| Notes |
- RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. From the book "Pleasant Mangum and All His Kin, the Story of the Bennetts, the Mangums, and the Parhams," comp. by James Lynn Parham, Gateway Press, Inc., Baltimore, MD, 1997, Chapter 5, John Mangum, Immigrant Ancestor:
"No one Mangum has had more research and controversy associated with him than John Mangum of early Virginia. He has long been considered the original Mangum ancestor in the New World although we think there were other immigrants later.
John was in the Virginia colony in the late 1600's and most consider him to the be father of those Mangums who later appear in the Albemarle Parish of Surry County.(1) Many of the present day Mangums or descendants of Mangums trace their lineage to those several families. John's origins are unclear and no ship passenger logs of his arrival have been found. Searches have been extensive. We are left with only family traditions. The first sure record we have of him is 25 May 1695 when he purchased land in Surry County, Virginia from Richard Bennett Sr. John might have been the John (Mangom?) who was a taxable in Lawnes Creek Parish, Surry Co., on 10 June 1693 and the John Mangham who listed taxes in Surry Co. on 10 June 1694.(2)
John born about 1672, probably in England or English territory. Some traditions say Isle of Man, others say Wales, Ireland, etc.
John almost certainly married into one of Virginia's pioneering Bennett families. That marriage and the controversy surrounding the identify of his wife Frances have been fully explored in the previous chapters on the Bennett family.
John must have married into the Bennett family after 1696 but probably before 1700. The fact that John was unmarried in early 1696 is shown by the deed he made on 23 March 1695/6 to John Morrell.(3) He alone signs the deed. By law, a wife would have had to sign with him. The Mangum heads-of-household who were later in the Albemarle Parish of Surry County seem to have been born shortly after 1700. John died in Isle of Wight County, Virginia in 1737 and Frances Mangum was administrator.(4)
The children of John Mangum:
The determination of the children of the immigrant John Mangum has been mostly a matter of educated guesswork. We know that Mary and Sarah Mangum, mentioned in Sarah Lancaster's will of 1722, were daughters of John Mangum. Both were apparently minors at that time. Frances, mentioned in the will of Richard Bennett Jr., may have been a daughter of John but that theory is still controversial. John who married Olive Savidge, was most likely the eldest son of John and Frances. Two other probable sons, James and William, both married Marys and recorded some of their children's births in the Albemarle Parish. Because of William's importance he will be discussed in a later chapter.
For various reasons, some researchers have assigned other children to John and Frances. Among those is Henry Mangum who recorded his children's births in the Mill Swamp Baptist Church records of Isle of Wight County, beginning in 1746. His tie to John the immigrant lies in the fact that he was in the same general area and his age was approximately the ages of John's other children.
John Mangum Jr.:
The first record we have of another John Mangum is in Surry County, 1728, when a John Mangum witnessed the will of John Spratley.(5) We know that it was not John the immigrant. The signatures of John the immigrant showed that he was illiterate, signing all his records with an 'X' or a '+'. The John who witnessed this Surry will signed it John C. Mangum without a mark. We believe he was son of the immigrant John Mangum because he seemed to be of that age group. He resided in Surry County and died there in 1744.(6) His estate was administered by Olive Mangum who later was godparent to several children born in the Albemarle Parish. Olive also witnessed a will by John Richardson in 1747.(7) Interestingly enough, John and Olive never recorded any of their children in the parish records. We therefore have no direct record of any of their children. However, in 1747 the Parish Church wardens "bond out a guardian for the orphans of John Mangum."(8) This must have been John Jr., not John the immigrant who died in 1737.
Olive seemed to have been the daughter of Robert Savidge who made his will in Surry in 1697.(9) In his will Robert mentions his daughter, Olive, along with sons Charles and Loveless. In 1728, Loveless made his will in Surry County and mentions Olive Mangum but he does not mention the relationship.(10)
We suspect that the four children Olive was godparent to in the parish were her grandchildren through her daughters. They were John and Selah, son and daughter of Wm. Huler (Hulen?) and wife Selah, Elizabeth dau. of Robert Purrier and wife Frances, and Zilpah, son of Arthur Richardson and wife Mary.
Recent research has suggested that John Mangum Jr. was the father of that John Mangum who was born 1732 and moved with his family to Mecklenburg County, Virginia. John of Mecklenburg County was the father of John Mangum, born 1763, who served as a patriot in the Revolutionary War. Previous lineages had placed 1732 John as a son of William Mangum Sr. of the 1748 Virginia to North Carolina migration. See insert below.
James Mangum:
James, possible son of John the Immigrant, was probably born about 1706. He, like his brother William Sr., recorded the births of some of his children in the Albemarle Parish records beginning in 1741/2. He was married to Mary. It seems that many of these early Mangums were attracted to women named Mary, but then again, Mary was a very common name. James left his will 29 Nov. 1782 in Sussex County; Virginia, naming several children including Absolom Mangum. (I I) Absolom migrated into N.C. about 1783.(12) This was about 35 years after his uncle, William Mangum Sr., made the pioneering journey.
Henry Mangum:
Henry Mangum may have been a son of John the immigrant. He was a member of the Mill Swamp Baptist Church of Isle of Wight County, Virginia. He apparently left the main line of the Church of England (Episcopalian) to join with the then minor sect of Baptists. The births of his children (and only his children) were recorded in the Church minutes. They began with Cathron, born 20 Sept. 1746 and end with Goodrich b. 17 March 1768.(14) Henry Mangum Jr. was born 25 April 1753. Henry Sr. left his will in Isle of Wight County, Virginia dated 17 Nov. 1790.(15) He names his children but not his wife. He may have been married to Constance or Agnes, both mentioned in the church records.(16)
Henry's descendants, through Henry Jr., contributed much to the Mangum saga. Henry Jr. was a Revolutionary War soldier, as were probably one or more of his sons. Henry Jr. resided in Greensville & Brunswick Counties, Virginia. The family moved to Maury County, Tennessee in the early 1800's, leaving many descendants.(17)
William Mangum Sr.:
William Mangum Sr. was born about 1709 because he began recording some of his children's births in the Albemarle Parish in 1734. See the next chapter for more detailed information on William Sr. [See his file in this database for the referenced chapter transcription.]
References
1. See Appendix E for information about The Albemarle Parish.
2. Surry Co., Va. Unverified information from researcher Timothy Mangham.
3. Surry County, Va. Deeds, Wills, Etc. #5, 1694-1709, page 163.
4. Isle of Wight Co., Va., Wills, Accounts, 1733-45, page 189-90, dated 26 Sept. 1737. See chapter 3, page 27 (Frances Mangum) for further discussion of John Mangum's death.
5. Surry Co., Va. will book 7, page 867
6. Surry Co., Va., Wills, Etc., 1738-1754, page 486 dated Aug. 1744. Olive Mangum Adminix.
7. Will of John Richardson, Surry Co., Va. Will Bk. 9, page 561. Will recorded 20 Oct. 1747.
8. Research by Mrs. Joann Hoagland described in a letter to John Palmer, 17 July 1991.
9. Surry Co., Va. Will Book 5, page 55, probated 3 May 1698.
10. Surry Co., Va. Will book 7, page 943.
11. Sussex Co., Va., Will Book D, 1782-1789, probated 17 June 1784.
12. See Mangum Family Bulletin, issue 15 page 17 and issue 20 page 8.
13. Delta Ivey Mangum Hale, John Mangum, Revolutionary Soldier and Descendants. Her book is described in the Bibliography.
