David, This may be yours if we decide that his father was born in NC instead. To anyone else looking for this family, check the TX census list archives for "the rest of the story". 1850 Lowndes County, Alabama - Lowndes District - December 2, 1850 - page 158B & 159A 862 - Matthew Maning, age 43? (written over); farmer; born NORTH CAROLINA Sarah, age 38; born GA William, age 17; born AL Catharine, age 14; born AL Mary, age 10; born AL George, age 7; born AL Rebecca, age 4; born AL JOHN M., age 2; born AL 1840 Lowndes County, Alabama - Township not stated - Roll 6/page 211 Matthew Manning - 110011 - 10001 (1 free white male aged under 5, 1 aged 5-10, 1 aged 20-30, 1 aged 40-50 - 1 free white female aged under 5, 1 aged 20-30) Two doors away is: George Earnest - 00011001 - 022001 - (1 free white male aged 15-20, 1 aged 20-30, 1 aged 50-60 - 2 free white females aged 5-10, 2 aged 10-15, 1 aged 30-40) Mathew Maning married Sarah Earnest - March 29, 1832 - Lowndes County, Alabama 1830 Lowndes County, Alabama - Township not stated - Roll 3/page 280 George Earnest - 0110001 - 211101 (1 free white male aged 5-10, 1 aged 10-15, 1 aged 40-50 - 2 free white females under age 5, 1 aged 5-10, 1 aged 10-15, 1 aged 15-20, 1 aged 30-40) Two doors away is: Richard Manning - 11011001 - 130101 (1 free white male aged under 5, 1 aged 5-10, 1 aged 15-20, 1 aged 20-30, 1 aged 50-60 - 1 free white female aged under 5, 3 aged 5-10, 1 aged 15-20, 1 aged 30-40) There is no 1820 census for Alabama, but I suspect that George Earnest may have come from Hancock County, Georgia. There was one in Meriwether County who was a Revo. Soldier from VA, but too old to be the same. One George Ernest married Sarah Dennis - January 22, 1807 - Hancock County, Georgia Welcome to the Peach State and happy hunting here. Linda in Georgia ----- Original Message ----- From: David To: AL-CENSUS-LOOKUP-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2005 11:51 PM Subject: [AL-CEN] Unknown County/1850/MANNING Looking for JOHN M. MANNING (b.Mar 1849 AL). Not much is known about this family except his father was born in ALABAMA and his mother was born in GEORGIA. It is also known that he had another brother born est 1843 in Alabama. There are no doubt more children listed in the 1850 census and this is the reason for this request (i.e. to help establish the father/mother and siblings of JOHN M. MANNING (1yr old son). Any help, no matter how small, will be greatly appreciated. Thanks, David ==== AL-CENSUS-LOOKUP Mailing List ==== To Unsub from digest mail mode, send the command "unsubscribe" to XX-CENSUS-LOOKUP-D-request@rootsweb.com (Remove the XX and replace it with your state abbreviation ) ============================== View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find marriage announcements and more. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx