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 Marriages of Alabama have been updated. Also the
Bibb County records are updated.
Joseph, son of Hugh, is in the
transcription for the 1870 Census of Erath County, Texas. This
family was in Jefferson County, AR in 1850 and in 1860 were in Saline County. The
Hugh line has been updated accordingly.
The Alabama group is working to sort out the early men who came into Alabama from Tennessee.
Right now we are comparing notes and trying to figure which are the earliest generation. The
listings for the War of 1812 show the men born before 1794. They were living in Greene Co.
TN which took in Cocke, Sevier and part of Blount County. The Sevier County courthouse was
destroyed and it appears that this was the area where they had lived. So we are looking for
any records out of what became Sevier County. We share this search with descendants of
those who went to Monroe County, Indiana. Some of them apparently were in Washington Co., VA.
before that boundary line was decided upon.
The folks in Arkansas are largely people from Alabama and Georgia. We have posted the index
to the 1870 Census.
The 1860 Census enumeration has been updated. More counties are
added plus we have been able to identify some of the people listed there. If you can help
identify those from your family, please write.
RE: Hiram McClung
From Maryann Gentzel: There are two William McClungs listed in the Alabama Weldon Cemetery
in Weldon, La.. One is listed as William Elias and he is buried next to his son Hiram
Joseph and others. I don't know who the other one is but I believe his date of birth is
1826. I will check later to be certain. This listing is in the Genweb Louisiana Archives
for anyone who is interested.
| Name | Age | gender/race | Birthplace | Details |
| D. J. Williamson | 34 | M/W | GA | Farmer |
| Mahala | 28 | F/W | AL | Keeping House |
| Lucinda | 9 | F/W | AL | |
| Elizabeth | 7 | F/W | AL | |
| Almeda | 2 | F/W | AL | |
| Thomas F | 1/12 | M/W | AL |
This is almost certainly Mahalia McClung, w/o D J Williamson, born 1843, that was found in
the Heron Cemetary near Weldon LA where Wil E is buried. ( Cemetary data submitted
earlier). Also almost certainly the Mahale, age 17, in household of Hiram McClung in 1860
Randolph County AL census.
Kathy Hayes and Kelly Searles, Maryann Gentzel, and Robert Norris are working to improve
the Hiram line. We are updating this file.
Some of Hiram's family moved to Mississippi. We have posted the 1830
and updated the 1840 & 50 census records.
Discovered that the Georgia census indexes file had not been transferred to the site. There
had been an error in it. So here is the corrected GA Census Index
for 1850 and 1860.
The whole Greenbrier Section is being indexed again. File 160 is broken down into three
files. Nearly everyone is getting a new ID number so that we can allow updates to keep
within established ranges in each file. These are given on the Greenbrier Main Page. This
is a project that will be on-going for most of the month. For the time-being, the spouse
index will not function so we will be taking the link off until we can bring it up to date.
Many people were left off the previous index and numbers didn't make sense when new folks
were added. Many corrections to names and birthdates are being made.
This request went out to all members:
Have come upon citations for the McClungs farms and houses in the official Records of the
Civil War.. The citation is 1861 and I'm hoping you might know the location of these farms
at that time:
Also mentioned in the same report are Mr. Nutter - march of 12 miles from Summerville
and five or six miles this side of Meadow Bluff at McFarlane farm.
I have a couple of pieces of information that might be helpful. My brother
and I found Glenco a couple of years ago. It is located on a farm that now
raises miniature horses. Although it is in ruins, the basic structure can
still be determined. It was a very impressive structure, especially for
that era.
I'm not sure which of the thousands [it seems like] Andrews is referred to.
My great-grandfather was "Squire" Andy McClung of Meadowbluff. . Since you
mention Civil War records, He was captain of Company C, 79th Virginia
military, CSA. He was Justice of the Peace for 16 years and postmaster for
12 years at Big Clear Creek . The 79th Virginia Militia was led by Col.
