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1. The book "John Mangum, American Revolutionary War Soldier and Descendants," 1986, p. 7-16, by Delta Ivie Mangum Hale with notes in [ ] by myself, Kerry Petersen: "John Mangum [sibling of this individual] was born Jan. 19, 1763 in Mecklenburg County, Virginia. [Should be Lunenburg Co. since Mecklenburg was formed in 1764-65, from the part of Lunenburg that was Saint James Parish. Saint James Parish was formed in 1761 when Cumberland Parish was divided. The area of Mecklenburg is 665 square miles. Boydton is the county seat.] His parents apparently moved to Lunenburg County soon after he was born, as his father, John Mangum, is listed as a member of the St. James Parish, Lunenburg County in the year 1764, the year after John was born. [This would not have involved any move since he was already living in what would become Mecklenburg Co.] He was the fourth child in a family of six. He had one brother, William, and two sisters, Lucy and Sarah who were older and two brothers William and Lewis who were younger. (The reader may question the fact that the first and fifth children were both named William. It was a practice, especially in England, that when a child died, the next child of that sex would receive the dead child's name.)... [Some authors purport that there was only one William child in this family - John Palmer as cited below notes that the headstone of William Mangum in the Mangum Family Cemetery onthe Mangum Plantation in Newberry Co., SC reads 'In memory of William Mangum, Sr. who departed this life the 5th of July 1827 in the 72nd year of his age...' thus establishing a birth date of 1756.] John's father, whose name is also John, was born about 1736 in Albemarle Parish, Surry County, Virginia. His mother's name was Mary. Her maiden name is unknown. His grandfather, William Mangum, was also born in Albemarle Parish, Surry County, Virginia. His grandmother was Mary Person Mangum. [William and Mary Person Mangum as grandparents is since disputed per separate notes in this database with John Mangum II and Olive Savidge being his probably, but unproven, parents.] His great-grandfather was John Mangum, and his great-grandmother was Francis Bennett Mangum, daughter of Governor Richard Bennett of Virginia. This is as far back as the direct Mangum line in America has been determined at present." [Kerry's note: The ancestor in terms of Governor Richard Bennett is erroneous in my opinion. See notes for Thomas Bennett, Richard Bennett, Sr., and Richard Bennett, Jr. separately in this database for a detailed Bennett history. Even though both groups of Bennetts lived in Isle of Wight County in colonial Virginia, there does not appear to be a connection and both Richards are separate and distinct.]
2. The book "South Carolina Baptists 1670-1805," by Leah Townsend (1935, Florence, S.C.), FHL microfiche 6101031, pp. 163-167, gives a descriptions and history of early back-country churces including a short account of the ministerial administration of Bush River Church from 1771 to 1804. The author provides some statistics showing membership as 8 (1771), 58 (1772), 70 (1790), 80 (1791), 105 (1793), and so forth until the largest congregation of 252 (1804). There was poor record keeping if any during the Rev. War. It is noted that "Bush River was under the influence of the Sandy Creek Separates and entered Congaree Association in 1771, in which it remained until that body dissolved. In 1791 it became an active and important member of the Bethel Association."
The author provides an alphabetized list of Bush River members (spelling as in church book) per the following sources: "Edwards, Crozer MS, pp. 31, 42; Bethel Assoc. Min., 1791; Bush river CB, 1792; List of Bush River members in 1792-1804." It includes "John Mangum" and "Lewis Mangum." I don't recognize any other family names among the other members except several Goggins including John's soon-to-be wife Jemima: "Daniel Goggans, Elizabeth Goggans, James Goggans, Jeremiah Goggans (mistake for Jemima?), Naomi Goggans, Rachel Goggans, William Goggans."
