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 Alabama McClung file has been updated with ID numbers. The Alabama
people have been added to the Index for the South. The
Spouses have been added to that index. The records of Suzy Burt have
been linked off of Hugh McClung's page. We may still have a few details to correct. Let us know if you
see something that needs help.
We still need to do work on the descendants of William who died in 1818 in Madison County, Alabama. It
appears that several of them went to Morgan County after his death. Rev. David was there before 1830. He
has not been found in the 1830 census and may be in Morgan County, or in a move. Anderson McClung, son
of Hugh, was also in Morgan County with John, James, and Charles who appear to be the sons of William.
Some of the members of these families went on to Arkansas.
There is a record in our database for Madison County, Alabama that refers to a will for William McClung
in the Old Will Book for Madison County. The RootsWeb message board for Madison County had a response
to our query about this.
We have added the Limestone County Alabama Cemeteries as donated by
Nina Boston, a Limestone Co. volunteer. Part of these people are from the Georgia Jonas line but we
don't know who they all are. Please let us know if you can identify any of these McClungs.
An Alabama lineage: Hugh, ID 054.
I am married to Ken Cotton who is a descendent of Benjamin H McClung and Sarah (not Susan) C Morris.
Everything seems to fit pretty well except the first name of Sarah. I have found her in several censuses
and she is always listed as Sarah...not Susan.
The way they are related to my husband is through Benjamin and Sarah's daughter Ava who married Lloyd
James Ward. One of the daughters of Lloyd James Ward and Ava McClung was Emma Caroline Ward. She
married John Walter Cotton (who always went by Walter). One of their sons was James Lawrence Cotton,
my husbands father.
I was wondering if you had any additional information on Sarah C Morris? I know she had a brother named
Elbert G Morris who stayed with them for some amount of time . He is living with them in the 1900
census in Calvert Township, Grant County, Arkansas. Sarah is 50 years old in the census and Benjamin
H is 53. Ava is married to Lloyd James Ward at the time and they are living close by, in fact, they are
on the same page of the census a few lines down on the census.
I know that Sarah C Morris McClung was supposed to be a full-blooded Cherokee Indian. The older members
of my husband family remember that she or her mother walked on the "trail of tears". Do you have any
information on her in that respect?
From a subsequent letter: I have found conflicting information on William...one souce said he was born
in Alabama...the other one said Tennessee. However...his son, Benjamin H McClung in the 1880 census
lists his own place of birth as Arkansas, but both of his parents place of birth as Alabama.
From another subsequent letter: One more piece of information I have about Sarah C Morris, was that she
was possibly adopted by her family. I have no idea what her name was prior to that, if in fact, she was
adopted. My own snooping around with my very limited access to records led me to believe her Morris
family head of house was Thomas A Morris. As I mentioned before, Sarah had a brother because he was
listed as brother in law to Benjamin H Morris when he was staying with them in the 1800 census, Grant
Co, Calvert twp, Ark. His name was Elbert G Morris. Approximate dob would have been 1873.
Sarah C Morris is found in a household with TA Morris (Thomas A?) head of house. This is in the 1860
census in Mississippi, Township11 Range 12, Neoshoba Co, Mississippi. There is no wife listed. Children
are nancy 18, Emily 15, Eunice C 13, Julia 11, Sarah C 9, Thomas 7, Shadrick 5. T A Morris's place of
birth is NC. Emily's is Alabama. The rest of the children, including Sarah C's is Mississippi. Elbert
has not been born yet.
In 1870, Thomas A Morris show up in Grant Co, Calvert twp, Ark, married to a younger woman Mary J.
Household includes, Thomas A Morris head 59, Mary J wife 25, Shadrach 16, Annelizar (spelling) 5, and
Mary J 2. Thomas A is listed as born in NC, Mary - Tennessee, Shadrach - Mississippi, and the rest of the
children - Arkansas.
Later, in an 1880 census, Elbert and Thomas A Morris show up in Grant County, Calvert twp, Ark. This
time, Thomas is head...age 69. His wife is still listed as Mary. She is 35. Children are Ann E 15,
Mary 12, Ophelia 9, Elbert G 7, and Viola 1. I am not positive that the two Thomas's are the same
because this Thomas lists his place of birth as Arkansas. I have found that happens though even when
it is the same person. This Thomas, however, is living in the same county, township, and state that
Sarah C Morris (married to Benjamin H McClung) end up.
