| Name |
William McFarland |
| Birth |
1730 |
Augusta County, Virginia  |
 Court |
18 Mar 1753 |
Augusta County, Virginia |
| James Lockhart "made oath that he was afraid Duncan Farland and his son William would kill or injure some of his stock of creatures" James Lockhart's property adjoined McFarlands. |
| Military |
Sep 1753 |
Augusta County, Virginia |
| Pvt. in the Augusta Co. Militia & receives 8 shillings for military service in 1758 |
| Land |
1774 |
Wolf Creek, Tazewell, Virginia |
| William McFarland, assignee of Andrew Lyda, 300 acres both sides of Wolf Creek branch of New River, settled 1770. From Early Adventures on the Western Waters by Mary Kegley, LDS microfiche 6125902 Vol II page 66 (original page 139) & pg.111 (org 123) |
| Land |
Feb 1774 |
Wolf Creek, Tazewell, Virginia |
| Around this time William moved to Muddy Fork, Wolf Creek located in Montgomery Co. & later became Bland Co, (present Grapefield) apparently leaving his family behind. Whether he was going to send for them later after he settled is not known. |
| Tax List |
22 Mar 1774 |
Augusta County, Virginia |
| Assessors tax list records William as "No inhabitant" |
| Indian Attack |
9 Jul 1774 |
Warm Springs, Virginia |
| Wounded, apparently from an Indian arrow, taking his eye |
- From the Preston and Virginia Papers, Vol. 1, p. 78
"Lewis, Col. Charles. Letter to (William Preston) mentions (July 9) Captain Dickinson's skirmish with the Indians and wound received by William Mc Farlan at Warm Springs; people in great confusion."
There is some concern about whether this is all the same William McFarland because you can see by the dates, William was listed as "no inhabitant" in March, 1774, and was instead in the southwestern part of VA buying land along Wolf Creek it is presumed.
However, he is the only known William McFarland. Did he go south earlier to establish his claim, return home to pick up his family, get wounded in July 1774 and then return south and join Daniel Smith's company in the same year? I guess that is possible.
The Capt. Dickinson is John Dickinson who was a neighbor in what became Bath County.
This incident happened prior to the Dunmore Expedition when Indians became enraged over the April 30, 1774 murder of peaceful family members of Chief Logan by Daniel Greathouse and other militiamen who were part of Capt. Michael Cresap's Company.
Many of those militia men then were in the company of Capt. Hancock Lee, including William McFarland.
What is missing are exact months for these rolls. It is interesting to note that there is a William McFarland who appears in Capt. Hancock Lee's Company in 1774.
(Virginia's Colonial Soldiers, by Lloyd Bockstruck, pub. 1988, p. 142-3)
Included in that company is the same Daniel Greathouse. It is hard to tell if this is the same William McFarland in all three places in 1774, serving with Capt. John Dickinson, Capt. Hancock Lee, and Capt. Daniel Smith.
1774: a William McFarland served in the militia of Capt. Daniel Smith guarding the frontier.
When the names of the men in this list are compared with the tax list of 1782, it seems that it includes the men who are in the area that becomes Russell Co. in 1786 along the Clinch River. (not sure that the William along the Clinch is the same William as the one at Wolf Creek, but the distance is not too great).
This group did not participate in the expedition to Point Pleasant, but did guard the frontier against Indian incursions.
