Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer
• Military: William enlisted in Co. H, 55th North Carolina Infantry on 7 Apr 1862 in Onslow County. He attained the rank of corporal. William was captured at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania on 1 Jul 1863. Initially sent to Ft. McHenry, Baltimore, he was later transferred to Ft. Delaware and then to Pt. Lookout, Maryland. William took the oath of allegiance and enlisted in Co. C, 1st United States Volunteer Infantry ("Galvanized Yankees"), 19 Feb 1864. He died on Christmas Eve, 1864, of chronic diarrhea. Initially interred at Fort Rice where he had died, his remains were removed and reburied in the Custer National Cemetery on 6 Mar 1905.
• Census: 9 Sep 1850, Duplin County, North Carolina, USA
• Census: 12 Jun 1860, Duplin County, North Carolina, USA
• Residence: 7 Apr 1862, Onslow County, North Carolina, USA

Notes:

Census:
South Division

Census:
Southern Division, P.O. Hallsville

Buried:
Plot: A422; originally interred at Fort Rice, North Dakota

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer
• Occupation: Housewife
• Census: 1820, Duplin County, North Carolina, USA
• Census: 1830, Duplin County, North Carolina, USA
• Census: 1840, Duplin County, North Carolina, USA
• Census: 9 Sep 1850, Duplin County, North Carolina, USA
• Census: 12 Jun 1860, Duplin County, North Carolina, USA
• Census: 27 Jul 1870, Cypress Creek Township, Duplin, North Carolina, USA
• Census: 3 Jun 1880, Cypress Creek Township, Duplin, North Carolina, USA

Notes:

Census:
South Division

Census:
Southern Division, P.O. Hallsville

Census:
P.O. Chinquapin

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1790, Onslow County, North Carolina, USA
• Census: 1790, Duplin County, North Carolina, USA
• Census: 1820, Duplin County, North Carolina, USA
• Census: 1830, Duplin County, North Carolina, USA
• Census: 1840, Duplin County, North Carolina, USA

Notes:

Birth:
Range from 1790, 1820, 1830, and 1840 censuses: 1781-1790

Census:
Presumed in the household of “Lydia Mannon.” This enumeration likely occurred in 1791 after the death of Martin’s father.

Census:
Presumed in the household of “Lydia Manner.” This enumeration likely occurred in 1791 after the death of Martin’s father.

Martin married Nancy HUNTER. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 5 Sep 1747 (O.S.), Norfolk County, Virginia, British America
• Tax List: 10 Jun 1761, Norfolk County, Virginia, British America
• Land Patent: 20 Jul 1761, Dobbs County, North Carolina, British America
• Deed: 5 Jan 1768, Craven County, North Carolina, British America
• Tax List: 1769, Dobbs County, North Carolina, British America
• Land Patent: 24 May 1773, Pitt County, North Carolina, British America
• Residence: 26 Sep 1774, Dobbs County, North Carolina, British America
• Residence: 5 Dec 1774, Dobbs County, North Carolina, British America
• Residence: 8 Dec 1774, Dobbs County, North Carolina, British America
• Residence: Mar 1779, Dobbs County, North Carolina, USA
• Tax List: 1780, Dobbs County, North Carolina, British America
• Residence: 11 Feb 1783, Dobbs County, North Carolina, USA
• Land Patent: 27 Oct 1784, Craven County, North Carolina, USA
• Land Patent: 10 Nov 1784, Dobbs County, North Carolina, USA
• Deed: Jan 1788, Dobbs County, North Carolina, USA
• Residence: Mar 1788, Dobbs County, North Carolina, USA

Notes:

Moses wrote his will on 2 Jan 1791. He describes his state as “being weak in Body but of sound and perfect Memory.” An inventory of his estate was made on 12 Mar 1791, and the final probate was made in the July 1791 court session in Onslow County. The will mentions sons Moses, Merit, and Martin as well as daughters Merena and Macey Millea Maning.

Residence:
mentioned in will of “cousin” Moses Manning

Tax List:
“A List of Tithables Taken by John Tatem from Portsmouth to ye Western Branch”

Land Patent:
505 acres “on the Great Swamp a branch of Great Contentnea”

Deed:
To Moses Mannen from Robert Hutchings, 75 acres in Craven on the Watery Branch, it being one half of 150 acres granted to Anthony Vanpelt by a patent dated 26 Nov 1757

Tax List:
1 poll

Land Patent:
640 acres “on the east side of Little Contentney Creek”

Residence:
From Moses Maning of Dobbs County to Samuel Maning of Pitt County, 160 acres in Pitt County on the east side of little Contentony Creek, it being part of a tract of land granted to Moses Maning by patent bearing date 24 May 1773

Residence:
From Moses Maning of Dobbs County to Samuel Powel, 320 acres in Pitt County on the east side of little Contentony Creek, it being part of a tract of land granted to the said Moses Maning by patent bearing date 24 May 1773

Residence:
From Moses Maning of Dobbs County to John Frizle, 160 acres in Pitt County on the east side of little Contentony Creek, it being part of a tract of land granted to the said Moses Maning by patent bearing date 24 May 1773

Residence:
“At an election of one Senator and Two Members of the House of Commons to Represent the county of Dobbs held at the Court House the 10th and 11th of March, 1779, the following persons voted for Members of the House of Commons to wit:”

Tax List:
Valuation of estate: £1205; Capt. William Ormond’s District

Residence:
Moses Maning of Dobbs County to George Turnage, 75 acres in Craven County on the south side of Watery branch

Land Patent:
18 acres “on the west side of Little Contentney Creek...”

Land Patent:
30 acres “on the north side of Contentnea...”

Deed:
“A List of deeds recorded in the registers office ... January Court 1788” Moses Manning to Daniel Lane

Residence:
“At an Election held for the County of Dobbs, at the Court house in Kinston, on the last Friday & Saturday in March Anno Domo 1788 for five persons to Represent the said County in Convention”

Moses married Lydia SMITH on 12 Nov 1762 in Norfolk County, Virginia, British America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 26 Sep 1774, Dobbs County, North Carolina, British America
• Deed: 11 Feb 1783, Craven County, North Carolina, USA
• Census: 1790, Onslow County, North Carolina, USA
• Census: 1790, Duplin County, North Carolina, USA
• Residence: 12 Mar 1791, Onslow County, North Carolina, USA

Notes:

Residence:
Signed, along with her husband, a deed of conveyance from Moses Maning of Dobbs County to Samuel Maning of Pitt County

Deed:
Lydia relinquished her dower on property sold by her husband Moses Maning of Dobbs County and Lydia, his wife, to George Turnage

Census:
Enumerated as Lydia Mannon. Since she was the head of the household, this enumeration likely occurred in 1791 after Moses’s death.

Census:
Enumerated as Lydia Manner. Since she was the head of the household, this enumeration likely occurred in 1791 after Moses’s death.

Residence:
Date of the inventory of her husband’s estate of which she was the executrix.

Notes:

Married:
Date listed is the date of the bond. The bondsmen were Moses Maning and John Smith.

William married Nancy. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]