Reuben was born 1785 in Georgia (1850c Cobb Co., GA). He was a farmer. He married in Jackson Co., GA to Mary (Polly) Williamson 3 Dec 1806. She was born 1790. The Jackson Co. Inventories, dated 28 July 1804 has a file on Micajah Williamson who died. Jacob Early, decd had left Polly 10 slaves and a bed which was to be omitted from Micajah's inventory as it was obviously a dowery. This would indicate that Jacob Early was her father and she was a recent widow of Micajah when she married Reuben McClung. Since the 1820 census of Jackson does not show children born before this marriage, she must not have had children by Micajah. She was buried in Sweetwater Baptist Church Cemetery, Douglasville. Walnut Fork Church Minutes (near Braselton, GA):

Reuben was only 11 years old when he was gifted a black mare and 250 acres on Sandy Creek in Rowan County, NC. This was given to him by Robert Linn. His father, John, was to hold these assets in trust until he would come of age. At this point, we do not know his relation to Robert Linn. Also on this deed (filed in Greene Co., GA) are three witnesses: Reuben Bellah, Moses Bellah and Samuel Bellah. See: Greene Co. GA Deed Bk 2:258 Reuben Bellah and Robert Linn/Lynn may be grandfathers/great-grandfathers on his mother's side.

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):

These people were listed under the heading 1802-1805. We need to check for the Early name as well as Linns and Bellahs. [from Jackson Co. Historical Soc. News, Oct. 1999].

During the War of 1812, Reuben served as Ensign. We have this record sent in by Marjorie Wages:

"As the War of 1812 with England continued, it became necessary for the United States to call for more troops. As a result, Major Tandy Key was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel detached from the 25th regiment of the Georgia Militia, stationed in Jackson County, to be used in the U.S. service. A Muster roll . . . organized on the 19th day of August 1814 for the United States service under the acts of Congress of the 28th February 1795 and 18th April 1814:

The Index to the War of 1812 Service Records for Volunteer Soldiers from Georgia lists Reuben as an Ensign under the leadership of Booth. (from Marjorie Wages)

Reuben lived in Jackson County until at least 1817 (See Tax digests). By 1827 he was residing in Gwinnett when he made a draw in the land lottery. He was probably in that county in 1823 when Elizabeth sold her land. It appears that several of the children moved with her at that time. (See Hall Co. Deed Bk A)

The History of Gwinnett County, GA, from 1818-1943 by James C. Flanigan has several references to Reuben McClung. In June 1823, the Inferior Court appointed Willian Lord, Reuben McClung and Asa Wade as commissioners "to lay out a road nearest and best way to the Walton County line, having for its object to meet a road from Covington towards Lawrenceville."

Also (from same source) in June 1823, the court ordered that Reuben McClung be overseer of the poor in Capt. Ellison's district and Elisha Winn be overseer for the poor for Capt. Pearce's district. Reuben was also appointed to a board of trustees for the establishment and government of free schools in Gwinnett County. This appointment was made by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly in 1826.

Reuben was appointed Justice of the Inferior Court of Gwinnett County from 16 Jan 1829 to 15 Jan 1833. From the History of Gwinnett County, Georgia: "The Inferior Court had jurisdiction over all county matters, including those later granted to the Ordinary and the Board of County Commissioners. It had concurrent jurisdiction with the Superior Court in civil matterrs except in titles to land. In all capital cases involving slaves and free persons of color, it had sole jurisdiction. The scope of its jurisdiction included estates, custody of orphans, idiots, lunatics, levying taxes, appointing road overseers, naturalizations of aliens, advising removal of any sheriff or clerk or coroner or surveyor, filling vacancies in the offices of the clerk and sheriff, appointing notaries public, granting marriage licenses, issuing licenses for taverns, regulating rates, public roads, bridges, ferries and toll bridges, . . selecting grand and petit jurors, appointing constables, naming teachers of poor schools, issuing writs of habeas corpus in the absence of the Superior court judge, admitting to bail and discharging from same, or remanding to jail. (from Marjorie Wages)

At some point Reuben became a Justice of the Peace. He witnessed the land transaction for his mother for the family home in Jackson/Hall County in 1823. He remained in Gwinnett where he was enumerated in the 1830 census. By 1840 he was in Campbell County which was a physical move of two counties westward. Perhaps Elizabeth had died by then.

In 1830 we find Reuben in the census of Gwinnett County. By 1840 he was listed in Campbell County. Between 1830 and 1840, Reuben received a land grant that was probably in Campbell County but later became Paulding County. One record says that: Reuben and Mary lived and died in Campbell County near Douglasville, GA and Bates Township, Cobb Co., GA. Reuben and Mary are enumerated together in 1850 Cobb Co., GA. There seem to be many boundary changes in those counties with Campbell merged into Fulton and it no longer exists. Campbell county records can be found in Fulton Co.

Reuben donated the land and helped found Sweetwater Baptist Church near Brownsville, GA in Paulding County. The deed was made 26 July 1852 and recorded in Paulding County 29 May 1853. Deed Bk K:222. (Copy of deed in possession of Marjorie Wages).

They had eight children. His property was probated in Paulding County with Reuben B. (son) administrator. This was done in the spring of 1860. Reuben had died in 1857 and was buried in the Sweetwater Cemetery. Polly died in 1862. Her marker reads: Polly Williamson McClung w/o Reuben McClung 1790-1862. Marjorie Wages has death dates as: Reuben: 18 Feb 1860 and Polly 25 Jan 1864.

The first child of Reuben and Polly (Early) McClung was b. 10 Dec 1807 in Jackson Co., Georgia. He married Elizabeth T. Watts in 1829 in Gwinnett Co., GA. She was born 22 Feb 1809 and died 1882. Jonas was a farmer. He drew in the 1827 Land Lottery and won land in Carroll County. They moved to Heard Co., GA before 1840. They moved to Summersville Twp., Chattnooga Co., GA. In 1848 they moved to Miller Co., AR. They are listed in the 1860 census in Lafayette Co., AR. They later moved to Upshur Co., TX. The listing of the children (below) may not be complete. There was a Nancy E. McClung living with James and Charles H. Waldroup in Arkansas. Jonas died in 1882 in Upshur Co. TX. Note: we have not found him in the 1880 census there. He and Elizabeth were buried in Pleasant Grove Cem. Upshur Co., TX. (Hannah VanHorn is the researcher on this line and has contacted many of the descendants.)

The first child of Jonas and Elizabeth Watts McClung was b. Aug 1830 in Gwinnett Co., GA. She married a Mr. Glover. By 1900 she was living with her brother, Richard in Cass Co.

The second child of Jonas and Elizabeth Watts McClung was b. 1834 in Georgia. She married John D. Bailey ca 1850. He was b. ca 1827 in TN. Their children were: Mary b. 1851; Martha b. 1855 in GA; George F. b. 1859 in AR.

The third child of Jonas and Elizabeth Watts McClung was b. 29 Oct 1835 in Georgia. he and Overton were twins.

The fourth child of Jonas and Elizabeth Watts McClung was born 29 Oct 1835 in GA. . (1850 Chattoga Co. GA census shows him as Everton). He was with the family in 1860 in Lafayette Co., AR. then they moved to TX.

He married Harriet L.Baker and when he died, she applied for widow's pension. This is listed in the State of Texas: H. L. McClung, wife of Overton Crasby McClung dated Aug. 1909. She states that she is 75 years old, has lived in Atlanta, TX 33 years, was born in Polk co., TN. She and Overton C. were married 4 July 1854 in Polk Co., TN.. She states that Overton's command was originally organized in Arkansas. He enlisted in the winter of 1861 and served to the close of the war. The company was Grinstead's Regiment, John Nations Co. in the latter part of the war. The first part was in the infantry and latter half was in cavalry. He was in Co. E, Regt 6th Louisiana Cavalry. The war dept. has no record of these but witnesses said they served with him in Co. E. Rgt 6th LA Cav. Affidavit of Witnesses for H.L. McClung were R. H. Porter and W. W. McClung.