14. A copy of the church records (1 page) can be obtained from the Virginia State Library in Richmond, Va.
15. Isle of Wight Co., Va., Will Book 10, page 323, 1783-96.
16. One theory is that Agnes was a daughter of John Mangum, the immigrant, and sister of Henry Mangum Sr. Research by the Langston family shows that there was an Agness Mangum, born 1712, who married a John Langston.
17. For more information on Henry and his family, see the Mangum Family bulletin, issue 7, page 32 and issue 36, page 7.
2. From the book "Pleasant Mangum and All His Kin, the Story of the Bennetts, the Mangums, and the Parhams," comp. by James Lynn Parham, Gateway Press, Inc., Baltimore, MD, 1997, Chapter 6, William Mangum Sr., Virginia to North Carolina:
"We believe that William Mangum Sr. was a son of John the immigrant. We first know of him in 1734 when he and his wife Mary record their son James' birth in the Albemarle Parish of Surry County, Virginia.(1) This couple also recorded the births of sons William Jr. in 1736, Arthur in 1741 and daughter Sarah in 1744.(2) We have no definite proof but we think that there may have been at least one other older son named Samuel whose birth was not recorded in the Parish.
The early records concerning William Sr. and his family are very uncertain. William was born about 1709 although we have no direct evidence of his birth or his parentage. His wife Mary, according to one genealogy, may have been a daughter of Job Person and wife Lucy although we have not been able to document that theory. Another source says she was daughter of John Person whose will was probated in Surry Co., Virginia in 1738, but that theory presently seems doubtful.(3) The available records do suggest that the Person family was close kin to the Mangums.
William Mangum Sr. and his family remained in Virginia until at least June 1747 when William helped appraise the estate of Arthur Sherrod.(4) By May 1748 the family was in North Carolina.
By the mid 1700's the available land in Virginia was beginning to run out. Economic opportunities lay elsewhere, on the frontier in middle North Carolina. William Mangum Sr. and family apparently made the trek to the Southwest in 1748. In May of that year William Mangum witnessed a deed in that part of Edgecombe Co., N.C. that is now in Halifax County.(5) They did not stay long there but continued on west into that part of Granville County that is now Warren County. William witnessed a deed there in June of 1748 and began the acquisition of land in 1749 when 350 acres were surveyed for him.(6) The land was granted to him in 1751 by John Earl Granville. The grant calls him a planter of St John's Parish.
The tax lists for William begin in 1749 when he listed two polls. One poll is William himself and we suspect the other is his son Samuel Mangum. William's last land grant was in 1760 and thereafter he began to sell his land. In 1764 Bute County was created from parts of three counties including the eastern part of Granville County. William's remaining land was incorporated in this new county. Between 1765 and 1780 a William Mangum, whom we believe is our William Mangum Sr., had several land dealings in Bute County.
It is unknown if William Sr. had any more children after he came to North Carolina. He was in his 40's but his wife may have been somewhat younger. She was not necessarily past childbearing age. The Joseph who was in Granville County and the Solomon who was in Orange County were possibly sons of William Sr.
We do not know when William Sr. died. We do know he disappears from the Granville Co., tax lists in the 1760's. It is possible he moved to Orange County, N.C. but it is not certain that those records pertain to our William Mangum Sr.(7)
We have already mentioned the migration by Absolom Mangum into North Carolina about 35 years after William arrived. We believe Absolom's migration was influenced by William's earlier migration. Absolom was a son of James Mangum, the brother of William Mangum Sr. Absolom and his family settled in the southern part of Granville County, near the border with Wake County. Many of the Wake County Mangums stem from Absolom and his children.(8)
Absolom left records in Johnson County, N.C. in 1769,(9)Wake County in 1780(10) and maybe in Union County, S.C. in 1782 and 1790.(11) He bought land in Granville County in 1788 and was in the 1787 tax. lists.(12) A court record in Granville seems to show that he bought land there in 1786.(13) It is not known whether all these records pertain to the Absolom who settled in Southern Granville County. If so, he was a restless sort, as were many of our early pioneers.
Absolom died on or before 1802 since Lucy Mangum was administrator of his estate on 7 May 1802.(14)
Children of William Mangum Sr.:
James Mangum:
James was born 2 June 1734 and his birth was recorded in the Albemarle Parish of Surry County, Virginia. His birth was recorded in the parish after the fact since the parish was not set up until 1738. After the migration into North Carolina, James was in the militia of Granville Co., N.C. in 1754 with his father and brothers.(15) He is also listed in several tax lists of Granville. Little else is known about him. He died on 15 Sept. 1757 at the age of 23, leaving his wife Sarah and one son unnamed.(16) One tradition says that the son was Jacob Mangum who settled in South Carolina. No proof of that relationship has been found and another tradition disputes this, saying that Jacob was from Ireland.
William Mangum Jr.
William Mangum Jr. was born 16 May 1736. His birth is recorded in the Albemarle Parish Register of Virginia. His birth, like his brother James' birth was added "after the fact." William Jr. was in the Granville Co. Militia in 1754 and in several tax lists of the period. We know little else about his life in North Carolina. He was a British Tory (sympathizer) during the Revolutionary War. He was in Georgia by 1772. He seems to disappear from the Granville County, N.C. tax lists by 1768. He was recruited into the British Army in 1779 from a group of Georgia back country Tories. He served with the 96th Brigade, Little River Militia.(I7).
William was married in Georgia to Elizabeth "Letgo," "Ladco," or "Lithgow" and had at least two daughters and one son named Samuel. Samuel was killed in 1780 while fighting as a British soldier. When the British evacuated Charleston in 1782, William and family went to the loyalist refuge in St. Augustine, Fla. His property in Georgia was confiscated by the State of Georgia because of his British service.
William's 1st wife died about 1784. He left for Nova Scotia and sometime before 1791 he married again but his wife's name is unknown. He lived out his days on bleak Morris Island. His petition for title to the land he occupied on the island (as a reward for his loyalist service) was never acted on.
One of William's relatives, John Mangum (III?), born in Virginia in 1763, fought for the American side in the war. More information on John was given in the previous chapter. It is possible that they fought opposite each other during the siege of Old Ninety-six, the key British fortress in South Carolina. John was captured by the British, but the British commander saved John's life because he knew and liked his loyalist kin.
Arthur Mangum: Arthur Mangum was born 2 May 1741 in the Albemarle Parish, Surry County, Virginia. He was only 7 years old when the family migrated into North Carolina. There is extensive literature available concerning Arthur. This is because of his famous grandson Willie P. Mangum who was Judge, Congressman, Senator and acting vice-president of the United States from 1842 to 1845. Tyler succeeded to the presidency in 1841 on the death of Harrison. That made the president pro-tempore of the Senate (Samuel L. Southard of N. J.) second in line for the presidency and therefore acting Vice President of the United States. Southard resigned 3 May 1842 and on 31 May Willie Person Mangum was chosen as his successor and continued in that office until March 4, 1845. Tyler himself narrowly escaped death from an accident on the USS Princeton in 1844. Senator Mangum came within a 'hair breath' of becoming the president of the United States. The line of succession to the Presidency has been changed in recent years.
The legends that have Arthur, wife and son coming into N.C. in a wagon are obviously wrong since Arthur was a child at the time of the Virginia to North Carolina migration. It is possible that the legend was referring to the time when Arthur came to Orange County, N.C. from the eastern part of Granville Co., N.C. Arthur moved to Orange County and received land there in 1763. He became quite prosperous and many of his descendants were people of note.
