This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: McClung Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CkB.2ACI/1910.1 Message Board Post: I do see that Henry C. McClung was one of the original Texas landowners in the area which was to become Bell County. It shows to be abstract 570. You might contact the county clerk's office or the state General Land Office to see if you can get a copy of the deed: http://www.bellcountytx.com/countyclerk/index.htm http://www.glo.state.tx.us/archives/ This is probably the info you found already: http://wwwdb.glo.state.tx.us/central/LandGrants/landgrants.cfm?intID=99548 Good luck... Joe D. Deaver http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell