Matthew Farrar b. 29 Oct 1760 Goochland County, Virginia d. 1844 Louisa County, Virginia: If the Legends Are True...

1760 - 1844 (83 years)

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Name	Matthew Farrar [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
Born	29 Oct 1760	Goochland County, Virginia [2, 4]
Alt. Birth	29 Oct 1760	Louisa County, Virginia [6]
Alt. Birth	29 Oct 1760 [1]
Christened	14 Dec 1760	Saint James Northam Parish, Goochland, Virginia [2, 7]
Gender	Male
Military Service	1779	Louisa County, Virginia [1, 4]
	drafted during The Revolution
	Randal A. Farrar - He enlisted in the Louisa County Militia, served under General Gates in the Carolinas, at the Battle of Cowpens and Guildford Courthouse. His granddaughter, Sallie Bacon Farrar, related stories of the war he had told her as a child. His pension application, rejected for some reason, stated he was born February 29, 1760; asked not to be sent into the Southern Army due to rheumatism; drafted for duty several times: to guard prisoners; to Richmond to make bullets; and to Richmond and Yorktown where he assisted in the capture of Cornwallis. He apparently served atthe same time with his brother Stephen, who testified that he resided in the same house and knew of his going and returning from Service. (R2448, No. 9263-3, Louisa County, October 1833).
Alt. Death	Abt 1829	Louisa County, Virginia [3, 4]
Military Service	Louisa County, Virginia [6]
	as a private during The American Revolution
Name	Mathew Fferrar [7]
Residence	Louisa County, Virginia [5]
Died	1844	Louisa County, Virginia [6]
Person ID	I115195	If the Legends Are True...
Last Modified	14 Jun 2020

Father	Perrin Farrar, b. 1730, Goochland County, Virginia , d. 14 Mar 1785, Louisa County, Virginia (Age 55 years)
Mother	Sarah Lacy, b. Abt 1730, d. Yes, date unknown
Married	30 Dec 1757	Saint Martin's Parish, Hanover County, Virginia
Family ID	F42449	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Martha Murrell, b. Aft 1760, d. 17 Feb 1844 (Age ~ 83 years)

Married Aft 1780 [1]

Children

	1. Elizabeth Oliver Farrar
+	2. Sally Farrar, b. Aft 1780, d. Yes, date unknown
+	3. Colonel Stephen Farrar, b. 1791, d. 1870 (Age 79 years)
	4. Matthew Farrar, Junior
+	5. Garland Farrar, b. Abt 1801, Fluvanna County, Virginia , d. 1881 (Age ~ 80 years)
	6. Mary Kent Farrar, b. 1 Dec 1802, d. Yes, date unknown

Last Modified 26 Jul 2014

Family ID F42456 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Reference If the Legends Are True... by J. Craig Canada, "Matthew Farrar" (accessed April 15, 2021) | http://www.palmspringsbum.org/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I115195&tree=Legends.

Sources

[S725] Descendants of Henry Ferror/Farrar/Farrer of Ewood Hall, Yorkshire by William Thomas (Boots) Farrar III, Version: 2014-06-11 (RootsWeb, worldconnect.rootsweb.com). (Reliability: 3).
[S728] The Farrars by William B. and Ethel Farrar, page 36 (St. Petersburg, Florida: St. Petersburg Printing Company, 1964). (Reliability: 3).
[S745] The Randal A. and Dena L. Farrar Genealogy Home Page by Randal Alan Farrar, Descendants of Henry Farrar PDF, page 13 of 259 (Dallas, Texas: 2 September 2004). (Reliability: 3).
[S745] The Randal A. and Dena L. Farrar Genealogy Home Page by Randal Alan Farrar, Descendants of Henry Farrar PDF, page 26 of 259 (Dallas, Texas: 2 September 2004). (Reliability: 3).
[S443] The Compendium of American Genealogy by Frederick Adams Virkus, F. I. A. G., Volume IV: Page 178 (Chicago, Illinois: A. N. Marquis, 1925-1942, 7 Vols.). (Reliability: 3).
[S518] DAR Genealogical Research System (GRS) by National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, Ancestor: A038979 Matthew Farrar (1760-1844) (Washington, District of Columbia: http://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research). (Reliability: 4).
[S848] The Douglas Register by William Douglas (transcribed by William Macfarlane Jones), Page 193 (Richmond, Virginia: J. W. Fergusson & Sons, 1928). (Reliability: 4).