This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XeB.2ACE/3336 Message Board Post: Has anyone done any Willis family research? I am most interested in James A. Willis who is my great, great grandfather. I know that he married Birdie Pearson in 1889 and that he was possibly Cherokee, but other than that, I am having difficulty finding information about him. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XeB.2ACE/3331.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: David...the Heritage Quest transcriber wrote it was Saml. Did you notice the Tabitha Manis living in Saml's household? And, The 110 year old James Dalton living next door to Saml? Two houses over is Pleasant Manis and family. I've attached a tiff file of the census.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XeB.2ACE/3331.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: The first name isn't written very well, so I read it as James, but I think it looks like "Saml" Yearley. I don't know where they were in 1870.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XeB.2ACE/3331.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.2 Message Board Post: I think there are at least three different names in the area and mix here: Maynard / Manner Minor / Miner / Manner Manis / Manis / Manas / Manness etc. (need to also consider Menard & Meinhardt/Meinhard) It was said that a younger Peter / Pete "Enoch" Minor / Miner changed his name to Lawson. Could other Miner / Minors be using the similar Manis name to obscure their ancestry maybe ? Or do you think that they are all related (Manis > Miner) ? I believe at one point you said that in a pension file Manners (so some such name) had been found as an aka for one Manis man.

To Hawkins Co. Resident members. Is there any of you that do lookups in the Distant Croosroads Publications and make copies for a fee? If so, please email me direct. Thank you. James at jmsfurry@web-access.net

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Barton and Bass Classification: Cemetery Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XeB.2ACE/3335 Message Board Post: The Cemetery I am referring to is about 1/4 mile from the turn off of 11 W onto Main Street. It is on the left side if you are traveling from Kingsport. I think the land is owned by Jason Barton and he lives in the house in front of it. It is before the remodeled Barton house on the right side of the road. I am looking for the grave of my great great grandmother Ella Virginia Etta Barton. The information I have is that she was born in 1862 in Virginia and died in 1880 shortly after my great grandfather was born. She was married to William Bass. Thanks for any help!!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Manis/Manus/Manes Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/XeB.2ACE/3331.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.3 Message Board Post: Does anyone have any clues as to who the Bartley Manis in the early years in Hawkins Co., TN connects to? I am searching for any info to connect him to my gr gr grandfather, Stokley/Stokley D. Manis/Manus b. 1814 in Bull Run, TN. I would appreciate any ideas and help. Many thanks, Elizabeth (Manes) Baldwin granmm4686@aol.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Stubblefield, Earley, Manis Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XeB.2ACE/3331.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Didn't Cynthia Maner marry Samuel Yearly/Yarley/Earley/Early? Do you know what happened to this family?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XeB.2ACE/3331.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: David, I guess that would be a good assumption. My take on the many spellings is that the name was spelled as the census taker, court clerk, etc. "heard" it. Plus I've found a number of census entries where the final syllable was spelled differently. Ones that first come to mind are Saray for Sarah and Hanner for Hannah. My maiden name is Brandon but in researching that line in TN I've found it spelled Brannon, Branum, and Brandon!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Maner, Maynard, Manor Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XeB.2ACE/3331.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: So, some of the Maynards of the area could really be Maners/Manors.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Maner, Manis Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XeB.2ACE/3331.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.2 Message Board Post: I guess that Peter could have been a brother of Jacob. But, I think that all of the Manis families of Hawkins County are likely closely related.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XeB.2ACE/3331.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1 Message Board Post: And, by the time it got down to my grandmother, it was being spelled Maner and Maynard!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/XeB.2ACE/572.596.657.1 Message Board Post: Yes, he belongs to the same family.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XeB.2ACE/3331.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.3 Message Board Post: Please excuse me. There is no way that John Jones can be the son of Daniel Manis. I meant to writh John Jones son of Daniel Jones.. Seems I cannot read as well as write . PC

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XeB.2ACE/3331.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1 Message Board Post: In the very early records of Hawkins County, the name Manis is usally always spelled Manis or Manes. Other spelling are from JP's who could not always spell. Matthew Manis is married to Tabitha Jewel daughter of Joseph Jewel. I believe him to be a son of Peter Manis/ Maners. Jacob Manis's sons named in his will are Ephraim, Elisha, Daniel, Daniel Manis later lived in Greene Co. Tn. Ephraim and Elisha both moved to Jefferson Co. Mo. before the 1850 census. Then there is Bartley and Peter Manis in the same area. Maybe later I will find all of children of each as we get into other records. PC

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XeB.2ACE/3331.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.2 Message Board Post: This is a completely different Amanda Manis. She's the daughter of Anna who had 4 children when she married John Jackson Lawson. Amanda and her siblings Sarah, Rhoda, and Lathan/Latham were all named in John Manis' will as his grandchildren.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Dalton, Manis, Manas, Maner Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XeB.2ACE/3331.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1 Message Board Post: In 1840, Peter Maner was listed as Peter Manis and lived next to Matthew Manis and Elijah Manis, who may be his sons, as well as next to James Dalton who was about 10 years older. In 1830, he was listed as Peter Manas and lived near Timothy Dalton (Sr) who was about the same age as James Dalton, as well as James Dalton. There were lots of younger Dalton as well as an Elisha Manas who I guess could be another son.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XeB.2ACE/3331.1.1.1.1.1.1.2 Message Board Post: David this Manis lady and Abraham Britton live south of the Holston River in a different district. She is from the Jacob and Margaret ? Manis line. This Jacob died in 1824 or there abouts. Jacob Manis had a daughter Annis Manis who married John Jones, son of Rev. war soldier Daniel Manis, My cousin and I have a very good book on this Jones family. I have much on the family of Jacob Manis, but can not prove all people just yet. PC

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Horn, Short, Muncy and others Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XeB.2ACE/3309.1 Message Board Post: Joyce, This is the first time I've seen Katherine's name listed as Chaffin - we've been trying unsuccessfully to find this out for a LONG TIME! Did you find this record in TN and then trace them to Lawrence Co? I'm descended from Henry Horn - who stated on a marriage license application in 1857 (Tazewell Co VA) that he was the son of Frederick & Katherine Horn. I know Louise Perkins put him in the same family as Michael, but I've never been convinced he belongs there - sure wish I thought for sure he was - there's a bunch of other children there that we would be akin to! I believe our Henry was in what is now Wayne Co WV on the 1840 census and migrated to Tazewell County by 1850 with a wife and three children, who may or may not have been the children of the wife who was with him there. (She disappears sometime before 1857, when he married again as a widower; however, we have been unable to discover a death or burial record for her.) I believe you and I may have corresponded before some time ago - you may have found additional information that would be so wonderful for me to have - please let me know! Thanks! June

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XeB.2ACE/3333.1 Message Board Post: In our cemetery listings for Hawkins County we do not have a Barton Cemetery. We do have a Snapp cemetery located about 3 miles NW of Surgoinsville, about a 1/4 mile off Hwy 11W on the right side of road on the Gale Barton's farm. There are three Barton burials. You do not stated who you are looking for. Thanks.