There is considerable confusion as to the death of Arthur. A sketch by Dr. Stephen B. Weeks puts his death 12-24 March 1789.(18) However, Arthur's will is dated 24 Nov. 1789.(19) Also, Arthur bought land on 11 May 1790.(20) His death must have been later than this. A story by Mr. Mangum Turner, a descendent of Arthur, places his death in 1809.(21) This is probably not correct. The 1800 census of Orange County lists Lucy Mangum as head of household of Arthur's family. This must mean that she was a widow at the time. These limits place his death between 11 May 1790 and 1800. A later deed involving Arthur's son William Person Mangum infers that Arthur died about 1793. This appears to be the most likely year of his death. There are many other sources of information about Arthur Mangum's prominent North Carolina descenÂÂdants.(22)
Sarah Mangum: Sarah Mangum was born to William and Mary 14 Oct 1743 and her birth was recorded in the Albemarle Parish records. We have found no further record of her.
Samuel Mangum: It is unfortunate that we have only indirect evidence for the parentage of Samuel Mangum, the person through which we believe we descend. The public records show a give and take between him and William Sr. usually exhibited only by close relatives. We assume, without direct proof, that Samuel was an older son of William and Mary Mangum. He will be dealt with more fully in the next chapter.
OTHER Children:
We do not know if William Sr. and Mary had any more children born in Virginia. Certainly, none were recorded in the Albemarle Parish. William and his family migrated into North Carolina in 1748. William would probably have been in his forties although his wife might have been younger. We believe they had at least two children after they came to North Carolina. One of those was Solomon Mangum, the father of the Georgia Manghams.(23) We also believe that another son was Joseph Mangum. There were two Joseph Mangums in that part of North Carolina during that time period. We believe the Joseph Mangum of Warren/Bute County was a son of Samuel Mangum.
References
1. John Bennett Boddie's book on the Albemarle Parish has some errors. One error was a reference to the birth of James Mangum to parents William and Martha. The original records show that the parents were actually William and Mary. Those records were checked by Joseph F. Inman, genealogist and Mangum descendant, in 1972. The book by Gertrude R. B. Richards and Florence M. Leonard concerning the Albemarle Parish records also confirm that the parents were William and Mary. See Appendix E for additional information about the Albemarle Parish and these two books.
2. Obviously, the births of James and William Mangum were recorded in the parish many years after they were born. The parish was not set up until 1738. Neither have godparents listed but neither does Arthur Mangum born in 1741 and a probably related Lucy Mangum born in 1759. Probably parents who first recorded a birth in the parish also entered births of children born much earlier. See Appendix E for more information on the Albemarle Parish.
3. Will of John Person of Surry County, Va. was recorded in Deeds, Wills, Etc., 1738-54, pages 51-53. The will is dated 8 Aug. 1721 and proved 21 March 1738. There is no mention of Mangums in the will. One of John Person's two daughters was name Mary. One of John's sons, Samuel Person, mad~ his will 17 Feb. 1753, proved 3 Oct. 1754. In that will he mentions his sister Mary Glover. The Mary (Person?) that married William Mangum was almost certainly with her husband in North Carolina in 1753.
4. Estate of Arthur Sherrod, Surry Co., Va Deeds, Wills, Etc, 1738-54, page 559, 16 June 1747.
5. William Manggum & Wassie Jones witnessed a deed by Jones to Atkinson, 18 May 1748, Edgecombe Co. May Court Records, 1748, Page 223.
6. Land Grants, Granville County and Granville County, N.C. Deeds, 1 June 1748, from the N.C. State Archives, Raleigh, N.C.
7. The 1776 list of Voters in Orange Co., N.C. list a Wm Mangrum and a deed (1 May 1777) has William Mangum as a witness.. The deed was from Arthur Mangum to Solomon Mangum.
8. See Mangum Family Bulletin, issue 15, page 17.
9. Johnson Co., N.C., Court Records, Feb. 1769 Court. Deed from Suggs to Camp proved by Absolom Mangum.
10. Wake Co., Deeds, 14 Sept. 1790. Deed from Kemp to Martin states that Absolom Mangum lived on waters of Horse Creek, Wake County, N.C.
11. Absolom Mangum is listed in the 1790 Census of South Carolina.
12. Granville Co., N.C. Deeds, DB Q, page 617.
13. See Mangun Family Bulletin, issue 20, page 8.
14. Granville Co., N.C. Court Records, see Mangum Family Bulletin, issue 13, page 6. IS. State Records of North Carolina, N.C. State Dept. of Archives & History.
16. James Mangum Adm. Bond, Granville Co., N.C., 6 Dec. 1757.
17. For a complete story on William Mangum Jr. and his exploits by Mr. Thomas L. Hughes, see the Mangum Family Bulletin, issues 35-37.
18. See Bibliography, "Biographical History of North Carolina. .." by Ashe.
19. Orange County, N.C. Wills, Will Book B, page 100.
20. Orange County, N.C. Deeds, see Mangum Family Bulletin, issue 11/12, page 42.
21. Reminisces of Willie P. Mangum's Descendants, a sketch by Mangum Turner in The Papers of Willie Person Mangum, Vo15, page 746-758.
22. See the Bibliography #s 11, 14,22 & 23 for more details on these references.
23. See the Bibliography for details on Vaughn Ballard's book on Solomon Mangham.
24. See Mangum Family Bulletin, issues 18, page 2 and issue 19, page 2 for articles on the Joseph Mangums of Warren and of Granville Counties, North Carolina."
3. Lynn Parham, editor of the Mangum Journals and a premier Mangum family researcher as of 14 Mar 2005 takes a different approach to the ancestry of the patriot John Mangum then what most LDS family historians use based upon work done years ago by Delta Hale: "The present best thinking of the lineage is John Mangum the immigrant, John Mangum who married Olive Savidge, John Mangum (1734), John Mangum the Patriot (1763) who married Murdock/Goggins/Canida. I'm speaking from memory here, so ignore minor mistakes in birth years. Originally, it was thought that John (1734) was a son of William Mangum Sr., but it is difficult to imagine that he at age 14 would not follow his father to North Carolina. The only other option for his father seems to be John Mangum who married Olive Savidge. I was not the one to do that research but I agree 100% with it. I will give you the details if you wish, which is a letter from Joann Hoagland to John Palmer and is published in his Mangum book. This lineage, of course, is not proven, just the best fit of the available records. I do not have family group sheets of the old Mangums on the web [http://home.comcast.net/~lynn.parham/]. My book ["Pleasant Mangum and All His Kin"], which I described last time, is the best current thinking on those lineages. As to the book lineages, I do not take as gospel those lineage connections that 99.999 percent of all Mangum researchers use in their lineages. They do not even mention that there is severe lack of proof in some of those connections, even if it does sound reasonable. I don't even disagree with most of it but it gnaws my gizzard when the lack of proof is not even mentioned. Then another generation of Mangum researchers take this unproven stuff and again recite it as gospel because all these older and wiser researchers said so."
