Individual Details
William McClellan
(Bef 1746 - )
Events
| Birth | Bef 1746 | ||||
| Military-shared | From Apr 1764 to Sep 1764 | (Edward Sharp) Edward Sharp and William McClelland (his brother-in-law) served as privates in the local militia in the Roanoke River/James River area, under 21-year old Captain William Christian. Edward Sharp served 131 days. The militia was authorized by the Governor to employ 450 men for the defense of the frontier, following Indian attacks (reportedly Shawnee and Delaware Indians) on settlers in the area. Christian's company was made up of men who lived on the Roanoke, James River, Craig's Creek, and Catawba. There were 130 men in all, many of whom served full time until 6 September 1764 - Roanoke, Augusta County, Virginia, British America |  |  | |
| Marriage | 22 Dec 1766 | Barbara Walker | | ||
| Property | 1767 | purchased 30 acres of land adjoining property owned by John McClellan (William's father) - Looney's Creek, Augusta County, Virginia, British America | | ||
| Will-shared | 2 May 1770 | (Edward Sharp) Botetourt County, Virginia, British America | | | |
| Marriage-shared | 29 Jan 1771 | (John Kerr and Jane McClellan) Botetourt County, Virginia, British America | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 15 Aug 1771 | William McCellan was named guardian of Edward Sharp's three children, Anthony, John, and Annis, - Botetourt County, Virginia, British America | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 1786 | William McClellan filed a settlement record of the estate of Edward Sharp (his brother in law), naming all three of Edward's children (John, Anthony, and Annis), Edward's wife Jane, and expenses incurred. Listed expenses included boarding a child in 1771 and schooling for Anthony; expenses in 1778 for going to court in Sullivan County for two years; and payment to "Doctor William Fleming for helping to kill a man" on 13 May 1770, - Botetourt, Virginia, United States | | |
Families
| Spouse | Barbara Walker (1741 - ) |
| Child | Anna McClelland (1767 - ) |
| Child | John McClelland (1768 - ) |
| Child | Jane McClelland (1770 - ) |
| Child | Samuel McClelland (1773 - ) |
| Child | Abraham McClelland (1776 - ) |
| Child | Elizabeth McClelland (1776 - ) |
| Child | William McClelland (1779 - ) |
| Child | James McClelland (1780 - ) |
| Child | David McClelland (1783 - 1858) |
| Father | John D. McClellan Sr. (1715 - 1776) |
| Mother | Martha Ann (1718 - ) |
| Sibling | John McClelland Jr. ( - ) |
| Sibling | Living |
| Sibling | Alexander McClelland ( - ) |
| Sibling | Mary Ann McClellan (1735 - 1840) |
| Sibling | Abraham McClellan (1743 - ) |
| Sibling | Jane McClellan (1740 - 1778) |
Notes
Military-shared
Continued Disturbances in the Settlements: "In April 1764 Col. Andrew Lewis was authorized by the Governor to employ 450 men for the defense of the frontier. He wrote to Col. Preston on April 4, and on April 6 was begun the pay-roll of Captain William Christian's Company. This was Israel Christian's son, William, who was then a young man 21 years old living with his father on the Great Road from Carolina to Philadelphia at the Stone House on Buffalo Creek of Roanoke. This company was made up of men who lived on the Roanoke, James River, Craig's Creek, and Catawba, some of whom, like their Captain, became distinguished in military service. There were in all 130 men many of whom served full time until the sixth of September.""The officers were: William Christian, Captain, John Lewis, Lieut., William Davies, Lieut., William Carvin, Serg't., Walter Crockett, Serg't., Philip Watkins, Serg't., Henry Dooley, Serg't., Henry Paullen, Serg't., Walter Stewart, Serg't., Peter Wiley, Serg't., John Milam, Drummer, Loo Thomas, Drummer."
"Some of the privates on the Roanoke were: Alexander Love, James Emack, Joshua McCormack, Edward Sharp, Thomas Barnes, Amos Evans, Samuel Robinson, Fred. Smith, Wm. McClellan, Wm. Robinson, Wm. Terry, Jasper Terry, Thomas Evans, Benjamin Paulson, Thomas Robinson."
"This company served as a home guard while Col. Bouquet was waging a campaign against the Indians in their own territory west of the Ohio. Two companies of a hundred men each from Augusta County assisted in this campaign, one of them led by John McClenachan, a pioneer on the Catawba. Col. Bouquet was successful in bringing the war to a close, concluding a treaty of peace with the Shawnees and Delawares on November 9th, 1764. By this treaty the white peole detained by the Indians were to be given up. Nine women and children were rescued that winter and a hundred more were delivered at Fort Pitt in the spring of 1765 (Waddal, Annals of Augusta, 198, 199)."
