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- RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Henry appears as a child only on family group sheets prepared by Delta I.M. Hale, Rt. 1, Blackfoot, Idaho, or on those prepared subsequently by copying her work. She reports sources as follows for this family; however, I am not sure if they are specific to this child or the Mangums in general. The Albemarle Parish records definitely do not report the birth of Henry to these parents (see database notes for father William Mangum Sr. for listing of those parish births; however, the extant register is missing some pages and there may be missing individuals). The sources Delta reports:
Albemarle parish records pp. 29, 40, 44.
Correspondence in No. Carolina and So. Carolina.
John Person's will dated 8 Aug 1721, proved 21 Mar 1738, will proved in Surry County.
2. Lynn Parham does not recognize a child by the name of Henry for William Mangum Sr. This is the family he reports 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 who's 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."
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