Person:John McClanahan (10)

Will Abstract

Lunenburg Co., VA, Will Book 1, page 284:

In the Name of God, Amen, I John McClanahan being sick and weak in body yet of perfect mind & memory...

two eldest sons my hold land & I allow each of them to pay my son John £20 when he is of the age of 21...

my son William if he come to the age of 21 to give my brother James a firm deed for 150 acres of land at the lower end of the land when...

my dearly beloved wife to have benefit of my plantation during the time that she remains my widow...

Executor William Snodgrass & my loving wife & my son William when he comes to age...

I appoint my son-in-law to sell and dispose of said moveables...

and after my Just debts is paid & my wife got her thirds I allow ____ of my moveables to be equally divided my daughters except the three wagon horses I allow them to be kept for the ____ of the Plantation viz one of them is a stallon & one a geldon & the third a mare...

Dated 8 Oct 1758.

6 Nov 1759 -- Foregoing will presented in court by William Snodgrass & Frances McClanahan...

Sureties: Josiah Snodgrass & _____ _____.

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[Extract from the original by Charlou Dolan] [film was very poor quality]

[Extract from the original by Charlou Dolan] Lunenburg Co., VA, Will Book 1, page 322: James McClanahan of the Co. of Lunenburg... to my cousin John McClanahan my brother John's son the 200 acres that my Brother John left to me by bequest & if my cousin John dies before he comes to the age to Injoy It I order for his brother Alexander him to leave six cows to be Equally divided betwixt my brother John's Children and the remainder part of my cattle I order to be equally divided betwixt my Brother-in-law William Snodgrasses children. Item I leave to my Sister-in-law Frances McClanahan my brother John's widow the money and corn that the Widdow Hodge owes me. I order my Brother-in-law William Snodgrass to get the money that Thomas Dudgeon owes me and to pay my funeral charges with the same. Item I give & bequeath to my brother David McClanahan my black mare and ____ and I order my cozen Samual McClanahan my brother Davids son my three year old Halter colt for the remainder of my _____ them to be equally divided betwixt my Brother-in-laws and my Brother John McClanahans children... my pot and my Bedcloes to my sister-in-law Frances McClanahan & her children I _____ my Brother-in-law William Snodgrass to be my whole & sole executor. 7 Jul 1761 -- exhibited in court by Wm. Snodgrass. [Note: Film was of poor quality & difficult to read.]

[Extract from the original by Charlou Dolan] Lunenburg Co., VA, Will Book 2, page 148: Inventory & appraisal of the estate of James McClenahan, dec'd, made by Rob't Montgomery, Patt Sharkey, & James Montgomery, January the 10th 1763 - value 22 pounds 10 shillings. Returned to Court by William (his S mark) Snotgrass. Recorded 10 Feb 1763.

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John and Frances (Snodgrass) McClanahan John McCLANAHAN - d. 1759, Botetourt Co., VA. Believed to be the son of James McCLANAHAN, Sr. His birth estimate is based on having minor children when he died, son Alexander being born in 1755, and wife Frances living into the early 1790s. Probably immigrated from Scotland, possibly via County Antrim, Ulster. His Oct. 8, 1758 will, filed Nov. 6, 1759 in Lunenburg Co., VA [Probate Records, Lunenburg Co., VA, Book 1, page 281], mentions that his brother James lived on part of the 359 acres of land John purchased on May 24, 1750 [Land Records, Botetourt Co., VA, Book 2, page 776] from Benjamin BORDEN, when John was described as being "of Augusta County." Settled on Catawba Creek, Botetourt Co., VA about 1750. Married Frances SNODGRASS. The wills of John and his brother James name three sons of John as John, William and Alexander, and John's will also refers to "my two older sons," and "my daughters."

Frances SNODGRASS - d. abt 1790-94. Parents not identified.

Children of John and Frances

Robert - b. possibly Augusta Co., VA; d. 1774, Botetourt Co., VA. Robert was involved in various SNODGRASS family legal matters, suggesting he was one of the "two older sons" of the 1759 will of John McCLANAHAN. Tavernkeeper in Fincastle, Botetourt Co., VA.

Thomas - b. possibly Augusta Co., VA.

John - b. possibly Augusta Co., VA; d. before Apr. 1790. On Apr. 13, 1790, brothers William and Alexander sold land which John inherited from his Uncle James jointly with his brothers. There is no evidence that John married.

William - b. possibly Augusta Co., VA; d. about 1820, Botetourt Co., VA. A land record for 359 acres in Botetourt County, dated Apr. 13, 1790 [Land Records, Botetourt Co., VA, Book 4, page 171], provides relationships between William and his brother Alexander, and their father John and uncle James. Included are references to "William McClanahan and Sarah, his wife," and Alexander McClanahan and Sarah, his wife." He was probably the William McCLANAHAN who was married on Mar. 16, 1779 in Botetout Co., VA to Sarah WEBB, daughter of William WEBB. [Note that another William McCLANAHAN, son of Elijah McCLANAHAN and Ann EWING and Sheriff of Botetourt County, was married on March 7, 1769 to Sarah NEELY. His father, Elijah, was brother of Robert McCLANAHAN of Augusta Co., VA. This Wiliam and Sarah (NEELY) McCLANAHAN were parents Elijah (married Agatha Strother LEWIS), Nancy (married Col. William LEWIS), Jane (married Andrew LEWIS); James (married Elizabeth WALTON); John (married Lucy WALTON); Washington (did not marry); Green (married Elizabeth GRIFFIN); Mary (married Dr. MARCLE); and Satah (married Moses COOK). No documented relationship between the Augusta County McCLANAHANs and the McCLANAHANs who settled in the Catawa Creek area of Botetourt County has been found, but there may be some connection through a common Scots-Irish ancestor.]

Alexander - b. 1755, possibly Augusta Co., VA; d. 1824, AL. Alexander served in the Revolution as a Private. In 1792 Alexander and his brother William sold the family farm on the Catawa, Botetourt Co., VA. In the same year Alexander purchased land in what is now Jefferson Co., TN. Married about 1778 Sarah MOORE. The widow's pension application by Sarah, together with family records, provides the names of their children. Children of Alexander and Sarah: John married Elizabeth BARNETT; Elizabeth married Andrew NEELEY; James; Mary married Elisha MOORE; William married Jane CHILDERS; Alexander married first Emaline COLLINS, and second Serena Melvina CARSON; Elijah married first Marjory CHILDERS, and second Maryina; and Margaret Ann married M. V. L. DENTON.

Sarah - b. possibly Augusta Co., VA. Married about 1770 John McROBERTS, with witnesses Frances McCLANAHAN and William McCLANAHAN. It is likely that Sarah was "my daughter" to John McCLANAHAN in his 1759 will.

One or more other daughters - The will of John McCLANAHAN includes reference to "my daughters."

http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=charlou10&id=I23284&ti=5538 --- ID: I23284 Name: John McClanahan Given Name: John Surname: McClanahan Sex: M

Change Date: 23 Dec 2007 Birth: ABT 1719 Death: BEF 27 OCT 1758 Note: Or died befor 6 Nov 1759.

Father: James McClanahan

Marriage 1 Frances Snodgrass Married: Children

Thomas McClanahan b: ABT 1742

Robert McClanahan b: ABT 1758

Sarah McClanahan b: ABT 1750

John McClanahan b: ABT 1759

Alexander McClanahan b: 20 FEB 1755 in Virginia

William McClanahan b: ABT 1759

daughter McClanahan b: in probably, Virginia

daughter McClanahan b: in probably, Virginia