Note: Our website is divided into two sections: the Database where abstracts and transcriptions
of original records are posted. Some of these were previously published in the McClung Family
Association Journal. These are referenced by volume and page. Those since our last postal
mailing of volume 31 are listed as "New".
The other part of the website is for family listings. We have started with the McClung
Genealogy (1904) by Rev. William McClung and have attempted to correct errors and omisions.
In some cases whole lineages have been added. We are adding the family album pages. If you
have pictures to send, everyone would like to see them.
We are gradually finding that most of what we have called the Alabama McClungs are really
the descendants of the Pennsylvania/Virginia group. We hope to be able to find their
rightful places in those lineages.
The William McClung who died in Madison County, Al in 1818 had several sons. We have listed his family at our Alabama site. We have studied the names of the people married into this family and found that they came from Tennessee. We have posted the Montgomery and Ware connection in PA, VA, TN and AL county message boards and surname boards. The information received would indicate a closer connection to the relatives of Col. Charles McClung of Knoxville, TN. (See AL: Madison County database). The birthdate of William McClung is calculated to be in the 1760s. That would indicate that he might be one of the three missing brothers of Col. Charles and sons of Matthew and Martha Cunningham McClung of Pennsylvania. It was reported that they died young - so we are still searching. Some of the descendants of this William moved to Arkansas and Texas that we know of. Lastley moved to Crittendon county, AR as did James White McClung's last wife and some children. It would make sense that James White McClung was the nephew of William McClung who died 1818 in Madison Co., AL.
There were two very early men by the name of John A. McClung. One died in Colbert County in
1832 and his wife died three days earlier so it was probably a disease. He was the son of James
who md Elizabeth McPheeters (McC Gen p. 10-11), son of Henry and Eliz. Caruthers, son of James
from Ireland (p.9). The other John A. is usually referred to as just John but in the Will
Book A:200 of Talladega County, he is referred to as John A.McClung also. He is enumerated
as Alexander John McClung in the 1830 census that Bill Davenport just sent in. John A. died
in 1836
and appears to be the father of Hugh and Rev. David. His grandson, Benjamin is administrator
with Hugh and Daniel Wilson securities. (Grandson Joseph md Jane Wilson). We had thought that
this John A. is the son of the Hugh who died in Franklin (Records in Greene Co,TN) but a
study of the ages (1830c) shows a one-generation gap. John Alexander McClung might be a grandson
of Hugh but we have no proof. We hope that further study of Tennessee records will yield
some answers.
Then there is another John McClung who was in the 1830 census of Morgan County, Alabama. He
was born in the 1760s and had several sons: James, Andrew, Charles and maybe two more. If
you have information on this family, we would like to hear from you.
Many of the people who ended up in Arkansas came from Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee. If
you have any records from Arkansas, please send them by email and we will post them in our
database.
We have some new records that we just haven't had time to post. We hope to see them listed
in the next newsletter.
Chuck Gibson has volunteered to transcribe the probate record of Jonas McClung. Perhaps we
can post the result of his work next month. We need to forward the jpgs to him that Mae
Price sent to us.
We have heard from James McClung researching the family of the early George McClung of
Georgia: Robert McClung died about 1858 in Jackson County, Florida. He is shown on each
Jackson County Tax list through 1857 but appears on none after that. In the 1860 census
Robert's three younger children (William, Susan and Nancy) are shown living in the household
of Robert's daughter Mary Ann McClung and her husband David H. Newton in Holmes County,
Florida.
Children of Robert McClung and Susan Ann Davis as shown on the 1850 census for Jackson
County, Florida as follows: (occupation blacksmith)
1. Lafayette McClung, b. 1829 in Ga.(prob. Upson Co.), md (1) Nancy Wall,(2) Frances
Smith (3) Fannie Bunton. One of his sons Robert McClung died near Cottonwood in Houston
County, Alabama in 1837 and is buried in Ramah Cemetery. Lafayette was 2nd Lt. of Company F,
11th Florida Infantry, C.S.A. Captured 6 April 1865 at Sailor's Creek, Va.
4. Mary Ann McClung, born 1834 (prob. Upson Co). Married David H. Newton on 2 May 1858 in
Jackson Co., Florida. Two children - (1) Nora - b. 1872,married Charles Blalock
(2) Reuben - b. 1873, married Sarah Perkins.
When contacting us to send in questions or updates, please refer us to the file number or ID
number of your ancestor. That will save us the time for researching to find your lineage. Thank
you for sending in your updates. We will all enjoy a complete record.
Some of the Pennsylvania people moved further south. At this point we are trying to get
their records from Tennessee and Alabama. See Alabama Records in the database. We have
added information from several counties.
