Individual Details
Robert McFarland
(7 Apr 1730 - 1798)
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.
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.
Events
| Birth | 7 Apr 1730 | Donegal Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania | |||
| Death | 1798 | Kentucky |
Families
| Father | John McFarland (1706 - 1784) |
| Mother | Mary Montgomery (1712 - 1782) |
| Sibling | Nancy McFarland (1731 - 1798) |
| Sibling | James McFarland (1732 - 1755) |
| Sibling | Rachel McFarland (1737 - 1790) |
| Sibling | John McFarland (1739 - 1809) |
| Sibling | Arthur McFarland (1741 - 1741) |
| Sibling | Mary McFarland (1743 - 1821) |
| Sibling | Joseph McFarland (1745 - 1785) |
| Sibling | Benjamin Anderson McFarland (1747 - 1823) |