In the same 1880 census, Benjamin H McClung and Sarah C show up. Benjamin is 33, Sarah C is 40, Emma E
10, Malinda A 7, Ava C 5, and Rebecca 3. I have an old photo with Benjamin and Sarah C (who definately
looks cherokee), Ava, Becky, and Emma.
| McClung | File # | Contents |
| Charles W. | 1393 | 1846; guardian's court records |
| Charles et als | 1596 | + Elliot S.; James; Jardie; Jim; John; Nancy; Sam - missing |
| Hugh L. W. | 1395 | 1846; guardian's court records; vouchers |
| James W. | 1453 | 1848; heirs; slaves; petitions; inventory; appraisal |
| Mary Ann | 1394 | 1841; guardian's accts.; court records |
| Matthew Robinson | 1396 | 1846; guardian's court records |
| William 955 | 1817 | heirs; inventory; vouchers; appraisal; sale |
The 1840 Census of Al has been updated with Morgan County primarily. Two
more families were found: a William and a J. Y. both born 1800-10. If you have any ideas of who they
are, would you please let us know. Also the 1830 Census has been updated
for Morgan County. These were read throughout. We had missed an 80 year old lady in the family of
Charles McClung. She could be a mother, grandmother or in-law. She would have been born in the
1740s. If she was a McClung, she was probably born in Virginia or Pennsylvania at that early date.
Can we just imagine what this lady had lived through and had seen?
There is a Samuel McClung, born 1790s, living in Montgomery County, Alabama in 1840. He has five
children still in the home. Does anyone have a clue as to who this is? He is the right age to be a
son of the early William or John.
Here is what I have on John McClung and his sister Arminda McClung Scott. I have not found John in a
later census as yet. This is not a John S. McClung who was older.
John McClung and Nancy Luster's daughter and first child, born about 1825, is listed in various places as
Amanda, Arminda, Aminda, Aminday, and Armintha. She is also undoubtedly the Almira who is listed with
Nancy McClung in the 1850 census for Sumner County, Tennessee.
I have a little information that may be of interest to you regarding the Linn Connection listed.
Ann Linn (not sure of her husband) was the sister of Rhesa Howard, of Baltimore County, MD. Source:
Affidavit below from "The documents were discovered by Leonaro Andrea while researching Ephriam Smith,
Quaker, Union County, SC" during week of August 6-11, 1945 at the SC His(torical) Com(mission)." The
documents today are housed at the SC State Archives under "Miscellaneous Records
(WEXX p. 63-65/St 375):"
On the third day of March 1787 came Ann Linn/Len(?) before me Thomas Carr Esq. one of the Justices
assigned to keep the Peace in said County and being duly proven on the Holy Evangelist of Almighty God
doth declare and say that some time in the year seventeen hundred sixty three or sixty four that a
certain John Litten Jones was an oversseer for her father John Greeniff Howard and that the said John
Litten Jones lived with a woman of the name Sarah which she was informed was his lawful wife that the
deponent saw them live together as man and wife and that she does thoroughly believe that the said
Jones and Sarah was actually married and this deponent further declares that some time in the year
1772 or 1773 the said John Litten Jones desired this deponent in the State of Georgia not to mention of
his being married in Maryland as he was married to a lady in Charleston the then Province or State of
South Carolina.
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Barbara L. Van Norsdall has been contributing her work on the Richard line.
She is a descendant of Benjamin Franklin McClung. She is fleshing out that line for us and will be
working to bring our record up to date.
We find Nathaniel M. McClung (GA0465) from the Jonas line in Limestone County
Alabama Cemeteries. Can someone from that line confirm this connection? They were still in Fayette
County in the 1880 census.
His project is photographing cemetery headstones in the West Virginia counties of Greenbrier and
Nicholas and then posting them where everyone can have access.
Darlene Denton of the microfilming division of the Family History Library in Salt Lake phoned to tell
us that she was working to prepare the pages for microfilming. She had been requested to cover up the
ads at the top of the freepages files. She wasn't sure she could do that for all of them. She related
that their project had been moved to another site and they were much behind with the microfilming. She
said that it might take up to a year to get the Greenbrier McClungs on microfilm. She was doubtful that
it could be put on fiche as they just weren't doing much of that anymore.
Rodney McClung has updated File 171. Wish everyone would see what they can do
to bring their lines up to the 8th generation or to the baby-boomer generation. We cannot include
personal data about the living - so we have to leave off there. You should be keeping the current
generations in your personal records so it can be left for future family records.
9-5 JAMES McCLUNG
G0675
The ninth child of Edward and Sallie Viney McClung was b. 1820.
He died 1862. (Gr Co. deaths 1853, p. 97). (Compiler David Thomas). Michael Zopp sends us this:
James McClung, the 9th child of Edward & Sallie Viney McClung was born about 1820 in Greenbrier Co.,
(W)VA. He died April 18, 1862. On December 23, 1851 he was licensed in McDowell, Greenbrier Co., (W)VA
to marry Lydia Walker. Lydia Walker was the daughter of John T. & Elizabeth McCoy Walker. Lydia was
born December 17, 1830 in Greenbrier Co., (W)VA & died August 26, 1911.
Greenbrier records show a marriage between Lydia McClung and William N. Nickell on February 7, 1867.