Kirsten Ingram has searched in New Jersey for her ancestor: James McClung:
The Pittsgrove James McClung died 28 Feb 1788. I think I sent you the inscription on his
tombstone, which said he was a charted member and elder of the Pittsgrove Presbyterian
Church in Daretown. The cemetery is wonderful and I found everybody I was ever related
to. Well, not quite, but I was amazed at how many Johnsons, Dubois, VanMeters, Newkirks
and Mayhews are still in the area.
We looked in the Salem County records of deeds and miscellaneous documents, ranging from
marriages,muster rolls for Minutemen (which included William McClung, ostensibly the son of
James and Agnes), cemetery census lists, etc. and found only what I mentioned. I went to
the Salem County Historical Society AND the Gloucester county historical society library,
since they have a lot of Salem documents, but the McClungs, like my ancestor Jane
Suayberry, remained pretty elusive. If William died without heirs and Nancy/Ann married a
Johnson, that line may have died out.
We spent two full days at the courthouse and found no will or probate, only Nancy's
signature as "Nancy Johnson" on a deed she and Samuel transferred to one of his brothers.
I have Stanley Craig's book of Salem County wills, but it starts in 1804, which is after
James's death, and goes through 1830.
From Linda: Have you found any of the McClungs from Randolph County Alabama that enlisted
in the Civil War? We are trying to get some of those graves marked in the county, but we
have not found any of them in the muster rolls: [email protected]
From Lucy Ratliff: I descend through Adam McClung of Maryland, who married Letitia Richardson.
Their daughter, Alice McClung m. Benjamin (EZRA) Elliott and lived in Butler
County, Ohio. I have Ezra's Bible, with birth and death dates of his parents
and siblings. Can follow some lines for a couple of generations. Ezra was one
of the founders of Glendale, OH, where I now live. (North of Cincinnati.) Am
looking forward to joining the Maryland McClung clan. ( you can write to her at:
[email protected])
Nancy Gaines: My Great Great Grandfather Marcellus son James had listed on his death certificate, parents
Charles McClung and Sarah Gabbert. (as parents) I think he died Aug. 22, 1868. He was listed as being born
in Augusta County, VA. The list of their children that I was given are:Julian McClung b. 1836,
Mary (JB) McClung b.1838, she married a John Crim in 1860, Harrison County, was born in
Augusta Co., James Alexander McClung b 1839, Harrison County, VA, George McClung b 1841,
William H. McClung b 1842, Charles L. McClung b 1845, Marcellus McClung b 1847 d 5/12/1922
(my Great Grandfather),John L. McClung b abt 1849. Nancy Kirkpatrick Gaines ([email protected])
Some of our members have asked about when we would be reporting on the Tennessee McClungs.
Most of the ancestors of McClung who lived in Tennessee are descendants of the PA/VA group.
We are
finding that they are mostly descendants of the immigrant William (2-2) McClung. One group
is from William's son James (1722?-1798) who married Ann Gray and lived in Virginia. Their
eldest known son was William (1762-1841) who married Euphemia Cunningham. This was the
man we kept coming across in Georgia when working on Soldier John's family. William was in
Wilkes Co., Georgia records until he moved to TN in 1806, settling in Blount County. His
family became prominent in Eastern Tennessee and his eldest son married Margaret Montgomery
and moved to Alabama.
William (2-2) son Matthew was the father of Col. Charles McClung who settled in Knox County
and laid out the town of Knoxville. He was a land promoter and we find his name on deeds
all over the south. Apparently some of his sons followed suit. However, James White
McClung became an attorney and settled in Madison County, Alabama and became prominent there.
If you have records from Tennessee that you have typed up, please send them as an attachment
and we will post these in our database. We have some that were previously published in
the Journals but they will need to be typed again before being posted on our site. If anyone
would share some of this work, we would appreciate it. Please contact Judith before starting
any project so we will not duplicate efforts.
This has been such a busy month. Most of the effort has been to get the PA/VA lines posted.
The work this month has been on William (2-2) lines. We also posted many records from Alabama.
We hope to start adding more of the records from Virginia into the database.
When we have completed the typing project to get the 1904 genealogy posted, this work will
move along better. It will help to get everyone posted that we can, then we will be better
able to serve those with queries. Then we will need an index . . . oh dear !!!
We receive queries every week - nearly every day. If it is possible to show these folks where
they fit in the "tree", this is done. If this cannot be found, we try to get them into
the newsletter where you may attempt to help out. Please write to them if you have information
or a clue.
You can e-mail me at Judith McClung if you have corrections or additions to our record.
Page begun 1 Dec 2002
Last updated 29 Dec 2002
Last updated by J. McClung