Richard McClung (abt. 1791 - abt. 1861)

Born about 1791 in South Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Brown) McClung — married 1821 in Cherokee, Alabama, United States

Husband of Peggy Elizabeth (Tidwell) McClung — married 23 Jan 1825 in , Blount, Alabama, United States

Husband of Elizabeth (UNKNOWN) McClung — married 1850 in , , Alabama, United States

Descendants

Died about 1861 at about age 70 in Arkansas, United States

Biography

Note

Note: Researchers: Jimmy Wayne McClung and Penny Bashe (page 1 RootsWeb site)

Richard Mcclung & Descendants from Alabama & Texas

The child (Richard McClung) of John McClung, was born ca 1791-2 in S.C. (or possibly in GA) The Rev. War Soldier, John McClung states that he enlisted from Edgefield county, SC in 1781. He may have returned there later after marriage. A search of land transfers did not reveal any McClungs in the indexes of those counties. (RICHARD McCLUNG, Researchers: Jimmy Wayne McClung and Penny Bashe Rootsweb.com)

Jimmy Wayne McClung wrote the story of his family and named it: The McClung Family of Wise County, Texas. He traces his line back to a John McClung that by tradition was called "Sassy Jack" and was a revolutionary war soldier. He estimated the birth of this John to 1755-60.

Richard was married to Elizabeth "Lizzie" Brown before 1822 (because the child James Andrew McClung was born in 1822) in Cherokee County, Alabama" according to records of Penny Bashe.

Jimmy W. McClung writes: It was in Blount Co., Alabama that Richard married Peggy Tidwell 23 Jan 1825. We know that one nickname for Margaret is Peggy. Then the year before, Elizabeth McClung married Wright Roden. The relationship between Elizabeth and Richard is not yet proven. Both marriages were performed by Josiah Tidwell, JP. Peggy may have been a sister or half-sister to Josiah.

So far we have not found Richard's family in censuses prior to 1850. Jimmy Wayne McClung notes that the folks in this family were "independent souls who for . . . years lived at the edge of the frontier, shunning the masses and indeed showing a preference for living alongside the Cherokee."

The 1850 census finds Richard living near Oneonta in Blount Co.,AL with three daughters and a lady named Elizabeth (b. 1822). His wife was named Peggy Elizabeth.

When the Civil War came along, this family, "who chose to live on Indian land instead of filing for their own, had no interest in going to war over economic issues. . . They moved during that time period to Arkansas. A grandchild of Richard said that his father had hidden out in the mountainous cliffs of northern Arkansas rather than face conscription by the Yankee army." (McClungs of Wise Co., TX, p. 15)

1850 United States Federal Census 1850 United States Federal Census

Name:Richard Mcclung Age:58 Estimated Birth Year:abt 1792 Birth Place:South Carolina Gender:Male Home in 1850 (City,County,State):Subdivision 17, Blount, Alabama

The passing of Richard is not recorded but it was probably between 1850-60 when the family removed first to Arkansas and then to Texas.

Richard's known children were two sons and possibly four daughters. There may have been more than this but since he was not enumerated in early Blount County records, we have no way of knowing until someone writes in.

This write-up of Richard was sent in by Barbara L. VanNorsdall, a descendant: of

Richard McClung

From census records in Alabama, Richard McClung was born about 1791. In the 1850 census of Blount County, Alabama, Richard said he was born in South Carolina. But in later years, his son Benjamin Franklin McClung, said in the 1880 Federal Census that his father (Richard) was born in Georgia. I believe that Richard answered to Census Takers question as to where are you from? And his answer was I am from South Carolina, which was true. He had spent much of his formative years in South Carolina. It is also possible that he was not home when the Census Taker came around and his new wife, Elizabeth, guessed he was born in South Carolina. It makes sense that he would have been born in Georgia where his older and younger siblings were born.

Jimmy Wayne McClung in his book "The McClung Family of Wise County, Texas" 1981, states that the South Carolina settlers came mainly by two routes. All moved through Georgia in the early 1820's, and most followed a post road northwest to the Tennessee River, where they packed their belongings onto flat bottom boats and floated to the big bend of the Tennessee that marked the gateway to Blount County. The emigrants had to travel south across Cherokee lands to reach Blount County and one of the main routes became known as Bear Meat Cabin Road. Others stayed with their wagons in Georgia and headed due west on the federal Georgia road from the middle of Georgia to Will Creeks. The Georgia Road moved the settlers into Alabama at St. Clair County, Alabama.

