Person:Margaret McClung (3)

Records in Augusta County, VA

From Chalkley's:

• Vol. 2 - Marriage Bond: 1793--September 3, James Allen and Peter Hanger, Jr., surety. James Allen and Elizabeth Tate, daughter of Robert and Margret Tate (consent). Teste: Ibby McClung, Polly Tate. [Note: Ibby McClung was Margaret's sister].

Notes

See the record no.# 82445 application of Frank Lyman Hills, to the Sons of the American Revolution, Oct. 3rd, 1959. To Wit: http://interactive.ancestry.com/2204/32596_242347-00523/865046?backurl%3a%2f...

She was a famous beauty.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 McClure, James Alexander. The McClure Family. (Presses of F.A. Owen, 1914)
   217-19.
2. ↑ McClung, William. The McClung genealogy: a genealogical and biographical record of the McClung family from the time of their emigration to the year 1904
   87.
3.   Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees: (Note: not considered a reliable primary source).

   http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~azopp/data/fam/fam03727.htm

4.   McClung, William. The McClung genealogy: a genealogical and biographical record of the McClung family from the time of their emigration to the year 1904.

   1- 4 Margaret McClung, b. Oct. 5, 1755; u. subsequent to 1802. She was a celebrated beauty and belle. There is a tradition that "forty horses have been seen hitched to the palings at one time, the owners being admirers of Miss Margaret McClung, seeking her hand." m. Robert Tate, of Augusta Co., Va. Twelve children.

5.   Find A Grave.

   Margaret Alexander "Peggy" McClung Tate
   Birth: Oct. 5, 1755
   Greenville
   Augusta County
   Virginia, USA
   Death: Sep. 23, 1839
   
   Margaret is the daughter of John McClung and Elizabeth Alexander. She married Robert Tate and they had 12 children.
   
   James
   John
   William
   Elizabeth, Mrs. Allen and went to MI
   Polly, Mrs. Sam'l Wallace, of Christian's Creek
   Eleanor, Mrs. Sam'l Patterson, of Rockbridge
   Phoebe, Mrs. Sam'l Wilson, of Rockbridge
   Rebecca, Mrs. Reid Alexander, of Rockbridge
   Isabella, Mrs. John B. Christian, of Augusta
   unknown, died unmarried.
   
   The above data is from the 11 August 1936 Work Progress Administration survey of this cemetery by Scioto M. Herndon. It is available online now at the Library of Virginia.
   It also adds: Relict (a wife) of Robert Tate, died in the 84th year of her age.
   
   Family links:
   Parents:
   Elizabeth Parks Alexander McClung (1735 - 1802)
   
   Spouse:
   Robert Tate (1753 - 1832)*
   
   Children:
   Mary Tate Wallace (1777 - 1856)*
   Phebe Tate Willson (1789 - 1846)*
   Isabella Tate Christian (1795 - 1818)*
   
   Sibling:
   Margaret Alexander McClung Tate (1755 - 1839)
   Joseph McClung (1775 - 1866)*
   
   Inscription:
   Sacred
   To the memory of
   Margaret Tate
   Relict of
   Robert Tate
   who was born October
   1755
   and died September 23rd
   1839
   in the 84th year of her age.
   
   http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=37798667
   
   

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   MG: 86 1-4 MARGARET McCLUNG
   PAXXX
   The first child of John and Elizabeth Alexander McClung was born 5 Oct 1755. She was a celebrated beauty and belle. There is a tradition that "forty horses have been seen hitched to the palings at one time, the owners being admirers of Miss Margaret McClung, seeking her hand."
   
   She married Robert Tate of Augusta County, VA. They had twelve children.
   
   https://sites.rootsweb.com/~rootsr/PA-Wm2.htm