4. The book "The Mangums of Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas, Texas, and Utah and Adjoining States," by John T. Palmer, Santa Rosa, 1992, FHL film 1697868, pp. 4-5, issue of John Mangum and Frances Mangum, second Child: "William, the ancestor of the author was b. ca. 1706, Albemarle Parish, Surry Co., VA, d. Orange or Granville Co., VA, aft 1787, m. ca. 1731 Mary Person, b. 1709, Albemarle Parish, Isle of Wight Co., VA, dau. of John Person III, b, ca 1668, Albemarle Parish, Isle of Wight, VA, and Mary or Sarah Partridge, b. abt. 1670, Albemarle Parish, Isle of Wight, VA, dau. of Thomas Partridge. It has been well established that the family of William Mangum, Sr. migrated to NC from Virginia by June 1748 where sons Solomon and Joseph were born. (Footnote 13.) William received a land grant of 150 acres from Lord Carteret, Earl of Granville, in 1751. He settled near where the Roanoke River crossed the Virginia line in what is now Warren Co., then Granville Co., NC. (Footnote 14.) William had joined the great migration of tobacco planters who came from Virginia south to find more fertile land for cultivating the 'golden weed.' (By the time of the 1790 Census of North Carolina, Absolom, Howel, James, Joseph, and William Mangum were identified as heads of household in NC, all residing in Granville and Orange Counties. Another Absolam Mangum was found in Union Co., SC, 96th District in 1790.)
Footnote 12: Will of John Person III, dated 8 Aug 1721, proved 21 Mar 1738, Surry Co., VA, identified in John Person's will included John Person, Thomas Person, Elizabeth Person of Joseph Tuke, Francis Person, Joseph Person, Benjamin Person, Samuel Person, William Jacob Person, and Mary Person who m. William Mangum.
Footnote 13: "Mangum Family Bulletin," #15, 1974, p. 17. William Mangum witnessed an indenture on 1 June 1748, Granville Co., NC (MFB #3, p. 36) James L. Parham, a Mangum descendant, has written this family builletin since March 1969, having published 28 issues of this journal dedicated to preserving and publishing Mangum family information. He has solicited and published Mangum family information from throughout the US and has made it possible for many Mangums to identify their early Mangum ancestors. Subcriptions can be arranged by contacting him at 324 Cumberland Drive, S.E., Huntsville, AL."
Footnote 14: MFB, #22, 1985.
Footnote 15 of this chapter provides a strong argument that John Mangum, the Revolutionary War soldier, is probably NOT the son of 1706 - William Mangum and Mary Person.) Foot note 15: Mrs. Joann Mangum Hoagland of 301 24th St., Silver City, NM, tel 505-38-4789, a descendant of John Mangum b. ca. 1732, wrote the author "I cannot tell you how strongly I feel about this relationship - that is 1732 John is not the son of 1706 William... I have studied carefully the documentation, which is pretty scarce, for placing 1732 John as the son of 1706 William. It just does not hold water... That Albemarle Parish register put me on to this. When the Parish entries are placed in chronological order, we see that 1706 Wm. entries end about 1747-8 when he moved to North Carolina. 1732 John entries begin and go until 1761, just before he moved to Lunenberg, VA. In 1747-8 when 1706-Wm. moved, 1732 John is a teenager. He would surely have gone with his father to North Carolina. That, in itself, tells me that 1732-John is not the son of 1706-William. Instead, 1732 John stays in Surry-Isle of Wight. Nor does 1732 John seem to align himself with different people, at least on the Albemarle Parish register, than had his supposed father William." Mrs. Hoagland requests that those interested in this relationship write her at the address noted above. She has obviously made a strong agrument that this undocumented relationship is tenuous. By the process of elimination she systematically eliminated Joseph, whose sons are Micajah, Elisha, and Josiah; Nicholas; James, whose sons were all born too late to be 1732 John; and Henry whose sons were also later than her 1732 John. "That leaves us," she wrote, "with 1703-1744 John and wife Olive Savage as 1732 John's parents... I have not proof - process of elimination."
5. Per website http://home.inu.net/sadie/index.htm for father John Magnum. See his notes for full and lengthy text of wills, deeds, bio. info, and misc. info which includes mention of this individual. I used this info for this individual as it seems the most detailed and primary. "William, Born Alb. Par, Surry Co., Va. circa 1696, Died 1744 Orange Co, NC (M) Mary Person." References: 17th Century Isle of Wight, (Boddie); Virginia Historical Families (Boddie); Southside Virginia Families (Boddie); Isle of Wight Co.,Va Deeds (Hopkins); Surry Co., Va Deeds & Crt. Orders (Hopkins); Isle of Wight Deeds (Eliza T. Davis); Surry Co. Deeds & Wills, (Davis); Wills & Adms. IOW Co. (Chapman); Cavaliers & Pioneers, Vols I & II (Nugent); LDS Records. Some citations perhaps of this William:
a. "Surry Co., Va. records, Cont'd:"
i. "12/23/1742 Sam'l Thompson to Wm Smith-land b/b John Mangum, etal."
ii. "12/21/1743 Est of Francis Sharp, dec'd-acctg lists among others, William Mangum, John Langston."
6. The most common and persistant view of William and Mary Person Mangum as grandparents of John Mangum, the patriot, is usually referenced back to the following book by Delta Hale. This assumption is challenged by John Palmer per quote elsewhere in this notes: the book "John Mangum, American Revolutionary War Soldier and Descendants," 1986, p. 7-16, by Delta Ivie Mangum Hale: "John Mangum [grandson of this William] was born Jan. 19, 1763 in Mecklenburg County, Virginia. His parents apparently moved to Lunenburg County soon after he was born, as his father, John Mangum, is listed as a member of the St. James Parish, Lunenburg County in the year 1764, the year after John was born. He was the fourth child in a family of six. He had one brother, William, and two sisters, Lucy and Sarah who were older and two brothers William and Lewis who were younger. (The reader may question the fact that the first and fifth children were both named William. It was a practice, especially in England, that when a child died, the next child of that sex would receive the dead child's name.)... John's father, whose name is also John, was born about 1736 in Albemarle Parish, Surry County, Virginia. His mother's name was Mary. Her maiden name is unknown. His grandfather, William Mangum, was also born in Albemarle Parish, Surry County, Virginia. His grandmother was Mary Person Mangum. His great-grandfather was John Mangum, and his great-grandmother was Francis Bennett Mangum, daughter of Governor Richard Bennett of Virginia. This is as far back as the direct Mangum line in America has been determined at present." [Kerry's note: The ancestor in terms of Governor Richard Bennett is erroneous in my opinion. See notes for Thomas Bennett, Richard Bennett, Sr., and Richard Bennett, Jr. separately in this database for a detailed Bennett history. Even though both groups of Bennetts lived in Isle of Wight County in colonial Virginia, there does not appear to be a connection and both Richards are separate and distinct.]
7. Per website of Lynn Parham quoted from Mangum Family Bulletin, Vol. 13, Page 24 at
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/lynn.parham/migrate.htm: "William Mangum Sr. was a probably a son of John the immigrant. We first know of him in 1734 when he and his wife Mary record their son James' birth in the Albemarle Parish of Surry County, Virginia. This couple also recorded the births of other children in the parish. The early records concerning William Sr. and his family are very uncertain. William was born about 1709 although we have no direct evidence of his birth or his parentage. His wife Mary, according to one genealogy, may have been a daughter of Job Person and wife Lucy although we have not been able to document that theory. Another source says she was daughter of John Person who's will was probated in Surry Co., Virginia in 1738, but that theory presently seems doubtful. The available records do suggest that the Person family was close kin to the Mangums. William Mangum Sr. and his family remained in Virginia until at least June 1747 when William helped appraise the estate of Arthur Sherrod. By May 1748 the family was in North Carolina.
