Posted on: Mississippi Co. Ar Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ar/Mississippi/10821 Surname: Hampton ------------------------- Manila formally known as Cinda or Cindy, named after a wine mearchants daughter who pionerred in the settlement of the community in 1901. It was incorapted and received U.S. charter as Manila, commemorating the victory over the Spanish Armada in the Battle of Manila Bay in 1898. As copied from the local newspaper, Town Crier.