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It is morally certain that the families in North Carolina and Virginia were related. The first mention of the name is in petition Nov. 22, 1744, for 300 acres of land in Currituck County. He was doubtless a brother of James and John McClure, of Chester County, Penn. It is stated in Clarke's Colonial Records that on Dec. 4, 1744, he was paid one hundred pounds for his services as Clerk of the Committee of Public Accounts at Bath.

"April 20, 1745.

Gentlemen of His Majestie's Council.

We have resolved that Richard McClure, Clerke of the Committee of Publick Accounts, be allowed forty pounds for acting as Clerke of the said Com. this session, &c.

, Cl'ke Gen'l As'bly."

It is certain he did not remain in Currituck, but moved either to the western part of the State or back to Penn.

died in Mecklenburg County, 1778. His will is recorded at Charlotte, book B, p. 57. Son, Joseph and a brother, Charles. Jas. Montgomery and Wm. McLure, witnesses.

The census of 1790 gives the following:

In Burke County, 1790.

A., two sons over sixteen, five under sixteen and four daughters.

B., two sons over sixteen, three daughters. He is doubtless the Francis McClure, Revolutionary soldier, who enlisted in 1777.

In Rutherford, an adjoining county, 1790:

A., two sons over sixteen, two daughters.

B., three sons, all under sixteen.