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.
Please make it your job to check the database for information that should be included in
the family listing and send in your update via email.
From Bill Davenport, 9 April 2003:
President Bush has sent a letter to the Scotsman newspaper, thanking the Royal Scots Dragoon
Guards, the Black Watch infantry regiment, the Royal Marines and other Scottish troops from
Lossiemouth to Leuchars who are helping to liberate Iraq.
The president's tribute to Scottish troops, which came on Tartan Day, also recognized
the role of Scottish immigrants in shaping the United States. He cited the influence the
Declaration of Arbroath had on the U.S. Declaration of Independence, says the Scotsman.
Tartan Day falls on April 6, the day in 1320 the Declaration of Arbroath was signed by
38 Scots Lords. It urged the pope to ignore England's claim on Scotland, which he did.
We are starting to collect the enumerations for the 1900 census of Alabama. If you have any
notes from this census, please email them in and we will code them for posting. Census
We have reviewed the 1830 census enumeration for Madison county and it is as we had previously
posted it in the Database. So far John A. has not been located. Perhaps we would find
a cemetery where he and Hannah were buried. Has anyone searched for this? Since William
died in 1818 and lived so close, perhaps they are all buried in the same cemetery.
In the 1880 census of Tishomingo County, Mississippi we have a W. McClung born in Alabama in
1833. He didn't know the birthplaces of his parents. His wife is Matilda A. b. 1848 in AL.
Their children are: Robert V. b. 1871; John L. b. 1873; Richard W. b. 1874; Joseph P. b. 1877;
Elizabeth J. b. 1879 all in Alabama so they had just moved to Mississippi. The names look
like Bill Davenport's family but did not make note of that.
We have had an obituary donated from Arkansas. It is for Dessie McClung.
If you can let us know her lineage, we would appreciate it. We will add any of your obits
to this page. If we get more for members, we may separate the pages eventually. Please
donate to the obituaries by sending them via email.
Nathaniel in Jonas's line is enumerated in the 1900 Census in
Limestone County, Alabama.
We find a John McClung, born 1852 in GA living in Miller County, Arkansas in 1880. He was
not sure of his parents' birthplaces. His wife, Marthy was born 1856 in AR and it appears
that the children listed were from her first marriage even though they carry the McClung
name: Anadzonia, Adonia, and Leorria. These children state that their father was born in TX
so that is not John. Is anyone missing a John McClung from the Georgia lines, or possibly
from the South Carolina branch?
There is a widow: Melvina McClung b. 1830 in GA living in Grant County, Arkansas in 1880.
Her husband was also born in Georgia but since he had died by then, we don't know the birthplace
of his parents. They were married in the 1850s in GA or AR. The children remaining in the
home were Elizabeth b. 1860, AR; William b. 1862; Mattie b. 1865; Sallie b. 1868, all in AR.
Brenda Gassaway writes in about her grandfather: John Alexander McClung, who is probably a
descendant of the Greenbrier McClungs. Can you help us out with this? He was one of the
founders of the Hartford Music Company in Hartford, Arkansas and wrote music. He was born
January 1, 1894 in Talihina, Oklahoma. His parents were Frank and Lusenda McClung.
He was married to Minnie Cunningham. Of note, he is going to
be inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame in May. My family will be attending the
ceremony in Sevierville Tenn. You can find a lot of his music in the old hymnals. He used
to do the "singing schools" all around the south. Yes, his name was John Alexander McClung.
If you want to read a brief biography on him, go to GospelMusic
and type in JA McClung in the search field.
There is an Edward McClung, born 1824 in KY (but parents from VA) in the 1880 census of Sevier
County, Arkansas. A Henry Jackson was living with him but it does not appear to be a relation.
Are we missing an Edward? He is not in the Greenbrier Index so may belong to the PA/VA group.
Many people in this group moved into Tennessee, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. Their descendants
will be found all over the country. We have only posted the ones published in 1904. Please
send in your updates for these lineages.
