Jemima Catherine Mangum Adair
RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Per "California DAR Ancestry Guide" by the California State Society of the National Society of the DAR, 1976: Daughter of John Mangum, Revolutionary War private from South Carolina: "Jemima, b. Sep 14, 1809; m. Samuel Jefferson Adair."
2. First name appears Jemima, Gemina, Jemina depending on whose records.
3. 1900 Federal Census, San Juan County, New Mexico, Precinct No. 6 Bloomfield (Hammond): Adair, George W. Head-W-M- b. June 1837; 63 yrs; Marr. 36 yrs; b. Ala.; father b. No. Carolina; mother b. Ala; Farmer. Note he lists his mother born in Ala. not Ohio. Census taker's error or some truth to investigate?
3. From Don and Carolyn Smith from one of three part writings of Samuel Newton Adair. [When asked who has the original of this, Carolyn referred me to Becky Hamblin [bhamblin79@hotmail.com] to try to locate the original of this; Becky in turn believes Collins Chapman in Mesa may have it since Collins' mother is the grandaughter who hand wrote it for Samuel. It has not yet been located by Becky. The following is one of the three parts [see Samuel Newton Adair's notes for full quotation]: "Luna, New Mexico, October 7, 1919. I, Samuel Newton Adair, will write what I know about my mother's folks. My grandfather's name was John Mangum and he married Rebecca Noles, so my grandmother's name was Rebecca Mangrum, my grandfather Mangum was a revolutionary soldier with General Morgan (one of his minute men.) He was taken prisoner with a lot of other men by the british soldiers and they set them on a log and split their heads open, all but my grandfather's and he had some kind of varmint skin cap on and that and the skull stopped the force of the sword and it glanced off and cut his ear nearly off and they turned him lose. He married after the war was over as stated above. Their children are: Cyrus Mangrum, Joseph Mangrum, John Mangrum, William Mangrum and James Mangrum. The daughter's names were: Jeney Mangrum, Gemima Mangrum, Rebecca Mangrum, and Lucinda Mangum. They were all my uncles and aunts. Joseph Mangrum married Emiline Hanner, William married Aunt Sally Adair, John married Aunt Mary Ann Adair, James Mangrum married Jane Clark, my father's niece. I don't know who uncle Cyrus Mangum married. Jeney Mangrum married George Crawford, Gemima Mangrum married Samuel Jefferson Adair, my father. Rebecca Mangrum married Joseph Adair, my father's cousin. Lucinda Mangrum married James Richey, my father's nephew."
BIOGRAPHY:
1. From 24 Feb 2002 website
2. Biographical info on this individual's father per the book "John Mangum, American Revolutionary War Soldier and Descendents," 1986, p. 7-16, by Delta Ivie Mangum Hale: "John's second wife died, and he was again left a widower. Following her death he moved to Warren County, Ohio, later changed to Clinton County. It was here that he met his third wife, Rebecca Knowles. The were married Jan. 19, 1809 at Lebanon, Warren County, Ohio. (Marriage Licenses of Warren County, No. 1 and 2, p. 30.) Eight children were born to John and Rebecca. In later life he appeared in court to claim his veteran's pension and gave the following statement regarding his places of residence: 'I was born in Mecklenburg County, Virginia on the 19th of Jan 1763, informed by my mother when I was eleven years old, I had it in a book from the time I entered the service. Until 1805 I resided in Newberry District, So. Carolina. In 1805 I moved to Warren County, afterwards Clinton County, Ohio where I resided until 1811. In 1811 I removed to Giles County, Tennessee where I stayed until 1815. In 1815 I came to St. Claire County, Alabama where I stayed until about 1823 or 1824. Then I removed to Pickens County, Alabama where I have lived ever since and now live.' (Package 370, Vol. 3, Veterans Bureau, National Archives, Washington, D.C.) While living at Warren Co., Ohio, John and Rebecca had a daughter, Gemima, born on Sep. 14, 1809. Two children were born after they moved to Tennessee. These were William on Christmas Day 1811 at Murray or Maury, Tennessee, and Rebecca on Aug. 10, 1814 at Giles, Tennessee. Another two children were born at St. Clair, Alabama. These were John, Jr., born June 10, 1817 and James Mitchell, born Jan. 6, 1820. Another son, Joseph, was born about 1822. The record of his birth date, place and picture are not available to date. A daughter, Jane was born July 14, 1824 at Maury, Tennessee, and their last daughter, Lucinda, was born July 20, 1826 at Carlton, Pickens County, Alabama..."
BIRTH:
1. Date and place per website of Paul Price http://www.softcom.net/users/paulandsteph/gtp/ancestors.html 2 Jan 2002: 14 Oct 1809 in Warren Co., Ohio.
2. Date and place given in Ordinance Index.
MARRIAGE:
1. There are two varying dates: date shown at the 1853 temple sealing is "3 Dec 1829 at Pickens, Co., AL" and Samuel Adair was doing the ordinance first hand. There is a second sealing shown in "1864", temple unstated, that says "23 Dec 1829 in Pickens Co., AL." Presumably Samuel also was a participant in the second one as well.
DEATH: Alternate death date of 30 or 31 Sep 1848 also indicated.
BURIAL: See website
!ORDINANCES: Verified 12 Mar 2002.
BAPTISM: Live. Ordinance Index has same date when endowment was preformed. Also on various family group sheets.
ENDOWMENT: Ordinance Index 1.02 FHL film 170542, p. 32, ord. 1085.
SEALING TO PARENTS: Ordinance Index 1.02 FHL film 184769.
SEALING TO SPOUSE: Ordinance Index 1.02 has two entries: (1) FHL Film 456338 showing "9 May 1853"; (2) FHL film 458480 showing 1864 with no temple noted. Used the earlier of the two.
