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.
We had the notice of a John McClung who resigned as Sevier County Justice of the Peace (Tennessee) in
1803. We are thinking that this is probably the John who moved to Madison Co. and was the father of
Hugh and Rev. David. Do we know of any other John in eastern Tennessee that it could possibly be?
The file on the men from Tennessee in the War of 1812 has been updated to include
this list:
The James and Patrick were sons of the William who md Euphemia Cunningham. They were in Wilkes Co., GA
and then moved back to Blount Co., TN. James moved on to northern Alabama. The David might be old
enough at that time to be Rev. David; if so this is the Hugh
and maybe David, sons of John who went to Alabama. We know the Montgomery was the executor for the
estate of old William who died in 1818 in Madison Co. It is likely that Lasley and Francis are brothers
of Montgomery. William did not leave a will, only the intestate records which show these men at the
estate sale. The William listed last above was in the same unit as the Alabama men and may be the older
William who died in 1818. The only other Wm we know about in northern Alabama was William J. who
was the constable in 1818 and died 1827/8. William J., however was only born in 1804 (also a son of Wm
and Euphemia) so could not have served in 1812.
Rev. David was born in 1795 so would only have been 17 at the outbreak of this war. We wonder if his
descendants have his papers from Washington proving that it was him in this war?
Pioneers & Residents of W. Central Alabama Prior to the Civil War, by Madge Pettit. 1988: shows
an Adeline McClung b. 1837 AL living in the Ezekiel Powell home in 1850 Fayette Co., AL. This is
the area where Jonas's family lived. Can any of you folks identify this Adeline? Ezekiel Powell was
a physician b. 1786 in SC. Adline was probably caring for his children.
From a list of Private Claims made to the US House of Representatives, there was a Hugh McClung who made
claim 20 May 1826 for "remuneration for lands of his granted to Indians in Tennessee".
The old Hugh died ca 1786 so this must be the grandson who moved to Alabama. Apparently Hugh owned land
from a grant that was then turned over to the Indians. Can anyone shed some light on this?
Tracking down Lastly McClung, likely the son of the old William who died in 1818 in Madison County. He had three sons in Crittenden Co., AR by 1830. He was born 1780s probably in TN as they came from there. His oldest son was born 1800-10. In 1833 Crittenden County was divided in half and the northern part became Mississippi County. In 1840 they had an A. J. McClung there. It could be that Lasley died in Mississippi County, AR and A.J. remained on the property. We need the enumeration for that census and a search made of the deeds and marriages from there. A query has been placed on the Mississippi County board for Arkansas at RootsWeb.
The Confederate Soldiers serving out of Arkansas has been posted. It looks
as if there are men here from SC, Georgia, and Alabama lines. Please help us identify these men. Write
back if you see one that belongs in your lineage. There must have been two men in the Georgia lines
named Overton C. McClung. Some of the initialed names might have meaning to you. It looks like there
might have been one from Greenbrier who went to AR to fight. Would the K.L. be a Kyle McClung?
Jim Crutchfield joins the search on Reuben's lineage. He writes that he lives in Macon, GA, and they
have a wonderful library there. We are hoping he can help with the Colonial Georgia records.
Maryann Gentzel send us an update: a marriage license was issued to Thomas Cain/Nancy McClung on 27 Sept.
1807 in Jackson County, Ga. and executed on 1 Oct. 1807. Since Nancy was also on the roll of Walnut
Fork Church in Jackson County as was John and Elizabeth, we are thinking that she was surely their
daughter. We have advertised for information on the Cain message board at RootsWeb and hope someone
will be able to offer something more definitive.
At the bottom of Soldier John's first family, we have listed his children by Elizabeth:
The children from the first family as best we can determine at this time are:
1-4 REUBEN McCLUNG b. 1785
2-4 JONAS McCLUNG b. 1787
3-4 NANCY McCLUNG b. ca 1790
4-4 RICHARD McCLUNG b. 1791
5-4 JOHN McCLUNG, Jr. b. 1793
6-4 ROBERT McCLUNG b. 1797
7-4 DRUCILLA McCLUNG b. 1798
8-4 WILLIAM WILEY b. 1799
9-4 HIRAM McCLUNG b. 1802
10-4 SEWELL HENRY McCLUNG b. 1804
11-4 ELIZABETH McCLUNG b. 1806
Using this numbering system, we have gone through all the Georgia files and updated this system. Figuring
we will someday learn of Soldier John's parents, it is likely that his grandparents were of the immigrant
family. He was born 1763 in Pennsylvania which would put his parents likely born about 1740. Most of
the first family came over about 1730 and they were born in Ireland.