George F. Henry. This unit of volunteers may have only enlisted for 120
days or some such brief period. I am not sure whether they ever saw any
action. His house is still standing on the south side of Route 60 as it
heads east out of Rupert. His farmland is what is now much of eastern
Rupert including the new High School.
I'm looking for this information to detail the capture by Union troops of
one of my relatives Eli Amick. The capture is listed in the Official
Reports and gives details and landmarks. I'll summarize here in hope
someone may know the landmarks and farms in the area. It is a wonderful
story.
An OR report in 1861 mentions the capture of Eli Amick. The report lists
farms and other landmark references. "Notorious Guerrillas" Levi Amick and
Noah Props are mentioned a captured in OR, 1897, Series 1, Volume 51 in two
parts, part 1 - Union Reports and correspondence. Noah Props is listed on
the muster roll for Amick Partisan Rangers. In the OR Report the name of
one of the captured guerrillas is Levi Amick. Levi and Eli have the same
sound. This reference is probably to Eli Amick. There is later reference
to Eli Amick and Noah Props as prisoners of war on the same list (see 1862
OR). They are referred to as "bushwhackers" there and no reference is made
to Levi Amick on this list with Noah.
Note that Riley Ramsey is a scout. He may be related to the Captain J. C.
Ramsey of the Home Guards.
The force camps at a Mr. Nutter's house and a Grigsby McClung house along
the way, and at Andrew McClung's house on the way back. The McClungs and
Nutters are neighbors and relatives of the Amicks.
Major Andrews states in his report that the purpose of the expedition is to
steal cattle and horses from the inhabitants of the area. Andrews writes:
"an expedition to Meadow Bluff to ascertain the condition of affairs in that
region and to obtain if possible horses and stock that might be of value to
the army," and later "to gather up in the neighborhood such stock as I
deemed a lawful prize for the army". Given the area he is in this could
include stock from the McClungs and Amicks.
File 171 has been updated. The Charles McClung, son of Grandfather
Billie has been confirmed as the Charles who married Charity Vandal in Greenbrier County in
1805. Wayne Vandal Masterson sent in some old letters that had been found in a trunk over
in North Carolina. These letters are from Charity's mother Mary Vandal/Vandle.
The same family was spelling the name both ways as spelling didn't mean as much in those days. We also
find that this Charles was in the Kentucky censuses for the times stated in the letters.
This family has been added at the bottom of file 171.
File 178 has been updated by John Pomeroy. The bio for Charles
Lewis McClung (Charley Grig) has additional information.
Harry McClung has sent in a scanned copy of the Death and Interment Record, dated August 11,
1864 of George Alderson McClung (G0239) he received from the National
Archives. It also lists his grave location at the Military Cemetery in
Fredrick, Md. This is in the Greenbrier file #149.
We have posted the 1820, 30 and 40 census indexes for Virginia. See: Index
Page for these. When we have the ID numbers assigned, we will add them to that listing.
That will be quite a study to see if we have all the McClungs in our records.
We have posted the early records of PA consisting of the 1780
tax lists, the 1790 census, 1800, and 1810. We need the transcriptions of some of these if
you have access, please send them in.
We have also posted the 1820, 30 and 40 Census indexes and hope
you will help us fill in the transcriptions.
Since your McCLUNG family came into Pennsylvania in the 1730s, you may
want to bear the following in mind: Northumberland Co. was not
established until 1772, when it was taken off of Philadelphia Co.,
established in 1682. You might find some helpful civil records (e.g.,
land transfers, taxes, etc.) in Philadelphia Co.
Your McClungs probably had Scottish roots and as such they were almost
certainly Presbyterians. The Presbyterian Church in the USA organized
its general presbytery in 1706. Subdivisions over the years have
produced a number of Presbyterian denominations in this country. You
might get some guidance about archived Presbyterian church records from
the 1730's if you contact today's largest single group of Presbyterians.
They have direct roots back to the 1706 general presbytery. Their basic
Website is at http://www.pcusa.org/ and their index search page is at
http://www.pcusa.org/search/index.htm .
