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/nhB.2ACI/1188.1.1 Message Board Post: All Dad ever knew was Manassah was from East Tennessee. No one seems to have uncovered the exact location of his birth, which was 11 August 1818 and died in 1861 could it be, that he was of Native American Heritage, the date you give and the location, is significant with alot of upheaval between the whites and the Cherokee Nation. I suggest you go to this site, ( http://www.tolatsga.org/Compacts.html ) and by reading the histories for the locations, you will find alot of detail in which to concentrate. I only came to this message board in my seach for the Native American Name of Chelnessa, Manassah comes from Genesis Chapt 49