He died 7 Jan 1892 at Atlanta,Cass, TX and was buried at Pine Crest, Atlanta, TX. (Hannah VanHorn is the researcher on this line and has contacted many of the descendants)

I have a xerox of a Bible record sent to me by a Baggett descendant which shows the following:

Jackson Baggett, 1 Oct. 1812 - 27 June 1863, is buried at Mt. Carmel Cemetery south of Douglasville, Douglas County, Ga. Nancy N. Baggett, 2 Aug. 1817 - 20 Nov. 1869, is buried at Sweetwater Baptist Church in southern Paulding County on the Douglas County line where Reuben McClung (d. 1860) and other early McClungs are buried.

On the 1840 census of Campbell (now Douglas) County, Jackson Baggett's household included only himself and wife and a young male aged under 5 (son James Baggett). On the 1850 census of Campbell County, (Richard) Franklin McClung is shown in the Jackson Baggett household as Franklin "Baggett," aged 13: Jackson Baggett 38 NC, Nancy 34, Franklin 13, James 11. Richard F. McClung died as 1st Sgt. of Company K, 41st Ga. Infantry, CSA, at Lauderdale Springs, Miss., on 14 May 1862.

How were the McClung children related to Nancy N. Baggett?

Thanks, Joe Baggett, editor "Douglas County, Ga., Genealogy" newsletter and "The Baggett Family Newsletter," e-mail baggettcj@aol.com.

The first child of Overton C. and Harriet Baker McClung was born 22 Apr 1855 in TN. He died 18 Nov 1923 in Atlanta, Cass Co., TX.

The first child of William Wright McClung. He married Mary Parker Jul 1911 in Vivan Caddo Parish, LA. She was b. 28 Jun 1891 to William and Emma Parker in Rodessa, LA. She died 1 Nov 1919 in Shreveport, LA. Their children were William Harrel b. 1912; Emma Evelyn b. 1914;

The second child of Overton C. and Harriet Baker McClung was born ca 1858 in TN.

The third child of Overton C. and Harriet Baker McClung was born 1861 in Arkansas (probably Lafayette Co.).

The fifth child of Jonas and Elizabeth Watts McClung was b. 2 Sep 1840 in GA. He md. 1) Martha A. Baker, 3 Aug 1865 in Lafayette Co., AR. She was b. 2 May 1843 to William and Adelia Bailey Baker in TN. She died 9 July 1884 in Cass, TX.

Richard entered the Confederate Army in 1861 as a 1st Lt. of Arkansas Inf. He was captured and was a prisoner of War at Johnson Island at Lake Erie. He graduated from medical collage at New Orleans in 1870. He set up practice in Atlanta, TX. He had four children by his first wife. He married 2nd Sallie J. Shackelford in 1886 and had one child. Sallie was from Lafayette, TX. He died 12 Oct 1908 in Atlanta, Cass, TX and was buried at Pine Crest Cem., Atlanta, Cass, TX. His grave is inscribed: Ark. Capt. Co. K 15 Regt, Ark Inf. CSA: Masonic Emblem.

The first child of Dr. Richard L. McClung was b. 1866 in AR. He married Julia Haynes. He was a carpenter.

The second child of Dr. Richard L. and Martha Baker McClung was b. 1866 in AR.

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The third child of Dr. Richard L. McClung was b. 1869 in TX. She married G. W. Willis, a grocery merchant in Atlanta, TX.

The fourth child of Dr. Richard L. McClung was b. 1872 in TX. She married J. M. Pepper, a farmer.

The fifth child of Dr. Richard L. McClung was born in 1875 in TX. Joseph was a school teacher. He graduated from Huntsville, TX and lived in Atlanta, TX.

The sixth child of Dr. Richard L. and Martha Baker McClung was born 1877 in TX.

The seventh child of Dr. Richard L. and Martha Baker McClung was born 16 Jun 1880 in TX.

The sixth child of Jonas and Elizabeth Watts McClung was born in 1843 in GA. He was a doctor in Atlanta, Texas.

The seventh child of Jonas and Elizabeth Watts McClung was b. Nov 1846 in GA. She is enumerated with her family in 1860 in Lafayette Co., AR. She died between 1900 and 1910 in Wood Co., TX. She married Samuel L. Baker 2 Feb 1862 in LaFayette Co., AR. He was b. 2 Sep 1837 in TN to William and Adelia Bailey Baker. The 1900 Cass Co. TX census says Elizabeth had 8 children with 7 living. She was buried at Winnsboro, Wood co, TX. Their children were: William b. 1864 AR; Addis b. 1866 AR; Richard Buckner b. 1868, AR; Magnus b. 1871 AR; Annie Jewell b. 1873 in AR; Jimmie b. 1876.

The eighth child of Jonas and Elizabeth Watts McClung was born ca 1848 in GA.

The ninth child of Jonas and Elizabeth Watts McClung was born in 1851 in GA. He married 1st to Margaret Antoinette Laney in 1871. She was b. 1853 in GA. She had three children before she died in 1881 in Upshur Co., TX and was buried at Pleasant Grove Cem., Lafayette Co, TX next to William's parents. Wm. married 2nd to Flora Spratt 20 Dec 1883 in Upshur Co., TX. She was b. 24 Oct 1854 in Upshur Co. TX to John and Elizabeth Massey Spratt. Dr. William died 1937 in Pittsburg, Camp Co., TX with burial at Rose Hill Cem with his wife, Flora.

The first child of Dr. William Brown and Margaret Antoinette Laney McClung was born 1 May 1877 at Upshur Co., TX. She died at Pittsburg, Camp Co., TX. She married Lytle Edward McMinn 20 Feb 1895 in Hardman, TX. He was b. 28 Mar 1870 in Panola, MS and died 8 Aug 1935 in Camp Co., TX. They had William Leland, Ivan Otis, Stella Myrl, Bessie Louis, Kenneth Clyde, Lytle Murry, Merrell Hill, Harry Robert, and Ann Pearl b. 1917.

The second child of Dr. William Brown and Margaret A. Laney McClung was born in 1873. She married John Harrison Nix (b. 1858; d. 1949 Upshur co., TX). Ella died 1918 at Upshur Co., TX and was buried beside her mother, Margaret in Pleasant Grove Cem., LaFayette, TX. Her husband was buried there also.

The third child of Dr. William Brown McClung. He married 1) Maude Hare and 2) Virgie Pepper. He had a child: Guy McClung.

The ninth child of Jonas and Elizabeth Watts McClung was born in 1859. The family moved to Arkansas where they were enumerated in the Lafayette Co., census in 1860.

The second child of Reuben and Polly [Early?] McClung was born ca 1808 in GA (1860 c Lafayette Co. AR). He married Mary Ann Drummonds. She was born 1810 in SC and died 1869. This marriage record has not been located. In the 1840 census of Campbell Co. GA, his wife was listed as born 1810-20, so this may have been a second marriage.

William was a resident of Gwinnett County in 1832 when he drew in the lotteries for Cherokee lands. He won land in Dist. 17, Sec. 2, Lot 149 in Cherokee County. He also drew for land in Walker County on the Chickamauga River but we don't know if he won that land. The Cherokee County Deed Index shows that William W. sold to Andrew Dow in 1843 (Deed Bk 4:268) He may not have moved there as he is shown in Campbell Co. in 1840.