SOURCES_MISC:
1. The book "John Mangum, American Revolutionary War Soldier and Descendents," 1986, by Delta Ivie Mangum Hale. The article on Samuel and Gemima duplicates information already noted above and is not recopied here.
Change Date: 3 JUN 2003 at 20:28:51
Father: John MANGUM b: 19 JAN 1763 in , Mecklenberg, Virginia
Mother: Rebecca CANIDA b: 10 OCT 1787 in , , Pennsylvania
Marriage 1 Samuel Jefferson ADAIR b: 28 MAR 1806 in , Laurens, South Carolina
Married: 3 DEC 1829 in , Pickens, Alabama
Children
William Jefferson ADAIR b: 27 AUG 1830 in , Pickens, Alabama
John Milton ADAIR b: 8 JAN 1833 in , Pickens, Alabama
Rebecca Frances ADAIR b: 8 JUL 1835 in , Pickens, Alabama
George Washington ADAIR b: 27 JUN 1837 in , Pickens, Alabama
Permelia Jane ADAIR b: 27 JUN 1837 in Fulton, Clarke, Alabama
David SECRIST adopted b: Abt 1840 in Of Stronsomby, Itawamba, Mississippi
Samuel Newton ADAIR b: 11 DEC 1839 in , Itawamba, Mississippi
Joseph Jasper ADAIR b: 23 JAN 1842 in , Itawamba, Mississippi
Rufus Columbus Burleson ADAIR b: 9 FEB 1844 in , Itawamba, Mississippi
Jemima Cathrine ADAIR b: 6 APR 1846 in Des Moines, Polk, Iowa
Ezra Taft Benson ADAIR b: 25 APR 1848 in Mt. Pisgah, Union, Iowa
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Reseach Notes on Jemima's father, John Mangum:
Name: John MANGUM
Sex: M
Birth: 19 JAN 1763 in , Mecklenberg, Virginia
Death: 3 MAR 1843 in Fulton, Itawamba, Mississippi
Burial: 6 MAR 1843 Fulton, Itawamba, Mississippi
Ancestral File #: 18J8-C7
RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. US Census for 1880 for children William, James, and Lucinda show father's birthplace as So. Carolina while Rebecca's shows as Virginia. In 1900, Lucinda shows Virginia.
2. Enid Beagley Willardson's own history of how she got started in Genealogy: "When I was 17 years old in my gleaner class. We had a lesson on Genealogy. My teacher was my cousin. We got in an argument about a Revolutionary ancestor. She said that our grandfather served in the revolution. I said he couldn't because he was only 13 years. I started writing letters to the War Department and the Pension Bureau and found out that he did serve. He ran away from home and went to Virginia and joined the Militia and served during the Revolutionary War..."
3. May have middle name of Wesley.
BIOGRAPHY:
1. Biographical info per the book "John Mangum, American Revolutionary War Soldier and Descendents," 1986, p. 7-16, by Delta Ivie Mangum Hale: "John Mangum was born Jan. 19, 1763 in Mecklenburg County, Virginia. 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. 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.) As John grew older, he was apparently active in the Baptist Church, as he and his brother Lewis are both listed as members. (South Carolina Baptists, pp. 165, 166. Bush River Baptist Church Records listing members between between 1771 and 1780, 1794 and 1804. [Note that book has a picture of the Bush River Church in Newberry, SC; a related Rev. Daniel Mangum was pastor there for some 28 years; also located nearby is a Mangum Plantation, a Mangum store, and 'Granny Mangum Spring'.]) 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. 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. John served as a soldier for the colonies during the Revolutionary War. He apparently joined at the age of 15. The following brief record of his military service from reading material obtained from the Veterans Administration in Washington, D.C. The data contained herein is from the papers on file in the Rev. War claim for pension number 16939, based upon the military army service of John Mangum in the war... While a resident in Newberry Distict, South Carolina, he enlisted and served three months in Captain Joseph Hayes' and Moor's Companies, Colonel James Williams' South Carolina Regiment and was discharged in March, 1779. He enlisted early in 1780 and served two months in Captain John Griffin's Company, Col. Robert McRory's South Carolina Regiment. He enlisted the spring of 1781, served two months in Captain David Harris' Company under Colonel Elijah Clark, and was in the siege of Augusta. He enlisted in Capt. Lauglin Leonard's Company, Colonel Joseph Hayes' So. Carolina Regiment, served four months until Nov. 1781, was in the battle of Edge Hill, received a wound on his head from William Cunningham, a Tory, and was taken prisoner, length of captivity not stated. He enlisted and served six months in Capt. Joseph Towle's So. Carolina Company and was discharged June 1, 1782. He enlisted about the 1st of July 1782 and served one month in Capt. William Irby's South Carolina Campany. In 1805 he moved from Newberry District, So. Carolina to Warren County (afterwards Clinton County), Ohio. In 1811 he moved to Giles County, Tennessee. In 1815 he moved to St. Clair County, Alabama, and in 1823 or 1824 he moved to Pickens County, Alabama. He was allowed a pension on his application executed Sep. 25, 1832 while a resident of Pickens County, Alabama. His post office address was Carrollton, Pickens County, Alabama. The date of the soldier's death is not recorded in the papers in this claim for pension. He was survived by his widow. One Rebecca Mangum was referred to in 1843, but it is not definitely stated that she was the soldier's widow. This definitely has been since established... Shortly after the Rev. War, John married Mary Murdock. Mary was known by the nickname of Polly to the family. Her father was Hamilton Murdock. The date of their marriage is not known. Three children were born to John and Mary. The oldest, James Mangum, was born Dec. 6, 1791 at Newberry, So. Carolina. The next child, Nancy, was born Nov. 11, 1794, and the third child, Elizabeth, was born on Christmas Eve in 1798. Both Nancy and Elizabeth were born in South Carolina, but the town is not known. John's first wife, Mary, died, and after a time he remarried, this time to Gemima Goggins. John's brother William, was married to Gemima's sister, Anna. These two couples were apparently quite close, as John was the administrator of William's estate following William's death. Copies of the wills of both William and Anna are in the possession of the author. Two children were born to John and Gemima. The oldest, Cyrus, was born Jan. 5, 1805 [probably typo for 1803] at Newberry. He went by the nickname of Russ. After he