Nolichucky River, a short distance west of
John McFarland, his uncle. Robert became the first sheriff of Jefferson County.
Mentioned in THE MYTH OF SIR JOHN MACFARLANE 1997,1998 by James A. McFarland
(C)ole Creek Productions, Inc. Tulsa, OK, copy at Houston Public Library (Clayton
Branch).
BIOGRAPHY: From Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Applications, Seattle
Public Library; Robert McFarland born 15 Mar 1759 Orange Co, VA; about age 8 with
father to Bedford County, VA, for about 4 years, thence to Botetourt County, VA,
where entered Rev War 1776, moved to Washington Co, VA 1779, moved to Jefferson
Co, TN. Had son Robert, Jr, Carl&lt?&gt. Died 20 May 1834. Married Margaret McNutt
of Jefferson County, TN; Son Robert born 17 Apr 1791, died 11 Aug 1844 &ltwho
married (1) Hannah BARTON, and (2) Mary Ann SCOTT [1800-1866]&gt.
CONFLICT-MARRIAGE: Note similarity of Marriage dates of Robert MC Farland and
Mary Jones 3 Apr 1778 Bedford county. "Marriage Bonds of Bedford County, VA
1755-1800" by Earle S. Dennis 1932 at Bellingham Library R929.3755 Marriage.
RESIDENCE: 1779-(&lt=) 1783 Washington County, VA.
RESIDENCE: He was among the pioneer settlers on the Wataga Settlement,
entering claim to a tract of land at Springvale, now Jefferson County, in 1783,
at the close of the Revolutionary War.
LAND: 1783 TENNESSEE, Greene County Oct 22 William T. Lewis entered 640 acres
including improvements by Samuel King in great bend of Nolichucky River, below
mouth of Lick River. Caveat by Robert McFarland 17 Jan 1784; caveat withdrawn
& grant to James M. Lewis. Warrant 2 Dec 1784; (Book 1, page 22).
LAND: 1783 TENNESSEE, Greene County Oct 27 Joseph Alexander entered 200 acres
in Greene County, on Long Creek, Warrant 7 June 1784; granted to Robert McFarland
(Book 1, page 76).
COURT: 1790 TENNESSEE, Greene County May Common Pleas. Robert McFarland,
overseer of road from William McFarland's place, to river road near Long Creek;
Jesse Hopkins overseer of road from Lick Creek to William McFarlands (Page 158).
TAXLIST: 1785 VIRGINIA, Washington County: Robert Jr (est born 1755-1760).
PLACE: Russell County formed 1785 from Washington County.
TAXLIST: 1790 VIRGINIA, Russell County: Robert.
RESIDENCE: Lived abt 1790 in Greene County, Tn, after his uncle John had moved
there. Robert lived in the Bend of the Nolichucky River, a short distance west
of John McFarland, his uncle.
TAXLIST: 1791/2 TENNESSEE, Greene County Robert McFarland, Benj. Mcfarland.
TAXLIST: 1797 TENNESSEE, Greene County Robert McFarling, 1 white, no acreage.
TAXLIST: 1800 TENNESSEE, Jefferson County"Early Tennessee Tax Lists" Byron
Sistler 1977 Bellingham Library 929.3768 Robert McFarland.
MARRIAGE: 1820 TENNESSEE, Jefferson County. Robert McFarland and Mary Weaver.
March 8, 1820, St. Pauls Presbyterian Church. SOURCE: IGI. [*** NOTE: Elsewhere
have marriage as March 8, 1821 ***]
First Sheriff of Jefferson County, TN.
DEATH: Pension book shows Robert died May 20, 1834, but the old family bible
states it as February 5, 1837.
PROBATE: 1836 Jefferson Co, TN.
SOURCE: World Family Tree Disk #5 has family and childrens dates, and also LDS
Ancestral File.
CEMETERY: TENNESSEE, Hamblen County, Col. Robert McFarland Cemetery (6 1/2
miles SE of Morristown). Robert McFarland March 15, 1759 -Feb 5, 1837. Elizabeth
Hill w/o Robert d. May 9, 1833, age 54y, 5m, 28d. Robert Hill d. Feb 26, 1832,
age 81y, 4m, 1d. Mary A. McFarland w/o Robert McFarland Feb 11, 1799 - Feb 23,
1866. SOURCE: USGENWEB, Hamblen County, INTERNET.

----- NOTES FOR Margaret McNUTT:
PARENTS: George MC NUTT.
BIRTH: First white child born south of the French Broad River.

----- NOTES FOR Mary NEAL:
PARENTS: Benjamin NEAL and Elizabeth _____.
MARRIAGE: Married (1) ______ COX.

===CHILDREN of Robert McFARLAND and Margaret McNUTT

+ 101 James M. McFARLAND b 2 Nov 1778 Botetourt County,
Virginia. M Elizabeth CARMICHAEL.
+ 102 John McFARLAND b 17 May 1780 Washington County,
Virginia. M Virginia (Jane) (Jenny) McNUTT.
+ 103 Jane (Jean) McFARLAND b 12 Mar 1782 Washington County,
Virginia. M John Hogan BEAN.
+ 104 Elizabeth (Betsy) McFARLAND b 11 Nov 1784/1788
Washington County, Virginia. M Robert HILL.
+ 105 Margaret (Peggy) McFARLAND b 27 Jan 1787 Washington
County, Virginia. M Benjamin A. McFARLAND.
+ 106 Sarah (Lucy) McFARLAND b 13 Dec 1788 Washington County,
Virginia. M William GEORGE.
+ 107 Robert McFARLAND b 17 Apr 1791 Greene County, Tennessee.
M (1) Hannah BARTON. M (2) Mary Ann SCOTT.
+ 108 Mary (Polly) McFARLAND b 28 May 1793 Greene County,
Tennessee. M Rowland LARRIMORE.
+ 109 William McFARLAND b 4 Oct 1795 Greene County, Tennessee.
M Mary McNUTT.
+ 110 Catherine McFARLAND b 26 Jan 1799 Jefferson County,
Tennessee. M John INMAN.
+ 111 Rachel McFARLAND b 23 Dec 1802 Jefferson County,
Tennessee. M Jessie GEORGE.

===CHILDREN of Robert McFARLAND and Mary NEAL

112 Melinda McFARLAND b 20 Jun 1806 Jefferson County,
Tennessee.
+ 113 Keturah McFARLAND b 22 Sep 1808 Jefferson County,
Tennessee. M Zopher JAYNE.
114 Dorcas McFARLAND b 24 Oct 1811 Jefferson County,
Tennessee, d abt 1811/1817 Jefferson County, Tennessee.
115 Ibbie McFARLAND b 26 Jun 1813 Jefferson County,
Tennessee, d 1820 Jefferson County, Tennessee.
+ 116 Benjamin McFARLAND b 3 May 1815 Jefferson County,
Tennessee. M Sarah COX.
+ 117 Dorcas McFARLAND b 11 Jul 1818 Jefferson County,
Tennessee. M Beverly Burl TALLEY.
**** MOST RECENT UPDATE **** MUCH OF THIS ROBERT LAND WARRANTS IS FOR
ROBERT, SON OF ROBERT OF JEFFERSON CO, TN. (NOTE ESPECIALLY THE FIRST NEAR THE
GREAT BEND OF NOLICHUCKY). The others at Sinking Creek, north side, do relate
to the descendants of Duncan, though (perhaps?).
questionable link: Most or all of Robert in Greene Co, TN is from other
families, not descent from Duncan.
DELETE THIS INFORMATION FROM THIS RECORD LATER.
QUESTIONABLE LINK: Very weak link to this family, but a strong link with
family of William, (cousin), William Lewis, and cousin Alexander McFarland of
Greene County, Tennessee. Am including him here for now, as he must be
grandson of Duncan McFarland.
JEFFERSON CO.
LAND: 1783 TENNESSEE, Greene County Oct 22 William T. Lewis entered 640 acres
including improvements by Samuel King in great bend of Nolichucky River, below
mouth of Lick River. Caveat by Robert McFarland 17 Jan 1784; caveat withdrawn
& grant to James M. Lewis. Warrant 2 Dec 1784; (Book 1, page 22).
LAND: 1783 TENNESSEE, Greene County Oct 23 Thomas Jonakin entered 400 acres in
Greene Co, at head of south fork of Sinking Creek, on north side of Nolichucky
River, below Bent Creek; warrant 7 June 1784; granted to Robert McFarlin. (Book
1, page 46).
LINKS: Oct 22 1783 same date for Alexander McFarland, and area of Sinking
Creek same place as Alexander.
LAND: 1783 TENNESSEE, Greene County Oct 27 Joseph Alexander entered 200 acres
in Greene County, on Long Creek, Warrant 7 June 1784; granted to Robert
McFarland (Book 1, page 76).
LAND: 1786 TENNESSE, Greene County Nov 1 Robert Armstrong entered 300 acres in
Greene County, on south side of Nolichucky River, adj. Robert McFarland. (Page
101. #72.).
LAND: 1788 TENNESSEE, Greene County Aug 23 Robert McFarland entered 400 acres
on south side of Sinking Creek, including John Crouch Cabin. (Page 43, grant
#641).
LAND: 1789 TENNESSEE, Greene County Aug 22 grant to Robert McFarland 331 acres
on south side of Nolachucky River (Grant #818).
COURT: 1790 TENNESSEE, Greene County May Common Pleas. Robert McFarland,
overseer of road from William McFarland's place, to river road near Long Creek;
Jesse Hopkins overseer of road from Lick Creek to William McFarlands (Page
158).
LAND: 1791 TENNESSEE, Greene County Nov 28 deed, Robert McFarland to Stephen
Pate, for 78 acres (Part of 200), on south side of Nolachucky River, grant #818
on 22 Aug 1789; signed Robert, Jane McFarland; witness, Benjamin McFarland.
(Book 2, page 197).
LAND: 1792 TENNESSEE, Greene County Aug 26, deed Robert McFarland to Benjamin
Armstrong, for 121 acres on south side of Nolachucky River, part of Grant
#818, in 1789. Witness, Alexander McFarland. (Book 2, page 217).
COL. ROBERT McFARLAND CEMETERY

LOCATION: ABOUT 6 AND ONE- HALF MILES SOUTHEAST OF MORRISTOWN ON SPRINGVALE PIKE.
THE FARM FOR MANY YEARS BELONGED TO THE McFARLANDS.

ROBERT McFARLAND MAR 15,1759-FEB 5, 1837

THE ROBERT MCFARLAND CHAPTER, SONS OF THE REVOLUTION, AT THE ANNUAL
MEETING MARCH 25TH, 1918 VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO DESIGNATE MARCH 15TH, WHICH IS THE
BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY OF COL. ROBERT MCFARLAND, AS THE ANNUAL MEETING DATE OF THIS
CHAPTER, IN MEMORY OF THE ONLY OFFICER OF THE REVOLUTION WHOSE REMAINS REST IN
HAMBLEN COUNTY SOIL, HE HAVING BEEN BURIED ON THE OLD PLANTATION NEAR SPRINGVALE, TENNESSEE.

COL. ROBERT MCFARLAND WAS A BOY OF SEVENTEEN AT THE BEGINNING OF THE
REVOLUTIONARY WAR AND RODE BY HIS FATHER'S SIDE TO THE BATTLE OF KING'S MOUNTAIN.

HE WAS BORN IN THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY IN VIRGINIA, MARCH 15TH, 1759 AND
DIED FEBRUARY 5TH, 1837. HE MARRIED MARGARET MCNUTT, THE FIRST WHITE
CHILD BORN SOUTH OF THE FRENCH BROAD RIVER. HIS FATHER WAS AN OFFICER
IN THE COLONIAL ARMY AND FATHER AND SON WERE PIONEERS IN THE WATAUGA
SETTLEMENT. HE WAS THE FATHER OF COL. ROBERT MCFARLAND THE THIRD, WHO
SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE WAR OF 1812. HIS GRANDSON, COL. ROBERT
MCFARLAND THE FOURTH, SERVED WITH THE CONFEDERATE ARMY IN THE CIVIL
WAR AND WAS AFTERWARD JUDGE OF THE SUPREME COURT OF TENNESSEE AND LIVED IN MORRISTOWN.

SIR JOHN MCFARLAND, OF ARROUQUAH, SCOTLAND, BORN THERE IN 1708 AND WHO
CAME TO VIRGINIA IN 1746, WAS THE AMERICAN HEAD OF THIS FAMILY AND THE
GRANDFATHER OF ROBERT MCFARLAND, THE SECOND.

WILLIAM CALLOWAY'S LIST OF LOYAL AMERICANS GIVES HIS NAME AND OATH OF
ALLEGIANCE TO VIRGINIA.

THE OLD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN AUGUSTA COUNTY, VIRGINIA, IN WHICH SR.
JOHN WAS AN ELDER, IS STANDING TODAY.

THIS HISTORY IS GIVEN AS THE REASON WHY THIS CHAPTER IS NAMED THE
ROBERT MCFARLAND CHAPTER, SONS OF THE REVOLUTION.

TAKEN FROM THE MINUTE BOOK OF ROBERT MCFARLAND CHAPTER.

COPIED DECEMBER 29,1936 - ADA RUTH NOE

Robert McFarland: Lieutenant-Captain, North Carolina Militia, $153.00 Annual Allowance $459.00 Amount Received April 24 1833 Pension Started Age 75 (1835 TN Pension Roll)

Commission Book of Governor John Sevier
April 2, 1796 - June 16, 1801
State of Tennessee
p. 26
Robert McFarland commissioned First Major of the regiment of Jefferson County, during good behaviour October 22nd 1799.

Robert married Mary Neal on 31 Aug 1805 in Jefferson Co., TN. Mary was born on 26 Dec 1775 in Virginia, United States; died in 1820 in Jefferson City, Jefferson, Tennessee, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Margaret Dibberty on 7 Jan 1778 in Botetourt County, VA. Margaret was born on 23 Dec 1759 in Virginia; died on 25 Jul 1803 in Jefferson Co., TN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Mary Weaver on 8 Mar 1821 in Jefferson Co., TN. Mary died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• DNA: Big Y testing on descendants of Enoch McFarland, son of William and Rebecca Kirkpatrick McFarland, have shown that this William is the son of Robert McFarland, eldest son of John and Mary Montgomery McFarland.
• Name: William McFarland BY3019-FT218687
• Possessions: 29 Jul 1793, Jefferson County, TN; A William McFarland purchased a North Carolina land grant #1201 for 100 acres on the north side of the Nolachucky on the waters of Bent Creek. This land is near possible brother Robert's land. Book A, p. 265
• Possessions: 1799, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA; William McFarland sells his 100 acres to Patrick Nenney for $1000 with Robert McFarland acting as his attorney in fact. So, this Wm. is now out of the area.
• Residence: 1800, Kentucky
• Residence: 1803, Beavercreek township, Greene County, Ohio
• Residence: 1807, Greene County, Ohio, USA
• Residence: 1807, Xenia Township, Greene County, OH
• Residence: 1808, Miscellaneous Townships, Greene County, OH
• Residence: 1810, Xenia Township, Greene County, OH
• Probate: 25 Dec 1816, Greene, Ohio, USA

Notes:

Mary Helen Haines notes:


A William McFarland appears in Greene County Tennessee records as a witness to various deeds as documents with John McFarland.

1793: July 29. William McFarland purchased a North Carolina land grant #1201 for 100 acres at a cost of 10 pounds for each 100 acres on the north side of the Nolachucky on waters of Bent Creek. Roll 16, Book 5, Image 240/328. (Jefferson Co. Deeds, p. 301. Bent Creek This is probably another son of Robert McFarland, b. 1730, who has been misidentified. He is married to Rebecca Kirkpatrick.

1799: Robert McFarland (Jr.), attorney in fact for William McFarland sold his 100 acres in Jefferson Co. to Patrick Nenney for $1000. Vol. D, p. 309 (p. 88). This indicates that William has left the area, and is likely the William McFarland who settles in Greene Co. Ohio by 1802. DNA has proved he is a son of Robert Sr.

The Kirkpatrick family has long been associated with these McFarlands and were neighbors and intermarried in PA, then moved to Rockbridge Co. VA and then to Greene Co. TN. This is probably where William met and married Rebecca, although there is no record.

Much earlier there are these records that are recorded in Gary Morris's site: Some have associated this William with the line of Robert McFarland that lived in Rockbridge Co. VA.

LINKS-COURT: 1786 August, Greene County, TN. Common Pleas, Justice William
McFarland (page 66).

LINKS-COURT: 1787, May Greene County, TN. Common Pleas, oaths of William
McFarland Esq., & James McFarland, that they each attended court 8 days as
witnesses in Joe Baits vs James King (page77).

LINKS-LAND: 1788, March 25 Greene County, TN Deed, Alexander Outlaw, to John
McFarland, for 200 acres on north side of Nolachucky...Witness, William
McFarland. (Book 3, page 107).

RESIDENCE: 1788 Greene County, Tennessee. 1788, Oct 15, Tn. Greene County,
Ewen Morgan married Abigail Netherton; bond by William McFarland and John
McFarland.

William married Rebecca Kirkpatrick about 1785. Rebecca (daughter of John Hugh Kirkpatrick and Jean Wilkins) was born on 4 Jan 1770 in Cumberland Co., PA; died on 31 May 1851 in Wilberforce, Xenia, Greene, Ohio, USA; was buried in Wilberforce, Greene County, Ohio, United States of America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1779, Rockbridge Co., VA
• Residence: 1783, Greene County, Tennessee
• Possessions: 1784, Greene County, Tennessee, USA; Warrant, 228 acres on south side of Nolichucky, opposite mouth of Little Chucky. Greene Book I, p. 199. Grant finalized 1787 as Patent #352
• Possessions: 1792, Greene County, Tennessee, USA; Joseph selling his property from his grant #352. 114 acres to John Robinson, 114 acres to James McFarland.
• Residence: 1793, Harrison County, Kentucky, USA
• Residence: 1810, Harrison, Kentucky
• Possessions: 1814, Harrison County, Kentucky; Bk. 4, p. 189. Joseph and Margaret McF. of Harrison Co. sell 100 a. on Indian Creek.
• Possessions: 8 Dec 1817, Greene Co., Ohio, USA; Bk. 6, p. 64. Joseph McF. pur. 100 a. of military survey #1560 to Horatio Gates, for $300, on waters of Massie's Creek.
• Residence: 1820, Xenia, Greene, Ohio, United States
• Possessions: 4 Mar 1823, Greene Co., Ohio, USA; Bk. 8, p. 634. Joseph for nat. love and affection, plus $100. sells 100 a. part of military survey #1560 on Massie's Creek to James McFarland. Witness Joseph White
• Residence: 1830, Xenia, Greene, Ohio, USA

Notes:

Mary Helen Haines notes:
There had been confusion about this Joseph McFarland. It was not until it became clear that Robert, b. 1730 had several more children unaccounted for, that it became obvious that the Joseph who patented land in 1783 in Greene Co. near Robert McFarland, and sold this land in 1792, was the cousin that Thomas Sims McFarland was referring to. Joseph and his brother John both lived in Rockbridge Co. briefly and married there. They then moved to Greene Co. (now Jefferson and Cocke Co.) near their siblings and father Robert Sr. (b. 1730). They sold their land and moved to Kentucky in the 1790s. Father Robert went to visit them, taking the family Bible. He died on the road, the Bible was lost, therefore the only sons anyone accounted for were the sons who stayed living in Jefferson Co.


From
Thomas Sims McFarland:

Simultaneously with the removal of my grandfather to Kentucky, came Joseph McFarland, a cousin, and also a brother-in-law, having married Margaret White. The family consisted of twelve children. Joseph purchased land adjoining that of grandfather's , on the north side. The family came to Ohio in 1809 and settled near Cedarville, Greene county. In a few years, several of the family with those of my grandfather, with whom they intermingled in marriage, moved to Adams county, Illinois, near what is now Camp Point, in 1822, and formed a nucleus, around which gathered hundreds of McFarlands, many still living in the same locality. My grandfather, William McFarland, served one year in the Revolutionary war, near the close.

Of the Joseph McFarland family, a cousin and brother-in-law of my grandfather, there were twelve children, namely Katharine, married John McFarland, born October 3rd 1782, and died in Adams county, Illinois. Robert, born April 1st 1784; Polly, April 1st, 1786; John A., born April 3rd, 1788; Joseph, born Sept. 3rd, 1790; Margaret, born Jan.12th., 1793; Tabitha, born June 28th, 1797, married John White; Martha born Nov. 8th, 1798, never married; James, born Sept.3rd, 1803; Priscilla, born Nov.8th., 1807, married George Currey, near Cedarville, Ohio, one child, now Mrs. James Milburn, of Cedarville; Thirza, born August 28th, 1809, married Uriah Lawrence. Joseph, the father, was born Feb.4th, 1761, and died Nov. 3rd, 1839, buried near Cedarville, Ohio. Margaret, his wife, was born May 8th, 1763, died Nov. 3rd, 1834.

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. "Simultaneously
with the removal of my grandfather to Kentucky, came Joseph McFarland, a
cousin, and also a brother-in-law, having married Margaret White. Joseph
purchased land adjoining that of grandfather's on the north side. The family
came to Ohio in 1809 and settled near Cedarville, Green County."

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). Joseph McFarland was a cousin of William (son of
Robert and Ester Houston), was born in 1761. Married Margaret White, born in
1763, a sister of Rebecca White, and daughter of John White and Katherine
EVANS. They first moved to Tennessee. In 1796 William and Joseph (cousins) and
their families moved to near Cynthiana, north of Lexington, Kentucky. Joseph
and wife Margaret and younger children moved to Greene County, Ohio, near
Cedarville in 1809. Margaret died there in 1834 and Joseph died there in 1839.
They were both buried in Cedarville Church Yard in Green County, Ohio

SOURCE: (From James McFarland Email) Chalkelys Scotch Irish of Virginia: Vol
1(II??) page 437 states that Margret White married James McFarland in later
Rockbridge Co. Another Email states that James married Rebecca White and
William married Margaret White. Their names are plainly written on the civil
lawsuit papers on file in Augusta County, VA. (NOTE: By Gary Morris. Since
it is questionable that another McFarland married a Margaret McFarland, it
seems suspicious enough to double check the original source. Chalkelys is
known for errors. Perhaps he transcribed Jas. as James, when the original
entry may have been Jos. for Joseph. Needs to be confirmed, as there is
reasonable doubt.

LINKS-TAXLIST: 1776-1779 PENNSYLVANIA, Cumberland County, Lack Township
(Cumberland Tax Lists 1750-1780. LDS microfilm # 21087, 21088, 21089). 1776
Joseph McFarland 60 acres, 2 horse, 1 cow. 1779 Joseph McFarlin 2 horses, 2
cows. PLACE: Lack Township now in Juniata County, PA.
NOTE: This must be either Joseph, son of William, or Joseph, son of Joseph, or
Joseph, son of Robert, all first cousins to each other.

PLACE: 1784-1797, State of Franklin (now Tennessee).