By 1850 they were still in Campbell Co. (need this transcription). They had 13 children, all born in Georgia. This family moved to Arkansas about 1860. They lived at Bright Star, Sulphur Fork Twp, Lafayette Co. Ark. They bought sizeable tracts of land in both Arkansas and Texas. They both died at Bright Star, AR: William in 1863 and Mary in 1869.

When the Civil War began, William McClung's sons left their farms and joined the Confederate Army. Joseph Wilson, William J., and Leonard J. joined the 19th Texas Infantry and fought under Gen. Richard Taylor in the Trans-Mississipp Theater. William and Leonard died while in the army. The youngest son, James R. joined the 3rd Arkansas Infantry and survived the war. Joseph Wilson was shot in the lung at the Battle of Jenkin's Ferry, AR in 1864 and survived it.

After the war the surviving McClungs moved into Texas and settled around Dallas. (Michael Patterson, researcher)

In this William W., the "W" is for Wilson. This is confirmed by his descendants; his ggrandchildren. In addition, the middle name of two of his sons was Wilson. The family does not remember if it is a family name. [fam] Mary Ann Drummon(d) was not his second wife. She was born in 1810-1811 in SC based on the 1850 Campbell County, Georgia census. Her headstone reads 1811-7/5/1868.

Between January and October, 1855 William Wilson’s children, George Anderson, James Riley, William M. (who is William Jackson), Leonard Jamison, Mary Malinda and Nancy Caroline, (along with John McClung’s son James) attended Dark Corner School in Campbell County Georgia. [Roll Call, Dark Corner School, Campbell County GA supplied by Joe Baggett per email in 2000 (this is also posted somewhere on either Genforum or Ancestry.com) (listed are many children of various Brown families, Winn families and Vansant families to name only a few.

Mary Ann and William W. McClung are both buried in Macedonia Cemetery, Miller County, Arkansas. She has been listed as Drummond, Drummonds, Drummons and Drummon. It appears that they were instrumental to the establishment of the Macedonia Baptist Church in Miller County. Her father, Daniel’s will uses Drummond. Her parents were immigrants from Ireland.

The first child of William W. and Mary Ann Drummonds McClung was born 27 Mar 1832 in Gwinnett Co. GA. He married Amanda Endsley who was b. 1 Apr 1836, Coweta, GA to (Samuel) Joseph and Ellen Cannon Neil Endsley. She died 30 Dec 1920. Joseph McClung was a farmer and deacon of the Baptist Church. They lived in Drane, TX where Amanda was born. Joseph Wilson McClung died in 1906 (maybe in AR) They had nine children.

Joseph Wilson referred to himself as the first-born, according to his grandchildren, and was referred to as the first-born by Samuel Wilson McClung. His grandson, Robert L. McClung referred to him as the “oldest of 13 Children”. [fam]

Amanda Endsley was not born in Drane, Navarro County, Texas, she and Joseph W. McClung were married in Drane, Navarro County, Texas on February 27, 1953 [according to Amanda’s application for his Civil War pension] . Amanda was born in Georgia. [fam] The Endsley’s were among the first pioneers in Texas, owned quite a bit of land.

"The Enon Baptist Church, located about three miles north-east of Ravana, Miller County, Arkansas, was constituted on the Second Sunday in November, 1865, with fourteen charter members as follows … Wilson and Amanda McClung" [Ravana Arkansas and the Enon Baptist Church, Bloomburg County Texas Historical Society, by Alice Brown]

Joseph W. McClung made application on August 13, 1900 for his Confederate Pension at Lisbon, Dallas County, Texas and was approved on Septemer 17, 1900. He was 68 years old at the time of the application. He served in Company D, 19th Texas Infantry for 2 years. He was injured by a gun shot in the right lung. He was living with his son William Israel McClung and Daughter-in-Law in the area of Lisbon, Dallas County, Texas. W. I. McClung and Amanda McClung (his wife) signed as witness to his application. In 1906, following William W.’s death on August 17, 1905, his widow Amanda amended his pension application. She indicated that he “servied 2 years and 3 months, he entered in May 1862 and served until wounded” but could not remember the dates of his discharge.

There is a family story that was told by William’s son, Samuel Wilson that goes like this: William W. and Amanda McClung were living on a little farm near Little Rock Arkansas during the Civil War. At the time William W. had a younger brother who was about 16 at the time (John Franklin McClung b 1852 would have been 12 or so, too young for serving in the war so he’s the more likely suspect). At any rate, Amanda had been informed by a returning soldier of the fact that her husband had been injured in the war and knew the battle and where it was fought. She knew where to look for her husband so she and the younger brother loaded up a wagon and went to get him. They found him hiding in a storm cellar along with several other wounded soldiers. He had taken a musket ball in the side just below the ribs, passing all the way through. There were maggots in the wound when he was found. She loaded him up in the wagon, he survived the ride home and she got him well enough that he took off walking back to the War when he healed up. By the time he got back to his Company the war was over so he had to walk all the way back home again. [fam]

The first child of Joseph Wilson and Amanda Endsley McClung was b. 1854. She married to a Calvin A. J. Brown. They lived at Eagle Lake, TX. They had nine children: Cora, Myrtle, Oliver, Irene, Paul, Preston, Carl Brown and two who died young.

The 1870 Census of Douglasville, Davis County Texas, lists her as Montriella [family members remember that Mountsie was short for something, but they didn’t know what] Mountsie’s husbands name was W.L. Brown. [R.L. McClung, her nephew] He is also referred to as Calvin Brown. (BarbMc)

The second child of Joseph Wilson and Amanda Endsley McClung was born Jan 1857. He married Tabitha Amarintha Proctor (b. 1860). He was a minister of the Missionary Baptist Church and four of his sons were ordained ministers. He was ordained in Johnson Co., TX at the Prairie Valley Baptist Church. He is reported to have baptised 2,026 believers. He owned a farm and other property. They lived in Drane, TX. He died 1938.

From Barbra McClung:
W. I. McClung is buried in the Frederick Cemetery, Tillman County, Oklahoma 19 Feb 1935. He performed the marriage of Samuel Wilson and Mamie McCauley at the Baptist Church in Seagoville, Dallas County, Texas 13 Oct 1897. He was known as “Uncle Dub” [fam]. He witnessed the pension application of his father on 13 Aug 1900. At that time, his parents were living with he and his family in the Seagoville, Dallas County, Texas area. [CSA Pension application for Joseph W. McClung]

The first child of Rev. William Israel and Tabitha A. Proctor McClung was b. 1879. He died in 1880.

The second child of Rev. William Israel and Tabitha A. Proctor McClung was b. 1881. She married J. C. Banks. They lived in Jester, TX. She died .

The fourth child of Rev. William Israel and Tabitha A. Proctor McClung was b. 1886 in Johnson Co., TX.. He married Hazel Lewis 25 Dec 1910. William was a clergyman. He was a student at the Baptist University; Theological Southwestern Baptist Seminary at Fort Worth, TX. He graduated from Chaplains Training School, Louisville, A. B. North, TX; State Tech College and earned D.D. at Howard Payne College, Brownwood, TX. He was ordained to the ministry in the Baptist church. He served as pastor at First Baptist Church, Alvord, TX; Comanche, OK; Denton, TX, Wichita, TX; Immanuel Baptist Church Little Fork, AR. He was a chaplain as a 1st Lt., US Army Overseas for 13 months; was at the Battle of Arone, with Army of Occupation, Germany six months. He was Trustee at Ottowa, KS U; Memorial State, TX, A member of the Baptist Convention.

