July 30, 2008-Timeline-Thomas Manning, Jr.

Thomas Manning, Jr. 1802-1889

Thomas Manning, Jr. was born in 1802 in York County, South Carolina. He was the son of Thomas Manning, Sr. (1775-1840) and Elizabeth Beck. Thomas Manning, Jr. married Jane Jinsey Stewart in 1828. Jane was the daughter of John Stewart (1772-1852) and Sarah Mullinax (1774-1852). Thomas and his family lived in South Carolina from the time he was born until around 1835 when he moved to Walker County, Georgia.

While still living in South Carolina, Thomas and Jane had two sons.

John S. Manning 1830

Thomas Jefferson Manning 1832

After moving to Walker County, Georgia, the rest of their children were born.

Sarah A. Manning 1835
Elizabeth C. Manning 1837

Migamin (Margaman) Manning 1840

Mary Jane Manning 1842

James P. Manning 1844

Louisa Manning 1846

Lewis C. Manning 1851

1840

Thomas Manning, Jr. was noted on the 1840 census in Walker County, Georgia to have a household consisting of himself, wife, two sons and two daughters.

1850

Thomas Manning, Jr. was noted on the census to be a farmer. In 1850, the family was in Walker County, Georgia, household #375, owning real estate valued at $1800. The household included Thomas, James. John, Thomas Jefferson, Sarah, Elizabeth, Margaman, Mary J., James P. and Louisa. On the 1850 Walker County Slave Schedule, Thomas was shown to have three slaves ages 35, 24 and 7. John, the oldest son was noted to be a teacher and Thomas Jefferson, a farmer.

1857

Son, Thomas Jefferson Manning had completed medical school and moved to Indian Territory (Oklahoma) to work as a physician for the Indian Agent. In 1857, Thomas Jefferson Manning married Matilda LeFlore.

1859

Son, Margaman Manning married Harriet Thornton.

1860

On the 1860 census in Walker County, they were household #699 which included Thomas, Jane, Louisa and Lewis. Thomas was indicated to be a farmer and his real estate was valued at $6000 and his personal estate at $6000. On the 1860 Slave Schedule, Thomas owned six slaves ages 40, 33, 18, 18, 9 and 3.

His son John S. was not on this census. He died in 1860 with a lung hemorrage, according to the U.S. Mortality Index. On the same census page in 1860, his son Margaman Manning and his wife Harriet are house are household #698, he was 20 and she was 18. Their property was valued at $375 and he was a farmer.

Daughter Elizabeth C. and her husband H.G. R. Williams are household #703 on the 1860 Walker County census. Mr. Williams was noted to be a teacher with real estate valued at $1000 and personal estate at $400.

1862

Daughter Mary J. Manning Thornton died at age 20, leaving her husband Augustus and two children Clarinda and James B. Thornton.

1864

Son in law, Augustus Thornton died. He was killed in a Civil War battle. His children Clarinda and James B. were living with Thomas and Jane Manning in 1870.

1865

Son, Margaman Manning died while a Prisoner of War at Camp Douglas, Illinois. He was survived by his wife Harriet and daughter Julia Elizabeth who was born March 16, 1861 in Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia.

1866

Daughter, Louisa married Hamilton G. Moore and their first child Effa Lillian Moore was born July 8, 1866.

1870

On the Walker County census of 1870, Thomas is household #193 with his wife Jane and children Lewis C., and grandchildren Catherine J. and James B. Thornton. They were the children of their daughter Mary Jane Manning Thornton. Thomas was noted to be a farmer with real estate valued at $6000 and a personal estate of $6000.

1876

Daughter, Louisa Manning Moore died at age 30 and was survived by her husband, Hamilton G. Moore and children Effa Lillian, Emma J., Thomas H., Minnie S. and Artemissa B. In 1876, Hamilton Moore remarried to Margaret Lawrence.

1880

On the 1880 census of Walker County, Thomas lived with his wife Jane and granddaughter Effa.

Jane Stewart Manning died in 1885 and Thomas Manning died in 1889. Thomas and Jane are buried next to their son, John, at the Young Family Cemetery near Lafayette, Walker, Georgia.