Randy McClung's obituary from the newspaper is now posted:Obit
We have also received a large packet with the update for Hugh McClung of
Alabama from John McClung of MN: Hugh McClung
Be sure to keep an eye on the McClung Journal postings. We are adding
some nearly every week. We no longer publish the Journal in booklet
form but more information is becoming available all the time. We are
trying to get it posted as it comes in. Many changes are happening in
the Georgia lines at present. Several censuses have come in and we will
be posting those in the next few weeks. Database
We are receiving a few queries on the Greenbrier McClungs but the bulk
of recent research has been for the southern McClungs.
Currently we are trying to sort out the early Georgia families. We are
posting the research both in documents to the Journal Index and also
trying to put the information into the family files.
The Research Log will give you an idea of the project: Log
You will find the early tax records and land records of Georgia posted:
Georgia Taxes
The Georgia Land Lotteries are interesting because they show
counties of residence so we can track these families.
The early census records show some new information. Reuben researchers:
it looks like another son and two more daughters. Early Georgia Censuses.
You will need to find out who these are.
Bill Davenport has written to send in his listing of the descendants of
Robert McClung. He also has the Revolutionary War Pension records for
the John McClung who signed up in SC. It seems that this John was the
one in the early Wilkes/Warren county records. So now we will need to
sort out two early Johns in Georgia: Robert.
Robert is probably the son of John, the Rev. War Soldier. Bill is
descended from Robert's son, Leroy. We do not yet have all that posted.
It will take a couple of days, probably.
Be sure to see: John's Applications for revolutionary
war service. This man really got around, didn't he? He must have been an amazing
person. Bill has some more of these documents to share but they will
need to be transcribed and we know what a job that is.
Carl McClung has sent in some updates on his line that we have not at
this moment added.
Hope you enjoy getting the updates to see what is happening with our
McClung records. You can tell from the Research Log that a lot will be
happening soon. I only have a month to read these when they come in.
We have posted several new additions to the Journal entries from the
Georgia records: Putnam County.
This is the probate record from 1808 not of John but for GEORGE !
Someone indexed this incorrectly.
Deed Index from Greene County, GA reveals George's wife's name and
strong connection between John and Reuben. Greene Co Deeds
The Jackson County Marriages have only Jonas and Sewell: A HREF="Ga-Jacksn.htm"Jackson County.
Jackson County Deed Index raises more questions. Who is this William doing
business in 1816? Reuben's William was only 17 and the early William
from Wilkes Co. was in Blount Co., TN. Maybe he came down to sell this
land? Who is this Elizabeth? Jackson Co. Deeds
This seems to be a repeat of a previous source. It is from the GA Land
office: Georgia Land.
We can put together a better chronology of John McClung, Sr. -
Revolutionary Soldier. We are able to pull more records together
because of the pension records. We should shortly be able to sort out
John and George's families.
Of course, these people could also have been children of George. Some
may belong to either. We will need further records to sort out these
families.
You can e-mail me at Judith McClung if you have corrections or additions to our record.
Page begun 22 Aug 2002
Last updated 30 Oct 2002
Last updated by J. McClung