Della V. McClung maried Montie Wilburn Mahanay (son of Millard Filmore Mahanay and Harriet Virginia Bridges). Both are buried in Sayre-Dixey Cemetery located just East of Sayer, OK. The cemetery survey shows: Mahanay, Della V. 1889-1969 wife of Montie W. and Mahanay, Montie W. 1995-1959 husband of Della V. [source: Genforum listing #275 Mahaney Family Forum. The cemetery listing confirmed.]

The third child of Joseph Wilson and Amanda Endsley McClung was b.Aug. 1860 in Lafayette Co., AR. He married Belzore Magintha Pyle. She was born Dec 1861 in GA and both her parents were born in GA. He died 1936 in Dallas,TX and she died 1941 in Dallas, TX. They had seven children.

His wife’s name was Bellzora, "Belle" Piles (or Pyles). [R.L. McClung]

Note: the census enumerator did not write down the names the way we have there here. We would like some help reconciling this difference.

The first child of James Henry and Belle Zore McClung was b. 1892. He married Carrie Barnes (b. 1897). He lived in South Gate CA and was a source of information for much of this branch of the family. He died 1974. They had three children: Travis Marion, Marjorie Lee, Luther Paul.

The second child of James Henry and Belle Zore McClung was born ca 1882. She died before 1977. She had six children: Geneva, Grace, Louis, Alfred, Lucile, Marvin, Jerome.

The third child of James Henry and Belle Zore McClung was born ca 1884 in Lafayette Co., AR. He had four children: Clarence, Helen, Ruby, Edward Hallice.

The fourth child of James Henry and Belle Zore McClung was born ca 1887 in Lafayette Co., AR. She had five children. Her married name was Durham [R.L. McClung]

The fifth child of James Henry and Belle Zore McClung was born ca 1889 in Arkansas. She may have died young.

The sixth child of James Henry and Belle Zore McClung died before 1977. The had seven children: Carl, Vera. Lois, Willard, Grady, Jeanette, and Alta.

The eighth child of James Henry and Belle Zore McClung. He had three children: Lloyd, Euell, Anette who md Donald Taylor.

The fourth child of Joseph Wilson and Amanda Endsley McClung was b. 1862. She married to Joseph James Herring. He was born 22 Feb 1854 and died 23 Nov 1899. They lived in Huffins, TX. She died 2 Sep 1929. Their children were: Emma, Eula, Nanny, Ouida, Ethel, Mamie, and Joe.

Louina Elizabeth and her Husband J. J. Herring lived in Huffines, Ellis County, Texas. Their children are: Emma "Minnie" m. Parker; Eula m. Gay; Nannie m Watson; Ouida m. Hurt; Ethel m. Fox; Joseph W. and Mamie. [R.L. McClung]

The fifth child of Joseph Wilson and Amanda Endsley McClung was b. 1865. She married M. E. Joyce from Seagoville, TX. She died in 1942. They had 7 children: Sallie, Eva, Annabelle, Vera, Roby, Emmett, Ernest.

The sixth child of Joseph Wilson and Amanda Endsley McClung was b. 1872. He married Maggie Hawhorn. They lived at Seagaville, TX. He died in 1952.

The seventh child of Joseph Wilson and Amanda Endsley McClung was b. 1870. She md Albert Mahanay (or Mahoney). They had Flora, Lynn, and Winnie Mahanay.

Barbra McClung writes:
Amanda Camilla McClung was known as "Aunt Cammie" (1867 - 1937). [fam] She married Albert Lloyd Mahanay on 15 Jan 1891 in Johnson County TX. (Marriage Book 7, 468, P.57) Both are buried in the Frederick Cemetery, Tillman County, OK by the Gish funeral home in Frederick. [also see Mahaney Family Genforum posting #253]

The eighth child of Joseph Wilson and Amanda Endsley McClung was b. 1875 in AR. He md 13 Oct 1897 to Mamie McCauley at the Baptist Church at Seagoville, TX.. She was born 2 Sep 1875 at Fayetteville, TN to John Thomas and Mary Louise French McCauley. They homesteaded 160 acres on State Highway 18, south of Tipton, OK, 3 miles west and 3 miles north of Davidson--on the northeast corner of the intersection. Samuel W. died 5 Apr 1934 at Davidson, OK and was buried at the Davidson Co., Cem. in Tillman County..

"My next recollection after that phone call was arriving at the homestead after Sam's death -- they had him laid out in the living room in his casket and there was a steady stream of people coming by, going in one door by the casket and out another, standing in the yard and talking like country folk always did. It was Edna that walked me by the casket so I could see him - he looked very dead. I'm not sure, but I think they had the funeral in the house and then went from there to the cemetery in Davidson. I don't remember a service anywhere else - the house was full of floral arrangements and people. I was told that for a few days before his death they had been troubled by some wild dogs harassing the calves and milk cows at night - they had spotted one of them that day and Sam, Joe, Milas and a neighbor had given chase to kill it. On returning home, Sam began to suffer from severe shortness of breath, and passed out and died in a few minutes --clearly a heart attack from overexertion - no doubts lots of plugged arteries -they were big on lots of pork and he likely consumed a pounds of lard a day most of his life." Pat McClung 2001

Samuel Wilson [my gggrandfather] b 31 Jul 1875 d 5 Apr 1834 Tillman County, Oklahoma [Oklahoma Certified Death Certificate] He married Mamie McCauley on 13 Oct 1897 at the Baptist Church in Seagoville, Dallas County, Texas. The marriage was performed by Sam’s brother, W.I. McClung. [Dallas County Marriage Book P page 416] Mamie McCauley b 2 Sep 1874 Fayetteville, Lincoln County, Tennessee d 4 Jul 1940. Both are buried in the Davidson Cemetery, Tillman County, Oklahoma.

Samuel Wilson McClung Homesteaded 160 acres on State Highway 18, south of Tipton, OK, 3 miles west and 3 miles north of Davidson--on the northeast corner of the intersection. The McClung, McAfee and Mahanay families left the Seagoville, Dallas County, Texas area in about 1908 (after Oklahoma became a state) and moved to the Tillman County, Oklahoma (former Indian land). They leased two boxcars. They loaded the farming equipment in and the livestock in the other. The man partitioned off part of the boxcar with the livestock and traveled in that boxcar with the livestock. At the time, there was no direct train route to Oklahoma so the trip took them almost 6 weeks and took them to Kansas City before taking them back toward Oklahoma. They had to stop the train every 24 hours to graze and water the livestock as was a regulation at the time. The women and children were in wagons with all their other possessions. [Story related by R.L. McClung, Sam’s Son]

The first child of Samuel Wilson and Mamie McClung was b 1898 Dallas County, Texas, and died 1900 Dallas County, Texas (she was about 18 months old when she died [fam])

The second child of Samuel Wilson and Mamie McClung b 28 Aug 1900 Lisbon, Dallas County, Texas d 30 Sep 1982 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Married on 11 Sept 1920 in Sunset, Montague County, Texas to Hallie Eunice Ridenour b 11 Sept 1900 Sunset, Montague County, Texas d 26 Feb 1992 Dallas County, Texas. Both are buried at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Robert Lee McClung attended the Southwestern Baptist Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas and was ordainted in July 1924. He served as a Chaplain during WWI, at Fort Wood, Missouri in 1942, at Balboa, Panama in 1946, and at Tinker Field Airforce in Oklahoma in 1946. He pastored churches in Shawnee, Tulsa, Mangum, Marlow, and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma during his career. He retired from the ministry in about 1965 but continued to serve when called.

He and his brother Joe loved baseball and played constantly. He was extremely athletic and agile even into adulthood. Barbra can remember him walking on his hands and teaching the grandkids to do cartwheels and handstands when we were small.

They had three sons and two daughters; 11 grandchildren; 10 ggrandchildren; and 2 gggrandchildren.

The third child of Samuel Wilson and Mamie McClung b19 Sep 1902 d 16 Jan 1977 Tulsa, Oklahoma. He married Alta Parrish. They have two daughters. Joseph and Alta lived in Tillman County Oklahoma just down the road from Samuel and Mamie and the two families worked the farm together growing mostly cotton and alphalfa hay.

The fourth child of Samuel Wilson and Mamie McClung was b 24 Feb 1904 d 1977 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Edna married Tomas Powell and then Mike Pennick.

The fifth child of Samuel Wilson and Mamie McClung was b 24 Aug 1906 d 1979. Ruth first married Ralph Gilmer and had a daughter. Ralph died and she married Holman Goza [granddaughter of Ruth] Ruth bought the telephone company in Ryan, Oklahoma just after WWII and had the switchboard in her living room. She and her husband Ralph owned a furniture and grocery store in Ryan, Oklahoma.

The sixth child of Samuel Wilson and Mamie McClung was b 1910 d 1920. He died of a ruptured appendix. [fam] Is buried in the Davidson Cemetery in Tillman County, Oklahoma near his parents.

The seventh child of Samuel Wilson and Mamie McClung was b 13 Mar 1912 d 1980 in Burkburnett, Texas. There is a great photo of him on the Tillman County GenWeb site under “Tillman County Residents who servied in WWII”. He returned to Tillman County after WWII and worked as a meat cutter in the store than Ruth McClung owned in Ryan, Oklahoma. [fam] He married a lady named Nell. They had no children.

The eighth child of Samuel Wilson and Mamie McClung, also known as "Tom B", was b 13 Mar 1919 d Apr 1978 in Texas. She married Jack Ross and had two children. [fam]

The ninth child of Joseph Wilson and Amanda Endsley McClung was b. 1878. He md Ethel. They lived in Drane, TX. He died 1965. They had: Ray,a Baptist minister, md Fay; Ralph, md Maxine; Roy McClung, president of Wayland College, md Genelle.

The second child of William W. and Mary Ann Drummonds McClung was born in 1834 (?). She married Larkin M. Hewitt 20 Sep 1851 in Fulton Co., GA. Larkin was from Deston, AL.

The third child of William Wilson McClung was b. 1825 (1860c AR has 1835 in GA. She was probably the first child of William W.'s first marriage. She married Absalom Carter. They lived in Linden, TX.

(BarbMc) According to the children of R.L. McClung (William W.’s ggrandhildren) there was no prior marriage, and also indicated that Joseph Wilson (3-4) always referred to himself as the first-born and was very proud of the fact. [fam]

The M.A. who is listed in the Cass County Texas as the wife of Absolum Carter (b in 1823 or 1826 if you compare the 1860 and 1870 Cass County Census) Willliam W. would have been 14-15 years old. Barbra does not believe that the M.A. McClung who is married to Absolum Carter is the same person as the Martha Ann who is listed on the 1850 /1860 Campbell County Georgia Census. It is more likely that the M.A. who is married or Mr. Carter is the sister of William Wilson, not is daughter. [Campbell Co GA Census of 1850: William M. Age 40, Mary Ann Age 39; Joseph W. age 18, Elvira J. age 17; Martha A. age 15, George A. age 14, Sarach C. age 12, James R. age 10; William J. age 8 Leonard J. age 7, Mary M. age 5, Nancy age 3, Emily F age 2 months] (From BarbMc)

The fifth child of William Wilson and Mary Ann Drummonds McClung was born in 1838 in GA. She married William Hill from Bright Star, AR before 1860. She died in 1903.

The sixth child of William Wilson and Mary Ann Drummonds McClung was b.in 1838 in GA. She married James Hogue and lived in Dewpsy, AL.

The seventh child of William Wilson and Mary Ann Drummonds McClung was born in 1840 in GA. She married Roe Baker before 1860. They settled in Tahlegua, Indian Territory.

The eighth child of William Wilson and Mary Ann Drummonds McClung was born 10 Apr 1852 in Campbell Co. GA. He married Martha A. Bricker 1 Sep 1871 in Cass Co., TX. She was b. 2 Apr 1856 and d. 30 Oct 1873. They had one child, Amazonia. He married 2nd Mattie Leamons 4 Nov 1875. They had eleven children. He md 3rd to Alice Frelines, a spinster who died about 1926. No children He md 4th Callie Gosset, a widow who survived him. No children. He died 2 Apr 1932 at Italy, TX.

Barbra McClung:John Franklin lived with Joseph Wilson, his older brother after the death of his father, William W. in 1863. [1870 census of Davis, now Cass County Texas] He was ordained in 1878 and was a Baptist minister in Ellis County Texas. [Ellis County Historical Society]

The first child of Rev. John Franklin McClung and Martha A. Bricker McClung. She married Luther Parker 25 Nov 1894. She died abt 1928 in Texarkana.

The second child of Rev. John Franklin McClung and his second wife, Mattie Leamons McClung. She married Will Fountaine Formby 22 Apr 1896. They had six children: Jay Travis, Lennis Fay, Andrew Franklin, Merle Alleyne, Donald Exton.

The third child of Rev. John Franklin and his second wife, Mattie Leamons McClung. She married Edwin O. Smith 24 Dec 1894.

The fourth child of Rev. John Franklin and his second wife, Mattie Leamons McClung. He married __ Gaithur 18 June 1902 (?).

The fifth child of Rev. John Franklin and his second wife, Mattie Leamons McClung. She married Thomas Burton McWhirter 15 June 1906.

The sixth child of Rev. John Franklin and his second wife, Mattie Leamons McClung. She married J. P. Thompson 15 Feb 1911.

The seventh child of Rev. John Franklin and his second wife, Mattie Leamons McClung. He md Mattie Flo Turrentine Aug 1911.

The eighth child of Rev. John Franklin and his second wife, Mattie Leamons McClung. He married Sadie Clifford Gaiter.

The nine child of Rev. John Franklin and his second wife, Mattie Leamons McClung. He married Bessie Buckley 16 Dec 1919.

The tenth child of Rev. John Franklin and his second wife, Mattie Leamons McClung. She married Roscoe Terrell.

The eleventh child of Rev. John Franklin and his second wife, Mattie Leamons McClung. He married Agness Powers 5 Nov 1920.

The twelfth child of Rev. John Franklin and his second wife, Mattie Leamons McClung. She died unmarried.

The tenth child of William Wilson and Mary Ann Drummonds McClung. He was born 1842 in GA. He is listed with his family in the 1860 census of Lafayette Co., AR. He died 1862.

The eleventh child of William Wilson and Mary ann Drummonds McClung was b. 1844 in GA. He was listed with his family in the 1860 census of Lafayette Co., AR. He died in 1862. Both he and his brother, William Jackson died the same year. This was during the civil war so they may have been soldiers.

The twelfth child of William Wilson and Mary Ann Drummonds McClung was b. 1846. She md James Brown. They lived in Bright Star, AR. She died in 1880.

The thirteenth child of William Wilson and Mary Ann Drummonds McClung was b. 1853. She died in 1866 at age ca 13.

The fourth child of Reuben B. and Mary Williamson McClung was born ca 1815 in GA. She married James Kennedy from Atlanta, TX.

There was a son born to Reuben and Mary Williamson McClung between 1815 and 1820. His name is unknown at this time.

The sixth child of Reuben B. and Mary Williamson McClung was b. 4 Sep 1818. She married John McElwreath 29 Dec 1839 in Fulton Co., GA. He was b. Nov. 1812 and died 18 May 1894. The settled in Marietta, Georgia. They had a son, Reuben Pinkney McElreath b. 1845; d.1920. Ann Eliza died 17 Mar 1896.

