General Notes

Duncan McFARLAND, son of IMMIGRATION 1730-1740 _____, was b
orn about 1700 inWeter County, Ireland, died after 1792 i
n Back Creek, Augusta County, Virginia, buried in George Cl
eek Cem, Bath County, Virginia. Married about 1720 in Irela
nd(?) to Ann or Elizabeth PORTER born about 1705 in Ireland
, died in Bath County, Virginia, buried in George Cleek Cem
, Bath County, Virginia.
DEATH: Jackson River area.
HISTORY: From the "Annals of Bath County" by Oren F. Morte
n 1917 Staunton, VA found at Staunton Public Library, Staun
ton, VA Page198 under chapter "Families of Greater Bath
" - Duncan Mc Farland seems to have come from Lu nenburg Co
unty. Alexander and William were sons. The first wasa sold
ier of the Revolution. He sold to Jacob Cleek and went to N
orth Carolina. The other absconded about 1775, leaving hi
s father-in-law to care for the wife and her seven children
."
RESIDENCE: (PRE 1738) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
RESIDENCE: (1742-1745) Probably first moved from Philadelph
ia to Virginia about this time. RESIDENCE: 1753-1767 VIRGIN
IA, Augusta County, Middle River headwaters. "Duncan McFarl
and and family were i n Beverly Patent, Augusta County, V
A by at least 1753 on the headwaters of Middle River, 6 t
o 10 miles SW of present Staunton, and in 1767 moved to Jac
kson River in present Bath County, VA."
SOURCE: From Mary T. Haines. MIGRATION: 1767 VIRGINIA, Au g
usta County, Jackson River. "Duncan McFarland and family mo
ved in 1767 to Jackson River in present Bath County, VA."
SOURCE: From Mary T. Haines. NOTES: TheMcFarlands of Tenne
ssee appear to be of a different family. RESIDENCE: 1782-17
87 Augusta C ounty Tax Payers. CHILDREN: 1753 VIRGINIA, Aug
usta County. Duncan McFarland and son William, March 18, 17
53.
SOURCE: "CHRONICLES OF THE SCOTCH IRISH SETTLEMENT IN VIRGI
NIA" Vol I, page 58.
PROBATE-LINKS: 1755 VIRGINIA, Augusta County. Duncan M cFar
land, March 18, 1755. WILL of Robert Young, plantaioneer, c
onverys to personal estate. [One of which...] Duncan McFarl
and, weaver.
SOURCE: "Chronicles of the Scotch Irish Settlement in Virgi
nia" 1958 by Lyman Chalkley vol 3 LDS Microfilm #01 62044
. LAND: 1767 VIRGINIA,Augusta County. Daniel McFarland, 1
8 March 1767, from William Willson and Barbara, 100 acres o
n Jackson River for 30 pounds. SOURCE: Chalkley Vol 3:450
;Augusta County Will page 227.
BOOK: Referenced in book on grands on, James McFarlane of V
irginia (1766/1767); Duncan Mc Farland immigrated from Wete
r, Ireland in 1718 and married daughter of a Sea Captain, A
nne Porter, in AugustaCounty, VA before 1750; was possibl
y from Lancaster Co, Pa, settled on the Jackson Riv er, nea
r Warm Springs, Augusta County (soon that part in Bath Coun
ty); buried in unmarked graves in the George W. Cleek Cemet
ery, 13 miles North of Warm Springs on US Route 220.
MILITARY: 1760 VIRGINIA, Augusta County.Duncan McFarland
. Too old. C ourt martial of Duncan McFarland Augusta Count
y, VA 24 Sep 1760. Conclusion: exempted from Military Servi
ce due to old age.SOURCE: "Virginia Colonial Soldiers" b
y Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck 1988, page 329.
LAND: 1792 VIRGINIA, Bath County. Alexander, son of Dunca
n McFarland, Feb 20, 1792. "On February 20, 1792, Alexande
r McFarland of Green County, NorthCarolina , by virtue o
f a power of attorney from his father, Duncan McFarland, so
ld 319 acres of land on Jackson Riv er, Bath County, Virgin
ia to JacobCleek.
SOURCE: Bath County Deed Book 1, pages 66 and 68. "Early We
stern Augusta County Pioneers" 1957 by George W. Cleek [pag
e 22]. Deed Book 1, pages 66 and 68).
NOTE: The land which Jacob Cleek purchased is ap proximatel
y tenmiles north of Warm Springs, Virginia, on U.S. Rout
e 220.
LINKS: From "History of Woodford County, Kentucky" by Wm E
. Railey 1938 at Bellingham Library R929.3R: Duncan McFarla
nd's daughter, Ann McFarland descendant of Calan McFarland .
HISTORY: VIRGINIA, Bath County. Page 397-3