The Quaker McClung file has been updated. It is interesting to
note that the new records are from Lancaster County, PA. Also in these records, the name
is spelled as McClung - with the "g". Paul McClung requests certificate to South Carolina
in 1753. That would have been almost twenty years before the Wrightsboro settlement was
started in Colonial Georgia. We will need to keep these McClungs in mind as we try to sort
out the PA men. Just because they became Quakers, doesn't mean that they didn't keep ties
to their McClung kin. Remember that there was a Thomas McClung who fought for the Am. Rev.
in the James McClung family.
The immigrant Charles McClung was said to have left descendants in Rockbridge County, VA.
Rev. McClung stated that he had not been able to find them. We need to keep an eye out both in
VA and PA and points westward for his descendants who would not be connected to the family
listings yet. This Charles was probably the youngest brother in the James (1-2) family as he
was a soldier in the French and Indian War. The other brothers were probably too old to do
that by that time (1758).
We have found some of William and Rebecca Linn's family in the 1800
census of Delaware. Have also heard from a descendant who wants to see this file improved.
This family is currently listed in the William (2-2) file.
We have posted the 1820, 30 and 40 census indexes for Virginia. See: Index
Page for these. When we have the ID numbers assigned, we will add them to that listing.
Debbie Dean has been working on the families who ended up in AR. Check Hempstead County
in 1860.
We lose track of families as they made their way across this nation. There is not room in our
newsletter
to list all the states and it doesn't make sense to do so. We are picking up census records
from points westward and will make note of these here.
We are making an effort to add to the database all the McClungs in the 1850 census. Having
located a listing that includes many of these, we have separated out the ones already posted
and added those from several states westward. It does not include
some of the southern states so we still need the indexes from Texas and LA and maybe others.
We have added the Illinois marriages to our database. Hopefully
the variations can be added also.
The Censuses from KY have been started. We are posting the indexes
and hope that some of you who live there can fill in the transcriptions. The 1850 transcriptions
by the Sistlers did not include the place of birth. We will post them until we get a better
record.
The transcription for the 1870 Texas Census only has Erath County at
present. If you have 1870 for other counties, please email them in.
The Marriages for Indiana have been begun. If you have some to
contribute, please email them. Some of these were first printed in Journal 10. The more
recent ones also often included the birthdate which we did not include here. If you need one
just ask.
AL, GA and AR families may find that your Civil War soldier ended up in Texas where a few
of them or their widows made application for Pensions.
Some Church Records from Ayrshire have been posted. They are
mostly Rev. War period into the 1800s. Hope they will assist some of our Scottish McClungs.
These are indexed within that church but there is no general index to Scotland. Therefore,
we need some idea of which area to search. We know there is a connection to Wigtown. Is
this a shire?
We need earlier records to be of interest to American cousins. We are especially needing
records from Ireland, particulary County Antrim, Tyrone and from Larne.
We have groups of people who are having difficulty finding how they connect to the McClung
Family Tree. These are folks who were left out of the 1904 Genealogy. We have connected
several groups on this website but some still need work. We will be presenting them here
in hope that some of our readers/researchers can help with connections.
| NAME | AGE / GENDER | B.Place | Occupation | real est/pers.prop. | Notes |
| Richard Foot | 29/M | AL | Farmer | 3200/8400 | |
| Margaret Foot | 20/F | MS | |||
| Rachel McLum | 13/F | MS | |||
| Wm. McLum | 20/M | MS | Farmer |
This William born ca 1840 in Mississippi is probably a McClung. Some of you folks from
Alabama or Georgia might know who this could be.
Here is a William we don't want to forget. He was placed in file 143 of the
Greenbrier McClungs but may belong with Pat Francis's William from TN. We are changing him
to the Lost Limbs page.
He was found in the 1870 census of Gentry Co., MO. He was born 1819 in TN. Thurza b. 1816
in KY was his wife. He is listed with five children. Note: Diana K. Bechaver does not have
this family in her records of Alexander. We need further research to place this family
properly.