The first child of Robert McClung was born in 1909. He married Lillian Mae Holland 14 Dec 1932. She was b. 16 Apr 1914. They had four children: Horace, Howard, David, Janice R.

The ninth child of Reuben B. and Mary Williamson McClung. He was b. 6 June 1823. He married Martha (Margaret/Peggy). She was b. 2 Nov 1827 and d. 18 Dec 1906. Reuben lived in Talbot Co., GA. He was a laborer. They later settled and lived in Dallas, GA. They had 3 children. He was the administrator of the estate of his father in Paulding County in 1860. Reuben B. died 7 Feb 1904.

The first child of Reuben and Peggy McClung was b. 30 Aug 1845. He md Louseasor Mitchell Henderson 20 Jul 1871 in Paulding Co., TN. She was b. 14 Apr 1852 and d. 6 Nov 1943. He died 13 Mar 1914. They had 12 children.

The first child of Madison Floyd and Loueasor M. Henderson McClung was b. 14 Apr 1872.

The second child of Madison Floyd and Loueasor M. Henderson McClung was b. 1 June 1874.

The sixth child of Madison Floyd and Loueasor M. Henderson McClung was b. 27 Sep 1881. He md Eola Dencifield Gann 17 Jan 1909. She was b. 2 Oct 1885; d. 25 Feb 1962. They had nine children. He died 26 Oct 1945.

The first child of Oliver Sessor and Eola D. Gann McClung was b. 10 May 1910 at Dallas, GA. She married 1st: Solon Lee Franklin 11 Oct 1935. He was b. 28 Aug 1905; d. 26 Jun 1956. They had Oliver Lee Franklin. She md 2nd Wallace Rutherford (b. 20 Nov 1905). She md 3rd: Charles Harry Bradley (b. 24 Feb 1901)>

The second child of Oliver Sessor and Eola D. Gann McClung was b. 10 Aug 1911 at Dallas,GA. He md Eva Corley 20 Jan 1933. She was b. 20 Nov 1905. They had four children: Bennie Corley, Eva Ruth, Nall Wayne and ___ McClung.

The third child of Oliver Sessor and Eola D. Gann McClung was b.21 May 1913, Dallas, GA. He md Elna Lenoyice Bertram McClung 3 Jun 1939. She was b. 2 Sep 1918. They had Ralph Ray and Yulondia Ola McClung

The fourth child of Oliver Sessor and Eola D. Gann McClung was b. 25 Nov 1914, Dallas, GA. She md Woodrow Wilson Massey 8 June 1934. He was b. 1 Mar 1913. They had Bobby Eugene Massey, Janice Maxine, Nina Ruth.

5-8 JOE YORK McCLUNG
GA0115

The fifth child of Oliver Sessor and Eola D. Gann McClung was b. 10 May 1917, Dallas, GA. He married Miriam Esther Lee 9 May 1941. She b. 15 Aug 1919. Three children: Patricia Ellen James Edward, Kenneth Glenn.

The sixth child of Oliver Sessor and Eola D. Gann McClung was b. 5 July 1920 at Powder Springs, GA. He md Lucy Jean Pentecost 11 Nov 1940. She was b. 17 Mar 1922. Their children were: Patsy Ann, Ida Kathryn.

The seventh child of Oliver Sessor and Eola D. Gann McClung was b. 22 Jul 1923 at Elora, TN. He md Willie Mae Pentecost 2 Jun 1948. She b. 17 Jul 1925. their children were: Johnny Wayne, Paula Jean.

The eighth child of Oliver Sessor and Eola D. Gann McClung was b. 31 Dec 1925 at Dallas, GA. He married Ilma Lorelle Sykes 24 May 1946. She b. 22 Jan 1925. Their children were: Susan Lynn, Joni Marie.

The ninth child of Oliver Sessor and Eola D. Gann McClung was b. 8 Feb 1931, Dallas, GA. She md Joe E. O'Guin 23 Dec 1950. He was b. 24 Oct 1927. Their children were: Linda Faye, Janet Elaine.

The seventh child of Madison Floyd and Loueasor M. Henderson McClung was b.1 Jan 1884.

The eighth child of Madison Floyd and Loueasor M. Henderson McClung was b. 27 Aug 1886.

The tenth child of Reuben B. and Polly (Early) McClung was b. in 1824. He married Mary (Polly) Austin who was b. 1828 (1860c Paulding). They settled and lived in Dallas, Baits Twp, Cobb Co., GA. In the 1850 census of Cobb Co. it shows sons Taylor b. 1845; Matthew b. 1847 and a son not yet named but 6 months old. Thornton was buried at Flint Hill Methodist Church, Hiram, GA. It appears that they had six children.

The first child of Thornton and Mary Austin McClung was b. 18 Oct 1846. He md Permallie Mollie Dorris 24 Jan 1901. She was b. 3 Mar 1847; d. 20 Oct 1907. He died 24 Jan 1901 and they were buried at Flint Hill Methodist Church, Hiram, GA. Some records show his name as General Taylor McClung. They lived at Paulding Co., GA.

1-7 JOSEPH TAYLOR McCLUNG
GA0124

The first child of Taylor and Permallie M.D. McClung was b. 30 Mar 1874. He md Anna Eliza Rickerson 1 Oct 1897. She was b. 5 Mar 1874 and d. 28 Feb. 1917. They had ten children. Joseph then married 2nd Ethel Gay Grimes on 30 Sep 1923. She was b. 25 May 1919. She was a school teacher and was teaching in a rural school in Upson Co. near Thomaston when they met. She also taught at Cochran, located where the Cochran Ridge Baptist Church now stands. They had five children. Joseph Taylor died 20 Mar 1954.

The first child of Joseph Taylor and Anna Eliza Rickerson McClung was b. 21 Aug 1898. He md Nellie Atcheson in 1921. She died 1 May 1957 and was buried at Westview Cem., Atlanta, GA. He lived and worked in Atlanta. They had three children: Charles, Lynn, and Anne. Byron md 2nd Jewell Goodman Feb 1962.

The second child of Joseph Taylor and Anna Eliza Rickerson McClung was b. 27 Nov 1899. She md John Renfroe in 1924. He died 18 Jan 1984. They lived their lives in Paulding, CO and farmed many years and were faithful members of Bethany Christian Church. They had three children: Annie Ruth, John Billy, Jimmy Clark. Zera died 11 Aug 1977.

The third child of Joseph Taylor and Anna Eliza Rickerson McClung was b. 14 Dec 1901. She md L. I. (Bob) Shue Aug 1928. They lived in DeKalb Co. most of their lives and later bought a beautiful home in the mountains in Cleveland, White Co., GA. They had two children: Bobby Shue and Marline Shue. Merle died 26 Dec 1986 and Bob died 8 May 1985.

The fourth child of Joseph Taylor and Anna Eliza Rickerson McClung was b. 8 Feb 1904. She md Clyde R. Lawler on 3 Sep 1923. They devoted their entire lives to serving in the ministry. He served 2nd Baptist Church Symma and Hill St. Baptist in Marietta. Most of their life wa in Cobb CO. They had three children: Jack Raymond, Marvine, and Carolyn Lawler. She died 30 Nov 1990.

The fifth child of Joseph Taylor and Anna Eliza Rickerson McClung was b. 15 May 1905. He md Ina Pearl Hemperly 27 Jan 1932 at Hiram, GA. She was b. 8 Nov 1903; d. 13 Apr 1982. They had four children: Joseph Ottis, (?). Ottis died 10 Apr 1962 and they were buried at Crestlawn Cem, Atlanta, GA.

The sixth child of Joseph Taylor and Anna Eliza Rickerson McClung was b. 12 Feb 1907. She md Henry Stephens in 1947. No children. She died 22 Dec 1984.

