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About Jonas B. McClung, Sr.
Not the son of John "Sassy Jack" McClung, Sr. & Elizabeth McClung
Biography
Jonas B. McClung was born July 21, 1787 to John McClung and Elizabeth in Georgia.
He married Rebecca Reed, daughter of Isaac Reed and Susannah Rogers, on 1 December 1, 1808 in Jackson County, Georgia. They had 11 children.
He died, at the age of 80, on August 3, 1867, in Fayette County, Alabama. He is buried at the Spring Hill Cemetery, Bluff, Fayette County, Alabama.[1]
An early pioneer family of Fayette County is the McCLUNG family. They first settled in this county two or three miles from the present community of Bluff.
The McCLUNG's are of Scotch descent. The earliest record of any McCLUNGs is found in Galloway, Scotland. It was there, around 1690, three McCLUNG brothers left because of religious persecution.
These brothers went to the providence of Ulster in Ireland. By 1890, there were 313 McCLUNG households in Ulster.
The first McCLUNG to emigrate to America was a Thomas McCLUNG who settled in Christiana, Penn. He was from Moate in the county of Meath in Ireland. His arrival in America was in 1729.
The earliest known direct ancestor of the Fayette County McCLUNGs came to America around 1780 from Ireland. He settled first in Virginia and then Georgia.
This Mr. McCLUNG had eight children including a son, Jonas.
Jonas McCLUNG was born in 1787 in Georgia. He married [01 Dec 1808 in Jackson Co., GA] Rebecca REED who was born in South Carolina around 1792.
Shortly after 1813, Jonas and family moved from their Georgia home to Giles County, Tenn. There they settled on Richland Creek which was nine miles from the town of Pulaski.
In the late 1820's, the McCLUNGs moved to Marion County, Alabama. There they remained until the mid 1830's when they moved once again. This final move for Jonas was to Fayette County.
The 1840 census of Fayette County includes three McCLUNG household[s]. Listed as heads of these households were Jonas, Francis [McCLUNG] and N.E. McCLUNG.
In 1850, the first McCLUNG to receive a government land grant in Fayette County was a William E. McCLUNG. He received others in 1855 and 1859.
Other grants issued in 1855 were to another William [McCLUNG], Nathaniel [McCLUNG] and John M. McCLUNG.
In 1856, Littleton M. McCLUNG received a grant. In 1859, John M. and Jonas B. McCLUNG received grants.
https://algenweb.org/fayette/Families/McCLUNG_Family.html
A McClung descent
From Gayle Stewart Wilson
- Samuel 1648-1744
- James 1668-1744 (and Margaret Carruthers b:1670)
- Robert 1700-1776
- John 1755-1806 (and Elizabeth unknown)
- Jonas 1787-1867 (and Rebecca Reed)
- Jonas 1787-1867 (and Rebecca Reed)
- John 1755-1806 (and Elizabeth unknown)
- Robert 1700-1776
- James 1668-1744 (and Margaret Carruthers b:1670)
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49289790/jonas_b_mcclung (links to wrong parents)
Jonas B McClung was the son of John Sr & Elizabeth Early [sic - unknown] McClung. He married Rebecca Reed 1 Dec 1808 in Jackson Co., GA. Jonas and family moved from their Georgia home to Giles County, Tenn. There they settled on Richland Creek which was nine miles from the town of Pulaski.
In the late 1820's, the McClung's moved to Marion Co., AL. They remained there until the mid 1830's when they moved once again. This final move for Jonas was to Fayette Co., AL.
They had eleven children; Luevice, Littliton M, Rebecca, Temperance, Elias, William E, Joseph, Elizabeth, Phoebe Jane, Jonas B Jr, & Nathaniel McClung.
Comments
- Middle initial B seen without explanation
- Elizabeth Early as mother is unsupported. Reuben McClung married Mary Early https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/McClung-500
Research notes
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/McClung-501
Note: Birthdate and name was obtained from the McClung site on "Judith in the Ozarks" and updated by Judith A. McClung on RootsWeb.
