Duncan MacFarlane was born in Ulster, Ireland and died after 1782 in Augusta Co, VA.

Duncan MacFarlane and family were in Beverly Patent, Augusta County, VA by at least 1753 on the headwaters of Middle River, 6 to 10 miles SW of present Staunton, Augusta Co, VA and in 1767 moved to Jackson River in present Bath County, VA.

Court martial of Duncan MacFarlane, Augusta County, VA 24 Sep 1760. Conclusion: exempted from Military Service due to old age. SOURCE: "Virginia Colonial Soldiers" by Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck; 1988, page 329

Duncan MacFarlane was a weaver. He settled on Jackson River in what is now Bath County, Virginia. Both he and his wife (said to be the daughter of a sea captain) are buried near the George Cleek Cemetery in Bath County, Virginia in unmarked graves. The McFarland family abandoned their cabin for a cave on the east side of Jackson River just opposite their cabin. From the cave they saw their home and personal belongings destroyed and their livestock tortured and killed. After several years of discouragement by being continually harassed by the cunning Indians, descendants of Duncan MacFarlane sold their real estate to Jacob Cleek in February 1792 and settled in that part of North Carolina which is now included in the state of Tennessee.

 

He married Anne Porter.

Their children were:

Lieutenant Robert MacFarlane (died 1798); married Esther Houston

John MacFarlane (known as "Old Scotland John")

William MacFarlane (married an unknown Gibson)

Alexander McFarlane (was wounded in the Battle of Point Pleasant)

Elizabeth MacFarlane (born in Ulster, Ireland; died about 1786 in Augusta, VA); married Captain Alexander Dunlap

 

 

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