grew up he married and moved to Texas where he left a large posterity. The other child was born June 17, 1804 [year looks wrong]. John's second wife died, and he was again left a widower. Following her death he moved to Warren County, Ohio, later changed to Clinton County. It was here that he met his third wife, Rebecca Knowles. The were married Jan. 19, 1809 at Lebanon, Warren County, Ohio. (Marriage Licenses of Warren County, No. 1 and 2, p. 30.) Eight children were born to John and Rebecca. In later life he appeared in court to claim his veteran's pension and gave the following statement regarding his places of residence: 'I was born in Mecklenburg County, Virginia on the 19th of Jan 1763, informed by my mother when I was eleven years old, I had it in a book from the time I entered the service. Until 1805 I resided in Newberry District, So. Carolina. In 1805 I moved to Warren County, afterwards Clinton County, Ohio where I resided until 1811. In 1811 I removed to Giles County, Tennessee where I stayed until 1815. In 1815 I came to St. Claire County, Alabama where I stayed until about 1823 or 1824. Then I removed to Pickens County, Alabama where I have lived ever since and now live.' (Package 370, Vol. 3, Veterans Bureau, National Archives, Washington, D.C.) While living at Warren Co., Ohio, John and Rebecca had a daughter, Gemima, born on Sep. 14, 1809. Two children were born after they moved to Tennessee. These were William on Christmas Day 1811 at Murray or Maury, Tennessee, and Rebecca on Aug. 10, 1814 at Giles, Tennessee. Another two children were born at St. Clair, Alabama. These were John, Jr., born June 10, 1817 and James Mitchell, born Jan. 6, 1820. Another son, Joseph, was born about 1822. The record of his birth date, place and picture are not available to date. A daughter, Jane was born July 14, 1824 at Maury, Tennessee, and their last daughter, Lucinda, was born July 20, 1826 at Carlton, Pickens County, Alabama... John Mangum died on March 3, 1843. Although the cause of his death is not known, it can be assumed with some degree of certainty that the cause was of one usually associated with old age. He died at the age of eighty, which was considered beyond the average life expectancy of his day. The date of his death is established by the following letter form the General Accounting Office Division, Washington, D.C.: 'In reply to your letter requesting information concerning one John Mangum, certificate no. 7214, Alabama Agency, a prisoner [pensioner?] of the Rev. War, you are advised that the records of this office show that the prisoner [pensioner] died on March 3, 1843 and was survived by his widow, Rebecca Mangum. The arrears of pension due the deceased pensioner at date of death covering the period from March 4, 1842 to March 3, 1843 were paid at Tuscaloosa, Alabama on Dec. 5, 1843 to Francis W. Bostick, Carrollton, Alabama, as attorney for the widow. No further information has been found of record in this office.' Further research has reveled that John Mangum is buried at Fulton, Itawamba Co., Mississippi where he died. The histories of John's first two wives, Mary Murdock and Gemima Goggins are not available. All of the available information is included in the history of John Mangum."
2. Military service per the book "John Mangum, American Revolutionary War Soldier and Descendents," 1986, p. 8-12, by Delta Ivie Mangum Hale: "In 1805 he moved from Newberry District, South Carolina to Warren County (afterwards Clinton County), Ohio. In 1811 he moved to Giles County, Tennessee. In 1815 he moved to St. Clair County, Alabama, and in 1823 or 1824 he moved to Pickens County, Alabama. He was allowed a pension on his application executed September 25, 1832 while a resident of Pickens County, Alabama. His post office address was Carrollton, Pickens County, Alabama. The date of the soldier's death is not recorded in the papers in this claim for pension. He was survived by his widow. One Rebecca Mangum was referred to in 1843, but it is not definitely stated that she was the soldier's widow. This definitely has been since established. Two interesting and exciting stores of his experiences during the war have been handed down through the family. This story is told by Bishop Hugh Richey of St. Johns, Arizona and was originally told to him by his father, James Moroni Richey.
'My great-grandfather, John Mangum, was a Revolutionary War solider. He enlisted in Marion's Brigade at the age of 16 and served four years to the end of the war. Brigadier General Francis Marion organized his Brigade of Frontiers-men who furnished their own fast horses, arms and food, who could be armed and in the saddle in a matter of minutes upon call. They would destroy the British supply trains, cut off any small detachments, rush into their main camps at night for a raid and be gone before the British could get organized and be in another County before dawn. When the British would chase them with a large force, they would hide in the swamps and mountains or scatter to their own homes until the danger was past and then be at it again. They were the best marksmen, riders and woodsmen on the frontier. Marion was called the Swamp Fox. At one time he was surprised while he and his men were all taking a bath in the river. They all ran for their guns, but didn't have time to get their clothes. He sent a flag of truce to demand their clothes or he would kill ten of their best men. Colonel Sir Banstre Tarleton sent the clothes. The British courier who brought the clothes was invited to eat with Marion and his men. Upon his return to his own lines he told Tarleton that anyone who could eat sweet potatoes like Marion's men did would never surrender and that Marion had said, 'Tell the Colonel Sir Banstre Tarleton that I will only kill eight of his men now,' which of course he didn't. John Mangum fought at the Battle of the Cow Pens. This was a place in a meadow where the settlers grazed their milk cows, and each farmer had a cow pen for his cattle. The cow pens furnished some protection as a breastwork against the British Army. Marion's Brigade was joined with those of Brigadier General Daniel Morgan and Colonel Light Horse Henry Lee with Morgan in command. He placed the new recruits on the front line with instructions to run if it got too hot for them and regroup behind the old veterans.
