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Family: Captain John [KY] McClanahan / Lydia Burns (F7201)  [1, 2, 3

m. 23 May 1797


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  • Father | Male
    Captain John [KY] McClanahan

    Born  Dec 1774  Augusta County, Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Apr 1847  Lawrenceton, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
    Married  23 May 1797  St. Genevieve, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Captain Robert 'Breckenridge' McClanahan | F7197 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Catherine/Katherine 'Kitty' Madison | F7197 Group Sheet 

    Mother | Female
    Lydia Burns

    Born  Abt 1774  Washington County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  1 May 1860  St. Genevieve, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
    Father   
    Mother   

  • Sources 
    1. [S82] Wikitree, https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Lydia_Burns_%285%29.
      Name Lydia Burns
      Gender Female
      Birth? ABT 1774
      Marriage 23 MAY 1797 St. Genevieve, St. Genevieve, Missouri to John McClanahan


    2. [S40] Will, See Docs.
      LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF ROBERT MCCLANAHAN, SR. DATED 7 JUN 1791, RECORDED DEC 1791

      TRANSCRIPTION
      Mentions two grandsons of dec'd son, Robert

    3. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/144264662/john-mcclenahan.
      John McClenahan was born about Dec. 1774. Very little is known about his early life. In his grandfather's (Robert McClenachan, Sr.) will in 1791, Robert and John, grandsons, sons of his deceased son Robert Jr., are to inherit all his Kentucky Lands. This land was either 1000 or 1800 acres, located in Shelby County, Kentucky, on the banks of the Kentucky River, near Brashears and Bullskin Creeks. Records show that Robert Sr. bought this land in 1785. The records in Kentucky also show that John sold 100 acres of land on 12 Aug 1796, for 60 pounds, good and lawful money of the state of Kentucky.

      The next record of John is a marriage record translated from the original French document, recording the marriages of non-Catholics living in the District of Ste. Genevieve, Upper Louisiana Territory (this is now Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri); to wit:
      "May 23, 1797, John McCLENAHAN, son of Robert McCLENAHAN and Catherine MADISON, native of Virginia married to Lydia BURNS daughter of Michael BURNS and Mary SPICER natives of this parish."

      There are many records in Ste. Genevieve Co. of John. He lived in Jackson Township near the town of Punjaub (name changed to Lawrenceton, about 1880). He also owned part interest in a sawmill on Fourche du Clue, a branch of Establishment Creek. John was constantly being summoned into Justice of the Peace court for non-payment of debts ranging anywhere from $8.90 to about $700. In 1833 he was appointed Justice of the Peace for Jackson Township by Missouri Governor, Daniel Dunklin. He served as a Justice of the Peace until his death in 1847.

      So far no traces of where John and Lydia are buried have been discovered. John died without leaving a will and there is a record of application on file for Administration of the estate by a lawyer. John and Lydia had 6 children:
      - James John (1793-1847)
      - Catherine (1797-1837)
      - James (1798-1873)
      - Mary Ann (1808-1885)
      - William Madison (1812-1869)
      - John Burns, Jr. (1814-1885)
      - Michael Burns (1816-1868)
      - Robert (1820-?)
      - Spicer C (1824-1881)

      There are still many descendants of Madison McCLENAHAN living in Jefferson and Ste. Genevieve Counties today.

      John's son, James, had a family disagreement with brother Madison, and changed the spelling of his surname to McClanahan. Over time, many other family members also used this spelling.

      (Adapted from "The McClenahan Family", by James R. McClenahan)
      https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/144264662/john-mcclenahan

      Parents: Capt Robert "McClenahan" McClenachan Jr,
      1747?1774
      Catherine "Kitty" Madison Arbuckle, 1754?1818

      Spouse: Lydia Burns, 1774?1860 (m. 1797)

      Siblings: Robert McClanahan, 1771?1824
      Half Siblings:
      -Mary Dickenson "Polly" Arbuckle Nelson, 786?1847
      -Elizabeth Arbuckle Alexander, 1790?1861
      -Frances Littlepage "Fannie" Arbuckle, 1793?1801
      -Catherine Brown "Kitty" Arbuckle Craig, 1793?1859
      -Nancy Arbuckle, 1796?1801
      Children:
      *James McClenahan McClanahan, 1798?1873
      *Mary Ann McClenahan Bequette, 1808?1855
      * William Madison McClenahan, 1812?1869
      *John Burns McClenahan Jr., 1814?1885
      *Michael Burns McClanahan, 1816?1868
      *Dr Spicer C. "Doc" McClanahan, 1824?1881