********************************************************** ********************************************************** ***** VIRGINIA (CENTRAL) EARLY MC FARLAND RECORDS ***** ********************************************************** ********************************************************** ********************************************************** * ALBERMARLE COUNTY (that part now in Albermarle County) * ********************************************************** RESIDENCE: 1752 VIRGINIA, Albermarle County. Robert McFarlane, a Scottish indentured servant of Rev.R. Rose, late of Albermarle County, Virginia. A runaway who was thought to be headed for Carolina, 29 Feb 1752. SOURCE: Directory of Scottish Settlers in North America 162-182 Vol III by David Dobson 1984. BPL. <***NOTE: At present this Robert would fit best with Robert who moved to Caswell County, NC> **************************************************** * AUGUSTA COUNTY (that part now in Augusta County) * **************************************************** PLACE: 1738 VIRGINIA, Augusta County. Formed from Orange County. PLACE: 1769 VIRGINIA, Augusta County. Split and part formed Botetourt County. SEE ALSO BOTETOURT COUNTY. PLACE: 1778 VIRGINIA, Augusta County. Split and part formed Rockbridge County. SEE ALSO ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY. PLACE: 1790 VIRGINIA, Augusta County. Subdivided and part formed Bath County. SEE ALSO BATH COUNTY. RESIDENCE: 1753-1767 VIRGINIA, Augusta County, Middle River headwaters. "Duncan McFarland and family were in Beverly Patent, Augusta County, VA by at least 1753 on the headwaters of Middle River, 6 to 10 miles SW of present Staunton, and in 1767 moved to Jackson River in present Bath County, VA." SOURCE: From Mary T. Haines. PROBATE-LINKS: 1755 VIRGINIA, Augusta County. Duncan McFarland, March 18, 1755. WILL of Robert Young, plantaioneer, converys to personal estate. [One of which...] Duncan McFarland, weaver. SOURCE: "Chronicles of the Scotch Irish Settlement in Virginia" 1958 by Lyman Chalkley vol 3 LDS Microfilm #0162044. MILITARY: 1760 VIRGINIA, Augusta County. Duncan McFarland. Too old. Court martial of Duncan McFarland Augusta County, VA 24 Sep 1760. Conclusion: exempted from Military Service due to old age. SOURCE: "Virginia Colonial Soldiers" by Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck 1988, page 329. MARRIAGE: [1774] VIRGINIA, Augusta County. James McFarland and Margaret Lewis. Margaret Lewis, born 1756, daughter of Col Wm Lewis and Anne Montgomery. Married James McFarland and then removed to Pittsburg, PA, when it was known as Fort Pitt. She had 11 children, whose names are unknown, except for the first two-- Margaret and James. SOURCE: "History of Augusta County, Virginia" by J. Lewis Peyton 1953 found at Seattle Genealogical Society. MARRIAGE: 1774 VIRGINIA, Augusta County. Andrew McFarlane and [Margaret Lewis] wifes name not listed, May 26, 1774. SOURCE: Chronicles of the Scotch Irish Settlement in Virginia by Lyman Chalkley Book 2 Page 278. Records of Marriages in Augusta County. TAXLIST: 1779 VIRGINIA, Augusta County. Andrew McFarlem. SOURCE: LDS Census/TaxLists FHC. NOTE: Does not necessarily indicate a tax list? CENSUS: 1820 VIRGINIA, Augusta County, SouthFrn. Francis McFarland P 129. CENSUS: 1830 VIRGINIA, Augusta County, Southern District. Francis McFarland.P. 094. COURT-LINKS: 1800 VIRGINIA, Augusta County. William McFarland and Rebecca White. James McFarland and Margaret White. June 1808. White vs Moore. Complainants are viz: John, Nathaniel, James, William White, Margaret (White), wife of James McFarland, Rebecca (White), wife of William McFarland, Mary (White), wife of Robert Snodgrass, David Greenlee and his children (infants, heir of their mother Jane, who was Jane White, wife of John White, who was only heir and legal representative of Thomas Boyd, who was son of Andrew Boyd (died 1750 Augusta County). Andrew Boyd will dated 26 Feb 1749, proved in Augusta 