3. FHL Film 1697868 and book "The Mangums of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas, Texas, Utah, and Adjoining States," by John T. Palmer, Ph.D. Santa Rosa, CA 95409, 1993, 3rd ed., p. 11: "As John grew older he was apparently active in the Baptist Church as he and his brother Lewis were both listed as members. ("South Carolina Baptists," pp. 165-166 where Bush River Baptists Church Records lists members between 1771 and 1780, 1794, and 1804.)"
4. Some clarification of dates of county formations is important. Many people confuse the correct location in dealing with the original colonial ancestors of this part of Virginia.
James City County was one of eight original shires designated in 1634. At that time it extended toward the southwest between Charles City and Isle of Wight (then Warrosquyoake), being terminated later by the boundary with North Carolina. South of the James River it was separated from Isle of Wight county by Lawne's Creek and from Charles City County (later Prince George County) by Upper Chippokes Creek. James City was made the capitol of the colony in 1639 by an Act of the Assembly. James City was the original Jamestown founded in 1607, America's earliest English settlement.
The part of James City County that became Surry County was inhabited by the Quiyoughcohanocks, allies of the Algonquian Powhatan Confederacy, when Jamestown settlers visited in 1607. Early settlers reported that they were entertained very graciously during their first visit. John Rolfe's marriage to Pocohontas in 1614 helped to keep peace between Indians and English settlers for a time. Pocohontas died in England in 1616, however, and by 1622 the Powhatans had decided to rid their lands of the English settlers. On Good Friday, 11 April 1622, Indians living in English settlements all over the small colony rose up and attacked their English hosts, murdering and mutilating them in their homes. At Pace's Pains on the south shore of the James, one Indian, a Christian named Chanco, refused to murder Richard Pace, warning him of the impending massacre instead. Three hundred and forty-seven English people were killed then. A list made the following February showed 1,277 people left alive in the colony.
Richard Pace was only one of the settlers on the south shore of James River. In May 1625 The Virginia Company of London listed sixteen settlers in the area that became Surry County. The Virginia Company's development of Virginia did not meet the expectations of the company stockholders or the English government. Sir Francis Wyatt, the last governor under the Virginia Company, became the first crown appointed governor 24 May 1624.
The crown honored patents issued by the Company and granted more lands to encourage settlement. Individuals could acquire one headright by paying the transportation cost of one person into the colony. One headright could be exchanged for fifty acres of Virginia land. Soon headrights were being sold, the system became corrupted, and in 1705 the General Assembly attempted to reform it. The 1705 act explicitly stated that individuals could not claim an individual headright more than once or claim headrights for sailors, and land claimants were required to submit sworn statements verifying their headright lists in county courts.
By 1640 James City County's population south of James River was sufficient to support a new parish, and Lawne's Creek Parish was established. Lawne's Creek itself was the dividing line between James City County and the later Surry County from the original Isle of Wight County. John Mangum, the original immigrant, had land strattling Lawne's Creek in both Surry and Isle of Wight Counties. Southwark Parish was separated from James City Parish in 1647. County court records begin with 1652, when Surry was formed from the part of James City County that lay southwest of James River. The south end of Surry County eventually is known as Albemarle Parish within in Surry County. From 1738 the only Anglican parish in the Sussex County area was Albemarle. Soon afterward Arthur Allen built his Jacobean brick house, now known as Bacon's Castle because it was occupied as a fort or "castle" during Bacon's Rebellion in 1676.
Reports to the Bishop of London by the ministers of Lawne's Creek and Southwark parishes in the year 1724 were recorded by Bishop Meade. They were not prosperous parishes. In 1738 Albemarle Parish was created from those parts of Lawne's Creek and Southwark parishes that lay southwest of Blackwater River. The remaining parts of Lawne's Creek and Southwark were united into Southwark Parish. The entire area of Albemarle Parish was incorporated into Sussex County when it was formed from the southwestern end of Surry County in 1754.