LAND: 1784, Jan. 16, Tenn., John McFarlan entered 228 acres on south side
Nolachucky River, opposite mouth of Little Chucky River; warrant 25 June
1784; granted to Joseph McFarland. (Book 1, page 199)

LINKS-TAXLIST: 1785 VIRGINIA, Washington County: Joseph.

LAND: 1787, Sep. 20, Tn., Greene Co., grant to Joseph McFarland, 228 acres on
south side of Chuckey River. (page 47, grant # 352.)

COURT: 1790, May, Tn., Greene Co. Common Pleas, Juror, James McFarland. Juror,
Joseph McFarland, in case of State -vs- David White. (page 160)

LAND: 1792, Aug. 6, Tn., Greene Co. Common Pleas, recorded deed, Joseph
McFarland to John Robinson, for 114 acres, on south side of Nolachucky River,
being part of a grant of 228 acres, #352 in Sept. 1787, to Joseph McFarland.
(page 260) (deeds book 2, page 193.)

LAND: 1792, Aug 6, Tn, Greene Co, Common Pleas, recorded deed, Joseph
McFarland to James McFarland, for 114 acres, on south side of Nolachucky River,
being part of a grant of 228 acres, #352 in Sept, 1787, to Joseph McFarland.
(Page 261.) (Deeds, book 2, page 203).

CENSUS: 1795 KENTUCKY, Harrison County.

LAND-LINKS: 1799, May 15, Tn., Greene Co., deed, John Robinson, to James
Cravens, for 114 acres, on south side of Nolachucky River, being part of a
grant of 228 acres, #352 in Sept. 1787, to Joseph McFarland. (book 3, page
268.)

TAXLIST: 1800 KENTUCKY, Harrison County. Joseph, William, and
Benjamin McFarland.

CENSUS: 1810 KENTUCKY, Harrison County. Joseph McFarlin 11301-22210. Page
317. Neighbors of John Smith, Francis Man, William Knight, John Berry, Abraham
Miller, Joseph Hendrix, Margarette Ross, Sary Neasit, Francis Anderson, Jacob
Carrabough, John Easton, Francis Anderson, George Easton, and Thomas Phillips.

MIGRATION: 1811, Joseph McFarland family moved from Harrison County,
Kentucky to Greene County, Ohio.

CENSUS: 1820 OHIO, Greene County, Xenia Township page 147. Joseph McFarland,
000101- 02101- 2.

TAXLIST: 1825 OHIO, Greene County. Joseph McFarland.

CENSUS: 1830 OHIO, Greene County, Town of Xenia. Joseph McFarland, 1 male
70-80, 2 females 20-30, 1 female 60-70. Page 300.

CEMETERY: OHIO, Greene County, Cedarville Township, Baptist Cemetery. Joseph
McFarland d. 29 Nov 1839, age 78y, 9m, 25d. Margaret died 8 Nov 1834, age 72y.
Martha, daughter of J & M died 1 Jan 1873, age 75 years. Greene County, Ohio
Cemetery Inscriptions (FHC Microfiche 6051045).

RESEARCHER-EMAIL: (1996) Corrinne Hannah Diller Email cdiller@juno.com.
Greene County, Ohio Queeries on internet. Born 16 Sepo 1954 Coldwater, OH,
dau of Weldon Hanna and Robert Norris. Descent of mary (Polly) McFarland (b.
1786 md. Aaron Brewer), dau of Joseph and Margaret (WHITE) Mc FARLAND. Has
much information on the Joseph McFarland family.

RESEARCHER-EMAIL: (1997) Donald L. Kear Email dlkgen@aol.com. Greene
County, Ohio Queeries on internet. Descent from daughter Mary McFarland who
married Aaron Brewer.

RESEARCHER-EMAIL: (1998) Researching a Joseph McFarland, relationship unknown.
EMail address slmorrow@hti.com.

RESEARCHER-EMAIL: (1999) Researching ancestors John A. McFarland and Rebecca
McFarland and also ancestor Arthur McFarland of Greene County, Ohio. Brenda
Bennett <BK_Snyder@wiu.edu>.

RESEARCHER-EMAIL: Timothy J. Forsythe <t4sythe@mailcity.com>.

Joseph married Margaret White in 1782 in Rockbridge, Virginia, USA. Margaret was born on 8 May 1763 in Augusta County, Virginia, United States of America; died on 8 Nov 1834 in Greene, Cty, OH; was buried in Cedarville, Greene County, Ohio, United States of America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Burial: Lick Creek Cemetery, Beech Grove, Marion Co., Indiana
• Residence: Virginia
• Birth: 1 Oct 1769, Bedford, Virginia
• Residence: Between 1800 and 1884, Marion, Indiana, USA
• Possessions: 1801, Harrison County, KY; Bk. 1, p. 614. Benjamin McF. pur. 100 a. on Twin Creek, south fork of Licking R.
• Possessions: 1805, Clark County, Kentucky; There is a record of a deed of land in Clark County, Kentucky bought by Charles Gentry of Benjamin McFarland in 1805.
• Residence: 1810, Harrison, Kentucky, United States
• Possessions: 1813, Harrison County, KY; Bk. 4, p. 70. Benjamin and Mary McF. sell the Twin Cr. property
• Residence: 1814, Campbell County, Kentucky, USA
• Residence: 1820, Grant County, Kentucky, USA
• Residence: 1826, Perry Township, Marion Co., Indiana
• Residence: 1830, Perry, Marion, Indiana, USA
• Residence: 1833, Marion Co., Indiana
• Residence: 1840, Perry, Marion, Indiana, USA
• Residence: 1 Jun 1840, Perry, Marion, Indiana
• Residence: 1850, Perry, Marion, Indiana
• Residence: 1850, Perry, Marion, Indiana, USA
• Residence: 1860, Perry, Marion, Indiana

Notes:

Mary Helen Haines notes:
Found this marriage note in Campbell Co. KY
McFARLAND, Jane E to John McCollum-6 Nov 1823-bondsman William Martin, consent by father Benjamin McFarland, witness Isabel McFarland, Jane in "22nd year of age"

Taken from: History of Indianapolis and Marion County, Indiana
by B. R. Sulgrove
Philadelphia L.H. Everts & Co. 1884
Chapter XXIV Perry Township pages 587 - 588

" Dr. Benjamin McFarland and his family moved from Campbell County, Kentucky in 1826, (to Indiana) and settled on Lick Creek, half a mile east of the Shelby Pike. He was the first settler in this county who practiced the healing art. He made himself very useful to the early settlers as a physician. He built the first sawmill on Lick Creek and soon after added a gristmill, so as to furnish his neighbors both bread and lumber. He had two sons , Samuel and William, both living in the neighborhood, enterprising and respectable citizens. He had two daughters, Jane E. (who married John McCollum) and Eliza (who married Thomas N. Thomas). Benjamin McFarland died at the house of his son Samuel McFarland in the year 1860, in the ninetieth year of his age, his wife having died some years previous. The McFarland family has a marked individuality. They have always been in the advance from a moral and educational standpoint. "

The following are notes from the McFarland genealogy website of Gary Morris: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hollow/8143/genealogy/mcfarland/rbtlanc.txt --
***** 34 ***** Benjamin McFARLAND, son of Robert McFARLAND and Martha _____, was
born about Oct 1769 in Bedford County, Virginia, died 11 Apr 1860 in Marion
County, Indiana, buried in Lick Creek Cem, Beech Grove, Marion County, Indiana.
Benjamin married (1) about 1794 in Tennessee(?) to Martha STINSON born about 1770
in Tennessee(?). Benjamin married (2) about 1800 in Kentucky(?) to Mary
RATCLIFFE born 6 Jul 1773 in Tennessee(?), died 7 Apr 1855 in Marion County,
Indiana, buried in Lick Creek Cem, Beech Grove, Marion County, Indiana.

----- NOTES FOR Benjamin McFARLAND:
RESIDENCE: Came to Tennessee and settled on the French Broad River near the
later village of Dandridge. Benjamin may have stopped in Montgomery County for
a short while. Mentioned in THE MYTH OF SIR JOHN MACFARLANE 1997,1998 by James
A. McFarland (C)ole Creek Productions, Inc. Tulsa, OK, copy at Houston Public
Library (Clayton Branch).
RESIDENCE: Lived 1801 Campbell County, Kentucky to perhaps after 1816, at
least in Kentucky.

===CHILDREN of Benjamin McFARLAND and Martha STINSON

118 Martha McFARLAND b abt 1795 Tennessee(?).

===CHILDREN of Benjamin McFARLAND and Mary RATCLIFFE

119 Jane McFARLAND b 5 Jan 1801 Campbell County, Kentucky, d
1 Jul 1870 Marion County, Indiana, bu Southport Cem,
Southport, Marion County, Indiana.
120 Thomas McFARLAND b 23 Mar 1803 Kentucky, d 5 Feb 1850
Indiana.
121 Isabel McFARLAND b 2 Mar 1805 Kentucky, d 29 Sep 1838
Marion County, Indiana, bu Lick Creek Cem, Beech Grove,
Marion County, Indiana.
+ 122 Samuel McFARLAND b 1810 Kentucky. M Margretta _____.
123 Eliza McFARLAND b 17 Jan 1811 Kentucky, d 24 Jul 1895
Lick Creek Cem, Beech Grove, Marion, Indiana.
124 Robert McFARLAND b abt 1816 Kentucky.

RESIDENCE: Came to Tennessee and settled on the French Broad River near the
later village of Dandridge. Benjamin may have stopped in Montgomery County for
a short while. Mentioned in THE MYTH OF SIR JOHN MACFARLANE 1997,1998 by James
A. McFarland (C)ole Creek Productions, Inc. Tulsa, OK, copy at Houston Public
Library (Clayton Branch).
RESIDENCE: Lived 1801 Campbell County, Kentucky to perhaps after 1816, at
least in Kentucky.

Benjamin married Mary Ratcliff on 20 Feb 1800 in Woodford Co., KY. Mary was born in 1770 in Virginia; died on 5 Apr 1855 in Marion Co., Indiana; was buried in Beech Grove, Marion County, Indiana, United States of America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Benjamin married Martha Stinson about 1794 in prob. Tennessee. Martha was born in 1770; died before 1800 in Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _MILT: 1792, 93, Knox County, Tennessee, USA
• Question: 1756
• _MILT: 1774, Bedford Co., Virginia
• Residence: Bef 1784, Montgomery County, VA
• Residence: 1784, South of the French Broad River, Indian Territory, USA
• Possessions: 1787, Greene County, Tennessee; 600 acres on the north side of the French Broad River at Long Creek. His name does not appear on the South of Broad petition list anymore.
• Residence: 1790, Knox County, Tennessee, United States
• Possessions: 1791, Greene County, Tennessee, USA; 600 acres on the south side of the French Broad at Boyd's Creek. This would be near the McFarland's land. James Evans and Joseph Evans, chain carriers. Are these his sons or brothers?
• Possessions: 1793, Greene County, Tennessee, United States of America; 300 acres on north side of French Broad to Nathaniel and Joseph Evans.
• Possessions: 1797, Long Creek property; Nathaniel Evans Deed to Andrew Evans, Sr. (Both of Sevier Co.) dated Sept. 1797, 500 acres for $1000. Formerly a part of Green Co. on the waters of Long Creek on the head of the long Branch adj. Nathaniel Evans, as by Patent No. 1325.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1784, South of the French Broad River, Indian Territory, USA

Notes:

It is possible that this John Hunter moved out of the territory. Some say Kentucky, but no public tree so far that I have found lists children for this couple.

John married Susanna Preston on 16 Apr 1785 in Bedford Co., VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Elizabeth married John May, in 1779 in Bedford Co. VA. The marriage consent was given by John Hunter on April 19, 1779 in Bedford Co.

The May family was neighbors to the Hunters and Martins in Rockingham Co.

Elizabeth married John Wesley May on 21 Apr 1779 in Bedford Co., VA. John was born on 27 Feb 1757 in Buckingham Co., VA; died on 20 May 1844 in Rockingham Co., NC. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Patented land on Falling River. Various trees say he married Nov. 24, 1784 in Bedford to Nancy taylor Jones. They differ on his death. Most say 1804. Others say 1818, and one says 1830.

Alexander married Nancy Jones on 24 Nov 1784 in Campbell Co. VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

CAMPBELL CHRONICLES and FAMILY SKETCHES

Embracing the History of CAMPBELL COUNTY, VIRGINIA
1782-1926
By R. H. EARLY
With Illustrations
J. P. BELL COMPANY
LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA 1927

-Robert lived and died at Clover Green, his father's old home, and had a large
family, though his will, written in 1827, mentions only his sons, Robert to whom
he had lent money, and Ellis, who, with Robert, was appointed executor; and a
daughter, Jane S. Rogers, to whom he had also advanced money. A $3O,OOO bond was
required of the executors, for which Washington Hunter furnished security.

1815-Robert Hunter, Jr., patented land, 85 1/2 acres adjoining Jones, Glass,
Tanner and Martin, on Reedy creek, and Stonewall road. Colonel Richard Lewis
Hunter, youngest son of Robert, Sr., moved to Milledgeville, Ga., and his
daughter, Molly, married Judge L. C. Hall of Dardanelles, Arkansas. In 1813
Robert Hunter patented 28 acres on the ridge between Wreck Island and Reedy
creeks. Thomas Hunter, in 1795, married Jemmia Fields, and patented land, 14 3/4
acres, adjoining Jones and Wilson. John Hunter patented 11OO acres on Martin's
creek and a branch of Falling river in 1815. Robert Hunter added to his Reedy
creek land in 1844.

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During the lifetime of Thomas Jefferson, as he would travel to his home in Poplar Forest he would stop at Robert Hunter's Tavern. The information comes from a journal, see link below.

Description of Thomas Jefferson's journey to Poplar Forest retreat http://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/route-to-poplar-forest
Mile 66.59
"Hunter's breakfast 2.08." Robert Hunter's tavern was on what is now State Route 24 near Concord on the present Campbell-Appomattox county line. In the eyes of his granddaughters, even on the third day on the road, Jefferson was the ideal travelling companion: "His cheerful conversation, so agreeable and instructive, his singing as we journeyed along, made the time pass pleasantly, even travelling through the solitudes of Buckingham and Campbell counties over indifferent roads."

The Tavern is approximately 15 miles east of Forest. And Forest is only about 7 miles east on Hwy 221 from where the McFarlands lived just east of the Otter River.

Robert married Nancy Ellis on 1 Oct 1793. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

According to some notes, but not personally verified by me, James moved in 1804 to Logan Co. KY, and is the father of Hiram A. Hunter (1800-1883) a famous minister.

http://www.cumberland.org/hfcpc/minister/HunterHA.htm

The subject of this brief biographical sketch was a son of James and Elizabeth Hunter. He was born on the thirteenth of August, 1800, in Campbell county, Virginia, and was a Scotch-Irish extraction. About the year 1804 his father removed with his family to Kentucky and settled in Russellville, Logan county. Here he was raised and educated. His father was in good circumstances and gave his son as good an education as the facilities of the country at that time would afford.

From the site below are listed the facts about the the family and their children.

http://www.cumberland.org/hfcpc/minister/Hunter.htm

James Hunter
[son of John Hunter and Rachel McFarland]
born: 17 January 1769 - Campbell County, Virginia
died: 4 January 1815 - Logan County, Kentucky
buried: Maple Grove Cemetery - Logan County, Kentucky
married: 1797 -
wife: Elizabeth Howlett
[daughter of ? Howlett and ? ?]
born: 25 March 1773 - Campbell County, Virginia
died: 29 July 1835 - Logan County, Kentucky
buried: Maple Grove Cemetery - Logan County, Kentucky

Children of James Hunter and Elizabeth Howlett Hunter:

1. Adeline M. Hunter
born: 28 January 1798 -
died:
buried:
married: 14 October 1813 -
husband: William Curd

2 Hiram Abiff Hunter
Cumberland Presbyterian Minister
born: 13 August 1800 [twin] - near Lynchburg, Campbell County,Virginia
died: 4 November 1883 - Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
buried: Cave Hill -
1850 Census - Fayette County, Pennsylvania [Hiram Hutner, age 45, Cum. Presby. Minister]
1860 Census - Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky [Rev. H. A. Hunter, age 60, Clergyman]
1870 Census - Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky [Hiram Hunter, age 69, Presbyterian Preacher]
1st marriage:
1st wife: Agnes F. Cowardin
[daughter of ? Cowardin and ? ?]
born: c1800 -
died: 28 September 1829 - Washington, Knox County, Indiana
buried:

Children of Hiram Abiff Hunter and Agnes Cowardin Hunter:

2.1. Hiram Abiff Hunter, Jr.
born:
died:
buried:
In 1883 lived in Topeka, Kansas

2nd marriage of Rev. Hiram Abiff Hunter, Sr.: 13 April 1836 - Gibson County, Indiana
2nd wife of Rev. Hiram Abiff Hunter, Sr.: Susannah R. Robb
[daughter of David Barr Robb and Nancy Eckley]
born: 18 May 1808 - Hazleton, Gibson County, Indiana
died: 1835 - Gibson County, Indiana
buried:

Children of Hiram Abiff Hunter, Sr. and Susannah R. Robb Hunter:

2.2. Francis Robb Hunter
born: 1832 - Princeton, Gibson County, Indiana
died:

2.3. David Eckley Hunter
born: 6 January 1834 - Princeton, Gibson County, Indiana
died: 18 January 1892 - Bloomington, Indiana
buried:
From 1876-1882 lived in Washington, Indiana
In 1883 lived in Bloomington, Indiana
married: 23 December 1856 - Bloomington, Indiana
wife: Elizabeth Rebecca Mitchell
[daughter of Pleasant Lorenzo Dow Mitchell and Mary Ann Ketcham]
born: 15 October 1836 - Shelby County, Kentucky
died: 21 July 1926 - Bloomington, Indiana
buried:

Children of David Eckley Hunter and Elizabeth Rebecca Mitchell Hunter:

2.3.1. Lucy Josephine Hunter

2.3.2. Frank Eckley Hunter
born: 11 January 1858 -
died: - El Paso, Texas
married: 18 November 1886 - Bloomington, Indiana
wife: Mary Edith Howe

Child of Frank Eckley Hunter and Mary Edith Howe Hunter:

2.3.2.1. Herbert Howe Hunter
born: 25 June 1888 - El Paso, Texas
died:

2.3.3. Julie Mitchell Hunter
born: 1860 -
died: 1872 -

2.3.4. Jane Embree Hunter
born: 1862 -
died: 1863 -

2.3.5. Ralph Robb Hunter
born: 1865 -
died: 1876 -

2.3.6. George Dow Hunter
born: 18 April 1867 -
died: 1940 - Houston, Texas
married: 18 October 1898 - New Albany, Indiana
wife: Otta Bernie Chase

2.3.7. Mary Ketcham Hunter
born: 22 September 1869 -
died: 1888 - Connersville, Indiana

2.3.8. Nora Elizabeth Hunter
born: 30 March 1872 - Princeton, Gibson County, Indiana
died: 12 November 1940 - Grand Rapids, Michigan

2.3.9. Bruce Shields Hunter
born: 1874 -
died: 1875 -

2.3.10. Paul Foskett Hunter
born: 3 July 1877 -
died: Madison, Wisconsin

3rd marriage of Rev. Hiram Abiff Hunter, Sr.:
3rd wife of Rev. Hiram Abiff Hunter, Sr.: Mary J. McNeely
[daughter of ? McNeely and ? ?]
born: c1810 -
died: between 1837 and 1844
buried:

Children of Hiram Abiff Hunter, Sr. and Mary J. McNeely Hunter:

2.4. Robert H. Hunter
born: c1837 - Indiana
died:
buried:
1850 Census - Fayette County, Pennsylvania [Robert Hunter, age 13]
In 1883 lived in Las Vegas, New Mexico

4th marriage of Rev. Hiram Abiff Hunter, Sr.: 10 September 1844 - Daviess County, Kentucky
4th wife of Rev. Hiram Abiff Hunter, Sr.: Emaline B. or M. "Emma"Griffith
[daughter of ]
born: c1820 - Kentucky
died:
buried:
1850 Census - Fayette County, Pennsylvania [Emma Hunter, age 33]
1860 Census - Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky [Emma Hunter, age 47]
1870 Census - Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky [Emma Hunter, age 57]
In 1883 lived in 435 East Madison street Louisville, Kentucky

Children of Hiram Abiff Hunter, Sr. and Emaline B. or M. Griffith Hunter:

2.5. Mary E. Hunter
born: c1848 - Kentucky
died:
buried:
1850 Census - Fayette County, Pennsylvania [Mary E. Hunter, age 2]
1860 Census - Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky [Mary Hunter, age 12]
1870 Census - Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky [Mary Hunter, age 20]
In 1883 lived in Elizabethtown, Kentucky
husband: George E. Foskett
Minister - Methodist Episcopal Church South
born:
died:
buried:

2.6. Emma H. Hunter
born: c1852 - Pennsylvania
died:
buried:
1860 Census - Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky [Emma Hunter, age 9]
1870 Census - Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky [Emma H. Hunter, age 18]
In 1883 lived in 435 East Madison street Louisville, Kentucky with her mother

2.7. Alice G. Hunter
born: c1854 - Pennsylvania
died:
buried:
1860 Census - Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky [Alice Hunter, age 7]
1870 Census - Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky [Allice Hunter, age 16]
In 1883 lived in 435 East Madison street Louisville, Kentucky with her mother

3. Thomas Howlett Hunter
born: 13 August 1800 [twin] - near Lynchburg, Campbell County, Virginia
died:
buried:
1840 Census - Logan County, Kentucky [Thomas H. Hunter, age 30-40]
1850 Census - District 2, Logan County, Kentucky [Thomas H. Hunter, age 49, Teacher]
1850 Census - District 2, Logan County, Kentucky [Thos. H. Hunter, age 60, School Teacher]
married: 8 May 1823 - Logan County, Kentucky
wife: Martha "Patsy" Allen
[daughter of Beverly Anthony Allen and Anna Singletary]
born: c1803 - Kentucky
died:
buried:
1840 Census - Logan County, Kentucky [female, age 30-40)
1850 Census - District 2, Logan County, Kentucky [Martha Hunter, age 46]
1860 Census - District 2, Logan County, Kentucky [Martha Hunter, age 57]

Children of Thomas Howlett Hunter and Martha Allen Hunter:

3.1. Sarah Adeline Hunter
born: 1824 - Logan County, Kentucky
married 1st: before 1850 - ? Martin
married 2nd before 1860: ? Whitlow
1850 Census - District 2, Logan County, Kentucky [Sarah A. Martin, age 26]

3.2. Hiram Dulaney Hunter
born: 1832 - Kentucky
died:
1850 Census - District 2, Logan County, Kentucky [Hiram D. Hunter, age 18, farmer]

3.3. Mary E. Hunter
born: c1834 - Kentucky
1850 Census - District 2, Logan County, Kentucky [Mary E. Hunter, age 16]
1860 Census - District 2, Logan County, Kentucky [Mary E. Hunter, age 26]

3.4. Robert B. Hunter
born: c1836 - Kentucky
1850 Census - District 2, Logan County, Kentucky [Robert B. Hunter, age 14]
1860 Census - District 2, Logan County, Kentucky [Robt. b. Hunter, age 23, Nursery laborer]

3.5. Permelia A. Hunter
born: c1839 - Kentucky
1850 Census - District 2, Logan County, Kentucky [Permelia A. Hunter, age 11]
1860 Census - District 2, Logan County, Kentucky [Permele A. Hunter, age 19]

3.6. Boanerbes Clay Hunter
born: 22 February 1842 - Kentucky
died:
1850 Census - District 2, Logan County, Kentucky [Brad. C. Hunter, age 10]
1860 Census - District 2, Logan County, Kentucky [B. C. Hunter, age 17, Farm laborer]

4. James Madison Hunter
born: 2 June 1803 -
died: January 1, 1871
buried:
married: 7 August 1823 -
wife: Julia Ann Simpson
[daughter of Richard Duke Simpson and Henrietta Williams]
born: 14 February 1806 - Kentucky

Children of James Madison Hunter and Julia Ann Simpson Hunter:

4.1. Duke W. Hunter
Physician
born: 27 October 1832 - near Kansas City, Missouri
died: 1913
Attended Cumberland Univeristy in Lebanon, Wilson County, Tennessee
wife: Ann Elmore
[daughter of Physic Rush Elmore and Susan Tyler Du Val Nesbitt]
born: c1849

5. Elizabeth May Hunter
born: 1805 -
died:
buried:
married: 8 April 1822 -
husband: Degrafton Read

6. Thurza P. Hunter
born: 1809 -
died:
buried:

7. Henrietta Hunter
born: 1811 -
died:
buried:
married:
husband: Pope Sale

8. Rachel McFarland Hunter
born: 1814 -
died:
buried:
married:
husband: Thomas E. Wilcox

James married Elizabeth Howlett on 1 Feb 1798 in Bedford Co., VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Fields. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Buncombe, North Carolina, USA
• Residence: 1800, Morgan, Buncombe, North Carolina
• Residence: 1808, East Fork of Pigeon River
• Residence: 6 Aug 1810, Haywood, North Carolina, USA
• _MILT: 1812, Haywood Co., NC
• Possessions: 16 Dec 1828, Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri, USA; Three patents totaling 240 a. issued to John McFarland and heirs of John McFarland Sr. #514, 515, 516. Patent issued after his death, and son John buys out the interests of his siblings, and then sells to Joseph.

