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State of Service: VA
Qualifying Service: Private / Patriotic Service
Author: Charles Edwin Finley
William McClung served as a Private in Virginia and also signed the Oath of Fidelity for Right of Land.
William was born 1738 in Rockbridge, Virginia to John McClung and Rebecca Stuart.
About 1766, he married Abigail Dickinson (1746-1820).
In 1773 he emigrated with his wife and three children from Rockbridge Co., VA to the mouth of Big Clear Creek, near Rupert, WV. As Indian hostilities grew, he soon moved to near what is now Williamsburg, WV, where he resided three years to be near Ft. Donnally. before returning to Big Clear Creek about 1776.
He was the first settler on Meadow River (the area became known as McClung's Meadows and the river later became Meadow River). He took a tomahawk entry for a few thousand acres of land on that river and its tributaries. When he first raised his cabin, there was not a store or mill in many miles of his lonely habitation. The Indians were so troublesome that he plowed with his rifle tied to his shoulder, while his wife with her musket and three little children, took refuge in the dense swamp during the day, returning to the cabin only at night when he was there to defend them.
William and Abigail had the following children
1. Abigail Carpenter (1746 –1820) married Joseph Black 2. John McClung (1768 – 1850) married Hannah McMillion 3. James McClung (1770 –1824) married Mary Alderson 4. William McClung ( 1772 –1853) married Jane Alderson 5. Catherine McClung (1775 –1799) 6. Joseph McClung ( 1777 – 1850) married Jane Cavendish 7. Mary McClung (1780 – 1806) married Jonas McCutcheon 8. Charles McClung (1782 –1847)
9. Samuel McClung (1782 –1828) married Sarah Hinton 10. Abigail Dickenson McClung (1786 –1860) 11. Janet/Jane McClung (1788 – 1850) married Andrew Cavendish 12. Alexander McClung (1792 – 1862) married Rebecca Cavendish
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