Individual Details
James McFarland
(20 Jan 1795 - 18 Oct 1871)
RESIDENCE: Lived in St Francois County, Missouri. Went to Fannin County,
Texas in 1837.
1830 Census, St. Francois Co MO, Liberty Twp, p.415. James McFarland: 2m -5 [Albert & Jasper]; 2m 10-15 [Jackson & John Ewing]; 1m 30-40 [James]; 2f -5 [Rebecca & Cynthia]; 2f 5-10 [Sarah & Anna]; 1f 30-40 [Jane]
From THE FIRST SETTLERS OF FANNIN CO TX, Copied at the GLO by Gifford White, 1981. Minutes of the Board of Land Commissioners.
p.40 #79, 2nd Class [entitled to land by coming to TX after 2 Mar 1836 but before 1 Oct 1837] James McFarland, head of family. Proof by Jackson McFarland & Curtis Journegan that he emigrated Sept 1837. 1280 acres.
In 1870, after the death of Elijah, Sarah and the younger children were living with her parents James & Jane McFarland, Honey Grove, Fannin Co, TX.
James was age 75, b. TN. Jane McFarland was age 65, b. KY
Sarah Sebastian was age 50, b. MO
Her children, born in Texas were: Franklin, age 17, Jefferson age 9, and Elmirey age 6.
CEMETERY: TEXAS, Fannin County, Ladonia, McFarland Cemetery. James McFarland
b. Jan 20, 1795, d Oct 18, 1871. Jane Jackson b. Feb 5, 1801, d. May 14, 1872.
SOURCE: Virginia Degnan.
RESEARCHER-EMAIL: (2000) Virginia Degnan
Events
| Birth | 20 Jan 1795 | Jefferson County, Tennessee | |||
| Birth | 20 Jan 1795 | Greene/ Jefferson, Tennessee | |||
| Marriage | 1 Dec 1816 | Jane Jackson | |||
| Death | 18 Oct 1871 | Ladonia, Fannin, Texas | |||
| Death | 18 Oct 1871 | Texas | |||
| Burial | McFarland Cem, Ladonia, Fannin, Texas |
Families
| Spouse | Jane Jackson (1801 - 1872) |
| Child | Andrew Jackson McFarland (1817 - 1883) |
| Child | John Ewing McFarland (1819 - ) |
| Child | Sarah McFarland (1821 - 1903) |
| Child | Anna McFarland (1823 - ) |
| Child | Albert McFarland (1824 - ) |
| Child | Rebecca McFarland (1826 - ) |
| Child | Jasper McFarland (1828 - ) |
| Child | Cynthia Anne McFarland (1826 - 1895) |
| Child | James McFarland (1832 - ) |
| Child | William M. McFarland (1834 - ) |
| Child | Mary Jane McFarland (1836 - ) |
| Child | Newton McFarland (1839 - ) |
| Child | Arthur Rodney McFarland (1844 - ) |
| Father | John McFarland (1764 - 1820) |
| Mother | Rebecca Bell (1770 - 1816) |
| Sibling | John McFarland (1787 - 1874) |
| Sibling | Ann McFarland (1790 - 1868) |
| Sibling | William Bell McFarland (1792 - 1839) |
| Sibling | Rebecca McFarland (1798 - 1859) |
| Sibling | Mary McFarland (1800 - 1857) |
| Sibling | Arthur McFarland (1803 - 1850) |
| Sibling | Sarah McFarland (1806 - 1877) |
| Sibling | Joseph McFarland (1809 - ) |
| Sibling | Nancy Caroline McFarland (1812 - 1909) |