Notes:

Mary Helen Haines notes:

Alternative birth date: Feb. 25, 1764 according to Bible Record submitted by Lucille McFarland in 1989
Alternative death date: July 10, 1820

Bible record coming from Nancy Caroline McFarland says John was born Feb. 28, 1764, died July 10, 1820. Rebecca McFarland born April 26, 1770, died Sept. 14, 1816.

1784: "Petition of the People Setled Over french Broad river on the pidgen rivers" made April-June 1884 includes John Mcfarlad Sene, John Mcfarland, Samuel jeck, John Mcnute, along with Wm Willoughby, Jesse Evans, Andrew Evins, Alexander Montgomery, William Boyd, Silas George, and many others.

1788: another petition to the North Carolina Assembly asking for pre-emption status and relief from the depredations by Indians includes: Alex. Ward, George McNutt, then about 20 down in the list is Wm Bell, John McFarland, George McFarland, Alexr Rodgers, ? Campbell, and Samuel Jack all next to one another, Near is Benj McFarland, and David Staurt.

It is not clear exactly where this place is, although it is most likely what becomes Cocke Co. TN judging from the records below, unless the borders were so fluid that this land was actually the North Carolina land that they finally get deeds to in the early 1800s.

1789: another petition is signed by Wm. Cathey, near Adam Lowery, James Lowery, Wm. Houston, John Finley, George Ewing.

In 1790 the border between TN and NC was set and the records begin in Greene Co. TN and then Jefferson Co. when it was formed. By 1800 census the McFarlands are in Buncombe Co. NC census and all records appear there.

Tennessee records:
My ancestor James E. McFarland always listed his birth as Jefferson County Tennessee, and he was born in 1795.

John Jr. appears in various records in the 1790s as he witnesses wills for the Wards. His children from John born in 1787 to John in 1795 list their birthplaces as Tennessee on 1850 censuses.

1796: John Ward, Co. of Jefferson, land on Big Pigeon, sons Cyrus, John, daug. Mary. John McFarland appt. executor, witness John McFarland, Jr., Matthew Bell. Inventory, Feb. 20th 1796. ( The wife of John Ward is considered to be Rachel McFarland, daughter of John McFarland Sr.

John Ward is probably the brother of Alexander Ward. The Wards were neighbors in the Reed Creek area of VA, and the two girls Rachel and Mary probably married there before the move. However the Ward family also moved to the same area in TN as the McFarlands.)

1799: deed to Robert McFarland for 250 acres on Bent Creek, Vol. D, p. 304, wit. John McFarland.

1799: John McF. Jr. and Matthew Bell witness to will of Samuel Jack in Jefferson Co. Two of John Sr.'s sons married Jack girls. Benjamin McFarland married Ruth Buchanan Jack, July 31, 1788 in Greene Co. records, and George married Sally Jack in Jan. 5, 1793 in Greene Co. records.

So, the question is....did the family move or did new lines get drawn that established the land they lived in became North Carolina?

North Carolina Records:
Buncombe County NC records:

1800 Census in Buncombe Co. NC has John McFarland Sr., George, Reuben, James, William, and John Jr.

Land Records:
Buncombe County, NC.
Deed Book 4, p. 472. John McFarlin purchases 122 acres on the waters of the Pigeon River, the "flowery garden" for $62. from John Strothers on Oct. 22, 1799. (It is impossible to know which John purchased this acreage, although it would seem to be this one.)
Deed Book 9, p. 320. John McF. Jr. buys 100 acres on the Pigeon from George McFarlin in Nov. 1804, the same 100 acres he had sold to him in 1802 in Book 7, p. 160.
Deed Book 7, p. 557. John McFarland has a land grant from N.C. #1506 for 150 acres on the Pigeon River. on June 27, 1806.

John McFarland served as a Senator for the State Legislature for North Carolina representing Buncombe Co. in 1808 according to A History of Buncombe County North Carolina, by F.A. Sondley, p. 801.

Haywood Co. is formed from Buncombe Co. in 1808 at the request of the residents of this area, including John McFarland. He is found in early records as a grand jury member along with Jacob McFarland, Daniel Fleming, William Deaver, David McFarland, and George Cathey.In 1808 in the founding document of the county, John McFarland was named a commissioner in charge of erecting public buildings, etc. They laid the foundation at Mt. Prospect, which became Waynesville, the county seat.

Haywood County celebrated their centennial by writing a county history. On page 12, "Higher up the river (Pigeon), on the East and West fork, settlements were made some years later than those lower down. Among those who first bought land on East Fork, the name of John McFarland, William Cathey, and Elijah Deaver, who moved there previous to 1808, are found." Descriptions of the land where they settled include: "The Pigeon River, as it winds its course among the verdant hills...It forms as beautiful a valley as can be found in North Carolina. Richland Creek, with its rippling, laughing waters...Jonathan's Creek, a meandering mountain torrent, rises among the peaks and winds through a beautiful valley with lofty mountains on either side..."

In the first book of Haywood County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions (FHL 463089) John McFarland appears frequently. Because John McFarland, husband of Mary Kinder is presumed dead, and John McFarland, born 1787 is just coming of age, the records of John McFarland as Capt. and Esquire, and Justice, and Senator, must belong to John born 1764. He is referred to as Capt. John McFarland, and John McFarland, Esq. in the records of 1809. He is a Justice of the Peace along with people like Thomas Love, William Deaver, and John Dobson, and a State Senator representing Buncombe Co. in 1808, and Haywood in 1811, 1812, 1813, and 1814.

Haywood County NC records:
Minutes, County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions 1809-1815 for Haywood County:
First Vol., p. 2 the opening session that takes place on the fourth Monday in March, 1809 at Mount Prospect, John McFarland Esq. is listed as one of the Justices of Peace. Again, it is hard to know which John McFarland, but I am assuming it is John with wife Rebecca due to his middle age. There is no separate designation to differentiate him from his father. He is referred to as Capt. John McFarland on various pages (p. 9, 21, and is in charge of a company of militia, and therefore collector of taxes in 1810. The McFarlands appear in court records as jurors, road overseers, justices. The last record is a reference to a deed from Jacob McFarland to Dan McDowell for 67 acres dated September 19, 1815.

When Haywood County was formed John McFarland served as Haywood County's state Senator for the years, 1811 through 1814. Source: The Centennial of Haywood County, by W.C. Allen, p. 37.

Court Order #7, March 27-29, 1809 session (p. 21-22 of Early History of Haywood County, by Medford) "John McFarland appt. overseer "from the burnt schoolhouse, up Jonathans Creek across the mountain (Soco Gap) to the first crossing of Soco Creek"

Haywood County Militia in 1812: There are four McFarland listings in the records for Haywood County. James, in the 16th Co. Regiment, John in the 16th Co. Regiment, John in the 12th Co. Regiment, and then James in an unknown company.

Land Records:
Haywood County, NC:
Deed Book A, p. 16, State of North Carolina #1715. 160 acres purchase by John McFarland, Sr. at cost of 50 shillings for every 100 acres. County of Buncombe, east fork of the Pigeon River, including both sides where said McFarling now lives. Beginning on north side of William Cathey's branch, with Elijah Deaver's line. Entered Ap. 5, 1808. Warrant was originally issued to Joseph Henry. Signed by George Cathey and John Patton.

Deed Book A, p. 67. Feb. 10, 1809. John McFarland purchased 150 acres on east side of Pigeon River from Michael Defedellar for $300. The land adjoins John McFarland and John Gulbright. Witness: John McFarland Jr. Signed Michael Defedellar.

Deed Book A, p. 70. Feb. 10, 1809. John McFarland purchased 75 acres for $400. on east side of Pigeon River, adjoining Joseph Dobson on the south. Witness: John McFarland Jr., Michael Defedellar. (The John Jr. would be the John who married Mary Fleming.)

Deed Book A, p. 571, the recording made of John McFarland appointing William Dever "my truly and well-beloved friend William Dever of the county and state aforesaid my true and lawful attorney" and he is empowered to sell my lands. Dated April 10, 1815.

Deed Book B, p. 286. Dated April 10, 1815, but not entered into records until January 1826. This records the sale of four parcels of land to William Dever for $800. total. These are on the east side of the Pigeon River, one for 200 acres, another is unspecified amount, another for 75 acres, and the last for 150 acres.
This indicates that the move to Missouri took place shortly after.

Missouri Records:
Ste. Genevieve Deed Book C, pp. 148-49. George Cathey of Ste. Genevieve Co. Missouri Territory sells to John McFarland for $100. his pre-emption claim on the northside of Back Creek. Dated Nov. 29, 1816, witnessed by Reuben McFarland. (This land probably is the land in Sect. 7, 35 N, 7 E, just north of Reuben's.)

Tax Records for Ste. Genevieve Co. for 1821 to 1824 show McFarlands: Jacob, James, Jesse, John Sr., John Jr. John Andrew, and Reuben.

Sale Bill of the Estate of John McFarland, Ste. Genevieve Missouri, on Sept. 14, 1820. Appraisers: Alen Richards, Wingate Jackson, William Holmes. Most of the purchasers at the sale were Mary, John, James, Reubin, Jesse McFarland. Also were Bailey Fleming, Joseph Hughes, William Holmes.

Final Dispostion of John's land in Ste. Genevieve: Range 7E, Township 35N, Sect. 12 and is land patent #514 that dated to 1828, takes place in Deed Book G, pp. 63-67 where the various brothers and sisters of John McFarland, Jr. are paid $30.00 each for their part of the inheritance of land near present-day Avon community that they claimed together in 1828. This list includes Anna and Joseph Hughes, Jacob and Mary McFarland, William B. and Nancy McFarland, Sally H. and Carroll George, Nancy C. and Alexander Sloan, Arthur, James and Joseph McFarland. The land is 240 acres and each brother/sister is paid for their part: the total divided by 8. This puts in question Rebecca McFarland. The only thing I can think is that since she and her husband had not moved to Missouri with the rest of the children, she was not a part of the original claim, therefore not to receive a part, but that seems odd.

St. Francois Co. formed in 1821.

Back in Haywood County:
"William Dever, agent for the heirs of John McFarland, to the members of the Baptist Church of the Locust Old Field. For love and friendship which sd McFarland had to the followers of Jesus Christ and to encourage the cause of Zion, 3 acres and 24 perches, more or less, on the headwaters of North Hominy, including the Locust Old Field Meeting House and burying ground; beginning on a white oak bush. Signed John McFarlin by his agent Wm Dever.. Test Elijah Dever Junr. R. Osburn, ackd by Dever in open court. Reg. 24 Nov. 1826. From: Abstracts of Haywood County, North Carolina. Deeds Books A-C, 1809-1838, Bille Eddleman, p. 116.

This cemetery can be found in Canton, at the intersection of Academy Street, Pennsylvania, and Locust. Find a Grave's listing is http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=1981635

Mary Helen Haines notes: Research on John's presence in Tennessee has not been verified by me in the records. There are records that John McFarland received 228 acres in 1784 on the Nolachucky River opposite the mouth of the Little Chucky River. This would have been Greene Co. at the time, then it would be Jefferson County when Jefferson was formed in 1792, and then it would be Cocke Co. after 1797. My ancestor James E. McFarland always listed his birth as Jefferson County Missouri. MHH

North Carolina Records:
Minutes, County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions 1809-1815 for Haywood County:
First Vol., p. 2 the opening session that takes place on the fourth Monday in March, 1809 at Mount Prospect, John McFarland Esq. is listed as one of the Justices of Peace. Again, it is hard to know which John McFarland, but I am assuming it is John with wife Rebecca due to his middle age. There is no separate designation to differentiate him from his father. He is referred to as Capt. John McFarland on various pages (p. 9, 21, and is in charge of a company of militia, and therefore collector of taxes in 1810. The McFarlands appear in court records as jurors, road overseers, justices. The last record is a reference to a deed from Jacob McFarland to Dan McDowell for 67 acres dated September 19, 1815.

John McFarland served as a Senator for the State Legislature for North Carolina representing Buncombe Co. in 1808 according to A History of Buncombe County North Carolina, by F.A. Sondley, p. 801.

Land Records:
Buncombe County, NC.
Deed Book 4, p. 472. John McFarlin purchases 122 acres on the waters of the Pigeon River, the "flowery garden" for $62. from John Strothers on Oct. 22, 1799.
Deed Book 9, p. 320. John McF. Jr. buys 100 acres on the Pigeon from George McFarlin in Nov. 1804, the same 100 acres he had sold to him in 1802 in Book 7, p. 160.
Deed Book 7, p. 557. John McFarland has a land grant from N.C. #1506 for 150 acres on the Pigeon River. on June 27, 1806.

Haywood County, NC:
Deed Book A, p. 571, the recording made of John McFarland appointing William Dever "my truly and well-beloved friend William Dever of the county and state aforesaid my true and lawful attorney" and he is empowered to sell my lands. Dated April 10, 1815.
Deed Book B, p. 286. Dated April 10, 1815, but not entered into records until January 1826. This records the sale of four parcels of land to William Dever for $800. total. These are on the east side of the Pigeon River, one for 200 acres, another is unspecified amount, another for 75 acres, and the last for 150 acres.
This indicates that the move to Missouri took place shortly after.

Missouri Records:
Ste. Genevieve Deed Book C, pp. 148-49. George Cathey of Ste. Genevieve Co. Missouri Territory sells to John McFarland for $100. his pre-emption claim on the northside of Back Creek. Dated Nov. 29, 1816, witnessed by Reuben McFarland. (This land probably is the land in Sect. 7, 35 N, 7 E, just north of Reuben's.)

Tax Records for Ste. Genevieve Co. for 1821 to 1824 show McFarlands: Jacob, James, Jesse, John Sr., John Jr. John Andrew, and Reuben.

Sale Bill of the Estate of John McFarland, Ste. Genevieve Missouri, on Sept. 14, 1820. Appraisers: Alen Richards, Wingate Jackson, William Holmes. Most of the purchasers at the sale were Mary, John, James, Reubin, Jesse McFarland. Also were Bailey Fleming, Joseph Hughes, William Holmes.

Final Dispostion of John's land in Ste. Genevieve: Range 7E, Township 35N, Sect. 12 and is land patent #514 that dated to 1828, takes place in Deed Book G, pp. 63-67 where the various brothers and sisters of John McFarland, Jr. are paid $30.00 each for their part of the inheritance of land near present-day Avon community that they claimed together in 1828. This list includes Anna and Joseph Hughes, Jacob and Mary McFarland, William B. and Nancy McFarland, Sally H. and Carroll George, Nancy C. and Alexander Sloan, Arthur, James and Joseph McFarland. The land is 240 acres and each brother/sister is paid for their part: the total divided by 8. This puts in question Rebecca McFarland. The only thing I can think is that since she and her husband had not moved to Missouri with the rest of the children, she was not a part of the original claim, therefore not to receive a part.

John married Rebecca Bell on 20 Jul 1786 in South of the French Broad River. Rebecca was born on 26 Apr 1770 in Virginia; died on 14 Sep 1816 in Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: Abt 1768, Augusta Co., Virginia

Notes:

Mary Helen Haines notes:
See notes for second husband Seth Moore as well.

Most researchers believe that Mary's first husband was Alexander Ward, born in 1765 and died in 1793 in Jefferson Co. TN. He writes a will in 1793, mentioning his wife Mary, son David, daughters Rachel and Phoebe. Witness to the will was John McFarland.This will was found in the Jefferson County, TN will books. " These people and their descendents were later inhabitants of Cocke County." These were submitted by: Marcia Douglas
________________________________________

ALEXANDER WARD
In the name of God amen the first day of April in the year one thousand seven hundred and Ninety three I Alexander WARD of Jefferson County and Territory of the United South of the Ohio being sick and weak in body but of perfect mind and memory, thanks to God for it and calling to mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it appointed for all men once to die do make and ordain this my last will and testament. That is principally and first of all I give and recommend my soul into the hands of Almighty God who gave it. my body I recommend to the dust to be burried in a decent christian manner at the discretion of my executor nothing doubting but I shall receive the same against the general resurrection. And as touching the worldly estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this life I give, demise, and dispose of in the following manner and form VIZ. Imprimis I give and bequeath unto my beloved son David my claim of land whereon I now live south of French broad containing three hundred acres reserving to my beloved wife Mary a decent living out of the benefits of said claim of land during her widowhood. Also I do order that my two daughters Phebe and Rachael have their maintenance out of the benefits of said land wilst they live single. Also I give and bequeath unto my son David my Gun & sword my Saddle and bridle.
Likewise I do order that the remainder of my estate to be equally divided amongst my wife and children. And Lastly I constitute and appoint John WARD my Executor of this my Last will and testament. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this first day of April One thousand seven hundred and Ninety three
Signed sealed published and declared
as my last will & testament in presents of
John MC FARLAND Alexander WARD -0- [seal]
D.d STUART
An inventory of Alexander WARD dic.d personal estate sold by publick sale October the 4th AD 1796
Seth MOORE and Benj. MCFARLAND Dr to sundries ....................................... L 23.2.10
Isaac W. RODGERS & Robert RODGERS Dr to a Coal [or coat]................... 3.12.
Thomas SMELSORS & John HAYS Dr to sundries ........................................ 2.2.
William GEORGE & Henry STYEN Dr to Do....................................................... 2.17.
Thomas SMELSOR John HAYS Dr to Do.......................................................... 11.15.
Jacob & George MAYBERRY Dr to Do................................................................. 1.1.6
Benj. FORD and William NEILSON Dr to Do..................................................... 2.0.6
Dd STUART & Alexr RODGERS Dr to Do.............................................................. .17.
Geo. MAYBERRY & Jacob SMELSER Dr to Phebe WARD.................................. 3.
Jacob SMELSOR & Geo TARWATER Dr to sundries ....................................... 2.7.
James ANLEY & John COFFEY Dr to Do ........................................................... 2.10.
Absolom and John MAYBERRY Dr to Do .......................................................... 3.13.6
David FULTON & William GEORGE Dr to Do .................................................... 1.3.
Benj. MCFARLAND & Geo MCFARLAND Dr to Phebe & Rachael WARD...... 11.
Do Do Dr to two iron wedges ............................................. .7.6
Jacob SMELSOR & Geo. MAYBERRY Dr to sundries ...................................... 2.1.6
Thomas & Anthony CHRISTIAN Dr to Do ........................................................ 3.10.6
Four pounds ten shillings of the above account to L 78.10. .
and three pounds twelve shillings for a Coat coming
to David WARD
A just inventory delivered by us this this 6th day of February
AD 1797. D.d STUA
Alex.r RODGERS

MHH notes: Other researchers have this same Mary McFarland married to Samuel Montgomery and dying in 1796 in Owensville, Gibson Co., Indiana. This is the incorrect Mary. Also, the Mary listed below who married Daniel Robinette is from the Duncan line.

The following are notes from the McFarland genealogy website of Gary Morris: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hollow/8143/genealogy/mcfarland/rbtlanc.txt --

***** 42 ***** Mary (Polly) McFARLAND, daughter of John McFARLAND and Mary
KINDER, was born 28 Feb 1764 in Bedford County, Virginia, died in Owensville,
Gibson County, Indiana. Married 1773 in Botetourt County, Virginia to Samuel
MONTGOMERY son of Hugh MONTGOMERY and C, born 1743/1752 in Augusta County,
Virginia, died 1815/1845 in Gibson County, Indiana, buried in Benson Cemetery,
Gibson County, Indiana.

----- NOTES FOR Mary (Polly) McFARLAND:
TWIN.
CONFLICT: other records says born about 1745 VA. If born 1763 then she was
11 years old when married.
CONFLICT: Other records place Mary as wife of (1) Alexander WARD, and (2)
Daniel Robinett. Note that marriage to Alexander Ward is feasable (brother,
Benjamin had as sponsor at his wedding an Alexander Ward, probably same person),
but marriage to Daniel Robinett is in question, since Mary, daughter of William
(son of Duncan of Bath Co, VA) is place as marrying Daniel or Michael Robinett.
TO-DO: Recheck family to resolve conflict of husband.
MIGRATION: Moved 1778/1785 to Garrard County, Kentucky.

----- NOTES FOR Samuel MONTGOMERY:
PARENTS: Hugh MONTGOMERY and Caroline ANDERSON.
PLACE: Married 1773 in Botetourt, that part now in Wythe County, VA.
RESIDENCE: 1775, 1779 in Botetourt County, VA
MILITARY: Revolutionary War.
RESIDENCE: Lived 1777 Roanoke Springs, Roanoke County, VA. Moved 1780/1785
to Garrard Co, Kentucky.
RESIDENCE: 1784-1795 Lincoln county, Kentucky and by 1815 Gibson County,
Indiana.
SOURCE: World Family tree Disk #5, Disk #9. Father Hugh born Campbell Co, VA,
married Lancaster Co, Pa and died near Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky.