The seventh child of Joseph Taylor and Anna Eliza Rickerson McClung was b. 12 Jan 1909. She md Leonard Cooper in 1931. They lived in Dallas, GA. She died 9 Oct 1985 and was bur. Bethany Christian church cem. on Highway 61. They had: Barbara Nell & Wendell Cooper.

The eighth child of Joseph Taylor and Anna Eliza Rickerson McClung was b.9 Jan 1911. He md Alline McTyre in 1936. He worked at Coats and Clark Thread Co. in Clarkdale and lived in Cobb county most of his married life. Two children: Eleanor and Joyce. He died 1 Apr 1937 and was buried at Powder Springs City Cem.

The ninth child of Joseph Taylor and Anna Eliza Rickerson McClung was b. 25 Apr 1913. He md Aubrey Hart Jan 1935. They had a child: Ted McClung. He died 3 Feb 1967.

The tenth child of Joseph Taylor and Anna Eliza Rickerson McClung was b. 9 Apr 1915. He md Ann Hodges in 1967. They lived in Paulding county and Atlanta. He died 26 Oct 1985 and she died in 1959. He md 2nd Lucile Partain 31 Dec 1974.

The eleventh child of Joseph Taylor and his second wife Ethel Gay Grimes was b. 14 Feb 1926. He md Betty Gamblin in 1951. They live in the old Joe McClung homeplace.

The twelfth child of Joseph Taylor and his second wife Ethel Gay Grimes was b. 10 Dec 1933. He md Beatrice Croker in 1953. He obtained part of the land of his father, Joe, and has farmed and raised livestock, part time. He is the sixth generation and his children the seventh generation to live on this land on McClung Road in Hiram.

13-8 DORIS McCLUNG
GA0137

The thirteenth child of Joseph Taylor and his second wife Ethel Gay Grimes was b. 18 July 1924. She married Marion L. Barner. Doris worked for Sears and Mickey wrote and recorded songs in the country music field. Their children were: Janet, Edwin, Sandra, Valarie, Richard, Jerry Barner.

The fourteenth child of Joseph Taylor and his second wife Ethel Gay Grimes was b. 12 Aur 1930. She married Clarence Smith in 1952.

The fifteenth child of Joseph Taylor and his second wife Ethel Gay Grimes was b. 9 Dec 1927. She md Paul Young 17 May 1973.

The third child of Thornton and Mary Austin McClung was b. in 1849. He probably did not live to the 1860 census.

The fourth child of Thornton and Mary Austin McClung was b. 1852 in Georgia (probably Paulding County.

The fifth child of Thornton and Mary Austin McClung was b. in 1856. He md Josephine Simmons. They lived in Hiram TX (?). (Could this be the Rev. Thomas B. McClung also called Bert?). They had 6 children.

The sixth child of Bud and Josephine Simmons McClung was md to Jim Argo. They lived in Hiram,(?) TX.

The eleventh child of Reuben and Mary Williamson McClung was born 17 May 1827 in GA. He married Deborah Brown 12 Dec 1847 in Campbell County GA (records now in Fulton Co., GA). The marriage was perfored by Parker M. Rice, MG. Deborah was born 14 June 1829 and died 23 Apr 1904. Samuel was in Co. C, 30th Georgia Infantry, CSA during the Civil War. His tombstone also states that he was a Mason. He was a deacon at Bethel Baptist Church.

They seemed to have moved back and forth between Carroll Co. and Haralson. This family was in the 1860 census of Campbell County but have not been found in 1850. The census index says he is on p. 111 of Campbell County. They lived in Temple GA which is at the corner of Carroll, Paulding and Haralson counties. The Campbell County records are now in Fulton County as Campbell was dissolved. They were in the Haralson Co. 1870 and 1880 censuses of GA. Some of the problem may have been the changing boundary lines.

Samuel and Deborah had 16 children. On 12 June 1869, they joined Bethel Missionary Baptist Church at Temple, GA. They were listed as charter members of First Baptist church of Temple which was organized 1 Nov 1884. They are buried at Bethel Baptist Church, and their son, Rev. Burt McClung, and his wife Sudie are buried next to them. (Minutes of Bethel Missionary Baptist church, 12 June 1869, supplied by Mrs. Shirley Hutcheson. A History of Temple, Georgia, by Burel Williams Hodler. 1982, p. 198).

The first child of Samuel B.L.J. and Debbie Brown McClung was born ca 1850 in GA. She never married. She lived to be about 85 and died at Temple, GA.

The second child of Samuel B.L.J. and Debbie Brown McClung was born ca 1852 in GA. He was a minister in Temple, GA. He married Sudie Pollard ca 1878. By the 1880 census he was enumerated not far from his parents with wife, Suson E. and a daugher, Sarah E., aged 1 year.

The third child of Samuel B.L.J. and Debbie Brown McClung was born ca 1853. He lived on Temple Highway just north of Carrollton, GA city limits. We find him in the 1850 census in Talbot County (#455) with wife, Martha (b. 18?7 in GA). They had three children by then. We need 1860c Talbot Co., GA. (from M. Wages) Reuben married Katherine Pollard.

The fourth child of Samuel B.L.J. and Debbie Brown McClung was born abt 1855, and died in 1881. He married Mollie __?__. He is listed in the 1860 census of Campbell County with his family as "Whila".

The fifth child of Samuel B. and Debbie Brown McClung was born ca 1857 in GA. She md Billy Wisenhunt.

The sixth child of Samuel B. L. J. and Debbie Brown McClung was b. 28 Feb 1848. He md Mattie Jones 18 Dec 1879. She was b. 23 Nov 1861; d. 19 Apr 1898. They lived on Temple Highway 4 miles north of Carrollton, GA. They had children. He died 15 Sep 1933.

The fifth child of William Spencer and Mattie Jones McClung was b. 15 Jul 1890 Carrllton, GA. He md Lilla Mae Jackson 20 Feb 1910. She was b. 30 Sep 1894 at Carrollton, GA; d. 18 Nov 1925 at Birmingham, AL, b. Carrollton, GA. They lived in Anniston AL. They had three children. He md 2nd Christine McCray and had one child with her. He died 14 Feb 1958 at Anniston, AL and buried at Anniston, AL.

The first child of Spencer Arley and Lilla Mae Jackson McClung was b. 6 May 1916, Carrollton GA. She died 13 Feb. 1919.

The second child of Spencer Arley and Lilla Mae Jackson McClung was b. 24 Feb 1918 at Carrollton, GA.

The third child of Spencer Arley and Lilla Mae Jackson McClung was b. 20Oct 1924 at Birmingham, AL. He md Jean Edge 28 Jul 1945 at Anniston, AL. She was b. 6 Mar 1925, the dau of James Washington and Katie Lee Walker Edge. Their children are Linda Faye, Susan Kaye, James William, Jr.

The third child of Spencer Arley and his second wife, Christine McCray was b. 10 Aug 1931 at Carrollton, GA. He md Charlene Hollingsworth 20 Jun 1954. She was b. 20 Jun 1934 at Birmingham, AL.

The sixth child of William Spencer and Mattie Jones McClung was b. 27 Mar 1893. He died 10 Jun 1993.

The seventh child of William Spencer and Mattie Jones McClung was b. 11 Feb 1896. She md Littleton G. White. He was b. 6 Nov 1907; d. 30 Apr 1938. they had one son: Billy McClung White.

The eighth child of William Spencer and Mattie Jones McClung was b. 19 Apr 1898; d. 26 Jun 1898.

The ninth child of William Spencer and Mattie Jones McClung was b. 15 Feb 1911. She md Harold Patate of Temple, GA. She died 4 Oct 1993. They had three children: Becky, John and Tom Patate.

