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McClure, James W.

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  McClure, James W. (son of McClure, Levi and Harrison, Denisa Gage).

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  McClure, Levi was born in 1804 in , , Kentucky (son of McClure, Samuel and Harper, Sarah); died in 1863 in , Fayette, Texas.

    Notes:

    according to the 1850 Census Levi is born in Tenn. page 218 FayetteCo. Texas
    Denisa is age 24 born in Alabama. Has children William, Levi, Marthaand Albert
    listed in the 1850 Census.

    Freytag papers/ Sue Diggle. Della Martin 1503 Irving Lane, Irving, TX.
    Census 1830 Fayette TN.
    " 1840 Hempstead AR.
    " 1850 Fayette TX.
    " 1860 " "
    Records of Plum Grove Baptist church, Fayette, TX. Joined by letter1841.

    1850 Census - Fayette County TX
    Levi McCLURE 45 M Tenn
    Denica 24 F Ala
    William 18 M Tenn
    Levi 13 M Ark
    Martha 4 F Tx
    Albert 1 F Tx

    Levi married Harrison, Denisa Gage in 1849 in , Fayette, Texas. Denisa was born on 25 Mar 1825 in , , Alabama; died on 31 Oct 1897 in Austin, Travis, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Harrison, Denisa GageHarrison, Denisa Gage was born on 25 Mar 1825 in , , Alabama; died on 31 Oct 1897 in Austin, Travis, Texas.
    Children:
    1. 1. McClure, James W.
    2. McClure, Alvarina was born in Jul 1851 in , , Texas.
    3. McClure, Emily Minerva was born on 26 Jul 1855 in , Fayette, Texas; died on 29 Dec 1933 in Austin, Travis, Texas; was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, Travis, Texas.
    4. McClure, Sarah E.
    5. McClure, Lucinda Annie was born in May 1857 in , , Texas.
    6. McClure, Thomas


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  McClure, Samuel was born about 1769 in , , Virginia (son of McClure, Halbert and Young, Alice); died after 1830 in Possibly, Haywood Co., Tennessee.

    Notes:

    Born in either Augusta or Botecourt County.

    Samuel married Harper, Sarah on 06 Dec 1789 in , Mercer, Kentucky. Sarah (daughter of Harper, John) died before 1830. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Harper, Sarah (daughter of Harper, John); died before 1830.
    Children:
    1. McClure, Mary was born on 11 Feb 1792 in , , Kentucky; died on 10 Mar 1833 in , Haywood, Tennessee; was buried in Mar 1833.
    2. McClure, Alice was born on 12 Mar 1795 in , , Kentucky; died on 17 May 1881 in Plum Grove, Fayette, Texas; was buried in May 1881 in Old Plum Grove Cemetery, Fayette, Texas.
    3. McClure, Elizabeth was born on 01 Mar 1802 in , Warren, Kentucky; died on 03 Feb 1868 in Plum Grove, Fayette, Texas; was buried in Feb 1868 in Old Plum Grove Cemetery, West Point, Fayette, Texas.
    4. 2. McClure, Levi was born in 1804 in , , Kentucky; died in 1863 in , Fayette, Texas.
    5. McClure, Asa was born on 01 Aug 1807 in , , Kentucky; died on 01 May 1844 in , Fayette, Texas.
    6. McClure, Ada was born on 01 Feb 1810 in , , Kentucky; died on 19 May 1874 in , Fayette, Texas; was buried in May 1874 in Old Plum Grove Cemetery, Fayette, Texas.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  McClure, Halbert was born about 1738 in , Augusta, Virginia; died on 11 Sep 1782 in , Washington, Virginia.

    Notes:

    Name Prefix: Mr.
    REFN226
    !Nauvoo Btz for dead Bk A Albert named Aunts &Cousins

    !Petty Papers Vol 10 #2 pg 39 "Kty Baptists" Vol 1 by Spencer Statesthat the father in la w to Ralph Petty was James McClure.


    Other possiblesiblings or children: Alexander McClure, Sarah McClure(md H. Kinkaid), John Mc Clure.
    Some of these names are on the 1790 Clark Co., KY tax lists.

    Possible given name: James


    Slaying of the Halbert McClure Family
    By Emory L. Hamilton

    From the unpublished manuscript,
    Indian Atrocities Along the Clinch, Powell and
    Holston Rivers, pages 111-113.

    On the 20th of September, 1782, Colonel
    Arthur Campbell wrote to Colonel William Davies
    (1), saying:
    On the 11th instant a party of Northward
    Indians penetrated as far in this county as the
    settlements on the head of Moccasin Creek, which
    is within ten or twelve miles of Abingdon, attacked
    a family of fourteen in number, (of course secured
    in the interior part), killed the husband on the
    spot, captivated the wife and six (6) of the
    children, three of whom, after being a short space
    in the enemies hands, was most inhumanely
    murdered. One, a young woman, so long survived
    the blows as told the tragic tale. Two made their
    escape the first day and night. The old woman and
    one child, with a considerable booty in horses,
    household goods, etc., was carried forward three
    days, some distance down the Sandy River.
    When part of our duty, with a
    perseverance in purpose, through a most rugged
    and difficult way that does them honor, overtook
    the Indians and wounded several of them;
    recovered unhurt, the two remaining captives,
    with the Indian's baggage and plunder they had
    taken.
    Just seven days before the above letter was
    written, Campbell, had on the 13th of September,
    1782, written to Col. Preston thusly: (2)
    By a few lines received from Major
    Dysart, (3) I am informed that the Indians have
    murdered Halbert McClure's family, near our
    Courthouse, and some other persons, the number
    there unknown.
    Captain John Carr, who was born on
    Carr's Creek in Russell Co., VA, September 6,
    1773, and once lived as a boy on Moccasin Creek,
    wrote to Dr. Lyman C. Draper, in 1854 from
    Sumner Co., TN (4) saying:
    ...After that time (1776) my father moved
    near the head of Moccasin Creek. The Indians
    came and killed part of a family and carried off
    others as prisoners. This family lived within about
    two miles of my father. Their names were
    McClure. Sally, the oldest daughter was to be
    married the next day after the attack was made by
    the Indians. The father McClure was killed, also
    a son of his by the name of Moses, and Katherine,
    a grown girl, and John McClure, his oldest son
    was wounded, but afterwards recovered.
    Sally McClure made her escape from the
    Indians the first night. She met the party who were
    in pursuit of the Indians, as might be expected,
    her intended husband was among them. His name
    was Kincaid, who married her shortly after her
    return.
    James Oxer, who once lived on the Clinch,
    filed a Revolutinary War pension claim as the only
    living heir of his father, George Oxer, who was an
    Indian spy on the Clinch and who died in
    Montgomery Co., KY, in October 1809. In the
    claim filed in Warren Co., Indiana, in 1858, he
    states:
    That his father served on the Clinch and
    was married to Dorcas Shelby (Shelley) who died
    in Kentucky in 1824; that his father was in a
    skirmish with the Indians in which Captain
    (Alexander) Barnett (5) recaptured the McClure
    family of Virginia, and placed them in the care of
    his father George Oxer.
    Joseph Smathers who once lived in this
    vicinity before emigrating to Kentucky, tells a very
    confused version of this incident to the Rev. John
    D. Shane, (6) in which he says:
    McClure's lived at the head of Little
    Moccasin Gap. McClure's cabin had a wooden
    chimney (7) on it. They (Indians) had gotten
    between the chimney and cabin. They had learned
    to say the old man's grace. (Perhaps a table grace
    or prayer they overheard). His daughter was to
    have been married in a few days. He (the father
    McClure) came and fell on his knee and begged
    them to desist and was shot dead. They
    tomahawked and scalped a daughter and tread on
    her, and left her for dead, but she came to and
    lived. Two other daughters were taken off. One
    was the bride. They taunted her about her groom
    and mocked the grace the old man said. There
    never was half as much mischief done (by Indians)
    on Holston as on Clinch.
    Halbert McClure had settled in 1773, near
    the head of Moccasin Creek in Washington Co., in
    Rich Valley, on a 400 acre tract of land opposite
    and a little east of Cabin Creek Ford and Bromley
    Gap on the southside of the North fork of Holston
    River. He assigned this tract of land to John
    Kinkead in 1781. (8) He was one of the appraisers
    of the estate of Benjamin Estill on April 17, 1782,
    and was a Juror in Botetourt Co., at a court on 15th
    of May, 1771.

