Thomas MASTERSON married Jane MCCLUNG on 1791.
Jane MCCLUNG [Parents] married Thomas MASTERSON on 1791.
Source McClung:
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Forth child of Joseph and Margaret Bell; She married Thomas Masterson 1 Dec 1791 in Greenbrier Co. (Gr Co. Mg, p. 41) Thomas was b. in MD. and moved to WV, settling on a farm known as the Hamilton Place at Kesslers Cross Lanes, then to Horseshoe Creek. They both died at Mountain Cove, Fayette County, WV in 1834
Joseph MCCLUNG [Parents] was born 1740. He died 1819. Joseph married Margaret BELL.
Source McClung:
2-3 JOSEPH McCLUNG (Sinking Creek Joe)
G0152
The second child of John and Rebecca Stuart McClung was b. abt 1731. He lived on Sinking Creek in Greenbrier Co., WV in one of the finest agricultural regions in the state. He came to Greenbrier from Rockbridge Co., VA. The exact date of his emigration to Greenbrier is unknown; but it was not later than 1776. Joseph married Margaret Bell abt 1771. She was the daughter of James and Rachel (McCune) Bell. James Bell was b. 1710 in Ireland and died May 1751 in Augusta Co., VA.
Rev. Wm McClung relates these anecdotes about Joseph McClung. A hog thief once stole some hogs from Joseph. The thief was arrested, convicted and consigned to the whipping poset. At the time appointed for the execution of the sentence, Joseph was present to see it well and adequately done. When the sheriff had finished applying the lash, Joseph, thinking the punishment insufficient, rushed up and grabbing the lash fairly blistered the prisoner with afew additional strokes. The prisoner afterward prosecuted him for this act and made it cost him the worth of a horse. Joseph again sought retaliation. Some time afterward a Baptist revival was conducted in the neighborhood and this same hog-thief was numbered among the converts. When the day arrived for the immersion of this convert in the creek, Joseph McClung was present as a mere spectator. Just as the converted hog-thief emerged from the water, Joseph rushed up to the edge of the stream and cried out: "Will the hair come? If it won't dip him again." This last act cost him the worth of another horse; but he seems to have had more horses than hogs to spare.
His abhorrence of the papacy is evinced by the following retraction which appeared in the WV Historical Magazine:
"Whereas, We Joseph McClung and Samuel McClung having heard by sundry unadvised persons that Mr. Andrew Donnally was a Papist and that he had changed his name by omiting an O which should have been prefixed to his Sirname, and whereas, we have unadvisedly published the same and also in an Advertisement which he set up in March, 1775 to warn the inhabitants of Greenbrier to give in a list of their tithables, did prefix the said O to his Sirname; and as we have since by unquestionable evidence been convinced that there is no just foundation for the same, we hereby acknowledge ourselves heartily sorry for the same; and in witness whereof have subscribed this and allow the same to be transmitted to Record.
Given under our hands and seals this fourth day of March 1776.
JOSEPH McCLUNG (Seal)SAMUEL McCLUNG (Seal)
Signed and acknowledged by us, WILLIAM HAMILTON WILLIAM McCLEMCHAN SAMUEL HUGART RICHARD MAY
Joseph died 3 Feb 1819 in Greenbrier Co., VA. (AFN:JRQL-DX)
Margaret BELL married Joseph MCCLUNG.
They had the following children:
M i Joseph MCCLUNG was born 1772 and died 1849. M ii Samuel MCCLUNG was born 1776. M iii John MCCLUNG was born 1776 and died 1848. F iv Jane MCCLUNG.
John MCCLUNG was born 1706. He died 1788. John married Janet THOMPSON.
Other marriages:STUART, Rebecca
Source McClungs:
1-2 JOHN McCLUNG
G0001
John was b. probably Ireland (by tradition). The following from Frances Buchanan (McC J #25,33) John McClung, Sr., and family came from Pennsylvania to Rockbridge Co. in the 1740s. He bought 279 acres of land in Augusta Co. from William Ward of SC on 6-20-1769, 249 of which were part of Benjamin Bordon's tract and 30 acres were part of an entry of King's land adjoining same (Augusta Co. DB 15,388). This land is between Fairfield and South River on Route 707. John, Sr., b. ca 1706 died in Rockbridge Co. 1788, and Rebecca Stuart died Rockbridge Co. 1781. She was the second wife.
John's first wife and mother of his children was Janet Thompson, daughter of John Thompson who died in 1743. Her brothers were James, Robert, and the Thomas Thompson, administrator in the will of Robert Means. Her aunt was Nancy, wife of Robert Means.John had 8 sons and 2 daughters: John (Bath), James, William, Joseph, Samuel, Thomas, Janett, Edward, Charles, and Nancy. All sons except John, Jr. settled in Greenbrier Co., WV. Nancy married in Rockbridge Co. 3-08-1779 to William Moore, b. Rockbridge Co. 1748, d. Rockbridge Co. 1841 and Janett md in Rockbridge Co. 3-2-1782 David Moore and remained in Rockbridge Co.
In the fall of 1781 John Sr., was taken to the home of son, John shortly after his wife died and before he quit housekeeping. Not content there, he returned shortly to his own home. After his daughter, Janett, married, he lived with Nancy Moore from the Spring of 1782 until his death. His estate was in litigation for many years. All children, many grandchildren, and depositions from them and other people were recorded in Chancery Court documents. A decree issued by Superior Court of Chancery held at Staunton 12-5-1810 ordered William Moore and wife Nancy to convey their interest in the land to Joseph McClung of Greenbrier Co., VA (Aug.Co. Chancery Ct records and Rockbridge Co. DB H, 119). Joseph McClung of Greenbrier Co., Va, sold land to John McClung, Rockbridge Co., by deed dated 10-28-1812 (Rkbg DB H,204). Administration of estate granted William Moore 2-1788 Rockbridge Co. Court; inventory and appraisement of personal estate recorded 6-7-1791, Rockbridge Co. Court.