William Mangum Sr. and family apparently made the trek to the Southwest [Carolinas] in 1748. In May of that year William Mangum witnessed a deed in that part of Edgecombe Co., N.C. that is now in Halifax County. They did not stay long there but continued on west into that part of Granville County that is now Warren County. William witnessed a deed there in June of 1748 and obtained land in 1749 when 350 acres were surveyed for him. The land was granted to him in 1751 by John Earl Granville. The grant calls him a planter of St. John's Parish. The tax lists for William begin in 1749 when he is listed in two polls. One poll is William himself and we suspect the other is his son Samuel Mangum. William's last land grant was in 1760 and thereafter he began to sell his land. We have no definite proof as to when and where William Mangum Sr. died. One other migration from Virginia occurred about 1780-85. That migration was by Absolom Mangum. Absolom was a son of James Mangum, the brother of William Mangum Sr. Absolom and his family settled in the southern part of Granville County, near the border with Wake County. Many of the Wake County Mangums stem from Absolom and his children. Absolom left records in Johnson County, N.C. in 1769, Wake County in 1780 and maybe in Union County, S.C. in 1782 and 1790. He bought land in Granville County in 1788 and was in the 1787 tax lists. A court record in Granville seems to show that he bought land there in 1786. It is not known whether all these records pertain to the Absolom who settled in Southern Granville County. If so, he was a restless sort, as were many of our early pioneers. Absolom died on or before 1802 since Lucy Mangum was administrator of his estate on 7 May 1802."
8. FHL film 2056023-2056026, especially film 5 which contains Mangum-Adair materials. Title is "George Addison Mangum's Genealogical Collection" which is his lifetime work donated to library in 1998; he was born in Utah in 1922, of Blackfoot, ID and is perhaps a brother to Ivey Mangum Hale. One of the pages in his notes state:
"James Mangum. James was born 2 June 1734 (1-A) in the Albemarle Parish, Surry County, Va. to William and Mary Mangum. James migrated with his parents into Granville Co., N.C. at the age of about 13 years. Little is known about him. He was in the Granville Co., Militia in 1754(5) at 20 years of age (with father and brothers) and is called son of William in the 1755 tax list. (6) His estate record shows that he died 15 Sept. 1757 at the age of 23, leaving a wife Sarah and one son unnamed. (2-B) Purchasers of his estate include Wm. Arthur and Samuel Mangham. No land dealings concerning James have been found." [Kerry's note: no idea what the numbers in parantheses mean.]
Another page of handwritten notes include: "Child #2 son of William Mangum and Mary b. 2 Apr 1734. I put him as the James Mangum of Granville Co., N. Car. Call No. 478500 N.C. 132 Administration Bond 6 Dec 1757 Sarah Mangum administrator; William Mangum and Joseph Person surety to Bond. Inventory returned to court 6 Dec 1757 recites James Mangum deceased Sept 15th last left a widow and one son. Among other items "a parcel of books;" some of the books sold to William Mangum, Arthur Mangum and Samuel Mangum. The only other James I find contemporary to this James is James Mangum Jr. with a wife Betty or Elizabeth in Albemarl Parish in 1762. I find James Mangum son-in-law to Philip Burrows in Philip Burrows' will 13 Oct 1777. The Virginia Genealogist, Vol 14, #4, p. 150 will recorded in Dinwoodie Co., Virginia now on file in Orange Co., N. Carolina. 47850 N.C. 132 Genealogies of Granville Co., N.Car. 3 vols. by Thomas McAdvag Owen. In this same reference William Mangum appears on court records September 1757. Also a will of Mary Person 20 May 1761 probated 11 Aug 1761 in Granville Co. mentions son Jesse, daughter Lucy Person, son John, dau. Martha Person and dau. Sarah Jones. Household goods in Virginia. Son Joseph Person executor. This might be Lucy who married Arthur Mangum. 8123 pt. 3 Surry Co. Court Orders p. 540 William Mangum vs. Jeffries 18 apr 1749 (my note William Mangum Sr. in Surry County, Virginia, as late as 18 Apr 1749 and in Granville Co., North Carolina by 3 September 1751."
9. "The Mangum-Mangham-Mangrum Journal," Issue No. 50, Oct 2002, (formerly "Mangum Family Bulletin"), James L. Parham, editor, pp. 16-20: "This Part 8 [of a series in the Journal] of the old Virginia records delves more deeply into the records of the second John Mangum of Virginia. We believe he was the son of the immigrant John Mangum but as usual we have no definite proof, just good circumstantial evidence. The first record is the petition of Olive Mangum his widow to obtain letters of administration..."
"COURT ORDER FOR ADMINISTRATION of John Mangum's Estate, (Surry County, Virginia Order Book 1741-1744, page 234 and 235. Court date 18 July 1744): 'On the petition of Olive Mangum Widow who made oath according to Law Certificate is granted her for obtaining Letters of Administration of the Estate of her Husband John Mangum decd giving Security on which she together with James [Nickolson] and William Mangum her Securities entered into and Acknowledged their Bond for her due Administration of the said Decedents Estate.
Ordered That Samuel Maget, Robert Judkins, Bartholomew Figures and William Owen or any three of them being - being first Sworn before Howell Biggs Gent Do appraise in Current Money the Slaves and personal Estate of John Mangum Deced and return the appraisement to the next Court.'"
EDITOR'S Comments:
Olive Mangum, widow of John Mangum deceased, petitioned the court and obtained letters of Administration for John's estate on 18 July 1744. This record leaves no doubt that Olive was indeed wife of John Mangum. It is very interesting that one of the securities for Olive is William Mangum. It has long been assumed (but not proven) that the William Mangum who migrated to North Carolina in 1748 was son of John Mangum the immigrant. If this is the same William Mangum, which seems very likely, then we assume that William was a brother of the deceased John Mangum (Jr.?).
John Mangum's estate was appraised by Samuel Magit, Robert Jurkins and Bartholomew Figures in August of 1744. The actual day is not recorded. The Administrator (Adminisx) was Olive Mangum. The inventory was returned to court 20 December of 1744. The total value was 25 pounds, 12 shillings and 12? pence. Present value of an English Pound is about $1.65. In 1744 a pound was worth considerably more, but it is difficult to translate currency value from that era into modern currency. Although the court order was to appraise the slaves and estate of John Mangum, there does not appear to be any slaves listed in the appraisement.
We still have not proven that this John Mangum and the North Carolina migrant William Mangum were truly sons of the immigrant John Mangum and wife Frances. However, that seems to be the most likely theory at present..."
10. "The Mangum-Mangham-Mangrum Journal," Issue No. 51, January 2003, (formerly "Mangum Family Bulletin"), James L. Parham, editor, pp. 13-15, article includes scanned images of the actual documents: This Part 9 [of a series in the Journal] of the old Virginia records continues to delve more deeply into the records of the second John Mangum (II) of Virginia and continues into some of John II's siblings. We, of course, have no absolute proof that these Mangums were children of John Mangum the immigrant, but that is the most reasonable theory at present.
"INDENTURE of LEASE & RELEASE Between John & Olive Mangum and ZACHARIAH MADERE, (Surry County, Virginia Order Book 1741-1744, page 87. Court date 16 Feb. 1742): 'Indentures of Lease & Release between John Mangum and Olive his wife of the one part and Zachariah Madere of the other part were acknowledged by the sd [said] John and Olive and by the Court Ordered to be recorded previous to which the sd Olive was privily Examined as the Law Directs.' (EDITOR'S NOTE: Appears to be related to land dealings between the Mangums and Mr. Madere.) (EDITOR'S Comments: The... record above is an indenture of Lease and Release between John Mangum (& Olive his wife) and Zachariah Madere. It is apparently related to land sales between the parties. This record is significant in that it specifically calls Olive the wife of John Mangum.)"
