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Source for: Jane McClurken, -
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Name source: S204 Rootsweb Freepages. ancientage database
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Source for: Jane (Jean) McClurken, 1758 -
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Birth source: S242Page: page 125
Text: James McClurken's children with their approximate births are as follows:
1. Mary McClurken, b. 1744, m. George Moore. Must have died without issue before her father's will was made.
2. Thomas McClurken, b. 1746, m. Smith, dau. of David Smith in Chester Co., S. C.
3. James McClurken, b. 1748, m. Catherine Will in Laurens Co., S. C. Proved Jan. 22, 1831.
4. Lillias McClurken, b. 1750. Probably married John Baird. Died before her father's will was made.
5. Eleanor McClurken, b. 1753, m. (1) William Young (2) John Mabin. Died in Ohio.
6. Samuel McClurken, b. 1756, m. Nancy Died 1795 in Laurens Co., S. C. Son Samuel went to Henderson Co. Tenn.
7. Jane (Jean) McClurken, b. 1758, m. David Weir.
8. Catherine McClurken, b. 1760, m. William Boyd in 1778 in Laurens Co. before her father moved to Chester. A minor on arrival in Charleston.
9. John McClurken, b. 1763, m. Margaret Walker. He was a minor on arrival in Charleston.
10. Jennet McClurken, b. 1765, m. Matthew Henry McClurken, a cousin. Son James went to Preble Co., Ohio, then to Randolph, Ill.
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Source for: Jane Pearl McClurken, 20 AUG 1839 - 10 APR 1882
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Birth source: S103Residence source: S11Text: Thomas McClurken
Emily McClurken
Death source: S103Death source: S163 Narratives of Randolph County McC - McM. Page 60
Death source: S94Page: page 247
Text: Jane McClurkin Tate Calderwood, aged 44 yrs., died 4-9-1883
Residence source: S8Text: Thomas McClurken
Emily McClurken
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Source for: John McClurken, 04 MAY 1792 - 12 JUL 1874
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Birth source: S163 Narratives of Randolph County McC - McM. Page 59
Birth source: S169Birth source: S94Page: page 240
Text: 5-4-1792
Birth source: S93Page: page 2251
Text: 4 May 1792
Burial source: S169Burial source: S90Text: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=55034217
_MIL S45Text: Private; 1st REG'T (MEANS') SOUTH CAROLINA MILITIA
_MIL S113Page: pages 34 & 45
_MIL S204Text: Private - Mean's 1st Regiment South Carolina Militia
http://freepages.military.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~york/1812/Means.html
_MIL S97Text: McClurkin, John
Born on May 4, 1792 in Chester County, South Carolina.
Died on July 12, 1874 in Oakdale, Illinois.
Burial : Oakdale Cemetery, Oakdale Washington Co., Illinois
Served during the War of 1812, as a Private in Mean's 1st Regiment of the South Carolina Militia.
Note : There were also a couple of references to his War of 1812 service in the "History of OakdaleTownship".
_MIL S94Page: page 240
Text: War Vet. 1812
Religion source: S113Text: Oakdale Reformed Presbyterian Church Charter Member
Donated 5 acres of land, the site of the present Oakdale Cemetery. History of Oakdale Township. pages 29 & 33
Religion source: S219Text: Oakdale Reformed Presbyterian Church Charter Member
Donated 5 acres of land, the site of the present Oakdale Cemetery. Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America, "The Covenanter Witness," Weekly. Volume 13, page 256
Religion source: S175Text: Ordaination and installation as a ruling elder. Our Banner. Volume 11, page 402
Religion source: S219Text: first elders Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America, "The Covenanter Witness," Weekly. Volume 64, page 405
Religion source: S119Text: Chosen as an elder of the Elkhorn Congregation in 1834 History of Washington County, Illinois - 1879. page 42
Religion source: S94Page: page 227
Text: Mr. John McClurken, an elder in a praying society of the "Covenanters", aided materially in the erection of the first Covenanter Church in Washington County, Illinois, near the village of Oakdale, by the donation of a five acre plot of ground from his farm.
Religion source: S239Page: pages 133 - 134
Text: On Sabbath evening after the services were over I was
invited to lodge with the family of "old John McClurkin,"
the father of the two preachers, J. J. and H . P. An incident
not forgotten illustrates the character of ihe old elder so
well known in the church. In the evening when the time
for family catechising came, and when all the family, including
several young men and, i f I do not forget, some daughters
also, were seated ready to 4'say the catechism" and to
be questioned in its theology according to the common custom
in Covenanter families, the venerable head of the family
said to me, "Now, Mr. Johnston, we are all ready. You
w i l l please ask the questions and be our teacher," at the
same time handing me a copy of the shorter catechism. I
begged to be excused saying that I would rather be a pupil
under him than to attempt to teach such a large family of
adults. He replied, "No, I wish you to ask the questions,
for our pastor is getting old and we will need another after
a little, and I want to see what kind of a teacher you are."
Hoping that in such embarrassing circumstances I had the
sympathy of the family i f not of the elder and father, I went
at the assigned duty as well as I could. Whether he
adjudged me to be fit for his next pastor, I was not careful
to inquire.
That "old John McClurkin" was no ordinary man. Though
not always wise he was worthy of all honor. He was one
of a large number of Covenanters, mostly heads of families,
who on account of slavery fled from South Carolina and
sought new homes in southern Illinois and southern Indiana.
The early Covenanter congregations in these states had their
origin in such immigration, men and women who loved the
truth and the right and were able to defend them. Their
numerous descendants, though not all Covenanters now,
may well be proud of such ancestors. They loved liberty
and the slave more than their southern plantations.
Residence source: S3Text: Thomas McClurken 1810 US Census. Thomas McClurken Page 513
Event source: S163 Narratives of Randolph County McC - McM. Page 59
Event source: S197Text: See notes Reformed Presbyterian and Covenanter, Volume 14, page 66.
Death source: S163 Narratives of Randolph County McC - McM. Page 59
Death source: S169Death source: S119Text: Died at age 82 History of Washington County, Illinois - 1879. page 71
Death source: S94Page: page 240
Text: 7-12-1874
Residence source: S2Text: Thomas McClurken
Residence source: S4Text: John McClurken
Residence source: S5Text: John McClurken
Residence source: S119 History of Washington County, Illinois - 1879. page 70
Residence source: S6Text: John McClurken
Residence source: S8Text: John McClurken
Elizabeth McClurken
Residence source: S11Text: John McClurken
Elizabeth McClurken
Residence source: S14Text: John McClurken
Residence source: S12Text: Samuel McClurken
page 49; line 31
Event source: S175Text: See notes Our Banner, Volume 3, Page 79, See notes.