Re: Manuels of South Carolina
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Re: Manuels of South Carolina
12/20/00
Hi Larry,
I'm doing some research for an acquaintance on this line. His mother is a daughter of Jack Manuel, brother to Bointon, Garrie, Hoyt, and your father Percy. Here's what I have so far, subject to further verification:
Percy's father was Leicester Manuel, born in SC about 1882. His parents were William Jefferson Manuel and his wife Hannah, who lived in Sandy Run Twp. in Lexington County, SC. William Jefferson Manuel was born about 1865 to Owen and Martha Manuel in Barnwell County, SC. Owen died when Wm. Jefferson (Jeff) Manuel was 4-6 years old and his mother remarried William Davis shortly after that. In the 1880 census, Jeff is working as a farmhand for C. Jennings Davis, probably a relative of his stepfather's.
Owen Manuel, born about 1827, appears at the age of 22 in the 1850 census living with John Manuel and his wife Polly. He may be their son or their grandson.
John Manuel appears in the Barnwell censuses from 1810 to 1850, his age varying drastically from one to the other, and in 1810 he appears to be listed as "other free male", meaning probably Indian or mixed white and Indian. After that he is shown as white from 1820 on.
He may be related to the Croatan Manuels of Sampson County, NC, who belonged to the tribe that many historians feel descends from the mixture of early Croatans with the English settlers of the lost colony.
Let me know how or whether this fits with anything you may have been able to come up with since your post.
Kathleen Hogan Manuel
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