Source: http://www.accessgenealogy.com/virginia/captain-daniel-smiths-company.htm
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| Children Bound |
20 Jun 1775 |
Augusta County, Virginia |
| Alexander Gibson petitions court that Williamm, his son in law, moved out of the colony & his children are not properly provided for: Isabella, Alexander, James, Mary, Daniel, Eleanor, and John. They are to be bound out to said Alexander Gibson, grandfather. William had moved West to Wolf Creek area |
| VA Militia |
1781 |
Montgomery County, Virginia |
| Capt. Thomas Ingles Co. w/Wm McFarland, Wm. Lyday, John Gullion & Barnet Gullion soldiers. This district is near Wolf Creek, in present day Bland County. Source: Militia of Montgomery County, Virginia by Mary Kegley, 1990, p. 16 |
| Tax List |
1782 |
Montgomery County, Virginia |
| William McFarelane with one tithe, 10 horses, 20 cattle. Alex McFarelane next to him with one tithe, 1 slave, 2 horses, no cattle (Could be either his son or brother, but I think it is his son Alexander) |
| Land Patent |
19 Sep 1782 |
Montgomery County, Virginia |
| Patented 300 acres in the then Montgomery County, on Muddy Fork of Wolf Creek, a branch of New River. |
- Patented 72 acres believed to be on the Muddy Fork of Wolf Creek. "Surveyed for Wm. McFarland ? day of Sep, 1782 district of Washington and Montgomery Counties for ? acres granted 19th day of September, 1782 to said McFarland lying in Montgomery County on Muddy Fork of Wolf Creek, a branch off New River.
Entered February 28, 1787. Plot taken to the land office by John Preston August 1799 (signed) Jeremiah Bell, Preston.
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| Land Patent |
27 Sep 1782 |
Montgomery County, Virginia |
| Patented 72 acres believed to be on the Muddy Fork of Wolf Creek. "Surveyed for Wm. McFarland ? day of Sep, 1782 district of Washington and Montgomery Counties....." More |
| Collector of Fines |
19 Dec 1782 |
Montgomery County, Virginia |
| Collector of fines or taxes for the "bounty of the soldiers, 81st division" |
| Death |
February 1791 |
Round Mountain, Wythe, Virginia |
- Died from exposure (froze) on Round Mountain while returning from a barn raising on Walker's Creek. The Muddy Fork of Wolf Creek flows just north of Round Mountain. The valley where people lived is the present town of Grapefield.
Joseph Atkins with William Davis, Administrators of estate of William McFarland, deceased, was granted to James McFarland. William Cecil, John Greenup, Samuel Ferguson, to appraise estate and slaves of William McFarland 8 Mar 1791
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| Deed |
9 Jun 1801 |
Wolf Creek, Tazewell, Virginia |
- His property on Wolf Creek is referred to in a deed of his son Daniel, "being one of the heirs" in favor of ? for $200. The land grants to W. McFarland were not finalized until after his death. It seems that there was a dispute between the Ohio Co. and the Loyal Company as to who owned this land...and then there were the disruptions of the French and Indian War and the Revolutionary War. With the creation of Tazewell County in 1799 things began to be finalized based on the original surveys.
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| Land Notes |
9 Jul 1805 |
Virginia |
| In the Archives of Tazewell County, p. 167, says William McFarlin (assignee of Andr Lyda) is granted 195 acres on Jan. 9, 1805, surveyed on Feb.25, 1775 for the Loyal Company, on both sides of Wolf Creek. Grant #54, p.8 |
| Land Notes |
1814 |
Wolf Creek, Tazewell, Virginia |
| This part of Wolf Creek was in Tazewell until Bland formed in 1861. Wm. son James continues paying taxes on land his father owned: Wm McFarland est. Tazewell, 195 acres Wolf Creek 39 SE 72 acres Wolf Creek 39 SE 107 acres Wolf Creek 39 SE |
| Siblings |
4 siblings |
| + | 1. Jean Ann McFarland (?)
b. 1721, Ireland
d. Between 1784 and 1786, Augusta County, Virginia (Age 63 years) | | + | 2. Alexander McFarland
b. 1749, Augusta County, Virginia
d. Aft 1804, Possible Russell County Virginia (Age > 56 years) | | + | 3. Andrew McFarland
b. 1754, Elizabeth, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
d. 07 Nov 1829 (Age 75 years) | | + | 4. Robert McFarland
d. 1798, Rockingham County, Virginia |
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| Person ID |
P2551 |
Burress | My Ancestors |
1730 - 1791 (61 years)