Georgia land (RootsWeb):
The Georgia Land Lotteries were probably a wonderful way for our ancestors to acquire land, but they are a nightmare for the historian. Where one can usually count on families traveling by groups to new locations, the lotteries sent them to the four quarters. We find that our men, Jonas, Reuben, and Hiram had ended up in the adjoining county of Gwinnett. They registered in Gwinnett in the lottery of 1827. Hiram won land in Dist. 16, Sec. 2 of Muscogee Co.; Jonas won land in Dist. 9, Sec. 5 of Carroll County; Reuben won land in Dist. 6, Sec. 1 of Lee County. We do not know the disposition of these lands at this time. Sewell was still in Gwinnett Co. by 1850 so perhaps, he didn't win a draw. Hiram and William W.won draws in the 1832 Gold Lottery
Origins
Compiled from multiple researchers and their efforts
Jonas, the second child of John and Elizabeth (Bellah?) McClung, was born in 1787 in GA (1850c Fayette, GA). He married Rebecca (or Rebekah) Reed on1 Dec 1808 in Jackson Co. GA. She was born in South Carolina in 1792. Jonas moved to Tennessee before 1820 as they are enumerated in Giles County with 5 boys under 10 and 3 girls under 10. His wife was given as age 16-26 and he over 45.
https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~rootsr/genealogy/GA-jonas.htm
The children from John McClung's 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 - NO - Sassy Jack’s son
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
Paulding County Genealogical Society
The McClung Family. Article from Dallas New Era, November 1976.
The earliest record of the McClung family locates them in Galloway, Scotland. The McClung are of the highland origin. Three brothers, James, John and Robert left Scotland because of religious persecution and settled in Ireland about 1690. They were Presbyterian.The McClungs today are said to be "Scotch Irish".
John McClung, son of James McClung, settled in America in 1731. James and the rest of the family joined him in Pennsylvania in 1740. At that time the family consisted of eight members; James (The father), John, William, Hugh, Charles, Matthew, Mary and Isabella.
About 1742, James, William and Hugh emigrated to the "Borden Grant", Augusta County, near Timber Ridge, Virginia.
The Georgia family of McClungs are directly descended from the Virginia family. The earliest record of the Georgia McClungs were that there were eight children as follows: Sewell, John, Horam [Hiram], Reuben, James, Isaac, Sallie and Annie.
Reuben was born in Ireland in 1777, and lived with his father James in Virginia, where he married Polly Williamson and moved to Georgia. They lived several years in Gwinnett County until western Georgia opened for settlement. They received a land grant in the Brownsville area of Campbell County, now Paulding County, near Sweetwater Creek. Reuben donated land and help found Sweetwater Baptist Church near Brownsville. Reuben and Polly had ten children.
JOHN McCLUNG
GA
The father of some of the Georgia families was married to Elizabeth. It is possible that John and Elizabeth were parents of Reuben, Jonas, Drucilla, Hiram and Sewell McClung. This John was in Jackson County where he probably died about 1812. There was a strip of land in Jackson that became a part of Hall County. Their home was probably located there as after the formation of Hall, they are found in Hall records as well as Jackson.
[Index to the Headright and Bounty Grants in Georgia, 1856-1909. Georgia Genealogical Reprints, 1970]. From this reference is the listing of the heirs of John McClung receiving 100 acres in Jackson County in 1812. (Grant Book I-5, p. 145)[same reference]. The original records should show the names of the heirs.
[Document can be viewed at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS42-FQQ6-Q?view=i...]
Since this places his heirs in Jackson Co., we can see from early Jackson County marriages that these men were married there:
1808 - Jonas to Rebecca Reed
1826 - Reuben to Polly Williamson
1828 - Sewel to Elizabeth Phillips
Georgia Tax Digests show a John McClung in 1800 in Oglethorp county, Ellis District. (Oglethorp borders Wilkes and Greene counties. Then in 1804 John is in Jackson Co., Cockran District. He does not show up in the 1809-11 listings.
We find John selling land to Reuben McClung in Greene Co. in 1796. If the birthdate from the 1850 census is correct, that would make him 11 years old. We wonder why John was leaving this land to his son who could not have been legally old enough to do this transaction. Did he know he was ill?
The next record we have of John is a listing of the first members of Walnut Fork Church met at the home of Joseph Thompson on May 29, 1802 to form a constitution. The following list of members were transcribed from the original church records to the best of our ability (only listing McClungs and relatives):
This is in the Jackson Co. Historical Society News October 1999.
