Bible Records of Charles McClung and Margaret White

BIBLES OF COL. CHARLES MCCLUNG (1761-1835)

Born in 1761, With Family Register; Original in McClung Room-Lawson McGhee Library, Knoxville, Tenn.

THE HOLY BIBLE CONTAINING THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS Together with the APOCRYPHA Translated out of the original tongues And with the former translations diligently compared and revised By the Special Command of His Majesty King James 1st of England With Marginal Notes and References To Which are added an Index:

An alphabetical table of all the names in the Old and New Testaments with their significations Tables of Scripture Weights Measures and Coins John Brown's Concordance Embellished with 70 Maps and Historical engravings Philadelphia; Printed and Published by H. Carey; No. 121 Chestnut Street; 1816

MARRIAGES:

Charles McClung & Margaret White (dgt. Gen. James White) were married, 28th Oct. 1790

Thomas L. Williams & Polly Lawson McClung married 5th day Aug. 1811

Matthew McClung & Eliza Jane Morgan married June 9th, 1818

John McGhee & Betsy Jones McClung married Sept. 5th, 1820

Charles McClung & Malvania Louise Miller married July 3rd 1821

James White McClung & Sarah Elizabeth Mitchell married April 28, 1823

Hugh Lawson McClung & Rachel Kibby Trigg Morgan married Nov. 5th, 1829

Ebenezer Alexander & Malinda (Alias Margaret McClung) were married January 31st, 1833.

James White McClung & Margaret Patrick his 3rd wife, were married, ----- -- -- 18--.

Hugh Lawson McClung & Anna Gillispie his second wife, and daughter of George T. Gillispie and his wife formerly Eliza Carter, daughter of Landon Carter & Elizabeth his wife, whose maiden name was McLinn who resided in Carter County, were married at Clover Fields, the family residence, Jefferson County, Tennessee, on the 31st day of July 1845.

Blanch their daughter was born in Knoxville, Tenn. April 10, 1846

Hugh Lawson, their son, was born, at Clover Fields, June 2, 1858

BIRTHS:

Charles McClung, son of Matthew McClung of Leacock (or Seacock) Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and Martha his wife, formerly Martha Cunningham, who was sisters daughter of James Campbell, who owned the land on which Lexington Virginia was laid out was born May 13, 1761.

Margaret White, daughter of James White, who was the son of Moses White and Mary his wife, daughter of Hugh Lawson, all of North Carolina, was born, April 8, 1771. (Note: the recorder in this Bible was slightly mixed. Mary Lawson, daughter of Hugh Lawson was the wife of General James White, not his mother, as attest his own Bible, Page 1. Moses White's wife was Mary McConnel. AWS)

Polly Lawson McClung was born May 28, 1792
Hugh McClung was born May 22, 1794
Matthew McClung was born Oct. 10, 1795
James White McClung was born June 6, 1798
Charles McClung was born July 28, 1800
Betsy Jones (or Jane) McClung was born May 6, 1803
Martha McClung was born June 18, 1805
Hugh Lawson McClung was born May 26, 1810
Ann Malinda McClung was born Oct. 26, 1812

Of the children of Thomas L. Williams and Polly L. McClung:
Rebecca Williams was born October 21, 1812
Charles McClung Williams was born Nov. 29, 1815
Margaret Williams was born October 7, 1817
Malinda Williams was born Feb. 9, 1820
Betsy Williams was born June 4, 1823
Mary Ann Williams was born -----?

Children of John and Betsy McGhee:
Margaret McGhee was born July 2, 1821
Barclay McGhee was born September 2, 1823
Charles McClung McGhee was born January 23, 1828

Children of James White McClung and Sarah Elizabeth Mitchell:
Charles William McClung was born March 13, 1824
Mary Ann McClung was born December 6, 1825
David Brydie Mitchell McClung was born April 29, 1827
Hugh Lawson White McClung was born May 11, 1829

Of the Children of Matthew McClung and Eliza Jane Morgan:
Calvin Morgan McClung was born May 14, 1820
Margaret McClung was born March 15, 1822
Sarah Ann McClung was born July 3, 1824
Charles James McClung was born Aug. 26, 1826
Franklin Henry McClung was born Nov. 23, 1828
Lawson Smith was born --------?
Matthew was born
Amanda Mariah was born

Children of Charles McClung and Malvina Louisa Miller:
Charles McClung was born Sept. 17, 1822
Pleasant Miller McClung was born Aug. 19, 1824
Albert Stewart McClung was born

Children of Hugh Lawson McClung and Rachel Kibby Trigg Morgan:
Margaret White McClung was born Dec. 3, 1830
Rufus Morgan McClung was born May 20, 1832
James White was born April 16, 1834 died June 21, 1834
Lizzie Trigg was born April 24, 1836
Mary Francis (?) was born Jan. 16, 1838
Rachel Florence (?) was born Sept. 9, 1860
Charles Alexander was born Oct. 24, 1842

Sarah Fackler, My Grand-mother, and daughter of Michael Fackler, and Ellen Scharock was born in Haggerstown Maryland Oct.. 6th, 1763. Died August 22nd 1838

Children of Matthew McClung and Eliza Jane Morgan: (wonder why these were recorded twice?)
Calvin Morgan was born in Knoxville, Tenn. May 14th 1820, died Feb. 19, 1857
Margaret Morgan was born in Knoxville, Tenn. May 15th 1822, died April 6, 1886
Sarah Morgan was born July 3, 1824. Died June 9, 1844
Charles James Morgan was born August 26, 1828. Died March 17, 1908
Franklin Henry Morgan was born Nov. 23, 1826. Died May 4, 1898
Lawson Smit(?) born Oct. 7, 1830 died May 19, 1832
Matthew born March 11, 1833. Died April 5, 1813
Amanda Park March 5 0 6, 1835. Died April 29, 1839
Alexander July 5, 1837. Died Feb. 16, 1839
Hugh Lawson Dec. 24, 1839. Died Feb. 15, 1862
Charles McClung and Margaret White were married in Knox County, Tenn. October 28, 1790

DEATHS

Margaret McClung departed this life Aug. 27, 1827, 2 o'clock A.M.
Charles McClung departed this life Dec 25, 1827
Polly Lawson Williams departed this life June 16, 1828
Betsy Jones McGhee departed this life April 3, 1829
Matthew McClung departed this life Oct. 5, 1844
James White McClung departed this life May 31, 1848
Margaret M. Alexander departed this lifei July 27, 1864

(Charles McClung, our Father, in whose handwriting the foregoing entries are made down to and including the death of Betsy Jones Mounce, died at Herrodsburg Springs in Kentucky the 9th day of August 1835 and there he was buried.)

Of the Children of Ebenezer Alexander and Margaret McClung:
Margaret McClung was born Oct. 31, 1833
Charles McClung was born Jan 5, 1836
Eliza Jane was born Oct. 11, 1839
Mary Hill was born Nov. 22, 1842

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