"Thomas JONES AGAINST Samuel Mangum (DEFENDANT), (Surry County, Virginia Orders, 1744-1749 Court, page 24, 20 Feb. 1744/5): 'Thomas Jones, Plt, Against Samuel Mangum, Deft. In Debt. This Day came as well the Plt by his attorney as the Deft in his Proper Person And the sd Deft. Saith That he cannot gainsay the Plts Action [1702]? But that he oweth the Debt in the Declaration mentioned amounting to Eight Pounds Six shillings Therefore it is considered that the Plt recover the same against the sd Deft. Together with his Cofts? By him in this behalf Expended and the sd Deft in Mercy & ?' (EDITOR'S Comments: The... record above concerns a debt by Samuel Mangum. We believe this is the Samuel Mangum that appears in the North Carolina records with William Mangum (Sr.) as early as 1751. It is obvious that Samuel was an adult in Feb. 1745. The date "20 Feb. 1744/45" is actually 1745 as we reckon the date in modern times. Apparently Samuel, and William Sr. and others of the family had quite a few debt problems in Virginia. This may have been the incentive to move to North Carolina in the latter part of the 1740s.)"
William Mangum ON JURY FOR ASSAULT & BATTERY CASE, (Surry County, Virginia Orders 1744-1749, Page 70, 18 July, 1745 Court). (EDITOR'S NOTE: The text of this court suit is not pertinent to Mangum genealogy, except for possibly the Jurors who may figure in other Mangum records. They are Bartholomew Figures, Thomas Washington, Robert Nicholson, William Gillain, Benjamin Jordan, William Owen, John Jeby?, William Mangum, Charles Lucas, John Nicholson, Henry Collier, gr? Thomas Gray.) (EDITOR'S Comments: The... record above concerns an assault and battery case in which William Mangum was one of the jurors. This only shows that William was still in Virginia in July 1745 and had not yet migrated to North Carolina.)"
William Mangum ON GRAND JURY, (Jury of Grand, Surry County, VA Orders, 1741-1744, page 184, 16 Nov. 1743): 'Lewis Delany Forman, Richard Jones, John Justice, Joseph Delk, William Newsum Junr?, Thomas Davidson, William Evans, William Mangum, Thomas Washington, William Clinch, Peter Hawthorn, Henry Mitchell, Thomas Vines, John Goodwyn, Silvanus? Stokes, Stephen Hamblin & James Price were Sworn a Jury of Grand their charge withdrew And Soon after returned into Court and made the following presentments:
ag? John Edmunds for not going to Church.
The overseer of the road from Blands Road to the Bowling Ally Road for not keeping it in Sufficient repair.
Judith Pitts for having two Bastard children at birth
Mary Green for having a Bastard child - - - -
and then having no other matter before them were by the Court discharged.' (EDITOR'S Comments: The... record above concerns a Grand Jury session in which William Mangum was one of the jurors. It shows that William was in Virginia in 1743. It also has some interesting indictments that you might want to read.)"
Olive Mangum ADMINISTRATOR of John Mangum's Estate, (Surry County, Virginia Orders 1744-1749, Page 58, June Court, 1745): 'On the Petition of James Nicholson and William Mangum Thereby Sitting forth That they the sd Peititioners became bound to this Court as Securities of Olive Mangum for her due - - Administration of the Estate of John Mangum deced and apprehending themselves to be in Imminent Danger of being Demnified Prayed relief in the Premisses Where upon after hearing as well the sd Petitioners as the sd Olive It is ordered and Decreed That the sd Olive Deliver up the sd Estate to the sd Petitioners or give them good and sufficient security to Indemnific them in the premises.' (EDITOR'S Comments: The... record concerns Olive Mangum as administrator of John Mangum (II)'s estate. It appears that her securities, William Mangum and James Nicholson, were about to be out some money because of some irregularities in Olive's handling of John Mangum's estate. The court ordered Olive to release the estate to the petitioners or give them enough security (money or property probably) to cover the impending liability on James Nicholson & William Mangum. We believe, by circumstantial evidence, that John Mangum (II) (the deceased) was a son of John Mangum(I) the immigrant, and William Mangum was John (II)'s brother.)"
ORPHANS of John Mangum, (Surry County, Virginia Orders, 1744-1749, page 323, 16 June 1747 Court): 'Ordered That the Church Warden of Albemarle Parish bond out the Orphans of John Mangum according to Law.' (EDITOR'S Comments: The... record concerns the Orphans of John Mangum. This shows that John Mangum (II) had children and they or at least some of them were minors in 1747. Oh, how do we wish they had been named! ED.)"
COURT SUIT AGAINST John Mangum DISMISSED, (Surry County, Virginia Orders, 1749-1751, Page 147, 16 Oct. 1750 Court): 'Judith Binns Execowr? of Charles Binns gent Deced Plt (In Law) against John Mangum Deft. Ordered that this Suit abate by the Deft's Death.' (EDITOR'S Comments: The... record concerns some type of court suit against John Mangum (II). The suit was dismissed because John had died.)"
11. "The Mangum-Mangham-Mangrum Journal," Issue No. 52, July 2003, (formerly "Mangum Family Bulletin"), James L. Parham, editor, pp. 24-26, article includes scanned images of the actual documents. These several documents show that both William, Sr. and Samuel left Virginia about the same time for North Carolina with evidently some debts left in Virginia in the process. The editor notes: "The translations of the Old English below were done quickly and the main effort was to try to retain the gist of the information rather than spending a lot of time trying to decipher every word.
"____* VS Samuel Mangum, (Surry County, Virginia Orders, 1744-1749 Court, page 266, 18 Feb. 1746): '(Ed. note: I cannot decipher this name, if it is a name) Plt Against Samuel Mangum Carpenter Deft. In Debt. The Deft being removed & not an inhabitant of this County. It is ordered That this Suit abate.' (EDITOR'S NOTE: The ???? vs Samuel Mangum record shows that Samuel Mangum had left Surry County, Virginia by 18 Feb. 1746. We presently believe that Samuel was probably a son of William Mangum Sr. and William and his family were in North Carolina by June 1748, but probably not before 1747. We wonder where Samuel was during the interim.)"
"William Mangum VS JohnHOLT, (Surry County, Virginia Orders 1744-1749, Page 415, 19 Jan., 1747 Court): 'John Holt, Plt Agt William Mangum & Charles Clary Deft. In Debt. Discontinued the Plt failing to Prosecute. (Editor's Note: We don't think William had left the state before June 1747.)"
"ATTACHMENT of William Mangum Estate byJohnRUFFIN, (Surry County, VA Orders, 1744-1749, page 463, 21 June. 1748. A secondary reference has 18 May 1748): 'Upon the attachment obtained by John Ruffin gentl. Against the Estate of William Mangum who hath privately removed himself or so ____that the ordinary process of law cannot be served on him for a debt of six pounds eighteen shillings and two pence due from him to the Plt. This day came the Plt in his property?____ and the Sheriff read a return? that virtue of the said writ to him directed he had attached the effects of the said Defend't in the hands of Humphrey Bailey and had ____ the said Bailey to appear on this day to Render account thereof and that he had attached one Loan?, whereupon the said Defend't at the Solemnly called came not but made Default by means whereof the Plt remains thereof against him underfunded and thereupon the said garnishe being sworn to discover what goods and chattels Right of Law ___ he had or non hath in his hands or possession belongings to the Deft Declared that he had of non hath in his hands as aforesaid Seven pounds one Shilling of nine pence and no more and the Plt having made oath to the ___ of his aforesaid Demand. It is therefore considered by the court that he recover the same against the said Deft together with his costs by him in this behalf responded? To be served of the said seven pounds one shilling and nine pence so as aforesaid in the hands of the sd Humphrey Bailey and the aforesaid ____ which the Sheriff is ordered to sell by way of Public Auction to the highest bidder or bidders for ready money and pay the same over to the Plt towards satisfying him his aforesaid Debt____.' (Editor's Note: Obviously William Mangum had left the County, presumably to North Carolina, by this date, 18 May 1748. William is definitely in N.C. by June 1748. William & Samuel Mangums both seem to have had debt problems and this might have provided an added incentive for them to migrate to new territory.)"