Richard Williamson
Letty Williamson
John McClung
Elizabeth McClung
Ruben McClung
Polly Williamson
Nancy McClung
These people were listed under the heading 1802-1805. [from Jackson Co. Historical Soc. News, Oct. 1999].
https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~rootsr/genealogy/GA-jno-sr.htm-
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John McClung
Land Assessment
5 May 1794 Warren Co, GA
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ZMRM-C53Z
John McClung
Land Assessment
3 Nov 1806 Jackson Co, GA
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Z98R-2RT2
1809 Jackson County, GA Tax Digest
McClung, Jonas
McClung County Reference Book Page Acres Year
Jno (heirs of) Jackson I-5 145 100 1812
Jno Warren BBBBB 252 150 1799
1820
McCLUNG
Hall County Drucilla/Elizabeth & Suel H. & Hiram, orphans Lot 111 Section 10 County Habersham
The earliest known direct ancestor of the Fayette County McCLUNGs came to America around 1780 from Ireland. He settled first in Virginia and then Georgia.
This Mr. McCLUNG had eight children including a son, Jonas.
Jonas McCLUNG was born in 1787 in Georgia. He married [01 Dec 1808 in Jackson Co., GA] Rebecca REED who was born in South Carolina around 1792.
Shortly after 1813, Jonas and family moved from their Georgia home to Giles County, Tenn. There they settled on Richland Creek which was nine miles from the town of Pulaski.
In the late 1820's, the McCLUNGs moved to Marion County, Alabama. There they remained until the mid 1830's when they moved once again. This final move for Jonas was to Fayette County.
The 1840 census of Fayette County includes three McCLUNG household[s]. Listed as heads of these households were Jonas, Francis [McCLUNG] and N.E. McCLUNG.
In 1850, the first McCLUNG to receive a government land grant in Fayette County was a William E. McCLUNG. He received others in 1855 and 1859.
Other grants issued in 1855 were to another William [McCLUNG], Nathaniel [McCLUNG] and John M. McCLUNG.
In 1856, Littleton M. McCLUNG received a grant. In 1859, John M. and Jonas B. McCLUNG received grants.
Jonas and Rebecca lived the remainder of their life in Fayette County where she died in the 1850's. Jonas died in the mid 1860's.
Jonas and Rebecca were the parents of five sons and five daughters.
https://www.algenweb.org/fayette/Families/McCLUNG_Family.html
JONAS McCLUNG.
Moved from Georgia to a farm on Richland Creek, nine miles from Pulaski, Tenn., prior to 1800, and md. Rebecca Reed. In 1827, they moved to Fayette Co., Ala. Ten children, viz.:
1-3 Phebe Jane McClung
2-3 Visey McClurtg, (dau.).
3-3 Tempie McClung. (dau.).
4-3 Rebecca McClurig.
5-3 Elias McClung.
6-3 Meaks McClung.
7-3 Joseph McClung.
8-3 Jonas McClung. Enlisted in the Confederate Army;
went to Virginia and served under Stonewall Jackson. Lost
his right arm in the battle at Richmond, \Ta. Received his
discharge and came home to Ala., in 1863. Was elected tax
assessor, which office he held i8 years ; writing the records
with his left hand. He then engaged in the mercantile busi-
ness. Address: Wayside, Ala.
Nathaniel McClung.
10-3 Rev. William Edington McClung, b. near Pulaski,
Tenn.; d. in Boone Co., Ark, Oct. 27, 1885; ni. in Fayette Co.,
Ala., about 1838, Chelsea Langston. They moved from Fay-
ette Co., Ala., in the autumn of xSÓo, and settled oil a farm
thirteen miles south of Ripley, Miss. In 1877, they moved
to Hardeman Co., Tenn., and remained seven years, then
moved in i8,to Boone Co., Ark., where he died. He was a
Primitive Baptist minister. He was said to have been as
fearless and bold as a lion; and yet with his congregation
he was as mild as a lamb.
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References
- Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Apr 17 2022, 20:34:43 UTC
- https://mymtlookoutheritage.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/0... Jonas McClung who married Rebecca Reed
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49289790/jonas-b-mcclung: accessed 16 September 2022), memorial page for Jonas B McClung (21 Jul 1787–3 Aug 1867), Find A Grave: Memorial #49289790 citing Spring Hill Cemetery, Bluff, Fayette County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by Memory Keeper (contributor 47231847) .
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Jonas B. McClung, Sr.'s Timeline
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July 21, 1787
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Warren County, Georgia, United States
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