Harry McClung has updated file 183 with early marriage records of Katherine McClung
who married Samuel Kincaid and Jane McClung who married Charles Kincaid. These
documents were sent to him by the Greenbrier Historical Society who are indexing the marriage bonds.
Harry has updated file 143 for Charley Fox McClung -G606 and his wife Ellen.
They are buried at the Old Stone Presbyterian Church at Lewisburg. Harry McClung sends beautiful
pictures of
the stones for Charles and Ellen McClung.
In file 153, Harry has contributed a photo of the headstone for Grandfather
Billie, G1801.
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In file 165, Harry McClung sends us pictures of the headstone of Ulysses Grant
McClung (G2690) and Alpha Alice (Walkup) McClung. Also the headstone picture for Wooster
N. and his wife. Lura Georgia McClung's stone. The William Wallace
picture of the stone. These are in the Old Amwell Cemetery. Beautiful work!
James White McClung, the son of Col. Charles McClung is listed in the last part of the file of
William McClung's Second family. We have made a copy of James White McClung's family and placed it
in the Alabama section so we can sort them out from the other Madison County, Alabama lines. James White
McClung had 13 children who grew up in Madison County. He was an attorney there and a prominent political
figure in the Alabama legislature.
We find a reference to Pleasant Miller McClung in the Lawrence Co. Alabama deeds. He was a son of
Charles and Malvina Miller McClung. Charles was the Charles Jr. - son of Col. Charles. Charles Jr.
was also the brother of James White McClung. He also purchased land in Lawrence Co., AL. We do not know
if they were just investing in land or perhaps the family moved there. The McC Gen: 31 does not indicate
where this family lived.
Nancy Gaines and Anita McClung are working to update the file of Charles McClung who moved to Harrison
County, WV. Nancy is descended from Marcellus McClung. She will be updating that file. [email protected]
Has anyone searched the early Anderson County, SC records for McClungs in deeds or probate records? It was
formed in 1826 from the Pendleton Dist.
Robert Clark writes: My McClung ancestry is in New York and Ohio. Is there anyone working
these two states that I could work with? I also have some connection
to Pennsylvania. [[email protected]]
From Yvonne Peters: [email protected]
I decend from Jesse Fleming Green and Margarette Caladonia Clung Green both bn.
Madison Co. Ala 1842 and she 1840 (?). They show on the 1860 Lincoln Co. Tn. with son James 1 yr old
(parents 18 and 21).
We have son James's Dawer indian roll application that shows his mother as native american and her father
listed as R.J. Clung and grandfather Wm. Clung who lived in Madison Co., Ala.
There are several of us stuck with Margarite Caladonia Clung Green bn. abt 1840 Madison Co. Ala. We
find her marriage on Madison Co. site to Jesse Fleming Green - these are our 2nd. gr. grandparents.
Do you know how/if this John Thompson was related to Reverend John Thom(p)son (Ireland, DE, Lancaster
County, PA, Prince Edward County, VA and died in NC)? He had descendants, and MAYBE siblings, cousins,
uncles, etc., in Augusta County, VA.
CATALOGING OF MARRIAGE BONDS
In 2002 the Office of the County Clerk of Greenbrier County gathered numerous boxes of documents that
were no longer wanted and donated these documents to the Greenbrier Historical Society. Discovered among
the documents were more than 2,700 marriage bonds, marriage licenses and permission slips dating from
late 1700's to late 1800's. Earlier we announced that the initial sort of these documents had been
completed. During the recent move from The Barracks back into North House Museum we discovered many
boxes of documents, some containing marriage bonds, that had been overlooked. So, the sorting and
cataloguing goes on.
Newly discovered marriage documents will continue to be catalogued and added to the index located in the
Archives & Library section of the website. Both black & white and color photocopies of these marriage
documents are available for purchase from the Greenbrier Historical Society. Cost of the documents are
$4.00 for a black & white photocopy ($6.00 non-members) and $8.00 for a color copy of the same document
($10.00 non-member). Purchases may be made by check, money order, VISA, Mastercard, or American Express.
You may phone us with your credit card orders at 304-645-3398. Copies of the documents can also be
purchased by printing and sending an order form to the society. Please include your membership number
with your order to secure your member discount.
Hoping that one of our members lives near a large library. We are looking for: The Territorial Deed
Book for Madison County, Alabama. Most larger libraries have it. It contains the Old Will Book. We
are told that on p. 164 of the Old Will Book of Madison County, William McClung's will is printed. We
have also been told that there is no will if the court appointed an administrator. An executor is
appointed in a will. We
are holding up sending all the southern lines in for microfilming until we can sort out those
early Alabama men. The Archivist at Madison Co. says that all the early wills are in the deed books
until ca 1825. The microfilmed copies of Deeds A-C for Madison County have been ordered.
You can e-mail me at Judith McClung if you have corrections or additions to our record.
Page begun 1 Aug 2004
Last updated 31 Aug 2004
Last updated by Judith McClung