***** 43 ***** Rachel McFARLAND, daughter of John McFARLAND and Mary KINDER, was
born 10 Mar 1766 in Bedford County, Virginia. Married about 1796 in Tennessee
to John WARD born about 1760 in Virginia(?).

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CONFLICT: Some sources have Mary McFarland/McFarlin married Michael Robinett
22 Aug 1786 in Montgomery County.
MARRIAGE 1774 VIRGINIA, Wythe County "Early Adventures on the Western Waters"
LDS microfiche 6125902 Page 178 Montgomery County, VA marriages 1786, Jan 24
Daniel Robinet and Mary McFarland. Sur David Fanning [of Robinet family].
Some people believe that Mary's husband is Alexander Ward, born in 1765 and died in 1793 in Jefferson Co. TN. He writes a will in 1793, mentioning his wife Mary, son David, daughters Rachel and Phoebe. Witness to the will was John McFarland.This will was found in the Jefferson County, TN will books. " These people and their descendents were later inhabitants of Cocke County." These were submitted by: Marcia Douglas
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ALEXANDER WARD
In the name of God amen the first day of April in the year one thousand seven hundred and Ninety three I Alexander WARD of Jefferson County and Territory of the United South of the Ohio being sick and weak in body but of perfect mind and memory, thanks to God for it and calling to mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it appointed for all men once to die do make and ordain this my last will and testament. That is principally and first of all I give and recommend my soul into the hands of Almighty God who gave it. my body I recommend to the dust to be burried in a decent christian manner at the discretion of my executor nothing doubting but I shall receive the same against the general resurrection. And as touching the worldly estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this life I give, demise, and dispose of in the following manner and form VIZ. Imprimis I give and bequeath unto my beloved son David my claim of land whereon I now live south of French broad containing three hundred acres reserving to my beloved wife Mary a decent living out of the benefits of said claim of land during her widowhood. Also I do order that my two daughters Phebe and Rachael have their maintenance out of the benefits of said land wilst they live single. Also I give and bequeath unto my son David my Gun & sword my Saddle and bridle.
Likewise I do order that the remainder of my estate to be equally divided amongst my wife and children. And Lastly I constitute and appoint John WARD my Executor of this my Last will and testament. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this first day of April One thousand seven hundred and Ninety three
Signed sealed published and declared
as my last will & testament in presents of
John MC FARLAND Alexander WARD -0- [seal]
D.d STUART
An inventory of Alexander WARD dic.d personal estate sold by publick sale October the 4th AD 1796
Seth MOORE and Benj. MCFARLAND Dr to sundries ....................................... L 23.2.10
Isaac W. RODGERS & Robert RODGERS Dr to a Coal [or coat]................... 3.12.
Thomas SMELSORS & John HAYS Dr to sundries ........................................ 2.2.
William GEORGE & Henry STYEN Dr to Do....................................................... 2.17.
Thomas SMELSOR John HAYS Dr to Do.......................................................... 11.15.
Jacob & George MAYBERRY Dr to Do................................................................. 1.1.6
Benj. FORD and William NEILSON Dr to Do..................................................... 2.0.6
Dd STUART & Alexr RODGERS Dr to Do.............................................................. .17.
Geo. MAYBERRY & Jacob SMELSER Dr to Phebe WARD.................................. 3.
Jacob SMELSOR & Geo TARWATER Dr to sundries ....................................... 2.7.
James ANLEY & John COFFEY Dr to Do ........................................................... 2.10.
Absolom and John MAYBERRY Dr to Do .......................................................... 3.13.6
David FULTON & William GEORGE Dr to Do .................................................... 1.3.
Benj. MCFARLAND & Geo MCFARLAND Dr to Phebe & Rachael WARD...... 11.
Do Do Dr to two iron wedges ............................................. .7.6
Jacob SMELSOR & Geo. MAYBERRY Dr to sundries ...................................... 2.1.6
Thomas & Anthony CHRISTIAN Dr to Do ........................................................ 3.10.6
Four pounds ten shillings of the above account to L 78.10. .
and three pounds twelve shillings for a Coat coming
to David WARD
A just inventory delivered by us this this 6th day of February
AD 1797. D.d STUA
Alex.r RODGERS

Other researchers have this same Mary McFarland married to Samuel Montgomery and dying in 1796 in Owensville, Gibson Co., Indiana.
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Mary married Seth Moore on 4 Jul 1796 in Jefferson Co., TN. Seth was born between 1760 and 1770; died after 1830 in St Francois Co., MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Alexander Ward about 1782. Alexander was born about 1765 in Virginia; died about May 1793 in Jefferson Co., TN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: 10 Mar 1766
• Residence: 1830, Cocke, Tennessee, USA

Rachel married John Webb on 24 Feb 1796 in Jefferson, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Rachel married John Ward about 1786 in South of the French Broad River, Indian Territory, USA. John was born about 1760 in Virginia; died in 1793 in Jefferson Co., TN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Rachel married John Ogden about 1798. John was born on 26 Dec 1773 in Pennsylvania, USA; died on 10 Feb 1850 in Cooper County, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 7 Aug 1820, Adair, Kentucky, USA
• Residence: 1830, Russell, Kentucky, USA
• Residence: 1840, Russell, Kentucky, USA
• Residence: 1850, District 1, Russell County, KY

Notes:

MHH notes:
There are conflicting birth and death dates: Dec. 21, 1767, or Dec. 2, 1767. Death: March 26, 1859 or Sept. 26, 1859. This is probably due to trying to read the original on a tombstone. I have not seen any Bible records for this family.

Benjamin and Ruth must have stayed living in TN when the rest of his family....father and siblings....moved to North Carolina abt. 1799.

It is said that he moved to Kentucky in 1803. The part of Kentucky they settled was called Adair County until 1825 when Russell County was formed from part of Adair and other counties.

Dec. 8, 1808 land grant Adair County, Cumberland River, 116 acres in Kentucky.
1820 Kentucky Adair County census, p. 36.
1830 Kentucky, Russell Co. census

The following are notes from the McFarland genealogy website of Gary Morris: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hollow/8143/genealogy/mcfarland/rbtlanc.txt --

***** 44 ***** Benjamin McFARLAND, son of John McFARLAND and Mary KINDER, was
born 21 Dec 1767 in Bedford County, Virginia, died 25 Mar 1859 in Russell County,
Kentucky. Married 15 Jul 1788 in Greene County, Tennessee to Ruth Buchanan JACK
born 4 Oct 1770 in Pennsylvania, died 6 Sep 1853 in Kentucky.

----- NOTES FOR Benjamin McFARLAND:
SOURCE: Information from Queery in DAR Magazine March 1945. Family data from
GENDEX on internet.
MARRIAGE: Greene Co, TN Marriage Records. Bond by Alexander Ward.
PLACE: Lived in Greene County, TN, that part which probably became Jefferson
County in 1792.
LAND: 1808 KENTUCKY, Adair County, Cumberland River. Benjamin McFarland, Dec
8, 1808, granted 116 acres, on Cumberland River.
CENSUS: 1820 KENTUCKY, Adair County. Benjamin McFarland. Page 36.
CENSUS: 1850 KENTUCKY, Russell County Benjamin McFarland 82 VA, Ruth 83 PA.

===CHILDREN of Benjamin McFARLAND and Ruth Buchanan JACK

+ 135 Martha McFARLAND b 21 Sep 1790 Greene County, Tennessee.
M John TRIPLETT.
+ 136 John McFARLAND b 7 May 1792 Greene County, Tennessee. M
Elizabeth _____.
+ 137 Sarah (Sally) McFARLAND b 12 Aug 1794 Jefferson County,
Tennessee. M Aaron BECK.
+ 138 Mary McFARLAND b abt 1795 Jefferson County, Tennesse
M Joel PIERCE.
+ 139 Elizabeth McFARLAND b 11 Jun 1800 Kentucky(?). M John
VAUGHN.
+ 140 William M. McFARLAND b 8 Mar 1802 Adair(?) County,
Kentucky. M Mary LONG.
+ 141 David Herod McFARLAND b 1804/1805 Adair(?) County,
Kentucky. M Nancy WARRINER.
+ 142 Ann McFARLAND b 15 Apr 1806 Adair(?) County, Kentuck
M David Daniel COOK.
+ 143 James Madison McFARLAND b 11 Nov 1808 Adair County,
Kentucky. M Minerva LONG.
Dec. 8, 1808 land grant Adair County, Cumberland River, 116 acres in Kentucky. 1820 Kentucky Adair County census, p. 36.

Benjamin married Ruth Buchanan Jack on 31 Jul 1788 in Greene Co., Tennessee. Ruth was born on 4 Oct 1766 in Pennsylvania; died on 6 Sep 1853 in Rowena, Russell Co., Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1789, South of the French Broad River, Indian Territory, USA
• Residence: 1800, Morgan, Buncombe, North Carolina
• Possessions: 1802, Buncombe (now Haywood), NC; Deed Records for Buncombe Co., NC show a purchase of 100 acres on the West side of the Pigeon R. by George McFarland on April 20, 1802 from John McFarland, Jr (husband of Rebecca Bell) for $120 , (Buncombe Deed Book 7, p. 160-161)
• Possessions: 1804, Buncombe (now Haywood), NC; November 18, 1804, George McFarlin is selling the same land back to John McFarlin Jr. on Nov. 18, 1804 for $230. ( Deed Book 9, p. 323-324)
• Residence: 1819, Cooper County, Missouri
• Possessions: 1825, Morgan County, Missouri, USA; George McFarland patents 80 acres on Aug. 1, 1825 in Morgan Co. , just south of the patent made by his brother James McFarland on Otter Creek in Cooper Co.

Notes:

Mary Helen Haines notes:

This George McFarland, son of John and Mary Kinder, has been confused at times with the George McFarland who married Nancy Golden in 1801 in Knox Co. TN. Some contend that Sally Jack died and he then married Nancy Golden. They contend that there were three children from this first marriage: George, Frances, and Nancy. If this is so, then that George Sr. would have to be living in two places at the same time.

A George McFarland married Betsey Maddux March 16, 1812 in Greene Co. TN. (This appears to be George Jr., son of the George who moved to Knox Co. KY). There are two other children who seem to be the children of George Sr. who moves to Knox Co. KY: Frances McF. born 1795 in TN, married to James Helton on Nov. 16, 1820 in Knox Co. KY, and Nancy McF. born 1797 in TN, married to Thomas Mattox in 1820 in Knox Co. KY.

Nancy Golden was born 1771 in Lincoln, Wilkes Co. GA (?). The family is in Knox Co. KY in 1810 as George McFarlin (26-45), next to Duncan McFarlin. In 1820 in Lynncamp Creek, Knox Co, on same page as Duncan McFarland and Rachael McFarland is George McFarland (26-44). In 1830 George (40-49) is still present along with a George McFarland Jr. (30-39) It seems likely that the George McFarland of Knox Co. KY could be associated with the Duncan McFarland family of Knox/Whitley Co. KY who had once lived in Greene Co. TN. The ages of the George McFarland of Knox Co. KY in the various census records do not always fit with the age of George McFarland born 1769.

The George McFarland who is the son of John and Mary Kinder is in the 1800 census in Buncombe Co. NC and appears to be the George McFarland who purchased land in Morgan Co. MO in 1825. See below.

Tennessee:

The Jefferson Co. TN marriage records reveal that a George McFarland married Sally Jack Jan. 5, 1793. The McFarland family was neighbors with the Jack family in that area that became Cocke Co. when it was created in 1797 from Jefferson Co.

Samuel Jack was a neighbor of John and Mary Kinder: Samuel Jack entered several tracks of land in Greene County, Tenn. in 1784 and qualified for them in 1794 and 1797. They were located on the French Broad River. This could possibly be the father of the Jack daughters that marry George and Benjamin McFarland. Samuel Jack and John McFarland appear on various records together. They were neighbors in the area of the Big Pigeon and the French Broad, along with the Wards and the Evans. John McFarland, husband of Mary Kinder, moved to Buncombe Co. NC abt. 1799 with most of his children.

On July 8, 1795, a George McFarland was made a Lt. in a Regiment of Infantry for Jefferson Co., Territory South of Ohio. It is not clear which George McFarland this is referring to. It could be the one who later moves to Knox Co. KY

North Carolina:

George McFarland is listed in the 1800 census in Buncombe Co. NC. He is bet. 26 and 45. , his wife the same. He has two boys under 11, two girls under 11.

Deed Records for Buncombe Co., NC show a purchase of 100 acres on the West side of the Pigeon R. by George McFarland on April 20, 1802 from John McFarland, Jr (husband of Rebecca Bell) for $120 , (Buncombe Deed Book 7, p. 160-161) Then on November 18, 1804, George McFarlin is selling the same land back to John McFarlin Jr. on Nov. 18, 1804 for $230. ( Deed Book 9, p. 323-324)

Some researchers believe that George McFarland was the first of this family to go to Missouri, and it was his messages back that led to the rest of the family moving.

Missouri:

Cooper County Tax List 1819 - 22. McFarlands: Alex, David, Elijah, George (two), Jacob, James Sr., James Jr., Jesse, John, Samuel, William (two). One William would be William son of John and Mary Kinder, and the other would be William Bell McFarland, son of John and Rebecca Bell McF. (This would be George Sr. and Jr.)

A George McFarland patents 80 acres on Aug. 1, 1825 in Morgan Co. , just south of the patent made by his brother James McFarland on Otter Creek in Cooper Co.

The next two patents by George McFarland, must be his son, made in 1835 and in 1838 in Lafayette Co. for a total of 80 acres in the same location 49N, 28 W, sect. 13, and 12. In the same township and range: 49 N-28 W, in sec. 13, 11, and 14 are patents issued to John W., Samuel, and William from the years 1827 to 1838.

There are several George McFarlands in the earliest records in Cooper County MO. As Cooper Co. gets divided, in the 1830 census there is a younger George Mc. in Lafayette County, along with a Samuel and a Sarah, which could be referring to Sally Jack McFarland, possible widow of George McFarland, Sr. This seems to be the son of George Sr. and Sally Jack McFarland.

I believe Sally Jack's father to be Samuel Jack of Jefferson Co. TN, and that Samuel Arthur is named for him, and the Sarah McFarland, living near George and Samuel households in Lafayette County Missouri in 1830 census, is the widow of George McFarland family.
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(Thank you to Warren Atkinson for this below, sent Sept. 2017):

GENEALOGICAL GEMS FROM EARLY MISSOURI DEEDS 1815-1850, by Marsha Hoffman Rising, CG FASG

8:80 4 January 1836 George McFarland, Sr., Samuel McFarland and wife, Jane, John W. McFarland and wife Emerine, John Barker and wife, Sally, late Sally McFarland, David Morrow and wife, Rebecca, late Rebecca McFarland, Josiah McFarland, William McFarland and Sarah McFarland, widow of George McFarland, late of Lafayette County, Missouri, sold to Marshall Seagraves and wife, late Lucinda McFarland of Pettis County, all heirs of the late George McFarland, Senior, deceased, 80 acres in E1/2 of NE1/4 of S8-T45-R18 in Morgan County 2 May 1849.

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In 1840 census in Lafayette Co. there are Samuel, George, and John McFarland families. In 1850 they are all gone. Samuel Arthur McF. has moved to Texas but his brothers stayed behind. George, born 1793, son of this George Sr., is now living in Post Oak township, Johnson Co. along with his brother John W.

There is another George McFarland family in nearby Johnson Co. MO in the 1830 census in Warrensburg. This George is between 20 and 30, and an Alexander McFarland is between 30 and 40. These two brothers are the sons of John McFarland, b. 1780, son of Robert and Margaret McNutt of Jefferson Co. TN. Therefore these families are cousins. George moves back home to Jefferson/Hamblen Co. TN before the 1850 census. His brother Alexander goes to California but dies the next year. George leaves behind a young son William who moves in with the Barton family, and they move to Texas also.

James G. Morrow, supposed father of Jane Morrow is living in Jackson township of Johnson Co. at this time. In the 1850 census, John W. McFarlan, 46, born TN, is living in same Post Oak township as Robert McF. 23, born MO, who is living with his father George 56, born TN.

Alexander 45 TN is living in Johnson Co. still, and also a Samuel, age 27 MO is present.

In 1860 Robert 35 is still present with his father George now 66. Samuel is not present, but his wife Milly and children are.

Concerning the other possible children; there are several marriages that take place in Cooper County in the early years that indicate children who could be from George and Sally.

Lucinda McFarland marries Samuel Glass Nov. 28, 1822.
Polly McFarland marries James Hill Oct. 11, 1821
Elly McFarland marries William Tucker Aug. 31, 1826

Because of the sale of Morgan Co. land in 1836 we know that only Lucinda above is one of his: the rest belong to someone else.

The following are notes from the McFarland genealogy website of Gary Morris: THEY SHOW HOW THE TWO GEORGE MCFARLANDS HAVE BEEN MIXED TOGETHER
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hollow/8143/genealogy/mcfarland/rbtlanc.txt --

***** 45 ***** George McFARLAND, son of John McFARLAND and Mary KINDER, was born
7 Dec 1769 in Bedford County, Virginia, died 1837 in Knox County, Kentucky.
George married (1) 6 Jan 1793 in Jefferson County, Tennessee to Sarah (Sally)
JACK born about 1775 in Virginia(?), died about 1797/1800 in Tennessee(?).
George married (2) 20 Apr 1801 in Knox County, Tennessee to Nancy GOLDEN daughter
of Richard GOLDEN and Mary Francis LOWE, born 1771 in Georgia, died 20 Feb 1855
in Knox County, Kentucky.

----- NOTES FOR George McFARLAND:
SOURCE: GENDEX: George McFarland, born 7 Dec 1769 Botetout Co, VA, md 6 Jan
1793 Jefferson, Co, TN to Sally Jack.
SOURCE: See Family Group Sheet at
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/7606/fam00188.htm
MARRIAGE: 1793 TENNESSEE, Jefferson County. George McFarland and Sally Jack,
5 Jan 1793. SOURCE: IGI.
CENSUS: 1800 NORTH CAROLINA, Buncombe County 20010-20010.
MARRIAGE: 1801 TENNESSEE, Knox County. George McFarlane to Nancy Golden,
April 20, 1801. SOURCE: "Marriage Records of Knox County, TN" in Tennessee
Records: Bible Records and Marriage Records by Jeanette Tillotson Acklen 1974.
page 372.
TAXLIST: 1809 KENTUCKY, Knox county. George McFarland
CENSUS: 1810 KENTUCKY, Knox county. George McFarlin 10020 - 30210 - 00. Page
64.
CENSUS: 1820 KENTUCKY, Knox county, Lynn Camp Creek. George McFarland p308.
Duncan McFarland p 308. Rachael McFarland. Page 308. Jos. McFarland Page 310.
CENSUS: 1830 KENTUCKY, Knox county. George McFarland. 1F 0-5, 2F 10-15, 1F
20-30, 1F 50-60. Page 236. George McFarland Jr. P.239.
CENSUS: 1840 KENTUCKY, Knox County (Nancy? age 70-80) with Thomas Golding
CENSUS: 1850 KENTUCKY, Knox County Nancy McFarlan age 79, with family of
Thomas Golding age 42 and wife Mary.

----- NOTES FOR Nancy GOLDEN:
PARENTS: Richard GOLDEN and Mary Francis LOWE.
MOTHER: Also listed as nancy or Franky Lowe.
BIRTH: In Wilkes or Lincoln, GA.
DEATH: "History of Knox co, KY & SE KY" by Elmer Decker 1855 Vital Records,
Nancy McFarland 90, parents Rich and Franky Gilder (golden), died 20 Feb 1855,
dropsy, b. Georgia.

===CHILDREN of George McFARLAND and Sarah (Sally) JACK

+ 144 George McFARLAND b abt 1794 Tennessee(?). M Elizabeth
(Betsy) MADDOX.
+ 145 Frances (Franky) McFARLAND b abt 1795 Tennessee. M
James HELTON.
+ 146 Nancy McFARLAND b abt 1797 Tennessee(?). M (1) Thomas
MATTOX. M (2) Benjamin WHEELER.
+ 147 Samuel McFARLAND b 1800 Cocke County, Tennessee. M Jane
Priscilla MORROW.

===CHILDREN of George McFARLAND and Nancy GOLDEN

+ 148 Arthur McFARLAND b abt 1802 Knox County, Kentucky. M
Peggy McCARVER.
+ 149 John McFARLAND b 1802/1804 Knox County, Tennessee. M
Silvania _____.
+ 150 Jane McFARLAND b abt 1805 Knox County, Tennessee. M
George Thomas HUBBARD.
+ 151 Margaret (Peggy) McFARLAND b abt 1807 Knox County,
Kentucky. M Moses HUBBARD.
+ 152 Hannah McFARLAND b abt 1809 Knox County, Kentucky(?). M
Reuben MUNCY.
+ 153 Mary Ann McFARLAND b abt 1817 Knox County, Kentucky. M
Thomas L. GOLDEN.

Deed Records for Buncombe Co., NC show a purchase of 100 acres by George McFarlin in 1802 from John McFarland, and then John buys it back in 1804. It is odd that he would sell the land to his son, whereas he gave land to his other sons. Also odd is the spelling in the deed records. It is clearly spelled McFarlin for George and McFarland for John. That indicates to me that we are talking about two different families. I believe this George McFarlin sells his land and moves to Kentucky where he married Nancy Golden.

I think there is a possiblility that George McFarland, husband of Sally Jack, did not move to Buncombe Co. with the rest of the family, and instead moved to directly from there to Missouri.

There are several George McFarlands in the earliest records in Cooper County MO. As Cooper Co. gets divided, in the 1830 census there is a younger George Mc. in Lafayette County, along with a Samuel and a Sarah, which could be referring to Sally Jack McFarland, possible widow of George McFarland, Sr. I would assume that someone from this line has done the research to distinguish this George from the other George in Johnson Co., but the families seem intertwined in the records.

I believe Sally Jack's father to be Samuel Jack of Jefferson Co. TN, and that Samuel Arthur is named for him, and the Sarah McFarland, living near George and Samuel households in Lafayette County Missouri in 1830 census, could be this family. In 1840 census in Lafayette Co. there are Samuel, George, and John McFarland families. In 1850 they are all gone.

There is another George McFarland family in nearby Johnson Co. MO in the 1830 census in Warrensburg. This George is between 20 and 30, and an Alexander McFarland is between 30 and 40. James G. Morrow, supposed father of Jane Morrow is living in Jackson township of Johnson Co. at this time. In the 1850 census, John W. McFarlan, 46, born TN, is living in same Post Oak township as Robert McF. 23, born MO, who is living with his father George 56, born TN. Alexander 45 TN is living in Johnson Co. still, and also a Samuel, age 27 MO is present. In 1860 Robert 35 is still present with his father George now 66. Samuel is not present, but his wife Milly and children are. I am not sure if these families are connected, but they are distinct from the George McFarland family of Knox Co. KY that married Nancy Golden.