When Tarelton attacked with the British Regulars, the front line gave way and they ran right into the best marksmen in the world who didn't run, and his army was cut to pieces, surrounded and captured. John Mangum was wounded in this battle. Marion's Brigade in the main was a light brigade which operated on the theory that 'he who fights and runs away, lives to fight again another day.'
John had another brush with death. While he was in the service, he was permitted to go home on a furlough. When returning back to the service, the crew was captured and taken prisoner by the British and was kept for several days. They then took their prisoners out to a log and laid their heads on it and chained them to it. The commanding officer drew his sword and raked two or three of them across the head and told the Captain to turn them loose. The commanding officer took his sword and split the rest of the prisoner's heads open and left them. John Mangum was one of the boys who were spared. After several days he had the chance to talk to the commanding officer and asked why his life was spared. The officer swore and told him that he knew his brother, William, who was a Tory and that he thought he would make a good one too.
The following is a declaration of John Mangum's Revolutionary War record as found by Milton Mangum in the Veterans Bureau, Washington, D.C.: Declaration: 'In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832, the State of Alabama, County of Pickens on this 25th day of September 1832, personally appeared in open court before George H. Flournoy, Judge of the county court of said county John Mangum, a resident of Pickens County in the State of Alabama, age sixty-nine years (the 19th of January last) who being first duly sworn accordingly to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated—six several tours; to wit:
1st About December 1778 or January 1779, I volunteered in Captain Joseph Hayes' Company, Lieutenant James Walorop, Ensign Gillespie, in the Regiment commanded by Colonel James Williams—that I served three months—that at the time of me entering the service I resided in Newberry District in South Carolina when I entered the service—that I marched from this place to opposite Augusta, Georgia—I served with a company of Independent Regulars commanded by Captain Moore, Lieutenant Thomas Prince—no other regulars with said regiment—I know Moore and Prince—The British left Augusta in the night—General Ash of North Carolina pursued and had a fight—while we were at opposite Augusta, the Tories rose and many were taken prisoners by Major Andrew Pickens and brought to us where they stayed while we guarded them and later took them to court—at court the prisoners were tried—five Tories were hanged and the others discharged.—After which I was discharged in March 1779 after having served three months. I did not receive a written discharge.
2nd Early in 1780 I again volunteered and marched from Newberry District in South Carolina to Augusta, Georgia; thence three or four miles to Cup Board Creek—camped there two months under Colonel Robert McRory in the company commanded by Captain John Griffin—While we lay at the Cup Board Creek we received news that the British had taken Charlestown—When I got home, the British were spread over the country. After having served in this tour two months I was discharged.
3rd In the Spring of 1781, I volunteered and marched to Keoka Creek in Georgia—thence to Augusta and was at the siege of Augusta in the company commanded by Captain David Harris, Lieutenant John Stutstill, in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Elijah Clark thence quit Georgia and went with the North Carolina troops to Ninety-six in South Carolina, thence went home after having served two months and being discharged—no written discharge.
4th I volunteered about the first of July, 1781 and continued until the first or middle of November, 1781 at least four months in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Joseph Hays (who was my Captain in the first mentioned tour), in the company commanded by Captain Laughlin Leonard and Lieutenant Isaac Tinsley—was at the Battle at a place called Edgell's old field where and when Colonel Hays and Captain Leonard were killed. I was taken prisoner and received a wound on my head from William Cunningham, one of the Tories.
5th In December 1781 I enlisted for six months in the company commanded by Captain Joseph Towles, Lieutenant John Satterwhite, Ensign James Carson at Salunda River in Newberry District in South Carolina in the South Carolina line—the colonel not known to me went and built a blackhouse at Anderson's mile in Edgefield District South Carolina—scouted when necessary—stayed six months I was discharged on the 1st of June 1782, by Captain Joseph Towles, but my discharge has been lost or destroyed.
6th About the first of July 1782, I substituted for William Sims for two months to go to Bacon's Bridge near Charlestown, South Carolina under Major Ford, under the company commanded by Captain William Irby, but was discharged at the end of thirty days or one month - at that time the British were said to be in Charlestown.
In the first, second, third, fourth and sixth tours I received no written discharge - I have no documentary evidence and I know no person whose testimony I can procure who can testify to my service in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 6th tours or any of them or any part thereof. In the fifth mentioned tour I received a discharge given by Captain Joseph Towles stating that I served six months. This discharge was dated first of June 1782, but it is lost or destroyed. I have no documentary evidence and I know of no person whose testimony I can procure who can testify to my services in said fifth mentioned tour or any part thereof. In answer to questions by the Court I say:
1st. I was born in Mechlenburg County in the State of Virginia on the 19th of January 1763, as I was informed by my mother when I was about eleven years of age, which information I believe to be true.
2nd. When I was about eleven years of age my mother told me how old I was, from which information I made record of the time of my birth which record I have in a book in my possession—I know of no other record of my age or birth.