From Pat Bailey ([email protected]): I am searching for information on ggrandmother
Nancy(Nannie)McClung b. 1867-69. TX I have very little to go on.In Oct.1875 she married
Pennel(Penuel) Cady in Fayette TX.In Oct.1876 my grandmother Sarah
Elizabeth Cady was born in San Saba TX.I then find P.M. Cady in the
Baptist church in Shive,Hamilton Count TX They are in the 1900 and 1910
census for Hamilton TX.He died 1912 in Bell County Tx and was sent back
to Hamilton County for burial. I know nothing more.I would really
appreciate anything you have on her. As far as I know they had 2
children both in TX one died.In census it states her father was born NY
and mother MS.Thank you so much for your time.
Col. Charles McClung was born in 1761 in Lancaster County, PA to Matthew and Martha
Cunningham McClung. This Matthew was born 1736 in Ireland and died 1802 in Lancaster
County, PA. There were two immigrant McClung fathers who remained in Lancaster County, PA
when most of the family moved to Virginia = Matthew and Charles.
Why is it that the Matthew, born 1736 was said to be the son of William who lived in
Virginia? It surely looks like he was a son of Matthew of Lancaster Co., PA. Does
anyone have ANY record that would place him with either of these men?
Elaine Boozer is working on the William A. McClung born 1818 in Alabama, md Matilda M. Black
in 1843 in Saline Co., AR. Their child, Texanna b. 1858 is her ancestor. She would like
to know how this William A. fits into the family tree. You can see him in the 1850 census
of Jefferson Co., AR and the 1860 of Saline Co., AR. Some of the family moved to Erath Co.,
TX.
We are trying to accumulate listings of all the McClungs in 1850. This is a difficult job
because we are relying mostly on the results of indexing to locate them. It must be
remembered that enumerators tried to record the names as they sounded unless the people gave
their spelling. The enumerators had varying degrees of good penmanship. Sometimes the ink
has faded the pages over the years and sometimes the microfilming just wasn't very good. All
these things figure into the indexing process. We must also keep in mind that many people have
never heard of the name, McClung, so they don't know what they are looking at when they see
it. For these many reasons, we find our name garbled when searching indexes. It is hard
to imagine how to even look for variations. Here are some for 1850:
| NAME | COUNTY | STATE | PAGE | TWP/DIST |
| McCling, William | Tunica | MS | 465 | 29th Dist |
| McCling, William W. | Campbell | GA | 465 | 10th Dist |
| McCling, Adaline | Fayette | AL | 55 | Div 15 |
| McCling, John | Hancock | VA | 323 | Div 26 |
| McCling, Rachel | Harford | MD | 74 | 1st Dist |
| McClog, Ellen | Fleming | KY | 404 | Div 2 |
| McClouny, Jonas | Fayette | AL | 38 | Div 16 |
| McClouny, Littleton | Fayette | AL | 34 | - |
| McClug, Caroline | Fayette | AL | 93 | Div 15 |
| McClug, L. | Sunflower | MS | 365 | Northern D. |
| McClug, L.L. | Warren | MS | 173 | Vicksburg |
| McCluny, Thomas | Butler | KY | 255 | Morgantown |
When we see ones we know are ours and how their names have been garbled, it should make
us aware that we should search everything that remotely resembles our name. The enumerators
in Fayette Co. AL spelled the names of the Jonas line every which way, or at least the
writing was interpreted many different ways.
Bill Davenport has contributed a listing of the McClung soldiers of 1812. They are listed
by the state in which they served. Does anyone know if there are further records on these
men? Is there a listing of pension applications? They may be from the state where they
were living at the time they qualified if it is like the civil war apps.
You can e-mail me at Judith McClung if you have corrections or additions to our record.
Page begun 1 Sep. 2003
Last updated 30 Sep. 2003
Last updated by Judith McClung