We have a Jonathan McClung who was born 1822 in Georgia. We first find him in 1850 in Marion County. It appears that he lived and died there in Marion. His children's names from the 1850-60-70 censuses.
Mary b. 1843 F
John Jr. McClung who married Rebecca Nix lived in Talbot County and they had a Jonathan b. 1825. We have
never found any other record about their Jonathan. The one in Marion County had three children by 1850.
Talbot and Marion are adjoining counties. Could it be possible that he was enumerated in both places in
1850? Why can we not find John Jr's Jonathan anywhere else?
John Jr.'s file has been cleaned up. We found his Hiram in the 1880 census of Talbot County so that
helped clear up the confusion with the Hiram family in Randolph Co., AL.
Anita McClung ran across this family in the 1890 census of Ellis County, TX.
| McClung | Age/Relation | Birthplace | Father's BP | Mother's BP |
| James H. | 31, farmer | Ark. | Ark. | Ark. |
| Bell Z. | 28, wife | Ga. | Ga. | Ga. |
| Iola | 8, dau. | Ark. | Ga. | Tx. |
| Henry J. | 6, son | Ark. | Ga. | Tx |
| Leola | 3, dau. | Ark | Ga | Tx |
| Mouncy E. | 8/12 dau. | Ark | Ga | Tx |
Bill Davenport has found more of the descendants of Soldier John and his wife,
Nancy Luster. They are in Randolph Co. AR in 1860 and in Marion County, AR by 1880. It turns out
that Soldier John named a son after himself back in Georgia with the first wife and again in Tennessee
with Nancy Luster in 1833.
Thomas Clifton McClung sent in an update to file 192 quite some time ago. I am not bringing the record
on down to the present because of privacy concerns.
Dave Hayslip has written in that he is a descendant of Red-Headed Joseph in file 145. We have made
some corrections in that file.
Here is the obituary for Bronson McClung who helped Jim Comstock found the West Virginia Hillbilly:
Obit. Does anyone know
which file his father, John Alderson McClung is in? We would like to link the obit to that file.
Jim McClung brought to our attention how hard it is to find the children of John and Janet/Jennett
Thompson McClung scattered throughout our Greenbrier site. This chart has been posted at the bottom
of file 138 (John's page) and at the bottom of the Greenbrier Index page:
| Child | File # | ID # |
| THOMAS | 139 | 002 |
| JOSEPH (Sinking Creek Joe) | 145 | 901 |
| WILLIAM (Grandfather Billie) | 153 | 1801 |
| JAMES | 183 | 4301 |
| JOHN (Bath John) | 187 | 4601 |
| SAMUEL (Capt>) | 192 | 4901 |
| EDWARD | 204 | 5501 |
| CHARLES | 204 | 5568 |
| MARY | 204 | 5569 |
| JANETT | 204 | 5570 |
Rodney E York has donated some materials from Marion County, Indiana that
include marriage records and probates for the Rev. John McClung family in the William
McClung first family. (about 2/3 down in that file). This has brought to light several children
for that man that were not previously listed. Several of them died before 1850 so we do not have birthdates
for this family. If you run across any dates that would help, be sure to send them in.
We have posted the best we can, the deed where John McClung was purchasing
his 133 acres in Botetourt County in 1780. This was probably later in Rockbridge. This microfilm was
very hard to read and if anyone has has a copy of this, please compare and help us fill in some missing
words.
We have an Isaac McClung living with his family in North Lewisburg, Champaign Co., OH in 1880. He was
born ca 1797 in Virginia. He states that his father was born in Ireland. The father's birth we could
estimate to be about 1770. Isaac's wife was Elizabeth. We are not aware of an Isaac born in VA then.
Does anyone know about this family? Could they be from the Maryland branch?
Private Claims made to the U.S. Congress in the early 1800s mostly reflect
left-over business from the Revolutionary War period. James McClung wants remumeration for a horse taken from
him and twice Samuel applied for pension and was not able to secure it. Hugh is mentioned above in the
Alabama section. It would be interesting to get a copy of the actual pages from the Congressional Journal
to see if there is any more information provided. Does anyone have access to this? With James, Samuel and
Hugh rather common names with the McClungs, a place of residence would help pin down which ones these are.