3rd. From the time I first entered the service I resided in Newberry District in South Carolina—In 1805 I removed to Warren County (afterwards Clinton County) in the State of Ohio, where I resided until 1811—In 1811 I removed to Giles County in the State of Tennessee, where I stayed till about 1815—In 1815 I came to St. Clair County in this state (Mississippi) where I stayed till 1823 or 1824 when I removed to Pickens County (Alabama) where I have lived ever since and now live.
4th. In the first, second, third and fourth mentioned tours I volunteered—in the fifth I enlisted—and in the sixth I substituted for William Sims.
5th. I recollect Colonel Henry Lee, a regular officer at Dragoons at the siege of August—he stayed at Augusta till the British gave up. I knew my Captain Joseph Towles and Lieutenant John Satterwhite and Ensign James Carson, regular officers under whom I served in the fifth mentioned tour (the tour in which I enlisted). I do not now recollect any other regular officers. With Colonel Lee came a North Carolina Regiment of Militia under Major Piuk Eaton—Eaton was killed in attempting to cut off the communications between a British Fort and Tory Fort. All the other general circumstances of the services, so far as I can recollect them, I have stated in the foregoing statements.
6th. I received a discharge given by Captain Joseph Towles on the first of June 1782—said discharge has been lost or destroyed I do recollect I have seen it after I got home from the service. I never received a written discharge for any term of service except the one when I served as a regular under the enlistment under Captain Towles in December of 1781—I believe that it was not the practice of the Militia officers to give written discharges.
7th. I am known to James D. Staton, Abram Byler, Richard Jones, Freeman Jones, Freeman Jones, Jr., Thomas J. Reynolds, William Johnson, John W. Mann, Charles Stewart, Joseph Stewart, John Rains and Robert E. Stewart.
I the said John Mangum do hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present; and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of this state or of any state. Sworn to and subscribed this day and year foresaid. John [his mark] Mangum. Francis W. Bostock, Clerk. We John W. Mann, a clergyman residing in the County of Pickins, and Robert E. Stewart residing in the same county hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Mangum who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be sixty-nine years of age (or more); that he is reputed to have been a soldier of the Revolution by those in this neighborhood where he resides and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn to and subscribed to this day and year aforesaid. John W. Mann, Robert E. Stewart. Francis W. Bostock, Clerk.
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogations prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states. And the court further certifies that it appears to them that John W. Mann who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in said county of Pickens, and that Robert W. Stewart, who has also signed the same is a resident in the same country, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. George H. Flournoy, Judge of Said Court.
I Francis W. Bostock, clerk of the County Court of Pickens County in the State of Alabama do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the manner of the application of John Mangum for pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of office this twenty-fifth day of September in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty Two, and of American Independence the Fifty-Seventh. Francis W. Bostock, Clerk."
3. Land transaction records info per the book "John Mangum, American Revolutionary War Soldier and Descendents," 1986, pp. 15-16, by Delta Ivie Mangum Hale: "Although only part of the record of John's land holdings and transactions is availble, it is evident that he had possession of a great deal of land during his lifetime. The following is a record of some of these transactions. 'John Mangum, brother of William, and wife, Mary (Murdock) conveyed 37 acres of land in 1803 in Newberry County, South Carolina, founded a part of original Surrey County and other lands. Again in 1805, John Mangum sold 165 acres of land to Thomas Atkinson. John Mangum bought 100 acres of land from Joseph Blacksmith Aug. 7, 1779 on Little River, now Newberry County, South Carolina, being one half of 200 acres granted to Elizabeth Johnson in 1772 and conveyed by her to Joseph Hayes in 1773. This land is located on the side of the main road from Rayburn's Creek which is the dividing line of the 200 acres.' [Source: Columbia, So. Carolina Court file #4754 of John Mangum before and since the fall of Charleston.] It is interesting to note the price of land at the beginning of the nineteenth century. The following is a recorded land transaction of his brother, William. 'William Mangum, brother of John Mangum, bought from William Johnson a tract of 84 acres for $150 on Jan. 6, 1805. The same being part of an original grant of Jacob Johnson and situated on Little River and bounded by Charles Pitts on the Southwest and all other sides by William Peterseon and Daniel Mangum.' [Source: Deed Book G in the Ofice of the Clerk of the Court, Newberry, South Carolina, p. 264.] The following information was received from Enid B. Willardson of National City, California: 'In later years following the death of his brother, William, John assisted his brother's widow in the settling of William's Estate. Anna Mangum, William's widow, relinguished the adminstration of her husband's Estate to John Mangum on July 7, 1827. He settled the Estate on Aug. 17, 1831.' The following land transaction with his brother's widow is also recorded: 'Signed in the presence of David Carson and Howard Peterson, recorded on Jan. 19, 1838. Anna Mangum of Newberry District sold to John Mangum 82 acres for $7.75. Bounded by Carson's Creek on the south side of the road from Belfast to Newberry, So. Carolina. Delivered Oct. 8, 1828.' [Source: Deed Book in the Office of the Clerk of the Court, Newberry, South Carolina.]"
4. Copy from National Society Daughters of Utah Pioneers: "The Biography of Cyrus [Cyrus is grandson of this John Mangum] and Sarah Allen Mangum", written by Phillas Mangum Whitehead: "My grandfather Cyrus Mangum was born Sept. 29, 1840, Itawamba Co., Mass. [Mississippi] Son of William Mangum and Sarah Adair, baptized 1848, and endowed Nov. 11, 1872... His grandfather was a general and fought under George Washington and Jefferson..." [He was misinformed as to being a "general" and is correct though of participation in the Revolutionary War.]
