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Generation: 1
| 1. | Emma C. Manuel was born Abt 1879, Illinois, USA (daughter of David J Manuel and Jane "Jennie" Wilmot). Other Events:
- Race: Mulatto
- Reference Number: 7092
- Residence: 1880, Camargo, Douglas, Illinois, USA; Age: 1; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter
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Generation: 2
| 2. | David J Manuel was born Mar 1835, Sampson, North Carolina, USA (son of Jacob Manuel and Nancy Maynor). Other Events:
- Race: Mulatto
- Reference Number: 1531
- Residence: 1850, Sampson, North Carolina, USA
- Residence: 1860, Sugar Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA
- _MILT: 14 Feb 1865
- Residence: 1870, East Oakland, Coles, Illinois, USA
- Residence: 1880, Camargo, Douglas, Illinois, USA; Age: 50; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Self
- Residence: 1900, Mattoon, Coles, Illinois, USA
David married Jane "Jennie" Wilmot 17 Nov 1870, Douglas, Illinois, USA. Jane (daughter of Simeon Wilmot and Harriet Redden) was born Mar 1846, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet]
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| 3. | Jane "Jennie" Wilmot was born Mar 1846, Illinois, USA (daughter of Simeon Wilmot and Harriet Redden). Other Events:
- Race: Black
- Reference Number: 1532
- Residence: 1880, Camargo, Douglas, Illinois, USA; Age: 34; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
- Residence: 1900, Mattoon, Coles, Illinois, USA
Notes:
Jennie's parents were Simeon Wilmot and Harriet Redden of Coles/Douglas County Illinois. Sim was born about 1816-17 in Kentucky. I have a transcript of the court records when he was emancipated and paid his required bond in 1846. Harriet was connected to a leading family. She was brought to Illinois from Maryland as a slave but was freed once here. Harriet had three daughters and one son. Jennie was the youngest. Sim and Harriet can be found in the 1850-1880 census of Coles or Douglas County, IL.
Sim is believed to be the brother of Jane Bryant. They were both enslaved by General Robert Matson of Bourbon County Kentucky. The 1847 Matson Slave Trial was a result of Jane fleeing with her four children to keep them from being sold down south. Abraham Lincoln, famously, represented Matson against the Bryants in this case. What is ironic is that Sim got his freedom the exact way Jane tried a year before she fled the Illinois farm. Matson didn't seem to care that Sim left, but he took action to try and stop Jane and her children.
I would love to share the information I have on this family with their descendants! We also do a dinner theater performance three times each year about the trial from all the various viewpoints. www.matsontrial1847.org for more details. Perhaps they would want to attend to hear about their great, great, aunt and her struggle.
Renee Henry
Children:
- Clyde Manuel, Sr was born Abt 1873, Illinois, USA; died Jun 1955, Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, USA; was buried , Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, USA.
- Simeon G. Manuel was born Abt 1871, Illinois, USA.
- Isaac Manuel was born Abt 1876, Illinois, USA.
- Alice Manuel was born Abt 1878, Illinois, USA.
- 1. Emma C. Manuel was born Abt 1879, Illinois, USA.
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Generation: 3
| 4. | Jacob Manuel was born Abt 1771, Sampson, North Carolina, USA (son of Christopher Manuel). Other Events:
- Reference Number: 1114
- Residence: 1820, Cumberland, North Carolina, USA
- Residence: 1 Jun 1840, Sampson, North Carolina, USA
- Residence: 1850, Sampson, North Carolina, USA
- Residence: 1860, Sugar Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA
Jacob married Nancy Maynor 11 Oct 1822, Cumberland, North Carolina, USA. Nancy was born 1784, North Carolina, USA; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]
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| 5. | Nancy Maynor was born 1784, North Carolina, USA; died Yes, date unknown. Other Events:
- Race: Mulatto
- Reference Number: 1521
- Residence: 1850, Sampson, North Carolina, USA; Age: 66
Children:
- Christopher Manuel was born 1802, North Carolina, USA.
- 2. David J Manuel was born Mar 1835, Sampson, North Carolina, USA.
- George W Manuel was born Mar 1834, Sampson, North Carolina, USA; died 21 Mar 1913, Sterling, Rice, Kansas, USA.
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| 6. | Simeon Wilmot was born Abt 1816, Kentucky, USA. Other Events:
- Race: Black
- Reference Number: 7843
- Residence: 1860, Douglas, Illinois, USA; Age: 42
- Residence: 1880, Camargo, Douglas, Illinois, USA; Age: 64; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Self
Simeon married Harriet Redden 11 Sep 1851, Coles, Illinois, USA. Harriet was born Abt 1811, Maryland, USA. [Group Sheet]
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| 7. | Harriet Redden was born Abt 1811, Maryland, USA. Other Events:
- Also Known As: Harriet Polk
- Race: Black
- Reference Number: 7844
- Residence: 1860, Douglas, Illinois, USA; Age: 50
- Residence: 1880, Camargo, Douglas, Illinois, USA; Age: 69; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
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Generation: 4
| 8. | Christopher Manuel was born Abt 1752, Halifax, North Carolina, USA (son of Ephraim Emanuel and Emelia); died 1848, Sampson, North Carolina, USA. Other Events:
- Reference Number: 1111
- Residence: 1790, Northampton, North Carolina, USA
- Residence: 1800, Sampson, North Carolina, USA
- Residence: 1820, Sampson, North Carolina, USA
- Residence: 1830, Sampson, North Carolina, USA
- Residence: 1840, Sampson, North Carolina, USA
Notes:
Christopher Manuel, born about 1752, was head of a Northampton County, North Carolina household of 6 males 21-60 years old, 1 male less than 20 or more than 60, and 3 females in the 1786 state census, head of a Northampton County household of 8 "other free" in 1790 [NC:75], 11 in Sampson County in 1800 [NC:517] and 6 "free colored" in Sampson County in 1820 [NC:308]. He was about eighty years old on 19 November 1832 when he made a declaration in Sampson County court to obtain a pension for his services in the Revolution. He stated that he was born in Halifax County, North Carolina, and moved to the part of Duplin County which became Sampson County before the war [M804-1627].
Children:
- 4. Jacob Manuel was born Abt 1771, Sampson, North Carolina, USA.
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