22May 1750 to cousin John White, if he came her to live. SOURCE: Chronicles of the Scotch Irish Settlement in Virginia by Lyman Chalkley. Book 2 Page 137. Circuit Court Causes Ended: Augusta County. O.S. (Old Series) 168 N.S. (New Series) 59 Bill June 1808. (**** CONFLICT: James McFarland. Many sources have that Joseph McFarland married Margaret White. If the original record read "Jas" or "Jos", then an error may have occured in transfering this to James instead of Joseph ***) BOOK: "The McFarland family of Augusta County, VA: Dr. Francis McFarland 1788-1871, ... [children/grandchildren]....." Published by Dr. Herbert S. Turner 1957 Staunton, VA. Copy located at Rockbridge County Regional Library 138 South Main Street, Lexington, VA 24450 (Leyburn Special Collections - Rare CS71.M143 1957). ********************************************** * BATH COUNTY (that part now in Bath County) * ********************************************** PLACE: 1790 VIRGINIA, Bath County. Formed from Augusta, Botetourt and Greenbrier Counties. MIGRATION: 1767 VIRGINIA, Augusta County, Jackson River. "Duncan McFarland and family moved in 1767 to Jackson River in present Bath County, VA." SOURCE: From Mary T. Haines. LAND: 1767 VIRGINIA, Augusta County. Daniel McFarland, 18 March 1767, from William Willson and Barbara, 100 acres on Jackson River for 30 pounds. SOURCE: Chalkley Vol 3:450; Augusta County Will page 227. COURT: 1775 VIRGINIA, Augusta County. William McFarland and children. jUN 20, 1775 Alexander Gibson petitions that William Mcfarland has moved out of the colony, and his children are not provided for, viz: Isabella, Alexander, James, Mary, Daniel, Eleanor, and John. They are bound to said Alexander, their grandfather. SOURCE: "CHRONICLES OF THE SCOTCH IRISH SETTLEMENT IN VIRGINIA" Vol 1. page 185 [76]. COURT-MILITARY: 1788-1793 VIRGINIA, Augusta County. Revolutionary WAR. Alexander McFarland, a soldier under Col. Andrew Lewis and wounded at Point Pleasant 10 Oct 1774; aged 38 on 17 June 1788, and lives in Augusta County. Pension Continued in Augusta County from 1788 to 1793. SOURCE: "Virginia Colonial Soldiers" by Lloyd D. Bockstruck 1988; Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, MD; page 242; and in "CHRONICLES OF THE SCOTCH IRISH SETTLEMENT IN VIRGINIA, VOL I" page 254. COURT: 1787 VIRGINIA, Augusta County March 1787 Augusta Chronicles. Carlisle vs Alexander McFarling -- Chancery answer 1787. Defendant was nephew of Alexander Gibson. LAND: 1792 VIRGINIA, Bath County. Alexander, son of Duncan McFarland, Feb 20, 1792. "On February 20, 1792, Alexander McFarland of Green County, North Carolina [[now Greene county, TN]], by virtue of a power of attorney from his father, Duncan McFarland, sold 319 acres of land on Jackson River, Bath County, Virginia to Jacob Cleek. SOURCE: Bath County Deed Book 1, pages 66 and 68. "Early Western Augusta County Pioneers" 1957 by George W. Cleek [page 22]. Deed Book 1, pages 66 and 68). NOTE: The land which Jacob Cleek purchased is approximately ten miles north of Warm Springs, Virginia, on U.S. Route 220. COURT: 1794 VIRGINIA, Augusta County. Daniel and John McFarling. 6 Sep 1794. WILL of Alexander Gibson Will-- To Wife, Mary; to children, viz: Elizabeth, Christian, Mary Mourey, Margaret; to grandson Daniel Gibson, who is to make deed to Daniel McFarling for his tract on Christian's Creek; to John McFarling; to granddau Elizabeth Cargo, to grandson Samuel Cargo; to Daniel McFarling. Proved 16 June 1795 by James Hill, Daniel McFarling. SOURCE: "Chronicles of the Scotch Irish Settlement in Virginia" 1958 by Lyman Chalkley vol 3 LDS Microfilm #0162044. CENSUS: 1820 VIRGINIA, Bath County. John MC FARLIN; MALES 2 0-10, 1 10-16, 1 16-18, 1 26-45; FEMALES 4 0-10, 2 16-26, 1 26-45; Lived next to James Ross, Adam Quickle, Polly ross, John Gillaspie, John Banning, Alexander Griffith, Carlas Wood, William Gillespie, John Hansberger, William Griffith, John Shaw(an?), Jacob Minnie and Baston