Major Thomas Farrar b. 1 Oct 1754 Lunenburg County, Virginia d. 24 Aug 1833 Claiborne County, Mississippi: If the Legends Are True...

1754 - 1833 (78 years)

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Name	Thomas Farrar [1]
Prefix	Major
Born	1 Oct 1754	Lunenburg County, Virginia [1]
Gender	Male
Alt. Birth	1 Oct 1754	Mecklenburg County, Virginia [2, 3]
Military Service	25 Feb 1776	Pendleton County, South Carolina [2, 3]
	during The Revolution
	When very young men, he and his brother Field Farrar went to Pendleton County, South Carolina, Old 96 District, where both became very active in defense of the colony, and were both officers of the Revolution. At a Continental Congress on February 2, 1780, when battalions were reduced to 3 and captains oldest in service as commissioned officers retained , Captain Field Farrar was among those retained. Taken prisoner at the fall of Charleston in the same year, he was paroled to Virginia with other officers in 1781 until the end of the war when he returned to South Carolina. - page 9. Thomas Farrar was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the 5th South Carolina Regiment of the Continental Establishment, February 25, 1776. He was wounded in the battle of Charleston on October 7, 1779. He was later appointed Lieutenant Colonel on the staff of Governor John Drayton of South Carolina in 1801. - page 19
Name	Thomas Farrar [2, 3, 4]
Died	24 Aug 1833	Claiborne County, Mississippi [1, 2, 3]
Person ID	I118249	If the Legends Are True...
Last Modified	14 Jun 2020

Father	George Farrar, Junior, b. 1720, Farrar's Island, Chesterfield County, Virginia , d. 1761, Mecklenburg County, Virginia (Age 41 years)
Mother	Dianah Hillsman, b. 1713, Charles Parish, York County, Virginia , d. Abt 1766 (Age 53 years)
Married	Abt 1748	Lunenburg County, Virginia
Family ID	F43547	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Margaret Prince, b. 4 Mar 1756, Frederick County, Virginia , d. 8 Nov 1831, Claiborne County, Mississippi (Age 75 years)

Married 27 Jan 1777 [3]

Children

	1. Cyprian Farrar
+	2. Matilda Farrar, b. 17 Jun 1778, Pendleton County, South Carolina , d. 12 Dec 1844, 'Cold Springs Plantation', Carlisle, Claiborne County, Mississippi (Age 66 years)
+	3. Field Farrar, b. 30 Jan 1784, Pendleton County, South Carolina , d. 4 Oct 1836, Charlotte, Dickson, Tennessee (Age 52 years)
+	4. Martha Farrar, b. 18 Aug 1785, d. Yes, date unknown
+	5. Margaret Prince Farrar, b. 18 Aug 1796, Pendleton County, South Carolina , d. 1856, Forsyth, Monroe, Georgia (Age 59 years)
+	6. Thomas Wadsworth Farrar, b. 1784, Pendleton County, South Carolina , d. 1832 (Age 48 years)
	7. Burke Farrar
	8. Charles Cotesworth Pinckney Farrar
	9. Ephriam Farrar
	10. Laura A. Farrar
+	11. Lucinda J. Farrar, b. 1788, Pendleton District, South Carolina , d. Carlisle, Claiborne, Mississippi

Last Modified 8 Dec 2014

Family ID F43724 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Reference If the Legends Are True... by J. Craig Canada, "Major Thomas Farrar" (accessed January 19, 2021) | http://www.palmspringsbum.org/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I118249&tree=Legends.

Sources

[S518] DAR Genealogical Research System (GRS) by National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, Ancestor: A039025 Thomas Farrar (1754-1833) (Washington, District of Columbia: http://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research). (Reliability: 4).
[S745] The Randal A. and Dena L. Farrar Genealogy Home Page by Randal Alan Farrar, Descendants of Henry Farrar PDF, page 9 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 19 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 20 of 259 (Dallas, Texas: 2 September 2004). (Reliability: 3).