Edward “Ned” McClung

• Gender: Male
• Birth: circa 1756 - Augusta County, Virginia, British Colonial America
• Death: 1792 (31-40) - Moles Island, Kanawha County, Virginia, United States (Accidental drowning)
• Son of John McClung, Sr. and Rebecca (Stuart) McClung [disputed]
• Husband of Letitia Black

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Family

From https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~wvpioneers/genealogy/mcclungsofvirg...

From court testimony, We know the (last) wife of John McClung died in 1781. The following information on the children of John is based on records, but some of the dates are estimated. … If you are a member of Ancestry, you can < view my tree >. Check in the Gallery Section for documentation. With this lawsuit and other information, it is believed the children of John and his wife (or wives) were

9. Edward McClung (1756 - 1793) married Letitia Black (1766-1849)

Family 2 Edward McClung d. circa 1797 Marriage*
Letitia Black married Edward McClung.1

Children

1. Jane McClung1 b. c 1792
2. Sally McClung1 b. c 1793
3. Mary McClung1 b. c 1795
4. Edward McClung1 b. c 1797

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https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~rootsr/genealogy/204.htm

7-3 EDWARD McCLUNG
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The seventh child of John and Janet/Jennett Thompson McClung was probably born about 1756 in Augusta Co. in an area that later became Rockbridge Co. He md Mrs. Letitia Weymer, nee Black abt 1784. They moved in 1791 to Peters Creek at Kessler Cross Lanes in what later became Nicholas Co., WV. Capt. George Fitzwater also had a cabin there at the same time, when the Morris children were murdered at Peters Creek in 1792 by the Indians. (A monument is located in the Nicholas Co. Court House yard in reference to the children and the killing). Mathias Young made his way during the night to Kesslers Cross Lanes and notified McClung of the danger. Edward and the family accompanied by Young and Fitzwater set out for Peter�s Creek. Each man carried on his back a child and the wife followed along. All arrived safely at Peter�s Creek. The Morris children were buried and very soon all set out for the fort on the Kanawha River at the mouth of Hughes Creek. Edward McClung I sold his holdings at Kessler Cross Lanes in Nicholas Co. to the Campbells and Bailes and never returned.

They had four children. Edward drowned in the Kanawha River near Moles Island the latter part of 1793.

According to the records of Joseph Groves, Letitia married to William C. Groves and moved with him to Gallipolia, OH where they reared a large family.

The marriage records of Greenbrier Co. show a Lettice McClung marrying 28 Nov 1797 to William Cherrington (Gr Mg, 5).

Notes

From Find A Grave contributor Delijim:

Letitia as married to Edward "Ned" McClung (1756-1792), son of John McClung, Sr. and Rebecca Stuart. Their marriage occurred in abt. 1784. Edward McClung died suddenly in 1792 when he drowned in the Kanawha River {an account of his drowning is included in Chalkley's Transcriptions of Augusta County Court Records in Vol. 2.

Chancery Cause: William Moore vs. [John] McClung's Heirs. The answer of Lettitia Charleton wife of William Charleton late Lettitia McClung widow & relict of Edward McClung Dec'd. to the Bill of complaint exhibited against herself & others in the Court of Rockbridge County by Joseph McClung. The Respondent saving to herself all proper exceptions to the Complaintants Bill for answer thereto saith - That she was present at the time the Asignment of the Bond of James in the Bill mentioned was made by hold Mr. McClung to the late Husband, that she their heard not any dispute of James having the right to the Land either by the said McClung who appeared to be in his proper senses, or by any person else - She also knows that after her Husband purchased of said James he sold to the Complaintant.

References

1. Inventory of Estate Submitted to court June 1791 - Nathaniel Wilson, Samuel Wilson, Andrew Moore http://www.lva.virginia.gov/chancery/full_case_detail.asp?CFN=015-1... LVA: Chancery Records Index. Augusta County, Heirs of John McClung Sr. 191 pages. < link >
2. https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Edward_McClung_%282%29