Person:Gideon Farris (1)

Record of Gideon Farris in Washington County, VA

• Page 37 - Robert Stevenson...272 ac...Commissioners Certificate...on the south fork of Holstein River...Beginning corner on John McCathrons line...corner with Gideon Farris...corner to Robert Farris land...May 15, 1782 - Robert Stevenson, assignee of William Hayes, assignee of Dawson Ware...400 ac... on the south fork of Holstein River, includes improvements, actual settlement made in 1774...August 17, 1781

• Page 38 - Gideon Faris...250 ac...Commissioners Certificate...on the south fork of Holston River on the north side of the fork...Beginning on Robert Stevensons land...corner to Jonathan Weir...May 28, 1782 - Gideon Faris, assignee of Nicholas Brabster, assignee of Robert Buchanan...250 ac...on the south fork of Holston River, includes improvements, actual settlement made in 1768...August 17, 1781.

Information on Gideon Farris

The Farris (Faires, Faries, Ferris) family was among the first pioneer settlers of Washington and Russell counties of South-western Virginia when it was a wilderness frontier.

William, Robert and Gideon Farris settled on the South Fork of the Holston River near the present town of Damascus in S.E. Washington County Virginia in 1768. William died in 1777 and Gideon administered his estate. Gideon (b. ca. 1740-1745) like his father, William, was a farmer and frontier Indian fighter. Gideon served with Col. William Christian in 1776 on a campaign against the Cherokees in East Tennessee who had been attacking frontier settlements at the instigation of the British.

Gideon Farris died about 1818 leaving his widow Sarah (McSpadden) and ten children; Robert, Samuel, William, Gideon (Jr), Mrs. Moses (Elizabeth) Hickenbottom, Thomas, Mrs. Rev Nickolas (Sarah) Speak/e/s, Mable, Mary Callum and Jane McCully.

Robert, Mable and Gideon (Jr) owned land in Claiborne countyTennessee in the 1820's and 1830's but later went to Lee county Virginia where brother, William and sister, Mrs. Rev. Nickolas (Sarah) Speak/e/s lived. William later moved to Carter (later Johnson) county Tennessee where his sister, Mrs. Moses (Elizabeth) Hickenbottom lived.

Source: http://members.tripod.com/~just4day/sharon4.html

5. Sarah McSpadden (2. Thomas, 1. Thomas) Born abt. 1745 in Timber Ridge, Rockbridge County, Virginia. Died abt. 1820 in Lodi, Washington County, Virginia. Buried in Rock Spring Cemetery in Washington County.

Married abt. 1760/65 in Virginia to Gideon Faires (son of William Faires and Deborah). Born abt. 1748 in Washington County, Virginia. Died 16 Dec 1818 in Lodi, Washington County, Virginia.

Children:

16. Mable Farris b. abt. 1761 in Washington County, Virginia. d. in Lee County, Virginia.

*17. Samuel Farris b. abt. 1766 in Washington County, Virginia. d. 26 Aug 1826 in Washington County, Virginia.

*18. William Farris b. abt. 1766. d. abt. 1840 in Johnson County, Tennessee.

*19. Robert Farris b. 22 Aug 1767 in Washington County, Virginia. d. 29 Aug 1850 in North Baldensville, Edgar, Illinois.

*20. Jane Farris b. abt. 1770 in Washington County, Virginia. d. abt. 1844 in Randolph County, Missouri.

*21. Gideon Farris Jr b. abt. 1775 in Washington County, Virginia. d. abt. 1840 in Washington County, Virginia.

*22. Thomas Farris b. abt. 1776 in Washington County, Virginia. d. 20 Dec 1856 in Washington County, Virginia.

23. Mary Callum Farris b. abt. 1778 in Washington County, Virginia.

*24. Elizabeth Farris b. abt. 1780 in Washington County, Virginia. d. abt. 1820 in Washington County, Virginia.

*25. Sarah Farris b. 8 Mar 1786 in Washington County, Virginia. d. 1865 in Rose Hill, Lee County, Virginia.

Source: http://worldgenealogyonline.com/mcspadden_gen3.html