Hansberger. PAGE 065/160/326. HISTORY: From the "Annals of Bath County" by Oren F. Morten 1917 Staunton, VA found at Staunton Public Library, Staunton, VA Page 198 under chapter "Families of Greater Bath" - Duncan Mc Farland seems to have come from Lunenburg County. Alexander and William were sons. The first was a soldier of the Revolution. He sold to Jacob Cleek and went to North Carolina. The other absconded about 1775, leaving his father-in-law to care for the wife and her seven children." BOOK: Referenced in book on grandson, James McFarlane of Virginia (1766/1767); Duncan Mc Farland immigrated from Weter, Ireland in 1718 and married daughter of a Sea Captain, Anne Porter, in Augusta County, VA before 1750; was possibly from Lancaster Co, Pa, settled on the Jackson River, near Warm Springs, Augusta County (soon that part in Bath County); buried in unmarked graves in the George W. Cleek Cemetery, 13 miles North of Warm Springs on US Route 220. HISTORY: VIRGINIA, Bath County. Page 397-398. MCFARLAND FAMILY. The Macfarlane Clan was one of the Highland Clans in Scotland. They moved from Aryleshire, Scotland to Ireland about 1601, where the name changed from Macfarlane to McFarland. There have been no fewer than 23 Lairds of Macfarlane, the last of whom came to America early in the 18th century. _____1. Duncan McFarland (1), died in Bath County, Virginia; married Anne Porter, daughter of a sea captain. Duncan McFarland was a weaver and was in Augusta County before 1750. He settled on Jackson River in what is now Bath County, Virginia. Both are buried near the George Cleek Cemetery in Bath County, Virginia in unmarked graves. The McFarland family abandoned their cabin cave on the east side of Jackson River just opposite their cabin. From the cave they saw their home and personal belongings destroyed and their livestock tortured and killed. After several years of discouragement by being continually harassed by the cunning Indians, descendants of Duncan McFarland sold their real estate to Jacob Cleek in February 1792 and settled in that part of North Carolina which is now included in the state of Tennessee. _____Children: 4 (others?) _____2. i. Robert McFArland (2), died in 1798; married Esther Houston, daughter of John Houston (1669-1755) and Margaret Crawford. He qualified a Lieutenant on November 16, 1752 (Abstracts from the Records of Augusta County, Virginia, Lyman Chalkley, Vol. II, page 55). Their daughter, Anne McFarland (3), born 1723; married (1) in 1738, Captain Alexander Dunlap, born 1716; died 1744; married (2) in 1745, Robert Bratton, born May 20, 1712; died in 1785. (See Bratton Family). _____3. ii. John McFarland (2), called "Old Scotland John", married Mary Montgomery. He was one of the first Elders in the Old Stone Church in Augusta County, Virginia. Two of his grandsons were active in the early settlement of the Tennessee border territory. They were Colonel Robert McFArland (son of Robert McFarland) and Colonel John McFarland (son of Benjamin McFarland). Colonel John McFarland represented Jefferson County, Tennessee in the Legislature at Nashville in 1824. John McFarland (2) qualified as Ensign on November 16, 1752. (Abstracts from the Records of Augusta County, Virginia, Lyman Chalkley, Vol. II, page 55). _____4. iii. William McFarland (2), married _____ Gibson, daughter of Alexander Gibson and Mary _____. William McFarland served in the Revolution. _____5. iv. Alexander McFarland (2). He was wounded in the Battle of Point Pleasant, October 10, 1774. (Ibid, Vol. I, page 254). SOURCE: "EARLY WESTERN AUGUSTA PIONEERS" by George W. Cleek, Staunton, Virginia 1957. Copy obtained from Staunton Public Library, Virginia. ERRORS: Note that Robert (2) and John (2) were not children of Duncan McFarland. ********************************************************** * ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY (that part now in Rockbridge County) * ********************************************************** PLACE: 