This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Manes, Mains, Maines/ Means Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Xc.2ADI/1211 Message Board Post: I am looking for info on Samuel Mains/Manes b. ca 1756 of Jones County. I have info that he died in 1831. He is quite possibily the father to Benjamin Manes/Mains of Talbot Co. GA. It is believed Samuel's wife was named Elizabeth. He served in the American Revolution in the North Carolina Cont. Line. Monica granddaughter to Alfred Manes, son of Jesse Manes, son of Wm. Henry Manes, son of Elbert Manes, son of Benjamin Manes. b 1798, Talbot Co., GA.