Robert McCLURE ⁴³²

   Another name for Robert was Samuel.

  General Notes:

From daughter Rosanna's bio:

"...Her father, Robert McClure, was a Captain in the Revolutionary war his wife's maiden name was Mary Bufflngton, they emigrated to Ohio in 1806....and during the war of 1812, they moved to Fort Piqua."

Quaker records indicate Robert was also known as Samuel.

Letter from Sam B. Sweet to George McClure dated Oct. 2, 1898:

"...Dr. Pearson says that Robt. McClure was a saddler and Harness maker by trade, and about the time of his marriage, I presume, made and presented to his step mother-in-law (Margaret Evans Pearson) a leather comb which is now the proper ty of Dr. Pearson's brother, Lemuel Pearson now living at Fairmount, Ind. Dr. Pearson says some of the McClure's moved to Wabash or Miami Co., Ind. and that he visited them with his father and mother in 1846 or 1847."

Revolutionary War Pensioner Census, 1840
Robert Mcclure A Census of Pensioners For Revolutionary or Military Services 1841 Census of Pensioners Ohio pg.179

Said to have died of cholera in Grant/Wabash Co., IN

Robert married Mary "Margery" Pearson, daughter of Benjamin Pearson and Agatha Brooks, about 1785 in Newberry District 96, South Carolina. (Mary "Margery" Pearson was born on 18 Oct 1754 and died on 16 Oct 1840 in Shelby Co., OH.)