Jane "Jennie" Wilmot

1846 -

• Name	Jane "Jennie" Wilmot  [1, 2, 3]
  Born	Mar 1846	Illinois, USA   [2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Race	Black  [3]
  Reference Number	1532
  Residence	1880	Camargo, Douglas, Illinois, USA   [3]
  	Age: 34; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
  Residence	1900	Mattoon, Coles, Illinois, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I1532	Families

  
  

  Father	Simeon Wilmot,   b. Abt 1816, Kentucky, USA
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Harriet Redden,   b. Abt 1811, Maryland, USA
  Relationship	natural
  Married	11 Sep 1851	Coles, Illinois, USA   [4]
  Family ID	F2625	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	David J Manuel,   b. Mar 1835, Sampson, North Carolina, USA
  Married	17 Nov 1870	Douglas, Illinois, USA
  Children	1. Clyde Manuel, Sr,   b. Abt 1873, Illinois, USA ,   d. Jun 1955, Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, USA  (Age ~ 82 years)  [natural]   2. Simeon G. Manuel,   b. Abt 1871, Illinois, USA  [natural]   3. Isaac Manuel,   b. Abt 1876, Illinois, USA  [natural]   4. Alice Manuel,   b. Abt 1878, Illinois, USA  [natural]   5. Emma C. Manuel,   b. Abt 1879, Illinois, USA  [natural]
  Family ID	F229	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - Mar 1846 - Illinois, USA Married - 17 Nov 1870 - Douglas, Illinois, USA Residence - Age: 34; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife - 1880 - Camargo, Douglas, Illinois, USA Residence - 1900 - Mattoon, Coles, Illinois, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• 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

  
  

• Sources

  [S337] Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), Database online. Record for Jennie Grace Emanuel Calumise [S6] 1900 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2004;;), Database online. Year: 1900; Census Place: Mattoon, Coles, Illinois;Roll: T623_244; Page: 46A; Enumeration District: 30. Record for Jennie Manuel [S306] 1880 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1880; Census Place: Camargo, Douglas, Illinois; Roll: 203; Family History Film: 1254203; Page: 84A; Enumeration District: 085; Image: 0577. Record for David I. Manuel [S371] Illinois, Marriage Index, 1851-1900, Jordan Dodd and Liahona Research, comp., (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;). Record for Simion Willmott