John McClung

John McClung was eleven years old when he immigrated from Ireland to America with his father William McClung and extended family in 1742.

John McClung was about twenty-two and Elizabeth Parks Alexander was about nineteen when they married in 1754 in Augusta County, Virginia.

The S.A.R., Sons of the American Revolution record revealed John McClung was born in 1731 in Ireland. He was a Lieutenant in the Army and was an Indian Spy. John married Elizabeth Alexander and he died in 1817 in Fairfield, Rockbridge County, Virginia.

The record of the Virginia Militia in the Revolutionary War of November 7, 1780 revealed Lt. John McClung served under S. Wallace.

From a Sons of the American Revolution Membership Application, Oct. 22, 1959:

The said John McClung (No. 5) is the ancestor who assisted in establishing American Independence, while acting in the capacity of Lieutenant in the Revolutionary Army, "History of Rockbridge Co., Va." Morton, Page 102. He was an Indian spy.

The children of John McClung and Elizabeth Alexander were:

• 1. Margaret McClung, described as a great beauty, married Robert Tate of Augusta County, VA.
• 2. Judge William McClung, studied law under Thomas Jefferson, later went to Maysville, KY, married Susan Tarleton Marshall of Oak Hill, Fauquier County, VA, daughter of Colonel Thomas Marshall, who was a brother of Chief Justice John Marshall.Colonel Thomas Marshall was married to Mary Randolph Keith who was a daughter of Mary Isham Randolph of Tuckahoe and a cousin to Thomas Jefferson, his mother having been a Randolph.(The McClungs are my mother's people; my father's families include the Taliaferros who also, bearing various names, weave among these Randolph connections; TJ's daughter Martha Jefferson married Thomas Mann Randolph and their daughter Anne Cary Randolph married our cousin Charles Lewis Bankhead, whose mother was Mary Warner (Lewis) Lightfoot, a daughter of our cousin Lucy Taliaferro and her husband, who was Charles Lewis of Warner Hall, Gloucester County.The Alexanders, too, so conspicuous in the early history of Presbyterianism and education in America, are connected with several others of my lines.)A son of Judge William McClung was Alexander Keith McClung, the duelist. There were other children, all given in the book.
• 3. Rebecca McClung, married William Steele.
• 4. John McClung, married Mary Stuart.
• 5. Archibald McClung, "owned one of the finest farms in Botetourt County," which he left to his nephew Joseph Alexander McClung.
• 6. Phoebe McClung who married James Paxton.
• 7. Elizabeth McClung, married Robert Stuart. (I understand these Stuart marriages involved the noted Stuart family of Virginia, who also have Randolph and Taliaferro ties.)
• 8. Dr. James McClung, moved to Kentucky and died unmarried.
• 9. Joseph McClung, lived at what was known as the old "McClung Mansion" near Fairfield, VA, inherited from his uncle Archibald McClung; married Elizabeth Wilson.
• 10. Isabella McClung, unmd.
• 11. Esther McClung, unmd.
• 12. Polly McClung, unmd

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References

• http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/mcclung/981/
• https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:John_McClung_%282%29
• Ancestry from George McClung information came from http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~azopp/data/fam/fam02816.ht...
• Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Feb 17 2023, 18:07:47 UTC
• From "The Alexander Family of Scotland, Ireland and America", compiled by Francis Austin Arnold of Carrollton, Missouri, 1896 - from Genealogylibrary.com at Family Tree Maker.com
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/119899196/john-mcclung