"ATTACHMENT of Estate of William Mangum byThomas PRITLOW (Part 1), (Surry County, Virginia Orders, 1744-1749, page 475, 21 June 1748 Court): 'The attachment obtained by Thomas Pritlow against the Estate of William Mangum who hath privately removed himself or so absconded that the ordinary Process of Law cannot be served on him for a Debt of three pounds eighteen Shillings and five pence for ____ due from the said Defend't to the Plt. This Day came the Plt and the Sheriff having made ____ that by the virtue of the aforesaid writ to him ____ he had attached all the Estate that was in the hands of Joseph Jeffries, Edmund Barrow, Thomas Bell and Jonathan Ellis belonging to the said Mangum and has summoned the said garnishes to appear at this Day to render? Account thereof whereupon they being respectively Solemnly called the aforesaid. (Editor's Note: It is probable that this record was continued on the next page in the original document. Again, this is also further evidence of William's debt problems prior to his migration to N.C.)"
"ATTACHMENT of Estate of William Mangum byThomas PRITLOW (Part 2), (Surry Co., VA Orders 1744-1749, page 493, 16 Aug. 1748 Court): 'The attachment obtained by Thomas Pritlow against the Estate of William Mangum, Beuford Pleasant one of the garnishers on this attachment personally appeared and being sworn Discovered that he hath in his hand Nine Shillings and Eleven Pence Current Money belonging to the said Defendt Thereupon It is ordered That the said Pleasant pay the same over to the Plt towards Satisfying him his Judgment obtained against him the said Defendant in June last. And the said attachment as to the other garnishers is continued till the next Court.'"
"COURT SUIT AGAINST William Mangum DISMISSED, (Surry Co., VA Orders 1744-1749, Page 570, 21 June 1749 Court): 'The attachment obtained by Thomas Pritlow agt the Estate of William Mangum the process? Continued agt the Garnishes is now? Ordered to be discontinued.'"
"Samuel Mangum VS Agnes Washington, (Surry Co., VA Orders 1749-1751, Page 155, 16 Oct. 1750 Court): 'On the petition & summon brought by Samuel Mangum Ptl against Agnis Washington Deft This day came the parties by their attorneys & the said Deft says that she is nothing indebted to the Plt, the Plt joins the ___ of the cause is continued till the next court.' (Editor's Note: Samuel was almost certainly in North Carolina at this time. Apparently it was only Samuel's attorney who attended the court, not Samuel himself.)"
"Samuel Mangum VS Agnes Washington, (Surry Co., VA Orders 1749-1751, Page 214, 21 May 1751 Court): 'Samuel Mangum Plaintiff - Agness Washington Deft. By petition for ___ by account. The parties were heard by their attornies whereupon It is considered that the Plt petition be dismissed and that the Deft go ___ without ___ and recover agt the Plt her costs by her in this behalf expended.' Note: The Court Valued the building the house mentioned in the Plts' account to forty shillings & no more and it appear'd that the Deft had paid him thirty Shillings at the Deft's mothers by her attorney was order'd to be enter'd at the feet of the above Judgment.' (Editor's Note: This is the court suit began the past year, and was dismissed. Samuel was again represented only by his attorney. Samuel in North Carolina was a carpenter by trade and this record indicates that he also did carpenter work while he was in Virginia.)"
"Samuel Mangum VS Agnes Washington, (Surry Co., VA Orders 1749-1751, Page 216, 21 May. 1751 Court): 'Upon the motion of Herod Clary a witness for Agness Washington at the suit of Samuel Mangum It is ordered that she pay him four hundred & ___ pounds of ___ Tobo for five days attendance at the court and for coming ___ sixty miles & returning according to law.' (Editor's Note: Here it appears that Agness Washington had to pay Herod Clary a lot of tobacco (a common medium of exchange during that era for being a witness for her in Samuel Mangum's suit against her.)"
"William Mangum VS Joseph JEFFRIES, (Surry Co., VA Orders 1744-1749, Page 540, 18 April 1749 Court): 'The petition and summon brought by William Mangum against Joseph Jeffries is Dismissed the Plt failing to prosecute.' (Editor's Note: William was in North Carolina at this time.)"
12. "The Mangum-Mangham-Mangrum Journal," Issue No. 53, January 2004, (formerly "Mangum Family Bulletin"), James L. Parham, editor, pp. 21-25, [article includes scanned images of the actual documents]: "Below we have a few more of the old Virginia Records relating to William Mangum (Sr.) and other children of John Mangum the immigrant.
Summary
There is nothing of major importance in these records, but they do show the continuing presence in Virginia of two sons of John the immigrant (William Sr. & James) and a son of William Sr. (Samuel) [Kerry's note: is this correct - should this be Samuel, the brother to William Sr. and James?]. William's appraisal of Arthur Sherrod's estate in 1747 was very close to the time he and his family moved on to North Carolina. The suit of Judith Binns against John Mangum was dismissed because John had died. This was obviously the younger John Mangum (John Jr.?), husband to Olive Savidge. John had died in 1744.
For some reason, in one record, the court was asked to rule on the ages of various young negroes. I assume these were slaves. I have no idea why the court would be involved. Possibly it had to do with taxes. The page had several cases in which the court ruled on the ages of various negroes. (EDITOR'S NOTE: My apologies for not being politically correct here. I have tried to use the original terminology for accuracy.) Obviously James Mangum had at least one slave. James' will in 1783 named several slaves.
The suit of Herod Clany vs Agness Washington is a holdover from last issue [of the Journal] where there were several court records of Samuel Mangum against Agnes Washington.
JohnELLIS AGAINST AMOS NEWSOM, (Surry County, Virginia Orders, 1744-1749 Court, page 70, 18 July 1745): The text of the court suit is not relevant to Mangum genealogy except for the fact that William Mangum was one of the jurors.
COURT ORDER FOR APPRAISING ARTHUR SHERROD'S Estate, (Surry County, Virginia Orders 1744-1749, page 313. Surry Court 16 June. 1747); APPRAISAL of ARTHUR SHERROD'S Estate, (Surry Co. Deeds Wills, Etc. 1738-1754, page 559, BK 9. 21 July 1747): 'Ordered That Augustine Hargrove, Charles Holt, John White & William Mangum or any Three of them being first Sworn Do appraise in Current Money the slaves and Personal Estate of Arthur Sherrod Deceased, and return the appraisment to the next Court.' The wording of the inventory is not significant to Mangum genealogy, except for the signature of Wm Mangum. This is not his handwriting however since all the handwriting, including the signatures, are of the clerk who recorded it.