5. The book "Roster of South Carolina Patriots in the American Revolution", by Bobby Gilmore Ross, p. 652: "Mangum, John, b. 19 Jan 1763, Mecklenburg Co., VA. He enlisted during March 1779, while residing in Newberry District, and served under Capts. Joseph Hayes and Moore and Col. Williams. In early 1780, he was under Capt. John Griffen and Col. Robert McCreery. In the spring of 1781, he was under Capt. David Harris and Col. Elijah Clarke (of Georgia) and was in the siege of Augusta. Next, he was under Capt. Laughlin Leonard and Col. Joseph Hayes. In the battle at Edge Hill he received a wound on the head from 'Bloody Bill' Cunningham and was taken prisoner. In early 1782, he was under Capt. Joseph Towles and Gen. Pickens. About 1 July 1782, he was under Capt. William Irby. (Moved to Ohio, Tenn., and Ala.)"
6. Major autobiography with lots of references to Mangums, Richeys, and Adairs and their history by James Richey [see his notes for transcription] speaks of his wife and her family: "Lucinda Mangum Richey Born: July 20, 1826, Carrollton, Pickens County, Alabama; Died: February 23, 1903, St Johns, Arizona; Her father: John Mangum Sr.; Her Mother: Rebecca Canada Knoll [Note: Canida Knowles]. John Mangum was a Revolution War soldier, fought under Gen. Morgan and wounded at the Battle of Cow Pens."
7. From Don and Carolyn Smith, three part writings of Samuel Newton Adair. [Carolyn referred me to Becky Hamblin [bhamblin79@hotmail.com] to try to locate the original of this; Becky in turn believes Collins Chapman in Mesa may have since Collins' mother is the grandaughter who hand wrote it for Samuel]. The following is one of the three parts [see Samuel Newton Adair's notes for full quotation]: "Luna, New Mexico, October 7, 1919. I, Samuel Newton Adair, will write what I know about my mother's folks. My grandfather's name was John Mangum and he married Rebecca Noles, so my grandmother's name was Rebecca Mangrum, my grandfather Mangum was a revolutionary soldier with General Morgan (one of his minute men.) He was taken prisoner with a lot of other men by the british soldiers and they set them on a log and split their heads open, all but my grandfather's and he had some kind of varmint skin cap on and that and the skull stopped the force of the sword and it glanced off and cut his ear nearly off and they turned him lose. He married after the war was over as stated above. Their children are: Cyrus Mangrum, Joseph Mangrum, John Mangrum, William Mangrum and James Mangrum. The daughter's names were: Jeney Mangrum, Gemima Mangrum, Rebecca Mangrum, and Lucinda Mangum. They were all my uncles and aunts. Joseph Mangrum married Emiline Hanner, William married Aunt Sally Adair, John married Aunt Mary Ann Adair, James Mangrum married Jane Clark, my father's niece. I don't know who uncle Cyrus Mangum married. Jeney Mangrum married George Crawford, Gemima Mangrum married Samuel Jefferson Adair, my father. Rebecca Mangrum married Joseph Adair, my father's cousin. Lucinda Mangrum married James Richey, my father's nephew."
MARRIAGE: Order of wives: 1. Gemima, 2. Mary, 3. Rebecca.
DEATH: Per website of Paul Price http://www.softcom.net/users/paulandsteph/gtp/ancestors.html: 23 Mar 1843 in Fulton, Itawamba, Mississippi. Robin Adair uses alternate date of 23 Mar 1843 at same location.
QUESTIONS:
1. Per "California DAR Ancestry Guide" by the California State Society of the National Society of the DAR, 1976: John Mangum, Revolutionary War private from South Carolina: "b. Jan 19, 1763, Mecklenburg Co. VA; m (1) Betsy Murdock (2) Gurnine Coughlin (3) Rebecca Knowles." Children listed as "Infant (1st wife) b. ca 1801; d. infant", "Cyrus (2nd wife), b. Jan 5, 1803; d. young", and from 3rd wife: Jemima, William, Rebecca, James Mitchell, Joseph, Jennie, and Lucinda. [Note problems with names and order of wives.]
!ORDINANCES: Verified 3 Mar 2002.
Note: May also have been endowed and sealed to Rebecca at Endowment house 18 Jun 1867; however, as of 3 Mar 2002 there is no such record in Ord. Index.
BAPTISM: Ordinance Index 1.02 FHL film 170841, p. 3, ord. 79, SGEOR.
ENDOWMENT: Ordinance Index 1.02 FHL film 170542, p. 290, ord. 4891, SGEOR. Relative/Proxy was William Mangum; notes birth as 19 Jan 1763 in Virginia and death as 23 Mar 1832.
SEALING TO PARENTS: Ordinance Index 1.02 FHL film 458900.
SEALING TO SPOUSE:
Gemima Coggins: Ordinance Index 1.02 FHL film 1760848.
Murdock: Ordinance Index 1.02 FHL film 1760848.
Rebecca Canida: Ordinance Index 1.02 FHL film 1760822.
SOURCES_MISC: Info on family with Gemima and Mary per family group sheets submitted by Delta I.M. Hale, Rt. 1 Blackfoot, Idaho. She states source of Family records gathered from grand son Arnold Mangum, Gen. Soc. archives, index bureau, and Grace Knowles and J.P. Davidson of Richmond, Va., Genealogists. For Mary's family, letters and books are mentioned belonging to him (John Magnum?) at McGill, Nevada.