George married Sally Jack on 5 Jan 1793 in Jefferson Co., TN. Sally was born in 1773 in Pennsylvania; died between 1830 and 1840 in Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: 21 Feb 1772, Fincastle, Montgomery, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1810, Haywood, North Carolina, United States
• Residence: 1830, Cooper, Missouri, USA
• Residence: 1840, Cooper, Missouri, USA
• Death: 13 Oct 1846, Booneville, Cooper, Missouri, USA

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
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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:
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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.
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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.
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Jacob married Nancy Cathey about 1804 in Buncombe Co., NC. Nancy was born on 18 Jan 1780 in Burke Co., North Carolina; died on 29 Aug 1870 in Boonville, Cooper Co., Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Webb. Elizabeth was born in 1770; died about 1796 in Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1793, Jefferson County, Tennessee, United States
• Residence: 1800, Morgan, Buncombe, North Carolina
• Possessions: 1803, Buncombe Co., N.C.; Buncombe County, North Carolina Deed Book 9, pp. 31, 34, 36. John Sr. is deeding land to James (253 acres on Jonathan Cr.), to Reuben (175 acres on Jonathan Cr.) William (196 acres on Jonathan Cr.) and David (116 acres Jonathan's Cr.)
• Residence: 1809, Haywood County, North Carolina, USA
• Possessions: 18 Sep 1809, Haywood Co., NC; Haywood Co. Deed Book B, pp. 364-365. James McFarland of Haywood Co. sells to Malcolm Henry part of his parcel of land for $225. It is described as being on both sides of Jonathan Creek and begins on the south fork on the west side of the Creek.
• Residence: 1810, Haywood, North Carolina, United States
• Residence: 1812, Sixteenth Company, Haywood County Regiment, NC
• Possessions: 1825, Cooper County, Missouri, USA; When he arrives in Cooper County, he patented 80 acres on Aug. 1, 1825 on Otter Creek in the southwestern part of the county.
• Residence: 1830, Cooper, Missouri, USA

Notes:

Mary Helen Haines notes:
Why he is called James "Ray" is not known. Have not run across this middle name yet in any found records.

The marriage record should be in Jefferson County, TN, but it is not in the county records. The only James McFarland in the Jefferson Co. record for this time period is to Eliz. Carmichael, Oct. 3, 1798.

There is a deed record in 1792 in Greene Co., Deed Book 2, p. 203, where a James McFarland purchases 114 acres from Joseph McFarland. This land is at the mouth of the Little Chucky River where it flows into the Nolichucky. I now think that this land was purchased not by this James McFarland, age 19 and unmarried, but instead by James McFarland, son of Robert McFarland born in 1730.

The fact that this James' father deeds him land in 1803 in NC, rather than he purchasing the land, makes me think this land in NC is his first land.

This particular James (son of John) is in the 1800 census for Buncombe Co.

1803: Buncombe County, North Carolina Deed Book 9, pp. 31, 34, 36. John Sr. is deeding land to James (253 acres on Jonathan Cr.), to Reuben (175 acres on Jonathan Cr.) William (196 acres on Jonathan Cr.) and David (116 acres Jonathan's Cr.)

James is mentioned various times in the Haywood Co. NC Minute Book of Court Pleas. On p. 12 to lay out a road from the store to Jonathan Creek, Reuben, James and David are assigned in 1809. In 1812, in Vol. 2 (1812-1815) he serves on a grand jury p. 11, and p. 47, p. 90 in Dec. 1814, he is ordered to appear as a grand juror, along with Jacob McFarland, and Alexander Caldwell.

Haywood Co. Deed Book B, pp. 364-365. James McFarland of Haywood Co. sells to Malcolm Henry part of his parcel of land on Sept. 18, 1809 for $225. It is described as being on both sides of Jonathan Creek and begins on the south fork on the west side of the Creek. This was not registered until 1826.

When he arrives in Cooper County, he patented 80 acres on Aug. 1, 1825 on Otter Creek in the southwestern part of the county.
He is in the Cooper Co. census of 1830 on p. 230 with three sons on the same page: John and Benjamin next to him, Willliam at the bottom of the page. He is on the same page as Carroll George, married to Sarah Hale McFarland, and Reuben A. Ewing, the Weirs and the Kavinaughs.

The listing of all the children and their birthdates comes from a letter written by Walter Leftwich (copied as Lettwich in 1963) in 1884 to his brother George W. McFarland. Walter was living in Mount View in Benton Co., MO when he wrote the letter, mentions his daughter Jane in Eureka Springs married to George H. Williams, plus two youngest daughters Margret R. and Eliza. He also gives the birthdates of his father and mother, but did not have their dates of death.

The following are notes from the McFarland genealogy website of Gary Morris: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hollow/8143/genealogy/mcfarland/rbtlanc.txt --

***** 47 ***** James McFARLAND, son of John McFARLAND and Mary KINDER, was born
20 Dec 1773 in Bedford County, Virginia, died about 1839/1850 in Morgan(?)
County, Missouri. Married 9 Apr 1793 to Frances WEBB born 8 May 1772 in
Virginia, died Mar 1860 in Cass County, Missouri.

----- NOTES FOR James McFARLAND:
CENSUS: 1800 NORTH CAROLINA, Buncombe County 30010-10110. P. 181.
CENSUS: 1810 NORTH CAROLINA, Haywood County. James McFarland P. 197.
LAND: Made claim in Cooper county, Missour between 1818 and 1824.
CENSUS: 1830 MISSOURI, Cooper County.
RESEARCHER-EMAIL: (1999) Gary Harvey &ltgaryharvey@csi.com&gt

===CHILDREN of James McFARLAND and Frances WEBB

162 Mary McFARLAND b 23 Feb 1794 N.Carolina(?).
163 William McFARLAND b 22 Jun 1795 Virginia(?).
+ 164 Alexander McFARLAND b 6 May 1796 Buncombe County, North
Carolina. M (1) Sarah HIX. M (2) Catherine WHITE.
+ 165 James M. McFARLAND b 3 Feb 1799 Buncombe County, North
Carolina. M Nancy PETERS.
+ 166 Elijah McFARLAND b 7 Dec 1800 Buncombe County, North
Carolina. M Frances HICKS.
+ 167 David McFARLAND b 12 Mar 1803 Buncombe County, North
Carolina. M (1) Rebecca HARDWICK. M (2) Susan ROSS.
168 John McFARLAND b 23 Oct 1804 Buncombe County, North
Carolina.
169 Benjamin Franklin McFARLAND b 5 Mar 1807 Buncombe
County, North Carolina, d 20 Mar 1885 Grayson, Texas.
170 George Washington McFARLAND b 25 Jan 1809 Buncombe
County, North Carolina.
+ 171 Jacob H. McFARLAND b 30 May 1811 Haywood County, North
Carolina. M Mary Ann BARNETT.
+ 172 Walter Leftwich McFARLAND b 7 Nov 1813 Haywood County,
North Carolina. M (1) Permelia Penn BARNETT. M (2)
Elizabeth Jane BLAKE.
Why he is called James "Ray" is not known. Have not run across this middle name yet in any found records. His son James is referred to as Jr. but his initial is shown as M.

The marriage record should be in Jefferson County, TN, but it is not. The only James McFarland in the Jefferson Co. record for this time period is to Eliz. Carmichael, Oct. 3, 1798.

Buncombe County, North Carolina Deed Book 9, pp. 31, 34, 36. John Sr. is deeding land to James (253 acres on Jonathan Cr.), to Reuben (175 acres on Jonathan Cr.) William (196 acres on Jonathan Cr.) and David (116 acres Jonathan's Cr.)

James is mentioned various times in the Haywood Co. NC Minute Book of Court Pleas. On p. 12 to lay out a road from the store to Jonathan Creek, Reuben, James and David are assigned in 1809. In 1812, in Vol. 2 (1812-1815) he serves on a grand jury p. 11, and p. 47, p. 90 in Dec. 1814, he is ordered to appear as a grand juror, along with Jacob McFarland, and Alexander Caldwell.

The listing of all the children and their birthdates comes from a letter written by Walter Leftwich (copied as Lettwich in 1963) in 1884 to his brother George W. McFarland. Walter was living in Mount View in Benton Co., MO when he wrote the letter, mentions his daughter Jane in Eureka Springs married to George H. Williams, plus two youngest daughters Margret R. and Eliza. He also gives the birthdates of his father and mother, but did not have their dates of death.

James married Frances Webb on 9 Apr 1793 in Tennessee, United States. Frances was born on 8 May 1772 in Virginia; died in Mar 1860 in Cass Co., Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1800, Morgan, Buncombe, North Carolina
• Possessions: 1803, Jonathan Creek, Haywood Co. NC; Buncombe Co. Deed Book 9, pp. 31, 34, 36. John Sr. is deeding land to James (253 acres on Jonathan Cr.), to Reuben (175 acres on Jonathan Cr.) William (196 acres on Jonathan Cr.) and David (116 acres Jonathan's Cr.) in 1803.
• Residence: 6 Aug 1810, Haywood, North Carolina, USA
• Possessions: 1811, Maggie's Valley, Haywood Co., NC; In June, 1811 William McFarland of Haywood county sells his 196 acres to John Henry for $500. This land is on both sides of Jonathan's Creek, a tributary of the Pigeon River and includes the plantation where Wm. lives.
• Residence: Between 1811 and 1816, Cook's Settlement, Missouri
• Occupation: 1819, Cooper County, Missouri USA; Sheriff. Cooper County has its first election in 1820 in the town of Lamine. William McFarland was a judge of the election.
• Possessions: 11 Nov 1825, Boonville Township, Cooper, Missouri, USA; Grant #1758, 71 acres, Sect. 19, 48N, 16W (on Petite Saline Cr. near Boonville)
• Residence: 1830, Cooper, Missouri, USA

Notes:

Mary Helen Haines notes:

North Carolina:
Buncombe Co. Deed Book 9, pp. 31, 34, 36. John Sr. is deeding land to James (253 acres on Jonathan Cr.), to Reuben (175 acres on Jonathan Cr.) William (196 acres on Jonathan Cr.) and David (116 acres Jonathan's Cr.) in 1803.

Buncombe Co. Oct. court 1805:
1805, October Court, p. 54 (CMD1, p. 333 on-line)
Report of a Road Jury. The jury appointed past court to view and lay off a packway from Jonathan's Creek to Oconoluftee report that nine of them met, and viewed said ways and think a tolerable pack away can be made with a moderate share of labor. Signed by:
Reuben McFarland, James McFarland, John Hyde, William McFarland, Robert Reid, Robert Cain, David McFarland, William Welsh, Abraham Wiggins

In pursuance of said report it is ordered by court that William McFarland oversee said road from Jonathan's Creek to Soco Creek: all the hands from Edward Leatherwood's to the head of Jonathan's Creek to work under said Overseer.

William is listed in the Haywood County Court Pleas book p. 31 as Captain William McFarland's Company, on page 53, return of taxables for the year 1810, again Capt. Wm. McFarland's Company.

Willliam was chosen as Capt. of a company of militia and records the 1810 taxes collected on p. 53 of the Haywood Co. Minute Book Vol. 1.

It seems that William was the first son to sell his land in North Carolina and head west to the newly opened territory in Missouri.

In June, 1811 William McFarland of Haywood county sells his 196 acres to John Henry for $500. This land is on both sides of Jonathan's Creek, a tributary of the Pigeon River and includes the plantation where Wm. lives. It is bounded by Rubin McFarland, and is the land conveyed by John McFarland to William. Deed Book A, p. 565-566. (According to notes on John Henry's land on Jonathan Creek, this is called Maggie's Valley today)

Missouri:

From the Territorial Papers of the United States 1806-1814, Vol. XIV, p. 793 is a listing of the Civil Officers appt. by the Governor of the Territory, Commission Oct. 1, 1814. For the County of Ste. Genevieve, township St. Michael's, William McFarland was a township Justice. p. 45 shows William McFarland being appointed Justice of Peace April 1, 1815 for St. Michael's. Then on Oct. 1, 1816 and again Oct. 1, 1817, William McFarlane is appointed Justice of Peace for Lamine township in county of Howard. (pp. 276, 278) (what is now Cooper Co. La Mine township)

From the history of John S. McFarland (Wm.'s son) sent to the Loretto Archives in Missouri in 1946: "John S. A McFarland was born on 19 June, 1802, in the state of North Carolina. The family continued to reside in that state until the fall of 1811 when they removed to the then Territory of Missouri, and settled in what was then called Cook's settlement. The family continued to reside in that place (Cook's settlement ) until the fall of 1816. While living in Cook's settlement which was then in the bonds of St. Genevieve County, now in the bonds of St. Francis County while living there, James Smith, a young man from Kentucky came and taught school in the neighborhood, and brother Jesse who was older than me, and sister Mahala (who was younger than myself) went to school a year to Mr. Smith. This was the first school that the subject of this sketch ever attended, then about 13 years old. The next school in the neighborhood was taught by a man by the name of Jason Harrison, who afterwards was clerk of the county and circuit courts of Cole County, Missouri, and after that the lamented Joshua Barton taught school, and boarded at my fathers."

Cooper County Tax List 1819 - 22. McFarlands: Alex, David, Elijah, George (two), Jacob, James Sr., James Jr., Jesse, John, Samuel, William (two). One William would be this William and the other would be William Bell McFarland, son of John and Rebecca Bell McF.

William McFarland is listed as a Sheriff in 1819.

In the History of Cooper County, p. 144, is a listing of the first settlers of Boonville, It includes William and his sons Jesse and John S. McFarland.

"Those who settled in this township between the years

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1815 and 1820, were William McFarland, John S. and Jesse McFarland, George, Samuel and Alexander McFarland, William Mitchell, James Bruffee, Robert P. Clark, Joseph and William Dillard, Littleberry Hendricks, Wm. Bartlett, Jesse Ashcraft, Russell Edgar, John M. Bartlett, Abram Gibson, Thomas Twentyman, James Dillard, Jacob Newman, William Potter, Frederick Hour, William Poston, George Potter, Benj. L. Clark, John J. Clark, Kyra Dunn, K. McKenzie, Marcus Williams, James, Robert and Alexander Givens, Jacob Chism, John B. Lucus, Charles B. Mitchell, Nicholas McCarty, Lewis Edgar, John B. Seat, Jacob McFarland, James McCarty, William Ross, Abiel Leonard, Joseph W. Bernard, James McFarland, Ephraim Ellison, John Roberts, Thomas Mitchell, Reuben George, Fleming G. Mitchell, Jesse Thomas, Asa Morgan, Peter B. Harris, James Chambers, Benj. F. Hickox, William H. Curtis, William W. Adams, John D. Thomas, William Lillard, James H. Anderson, Peyton R. Hayden, John S. Brickey, Peyton Thomas, David Adams, Luke Williams, John Potter, Andrew Reavis, David Reavis, Jonathan Reavis, Jesse Homan, John H. Moore, Green B. Seat, W. D. Wilson, Thomas Rogers, Mrs. Mary Reavis, William Chambers, James Chambers and Justinian Williams."

Cooper County has its first election in 1820 in the town of Lamine. William McFarland was a judge of the election. James McFarland ran for Congressional Representative, but was not elected. Voters included John Cathey, George Cathey Sr, David, Jacob, William McFarland, and Wm George Sr.

1830 census: Cooper Co.

There was no newspaper in Cooper Co. at the time of William's death, so the "Administrator's Notice" was placed by his sons, the administrators, Jesse M'Farland and John S. M'Farland on October 4, 1834 that all claims and debts against the estate should be made. MHH: This explains why some trees in the past have listed Cole Co. and the place of death I assume.

The following are notes from the McFarland genealogy website of Gary Morris: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hollow/8143/genealogy/mcfarland/rbtlanc.txt --
***** 48 ***** William McFARLAND, son of John McFARLAND and Mary KINDER, was born
10 Nov 1775/1776 in Bedford County, Virginia, died 17 Sep 1834 in Buncombe(?)
County, North Carolina. Married 27 Dec 1798 in Buncombe(?) County, North
Carolina to Susannah GEORGE born 30 Apr 1782 in Virginia, died 13 May 1848.

----- NOTES FOR William McFARLAND:
CENSUS: 1800 NORTH CAROLINA, Buncombe County 10100-00100. P. 181.
CENSUS: 1810 NORTH CAROLIA, Haywood County. William McFarland P. 198.
SOURCE: WFT Disk #11.

===CHILDREN of William McFARLAND and Susannah GEORGE

+ 173 Jesse McFARLAND b 17 Apr 1800 Buncombe County, North
Carolina. M Ann McFARLAND.
+ 174 John Strother McFARLAND b 19 Jul 1802 Buncombe County,
North Carolina. M Elizabeth HOUX.
+ 175 Mahala K. McFARLAND b 23 Dec 1804 Buncombe County, North
Carolina. M William DAVIS.
176 Eleanor McFARLAND b 23 Sep 1807 Buncombe County, North
Carolina.
177 Sally Elvira McFARLAND b 16 Sep 1810 Haywood County,
North Carolina.
+ 178 Houston C. McFARLAND b 28 Dec 1812 Cape Girardeau,
Missouri. M (1) Elizabeth ROBERTSON. M (2) Susanna B.
HERNDON.
179 Honor Melvina McFARLAND b 16 Sep 1820 Missouri.
180 Mary S. McFARLAND b 16 Sep 1820 Missouri.
+ 181 Elizabeth Ann McFARLAND b 21 Dec 1824 St. Genevieve,
Missouri. M William RANKIN.

Buncombe Co. Deed Book 9, pp. 31, 34, 36. John Sr. is deeding land to James (253 acres on Jonathan Cr.), to Reuben (175 acres on Jonathan Cr.) William (196 acres on Jonathan Cr.) and David (116 acres Jonathan's Cr.)

William is listed in the Haywood County Court Pleas book p. 31 as Captain William McFarland's Company, on page 53, return of taxables for the year 1810, again Capt. Wm. McFarland's Company.

In June, 1811 William McFarland of Haywood county sells his 196 acres to John Henry for $500. This land is on both sides of Jonathan's Creek, a tributary of the Pigeon River and includes the plantation where Wm. lives. It is bounded by Rubin McFarland, and is the land conveyed by John McFarland to William. Deed Book A, p. 565-566.

Willliam was chosen as Capt. of a company of militia and records the 1810 taxes collected on p. 53 of the Haywood Co. Minute Book Vol. 1.

It seems that William was the first son to sell his land in North Carolina and head west to the newly opened territory in Missouri.

Cooper County Tax List 1819 - 22. McFarlands: Alex, David, Elijah, George (two), Jacob, James Sr., James Jr., Jesse, John, Samuel, William (two). One William would be this William and the other would be William Bell McFarland, son of John and Rebecca Bell McF.

William McFarland is listed as a Sheriff in 1819.

Cooper County has its first election in 1820 in the town of Lamine. William McFarland was a judge of the election. James McFarland ran for Congressional Representative, but was not elected. Voters included John Cathey, George Cathey Sr, David, Jacob, William McFarland, and Wm George Sr.

William married Susannah George on 28 Dec 1797 in Tennessee. Susannah was born on 30 Apr 1782 in Virginia; died on 15 May 1848 in Cooper Co., MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Cumberland Presbyterian
• Religion: Cumberland Presbyterian
• Residence: 1840, Liberty, Saint Francois, Missouri, USA
• Possessions: 25 May 1842, St. Francois Co., MO; Reubin McFarland Sr. conveys to Reubin McF. Jr. for $300, 127 a. NW quarter of 18th Sec. of Tw. 35, R. 7E, with houses, water, everything "except a cumfortable support for said Reubin McFarland Sr. and Martha his wife" Bk. C, p. 427
• Residence: 1850, District 80, St Francois, Missouri, USA

Notes:

Mary Helen Haines notes:

In the family Bible belonging to Nancy Caroline McFarland Sloan are these dates:
Rubin McFarland born Feb. 19, 1778, died Oct. 4, 1856. Martha McFarland born March 20, 1779, died April 24, 1855

The year for Reuben's death is different. So, not sure if it is 1858 or 1856.

North Carolina
Buncombe Co. Deed Book 9, pp. 31, 34, 36. John Sr. is deeding land to James (253 acres on Jonathan Cr.), to Reuben (175 acres on Jonathan Cr.) William (196 acres on Jonathan Cr.) and David (116 acres Jonathan's Cr.)

Missouri
Article in newspaper dated October 14, 1927, a reprint of an article from 1886
"Farmington, May 10, 1886
Editor Democrat:-- During the year of 1815 or 1816, there came to this part of the country Reuben McFarland, John McFarland and others of the same name, and settled in what was known in early days as the McFarland settlement, some seven or eight miles southeast of Farmington. They were of the Cumberland Presbyterian religion, and old Uncle Reuben McFarland (as every one called him) was one of the most zealous men in the Master's interest in this country. It was about the organization of the old Cumberland Presbyterian Church in that settlement, which was kept up by himself and his relatives as long as he lived, but after his death (which occurred some time in the fifties) the church was merged into the Methodist Church South, and the old house of worship was sold, and now does duty as a cow-barn for George W. Murphy. Uncle Reuben McFarland gave his influence and example to the Presbyterians of Farmington in the organization of their church, and was with them on all occasions when he could be of service; he was ma… known in this part of the country as any man of his day, and esteemed by all as one of the brightest milestones on the narrow way that leads above. During the same year there came to this settlement Thomas George, and his brothers, Reuben, Carrol, Jesse, and Lewis; there came with them several McFarlands, but I believe of no relation to the others. All the Georges except Thomas, and I believe all of the last named McFarlands left this place for Cooper County Missouri, and...(cont. on page 28)"

Note: the other McFarlands were other children of John and Mary Kinder McFarland.

Land Claims:
1824 Reuben McFarland made claim to 127.6 acres in NW Sect. 18, 35 N, 7E. This land straddles the St. Francois/Ste Genevieve border.

On May 25, 1842 Reubin McFarland Sr. conveyed to Reubin Jr. his land, 127 acres and all the goods, horses, houses, water, etc. for $300. "except a cumfortable support for said Reubin McFarland Sr. and Martha his wife." St. Francois Deeds Book C, p. 427.

p. 656 in Goodspeed's Southwest Missouri: "...Reuben and Martha McFarland, who moved from North Carolina to Tennessee and came from there to Missouri in 1814, locating in Liberty Township, St. Francois County, where they passed the remainder of their days. Mr. McFarland was a remarkable man. He was a natural mechanic, being a good blacksmith, gunsmith, carpenter, cabinet maker, etc., and used tools of his own making. He was also a man who made friends of every one with whom he came in contact. He made a clock that kept perfect time, and the violins of his making were equal to any purchased from dealers." part of article about Thomas B. Marks, Reuben's grandson.

