Re: SILAS RATLIFF--VA..KY.
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In reply to:
Re: SILAS RATLIFF--VA..KY.
6/24/98
Spelling was very imprecise in the 1800's and frequently two or three different spellings of the same surname could be found in the same sentence.The scribe was guessing at the spelling and thought perhaps one way would be correct.Mannin is very definitely close enough to Manning to be the same name.Remember, even now the "g" is commonly omitted from words ending in "ing" throughout much of Appalachia.