Change Date: 3 JUN 2003 at 21:24:44
Father: John MANGUM b: 1732 in Albemarle Parish, Surry, Virginia
Mother: Mary b: Abt 1734 in Of Albemarle Parish, Surry, Virginia
Marriage 1 Mary or Polly MURDOCK b: Abt 1767 in of Bush River or Newberry, Newberry, South Carolina
Married: Bef 1791 in Of, Newberry, South Carolina
Children
James MANGUM b: 6 DEC 1791 in , Newberry, South Carolina
Nancy MANGUM b: 11 NOV 1794 in , , South Carolina
Elizabeth MANGUM b: 24 DEC 1798 in Of, Newberry, South Carolina
Infant MANGUM b: Abt 1801 in Of, Newberry, South Carolina
Marriage 2 Gemima GOGGINS b: Abt 1763 in Of, Newberry, South Carolina
Married: Abt 1802 in Of, Newberry, South Carolina
Children
Cyrus MANGUM b: 5 JAN 1803 in Newberry, Newberry, South Carolina
Mary MANGUM b: 17 JUN 1804 in , , South Carolina
Marriage 3 Rebecca CANIDA b: 10 OCT 1787 in , , Pennsylvania
Married: 19 JAN 1809 in Lebanon, Warren, Ohio
Children
Jemima Catherine MANGUM b: 14 SEP 1809 in Lebanon, Warren, Ohio
William M. MANGUM b: 25 DEC 1811 in , Maury, Tennessee
Rebecca Francis MANGUM b: 10 AUG 1814 in , Giles, Tennessee
John MANGUM b: 10 JUN 1817 in Springville, St. Clair, Alabama
James Mitchell MANGUM b: 6 JAN 1820 in Springville, St. Clair, Alabama
Joseph Eastland MANGUM b: Abt 1822 in , Pickens, Alabama
Jane or Jennie MANGUM b: 14 JUL 1824 in , Maury, Tennessee
Lucinda MANGUM b: 20 JUL 1826 in Near Pickensville, Pickens, Alabama
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Research Notes on Jemima's mother, Rebecca Canida Noles:
Name: Rebecca CANIDA
Sex: F
Birth: 10 OCT 1787 in , , Pennsylvania
Death: 23 FEB 1847 in Winter Quarters, Douglas, Nebraska
Burial: FEB 1847 Mormon Pioneer Cemetery, Winter Quarters, Douglas, Nebraska
Ancestral File #: 18J8-DD
RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. US Census for 1880 for children Lucinda, Rebecca, and William list mother's birthplace at Pennsylvania. Lucinda in 1900 uses Pennsylvania. Traditionally most people have listed undetermined location in England. I use Pennsylvania since the source seems more primal.
2. Per "California DAR Ancestry Guide" by the California State Society of the National Society of the DAR, 1976: John Mangum, Revolutionary War private from South Carolina: "b. Jan 19, 1763, Mecklenburg Co. VA; m (1) Betsy Murdock (2) Gurnine Coughlin (3) Rebecca Knowles." [Knowles surname is from Rebecca's first marriage.]
3. Ancestral file lists England as possible birthplace. Census above seems to dispute this notion.
4. Major autobiography with lots of references to Mangums, Richeys, and Adairs and their history by James Richey [see his notes for transcription] speaks of his wife and her family:
a. "Lucinda Mangum Richey Born: July 20, 1826, Carrollton, Pickens County, Alabama; Died: February 23, 1903, St Johns, Arizona; Her father: John Mangum Sr.; Her Mother: Rebecca Canada Knoll [Note: Canida Knowles]. John Mangum was a Revolution War soldier, fought under Gen. Morgan and wounded at the Battle of Cow Pens."
b. "We started and my wife missed (?) the chills, the very next day. When we arrived at Winter Quarters it was late in season. We built a log cabin and then my brother-in-law and myself went to Missouri for supplies. We got a load of corn meal and pork. I was taken sick and had to be hauled home. After we got home Joseph Mangum took the cattle to the mouth of the Soldier to winter on the rushes. Sometime afterwards I went there on a visit and while there, there came a heavy snow and I started for home the next morning on foot and was two days and one night on the road. When I got home, my feet were badly frozen so that I was laid up in bed for quite awhile. While I was in this situation, my mother in law, (Rebecca Canida Knowles) who was living with us was taken sick and died from exposure in travelling so long a journey. She was buried in the graveyard at Winter Quarters."
5. Reviewed Rootsweb.com WorldConnect 8 Dec 2002.
BIOGRAPHY:
1. "Rebecca Canida Knowles Mangum, Third Wife of John Mangum." Rebecca Canida was born in England [see research note above showing three children in 1880 show their mother born in Pennsylvania] on the 10th of October. There is some descrepancy as to the year of her birth. One record indicated that the year was 1785, another 1787, and still another in 1790. The location of her birthplace is not known. She was the daughter of James Canida and Abigall (maiden name is unknown). Rebecca had one son from her first marriage, Jesse Knowles. As mentioned in John Mangum's history, she was the mother of eight of John's children. The history of these children appear later in the book. Little is known of the life of Rebecca until her husband, John's death in 1843. Following his death she lived in Fulton, Mississippi until 1846. In the fall of 1844 a missionary of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, James Richey, was in Fulton, Mississippi [refer to James autobiograhy for full account]. Some of Rebecca's children heard his teachings were favorably impressed. Three of the family, Gemima, John and James Mitchell became members. The strong desire of the early members of the Mormon Church to gather at the Central Stake of Zion was felt in Mississippi. Rebecca and all her children except Jane moved to Nauvoo, Illinois. They apparently traveled by land during the winter of 1845 and 1846. Upon her arrival in Nauvoo, her youngest daughter, Lucinda, married the missionary, James Richey [see photo with article], who had brought the gospel to her family. The Illinois mobs were at this time forcing the Latter-day Saints (mormons) from their homes in Nauvoo. Soon after the marriage, probably in January or February of 1846, Rebecca accompanied her daughter and new son-in-law along with other relatives as they too left Nauvoo. The extreme cold of the winter was hard on the travelers, as their only shelter was their wagons and what wagon covers or tents they were able to carry with them. Rebecca was fortunate that her son-in-law had a team and wagon. Those less fortunate were forced to travel on foot, carrying on their backs their only earthly possessions. That spring and summer were spent at the second camping area of the Mormons, Camp Pisgah. Here they built a log cabin to provide some shelter from the elements. This was beyond the frontier of that day, yet close enough to the frontier settlements that they could return to obtain provisions. Rebecca's son-in-law made such a trip to the settlements of Missouri to obtain food for the next winter. Late in season of 1846 they moved father west to Council Bluffs, Iowa where they again built a log cabin and prepared to spend the winter. The traveling and exposure proved too much for Rebecca and she died Feb. 23, 1847 at the age of 60. Her grave is in the Winter Quarters Cemetery. During this time James Richey was laid up with frozen feet."
