The McClanahan Family

Francis McClanahan and Armilda Moore (Sarah McClanahan’s parents)

Francis McClanahan was born in Granham Township in Jefferson County, Indiana near Deputy on January 6, 1817. He married Armilda W. Moore in Scott County on January 16, 1837 (Marriage Book A, Page 126). He was listed in the Scott County Assessor's Book for 1839 as owning 46 acres. He was a farmer by occupation. His farm was located near Lexington on Pleasant Ridge Road (150 acres in Clark's Grant 292). The farm was acquired in various tracts starting in 1852 from the heirs of his father-in-law, Thomas S. Moore, Sr. (Deed Book M, pages 274, 307, 310-311 and 323).

He and his wife had seven known children. All children were probably born in Lexington Township:

Sarah Ann McClanahan was born January 8 p 1838. She married James Hall on Nov. 4, 1858 and died on December 5, 1881.

William H. McClanahan was born in 1841. He married Rebecca E. Fleeming in Scott County on Jan. 1, 1863. He served in Company C, 38th Indiana Volunteers during the Civil War. A deed dated March 17, 1888 (Book 3, page 367) made in the settlement of Francis McClanahan's estate shows that William H. McClanahan was living in Johnson County, Indiana.

James Henry McClanahan was born in May, 1846. He married Sarah C. Williams in Scott County on October 11, 1870. Sarah was reared by the James Middleton family. There is one known descendant, Maxine Krause, Rt. 2, Denmark, Wisconsin 54208.

Henrietta McClanahan was born February 2, 1849. She died Nov. 21, 1861 and is buried at Lexington Cemetery.

George T. McClanahan was born October 20, 1852. He died Nov.7, 1861 and is buried at Lexington Cemetery.

Mary L. McClanahan was born in 1853-54. She married a Wiseman. She is buried at Wells Cemetery in Jefferson County, Indiana.

Florence E. (Flora) McClanahan was born in 1857 or 1858. She married Thomas Hezakiah Johnson (son of Archibald B. Johnson and Eliza Ellen Kendall). They moved to Sunnyside, Washington. They had four children: Nettie C. Johnson, born 1882; Everitt Gilbert Johnson, 1884-1949; Ella May Johnson, born 1888 and Blanch Johnson born 1891.

The 1870 Census shows that Francis and Armilda McClanahan were rearing their grandson, Sam Hall, then 10 years old. It also showed that Francis had his mother, Lucy McClanahan, age 76 living with him. The 1880 census showed that Sam Hall was still living with them. Francis McClanahan died June 1, 1886. He is buried at Lexington Cemetery. His will was probated in 1886. The Executor was his son-in-law, James Hall. It also mentioned his son-in-law Thomas H. Johnson. Witnesses to the will were his brother, William N. McClanahan and James Powers. The heirs were mentioned, but not named. The book in which his will was recorded is now missing. This information comes from abstracts of the will records.

The 1870 census shows that Armilda Moore was born in Kentucky. Her date of birth as October 17, 1820. Scott County Probate Book A, page 122 shows that Thomas S. Moore was the father of Armilda Moore. Her mother was Sarah Moore. The maiden name of her mother is not known. She is buried at Lexington cemetery. Armilda Moore McClanahan died the following spring, March 8, 1887. She is buried by her husband at Lexington Cemetery.

The 150 acre farm was sold March 17, 1888 for $2,250.00 to Gustav F. Wahl. (Deed Book 3, page 367). The deed was signed by the heirs of Francis McClanahan, deceased: William H. McClanahan and Rebecca , his wife; James Hall and Sarah Hall, his wife; Samuel E. Hall and Hannah C. Hall, his wife, and George T. Hall and Eliza J. Hall, both unmarried, and James McClanahan and Sarah C. McClanahan, his wife, of Jasper County, Indiana.

McClanahan Family Genealogy Forum
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Thanks to Ardath Blue (2nd great granddaughter of Robert McClanahan and Lucy Davis) for assistance on the McClanahan family. Also see the following links from a book by Elsie Jean Davis Potts and her husband Paul Potts. (Elsie is the great great granddaughter of Robert McClanahan and Lucy Davis.):
Andrew McClanahan
Robert McClanahan
Samuel Cochran
Francis Davis