Margaret ‘Peggy’ Tate

The children of John McClung and Elizabeth Alexander were:

1. Margaret McClung, described as a great beauty, married Robert Tate of Augusta County, VA.

Biography

Margaret McClung was born 5 October 1755 in Augusta County, Virginia, and died there on 23 September 1839. She was the daughter of John McClung (d. 1817) and Elizabeth Alexander.

She married about 1775 to Robert Tate, of Middlebrook, Augusta County, Virginia. He was born 8 March 1755, the son of John Tate, Sr. (d. 1801) and Mary Mitchell, in Augusta County, where he died on 9 July 1832.

He is not to be confused with Robert Tate (1745-1806), whose wife Mary was named in his will in Russell County, Virginia.

Family

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37798667/margaret-alexander-tate

The 11 children of Margaret McClung and Robert Tate were:

1. Margaret, b. 1779 -
2. James
3. John
4. William
5. Elizabeth, Mrs. Allen and went to MI
6. Polly, Mrs. Sam'l Wallace, of Christian's Creek
7. Eleanor, Mrs. Sam'l Patterson, of Rockbridge
8. Phoebe, Mrs. Sam'l Wilson, of Rockbridge
9. Rebecca, Mrs. Reid Alexander, of Rockbridge
10. Isabella, Mrs. John B. Christian, of Augusta
11. unknown [Sally], died unmarried.

The above data is from the 11 August 1936 Work Progress Administration survey of this cemetery by Scioto M. Herndon. It is available online now at the Library of Virginia.

It also adds: Relict (a wife) of Robert Tate, died in the 84th year of her age.

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https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Margaret_McClung_%283%29

Records in Augusta County, VA

From Chalkley's:

Vol. 2 - Marriage Bond: 1793--September 3, James Allen and Peter Hanger, Jr., surety. James Allen and Elizabeth Tate, daughter of Robert and Margret Tate (consent). Teste: Ibby McClung, Polly Tate. [Note: Ibby McClung was Margaret's sister].

Notes

See the record no.# 82445 application of Frank Lyman Hills, to the Sons of the American Revolution, Oct. 3rd, 1959. To Wit: http://interactive.ancestry.com/2204/32596_242347-00523/865046?back......

She was a famous beauty.

References

1. McClure, James Alexander. The McClure Family. (Presses of F.A. Owen, 1914) 217-19.
2. McClung, William. The McClung genealogy: a genealogical and biographical record of the McClung family from the time of their emigration to the year 1904 87.
3. Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees: (Note: not considered a reliable primary source).
4. https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Robert_Tate_%2815%29
   1. Riley, Agnes Graham Sanders. The Pioneer Tate family of Augusta County, Virginia. National Genealogical Society Quarterly (National Genealogical Society). (Vol 57, Issue 3 (Sep 1969)) 181.cgiving 8 Mar 175? and place
5. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37798667/margaret-alexander-tate
6. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37798699/robert-tate