Rev. Wm. McClung (1904) states: Seven of his sons settled in Greenbrier County, W.Va. Their descendants are very numerous in that county, hence this branch of the family is designated as "Greenbrier McClungs." It is said that during the Civil War, two companies--the "Greenbrier Swifts" and the "Nicholas Grays," contained thirty-two McClungs. They rode the finest horses in Gen. Robert E. Lee's army. Alpheus Paris McClung was captain of the Greenbrier Swifts.
In the vicinity of Mt. Lookout, W Va, there is a community known as the "McClung Settlement". Rev. Wm. McClung visited this community in 1902. He found them to be a peaceful, law-abiding, hospitable people.
This branch of the family is so numerous and the names so similar that it became necessary to make use of a sobriquet in order to distinguish between them.
Janet THOMPSON died 1743. She married John MCCLUNG.
They had the following children:
M i John MCCLUNG was born 1733. M ii James MCCLUNG was born 1736. M iii William MCCLUNG was born 1738. M iv Joseph MCCLUNG was born 1740 and died 1819. F v Mary MCCLUNG "Nancy" was born 1760.
Source McClung:
9-3 MARY McCLUNG (Nancy)
G1872
The ninth child (probably the tenth) of John who md Rebecca Stuart and was b. 1760 in Augusta Co., VA at Cannecello. She md Feb 1779 to Capt. William Moore (He b. 1748 at Cannicello, Rockbridge Co., VA; d. 1841 in Lexington, VA). He was at the Battle of Point Pleasant in 1774. It is reported that he was in military service during the entire Revolutionary War. He was at the surrender of Cornwallis. He held the rank of Capt. He resided at Lexington where he was a merchant. He later had an iron furnace on South River, Rockbridge Co., VA and then lived near Fairfield. He was a Justice of the Peace and High Sheriff. He was a brother to David who married Mary's sister, Janett.
Their children were: Elizabeth b. 1781; Nancy b. 1782; Samuel b. 1783; David b. 1784; Elijah b. 1785; John b. 1786; Jane b. 1787; Isabella b. 1789 and five more whose names are not yet known.M vi Capt. Samual MCCLUNG was born 1744.
Alexander MCCLUNG [Parents] "Curly Alex" was born 1805. He died 1892. Curly Alex married Eleanor THOMPSON.
Eleanor THOMPSON was born 1815. She died 1902. Eleanor married Alexander MCCLUNG.
They had the following children:
F i Martha Jane MCCLUNG was born 1835 and died 1863. F ii Nancy Ann MCCLUNG was born 1837 and died 1907. M iii Robert Alexander MCCLUNG was born 1839. He died 1864.
Wounded at Cedar Creek buried at Staunton, VAM iv John Thomas MCCLUNG was born 1841. M v Dr. William Henry MCCLUNG was born 1843. M vi Rev. Edward Smiith MCCLUNG was born 1846.
Amick's Independent Scouts
Hounshell's Batt'n Virginia Cav. (Partisan Rangers.)
McClung, E. S.:
McClung, E.S. Corporal Corporal
Company A
Enlisted 1864 Greenbrier County, paroled 4/25/65 Lewisburg, age 17, light complexion, dark hair, blue eyes, 5'9".
Source: National Archives Film Number M382 roll 36
[John the Miller's daughter marries a McClung, they are on nearby farms]
Born 1848
Source McClung:
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The sixth child of Alexander and Eleanor Thompson was born 13 Mar 1846. He married Mary Catherine Hoff, of Smoot, WV, 26 May 1873. He died 23 Apr 1900. No known children.
Source Thurmonds:
McCLUNG, E. S.: Corp., Co. A, Enlisted in 1864 in Greenbrier County. He was paroled at Lewisburg 4/25/65, age 17, light complexion, dark hair, blue eyes, 5'9".M vii Rev. George Washington MCCLUNG was born 1850 and died 1914. M viii Rev. Samuel Floyd MCCLUNG Sr. was born 1853. He died 1903. F ix Leah Goff MCCLUNG was born 1856. F x Ella Rosetta MCCLUNG was born 1858.
Charles AMICK [Parents] was born 1850 in Nicholas County, Va. He married Martha TROUT.
Martha TROUT married Charles AMICK.
Lived in Leivasy neighborhood of Nicholas County
They had the following children:
M i Ivy AMICK. M ii Dan AMICK. M iii Henry AMICK. F iv Elizabeth AMICK. M v Asa AMICK.
Asa never married, served in WWII.
Source: John Amick "The Miller" His Ancestors and Some Descendants by Barbara Nichols (not dated; about 2001)F vi Sadie AMICK. F vii Birdie AMICK. M viii Oat AMICK.
Ivy AMICK [Parents] married Sandy LILLY.
Sandy LILLY married Ivy AMICK.
Dan AMICK [Parents] married Luvie O'DELL.
Luvie O'DELL married Dan AMICK.
Henry AMICK [Parents] married Lola O'DELL.
Lived near Carl.
Source: John Amick "The Miller" His Ancestors and Some Descendants by Barbara Nichols (not dated; about 2001)
Lola O'DELL married Henry AMICK.
Oat O'DELL married Elizabeth AMICK.
Elizabeth AMICK [Parents] married Oat O'DELL.
lived at Snow Hill
Source: John Amick "The Miller" His Ancestors and Some Descendants by Barbara Nichols (not dated; about 2001)
Sadie AMICK [Parents] married O'DELL.
Lived at Leivasy.
Source: John Amick "The Miller" His Ancestors and Some Descendants by Barbara Nichols (not dated; about 2001)