William McFarland (land surveyor)
William McFarland (born May 8, 1774 in Lancaster , Province of Pennsylvania , † August 16, 1840 in Belgrade , Republic of Texas ) was a British- American surveyor and lawyer in the then still independent Republic of Texas.
Career
William McFarland, son of Hannah Stuart and Thomas McFarland, was born during the reign of King George III. born in Lancaster County . His childhood was overshadowed by the War of Independence . Further details about his youth are not known. He married Miss Ann Singer, daughter of Elizabeth and Jacob Singer. The couple had six children, only three of whom reached adulthood, including Thomas Stuart McFarland . McFarland became a land surveyor. The family moved to Ohio in 1799 . In the following years he carried out survey work there and made plans for several towns , including a part of Cincinnati , which bears his name. The family moved to the Indiana Territory in 1810 . McFarland carried out surveying work there and created the plan for the town of Lexington ( Scott County ). In 1817 they moved to Louisiana . His wife died there in Monroe ( Ouachita Parish ). 13 years later, in 1830, he and his three children who were still alive moved to Texas, which was then still part of Mexico . The family settled in Ayish Bayou District in May 1830 . Together with Wyatt Hanks, Frost Thorn, and John M. Durst, McFarland acquired 8 Leuge's land from the Guerrero Concession. On August 2, 1832, he took part in the fighting at Nacogdoches . In October 1832 he then represented the Ayish Bayou District at the convent in San Felipe . That same year, 1832, he sat on a committee of 15 men who selected a location for the town of San Augustine . McFarland was elected Alkalde in 1833 . In 1836 the President of the then independent Republic of Texas Sam Houston appointed him Chief Justice of the newly established San Augustine County . He was the head of McFarland's Lodge, the third Masonic Lodge in Texas, which was founded on August 13, 1837 and later became Redland Lodge No. 3 was renamed. In 1837 McFarland moved to Belgrade, Newton County . In 1838 he was a member of the Texas Boundary Commission, which was responsible for defining the boundary between the United States and the Republic of Texas. After his death in Belgrade in 1840, he was buried there in the McFarland-Wilson Cemetery .
literature
- Onofrio, Jan: Texas Biographical Dictionary , Somerset Publishers, Inc., 2001, ISBN 978-0-403-09992-4 , p. 9
Web links
- William McFarland on the tshaonline.org website
Individual evidence
- ^ Thomas Stuart McFarland in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved October 4, 2015.
- ↑ 1872 Texas Almanac - Survivors of the Texas Revolution , p. 6
- ^ William McFarland in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved October 4, 2015.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | McFarland, William |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British-American surveyor and lawyer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 8, 1774 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lancaster , Province of Pennsylvania |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 16, 1840 |
| Place of death | Belgrade , Republic of Texas |