When visiting the property in 2008, besides visiting the cemetery, also visited the "Old Clay Pit" under a grove of trees in the middle of a pasture. The people that took us to it, explained that this was the source of the clay used for brickmaking, and the source of the first brick building, a house, built around the time of the civil war.

More than likely, Reuben and Martha are buried in the family cemetery, where is son Jacob and wife are buried. However, there are no visible stones.

The following are notes from the McFarland genealogy website of Gary Morris: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hollow/8143/genealogy/mcfarland/rbtlanc.txt --

***** 49 ***** Reuben A. McFARLAND, son of John McFARLAND and Mary KINDER, was
born 19 Feb 1778 in Bedford County, Virginia, died 13 Feb 1867 in St Francois
County, Missouri. Married 28 Sep 1797 in Jefferson County, Tennessee to Martha
CAMPBELL born 20 May 1779 in Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee, died 24 Apr
1855 in St Francois County, Missouri.

----- NOTES FOR Reuben A. McFARLAND:
MARRIAGE: 1797 TENNESSEE, Jefferson County. Reuben McFarland and Martha
Campbell, 28 Sep 1797/1799. SOURCE: IGI.
CENSUS: 1800 NORTH CAROLINA, Buncombe County 10100-00100. P. 181.
CENSUS: 1810 NORTH CAROLINA, Buncombe County. Reuben McFarland P. 198.
CENSUS: 1830 MISSOURI, Cooper County. Reuben A. McFarland. P. 215.

===CHILDREN of Reuben A. McFARLAND and Martha CAMPBELL

182 [Daughter] McFARLAND b abt 1798 Tennessee(?).
+ 183 Jacob McFARLAND b 19 Oct 1799 Buncombe County, North
Carolina. M Mary McFARLAND.
184 Mary (Polly) McFARLAND b 1801 Buncombe County, North
Carolina.
185 Houston McFARLAND b abt 1807 Buncombe County, North
Carolina.
+ 186 Reuben H. McFARLAND b abt 1810 Haywood County, North
Carolina. M (1) Martha BENTON. M (2) Mary C. PETTIT.

Buncombe Co. Deed Book 9, pp. 31, 34, 36. John Sr. is deeding land to James (253 acres on Jonathan Cr.), to Reuben (175 acres on Jonathan Cr.) William (196 acres on Jonathan Cr.) and David (116 acres Jonathan's Cr.)

Article in newspaper dated October 14, 1927, a reprint of an article from 1886
"Farmington, May 10, 1886
Editor Democrat:-- During the year of 1815 or 1816, there came to this part of the country Reuben McFarland, John McFarland and others of the same name, and settled in what was known in early days as the McFarland settlement, some seven or eight miles southeast of Farmington. They were of the Cumberland Presbyterian religion, and old Uncle Reuben McFarland (as every one called him) was one of the most zealous men in the Master's interest in this country. It was about the organization of the old Cumberland Presbyterian Church in that settlement, which was kept up by himself and his relatives as long as he lived, but after his death (which occurred some time in the fifties) the church was merged into the Methodist Church South, and the old house of worship was sold, and now a does duty as a cow-barn for George W. Murphy. Uncle Reuben McFarland gave his influence and example to the Presbyterians of Farmington in the organization of their church, and was with them on all occasions when he could be of service; he was ma… known in this part of the country as any man of his day, and esteemed by all as one of the brightest milestones on the narrow way that leads above. During the same year there came to this settlement Thomas George, and his brothers, Reuben, Carrol, Jesse, and Lewis; there came with them several McFarlands, but I believe of no relation to the others. All the Georges except Thomas, and I believe all of the last named McFarlands left this place for Cooper County Missouri, and...(cont. on page 28)"

Note: the other McFarlands were other children of John and Mary Kinder McFarland.

Land Claims: 1824 Reuben McFarland made claim to 127.6 acres in NW Sect. 18, 35 N, 7E.

On May 25, 1842 Reubin McFarland Sr. conveyed to Reubin Jr. his land, 127 acres and all the goods, horses, houses, water, etc. for $300. "except a cumfortable support for said Reubin McFarland Sr. and Martha his wife." St. Francois Deeds Book C, p. 427.

p. 656 in Goodspeed's Southwest Missouri: "...Reuben and Martha McFarland, who moved from North Carolina to Tennessee and came from there to Missouri in 1814, locating in Liberty Township, St. Francois County, where they passed the remainder of their days. Mr. McFarland was a remarkable man. He was a natural mechanic, being a good blacksmith, gunsmith, carpenter, cabinet maker, etc., and used tools of his own making. He was also a man who made friends of every one with whom he came in contact. He made a clock that kept perfect time, and the violins of his making were equal to any purchased from dealers." part of article about Thomas B. Marks, Reuben's grandson.

Reuben married Martha Campbell on 28 Sep 1797 in Jefferson Co., TN. Martha was born on 20 May 1779 in Virginia; died on 24 Apr 1855 in St Francois Co., MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1830, Cooper, Missouri, USA
• Probate: 10 Oct 1835, Cooper, Missouri, USA

Notes:

Mary Helen Haines notes:

Buncombe Co. Deed Book 9, pp. 31, 34, 36. John Sr. is deeding land to James (253 acres on Jonathan Cr.), to Reuben (175 acres on Jonathan Cr.) William (196 acres on Jonathan Cr.) and David (116 acres Jonathan's Cr.)

Buncombe Co. April Court, 1807, pp. 98-99: Ordered by court that David McFarland oversee and cut open a pack horse way from Jonathans Creek to the top of the ountain between said creek and Oconaluftee: All hte hands including Edward Leatherwoods plantation and above that on Jonathans Creek to work on said road under said overseer.

Haywood Co. Deeds, Pages 91-92.
Indenture, 5 Jan. 1809, between Felix WALKER of the Co. of Haywood and John HENRY of the same Co. in consideration of the sum of $200 hath conveyed unto the said John HENRY a tract in the said Co. on both sides of the Socah. Beginning at a maple tree at the N of a branch on the S side of Socah Creek thence S 20 E or near that direction a direct course toward the highest place on the top of a mountain oposite to the line of the Survey which this a part thence with said line N 65 W to a black oak with Chestnut and hickory pointers the beginning corner of said Survey thence from that course S 70 E 150 poles to a blackoak on his other line thence N a long a mountain 100 poles suposed to where John DOBSON's line intersect the said line & with John DOBSON's line...containing as is supposed 150 acres Granted to the said Felix WALKER by Patent bearing the date 5 Dec. 1804...it is provided that the line in this deed running N 70 E shall not extend further than the top of the mountain nor further than the upperline of a tract of land sold by the said Felix WALKER to Benjamin PARKS and John DOBSON. F. WALKER {Seal}. Witnesses: David McFARLAND and Eli Newman HENRY. Registered 16 Jul. 1810.

In Haywood Co. Minute Book of Pleas, Vol. 1, p. 12, David McFarland is elected as Standard Bearer for the county. On p. 26, David McFarland is sworn as administrator for the estate of James McDowell.

In the 1830 census for Cooper County, David is listed bet. 50 and 60, with wife bet. 40 and 50. There are also two males bet. 20 and 30. One male bet. 5 and 10, one daug. bet 5 and 10, 2 daug. bet 10 and 15, three daug. bet. 15 and 20. Reuben A. bet 20 and 30 is living next to him.

In the 1840 census, Margaret is living on same land, with one son 15 to 20, 1 daug. 10 to 15, one daug. 15 to 20, and 2 girls 20 to 30. There is what appears to be a J.W. McFarland next door showing one male 40 to 50, one male 30 to 40, and one female 20 to 30.

There is a David McFarland and family living in Grayson County, Texas in 1860, Image 104/174. This David was born in N.C. around 1810. A Son of this David?

The following are notes from the McFarland genealogy website of Gary Morris: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hollow/8143/genealogy/mcfarland/rbtlanc.txt --
***** 50 ***** David McFARLAND, son of John McFARLAND and Mary KINDER, was born
7 Jan 1780 in Bedford County, Virginia.

----- NOTES FOR David McFARLAND:
CENSUS: 1810 NORTH CAROLINA, Haywood County. P. 198.
Buncombe Co. Deed Book 9, pp. 31, 34, 36. John Sr. is deeding land to James (253 acres on Jonathan Cr.), to Reuben (175 acres on Jonathan Cr.) William (196 acres on Jonathan Cr.) and David (116 acres Jonathan's Cr.)

In Haywood Co. Minute Book of Pleas, Vol. 1, p. 12, David McFarland is elected as Standard Bearer for the county. On p. 26, David McFarland is sworn as administrator for the estate of James McDowell.

In the 1830 census for Cooper County, David is listed bet. 50 and 60, with wife bet. 40 and 50. There are also two males bet. 20 and 30. One male bet. 5 and 10, one daug. bet 5 and 10, 2 daug. bet 10 and 15, three daug. bet. 15 and 20. Reuben A. bet 20 and 30 is living next to him.

In the 1840 census, Margaret is living on same land, with one son 15 to 20, 1 daug. 10 to 15, one daug. 15 to 20, and 2 girls 20 to 30. There is what appears to be a J.W. McFarland next door showing one male 40 to 50, one male 30 to 40, and one female 20 to 30.

There is a David McFarland and family living in Grayson County, Texas in 1860, Image 104/174. This David was born in N.C. around 1810. A Son of this David?

Family/Spouse: Margaret McDowell. Margaret was born in 1785 in Virginia; died between 1840 and 1850 in Cooper Co., MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The following are notes from the McFarland genealogy website of Gary Morris: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hollow/8143/genealogy/mcfarland/rbtlanc.txt --
There are no notes for Catherine.

Family/Spouse: Cain. died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Possessions: 21 Oct 1808, Plumb Orchard, Eastern Cherokee Indian Reservation; Buncombe Co. NC Deed Book A, p. 23. Jesse purchased 100 acres on the Ravens Fork above Jacob Mingus...including the place called Plumb Orchard. This deed was later voided because it was determined to be owned by the Cherokee, which they still do today.
• Residence: 1810, Haywood, North Carolina, United States

Notes:

Mary Helen Haines notes:

Haywood Co. NC:
Book A, p. 23 Oct. 21, 1808. Benjamin Parks to Jesse McFarland, both of Buncombe Co. For the sum of $90, 100 acres on the Ravens Fork above Jacob Mingus included the place called Plumb orchard....Signed Benjamin Parks. Wit F (elix) Walker jur. Jacob Mingus, Ord by Walker at Jun 1809 Court. Reg 14 aug 1809.

Jesse McFarland's children list their father as being born in North Carolina in the 1880 census. It is likely that he was born in the area south of the Nolachucky River where the family seems to have moved in 1784. That land would have been part of what becomes the State of Franklin briefly, and is part of Cocke Co., Tennessee today. Back in 1784 it was part of grants of land made by the state of North Carolina.

St. Francois Co., MO. Box 26 Probate Deeds, Wills, etc. Estate sale, on July 10, 1825. lists those in attendance including James Caldwell, Rucker Jackson, Eliot Jackson, Martin Sebastian, James McFarland and more. List of heirs include: John , William , Lucretia , Melvina, Polly Eliza, Eli Newman, Jackson, and Frank B. McFarland.

The following are notes from the McFarland genealogy website of Gary Morris: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hollow/8143/genealogy/mcfarland/rbtlanc.txt --

***** 52 ***** Jesse McFARLAND, son of John McFARLAND and Mary KINDER, was born
7 Aug 1784 in Bedford County, Virginia, died 5 Jun 1826 in St Francois County,
Missouri. Married to Isabella Henry BOYD born 24 Jul 1786 in South Carolina.

===CHILDREN of Jesse McFARLAND and Isabella Henry BOYD

+ 187 John H. McFARLAND b 28 Dec 1805 Buncombe County, North
Carolina.
188 Mary E. McFARLAND b 24 Jul 1807 Buncombe County, North
Carolina.
189 Rachel E. McFARLAND b 7 May 1809 North Carolina.
+ 190 William Anderson McFARLAND b 10 Nov 1811 Haywood County,
North Carolina. M Elizabeth Honey VANCE.
191 Eli Newman McFARLAND b 2 Sep 1813 Haywood County, North
Carolina.
192 Lucretia Matilda McFARLAND b 1 Feb 1816 Haywood County,
North Carolina.
193 Jesse Jackson McFARLAND b 13 Jan 1818 St Francois
County, Missouri, d 30 Nov 1882 Belleview, Missouri.
194 Isabella H. McFARLAND b 17 Dec 1820 St Francois County,
Missouri.
195 Franklin B. McFARLAND b 10 Dec 1822 St Francois County,
Missouri.
St. Francois Co., MO. Box 33 Probate Deeds, Wills, etc. Estate sale, on July 10, 1825. lists those in attendance including James Caldwell, Rucker Jackson, Eliot Jackson, Martin Sebastian, James McFarland and more. List of heirs include: John , William , Lucretia , Melvina, Polly Eliza, Eli Newman, Jackson, and Frank B. McFarland.

Jesse married Isabella HenryBuncombe Co., NC. Isabella was born on 24 Jul 1786 in South Carolina; died about 1860 in Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1850, District 16, Cass, Missouri, USA

Notes:

The following are notes from the McFarland genealogy website of Gary Morris: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hollow/8143/genealogy/mcfarland/rbtlanc.txt --

***** 53 ***** Anna McFARLAND, daughter of John McFARLAND and Mary KINDER, was
born 15 Nov 1786 in Bedford County, Virginia, died in Bates County, Missouri.
Married 1810 in Haywood County, North Carolina to George CATHEY born 17 Jan 1787
in Burke County, North Carolina, died about 1851 in Bates County, Missouri.

----- NOTES FOR Anna McFARLAND:
SOURCE: WFT Disk #11.

Anna married George Cathey about 1810 in Haywood Co., NC. George was born on 17 Jan 1787 in Burke Co., North Carolina; died between 1853 and 1860 in Bates Co. Missouri; was buried in Aaron, Bates County, Missouri, United States of America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Is her birthdate really 1768? That would fit better with the other siblings.

Family/Spouse: William Deering. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1840, Rockingham, North Carolina, United States
• Residence: 1860, Northern Division, Rockingham, North Carolina, USA

Rachel married Nicholas Dalton on 23 Jun 1793 in Rutherford Co., NC. Nicholas was born on 4 Apr 1770 in Rockingham, North Carolina; died on 7 Jan 1838 in Rockingham Co., NC; was buried in Madison, Rockingham County, North Carolina, United States of America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Frances Martin in 1808 in Stokes County, NC. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Why is she not mentioned in the will of James Hunter is she is a daughter?

Nancy married Rice Whitaker in 1804 in Grainger Co., Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: George McFarland
• Residence: 1807, Knox Co., KY
• Residence: 1810, Knox, Kentucky, United States
• Possessions: 1812, Knox Co., KY; Shows George owning 100 acres, 3rd rate land, patented in his name.
• Possessions: 1818, Knox Co., KY; Geo Mcfarland has 50 acres, and 70 acres, both on Indian Cr.
• Residence: 1820, Lynncamp Creek, Knox, Kentucky, United States
• Possessions: 1823, Knox Co., KY; George has 100 acres on Lynn Camp, patented to McFarland. 2 horses. Also next to him is listed Arthur McF. with 50 acres, on Poplar, patented by George McF.
• Residence: 1830, Knox, Kentucky, USA
• Possessions: 20 Sep 1830, Knox County, Kentucky, USA; Patent for 50 acres on Little Poplar Cr. Book Z of Kentucky Land Office Records

Notes:

This George McFarland, has been confused at times with the George McFarland who married Sally Jack in TN. Some contend that Sally Jack died and he then married Nancy Golden. They contend that there were three children from this first marriage: George, Frances, and Nancy. If this is so, then that George Sr. would have to be living in two places at the same time.

A George McFarland married Betsey Maddux March 16, 1812 in Greene Co. TN. (This appears to be George Jr., son of the George who moved to Knox Co. KY). There are two other children who seem to be the children of George Sr. who moves to Knox Co. KY: Frances McF. born 1795 in TN, married to James Helton on Nov. 16, 1820 in Knox Co. KY, and Nancy McF. born 1797 in TN, married to Thomas Mattox in 1820 in Knox Co. KY.

Nancy Golden was born 1771 in Lincoln, Wilkes Co. GA (?). The family is in Knox Co. KY in 1810 as George McFarlin (26-45), next to Duncan McFarlin. In 1820 in Lynncamp Creek, Knox Co, on same page as Duncan McFarland and Rachael McFarland is George McFarland (26-44). In 1830 George (40-49) is still present along with a George McFarland Jr. (30-39) It seems likely that the George McFarland of Knox Co. KY could be associated with the Duncan McFarland family of Knox/Whitley Co. KY who had once lived in Greene Co. TN. The ages of the George McFarland of Knox Co. KY in the various census records do not always fit with the age of George McFarland born 1769.

George McFarland received a land grant of 50 acres on Fk. Little Poplar Cr. in Knox Co. Survey was Sept 20, 1830.

Family/Spouse: unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

George married Nancy Golden on 20 Apr 1801 in Knox County, TN. Nancy was born in 1771 in North Carolina; died on 20 Feb 1855 in Knox, Kentucky, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1799, No Township Listed, Grainger County, TN
• Possessions: 1807, Knox County, KY; On tax list with 200 acres of land, 3rd rate. Land patent was issued to person named Arthur. George McFarland also listed, but with no land.
• Residence: 1810, Knox, Kentucky, United States
• Possessions: 1815, Knox County, KY; Tax List. Duncan with 300 acres on Laurel R. Patent to Brooke. Benjamin listed next to him. Whitley Co. created in 1818 from Knox. Laurel R. in Whitley.
• Residence: 1820, Horse Creek, Knox, Kentucky, United States
• Possessions: 14 Sep 1826, Whitley County, Kentucky, USA; Warrant to Duncan for 50 acres on Rockcastle R. , Book T, p. 397 of Kentucky Land Office Records
• Possessions: 1829, Whitley, Kentucky, USA; Tax List. Duncan Mcfarlan 75 acres 3rd rate land, Laurel, Heaton entered, Mcfarlan surveyed. 25 acres Laurel, Arthur patented, Arthur surveyed. Then Joseph has 50 acres, Laurel, Arthur patented and surveyed.
• Possessions: 12 May 1829, Whitley, Kentucky, USA; Duncan and George McFarland, land patent in Whitley for 275 acres on Laurell R. Book Z.
• Possessions: 1830, Whitley, Kentucky, USA; Tax List. Shows Duncan with 75, 50, 150, 100 acres from own patent and then J. Arthur patent, then J. Mcfarlan patent. All land on Laurel R.
• Residence: 1830, Whitley, Kentucky, USA
• Possessions: 28 Oct 1831, Whitley, Kentucky, USA; 50 acres on Davis B. Book R-2 of Kentucky Land Office Records
• Possessions: 7 Dec 1835, Whitley, Kentucky, USA; 32 acres on Clear Fork
• Possessions: 2 May 1836, Whitley, Kentucky, USA; 550 acres on Laurel River
• Residence: 1840, Whitley, Kentucky, USA
• Residence: 1850, District 2, Whitley, Kentucky, USA
• Possessions: 4 Oct 1852, Whitley; Book 3, p. 490-491. Duncan and wife Martha sell 350 acres to John Ballinger, from the Duncan McF. patent of 550 acres on brancey of Laurel R. corner to Wm. McFarland's 2 acres. P. 493 Duncan sells to George Tye 100 acres for $100. same day .
• Residence: 1860, Whitley, Whitley, Kentucky, USA

Notes:

Mary Helen Haines notes:

2017: This line is Y-DNA related to Robert McFarland who died in 1751 in Lancaster Co. PA. They carry the same BY3019 SNP that is carried by all male descendants of Robert. It is not known if that SNP goes back to earlier McFarlands at this time.

It is not known definitely whose is Duncan's father; however, if I were to make a guess, it would be Joseph, born 1745, who married a female O'Gullion, brother to Duncan O'Gullion, a neighbor to Joseph and the Gullion's in the Reed Creek area.

There is a Duncan McFarland in 1795 in Lee Co. VA tax list. He is not present after this.

There is a Duncan McFarland in Grainger Co. TN in 1797, and 1803.

In 1810 Duncan McFarlin is on the Knox Co. KY census next to George McFarlin. That George McFarland was married to Nancy Golden. Descendant of that marriage is autosomal connected to me, Mary Helen Haines of the line of Robert.

It was assumed that this Duncan is the brother of Joseph, whose father is listed as James McFarland in Joseph's death certificate. Duncan named his first born son James. However, I now believe that he is a cousin and that James is the son of Robert McFarland, born 1730.

Duncan married Martha (Patty) McFarland in 1793 in Virginia, USA. Martha was born about 1778 in Virginia; died in Whitley, Kentucky, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mary Helen Haines speculations:

I believe this unnamed person is the brother to Duncan, Joseph, and George McFarland of Whitley and Knox Co. KY. A descendant of Barnabas is connected DNA to Duncan and George descendants by Y-DNA and by autosomal DNA. He is also connected by autosomal DNA to descendants of the Gullion family.

The names of Barnabas and Duncan could be from the influence of the Gullion family of Wythe Co. VA. The Gullion family were neighbors to the McFarlands there in the 1770s. Joseph McFarland married a sister of Duncan Gullion. As late as 1828 an unknown George McFarland married a Polly Gullion in Wythe Co. and there were no McFarlands living in the area at the time.

This unknown McFarland stayed in Virginia until after the birth of daughter Mahala, but moved to KY before birth of Barnabas in 1825. Mother Mary Ann is a widow in Whitley Co. KY by the 1830 census.

Need to research all court minutes and deed records for the 1820s in Knox and Whitley counties.

brother married Mary Ann about 1819 in VA. Mary was born in 1789 in VA; died after 1860 in Knox Co., Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: James C McFarland
• Birth: Abt 1785, Virginia
• Residence: 1830, Fentress, Tennessee, USA
• Residence: 1850, Districts 6 and 11, Fentress, Tennessee, USA
• Death: Aft 1860, Clinton Co., KY

Notes:

Mary Helen Haines notes:

We know through YDNA testing that this line is connected to the line of Robert McFarland of Lancaster Co. married to Jennet and definitely not the son of Alexander McFarland and Lydia Priest. That family is a completely different haplogroup.

Big Y 700 testing has made clear that the James C. line is the same haplogroup as the George McFarland b. 1776 in VA, and the Duncan McFarland, b. 1774 in VA, and the Barnabas McFarland, b. 1825 in KY lines: BY28612. George and Duncan must have been brothers to James C. and Barnabas the son of another brother who died before his name showed up on records. The only son of John and Mary Montgomery who is unaccounted for is Joseph, b. 1745, who died abt. 1792, but was living in the area that became Wythe Co. along with his brothers till the rest moved on Tennessee in 1783/4. It appears that Joseph's children moved to TN (Overton/Fentress) and KY (Knox and Whitley).

Fentress County was created in 1826 from Overton County.