1778 VIRGINIA, Rockbridge County. Formed from Augusta and Botetourt Counties. LAND: 1778 VIRGINIA, Rockbridge County, Mill Creek; Robert McFarland Deed Dated 1 Dec 1778; Bought property from James GRIGSBY & Franky Grigsby, his wife; 1250 pounds for 289 acres on Mill Creek [on James River], being part of the land of said James Grigsby purchased of Richard Mathews. Bounded by Richard Mathews, John Poage. Recorded 1 Dec 1778. Deed Book A, page 79-80; LDS Microfilm #0033761 MARRIAGE: 1779 VIRGINIA, Rockbridge County. John McFarland married Jenny Moore, daughter of David Moore 1 Apr 1779. Bondsman John Parks. Witness Sam Wilson. SOURCE: Rockbridge County marriage records book 1779-017. TAXLIST: 1779 VIRGINIA, Rockbridge County. Joseph McFarland. Next to Thomas Burges, John Willson, William Poage, Mrs. Frances Mathews. 11 houses away from Reverend James McConnell. SOURCE: "The Virginia Genealogist" 1975 Vol 19, No.1, page 55. June 1779. TAXLIST: 1779 VIRGINIA, Rockbridge County. Reverend James McConnell. Living next to John Walker, William Houston, James Johnson, Benjamin McCallister. 11 houses away from Joseph McFarland. SOURCE: "The Virginia Genealogist" 1975 Vol 19, No.1, page 55 (At Bellingham FHC). MARRIAGE: 1779 VIRGINIA, Rockbridge County. William McFarland to Rebecca White 19 Oct 1779, daughter of John and Katherine White. Bondsman James Wilson, Jr. SOURCE: Rockbridge County Marriages 1779-037a. MARRIAGE [QUESTIONABLE]: 1782 [about] VIRGINAI, Rockbridge County. Joseph McFarland and Margaret White. "Joseph McFarland .. married Margaret White. 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. --------"Joseph McFarland .. married Margaret White, born in 1763, a sister of Rebecca White, and daughter of John White and Katherine EVANS." 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). FOR SOURCE QUESTIONING Joseph McFarland as marrying Margaret White, and instead having a James McFarland marrying Margaret White, see AUGUSTA COUNTY COURT RECORDS 1800. TAXLIST: 1782 VIRGINIA, Rockbridge County. William Mcfarland. TAXLIST: 1782 VIRGINIA, Rockbridge County: James McConnell. TAXLIST: 1782 VIRGINIA, Rockbridge County. Thomas McFarland. TAXLIST: 1783 VIRGINIA, Rockbridge County: James Mcconnel 2 Free White Males, 0 slaves, 6 horses, 11 cows. TAXLIST: 1783 VIRGINIA, Rockbridge County. Wm McFarland 1 Free White Male age 16 and up , 0 slaves, 1 horse, 2 cows. TAXLIST: 1783 VIRGINIA, Rockbridge County. Robert McFarland 1 Free White Male age 16-up, 1 slave under 16, 8 horses, and 10 cows. TAXLIST: 1785 VIRGINIA, Rockbridge County Robert McFarlin 1 slave over 16, 1 slave under 16, 6 horse, 8 cattle. TAXLIST: 1785 VIRGINIA, Rockbridge County. William McFarlin 7 horse and 10 cattle. TAXLIST: 1785 VIRGINIA, Rockbridge County: James McConnel 7 horse and 10 Cattle. TAXLIST: 1786 VIRGINIA, Rockbridge County: James McConnel (?) horse and 6 cattle. TAXLIST: 1786 VIRGINIA, Rockbridge County. William McFarlin 2 horse and 2 cattle. TAXLIST: 1786 VIRGINIA, Rockbridge county Robert McFarlin 2 slaves (Sall and Dinah) 4 horses and 11 cattle. MARRIAGE-LINKS: 1787 VIRGINIA, Augusta County. Abraham McFarland and James Gray, Jun 6, 1787, were sureties at marriage of James Gray and Elizabeth Dorin. SOURCE: Augusta County Chronicles of the Scotch Irish Settlement in VA by Lyman Chalkley Book 2 page 303: Records of Marriages in Augusta County, VA: MARRIAGE: 1787 VIRGINIA, Rockbridge County. Rebecca McFarland to Robert Roach 22 Aug 1787. Married with consent of father, Robert McFarland. Witnesses William and Thomas McFarland. Book 1787-024. TAXLIST: 1787 VIRGINIA, Rockbridge County. William McFarlin, 2 horses, 3 cows. Book A. MARRIAGE: 1793 VIRGINIA, Rockbridge County. Rachel McFarland to David Willock 20 April 1793. Brother William McFarland swears that sister is over 21. Book 1793-010a. LAND: 1793 VIRGINIA, Rockbridge County. Robert McFarland, 3 Dec 1793, sold to William McFarland. SOURCE: Deed Book B, page 544. LAND: 1795 