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 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.
The Ozarks Genealogical Society has purchased the whole set of Alabama Records by Gandrud.
We are in the process of extracting the references to McClung. There are over 200 volumes.
They are organized by county so we will be posting them under the county records.
From "Jackson County, Georgia: Spouse: Cain, Thomas to Mclung, Nancy: Marriage Date: 01 Oct
1807." Sent in by Bill Davenport. Now we know why there was a four year gap between Jonas
and Richard. Nancy would have been born 1790 or earlier. Reuben was born 1785 and Jonas
1787. Nancy probably about 1789, then Richard 1791, John in 1793. then we have another
gap between 1793 and 1797 when Robert is born. The 1820 census would indicate that this is
another brother.
Can anyone find information about Thomas and Nancy Cain?
We have contributions for updates and corrections on several Georgia files: Sewell, Reuben
and Richard McClung files all need work.
Descendants of Hiram Sr. have posted the children from his first family on the Randolph Co.
Alabama GenWeb board. They have that William Elias and Samuel were from his first family.
Everything but the 1820 census pointed to that. We have made adjustments to the records of
John Jr. and Hiram to reflect this information.
So now we still have to locate two more sons for John Jr. They lived in Talbot County for the
most part and were born between 1820 and 30. There were five children born during that time
period and we only have Johnthan, 1825, Francis, 1827 and Elizabeth 1828. It appears that
there were two sons missing who were born between 1820-24. We have not located John in the
1840 census of Georgia. He was in Talbot County in 1830 and 1850 so one would expect to find
him there in the 1840 also.
JOHN McCLUNG, Sr
We have added some research that should have been posted in the beginning. We have found
that John McClung's first wife was Janett Thompson and she was the mother of his children.
Please see: John and the WILL of Robert
Means who names John McClung. This is a result of research done many years ago by Eva
Christensen who was the instigator of the McClung Family Association. We will need to
check out the family of John Thompson who died in 1743 (in Augusta Co?).
The early family from Ireland to Pennsylvania is being posted. We gave you the link for
James last month. However, Kirsten Ingram has discovered the burial place for a James of
the same age. This may be from a different lineage. We are waiting for the results of
a trip Kirsten is taking to NJ to check this out. She expects to report back by the end of
this month.
The John (4-2) line from Pennsylvania has just been posted.
We are currently working to get the William 2-2 line posted. It is the largest file in
the McClung book as this was Rev. McClung's own line. It may take us a while to complete
but we want you to have as much as we can get up: William McClung.
The outline for all of the Pennsylvania/Virginia original people is POSTED This
will help everyone sort out which records belong to which people. We can keep a printout with
us when doing research. The first five generations are included with each persons birth and death
dates, spouses and the locations of birth+.
The first family in South Carolina appears to be:
JAMES McCLUNG born ca 1765 and was likely the husband of Nimmy McClung (b.1765)
son - born ca 1783, husband of Jemima, b. 1785.
James b. 1784 and married Mary Reece, daughter of Solomon Reece
Martha b. 1797 married William McCoy (they are in 1850 census of Talbot Co. with Nimmy)
son - born 1800-10
daughter born 1800-10
son - born 1800-10
daughter born 1800-10
See: Early SC Censuses as reference for above.
It is interesting that after James Sr. died and then James Jr, that the widows moved to
Georgia with their families. Nimmy and Martha McCoy came to Talbot County, Georgia where
Soldier John's first family was living. This leaves us to wonder what the relationship is
to James born ca 1765 and John b. 1763.
Also the William Wiley McClung born ca 1799 shows up in Georgia in the 1850 of Campbell
County, Georgia as born in South Carolina. He named his known children: Nancy, Mary,
William, Joshua, and Thomas J. McClung, born 1841-50 in Georgia. Wiley McClung does not show
up in subsequent censuses of Campbell county and so far has not been located elsewhere. We
need to keep an eye out for him and/or his children in Alabama and points further westward.
His file is under Soldier John in the Georgia file until we learn something further.
The New Jersey McClungs (McC Gen, 1904, p. 257) were a family who came over about 1868 to
Jersey City, NJ:
New Jersey McClung Family. These are posted so Kirsten Ingram will
have that record to avoid mixing them in with her searches in NJ.
It appears that there is a McClung family who moved into New Jersey about the same time as the McClung family who came to Philadelphia. This family went south into Salem (later Cumberland County cut from that) County where James and Agnes were found in the graveyard as dying in 1788 and 1769. James Jr. has been found in 1800 in Salem County, NJ.
Kristen Johnson Ingram is searching for records of her 5g grandmother, Nancy McClung who
was born abt 1767 in Pittsgrove, Salem Co NJ, She married Samuel Johnson abt. 1788. Her
parents are listed as James and Agnes McCLung, but they would have been 67 and 54 respectively.
It appears that this is one of the first family in America. If you have info for Kristen,
write to: Kristen. She is making a trip to
New Jersey to research this family.
Someone recently requested information on ancestors in Butler Co., PA. The pioneer family
in Butler County is the Matthew (5-2) desc. through Charles who lived at Lancaster Co., PA.
One clue of this Charles: His first cousin was the mother of Pres. James Buchanan. He married
Margaret Young. This Charles's son, Charles was taken to Butler Co., when a child and he said
that he never saw his family again back in Lancaster. This second Charles, b. 1781 md Jane
Robinson and named their first child Robert Robinson McClung. Can anyone help with the 1850
census of Butler co., PA?
1. When using databases such as Ancestry.com remember that the indexes will only pull up
the searches by the surnames as they are input or as the typist reads them. We have seen the
original name McClung entered in indexes many different ways. McLung is a common spelling as
is McLun. However, we have found our people listed as McCling, McCloung, McLoung, McClenng
and many others which indicate a difficulty in reading the old script and translating it to
type. It is always better to go back to the original handwriting as you know what you are
looking for and will recognize your name more readily than someone totally unfamiliar with
this rather unusual name. We feel that many of our early records are overlooked for this
reason.
2.SEND YOUR PICTURES: Thomas McClung has offered to scan in your pictures so we can post
them in our album pages and in your biographies. Write to him at Thomas.
He will make arrangements with you. You should not trust rare photographs to the post office.
Be sure to send a copy with the best contrast that you have. We love to see the old pictures
of our people. Thomas has done a wonderful job with his own family.
3. Bill Davenport has donated a large census listing to help us sort out the early McClungs.
Some in this list are not ours as this search was done phonetically. Check out this
Census Compilation. We are finding some "lost" McClungs.
4. Donna McClung has donated a listing of McClungs in the early wars. You can see it at
McClung Soldiers
5. Be sure that your email address is recorded at Researchers Listing
so others can communicate with you on your lineage.
This review stimulated by a question from Mildred Fourier as to the relation of Alley
McClung to Elizabeth Rhoden and the rest of the Georgia McClung family.
She was born about 1790. She lived in Lawrence Co., AL in 1850 with the Rhodens. She was
a widow by then.
She was probably a daughter-in-law of Soldier, John. We find Reuben and William W. in 1830
in Campbell Co. but John Jr. was in Hall County with his brothers and sister, Elizabeth:
If you look at the 1820 census, there is one brother of John Jr. that we don't know and
possibly two. Do NOT know their names:
The brothers could be with Sewell in the last category, and Hiram in the one above that
and two brothers between 1794 and 1802. We just don't know. But there are two brothers
in there with John Jr. Now Richard and Robert had gone on to Alabama about 1815. They
had both married and had children, no doubt by 1830. SOooo, yes -- there was probably
another brother, and maybe two that we don't know about. They would have been sons of
Elizabeth and they probably moved on to Alabama after 1830 as we have not found their
names in court records around Georgia.
"Elizabeth was married in 1824. Wright Roden, her husband, was about 25. There was no
permission slip filed, or if there was, it has disappeared. Legal age for a girl to marry
without permission was 18 in those days so I estimate her date of birth as 1800-1806.
"Elizabeth McClung married Wright Roden in Blount County, AL in 1824. Wright had a sister,
Mary, who had married Robert McClung. Elizabeth gave birth to three known children before
she died. In 1850 one of her sons had a 65 year old female, Allie McClung (born GA), in
his household and we have all assumed that this woman was Elizabeth's mother." (JMc: more
likely an older sister-in-law)
"The Tidwells, one of whom married Richard McClung in Blount County, AL; came from Chester
County, SC with the Rodens- moved into Warren County, TN and then to Blount County, AL.
How were these all related?"
McClung, Robert: Walker Co.,AL; p. 300 : This would be a good transcription to see.I don't
know of any Roberts in the Alabama McClungs. So this might be the Robert, son of Soldier
John.
How were the South Carolina families related to Soldier John? This has long been a
question when studying the GA/SC families.
If you have any information, let's continue this thread. Send it back to [email protected]
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