Records:
1820 census record in Overton County for James McFarland has a male 26-44, with wife in same range. Two males under 10, which would be Wesley born 1817 and another. The John McFarland born 1808 in some trees would be incorrect. There is a female also under 10, and the Mary Ann in some trees born 1805 would be too old also.

1830 census in Fentress County
2 males under 5: Samuel born 1828, age 2 and another unknown
1 male 5-9: James Evans born 1825, age 5 (so if there is a William born 1824, where is he?)
1 male 10-14: Wesley born 1817, age 13
2 males 15-19: born 1810-1815...unknown
1 male 20-29: born 1800-1810...unknown--could be John who shows up in 1833 tax list
1 male 40-49: born 1780 to 90: James born 1785
2 females 5-9: Anna, born 1824, age 6, and another
1 female 10-14: ? Nancy Jane born 1820, age 10
1 female 30-39: Rebecca Rule born 1790-1800

? Mary Ann born 1805 25 years old, probably married

In 1833 tax list for Fentress County is James McFarland, John McFarland

1840 census in Fentress County p. 19
1 male under 5: Young born 1836, age 4
1 male 5-9: Andrew James born 1832, age 8
2 males 10 to 14: Samuel, born 1828, age 12, and ? James Evans, born 1825, age 15?
1 male 15-19: William, born 1824, age 16
1 male 40-19: James C. born 1785, age 55
2 females 15-19: Anna, born 1824, age 16; and Nancy Jane born 1820, age 20?
1 female 40-49: mother of Young?

Wesley is in own household age 20 to 30, p. 19

1850 census in Fentress County
p. 768 District 6-11, fam. 110
Jas McFarland 65 farmer born VA
Priscilla 44
Rebecca Prichet 16
Levi Prichet 14
Sarah Prichet 13
Levina Prichet 10
Thos Prichet 18
Delila McFarland 3
Young McFarland 13 (is on the next page 769)

1860 census in Clinton Co. KY
fam. 577
James C. McFarlin, 73, TN
Prisilla, 55, KY
Eli T, 20, TN
Delila T. 12, TN
Lavisa J. Prichart 3 KY

So, there are several unaccounted for children or people living in this household in the census records.

Older notes:
QUESTIONABLE LINK: Believed to be the son of Alexander McFarland and Lydia
Priest, but not conclusive. Probably based on geographic locale and lack of
any other persons.
CENSUS: 1820-1850 TENNESSEE, Fentress County. James C. McFarland.
CENSUS: 1860 KENTUCKY, Clinton County. James McFarland 73 VA, Priscilla
(wife), and his daughter Delilah and Lavisa J. Prichard f. age 3. Page 81. 14
July 1860.
OCCUPATION: Farmer
RESEARCHER: Descendant Vernon C. McFarland, 957 Unadilla St., Shreveport, LA
71106. Corresponded last July 1997.
RESEARCHER: Descendant of daughter Deliliah and Alexander GOODING; Darrell
Gooding, P.O.Box 714 Jamestown, TN 38556.
RESEARCHER: 1999 Mary P. WINSTEAD &amp;ltmwinstead@eazy.net&amp;gt
WIFE: Records of Howard in Flint, TX, from his Aunt Lillian who was very close
to grandmother Susannah Caroline Wood McFarland. THeir family records state
that James C. McFarland of VA/Frentress Co TN/Clinton Co, KKKY(1785-1860?) was
married to a Barbara Young. This is believed to perhaps be his second wife.
Note, the second wife alos listed as Elizabeth ____. This may be a clue for
researchers. SOURCE (2001) from Mary Haines.

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Reagan. Elizabeth was born in May 1804 in Wilkes County, North Carolina; died in 1903 in Fentress County, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Caroline Rebecca Rule about 1804 in Overton Co.TN. Caroline was born about 1787 in Fentress Co.TN; died about 1834. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Priscilla Mullinex in 1845 in , , Tennessee, USA. Priscilla was born in 1805 in Tennessee; died after 7 Jan 1893 in Littlecrab, Fentress Co., TN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Elizabeth Story about 1835. Elizabeth was born between 1790 and 1800 in Virginia; died before 1845. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Possessions: 1810, Jefferson County, TN; Page 47: #396: John McFarland enters 181 acres in Jefferson County, TN, on the sinking fork of Long Creek adj. Benj. McFarland, Elijah Witt, Wm May, and George Edgar. Part of Warrant No. 2792 for 640 acres dated 23 Jan 1809 issued by the Commissioner of
• Residence: 1830, Jefferson, Tennessee, USA
• Residence: 1840, Jefferson, Tennessee, USA
• Residence: 1850, District 11, Hawkins, Tennessee, USA

Notes:

Mary Helen Haines notes:

This is probably the John McFarlin listed in Capt. Carson's Co. in 1800 in Jefferson Co. with no land. He is in the same district as Benjamin McFarland.

In 1830 census there are two John McFarlands listed. One is called John McFarland Sr. and one Jr. The dates for both men show them born bet. 1770-1780. One is Image 11, on same page as Alexander McFarland age 20-30.

The other is on Image 3 (Jr.), , which I believe is this John McFarland. I have no idea why they are labeled Jr. and Sr. This John McFarland Jr. is living near to Augustus Rice (who is married to his eldest daughter) and Andrew B. McFarland, his brother.

In the 1850 census, John and Elizabeth are living in the household of Orville Rice and Margaret in Hawkins Co. TN. District 11, Image 13, fam. 91. John is listed as a hunter, born in VA.

John married Betsy Davis on 30 Apr 1799 in Jefferson, Tennessee, USA. Betsy was born on 14 Aug 1780 in Virginia; died on 7 Sep 1861 in Hawkins Co., TN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Benjamin Bradford on 15 Jul 1798 in Jefferson Co., TN. Benjamin was born in 1774; died in 1819. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: 1783, Bedford Co., VA

Rachael married Henry Bradford on 25 Jan 1799 in Jefferson Co., TN. Henry was born on 24 Dec 1778; died on 10 May 1871. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Benjamin A McFarland
• Birth: 24 Jan 1786
• Residence: 1840, Buffalo, Morgan, Missouri, USA
• Death: 3 Aug 1840, Morgan, Missouri, USA

Benjamin married Margaret McFarland in 1806 in Jefferson, Tennessee, USA. Margaret (daughter of Robert McFarland, FT218687 RoM02 and Margaret Dibberty) was born on 27 Jan 1787 in Jefferson, Tennessee, USA; died after 1850 in Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: Abt 1790, Tennessee
• Birth: 8 May 1790, Greene, Tennessee, USA
• Death: 1849, OH

Other Events and Attributes:

• Possessions: 1816, 1818, Jefferson County, Tennessee; Book O, p. 144, purchase 146 a. from John Canaday. Bk. O, p. 322, purchase 102 a. from Geo. Larimore, next to Isaac Barton.
• Possessions: 1824, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA; Book Q, p. 376. Father Benjamin gift to Andrew B, 300 acres on Sinking Fork of Long Creek, (next to John McF.) his purchase from 1793 (Bk. B,p. 29). Also another purchase Bk. Q, p. 404 for town lot in Dandridge
• Residence: 1830, Jefferson, Tennessee, USA
• Residence: 1836, Jefferson, Tennessee, United States
• Residence: 1840, Jefferson, Tennessee, USA
• Residence: 1850, District 13, Jefferson, Tennessee, USA
• Residence: 1860, Jefferson, Tennessee, USA
• Residence: 1870, District 12, Jefferson, Tennessee, USA

Notes:

A. B. McFarland can be found in the 1850, 1860, and 1870 censuses in Jefferson County TN.

CEMETERY: TENNESSEE, Hamblen Co, Witt Baptist Cemetery. Andrew B. McFarland
died May 20, 1873, age 80yr, 9mo, 11 days. Wife Margaret, died Apr 28, 1840,
age 52 years. SOURCE: INTERNET, USGENWEB, Tennessee.

Andrew married Margaret Edgar on 18 Oct 1813 in Jefferson Co., TN. Margaret was born on 2 Apr 1788 in Jefferson County, Tennessee, United States of America; died on 28 Apr 1840 in White Pine, Jefferson, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Baptist Cemetery, Witt's Foundry, Hamblen Co., TN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Andrew married Jane Pearce on 18 Jan 1844 in Jefferson Co., TN. Jane was born in 1793 in Kentucky; died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Possessions: 1821, Jefferson County, 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.

Notes:

Mary Helen Haines notes:

So who is this person. Marriage? Lived where on any census?

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Whitley
• Possessions: 11 May 1829, 12 May 1829, Whitley, Kentucky, USA; Two warrants: 75 acres, and 150 acres on Laurel R. Kentucky Land Office Records, Book Z, p. 277. This appears to be Joseph, son of Duncan.
• Residence: 1830, Jefferson, Tennessee, USA
• Possessions: 1 Apr 1850, Whitley, Kentucky, USA; Deed Book 3,p. 256. Joseph McFarland and Eliz. his wife, Gustavus Hill and Mary his wife, and George McF. and Benj. McF. of Whitley sell to Thomas Marlow 52 acres on Maple Creek for $55.
• Death: 27 Feb 1852, Kentucky, USA

Notes:

Mary Helen Haines notes:

Joseph's death record in Kentucky states his death date, his parents James and Ety (probably Ely) McFarland, and age 76, and place of death, Meadow Creek, and birth in Jefferson Co. TN.

Since there was no Jefferson Co. TN in 1776, this is probably referring to where he lived prior to moving to Whitley Co. KY.

There is a record of him being buried at the Coffee or Joseph McFarland Cemetery with the dates 1778- 3 Mar. 1852. Also there an Edith McFarland, 1803-3 Mar 1853 age 50 years. (a daughter?)

Not sure about the 1830 census record below. Why would he be in TN and all his children are born in KY.

A Joseph shows up in Jefferson Co. TN in the 1830 census:
#543, image 41/134 with:
2 males under 5, George and Benjamin
1 male 5 thru 9,
1 male 10 thru 14,
1 male 15 thru 19,
1 male 50 thru 59,= Joseph
1 fem. under 5,
1 fem. 10 thru 14,
1 fem. 15 thru 19,
1 fem. 30 thru 39 = Elizabeth

Joseph is in Whitley Co. TN in the 1840 census:
2 males 10 - 15, = George and Benjamin
2 males 15 - 20,
1 male 60 - 70, = Joseph
1 female under 5,
1 fem. 5 - 10, = Clarisy
1 fem. 15 - 20, = Ailsy
1 fem. 40 - 50. = Elizabeth

1850 census: Whitley Co. KY,
Fam. 360: Joseph McFarland, 85, TN
Elizabeth, 50, TN
George 23, KY
Benjamin 20, KY
Ailsy 17, KY
Clarisy 15, KY

Not sure how to reconcile the place of birth of the youngest children with their presence in the 1830 census in Jefferson Co. TN.

Next to him, Fam. 361 is Joseph, 26, KY with wife Cynthia 23, KY, children Baker, 5, Jasper, 7, Joseph, 2, all KY.

Joseph married Nancy about 1810. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Sharp. Elizabeth was born in 1780 in Tennessee; died on 18 Mar 1853 in Meadow Creek, Whitley Co., KY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Polly married John Randolph on 1 Jul 1804 in Muhlenberg, Kentucky, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1810, Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
• Residence: 1820, Todd, Kentucky, United States
• Residence: 1830, Henry, Tennessee, USA
• Residence: 1836, Henry, Tennessee, United States
• Residence: 1850, District 17, Henry, Tennessee, USA

Notes:

William was a veteran from war of 1812
Info taken from will 28 may 1822

MHH notes:
From The Kentucky Land Grants, by Willard Rouse Jillson, Vol. 1, p. 373 from section labeled Grants South of Green River, William McFarland made a 50 acre grant, Book 5, p. 208, in Muhlenberg Co., Cypress Creek on Oct. 4, 1804.

1850 census he is living in Henry Co., Tennessee with wife and the youngest children. His son William R. is living next to him.

Dawn notes:
By the way, the 3 McFarland brothers, sons of John and Jenny all served in War of 1812 in the Battle of the Thames Campaign, 7th Kentucky Volunteer Regiment, including William, John, Jr., and Andrew. They all served under a Ewing, William and Alexander, under a different Ewing brother. John, Jr. may have served under Finis Ewing; I am still researching that, but he definitely served. His land in Wabash County was apparently a reward for service.

William married Nancy Winders in Jan 1808 in Muhlenburg, Ky. Nancy was born about 1785 in Duplin Co., N.C.; died on 20 Apr 1861 in , Henry, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Paris, Henry County, Tennessee, United States of America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Possessions: 5 Sep 1815, Christian County, Kentucky, USA; Book F, p. 78. Gift of land from John Thompson, father-in-law of John McFarland.
• Possessions: 26 Feb 1820, Todd County, KY; Christian
• Residence: 1830, Wabash, Illinois, USA
• Residence: 1850, Wabash, Illinois, USA

Notes:

IN 1850 census, says born in TN; but other records all say VA.

"Mentioned in Father's estate records May 1821, Todd County, Ky., along with heirs/siblings."

John married Mary Polly Thompson on 21 Sep 1814 in Christian Co., KY. Mary was born about 1790 in Monroe, West Virginia, USA; died between 1860 and 1870 in Wabash, Wabash, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1830, Christian, Kentucky, United States
• Residence: 1840, Christian, Kentucky, United States
• Residence: 1850, District 1, Christian, Kentucky
• Residence: 1860, Christian, Kentucky, United States

Notes:

will 28 May 1822

Jane married Jedd James Rogers on 21 Oct 1809 in Christian Co., KY. Jedd was born on 8 May 1783 in Virginia, United States,; died on 4 Feb 1829 in Bushy Grove Creek, Trigg, Kentucky, United States,. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1850, Fayette, Illinois, USA

Family/Spouse: Elijah Haygood. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

will 28 May 1822 Todd Co. Ky.

Mary Helen Haines notes:
1850 census Fayette Co. Illinois, p. 71, Found Margaret A., 58 born KY living with Elijah, 78, SC, and children Elizabeth, 8, TN and William B. 6, KY, as family 499 living with James P. Haygood, 29 KY and wife Sarah E. 21, tN, and Frances 1, female, Illinois, and Margaret N., born 1850, TN.

Margaret married Elijah Hagood on 24 Jul 1817 in Christian Co., KY. Elijah was born about 1772 in South Carolina; died on 8 May 1857 in Fayette Co., Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Probate: Fayette, Illinois, USA
• Residence: 1820, Todd, Kentucky, United States
• Possessions: 20 Jan 1821, Todd County, Kentucky, USA; Book A, p. 104. Purchased 25 acres on waters of Elkfort of Red River from Buckner Hagood for $50.
• Residence: 1850, Fayette, Illinois, USA
• Residence: 3 Jul 1865, Sharon, Fayette, Illinois, USA
• Residence: 1870, Sharon, Fayette, Illinois, USA

Notes:

will 28 May 1822 Todd Co. Ky.

Mary Helen Haines notes:

Marriage record in Christian Co. kY: Andrew M McFarland to Nancy Hagood, Feb. 17, 1819. Wit. Elisha Hagood

1850 census: Fayette Co. Illinois, page stamped 372, fam. #499

Found Andrew McFarland, b. 1793 in Kentucky, living in Fayette Co., Illinois fam. 500, with wife Agnes from South Carolina, living next to fam. 500:
Andrew McFarland 57, KY
Agnes 51, SC
George W. 19 KY
William H. 15, Illinois
Benjamin W. 13, Illinois
fam. 501
Robert McFarland, 23, KY
Martha, 19, Illinois
James M. 21, KY
John, 2, Illinois
fam. 499 is Andrew's sister Margaret, 58, KY with husband Elijah Haygood, 78, SC, living iwht James P. Haygood 29 KY and family

In 1860 census: Andrew is with wife named Margaret.

Andrew married Nancy Agnes Hagood on 17 Feb 1819 in Christian Co., KY. Nancy was born about 1793 in South Carolina; died on 18 Mar 1856 in Fayette County, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Andrew married Margaret Dearduff on 19 Sep 1859 in Montgomery, Illinois, United States. Margaret was born on 15 Apr 1816 in Ohio, USA; died on 15 Mar 1879 in Crocker, Pulaski, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: 1795, Christian Co., Kentucky
• Residence: 1822, Madison County, Missouri, USA
• Residence: 1830, St Michael, Madison, Missouri, USA
• Residence: 1840, Madison, Missouri, USA
• Residence: 1850, Madison, Missouri, USA
• Residence: 1860, St Michael, Madison, Missouri, USA
• Residence: 1870, Saint Michael, Madison, Missouri, USA
• Residence: 1880, Saint Michael, Madison, Missouri, USA

Notes:

will 28 May 1822 Todd Co. Ky. According to the probate records, Arthur McFarland was living in Todd County KY in 1821, which conflicts with the below statement.

Mary Helen Haines notes:

Goodspeed's History of Southeast Missouri p. 875 "Andrew J. McFarland, farmer who was born in Madison County, Mo., in 1837, is a son of Arthur and Louisa (Morrow) McFarland, and grandson of John McFarland, a native of Virginia, who immigrated to Christian County, Ky. at an early age. Arthur McFarland was born in Christian County, Ky., in 1795 and was of Scotch-Irish descent. He left his native county and state in 1816, and began working at the Mine La Motte mines, but in connection with this followed farming until 1832, when he married Miss Louisa Morrow, who was born in the territory of Upper Louisiana in 1810."

Some researchers have the parent of Arthur as John S. McFarland, a son of William McFarland and Eliz. Gibson. This is incorrect as the family of John of Christian Co. KY is DNA connected to the line of Robert McFarland who died in 1751 in Lancaster Co. PA.

I found another Arthur McFarland, born 1795 in TN, that is living in Campbell County, TN in the 1850 and 1870 census. He was married to Alcey in 1850 with several children. He is probably part of the Whitley Co. KY McFarlands.

1850 census says born in TN, all others say born in KY, 1880 says both parents born in VA.

Arthur married Louisa Morrow on 3 Oct 1834 in Madison Co., MO. Louisa was born in 1810 in (territory of upper Louisiana-Missouri); died after 1880 in Madison Co., Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

will 28 May 1822 Todd Co. Ky.

Isabella married Andrew Moore on 24 Jun 1828 in , Todd, Ky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1850, District 13, Jefferson, Tennessee, USA
• Residence: 1860, Jefferson, Tennessee, USA

Notes:

Living with Dorcas Talley and family in 1860 census.

Katurah married Zophar Layne before 1830. Zophar was born on 26 Aug 1802 in Wythe, Virginia, USA; died on 7 Apr 1861 in Spring Creek, Madison, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1870, District 13, Jefferson, Tennessee, USA
• Residence: 1880, Dykes, Hamblen, Tennessee, USA

Dorcas married Beverly Burl Tally on 9 Apr 1836 in Jefferson Co., TN. Beverly was born about 1812 in Tennessee; died in 1879 in Hamblen County, Tennessee, United States of America; was buried in Springvale, Hamblen County, Tennessee, United States of America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1850, District 13, Jefferson, Tennessee, USA
• Residence: 1860, Jefferson, Tennessee, USA

Notes:

McFarland, Benjamin F. (1815-1876)

SENATE, 31st General Assembly, 1855-57, representing Hancock, Jefferson, and Hawkins counties; political affiliation not given. Born in Jefferson County in 1815, son of Colonel Robert and Mrs. Mary (Neal) Cox McFarland. Studied medicine; practicing physician at Bell Springs, Jefferson County. Married to Sarah Cox; one daughter: Virginia (Mrs. Robert M. Barton, Jr.). In 1846 he was living in Grainger County, where he was on courthouse and county jail committees. Removed to Chattanooga, Hamilton County, in March 1876, where he died on August 8, 1876. Buried at Mossy Creek (now Jefferson City), Jefferson County. Half-brother of Robert McFarland and John McFarland, father-in-law of Robert M. Barton, Jr., sometime members Tennessee General Assembly.

Sources: Goodspeed, History of Grainger County, 855; Armstrong, Some Tennessee Heroes, pamphlet 4; D. A. R. Lineage Book, No. 77, p. 46; Jefferson County Will Book, No. 3, 1826-40, pp. 432-34; Chattanooga Times, August 12, 1876.

McFarland, Benjamin F. (1815-1876)

SENATE, 31st General Assembly, 1855-57, representing Hancock, Jefferson, and Hawkins counties; political affiliation not given. Born in Jefferson County in 1815, son of Colonel Robert and Mrs. Mary (Neal) Cox McFarland. Studied medicine; practicing physician at Bell Springs, Jefferson County. Married to Sarah Cox; one daughter: Virginia (Mrs. Robert M. Barton, Jr.). In 1846 he was living in Grainger County, where he was on courthouse and county jail committees. Removed to Chattanooga, Hamilton County, in March 1876, where he died on August 8, 1876. Buried at Mossy Creek (now Jefferson City), Jefferson County. Half-brother of Robert McFarland and John McFarland, father-in-law of Robert M. Barton, Jr., sometime members Tennessee General Assembly.

Sources: Goodspeed, History of Grainger County, 855; Armstrong, Some Tennessee Heroes, pamphlet 4; D. A. R. Lineage Book, No. 77, p. 46; Jefferson County Will Book, No. 3, 1826-40, pp. 432-34; Chattanooga Times, August 12, 1876.

Benjamin married Sarah L. Cox in 1836 in Lincoln, MO. Sarah was born in 1820 in Mill Spring, Jefferson County, Tennessee; died in 1869 in Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 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
• 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
• Residence: 1812, No Township Listed, Greene County, TN
• 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

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?

James married Elizabeth Carmichael on 3 Oct 1798 in Jefferson Co., TN. Elizabeth was born in 1775; died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Possessions: 9 Aug 1812, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA; Book K, p. 167. Solomon Cox sells to John 120 acres from his grant #518. Hamilton Dist. Honey Cuts Valley. Wit. RobMcF. Jr, William McF. and Alex.Edgar
• Possessions: 23 Aug 1812, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA; Bk. K, p. 170. Solomon Cox sells to John 100 a. on South side of Holston in the Nobbs from grant #510 to Wm.Cox from NC, deeded to Cox in 1798
• Possessions: 1826, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA; Bk R, p. 150, 151. Two deeds from Solomon Cox to John. 180 a. described as Indian Hollow in the Knobs joining the Barrens, and 82 a. southside of Holstein waters of Long Creek, adj. John McF. land. witness Epraim Moore and Thomas Sturman
• Possessions: 25 Jan 1826, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA; Land Entry Book 1824-1891. FHL 008320453. 400 a. grant to John, beg. corner Robert McF. crosses Little Bent Cr. and Bulls Gap Rd. Surveyed Robt McF and Alex. McDonald
• Possessions: 12 Aug 1828, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA; Book T, p. 188. Robert McF. Sr. sells to John McF. for $700. the tract of land on Sinking Creek where Robert Sr. and Robert Jr. now live. Wit. Robert McF. Jr. and Archibald Austin
• Residence: 1830, Jefferson, Tennessee, USA
• Possessions: 9 Sep 1830, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA; Book 9, p. 653. Ephraim Moore sold John 8 acres on southside of Holston R. in Honey Cut Valley adj. lands of Moore and McFarland and Thomas H. Sturman. Wit. George McFarland.
• Residence: 1840, Jefferson, Tennessee, USA
• Residence: 1850, District 13, Jefferson, Tennessee, USA

Notes:

Mary Helen Haines notes:

Fifth Survey District of Tennessee, Grants 1-800, 1807-1812, Volume A; by Diane E. Pedersen; Mountain Press, Signal Mountain, TN; 1990. Covering Anderson, Clairborne, Grainger, Jefferson, Knox, and Sevier Counties.