    (1) Virginia State Papers, Vol. III, page 316-17.
    (2) Draper MSS 9 DD 38
    (3) Major James Dysart, first Sheriff of
    Washington Co., VA, lived east of Abingdon, on
    Route U. S. 11, at Book Hall (still standing). He
    died in Rockcastle Co., KY, in 1831. Was one of
    the Long Hunters and also at the Battle of Kings
    Mountain where he commanded a company
    (4) Draper MSS 6 XX 99
    (5) Alexander Barnett was County Lieutenant of
    Militia for Russell Co., VA, after its formation in
    1786, and was a militia officer serving on the
    Clinch, while the territory was still Washington
    Co., VA.
    (6) Historical Collection of Rev. John D. Shane,
    Draper MSS 12 CC 96-7.
    (7) Early settlers often built this type chimney. It
    was laid up of sticks of wood, pen fashion and
    daubed with clay. They were called "stick and clay
    chimneys".
    (8) Washington Co., VA Entry Book 1, page 10 &
    70.

    Contact: Rhonda Robertson at: rsr@mounet.com

    Halbert married Young, Alice about 1762 in , Augusta, Virginia. Alice (daughter of Young, Patrick and Todd, Isabella) was born about 1746 in , Augusta, Virginia; died after 1800. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Young, Alice was born about 1746 in , Augusta, Virginia (daughter of Young, Patrick and Todd, Isabella); died after 1800.
    Children:
    1. McClure, John was born about 1763 in , Augusta, Virginia; died on 08 Feb 1820 in , Russell, Kentucky; was buried in Feb 1820.
    2. McClure, Sarah was born about 1764 in , , Virginia; died in Bef. 1831.
    3. McClure, Moses was born about 1766 in , Augusta, Virginia; died on 11 Sep 1782.
    4. McClure, Katherine was born about 1768 in , Augusta, Virginia; died on 11 Sep 1782.
    5. McClure, Alice was born about 1771 in , , Virginia; died after 1840 in , Barren, Kentucky.
    6. 4. McClure, Samuel was born about 1769 in , , Virginia; died after 1830 in Possibly, Haywood Co., Tennessee.
    7. McClure, James was born in 1772 in , , Virginia; died in 1853 in , Russell, Kentucky.
    8. McClure, Isabella was born about 1773 in , Washington, Virginia; died about 1812 in , Barren, Kentucky; was buried in Petty Cemetery, Hiseville, Barren, Kentucky.
    9. McClure, Alexander was born about 1777 in , Washington, Virginia; died on 20 Apr 1854 in , Scott, Illinois; was buried in Apr 1854 in Miller Cemetery (Old Winchester Cemetery), Winchester Township, Scott, Illinois.
    10. McClure, Mary E. was born about 1777 in , Washington, Virginia; died on 12 Oct 1818 in , Barren, Kentucky; was buried in Oct 1818.
    11. McClure, Jane was born about 1776 in , , Virginia; died in Feb 1860 in , Russell, Kentucky.
    12. McClure, Unknown

  3. 10.  Harper, John
    Children:
    1. 5. Harper, Sarah died before 1830.
    2. Harper, John
    3. Harper, Edward