Mary (McClanahan) Poage (abt. 1744 - aft. 1803)

Born about 1744 in Augusta County, Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Poage — married 27 Apr 1762 in Augusta County, Virginia

Descendants

Died after 1803 after about age 59 in Augusta, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Mary "Polly" McClanahan, daughter of Robert McClanahan Sr. and Sarah Breckenridge, was born about 1739 or 1744. DAR application shows she was born in 1744 in Ireland and died post 1803.^[1]

She married Thomas Preston Poage, Veteran of Revolutionary War, on April 27, 1762.^[1]

Family Information:^[2]

Burial: Augusta Stone Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Fort Defiance, Augusta County, Virginia.^[3] Find A Grave references her passing away on 1 Aug 1853, at the age of 108.

Research Notes

Issue

There has been much confusion regarding Mary and her older sister Agnes. Her sister was born in 1739 and Mary was born in 1744.

Parents

Robert McClanahan came to Augusta County from Ireland. The time of his coming has not been certainly determined, but it was at an early day. His deed to three hundred and thirty-one acres of land by William Beverly, dated May 27, 1741, is on record in Orange Courthouse, Virginia. There was no clerk's office, in Augusta County, until 1745. His wife, Sarah Breckinridge, was daughter of Alexander Breckinridge, who came to America from the North of Ireland in 1728, and removed from Pennsylvania to a farm near the present site of Staunton, in Augusta County, Virginia.

No evidence a daughter named Polly was born to Thomas and Agnes Poage.

'Please Note: 'Mary "Polly"' Agnes McClanahan ^[3] was wife of Thomas Poage Sr, RV war veteran. They married 27 Apr 1762 in Staunton, Augusta County, Virginia. Polly was a daughter of Robert McClenachan "McClanahan" Sr. and Sarah Breckenridge. Robert and Sarah immigrated from Ireland to Augusta County in the Virginia Colony. There are records that are not confirmed about Polly's birth place. DAR application has Polly born in Ireland in 1744. ^[4]

The families of Breckenridge, Lewis, McClanahan, Patton, Poage, Preston and St Clair, all inter-related, had much to do with the early civil and religious life of early Augusta County, especially in the Staunton neighborhood.^[4]

Thomas Poage and Agnes McClanahan had eight children the exact order of whom is somewhat uncertain because of the absence of birth and marriage dates. The conjectural tabulation which follows seems to fit best the dates that are firmly known.^[4]

1. 191. Elizabeth Poage, b. about 1763, d. 1837 (or 1847) m. about 1781 Rev William Wilson, Presbyterian minister, second pastor Augusta Stone Church, in succession to Rev. John Craig. He was b. in Pennsylvania Aug 1, 1751 and grew up in the bounds of New Providence Church, Rockbridge County, Va, son James and Rebecca Wilson (or Willson), early migrants to Rockbridge. There he attended Mt. Pleasant Acad under Rev. John Brown; was teacher Washington-Henry Acad, Hanover County, was licensed by Hanover Pby Oc 28, 79 and ordained Nov 15, 80, pastor 1780 to about 1813, d. Mt Airy, Pittsylvania County, Dec 1, 1835— three children. He and Elizabeth Jan 17, 92 deeded to Augusta Stone Church the land for the contiguous graveyard. See Foote, Sketches of Virginia, Series 2, page 108. He was a trustee of Liberty Hall Acad and Washington Coll 1782-1807.
2. 192. Elijah Poage, farmer, b. near Staunton about 1767, d. Fayette County, Ky, will dated Mar 15, 17; m. July 3, 1787 (recorded July 31) in Rockingham County, Va, Nancy Grattan, dau John Grattan, miller and merchant on North River, mem first County Court of Rockingham 1778—seven children.
3. 193. Robert Poage, farmer, b. near Staunton about 1769, d. Fayette County, Ky; m. Sept 15, 91 Martha Crawford, dau James Crawford, b. Nov 27, 1772, and (2) Mar 23, 99 Nancy (or Mary) Kelly, P 1233, b. about 1781, dau Isaac K and Rebecca Woods—two children by (1) and six by (2)—see page 482, Woods line.
4. 194. John Poage, farmer, b. near Staunton Sep 1, 1771, d. near Falling Spring Church, Rockbridge County, Va, Aug 1, 1853 and there buried; m. Nov 27, 92 Mrs. Rachel Barclay Crawford, dau Hugh B and Mary Culbertson, b. May 6, 1766, d. May 22, 55—seven children. Rachel Barclay m. (1) Mar 4, 1790 one John Crawford in Rockbridge County, P 153x page 700.
5. 195. Ann Poage, Wheeling, Va (now WVa). b. about 1774, d. 1856; m. Mar 5, 89 Archibald Woods, soldier, magistrate, legislator, banker and realtor, b. Nov 14, 1764, d. near Wheeling Oc 26, 46, P 127, son Martha Poage and Andrew Woods—twelve children—For her descendants see pages 441 and 584-593, Woods line.
6. 196. Mary Belle Poage, b. near Staunton Jan 16, 1777, d. Morgantown, Va (now WVa) 1817; m. Sep 20 (or 21) 1792 Thomas Wilson, son James and Rebecca Wilson, brother Rev. William Wilson, b. Sep 11, 1765 (in Rockbridge County?), d. Morgantown 1826 (another set of dates, b. 1759, d. 1820), lawyer, mem Va. Legislature, Mem Congress 1811—twelve children.
7. 197. Agnes Poage, b. about 1778; never married; and no more data.
8. 198. Major William Poage, farmer near Staunton, Va; b. Mar 17 (or 18) 1781 and d. there Sep 23, 1855; captain 32nd Va Regt, War of 1812; m. June 24, 1800 Elizabeth Anderson, P 1521, dau Margaret Crawford and Col Andrew Anderson— no children—see pages 700 and 709; m. (2) Margaret Allen. dau James Allen and Elizabeth Tate—twelve children.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} DAR application #868078
2. ↑ Reynolds Eggleston, M.F., and Eggleston, T.S., “PATRIOT Captain Robert the Founder Immigrant McClanahan b. Abt 1710 Ireland d. 1794 Staunton, Augusta County, Virginia: The Reynolds Family.” Reynoldspatova.org, http://reynoldspatova.org/getperson.php?personID=I19080&tree=reynolds1. Accessed 23 Nov. 2019.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 01 February 2021), memorial page for Mary Agnes “Polly” McClanahan Poage (1 Sep 1739–1 Aug 1853), Find A Grave: Memorial #33751519, citing Augusta Stone Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Fort Defiance, Augusta County, Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Mini Okie (contributor 47054763) .
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} Woodworth, Robert Bell, A. W. Williamson, and John Guy Bishop. Essay. In The Descendants of Robert and John Poage, Pioneer Settlers in Augusta County, Va.: a Genealogy Based on the Manuscript Collections of Prof. Andrew Woods Williamson, Henry Martyn Williamson, and John Guy Bishop, 1102, Staunton, VA: The McClure Printing Company, 1954.

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