Page 47: #396: John McFarland enters 181 acres in Jefferson County, TN, on the sinking fork of Long Creek adj. Benj. McFarland, Elijah Witt, Wm May, and George Edgar. Part of Warrant No. 2792 for 640 acres dated 23 Jan 1809 issued by the Commissioner of East TN to Robert Gentry. Land was surveyed on 02 Mar 1810. Entered 14 May 1810, John McFarland.

Page 76: #2205: Daniel Witt enters 20 acres in Jefferson County on the Cedar Fork of Long Creek adj. John Maze. Part of Cert No. 249 for 74 ¾ acres issued by the Commissioner of East TN 29 Jun 1818 to John McFarland. Entered 05 Oct 1818, Daniel Witt.
Page 78: #2222: Isaac Cox enters 10 acres in Jefferson County south of Holston and French Broad Rivers adj. Evans. Part of Cert No. 1216 for 200 acres issued by the Commissioner of East TN 17 Sep 1812 to John Brown. Entered 14 Dec 1818, Isaac Cox. This entry ought to be founded on Cert No. 249 for 74 ¾ acres issued to John McFarland.
Page 93: #2339: William McFarland enters 10 acres in Jefferson County on Nolechucky adj. Peter King. Part of Cert No. 249 for 74 ¾ acres issued by the Commissioner of East TN 29 Jun 1818 to John McFarland. Entered 09 Oct 1819, William McFarland.
Page 95: #2358: William McFarland enters 14 3/4 acres in Jefferson County on Nolychucky River including an improvement made by Coffman. Part of Cert No. 249 for 74 ¾ acres issued by the Commissioner of East TN 29 Jun 1818 to John McFarland. Entered 15 Mar 1820, William McFarland.

1812: John McFarland purchases 100 acres from Solomon Cox in Jefferson Co. for $300. William McFarland and Robert McF. Jr are witnesses. to a sale of land, On south side of Holston R. in Nobbs, Sept 30 1812. , Vol. K, p. 170 (p. 264-265)

Hamblen County was created out of Jefferson County in 1870.

McFarland Cemetery

Location: About 1/4 mile north of Valley Home Road, on Nelson School Rd.
Cemetery is on the right (north) side of the road. This cemetery is located on the old homeplace of John McFarland. There are no markers to indicate the cemetery is here, but it is listed on Google Earth. It is right next to a house, and only a few feet from the road.

The cemetery information was collected over a five year period by the Genealogical Society of
Hamblen County. Copies of the books, in three volumes, can be purchased from the Society for
$25.00 or less per volume. P.O. Box 1213 Morristown, Tn. 37816-1213

Father- William A. Hickey December 10, 1852-May 9, 1935
Mother- Louisa J., wife of W.A. Hickey Nov. 27, 1850-Mar 7, 1908
James M. McFarland Dec 17, 1848-Jan 13, 1930
George R. McFarland Mar 2, 1853-Apr 9, 1903
Rebecca B., wife of George McFarland June 1, 1808-Mar 18, 1894
George McFarland Oct 7, 1811-Nov 30, 1884
John McFarland May 17, 1780-June 9, 1851
Jane, Wife of John McFarland, 1785-1858
Sarah Elizabeth Newman Jan 10, 1834-Aug 21, 1905
Doct. John R. Putney d. Apr 19, 1858 Aged 51 yrs. 10 mos.
Sarah A., Wife of T.P. Bigham Feb 18, 1837-Dec 20, 1902
T.P. Bigham Nov 16, 1837-Mar 1, 1906 (A very large Boxwood tree is growing on this grave)
2 field stones

Copied 1983

This information was copied from the online records of Hamblen County, TN.

McFarland, John (1780- ?)

HOUSE, 16th, 17th, 18th, and 19th General Assemblies, 1825-33, representing Jefferson County; political affiliation not shown. Born on May 17, 1780, probably in Virginia, son of Colonel Robert and Margaret (McNutt) McFarland. Came at an early age to Jefferson County with his father, who was the first sheriff of the county. Large landowner. Sometime justice of the peace and school commissioner in Jefferson County; captain and major in East Tennessee militia. His wife was Jane; no children indicated. Date and place of death not found. Brother of Robert McFarland, half-brother of Benjamin F. McFarland, sometime members Tennessee General Assembly.

Sources: Moore, Commissions of Officers of Tennessee Militia, 76, 116; Roster of Revolutionary War Soldiers, 1179.
Hamblen County was created out of Jefferson County in 1870.

McFarland Cemetery

Location: About 1/4 mile north of Valley Home Road, on Nelson School Rd.
Cemetery is on the right side of the road.

The cemetery information was collected over a five year period by the Genealogical Society of
Hamblen County. Copies of the books, in three volumes, can be purchased from the Society for
$25.00 or less per volume. P.O. Box 1213 Morristown, Tn. 37816-1213

Father- William A. Hickey December 10, 1852-May 9, 1935
Mother- Louisa J., wife of W.A. Hickey Nov. 27, 1850-Mar 7, 1908
James M. McFarland Dec 17, 1848-Jan 13, 1930
George R. McFarland Mar 2, 1853-Apr 9, 1903
Rebecca B., wife of George McFarland June 1, 1808-Mar 18, 1894
George McFarland Oct 7, 1811-Nov 30, 1884
John McFarland May 17, 1780-June 9, 1851
Jane, Wife of John McFarland, 1785-1858
Sarah Elizabeth Newman Jan 10, 1834-Aug 21, 1905
Doct. John R. Putney d. Apr 19, 1858 Aged 51 yrs. 10 mos.
Sarah A., Wife of T.P. Bigham Feb 18, 1837-Dec 20, 1902
T.P. Bigham Nov 16, 1837-Mar 1, 1906 (A very large Boxwood tree is growing on this grave)
2 field stones

Copied 1983

This information was copied from the online records of Hamblen County, TN.

McFarland, John (1780- ?)

HOUSE, 16th, 17th, 18th, and 19th General Assemblies, 1825-33, representing Jefferson County; political affiliation not shown. Born on May 17, 1780, probably in Virginia, son of Colonel Robert and Margaret (McNutt) McFarland. Came at an early age to Jefferson County with his father, who was the first sheriff of the county. Large landowner. Sometime justice of the peace and school commissioner in Jefferson County; captain and major in East Tennessee militia. His wife was Jane; no children indicated. Date and place of death not found. Brother of Robert McFarland, half-brother of Benjamin F. McFarland, sometime members Tennessee General Assembly.

Sources: Moore, Commissions of Officers of Tennessee Militia, 76, 116; Roster of Revolutionary War Soldiers, 1179.

John married Jane McNutt in 1803 in Tennessee. Jane was born on 31 Mar 1785 in Tennessee; died on 9 Jun 1858 in Jefferson Co., TN; was buried in McFarland Cemetery, Hamblen Co., TN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: Abt 1780

Jane married John Hogan Bean on 4 Mar 1800 in Jefferson, Tennessee, USA. John was born in 1778 in Washington County, Virginia; died in Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mary Helen Haines notes:

Her tombstone actually reads death date of May 9, 1838.

Will of Elizabeth Hill, p. 515, Will Book 4

abstraction from Jefferson Co. Tennessee Will Book 4 & Sale Book 1833-1840, p. 50
"I confirm my two sons, John W. Hill and Wm. Hill have each recd a portion by me of my part of the estate of my decd husband, Robert Hill. I give my daughter, Priscilla Hill, the horse now owned by her. I have retained one thousand dollars of the estate willed by my dec'd husband to me. My daughter, Jane Hill, shall have that sum. I appoint my son, John W. Hill, guardian of said daughters, Priscilla and Jane. I appoint my son John W. Hill, executor of my Will. 16th of Sept. 1837. Witnesses: Robert McFarland and Benjamin McFarland. Elizabeth Hill (her mark) July court 1838. Will of Elizabeth Hill dec'd was presented in court for probate. John W. Hill qualified.

Elizabeth and her husband Robert Hill are buried in the Col. Robert McFarland Cemetery. In the Marriages of Jefferson County, tennessee 1792-1836, p. 15, Betsy McFarland married Robert Hill on July 2, 1806. I have included Elizabeth as a child of Robert because of her burial in his cemetery. On her tombstone it reads that she died May 9, 1838, age 51Y 5M 28D (according to photo on FindAGrave). This would put her birth day as Nov. 11, 1786. However, then there is the problem with her sister Margaret being born Jan. 1787.
Elizabeth and her husband Robert Hill are buried in the Col. Robert McFarland Cemetery. In the Marriages of Jefferson County, tennessee 1792-1836, p. 15, Betsy McFarland married Robert Hill on July 2, 1806. I have included Elizabeth as a child of Robert because of her burial in his cemetery. On her tombstone it reads that she died May 9, 1833, age 54Y 5M 28D. This would put her birth day as Nov. 11, 1778. If that is correct, then she is probably a twin of James, and their birthdates need to be reconciled.

Elizabeth married Robert Hill on 2 Jul 1806 in Jefferson Co., TN. Robert was born on 24 Oct 1780 in Virginia; died on 25 Feb 1832 in Jefferson Co., TN; was buried in Col. Robert McFarland Cemetery in Hamblen Co., Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Peggy
• Residence: 1850, Williams, Benton, Missouri, USA

Notes:

In 1850 census, she is living in Williams township in Benton Co. fam. 438 with daughters Mary and Margaret and Eliza Bradford, 21 married to J.T. Bradford, physician and their child Margaret 6 months old.

Fam. 435 is son John McFarland, and fam. 436 is son Benjamin McFarland.

Interestingly, fam. 452 in same Williams township, is James McFarland, 28, born MO, wife Lutitia J. 22 MO and Thomas J. 1 and SE 2 months female. James is the son of Alexander McFarland.

Margaret married Benjamin McFarland in 1806 in Jefferson, Tennessee, USA. Benjamin (son of Benjamin McFarland, BY3019 A584 RoM02 and Mary Blackburn) was born on 24 Jan 1786 in French Broad River, Greene, Tennessee, USA; died on 3 Aug 1840 in Morgan, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1850, District 23, Cooper, Missouri, USA

Sarah married William George on 17 Jun 1805 in Jefferson Co., TN. William was born on 8 Nov 1786 in Virginia; died on 15 Apr 1852 in Prairie Home, Cooper Co., MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1824, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA
• Residence: 1830, Jefferson, Tennessee, USA
• Residence: 1840, Jefferson, Tennessee, USA

Notes:

Mary Helen Haines notes:

Jefferson County was created in 1792, so Robert was technically born in Greene County. One source has his death as occurring on the road in Missouri as he was coming home to Tennessee from visiting his relations.

In the 1830 census, Robert Jr. is on p. 288, his father on p. 281. Robert Jr. lives near Wm. Maskall (who is buried in the Col. Robert Mcfarland cemetery. Also neighbors are Isaac Barton, many Holdaways, and Hale.

In the 1840 census, Robert appears on Image 83 with families called Day, Tally, and Evans as neighbors. On image 85 is Augustus Rice and Beverly Tally.

In the 1850 census, his wife Mary Ann is living in the 13th District Jefferson Co. and her neighbors include John Richardson, age 30, Ezekial Evans, age 53, Thomas M. Jones, age 31, her son-in-law, a bunch of Tally's, and J.W. Doak, the cleric.

From notes about this family which exist in Knoxville TN, (and do have lots of errors for the early history), it says that "Robert III was born April 17, 1791, died August 21, 1844, at Foxtown, KY, where he had gone on business. He was buried at Foxtown, KY. He first married Hannah Barton, October 15, 1816 and had two children: John B. born Oct. 10, 1817 and Isaac born Feb. 19, 1819. His wife, Hannah Barton, died Oct. 10, 1819. Robert III remarried August 1820 to Mary Ann Scott, born Feb. 11, 1800, and died Feb. 11, 1866. Robert III was an officer in the War of 1812. He especially distinguished himself at the Battle of Sandy Creek on the Canadian border, and led the famous charge of the 23rd Infantry at the Battle of Lundy Lane in 1814, for which he as called one of America's heroes in the book called "Gallant Deeds of American Heroes".

McFarland, Robert (1791-1844)

SENATE, 10th and 11th General Assemblies, 1813-17, representing Cooke and Jefferson counties; Whig. Born in Jefferson County on August 17, 1791, son of Colonel Robert and Margaret (McNutt) McFarland. Schooling not indicated; occupation: tanner. Married (1st) to Hannah Barton, daughter of the Rev. Isaac Barton; one son: Isaac B. McFarland. Married (2nd), in 1820, to Mary A. Scott, daughter of Colonel James and Jane (Adams) Scott; children: William, Hannah (Mrs. Robert Barton), Lavinia (Mrs. Thomas M. Jones), M. C., Emma (Dirs. Rufus J. Kidwell), Robert, Jr., and Mary Ann (Mrs. William H. Turley). Soldier in the regular army of the United States; served in the War of 1812 as a lieutenant. Sometime justice of the peace of Jefferson County. Member Presbyterian Church. Died in August 1844, on the Kentucky Road while en route home from Missouri. Brother of John McFarland, half-brother of Benjamin F. Mc-Farland, sometime members Tennessee General Assembly; father of Robert McFarland, Jr., Judge of the Supreme Court, 1871-84; of Isaac B. McFarland, judge of district court in Texas; and of William McFarland, circuit judge and sometime member U. S. House of Representatives.

Sources: Speer., Prominent Tennesseans, 67; Caldwell, Bench and Bar, 311; Roster of Revolutionary War Soldiers, 1179; D. A. R. Lineage Book, No. 84, pp. 149, 151, 152, 156; Jefferson County Will Book, No. 3, 1826-40, pp. 432-34; Jefferson County Bible Records, 242.

McFarland, Robert (1791-1844)

SENATE, 10th and 11th General Assemblies, 1813-17, representing Cooke and Jefferson counties; Whig. Born in Jefferson County on August 17, 1791, son of Colonel Robert and Margaret (McNutt) McFarland. Schooling not indicated; occupation: tanner. Married (1st) to Hannah Barton, daughter of the Rev. Isaac Barton; one son: Isaac B. McFarland. Married (2nd), in 1820, to Mary A. Scott, daughter of Colonel James and Jane (Adams) Scott; children: William, Hannah (Mrs. Robert Barton), Lavinia (Mrs. Thomas M. Jones), M. C., Emma (Dirs. Rufus J. Kidwell), Robert, Jr., and Mary Ann (Mrs. William H. Turley). Soldier in the regular army of the United States; served in the War of 1812 as a lieutenant. Sometime justice of the peace of Jefferson County. Member Presbyterian Church. Died in August 1844, on the Kentucky Road while en route home from Missouri. Brother of John McFarland, half-brother of Benjamin F. Mc-Farland, sometime members Tennessee General Assembly; father of Robert McFarland, Jr., Judge of the Supreme Court, 1871-84; of Isaac B. McFarland, judge of district court in Texas; and of William McFarland, circuit judge and sometime member U. S. House of Representatives.

Sources: Speer., Prominent Tennesseans, 67; Caldwell, Bench and Bar, 311; Roster of Revolutionary War Soldiers, 1179; D. A. R. Lineage Book, No. 84, pp. 149, 151, 152, 156; Jefferson County Will Book, No. 3, 1826-40, pp. 432-34; Jefferson County Bible Records, 242.

Robert married Hannah Barton on 12 Oct 1816 in Jefferson Co., TN. Hannah was born on 10 Oct 1795; died on 10 Oct 1819 in Jefferson Co., TN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Mary Ann Scott on 10 Aug 1820 in Jefferson Co., TN. Mary was born on 11 Feb 1799 in Tennessee; died on 23 Feb 1866 in Dandridge, Tennessee; was buried in White Hall, Madison County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1850, District 23, Cooper, Missouri, USA

Mary married Roland Larimore on 7 Aug 1812 in Jefferson Co., TN. Roland was born about 1790 in Virginia; died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Possessions: 8 Sep 1817, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA; Book O, p. 193. Robert McF. sells to Wm. McF. 166 and 1/2 acres on Bent Creek, from grant #3678. Evan's Line, Peter King's line. John McF. witness.
• Possessions: 1822, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA; William appears in the 1822 Capt. White tax list with 200 acres. In 1823 a William McFarland is in Capt. Hodges' list with 215 acres, also 1824. Not present after that.
• Possessions: 14 Dec 1824, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA; Land Entry Book 1824-1891, FHL 008320453, p. 238. Grant of 140 acres north of Nolichucky, surveyed by Robert Hill and John Coffman.

Notes:

Mary Helen Haines notes:

1810: William McFarland was witness along with Robert McFarland Sr., and Robert McF. Jr. Jefferson Co. Deed Book J, p. 73 (p. 215)

1812: William McFarland and Robert McF. Jr are witnesses to a sale of land, 100 acres from Solomon Cox to John McFarland in Jefferson Co., shop aide $300. On south side of Holston R. in Nobbs, Sept 30 1812. , Vol. K, p. 170 (p. 264-265) (This John McFarland is the son of Robert McF. Sr.)

1822: Tax List Jefferson Co. includes William McFarland, Andrew B., Benjamin Sr., James, John, John Sr.

From: Fifth Survey District of Tennessee, Grants 1-800, 1807-1812, Volume A; by Diane E. Pedersen; Mountain Press, Signal Mountain, TN; 1990. Covering Anderson, Clairborne, Grainger, Jefferson, Knox, and Sevier Counties.

Page 15: #1720: William McFarland enters 15 acres in Jefferson County on Little Bent Creek. Part of Cert No. 15 for 500 acres issued by the Register of East TN 01 Jan 1810 to James Trimble. Entered 15 Jul 1816, William McFarland.

Page 24: #1791: William Cox enters 40 acres in Jefferson County east of McFarland's Branch. Part of Cert No. 945 for 100 acres issued by the Register of East TN 02 Jun 1815 to Nathaniel Taylor. Entered 25 Oct 1816, William Cox.

Page 34: #1866: Robert McFarland enters 240 acres in Jefferson County on a branch of Bent Creek including plantation where James Coffman now lives. Cert No. 1286 for 240 acres issued 21 Mar 1817 by the Register of East TN to Joseph Calloway. Entered 21 Mar 1817, Robert McFarland.

Page 51: #2008: William McFarland enters 8 acres in Jefferson County near a cabin built by James Scrimpshier. Part of War. No. 1052 for 40 acres issued by the Register of East TN 01 Aug 1815 to Jacob Peck. Entered 16 Dec 1817, William McFarland.

Page 51: #2010: William McFarland enters 7 acres in Jefferson County adj. his land. Part of War. No. 1052 for 40 acres issued by the Register of East TN to Jacob Peck. Entered 16 Dec 1817, William McFarland.

Page 65: #2115: Henry Bradford enters 50 acres in Jefferson County on Long Creek adj. Benjamin McFarland and Charles Harris. 20 acres on part of Cert No. 1392 for 370 acres issued 24 Mar 1818 to Ezekiel England, and 30 acres on part of Cert No. 669 for 500 acres issued 12 Oct 1808 to John Hays. Entered 08 Apr 1818, Henry Bradford by Alex B. Bradford.

Page 76: #2205: Daniel Witt enters 20 acres in Jefferson County on the Cedar Fork of Long Creek adj. John Maze. Part of Cert No. 249 for 74 ¾ acres issued by the Commissioner of East TN 29 Jun 1818 to John McFarland. Entered 05 Oct 1818, Daniel Witt.

Page 78: #2222: Isaac Cox enters 10 acres in Jefferson County south of Holston and French Broad Rivers adj. Evans. Part of Cert No. 1216 for 200 acres issued by the Commissioner of East TN 17 Sep 1812 to John Brown. Entered 14 Dec 1818, Isaac Cox. This entry ought to be founded on Cert No. 249 for 74 ¾ acres issued to John McFarland.

Page 93: #2339: William McFarland enters 10 acres in Jefferson County on Nolechucky adj. Peter King. Part of Cert No. 249 for 74 ¾ acres issued by the Commissioner of East TN 29 Jun 1818 to John McFarland. Entered 09 Oct 1819, William McFarland.

Page 95: #2358: William McFarland enters 14 3/4 acres in Jefferson County on Nolychucky River including an improvement made by Coffman. Part of Cert No. 249 for 74 ¾ acres issued by the Commissioner of East TN 29 Jun 1818 to John McFarland. Entered 15 Mar 1820, William McFarland.

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.

Page 102-103: #2422: William McFarland enters 5 acres in Jefferson County on Bent Creek adj. William McClanahan and Peter King including an improvement and cabin made by John Coffman. Part of Cert No. 1033 for 150 acres issued 01 Aug 1815 by Edward Scott, Register of East TN, to Jacob Peck. Entered 20 Nov 1821, William McFarland.

There is no William McFarland in the Tennessee census in 1830 that fits.

Some sources say he died Sept 10, 1825 in Texas (which would have been a part of Mexico at that time). Have no knowledge of this. However, if that is the case, then when his father wrote his will in 1836, he did not know that William was not alive. That seems very strange.

Trees on Ancestry say he was married to Mary Kain McNutt, who was found in the 1850 census in Knox Co. living next to a Robert A. McNutt, age 30. Trees also list 3 children to William and Mary: Cathrine Kain McFarland 1815-1875; Margaret 1818-1859; Mary Jane 1820-1906. The 1850 census lists Mary with two girls: Ann E., born 1823, and Sarah G. born 1825.

Letter to Mary T. Haines lists this information about the family:
children: Katherine Kain married Robt. Love
Margaret married F.A.R. McNutt
Mary Jane married Robt. McNutt
Ann Eliza married Samuel McCall
Sarah married Amos Pickle

William married Mary McNutt on 14 Sep 1814 in Knox Co., TN. Mary was born on 7 Sep 1793 in Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, USA; died on 11 Dec 1852 in Knox, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Knox County, Tennessee, United States of America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1850, District 11, Cocke, Tennessee, USA

Catherine married John Inman, Jr on 22 Sep 1818 in Jefferson Co., TN. John was born on 8 Nov 1796 in Tennessee; died on 11 Dec 1869 in Inmans Bend, Cocke, TN, USA; was buried in Point Pleasant, Cocke County, Tennessee, United States of America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1850, District 23, Cooper, Missouri, USA
• Residence: 1870, Clark Fork, Cooper, Missouri, USA

Rachael married Jesse George on 1 Feb 1821 in Jefferson Co., TN. Jesse was born on 27 Oct 1796 in Tennessee; died on 7 Jan 1872 in Cooper Co., MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]