Samuel Patterson McFarland (1816 - bef. 1860)

Born 7 Feb 1816 in Indiana Territory

Ancestors

Died before 1860 before age 43 in Newton County, Texas, USA

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Biography

Samuel arrived in the Ayish Bayou District with his father, brother, and sister in 1829.

Samuel McFarland settled in the Republic of Texas before February 19, 1846.

Samuel was born in 1816. He was the son of William McFarland and Ann Singer. He passed away before 1860.

Sources

• McFarland, Thomas Stuart. A Journal of the Coincidences and Acts of Thomas S. McFarland - Beginning with the First Day of January A.D. 1837, A.L. 5837. (Burnet, Texas: Published by the Newton County Historical Commission, 1981); 158 pp. ISBN 10: 0890152918 / ISBN 13: 9780890152911. A transcription of the handwritten diary of Thomas Stuart McFarland kept from 1837-1840 about his life along the Sabine river in the early days of the Republic of Texas. Limited library availability; may be available from dealers of used and rare books. The 1981 edition was a limited printing of 500; #47 is in the possession of Edison Williams. The original handwritten journal is in the Ralph Steen Library at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas. See also: A Journal of the Coincidences and Acts of Thomas S. McFarland, with two copies (typescript, 65 pages). Collection: George Louis Crocket Papers, East Texas Research Center, Nacogdoches, Texas; File Box: 21, Folder: 57. http://archives.sfasu.edu/repositories/2/archival_objects/2996. Accessed 8 March 2022.

• Peterson, Dorothy Burns, ed. Daughters of the Republic of Texas: A Patriot Ancestor Album, Volume 1. (Paducha, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, June 1995); 312 pp. ISBN 10: 1563112140 / ISBN 13: 978-1563112140. Out of print; limited library availability. Partial preview at Google Books. Profiles of Thomas S. and William McFarland, p. 190; view image of page.

• Appointments of U.S. Postmasters, 1832-1971 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-Sept. 30, 1971; Roll #: 125; Archive Publication #: M841. Citing: Name, Saml P McFarland; Post Office Location, Cotland, Newton, Texas; Appointment Date, 15 Jan 1850; Volume #19; Volume Year Range, 1846-1855. Ancestry Record 1932 #1091359; free-to-view image of original postmasters roster courtesy of Ancestry.com.

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXLG-LFB : 12 April 2016), household of Thomas McFarland, Newton County, Texas, United States; citing family 209, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). See also Ancestry Record 8054 #1060568. Household members:
  • Thomas McFarland, Male, 40, born Indiana
  • Elizabeth McFarland, Female, 31, born Virginia
  • William McFarland, Male, 12, born Texas
  • Elizabeth E McFarland, Female, 10, born Texas
  • Thomas McFarland, Male, 8, born Texas
  • Ann Eliza McFarland, Female, 6, born Texas
  • Mary Jane McFarland, Female, 4, born Texas
  • Orinda Izabella McFarland, Female, 2, born Texas
  • Catherine C McFarland, Female, 1, born Texas
  • Samuel P McFarland, Male [Brother], 32, born Indiana