Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1820, Duplin County, North Carolina, USA
• Census: 1830, Duplin County, North Carolina, USA

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1790, Onslow County, North Carolina, USA
• Census: 1790, Duplin County, North Carolina, USA
• Deed: 1 Jul 1797, Duplin County, North Carolina, USA
• Land Patent: 8 Jan 1798, Duplin County, North Carolina, USA
• Census: 1800, Duplin County, North Carolina, USA
• Land Patent: 27 Nov 1806, Duplin County, North Carolina, USA
• Census: 1810, Duplin County, North Carolina, USA
• Census: 1820, Duplin County, North Carolina, USA
• Census: 1830, Duplin County, North Carolina, USA

Notes:

Birth:
1800, 1810, 1820, and 1830 census records zero in on 1775

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

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

Deed:
To Abraham Andrews, 20 acres on the north side of Long Branch being part of a survey of 90 acres surveyed for Merrit Manning

Land Patent:
90 acres “on the drains of Staffords Swamp”

Land Patent:
45 acres “on the south side of Safford Swamp”

Died:
“John E. Hussey is appointed Administrator upon the estate of Merret Manning, having entered into bond in the sum of $10,000.00 with Jese Sanlin & William Pickett Jr as his securities, having qualified it is ordered by the Court that letters Issue.”

Merritt married Elizabeth ANDREWS on 20 Oct 1801 in Duplin County, North Carolina, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of Abraham ANDREWS and Delilah (ANDREWS)) was born about 1780 in North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1790, Duplin County, North Carolina, USA
• Census: 1800, Duplin County, North Carolina, USA
• Census: 1810, Duplin County, North Carolina, USA
• Census: 1820, Duplin County, North Carolina, USA
• Census: 1830, Duplin County, North Carolina, USA
• Census: 25 Sep 1850, Lowndes County, Alabama, USA

Notes:

Census:
with her son, Moses

Notes:

Married:
Date listed is bond date; Bondsman: Moses Manning; Witness: Wm. Dickson, C.C.

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.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Deed: 31 Jul 1784, Duplin County, North Carolina, USA
• Deed: 31 Jul 1784, Duplin County, North Carolina, USA
• Land Patent: 18 Jul 1788, Duplin County, North Carolina, USA
• Census: 1790, Duplin County, North Carolina, USA
• Land Patent: 20 Dec 1791, Duplin County, North Carolina, USA
• Deed: 1 Jul 1797, Duplin County, North Carolina, USA
• Census: 1800, Duplin County, North Carolina, USA

Notes:

Deed:
From Richard Williams, 100 acres in Duplin County on the east side of the No. East Branch of Cape Fear River on Muddy Creek at a place called Stafford’s folly, it being a tract of land granted to Francis Brice by a patent bearing date 1745

Deed:
From Stephen Williams, 50 acres in Duplin County lying on a branch of Muddy Creek joining plantation he now lives on, it being a survey of land granted to Richard Williams by a patent bearing date 30 Oct 1765

Land Patent:
300 acres in Duplin County on the south side of Muddy Creek joining his own line that was formerly Richard Williams’s, including his improvement and beginning at three small white oaks on the east side of John Williams’s branch and runs with Williams’s line…to a pine in the head of the Long Branch by Mr. Ancurm’s line…

Land Patent:
100 acres in Duplin County on both sides of Jumping Run, a branch of Muddy Creek, the east side of the North East River, adjoining William Collins, 50 acres patented by Richard Williams, his own survey of 300 acres

Deed:
From Merrit Manning, 20 acres on the north side of Long Branch being part of a survey of 90 acres surveyed for Merrit Manning

Died:
Will proven in court January Term 1806

Abraham married Delilah (ANDREWS). Delilah was born before 1755. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1790, Duplin County, North Carolina, USA
• Census: 1800, Duplin County, North Carolina, USA

Other Events and Attributes:

• Deed: 30 Jan 1747/8 O.S., Norfolk County, Virginia, British America
• Tax List: 10 Jun 1761, Norfolk County, Virginia, British America
• Deed: 8 Apr 1767, Norfolk County, Virginia, British America
• Land Patent: 24 Dec 1770, Craven County, North Carolina, British America
• Residence: 1 Apr 1776, Dobbs County, North Carolina, USA
• Residence: 2 Feb 1779, Dobbs County, North Carolina, USA

Notes:

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

Deed:
“Thomas Manning and Sarah Manning his wife of Norfolk County to Joseph Wright of Nansemond County, 8 Apr 1767, for £127, 125 acres lying on the Head of the Western Branch on the Beach Ridge in Norfolk County...”

Land Patent:
400 acres in Craven County “on the west side of Little Contentney Creek on both sides of the Watering Branch…”

Residence:
Thomas Manning of Dobbs County to Jesse Rountree, 351 acres in Craven County “on the west side of Little Contentney Creek on both sides of the Watering Branch…it being a part of a tract of land granted to Thomas Manning by patent.”

Residence:
Thomas Manning of Dobbs County to William Bentley, 99 acres in Craven County “on the south side of the Watery Branch at the lower end of the Horse Pen Marsh … it being part of a tract of land granted to Thomas Manning by patent bearing date 27 May 1770”

Thomas married Sarah. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Deed: 8 Apr 1767, Norfolk County, Virginia, British America

Notes:

Deed:
“Thomas Manning and Sarah Manning his wife of Norfolk County to Joseph Wright of Nansemond County, 8 Apr 1767, for £127, 125 acres lying on the Head of the Western Branch on the Beach Ridge in Norfolk County...”

Notes:

Died:
Mary Anders, widow, to her son-in-law, William Collins

William married Mary (ANDREWS). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Deed: 9 Jan 1792, Duplin County, North Carolina, USA

Notes:

Deed:
Mary Anders, of Duplin, widow, to her son-in-law, William Collins of Duplin, planter, 9 Jan 1792, for £130, one negro girl named Patience of the age of fifteen years now in possession of the said Wm. Collins.