Anita McClung has located William A. McClung in Alabama. He was the son of Capt. Henry McClung in the
James Jr. file He died in Montgomery but apparently lived for a while in
Autauga County, AL which adjoins Montgomery. He was an educated man. Maybe we will learn more about him
but it doesn't appear that he had any posterity to give him this honor. We have posted queries on both
the Autauga and Montgomery county message boards at RootsWeb. A kind person wrote in and sent us the
1850 enumeration that finds William A. in Coosa census, an adjoining county. He was working as a clerk and
living in a hotel.
Bill Davenport has donated some census records on Mary Wesley, daughter of Jemima:
1840 Newton County, GA, District 476
Marvin Wesley males 00011000----------1 15-20, 1 20-30
----------------Females 00001001----------1 20-30, 1 30-40
William Wesley (next door)
Males-- 00000100
Females 20001000
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1870 Dekalb County, GA, Diamond District 25 July 1870
102/102 Marvin H. Wesley 57 M W Farmer 600 672 GA
-----------Mary 50 f w SC
-----------Mary J. 19 f w GA
-----------Charles J. 17 m w farm laborer GA
-----------Franklin F. 15 m w farm laborer GA
-----------Thomas J. 10 m w farm laborer GA
-----------Andrew J. 8 m w GA
-----------Robert L. 6 m w GA
-----------Mary 82 f w VA infirm (This must be Marvin's mother?)
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We have a Jonathan McClung who was born 1822 in Georgia. We first find him in 1850 in Marion County.
It appears that he lived and died there in Marion. His children's names look more like the South
Carolina branch:
John Jr. McClung who married Rebecca Nix lived in Talbot County as well as some of the SC folks
for a while. Nimmy and her daugther Martha were in Talbot Co. in 1850 and they were both born in SC.
Does anyone know how this Jonathan could be from the SC branch?
OKLAHOMA: We have found some McClungs in the Guion-Miller Rolls. They are mostly the descendants
of Richard McClung from the Georgia group. See Indian Records.
TEXAS: We found McClungs in some Early Texas Marriages. Please help us identify
who they are. Some are just given as initials. We would like to give more details on this page.
MISSISSIPPI: The 1880 census of Chickasaw County has a William McClung born 1853 in Alabama. His
father was born in Tennessee (1820s?) and mother in Alabama. He married Lula and their children were:
William b. 1873; Jennie b. 1876; and Lizzie b. 1879 all born in Mississippi. It does not appear possible
that this William was a son of James and Margaret from the PA group. Can anyone identify this William?
There are two Williams in the 1860 census of Alabama: one belonging to Jonas B. and one belonging to
Wright McClung. Bill Davenport doesn't think he is the one belonging to Wright. If you have worked on
Jonas B. McClung, look to see if this William in Chickasaw County is your man.
We have posted a page of McClungs that were found living in Manchester, England.
Josiah Alexander probably moved there from Scotland but we have no record to that effect. Perhaps some
descendants from England will let us know more of their family.
Back in 1989 Robert McClung of Belfast, Ireland updated the New Jersey McClungs from P. 257 of the McClung
Genealogy. It was printed in Journal 22:12-3. We have just now added this update to our website
at the Ireland section. Most of these people remained in northern Ireland. They are
descendants of a Samuel McClung born 1775 in Killfaddy, Co. Armagh, Ireland.
From Jane ([email protected])
I am searching for Jonathan McClung, father of my ggggrandmother Matilda Louise McClung. Jonathan was
married to Lusina Askew. Their daughter Matilda was born July 26, 1856 in Pine Knot, Muscogee County,
Ga, She died Sept 19, 1913 in Marshall, Harrison County, Texas. She married William Wesley Bland on
August 26, 1875 in Georgia. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. Note: Olin McClung wrote in on
this family quite some time ago. Hopefully he is still a subscriber.
Kelley Boyer wrote in to send us children of Lula McClung who md Ephraim Losch. We would like to be able
to update this if we could just figure out which file this is. It appears to be in the Greenbrier
branch. Please contact us. We would like more information on this Lula McClung.
We hope that before this summer is over, we will be able to index all the southern states of GA, AL, and
SC into one index. Please check your file to see that it is updated to the 8th generation as best we can
before we begin indexing. Of course we will leave unassigned numbers in each file but it is better to get
as many as we can in sequence. It is a tremendous job to reindex them later. We just finished that on
the Greenbrier Section.
You can e-mail me at Judith McClung if you have corrections or additions to our record.
Page begun 10 May 2004
Last updated 26 May 2004
Last updated by Judith McClung