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McFarland Entries from Chalkley
Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia
Volume I
p. 40 23 May 1750 - Road ordered from Ezekiel Calhoun's to Wood's River, thence to Top of Ridge between Wood's River and the South Fork of Roanoke. John McFarland and Joseph Crockett to be surveyors of former, and Wm. Crisp and Wm. Pellam, of latter part, with tithables, and the following: ... John McFarland ... John Downing ... Wm. Sayers ... Robert McFarlin ... Alexander Sayers ... (OB 2:371).
p. 54 21 August 1752 - ... Ro. McFarland, qualified Lieut ... (OB 3:321).
p. 55 16 November 1752 - John McFarland, qualified Ensign; Joseph Crocket, qualified Captain Co. of Foot; Ro. McFarland, qualified Lieutenant (OB 3:366).
p. 58 18 March 1753 - Duncan McFarland and his son, William (OB 3:453).
p. 185. 20 June 1775 - Alexr. Gibson petitions that William McFarland, his son-in-law, has moved out of the Colony, and his children are not properly provided for, viz: Isabella, Alexander, James, Mary, Daniel, Eleanor and John. - They are to be bound to said Alexander, their grandfather (OB 16:76).
p. 432 1749 - Delinquents for 1748. Long and valuable list. John Cunningham, jailor. Account To keeping the following: John McFarlin, a criminal ... (Original petitions and papers filed in the County Court).
p. 433 1749 - Examination of Joseph McFarland, late of Lunenburg County, taken before me, Richard Barton, one of the justices for said county, 27th February, 1747-8. Says that he borrowed a saddle from James Litell, of Lunenburg County, and brought it into this County ... (Original petitions and papers filed in the County Court).
p. 434 1749 - We petitioners, being the frontier inhabitants of this colony, labor under great inconveniences for want of a road being opened from our settlement towards the landing, and there being (as we presume) a sufficient number of inhabitants to open one, we therefore humbly pray that your worship will be graciously pleased to take our case under your serious consideration and grant an order for a road to be opened from Zachariah Calhouns, on Reedy Creek, and thence to the Buffalo Lick and from thence the nearest and best way to Woods River, at the upper end of a small island below the mouth of the Little River, and thence towards the forks of Meadow Creek, and thence to the top of the dividing ridge between Woods River and the South Fork of Roanoke, and that John Vance and Alexander Sayers be appointed to mark and lay off said road from said Calhouns to Woods River, and that John Stroud and James Conley mark and lay off from thence to the aforesaid dividing ridge, etc. That John McFarland and Joseph Crockett be appointed overseers to open and clear said road from said Calhoun's to Woods River, with the subscribers and the adjacent inhabitants and that William Crispe and William Pellem be appointed overseers from Woods River to the aforesaid dividing ridge, etc., and we, your petitioners, shall pray. Hendery Battan, Jacob Goldman, Jacob Goldman, Frederick Cadock, John Scott, John Combe, Samuel Stonacie, Robert McFarland, John Stead, Mordecai Early, John Downing, Charles Sincler, William Sayers, William Hamilton, Robert V (N)orris, Samuel Mountgomery, Andrew Lynam, James Macee, John McFarland, Joseph Crockett, Val. Wilcher, Humberston Lyon, James Miller, Stephen Lyon, Thomas Barnes, James Willy, John Vance, Alexander Sayers, Jacob Cassall, John Gorman. (Original petitions and papers filed in the County Court).
p. 507 16 July 1776 - The Commonwealth of Virginia against Alexander Miller, defendant ... aiding and giving intelligence to the enemy ... and the whole of the costs of this prosecution be levied on the estate of the said Alexander Miller, viz: ... To Robt. McFarland, summoned by the officer; to assist, for going 50 miles, at 4 pence per mile ... (Petitions, October Court, 1778).
Volume II
p. 415 1750 - ... Jno. McFarland, Constable ... (on list of Delinquents).
p. 510 1755 - ...July 3d, James McFarland, at North River, killed ... (from State Historical Society of Wisconsin).
Volume III
p. 28 16 January 1753 - John Noble's appraisement, by Robt. Norris, Saml. Montgomery, John Montgomery. Note of John McFarland, Joseph Crockett, Robert Allcorn, John Hatthorn, James and John Miller, James Calhoun, Nathaniel Welshar, Wm. Montgomery, Wm. Calhoun. To butter money, cash. Philip Snider's bond. Due John McFarland for 106 acres land at 5 per 100. Due to the remainder of land. William Calhoun, Widow Lukes (WB 1:480).
p. 330 6 August 1754 - Robert McForland to John Downing, 20.14.0, 248 acres on Stoney Fork of Re(e)d Creek. Teste: Abraham Dunckleberry, Nathaniel Wilshire (DB 6:442).
p. 401 4 May 1763 - John McFarland and Mary ( ), of Bedford County, to Hugh Montgomery, 52.10, 106 acres by patent, 30th October, 1752, on a branch of Reed Creek. Teste: Robert Montgomery. Delivered: H. Montgomerie, May, 1765 (DB 11:329).
p. 461 29 October 1767 - John McFarland and Mary, of Bedford County, to James Holles, 40, 98 acres on a branch of Reed Creek, a branch of New River, betwixt the land of the said John and the Cove, patented to John 20th June, 1753. Teste: Israel and William Christian, Daniel McNeill, Robert Breckenridge, Samuel Black, William Wright, William Bates, George Dair (DB 14:88).
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