James Mangum ON A JURY, (Surry County, Virginia Orders, 1749-1751 Court, page 563, 20 June. 1749). The text of the court suit between Nicholas Maggett and Samuel Maggett against the widow Ann Maggett is not relevant to Mangum genealogy except for James Mangum being on the jury.
JUDITH BINNS AGAINST John Mangum, (Surry County, Virginia Orders, 1749-1751 Court, page 147, 16 Oct. 1750): 'Judith Binns Exec_s Vis? Of Charles Binns Gent Dece'd Plt) Against John Mangum, Deft.'
NEGRO of James Mangum, (Surry County, Virginia Orders, 1749-1751 Court, page 20, 17 Oct. 1749): 'Dinah a negroe Girl belonging to James Mangum was by the Court adjudged to be eleven Years old.'
James Mangum VS Thomas ELDRIDGE I, (Surry County, Virginia Orders, 1749-1751 Court, page 106, 19 June 1750: 'James Mangum, Plt Agt Thomas Eldridge gent adm Vis of Thomas King Dec'd Deft. This Day came the Plt by his attorney and the Deft being arrested and now called in? of appearing by means where of the ___ - main thereof against him and? Defended therefore it [is ] ___ ordered by the Court that the Plt recover against the said Deft his damages by him sustained by occasion of the ____ to be ascertained by a jury at the next court.'
James Mangum VS Thomas ELDRIDGE II, (Surry County, Virginia Orders, 1749-1751 Court, page 225, Date 1751??): 'James Mangum Plt . Vs. Thomas Eldridge Admins Vis? Of Thomas King dec'd Deft. Conditional order confirmed (conformed) same form as Hamlin ag't Mooring page 22A. (EDITOR'S NOTE: The case on page 22A was not copied but I assume this case was settled in the same way as the case of Hamlin against Mooring.)'
HEROD CLANY VS AgnesS Washington RE Samuel Mangum, (Surry County, Virginia Orders, 1749-1751 Court, page 216, 21 May 1751): 'Upon the motion of Herod Clany a witness for Agness Washington at the Suit of Samuel Mangum It is order'd that she pay him four hundred & ____ pounds of Natl? Tobo [Tobacco] for two days attendance at this Court and for coming ___ a Sixty Miles & returning according to law.' "
13. Number 22 "Mangum Family Bulletin," September 1985, No. 22: "THE GEORGIA ManghamS," by James L. Parham:
[EDITOR'S REPRINT NOTE: The information in this article has been superseded by the excellent book by Vaughn Ballard, "Solomon Mangham, His Ancestors and Descendants." The book was published in 1989 and showed that some of the theories proposed here are wrong. In particular, the theory that Solomon Mangham Sr. died in North Carolina, leaving a Solomon Jr. in Caswell County, N. C. does not now seem likely. The Solomon Mangham of the Georgia will was likely Solomon Sr., not Jr. See a review of Mr. Ballard's book in Bulletin # 37, page 23.]
This is the 10th in a series of articles on the Mangum family. These articles should be used with care since some of the conclusions are simply personal views of the editor. These articles, however, can be of great help when used as a basis for further research. If you find any error in fact or interpretation, please call my attention to it.
In the mid-1700's, the first Mangum family came into N.C. from Virginia. This family was the family of William Mangum(Sr.) and they first settled in what is now Warren (then Granville County), N.C.(1) The known members of that family were William Sr. and sons William Jr., Arthur and James. These children of William Sr. were the sons that were born, and their births recorded, in the Albemarle Parish, VA.(2) Unfortunately, any births after the family came to N.C. were not 'recorded or were lost. James (and a Samuel who was born in VA before the parish was established) died in what is now Warren County a few years after the migration.(l) William Jr., Arthur, a Solomon and a Joseph headed west and ended up in or near Orange County., N.C.(3) These latter two may have been sons of William Sr. born in N.C., but since we have no record of such, we can only be fairly sure that they were close kin. The Georgia Manghams that this article is concerned with apparently descended from this Solomon Mangum who was a part of the Mangum group that settled in Orange County, N.C. His father was likely William Mangum Sr. of the Migration, but this is not proven.
Solomon was a landowner in Orange County and is listed in the Orange County tax lists from 1777 to 1782. The records for Orange County during this time are sparse, and we cannot be sure of what happened to Solomon after 1782. It appears that he may have gone to Union County, S.C. for a time. There was a Solomon Mangum in the 1785 and 1788 Court Records(planter) and in 1787-8 deeds, all from Union County, S.C.(4.5) He was also witness to several deeds in 1788-9. It may be significant that Absolom Mangum of the "second" VA to N.C. migration apparently was also in S.C. in 1790.(6) Both the 1st & 2nd VA to N, C. migration groups were close kin.
Solomon must have died by 1791, probably after having returned to N.C. again, and leaving-several children, at least two of which were minors. One son, James, was listed as orphan and was to be raised by Nathaniel Carrington at the deceased father's request.(7) Nathaniel declined and gave the boy to James Carrington. Another son, Solomon(Jr.?),was indentured to Martin Cooper in Caswell County, N.C. in Jan. 1791.(8) The other children were possibly Thomas, William, Willis, Auston and Carolina and maybe others.
Solomon Sr.'s wife is unknown, but it is likely that she was Ann Carrington, sister of Nathaniel. The evidence is very circumstantial, but the Carringtons were obviously close kin. James C. Mangham, apparently the orphan mentioned above, and writing from Georgia years later to the Senator, son of Arthur Mangum, states that he has Carrington blood in his veins.(8)
Also, he was given to the Carringtons to be raised after his father died. In another letter in 1824 he mentions "Aunt Nathanial Carrington," probably referring to Nathaniel's wife.(9) We also have an Ann Mangham listed in the 1780 Orange County tax list with Solomon and others.(3) This is the one fly in the ointment and it is difficult to reconcile with the theory that this Ann was wife of Solomon. This listing, for her in the tax list, would infer that she was a widow, but Solomon was apparently not dead at that time, being also listed in the tax list. Still, there is an Ann living in the household with James C. Mangham later in Georgia (1830) who is old enough to be James's mother and widow of Solomon Sr.(10) In any case, the theory that Ann Carrington was wife of Solomon Mangum/Mangham appears to be the most likely one at this time.
It is almost certain that the orphaned family of Solomon Mangum Sr. was the same one who appeared in the Georgia Records just after the turn of the century (1800). In Georgia their last names were spelled Mangham. This is not, uncommon. Surnames were constantly changing before 1850 when most of the common people were illiterate. In fact, the 1780 tax list of Orange County mentioned above has all the 'Mangum' surnames spelled 'Mangham', even though Arthur Mangham was unquestionably a Mangum. The other tax lists in Orange County spelled the name Mangum.
Several of these orphaned Manghams obtained land in the 1805 and l806 Georgia land lotteries.(11,12) James C. Mangham settled in Glynn County, Georgia. He was born about 1781 in N.C. .He married Ann Barrett from Florida in 1822 in Milidgeville, Georgia and was active in Georgia politics from Glynn County as early. as 1804.(13) He was dead by 1847 leaving a will which mentions children William W., James S. and Sysigambis (dau.), all minors.(14) Another daughter, Caroline, born 1824 apparently died in 1842. James's letters to his kin, Willie P. Mangum, [the Senator in N. C.] provide strong indications that these Georgia Manghams were originally North Carolina Mangums.
Solomon Mangham Jr. was born 1786-7 in N. C. and was only 4 years old when his father die
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Chris & Julie Petersen's Genealogy
Aft 1700 - Aft 1787 (> 87 years)