Virginia McClungs:

We have found a J. McClung from Virginia in the 1860 census of Floyd County, Georgia. Can anyone claim him? GA: Floyd County 1860.

Note: coding in process

North Carolina:

It appears that our Georgia branch had strong connections to North Carolina. We found that John McClung had been apprenticed out to Hugh Linn in 1772: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rootsr/NC-Rwn-ct.htm We know from John the Rev. soldier's pension applications that his parents had died about that time. It is possible that this record is about this John. It is also interesting that in Greene Co. GA, it was Robert Linn of Rowan Co., NC who deeded land to John & Reuben so that indicates a connection to the Linn family of Rowan Co., NC. Perhaps Linn researchers can help us with this.

Notice in the North Carolina marriage records that there are quite a few McClungs. We think that the GRS transcriptionists may have included some by the name of McClurg. Some of these early records are very hard to decipher. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rootsr/Nc-mgs.htm Do we have anyone who lives in NC or who has access to copies of these early records to check them out and see which of these are actually McClung names?

South Carolina:

We have changed the Index page for South Carolina families. As more and more census records from Georgia and SC have been searched, we have been able to sort out the families from both of these states more effectively. Please go over these records to see that our record is correct. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rootsr/SC-Index.htm It would appear that "Sassy Jack" of the Robert line is the John, the Rev. War soldier, but we would like more proof of this. At this time this line is still with the SC records.

The Talbot County, GA census has a Nimmy McClung living with the McCoys. We had earlier thought that this record belonged to Jemima McClung but Jemima is in Arkansas in 1850 with Josiah's family. Also after reading the microfilmed copy, we clearly saw that Nimmy's birth was in 1765. That would place her in the same age bracket as the first James McClung whose wife's name we had never known. We still do not know how Jemima Crawford McClung fits into the S.C. branch. However we have not yet located land records from Newberry Co., NC before 1800. Can anyone help with that?

Georgia:

The most recent finding on these families include the deed in Greene County, GA wherein a Robert Linn gifts Reuben McClung in 1796 via John McClung. Below the index, see the transcription here: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rootsr/Ga-Gre-ld.htm We are left to wonder: Was Robert Linn the grandfather of Reuben? Was John's wife, Elizabeth, a Linn? This would be the most obvious conclusion but we will need some help from Linn researchers. Also it in interesting that John's Master was Hugh Lynn in Rowan County, NC. Is there some connection between Hugh Lynn and Robert Linn in that county?

We find that John McClung of Jackson County had a child born in 1806. This is the last record we have of him alive. After that his younger children were named as "heirs of" or "orphans of". It is also interesting that John the Rev. War soldier left for North Carolina in 1806. So we are left to wonder . . . We have ordered the Jackson County probate records and will let you know in the next newsletter if we have found anything relevant.

You should review what we have on the John who was in Jackson County: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rootsr/GA-jno-sr.htm The land record of Greene County, GA shows that John and Reuben had interests in Greene County and well as George from Warren County. The deed, referenced above, would show relationship between Reuben and John. We do not know why Robert Linn was gifting Reuben. The witnesses to this deed are all three Bellahs including one Reuben Bellah for whom our Reuben may have been the namesake. We are awaiting information from the Bellah family. It would have been a break from family tradition that John would have named his first son after someone who was not a McClung. This would indicate that John had had an older son that he would have named after his own family.

John Jr, son of John and Elizabeth married Rebecca Nix. We have found this family in the 1850 & 60 censuses of Talbot Co.: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rootsr/GA-tlbt-c.htm This would indicate that they named their first son Johnathan and the next one Reuben. We are not sure about the Franklin but he may have been the third son. We would certainly like to find a probate record for this John to clarify family relationships. We should also be on the lookout for a Nix probate that would name some McClungs. We find remnants of this family still listed in Talbot County in 1880 (not yet posted) where Hiram and George W. had remained in Dist. 886.

Bill Davenport is working on the descendants of the Rev. Soldier, John. We do not yet have the descendants posted but will be working on that. Bill has sent in the Bounty Land Claim by Nancy Luster McClung - embedded in this file: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rootsr/GA-john.htm He is tracing the descendants through Kentucky, Illinois, and Arkansas.

There are still records from Georgia that are coming in. You may see the research orders: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rootsr/GA-john.htm

We are also in need of early Colonial Records of Georgia. There are several that have been published but are not on inter-library loan. Please check to see if you have access.

We need to see some work done on the Hiram line but it appears that he left Georgia for Alabama. Does anyone have further records on his family. It appears from early censuses that there was an early family for which we do not have connections. The 1830 census of Henry County furnished by Maryann has:

One of these men could be the oldest brother who went to the Weldon Settlement in Louisiana. Both those men named an older son, Hiram. If you have any record that would make a connection, please let us know. Has anyone searched the records of Henry County, GA?

Alabama:

Ralph McClung has sent us an update to the Hugh McClung line but we have not yet posted it.

Contributions:

We thank you for all your contributions. If we have failed to get yours posted, please send a reminder. This desk gets piled up and sometimes things are overlooked. There is always this nagging feeling that we have omitted something important.

Queries:

Most of our Queries are handled through the RootsWeb McClung Surname site. If you know of another good site we should be attending to, let us know.

Two people who have written since the last letter were inquiring about a Franklin McClung and a George McClung. Both of these people appear to be children of John McClung and Rebecca Nix McClung. Look up the Talbot County, GA 1850 and 60 censuses. It looks as though they are connected to this family. I had thought that Franklin might be part of the SC branch but now since seeing these census reports, it appears that he belongs to John/Rebecca Nix. Let me know what you think.

Keep your eyes open for McClung records as you do your library searches. Even though you are not descended, it could help another person build his McClung lineage.

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