William Nathan Maness of McNairy County, Tennessee

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: McNairy, Tennessee, United States

The Profile Page of William Nathan Maness (abt.1782-abt.1852) has become quite unwieldy with old research and speculation. Much of that will be moved here to make the profile page of William Nathan Maness more readable. Thanks to Carole Taylor for much of the early research for this ancestor.

Conflation with William Manis of Hawkins County, Tennessee

William Jacob Maness Jr and Keziah are the parents of:

1. Seth Isahm Maness B: 6 Feb 1762-Bedford County, Virginia who married Susan Fields.
2. William Nathan Maness B:1782 married to Mary Maness.

Seth named his son William after their father, William Jacob Manis son of Seth Isahm Maness and Susan Fields.

William Nathan Maness and Seth Isham are brothers, Seth had a son named William born in 1782, the same year his baby brother William Nathan Maness was born. Seth's son William Jacob Manis (abt.1782-aft.1842) was married to Lydia Lawson-Manis

Research Notes

1. We need to unlink Christopher S Maness as he does not appear on the family BIBLE.... done.
2. Can there really be 2 William Maness' born 1782 Moore County N C and both died 12th of June 1842 in Hawkins, Tennessee??????????????????????

From rootsweb TREE CRISCOS ROWDY FRIENDS Owner: artsell --ID: I2592

Name: William MANESS

Birth: Abt 1782 in Moore County, NC

Death: 12 Jun 1842 in Hawkins County, TN

_UID: E9E72561C6354785908AD4FA850C7EDDF13F--Change Date: 6 Dec 2002 at 20:43

Note: Individual:

"Will Of William Manis dated in June 1842, lists his wife, Lydia, 155

THE "Will this person sites is for the William Manis, son of William Jacob Manis...AND THE CHILDREN are not his..............

THIS is where it is really CONFUSING they have a different father/mother???

Father: Seth MANESS b: Feb 1762 in Bedford County, VA

Mother: Susan "Patsy" FIELDS b: Abt 1763

Marriage: Lydia LAWSON

Date: Abt 1810 in Hawkins County, TN

Children

1. Dalzel MANIS b: 12 Jan 1813 in TN
2. Susan MANIS b: 26 May 1815 in TN
3. Campbell MANESS b: Abt 1817
4. Carter MANESS b: 4 Mar 1821 in TN
5. Joseph MANESS b: 1 Jan 1825 in TN
6. Wiley MANESS b: Unknown
7. Anna MANESS b: Unknown
8. Alcey MANESS b: Unknown

The OTHER William N. Maness on rootsweb.com the TREES give this list as

CHILDREN

Hiram MANESS b: 1800

John B. MANESS b: 6 JAN 1802 in North Carolina

Christopher S. (Asa) MANESS b: 7 NOV 1805 (THIS one is NOT on the BIBLE PAGE)

Levicey MANESS b: 20 MAR 1806

Riley MANESS b: 1808 in North Carolina

George B. MANESS b: 31 AUG 1812 in North Carolina

Shadrach MANESS b: 13 AUG 1817 in North Carolina

from this list, we find on the 1830/1840 census, McNairy county, McNairy, Tennessee

Image #59 Manes, John B age: 20-30

2 Lines down is: Riley Manes, and a woman age: 20-30

4 Lines down is: Hiram Manes, and a woman age: 20-30

HOWEVER, there is an Asa Maness, son of Shadrach, son of William JACOB.....

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1820 Moore County, North Carolina [1]

First on the page line-up is a Daniel Maness

On the other side of Wm. N. is William Maness Sr.................

Head of Household: Wm N. Maness

Free White Males: -10= 4 / 10-16=2 / 26-45=1

Free White Females: -10=1 / 10-16=1 / 26-45=1

William N. w/b 38 years old

his wife Mary w/b 40

And they did have 6 boys before 1820

They are only known to have 1 daughter, but maybe one passed after the 1820 census as did Meshach........

1830 Moore County, North Carolina [2]

Head of Household:

Manus, Wm Sr. age:90-100 column

Females: 80-90= 1

This would be his wife...............

AND next door

Manus, Wm D. age:30-40 /Boys: -5=2 /5-10=1

and a Female: 20-30/ a little girl...........

This would be JR...

By 1840 they, dad and the sons have moved the families to .

1840 McNairy County, Tennessee

First Maness listed on the page is:

Shadrach age:20-30/ 1 boy under 5/2 girls -10/ female: 20-30

Riley age;30-40/ 5-10=2/15-20=1 AND 4 girls/female; 30-40

William age:50-60/ 2 teenage boys / 1 girl -5/ 1 20-30 / 1 50-60

So it seems he has a daughter, or daughter-in-law living with them with her youngsters.

Last LINE: Manes, Hiram age:30-40/ 1 boy -5/

And with him Females: -5= 9 (??? it is blurred) / 5-10=1 / 20-30=1

So this "9" is impossible for 1 woman to have 9 kids in 5 years, I would think.........

Also found in this census group, 1 page to the left is

Maness, John B age:30-40/4 boys ....

Found this census, not sure if it is them?? Tennessee, but some of the rootsweb.com TREES agree with it..

1850 McNairy county, part of, McNairy, Tennessee

House #923

Age 70

Birth Year (Estimated) 1780

Birthplace North Carolina, United States

House Number 923

William Maness M 70 North Carolina,

Mary Maness F 72 North Carolina

House #922 is

Manes, John age:47 born NC/wife Nancy age:45/ 7 kids

On the other side is:

Manes, George age:38/wife Sarah age:35/5 kids

House #926 is:

Manes, Morgan age:25 born Tennessee/wife Margary/3 kids

Citing this Record: "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCDG-VVM : 12 April 2016), William Maness, McNairy county, part of, McNairy, Tennessee, United States; citing family 923, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

This Wm. N Maness age is no more than 26 years/ his wife as well.

which makes the year of birth 1794 NOT "1782"

1820 Moore, North Carolina, United States

Name Wm N. Maness

White Males: -10 years= 4 / 10-16= 2 / 16-26=1

White Females: -10=1 / 10-16=1 / 16-26=1

2 lines above Wm. is Daniel

NEXT DOOR is: Wm. Maness Sr.. and 1 female

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NOTE: I AGREE there is another Manis family that named 3 of their sons, Meshach, Shadrach, & Abednego...... Abednego/ THIS ONE of course is his brother who is LINKED Abednego which is born same year as the child listed in the BIBLE... (we will LINK him) and the other brothers as well.

Family BIBLE

William Nathan Maness' family is documented in a family bible, for which we have obtained photos. The bible lists the following names and births:

William Nathan Maness 20 Aug 1782

Mary Maness 22 Feb 1780

Children

1. John B Maness 06 Jan 1802
2. Meshach Maness 04 Dec 1803 died before he was 20. (or so it is said)
3. Levicey Maness 20 Mar 1806
4. Benjamin Riley Maness 13 Jan 1808
5. Hiram Maness 21 Jan 1810
6. George B Maness 31 Aug 1812
7. William H Maness 20 Mar 1815
8. Shadrach Maness 13 Aug 1817
9. Abednego Maness 10 May 1823
10. James H Maness 30 Apr 1827

I believe that James H. born 30 April 1827 is the son of John B. as the f-a-g headstone/memorial/ census records indicate.

IF, he is not his son then his MOTHER, Mary Maness at the age of 48 gave birth to a son on the exact day and named him the exact name.............no don't think so..and look at the space between the last child... actually I think Shadrach 1817 was her last child and the next BIRTH's in the BIBLE were her grandchildren??????????