Jimmy Wayne McClung thinks that Richard would have taken the river route. By 1820 there were about 5,000 residents of the Bear Meat Cabin Frontier.c In the 1850 Census of Blount County, Alabama, Richard McClung, 58 SC, and his second or third wife, Elizabeth 28 Ala, and children Permelia, 14 Ala, Eliza, 7 Ala., and Nancyann, 4 Ala. They were living next to Richard Tidwell, 55 South Carolina, his wife Nancy, 57 Virginia, Booker, 24 Ala, Henry, 22 Ala, Nancy, 20 Ala, and John Davis, 18 Ala. His neighbor, Richard Tidwell, was a second or third cousin of his former wife Peggy.

In the 1855 State Census of Alabama for Blount County, Richard McClung is listed as over 21, a female over 21 and 2 females under 21. He is living next to a B. C. Morris who is over 21, a female over 21, 4 males under 21 and 1 female under 21. I believe this Morris family is related to Anastatia Morris who married Robert Mercer Barry. Richard's son Benjamin Franklin is living next to Robert Mercer Barry in 1855.

Richard is still alive in 1859 because he buys land from a Tidwell. Grantor: Clayton Tidwell, Grantee: Richard McClung deed Feb 15, 1859, deed book K page 119.

It is not known when or where Richard McClung died. It was probably 1860 or 1861, about the time that two of his children Benjamin Franklin McClung and Aramissa McClung Branum moved to Arkansas.

Potentially the first marriage of Richard McClung occurred prior to 1822 in Cherokee County, Alabama, acccording to the records of Penny Bashe. He married Elizabeth "Lizzie" Brown. It is not known when they were married or when Lizzie died, but her death was before 1825. They had at least one son, James Andrew McClung.

Richard McClung married Peggy Tidwell, 12 Jan 1825 in Blount County, Alabama. She was the daughter of John B.Tidwell and Jane. Richard was 34 and Peggy was about 20. She was married by the Justice of the Peace. The surety was provided by or the marriage was performed by Josiah Tidwell, her uncle. Josiah was a brother to John B. Tidwell, Peggy's father. Richard Tidwell, living next to Richard McClung and his wife Elizabeth in 1850, was a son of Robert Tidwell. I believe Robert was a second cousin of Peggy's. Peggy Tidwell McClung died probably between 1842 and 1846. Richard and Peggy had at least three to five children, but probably many more.

Richard married Elizabeth sometime before 1850. It is not known if the younger children in the 1850 Census are Peggy's children or Elizabeth's. I have them listed as belonging to Peggy.

James Robert McClung, the great grandson of Richard McClung wrote in a letter dated January 17, 1955 that his grandfather, Benjamin Franklin McClung, spoke of Richard as a tall (or large) "Raw-boned" man who lived in Alabama.

James Robert McClung, mentioned above, wrote in a letter dated January 17, 1955, that after Benjamin's mother (Peggy Tidwell McClung) died and the re-marriage of his father, that Ben left home.

1850 United States Federal Census Record

Name:Richard Mcclung Age:58 Estimated birth year:abt 1792 Birth place:South Carolina Gender:Male Home in 1850 (City,County,State):Subdivision 17, Blount, Alabama

Richard is shown with his second wife, Elizabeth, and Peggy (Margaret) (1st wife) and her children in this census.

Sources

• Source: S1 Abbreviation: GEDCOM file imported on 1 November 2010 Title: GEDCOM file submitted by Legacy. Imported on 1 November 2010. Subsequent Source Citation Format: GEDCOM file submitted by Legacy. Imported on 1 November 2010. BIBL GEDCOM file, Legacy. TMPLT TID 0 FIELD Name: Footnote VALUE GEDCOM file submitted by Legacy. Imported on 1 November 2010. FIELD Name: ShortFootnote VALUE GEDCOM file submitted by Legacy. Imported on 1 November 2010. FIELD Name: Bibliography VALUE GEDCOM file, Legacy. TMPLT

Acknowledgments

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