and on March 4, 1777, was appointed Lieutenant- Colonel of the county of Ohio, Ky. (See Richmond, Va., records.) He married Eleanor Steele, daughter of Nathaniel Steele, and is mentioned by him in his will, 1795. In 1805 he sold his large farm to his brothers, Alexander, Moses and Halbert, and emigaated to Grant County, Ky. The records give the names of two sons:
1. Halbert McClure, mentioned in the will of Nathaniel Steele, 1795.
2. David McClure, Jr., mentioned in the Rockbridge records, 1817.
One of these is doubtless the ancestor of the late Moses McClure, who died an old man in Grant County, Ky., 1907, and of Ezra K. McClure, the son of John McClure, of Crittenden, Grant County, Ky.
II. Halbert McClure, born about 1750 and died in Rockbridge County about 1830. He married a daughter of Nathaniel and Rosanna Steele, and is mentioned in their wills. Son,
1. Moses McClure, born about 1785 and died May 10, 1829. He married, about 1812, Elizabeth Jones. Six children:
- (1). Alexander, born September 22, 1813.
- (2). Nicholas J., born Novemember 23, 1815.
- (3). Mary Steele, born August 26, 1817.
- (4). Moses F., born June 6, 1819.
- (6). David K., born December 27, 1827.
- (5). William Preston McCluer, born April 12, 1822, married. May 11, 1843, Nancy Jane Shields. Six children.
- a. Napoleon Bonaparte, born March 30, 1844, and died June 4, 1904. Married Sallie Wilson April 9, 1784. Four children,
- (a). Harry Scott McCluer, born March 28, 1875. Married Nora Echols September 18, 1906. Two children, Lois Argyle, born June 2, 1907, and Elizabeth, born Jan. 13, 1908.
- (b). Frank Wilson McCluer, born October 13, 1876.