Sussex County was formed in 1753 from the part of Surry County that was south of the Blackwater River. "Whereas many inconveniencies" attended the inhabitants of the county of Surry, "by reason of the large extent thereof," the General Assembly enacted a law forming Sussex County from the southwestern part of Surry in November 1753. The boundaries of Sussex County followed those of Albemarle Parish established in 1738. Part of Surry County had been added to Brunswick County in 1732. Thus the parish and county were bounded by Surry County on the northeast, by Southampton County on the southeast, Prince George County on the northwest and Brunswick County on the southwest. Brunswick County was divided by an Act of the Assembly in October 1780, forming Greensville County, which now borders Sussex on the southwest. Sussex, Virginia, is the county seat of Sussex County. The Dillard House, built in 1802, was the repository of the clerk's records until the courthouse was built. The county is named for Sussex County in England.
In some early records of Surry County before Sussex was formed, we see mention of Upper and Lower Parishes of Surry County. I assume the Lower Parish is what was eventually called Albemarle Parish of Surry, then Sussex County. We know that the Mangums had land transactions in Pigeon Creek in the 1740s and Hornet Swamp in the 1760s. Both of these areas were south of the Blackwater River in what was Albemarle Parish of Surry or Sussex County depending on the County formation dates as explained above. Some of the Mangums eventually end up in Lunenburg County, Virginia, which in turns splits the southern part of its Cumberland Parish off in 1761 to form St. James Parish, which in turn and in entirety becomes Mecklenburg County in 1764-65. Brunswick County separates Sussex County from Mecklenburg County to the west. These counties are just above the state line from North Carolina. Some people erroneously put down Albemarle County which is a county in Northern Virginia in no way associated with our family of these Southern Virginia locations.
4. From the book "Our Folks," by Maron Summer Eve, Columbia, SC, 1987, copy in FHL library in Salt Lake City, pp. 224-225:
"John Mangum, Sr., died in 1794 in Newberry County. (Ref: Newberry County Court Minute Book WPA Trans. #662 p. 598, October Term 1794.)
On motion of William Mangum ordered that Letters of Administration of the Rights and Credits of John Mangum deceased be granted him with warrant of Appraisement directed to James Waldrop, Charles Griffin, John Floyd and Daniel McKie to appraise the said estate and that he be qualified as the law directs and be found in the sum of fifty for his faithful administration that Robert Gilliam, Esq're be directed to qualify the said appraisers to appraise said estate.
Whereas a citation having been issued to Daniel Williams to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of John Mangum deceased to appear at this term to show cause why letters of Administration not be granted him and William Mangum son and heir of Law came into court and plead the facts of an Administation the court thought proper to grant the same to Mangum.
Newberry County Court Minute Book Feb. Term 1795... WPA BK, #662 pp. 621-622.
Upon motion ordered that William Mangum Administrator of Estate of John Mangum deceased expose to public sale on the premises of twelve months credit all the personal estate of said deceased (provided his brothers do not appear in this Court within said time and contradict the sale of the said property) which sale to commence on the third Thursday in June next all sums under ten shillings to paid in cash."
[Kerry's note: from the wording of this, it appears William had not just one brother but "brothers" - this would of course have been John, but would it also mean Lewis?]
5. Censuses: Cannot find any listings for Mangums or Mangrums in the 1790 and 1800 censuses for Newberry County, South Carolina even after a page by page search.
SOURCES_MISC:
1. From family group sheet submitted by Delta I.M. Hale, Rt. 1, Blackfoot, Idaho. She references correspondence from Surry Co., Virginia; from J.P.Madsen, Richmond, Virginia (researcher); Albemarle Co. Parish records Va A2, p;04,118,1514, Va. Mag. of Hist. and Biog. July 1894, p. 108.
2. FHL Film 1697868 and book "The Mangums of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas, Texas, Utah, and Adjoining States," by John T. Palmer, Ph.D. Santa Rosa, CA 95409, 1993, 3rd ed.
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Chris & Julie Petersen's Genealogy
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