The seventh child of Samuel B. and Debbie Brown McClung was born ca 1859 in GA. She married Dan Rayburn. They lived in Cullman Co., AL.

The eighth child of Samuel B.L.J. and Debbie Brown McClung was b. 7 Oct 1860. He md Elizabeth A.. She was b. 31 Mar 1861. David was a Mechanic at a G.S.RR Shop. They lived in Avondale, AL. They had five children.

The first child of David Moses and Elizabeth A. McClung was b. 8 Feb 1883.

The third child of David Moses and Elizabeth A. McClung was b. 16 Jan 1887. She died 16 Jan 1887, the same day of birth.

The ninth child of Samuel B.L.J. and Debbie Brown McClung was born ca 1862 in GA. He married Amanda __?__.

The tenth child of Samuel B.L.J. and Debbie Brown McClung was born 1 Sep 1863 in Ga. By 1880 he was not enumerated with his family. There is a Frank McClung in Haralson County living with the George M. Roberts family and listed as age 18. He married Hadassah Jane Coalson 17 Oct 1889 just a month after her mother died. She was born 2 Dec 1868 to Rev. William Allen and Harriet and Deborah Eady Coalson. Samuel and Hadassah were married in her home by her brother, Rev. Abram Josephus Coalson.

Samuel was ordained a deacon at Bethesda Baptist Church (Carroll County?) in 1900. He was also a Mason. He was active in the Populist Party (according to the editor of the Haralson County Tribune. The family was living in Carroll County in 1900 in Temple; they lived in Paulding Co. by 1906 when Ruth started school. In 1910 Samuel and Hadassah bought a farm in Haralson Co, about a mile from Mt. Zion Baptist Church.

Samuel Franklin died of pneumonia 4 Feb 1918. He was buried at Mount Zion Baptist Church East. Hadassah sold the farm in 1921 and moved to Macon to live with her son, Plennie and his wife, Florence. She died from complications of kidney surgery 19 Apr 1933.

The first child of Samuel Franklin and Hadassah Coalson McClung was born 22 July 1890. She married Homer Parks 25 Dec 1908. They had nine children: Ewell, Ellie, Reba, Agnes, Ernest, Virgil, Hoyt, W. C. and Morene.

The second child of Samuel Franklin and Hadassah Coalson McClung was born 10 Oct 1892. She married Ora Smith. They had three children: Ruby Nell, Wray Rogers, and Ira B. Smith, Jr.

The third child of Samuel Franklin and Hadassah Coalson McClung was born 3 Feb 1894. He married Florence Eaves 7 Feb 1915. They had four children: Samuel Boyce, Edna Earl, Edwin Lee and Jo Anne.

The fourth child of Samuel Franklin and Hadassah Coalson McClung was born 30 Dec 1895. He married Essie Jones in 1913. She died one year later - 4 Nov 1915. Elmer later married Willie Mae Davis 13 Jan 1916. They had nine children: William Otis, Samuel Foster, Laura, Marie, Derelle, Willie, Lorene, Anne and Charles Ray. Their first baby boy died at birth, unnamed.

1-8 WILLIAM OTIS McCLUNG
GA0184

The first child of Samuel Elmer and Willie Mae Davis McClung.

The second child of Samuel Elmer and Willie Mae Davis McClung.

The third child of Samuel Elmer and Willie Mae Davis McClung.

The fourth child of Samuel Elmer and Willie Mae Davis McClung.

The fifth child of Samuel Elmer and Willie Mae Davis McClung.

The sixth child of Samuel Elmer and Willie Mae Davis McClung.

The seventh child of Samuel Elmer and Willie Mae Davis McClung.

The eighth child of Samuel Elmer and Willie Mae Davis McClung.

The ninth child of Samuel Elmer and Willie Mae Davis McClung.

The fifth child of Samuel Franklin and Hadassah Coalson McClung was born 26 Nov 1897. She married J. Dudley Rowell 12 Jan 1917. He was born 26 Aug 1888 and died 9 Sep 1957. She married Vernon Elbert Wages 20 Aug 1960. Their children were Ollie Ruth, Christine, Stanton, Daniel, and Clark who died at 8 days old, Emily, Curtis, Donald, Esther.

The sixth child of Samuel Franklin and Hadassah Coalson McClung was born 30 Jan 1900. (twin)> She married Joseph W. Leach 27 May 1925. He was born 27 May 1887 and died 12 Mar 1969. They are buried at Oakknoll Cem., Rome, GA. They reared two children: Marjorie Nell ;and Joseph William Sproul, Jr.

The seventh child of Samuel Franklin and Hadassah Coalson McClung was born 30 Jan 1900 (twin). He died when nine months old. He may be buried at Liberty Christian Church in Haralson Co., GA, near Temple.

The eighth child of Samuel Franklin and Hadassah Coalson McClung was born 29 Oct 1904. He married Derelle Vanlandingham 14 Dec 1929. She was born 22 June 1910 and died 26 Aug 1976. She is buried at Wadley. They reared one daughter, Jacqueline (Jackie). He died 28 Aug 1969 and is buried at Wadley, GA. with Derelle.

The child of William Cyrel and Derelle Vanlandingham McClung.

The eleventh child of Samuel B.L.J. and Debbie Brown McClung was b. at Bremen, GA ca 1865. He married Clementine Smith.

1-7 TROY McCLUNG
GA0199
The first child of Gaze McClung was Chief of Police at LaGrange, GA.

12-6 ELLA McCLUNG
GA0200

The twelfth child of Samuel B. L.J. and Debbie Brown McClung was born ca 1877 in GA. When the Georgia Pacific Railroad was built through Temple, Ella became engaged to a young engineer who was with the railroad. He told her he would go back home and build a house for them, then he would return for her. Several months went by and she did not hear from him. She became sick and died. (They said it was from a broken heart.) On the day she died, she received a telegram from him. He said the house was finished and he was returning for her. He attended her funeral and kept in touch with the family for a long time. (Ruth McClung Leach).

The thirteenth child of Samuel B. L. J. and Debbie Brown McClung was born ca 1869 in Haralson Co., GA. She married Rev. Andrew Dodd.

The fourteenth child of Samuel B. and Debbie Brown McClung was born ca 1881. She md George Roberson.

The fifteenth child of Samuel B. L.J. and Debbie Brown McClung was born after 1880 in GA. She md Whit Adair.

The sixteenth child of Samuel B. L. J. and Deborah Brown McClung was born after 1880 in Haralson Co., GA. She died as a young single woman.

The eleventh child of Reuben and Polly (Early) McClung was born between 1825-30 and shows up on the 1840 census of Campbell Co. GA (Need to check this enumeration)

The first child of ? McClung was born ca 1847 in GA. We find him in the Harris County, GA census in 1880 with wife, Anna b. 1855 in GA. They had their first two children before 1880.

The first child of James and Anna McClung was born 1878 in Harris Co., GA.

The second child of James and Anna McClung was born ca 1879 in Harris Co., GA.

I am a descendant of William Wilson McClung (GA020), second son of Reuben B. McClung (although I have not been able to confirm that to date). I am not a genealogist so please forgive any amateur blunders that I have committed and I am sure much of the information that is found, to me is common knowledge to you.

I have listed the source information in [ ]. The information comes from personal knowledge [pers], stories that have been told to me by my father and various aunts, uncles and cousins [fam]. The information also comes from a genealogy that was written by my grandfather, Robert Lee McClung in 1965 [R.L. McClung] I am sure that much his information is from his memory and I have (and continue to) research and confirm it constantly. I have not included the specific names of some of the sources that are family members, but have verified their information through census records, cemetery visits, etc. wherever possible. I have also not listed any names or information on anyone that I know or believe to be living. The information follows Jonas McClung (GA073).