Jewelle, You can find lots of stuff on Richard I. Manning at various genealogical forums or by plugging his name into a good search engine. I don't know much about him. I am not related to any Mannings of South Carolina. My grandfather, Claude Manning, owned a company in Sumter for 20 years, married a woman from Wisacky, and is buried at Brick Church, BUT, our Manning line is from elsewhere, settling in Piscataway, NJ some 350 years ago. I believe, but am not sure, that all of these South Carolina Manning's came from original immigrants to Virginia. <A HREF="http://www.southcarolina-info.com/hist/governors/rmanningiii.html">Cl ick here: Richard Irvine Manning Iii - South Carolina Governor - 1915-1919</A> <A HREF="http://www.sciway.net/hist/governors/gov_term.html">South Carolina Governors - in Chronological Order</A>