Some interesting clips are recorded in the Tennessee newspapers: See Newspapers.
Some of these notices were from Virginia.
In the 1880 census of Cherokee County, Alabama, we have a William L. McClung b. 1852 in GA
but his father was born in S.C. and mother from NC. His wife's name is Martha J. and she
was born the same year and in GA but both her parents were born in GA. This sounds like
some of the folks who went to Haralson County, GA. Their children were Sarah D, 1874; Mary E. b. 1876;
John D. b. 1878 in GA, then the last one, Nancy L. b. 1879/80 in AL. Can we place this
family?
In the 1880 Census of Tippah County, Mississippi we find a John McClung born 1842 NC and
he gives that both his parents were born in NC. His wife is Matteda, born 1836 in GA but
both her parents were born in NC. Do not know who this could be. Does anyone have an idea?
The beginnings of the posting of this family are at: Quaker McClun.
This is primarily the story of the Thomas McClun family who left Ireland amid persecutions
and came to Pennsylvania in 1729. This is about the same time as the main group of McClungs
came to PA.
Renee Wilson has also written in about the Quaker McClun family. She is descended from Thomas
through his son, Nathan. She is a cousin to LuAnn Hunter. She says: My Great Grandfather
is Frank Garfield McClun the son of William and Olive (Jones)McClun. He was born Feb 8,
1882. We hope to make some progress on this line with interest from these folks.
Tip: Samuel W. McClung b. 1817 in VA was a Justice of the Peace in Colfax County, NE in
1880. His wife, Mary J., b. 1815 in VA, father from Ireland. They had two children still
in the home: John O. b. 1847 in VA was the Constable; and Marion P. b. 1849 in VA was a
clerk in a store.
Kay Butcher is trying to place her line into our tree. Her grandfather was John Alexander
McClung whose biography is in the Gospel Music Hall of Fame:
J.A. McClung Click on "Details".
His father was Frank and mother, Lusenda McClung from Oklahoma.
I have a question about Susannah McClung and Samuel McPherson (McPherron).
Do you know if they had children, and if so, do you know their names?
I have searched everywhere, and I cannot find the info. She was the daughter of Hugh McClung.
Thanks, Mary McPherron
Note: This is the Hugh who made his will in the State of Franklin and was probated in
Greene County, TN. Mary did not send along her email addy, but write to Judith and it will
be forwarded from her email.
From James J. McClung: My grandfather Thomas McClung arrived in the US at New York Ellis
Island in the late 1890's and originally went to Ossining, NY but later moved to Plainfield,
NJ and then to Perth Amboy, NJ. My oldest son, Thomas J. is a Sergeant with the
Pennsylvania State Police and the younger one, Kevin, a graduate of West Point is a Colonel
in the US Army. (If you can help with this lineage, write to: [email protected]
Bill Davenport sent us this one:
Government NARA sources for
genealogly. Here is the Main Page
If in your searches of this site, you find a McClung record, please copy/paste and send it in an email. You do this by highlighting the info, hold down the Control key and hit the C at the same time to copy. Then paste it into the email by holding down the Control key and hit the V (for view).
Note from Editor: The 1880 census has been indexed and put on CDs which are available at
your Family History Centers. We have a notebook of the print-outs for McClung, McLung, McClun
and are trying to connect these folks to our work. You will find these families in the
newsletters and hope you can help us make the connections. If you need to have a copy of
McClungs in a state and county, you can write in for it.
Some of you have previously reported where your family was in 1880. If you have not, go
ahead and write back and it will be recorded.
If we can build a good record for the 1880 census, then when new folks write in and want help in connecting to the tree, it can be done with this record. Most people know where their people were in 1880 but when they are first starting out, they need help connecting to our site.
We also have the print-out for Canada, 1881.
You can e-mail me at Judith McClung if you have corrections or additions to our record.
Page begun 4 April 2003
Last updated 30 Apr 2003
Last updated by J. McClung