Will-shared
The will names his wife Jane and three children as heirs, and his father in-law John McClellan and brother in-law William McClellan as executors. Edward's sons Anthony and John are specifically called out in the will, stating that it was his desire that their share of the estate be used to secure land at the mouth of Reidey [sic] (i.e., Reedy) Creek upon the Holston (in present day Tennessee) for each. Subscribers of the will were Samuel Walker (thought to be father or brother of William McClellan's wife Barbara), William Latherdall, and John Kerr. All three of these men were likely close neighbors. The will was officially recorded on 12 June 1770.Boozy Creek is approximately 180 miles farther down the Appalachian mountain range, west/southwest of Buchanan, VA, and approximately 10 miles east/northeast of present Kingsport, TN. Boozy Creek is located in the area of the Holston River Valley, situated between the North Fork Holston River and South Fork Holston River. The creek empties into Reeds Creek, which itself empties into the South Fork Holston River at Kingsport, TN (Google Maps).
Marriage-shared
Jane's brothers Abraham McClellan and William McClellan paid surety for the marriage of her marriage to John Kerr. Thomas Madison and David May were witnesses.Miscellaneous
Abraham McClellan, Samuel Walker, and Joseph Walker are recorded as having acknowledged the bond. In "Sharp Family History," Pulizos and Braner speculate that this change in guardianship was because their mother Jane and her new husband John Kerr were relocating to what is now the Sullivan County, Tennessee area (formerly Washington County, VA and Sullivan County, North Carolina). Jane and John relocated to this area with Jane's father John McClellan, her sister Mary (McClellan) Looney (wife of David Looney), and Alexander Brackenridge.Miscellaneous
In 1786, William McClellan, Edward Sharp's brother in-law, who was one of the executors of his will, made his settlement a record of the court of Botetourt County, Virginia. William recorded the names of all three of Edward's children as Anthony, John, and Annis, and wife as Jane. William listed expenses for boarding a child in 1771 and schooling for Anthony, and expenses in 1778 for going to court in Sullivan County for two years. Pulizos (4) speculates this latter was probably because John Sharp (Edward's brother) had petitioned the court for administration of Edward's estate. William's expense record also records his payment to "Doctor William Fleming for helping to kill a man," dated 13 May 1770. William Fleming was a surgeon, and Pulizos (4) suggests that William McClellan "must have felt he did not do enough to save Edward's life." This expense occurred only eleven days after Edward Sharp made his will.Endnotes
1. Frederick Bittle Kegley, Kegley's Virginia Frontier: The Beginning of the Southwest: The Roanoke of Colonial Days, 1740-1783, (Google eBook) (Roanoke, Virginia; Reprinted in Baltimore, Maryland: Reprinted: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1938; Reprinted 2003), 289; ebook, Google, Google Books (http://books.google.com/books?id=Bp0nOrLrPlYC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false : Electronically accessed 2 January 2012.
2. Jo Ann Pulizos, Sharp Family History (N.p.: n.p., June 1986), 1.
3. Stewart, Michael R. (inquiry@cousinsearchnetwork.com), CousinSearchNetwork, John McClelland (http://research.cousinsearchnetwork.com/11511.html : Downloaded 4 March 2012), .
4. Jo Ann Pulizos, Sharp Family History (N.p.: n.p., June 1986), 2.
5. Frederick Bittle Kegley, Kegley's Virginia Frontier: The Beginning of the Southwest: The Roanoke of Colonial Days, 1740-1783, (Google eBook) (Roanoke, Virginia; Reprinted in Baltimore, Maryland: Reprinted: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1938; Reprinted 2003), 499; ebook, Google, Google Books (http://books.google.com/books?id=Bp0nOrLrPlYC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false : Electronically accessed 2 January 2012.
6. Stewart, Michael R. (inquiry@cousinsearchnetwork.com), CousinSearchNetwork, Lt Col David Looney Revolutionary War Soldier (http://research.cousinsearchnetwork.com/12843.html : Accessed 4 March 2012), .
7. Anne Lowry Worrell, Early Marriages, Wills and some Revolutionary War Records – Botetourt County, Virginia (Hillsville, Virginia: Anne Lowry Worrell, 1958), 63.
8. Botetourt County, Virginia, Will Book A 1, Last Will and Testament of Edward Sharp, 12 June 1770; Virginia State Library, Richmond, VA.
9. Jo Ann Pulizos, Sharp Family History (N.p.: n.p., June 1986), 2.
10. Jo Ann Pulizos, Sharp Family History (N.p.: n.p., June 1986), 2-3.
11. Botetourt County, Virginia, County Ov 1770-1771, page 273, 15 August 1771; Botetourt County Circuit Courty Clerk's Office, Fincastle, Virginia.
12. Jo Ann Pulizos, Sharp Family History (N.p.: n.p., June 1986), 3-4.