VIRGINIA, Rockbridge County. Robert McFarland, 1 Dec 1795, sold to William McFarland. SOURCE: Deed Book C, page 216. LAND: 1795 VIRGINIA, Rockbridge County. William Mcfarland, Dec 1, 1795, sold land to Thomas Welch. Deed Book C, page 220. PROBATE: 1792-1798 VIRGINIA, Rockbridge County. Robert McFarland WILL, dated 16 Feb 1792 and probated 6 Feb 1798; mentions wife, Easter and children (mentions that Easter and him had: Lettice, Easter, William, Thomas, Rachel, and Rebecca) and children by first wife: Jean, Robert, Martha, James, and Benjamin. Witnesses: David Edmundson, James Wilson, and Thomas Welch. Appraisal of Robert McFarland property by Jonathan Poage, James Poage, and Andrew (Cumins?). SOURCE: Rockbridge County Will Book 2, page 65. MIGRATION: 1799 VIRGINIA, Rockbridge County. James McConnell of Scott County, Kentucky. SOURCE: "The Virginia Genealogist" 1981 VOL 25, No 2, Page 99 (At Bellingham FHC). Article on "Migrations shown in deeds of Rockbridge County, VA 1798-1808" 1799 DEED Book D, page 76. MARRIAGE: 1799 VIRGINIA, Rockbridge County. John McFarland and Mary Hayslett either 9 or 11 July 1799, or 11 Jun 1799 [check source again -- Best is 11 Jul 1799]. Married by Samuel Houston, Presbyterian Minister. LAND-LINKS: 1800 VIRGINIA, Rockbridge County. James McFarland. Nov 9, 1800. Charles Kirkpatrick's and heir of Charles Kirkpatrick, deceased to Ezra Holbrook. Along Whistle Creek, adjoining John Moore, Junior's land, adjoining John Wilson, corner Alexander Wiley (gives metes and bounds). Teste: James Brownlow. Singed Charles Kirkpatrick, John Moore, Sarah Kirkpatrick, James McFarland. 6 Jan 1801 Sarah privily examined. SOURCE: Rockbridge Co, VA Deed Book D, page 311. LAND: 1802 VIRGINIA, Rockbridge County. Thomas McFarland, 1 Jun 1802, sold land to Peter Baker. SOURCE: Rockbridge County Deed Book D, page 535. Same parties involved in sale in 1813. LAND: 1805 VIRGINIA, Rockbridge County. James McFarland, Jul 1805 sold to David Adams. SOURCE: Rockbridge County Deed Book E and Book F, p.274. CENSUS: 1810 VIRGINIA, Rockbridge County. James McFarland. MALES 1 0-10, 3 10-16, 1 26-45 FEMALES 2 0-10, 1 16-26, 1 26-45. Lived next to Moses McQuown, George Smith, John Jordan, Alex McClure, James Mo(ses?), David Cousins, Andrew Cowan, and Thomas Johnston. Page 414. CENSUS: 1810 VIRGINIA, Rockbridge County. John MC FARLAND. MALES 3 0-10, 1 16-26, 1 26-45, FEMALES 2 0-10, 1 16-26; John MC FARLAND. Lived next to Robert Anderson, Hugh McCreary, George Elwood, Robert Elwood, William Lyle, James McCollins, Thomas Scott, William Pantan, John Cummins, James Leach, John Armstrong, William Duncan, James Ford, Robert Hamilton, John Murphy, William Raleigh, and Reuben Grigsby. Page 396. PROBATE-LINKS: 1812 VIRGINIA, Rockbridge County. Stephen McFarland. Will of William McKeamey of Rockbridge. Proved in Rockbridge sept 1805. William Reed deposes 25th Sep 1812, at the house of Stephen McFarland, that he has lived over 30 years near the land (of McKeamey). PROBATE: 1813 VIRGINIA, Rockbridge County. ESTATE OF Stephen McFarland, 3 May 1813. James Newby, Henry White, Daniel G(rinnan?) and Elisha Hall for estate of Stephen McFarland, decd, money produced to them in County of Spottsylvania. SOURCE: Rockbridge County, VA Book 3 page 544. LAND: 1813 VIRGINIA, Rockbridge County. Thomas McFarland, 6 Sep 1813, sold land to Peter Baker. SOURCE: Rockbridge County Deed Book H, page 381. Same parties involved in sale in 1802. LAND: 1815 VIRGINIA, Rockbridge County. James McFarland, Sep 12, 1815, bought land from Samuel Clarke. SOURCE: Rockbridge County Deed Book I-J, page 350). MARRIAGE: 1820 VIRGINIA, Rockbridge County. Peggy McFarland and Isaiah Kincaid, 4 Oct 1820, Rockbridge County. SOURCE: IGI. CENSUS: 1820 VIRGINIA, Rockbridge County. James McFarland. Page 289. Thomas McFarland p 291. CENSUS: 1830 VIRGINIA, Rockbridge County. James McFarland. Males 2 0-5, (1?) 5-10, 2 15-20, 1 30-40, 1 50-60. Females 1 20-30, 1 40-50, 1 50-60. Page 319.