Individual Details
John Porter McFarland
(Abt, 1750 - May 24, 1824)
The following information from Gary Morris garymorris93@hotmail.com>, November 2000.
SOURCE: DAR Patriotic Index North Carolina, and LDS Ancestral File.
LAND: 1781 TENNESSEE, Davidson County. Jno McFarland, 7 Dec 1781, bought land
from William Ellis of Cumberland District.
TAXLIST: 1788 TENNESSEE, Davidson County. John McFarland.
PLACE: Probably lived in Davidson County, that part which later became Wilson
County.
CENSUS: 1820 TENNESSEE, Wilson County. John McFarland 001011 - 01101. Page
385.
SOURCE: LDS Ancestral File says son of Duncan McFarland and Elizabeth PORTER
(which probably is incorrect, since this couple lived in Augusta County, VA,
and probably did not have a son born as late as 1768). Indicates John had a
brother Thomas, born about 1770 in Scotland.
SOURCE: Mrs. Parman of TN says son of Arthur (b. Scotland) and Elizabeth
Porter. Also that Arthur was son of Duncan McFarland, born about 1700 in
Scotland.
John and his brother Thomas landed in USA in Charleston, SC "in time to
sign up and fight in American Revolution". He was made a Leiutenant. All
this information from her grandfather who did research about 1930.
RESEARCHER: (1999) Florence L. PARMAN fparman@@worldnet.att.net> Mt. Juliet,
TN.
HISTORY: John McFarland arrived in Charleston, SC about 1765. His brother
Thomas joined him in this country.
RESEARCHER-EMAIL: (2000) James McFarland jmcfarla@@iglou.com>
NOTES: (FROM JAMES MCFARLAND) John Porter McFarland's son Ben Menees
McFarland( b April 4 1803, d July 19 1878 Wilson C. TN) left a manuscript that
tells the McFarland family history to John and James Sommers (his Somers
Grandchildren). The second paragraph begins; "Our oldest ancestor, that
I know of traditionally was Duncan McFarland who was born near Edinburgh,
Scotland. He was the father of Walter and Tabby, and Tabby was the mother of
the famous Rob McGregor. Walter had a son that he called Arthur who went to
ireland and there married Elizabeth Porter, sister of Commodore Porter of
Revolutionary fame." Ben Menees continues; "The fruit of this
union was a girl whose name I have forgotten and three boys - Alexander ,
Thomas and John(My GGGrandfather John Porter McFarland)." ***( Note: My aunt
said that they always said "Alexander the one they called Arthur".)****
_______There were two John McFarlands that were listed in most early Tennessee
documentation (North Carolina till 1796). One was John Porter McFarland, listed
in Claytons History of Davidson County Tennessee 1780-1880 p 58.
"Names of persons who were in Davidson county in 1787, being the first year
in which the tax of land and polls was taken---" The second lived in
Knoxville. In fact there is a park in the older part of town that is named
after him. He is mentioned in many of Nolechukie Jacks(Gov. Severe)papers.
_______John Porter McFarland is listed in "Membership Roster and Soldiers the
Tennessee Society of the DAR 1970-1984 Vol 3 p 505 gives his birth date as
1750. His wife and 11 children are listed, and who they married. Where this
document gets confusing is that his son Benjamin Menees m Susy Young but it
fails to say that Susy m 1847 is his second wife, His first was Penia Dun who
died 1845. Susy and Ben had a son Ben Franklin McFarland who is my Grandfather.
SOURCE: DAR Patriotic Index North Carolina, and LDS Ancestral File.
LAND: 1781 TENNESSEE, Davidson County. Jno McFarland, 7 Dec 1781, bought land
from William Ellis of Cumberland District.
TAXLIST: 1788 TENNESSEE, Davidson County. John McFarland.
PLACE: Probably lived in Davidson County, that part which later became Wilson
County.
CENSUS: 1820 TENNESSEE, Wilson County. John McFarland 001011 - 01101. Page
385.
SOURCE: LDS Ancestral File says son of Duncan McFarland and Elizabeth PORTER
(which probably is incorrect, since this couple lived in Augusta County, VA,
and probably did not have a son born as late as 1768). Indicates John had a
brother Thomas, born about 1770 in Scotland.
SOURCE: Mrs. Parman of TN says son of Arthur (b. Scotland) and Elizabeth
Porter. Also that Arthur was son of Duncan McFarland, born about 1700 in
Scotland.
John and his brother Thomas landed in USA in Charleston, SC "in time to
sign up and fight in American Revolution". He was made a Leiutenant. All
this information from her grandfather who did research about 1930.
RESEARCHER: (1999) Florence L. PARMAN fparman@@worldnet.att.net> Mt. Juliet,
TN.
HISTORY: John McFarland arrived in Charleston, SC about 1765. His brother
Thomas joined him in this country.
RESEARCHER-EMAIL: (2000) James McFarland jmcfarla@@iglou.com>
NOTES: (FROM JAMES MCFARLAND) John Porter McFarland's son Ben Menees
McFarland( b April 4 1803, d July 19 1878 Wilson C. TN) left a manuscript that
tells the McFarland family history to John and James Sommers (his Somers
Grandchildren). The second paragraph begins; "Our oldest ancestor, that
I know of traditionally was Duncan McFarland who was born near Edinburgh,
Scotland. He was the father of Walter and Tabby, and Tabby was the mother of
the famous Rob McGregor. Walter had a son that he called Arthur who went to
ireland and there married Elizabeth Porter, sister of Commodore Porter of
Revolutionary fame." Ben Menees continues; "The fruit of this
union was a girl whose name I have forgotten and three boys - Alexander ,
Thomas and John(My GGGrandfather John Porter McFarland)." ***( Note: My aunt
said that they always said "Alexander the one they called Arthur".)****
_______There were two John McFarlands that were listed in most early Tennessee
documentation (North Carolina till 1796). One was John Porter McFarland, listed
in Claytons History of Davidson County Tennessee 1780-1880 p 58.
"Names of persons who were in Davidson county in 1787, being the first year
in which the tax of land and polls was taken---" The second lived in
Knoxville. In fact there is a park in the older part of town that is named
after him. He is mentioned in many of Nolechukie Jacks(Gov. Severe)papers.
_______John Porter McFarland is listed in "Membership Roster and Soldiers the
Tennessee Society of the DAR 1970-1984 Vol 3 p 505 gives his birth date as
1750. His wife and 11 children are listed, and who they married. Where this
document gets confusing is that his son Benjamin Menees m Susy Young but it
fails to say that Susy m 1847 is his second wife, His first was Penia Dun who
died 1845. Susy and Ben had a son Ben Franklin McFarland who is my Grandfather.
Events
| Birth | Abt, 1750 | Scotland or Ireland | |||
| Marriage | 1783 | Fort Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee - Nancy Menees | |||
| Death | May 24, 1824 | Lebanon, Wilson County, Tennessee |
Families
| Spouse | Nancy Menees (1766 - 1835) |
| Child | James Menees McFarland (1784 - 1856) |
| Child | John McFarland (1791 - 1856) |
| Child | Mary "Polly" McFarland (1791 - ) |
| Child | Jane R. McFarland (1792 - ) |
| Child | Elizabeth McFarland (1792 - 1833) |
| Child | Arthur Menees McFarland (1793 - 1878) |
| Child | Margaret McFarland (1795 - 1827) |
| Child | Benjamin Menees McFarland (1803 - 1878) |
| Child | Sarah McFarland (1799 - ) |
| Child | Anne McFarland (1802 - ) |
| Father | Arthur Walter McFarland (1725 - ) |
| Mother | Elizabeth Porter (1725 - ) |
| Sibling | Thomas McFarland (1745 - 1787) |
| Sibling | James McFarland (1745 - 1796) |
| Sibling | Benjamin McFarland (1750 - 1823) |