2. From Don and Carolyn Smith, three part writings of Samuel Newton Adair. [Carolyn referred me to Becky Hamblin [bhamblin79@hotmail.com] to try to locate the original of this; Becky in turn believes Collins Chapman in Mesa may have since Collins' mother is the grandaughter who hand wrote it for Samuel]. The following is one of the three parts [see Samuel Newton Adair's notes for full quotation]: "Luna, New Mexico, October 7, 1919. I, Samuel Newton Adair, will write what I know about my mother's folks. My grandfather's name was John Mangum and he married Rebecca Noles, so my grandmother's name was Rebecca Mangrum, my grandfather Mangum was a revolutionary soldier with General Morgan (one of his minute men.) He was taken prisoner with a lot of other men by the british soldiers and they set them on a log and split their heads open, all but my grandfather's and he had some kind of varmint skin cap on and that and the skull stopped the force of the sword and it glanced off and cut his ear nearly off and they turned him lose. He married after the war was over as stated above. Their children are: Cyrus Mangrum, Joseph Mangrum, John Mangrum, William Mangrum and James Mangrum. The daughter's names were: Jeney Mangrum, Gemima Mangrum, Rebecca Mangrum, and Lucinda Mangum. They were all my uncles and aunts. Joseph Mangrum married Emiline Hanner, William married Aunt Sally Adair, John married Aunt Mary Ann Adair, James Mangrum married Jane Clark, my father's niece. I don't know who uncle Cyrus Mangum married. Jeney Mangrum married George Crawford, Gemima Mangrum married Samuel Jefferson Adair, my father. Rebecca Mangrum married Joseph Adair, my father's cousin. Lucinda Mangrum married James Richey, my father's nephew."
BIRTH:
1. Cemetery record indicates age 60 at time of death in 1847.
2. Robin Adair uses alternative birthplace of Boydton, Mecklenberg, Virginia. Need to check other children's census reports for their mother. Jane in 1880 says SC.
MARRIAGE:
1. James Knowles. Some Ordinance Index entries tentatively reference James Knowles abt 1806 of Boydton, Mecklenburg, VA. No documentation of first name or marriage is given. A better source is the temple work done for their son Jesse Knowles in 1877 by William Mangum, his step-brother which states Jesse was born 8 Feb 1805 in South Carolina. William in 1877 probably had better information than we do presently. Abt 1804 in South Carolina appears to be a more educated guess for the marriage.
DEATH: Deseret News newspaper, Sat., 26 Sep 1936, p. 5, has an article about about the LDS monument at Winter Quarters Cemetery showing Rebecca Mangum, d. 23 Feb 1847. Also same information is in the book by Susan Easton "Inscriptions on Tombstones... LDS Burial Grounds," which gives as its source the article by Andrew Jenson in Deseret News, 26 Sep 1936, p. 5. The actual citation is entitled "The Tragedy at Winter Quarters" and is a chronological account on a daily basis from various sources of events at Winter Quarters. It reads for Feb. 1847: "Tuesday, Feb. 23. Rebecca Mangum (aged 60 years) wife of John Mangum, died." Copy on file.
BURIAL: Rebecca is in the Mormon Pioneer Cemetery at Winter Quarters next to the LDS temple and visitors' center.. Avard Fairbanks, the famous sculptor of the Angel Moroni on temples, did a beautiful sculpted Honor Roll of many names upon which her name is inscribed. Also in book by Susan Easton on Tombstone Inscriptions at LDS Burial Grounds. Confirmed with the Mormon Trail Visitors' Center (402-453-9372). Record states: Rebecca Mangem, wife of John Mangem, died 23 1847 at the age of 60. They indicate there are no other Adairs nor Mangums in this cemetery. See website www.avardfairbanks.com and www.signaturebooks.com/excerpts/avard.htm for other Fairbanks sculptures including several at this cemetery. The most famous is the "Winter Quarter Grieving Parents over an Infant's Praire Gravesite."
!ORDINANCES: Verified 16 Mar 2002.
Note: May also have been endowed and sealed to John Mangum at Endowment house 18 Jun 1867; however, as of 3 Mar 2002 there is no such record in Ord. Index.
BAPTISM: Based on archival family group sheets. Ordinance Index does have rebaptisms with the earliest being 1962.
ENDOWMENT: Ordinance Index 1.02 without documentation.
SEALING TO PARENTS: Ordinance Index 1.02 FHL film 1260589, sht. 12, batch 7924302.
SEALING TO SPOUSE:
James Knowles: Ordinance Index 1.02 FHL film 1760883.
John Mangum: Ordinance Index 1.02 FHL film 1760822.
!ACTION:
1. Do early census search for Canidas in Pennsylvania or otherwise look for Canidas in Penn.
2. Do marriage search for Knowles and Canida in South Carolina.
Change Date: 27 APR 2003 at 19:49:17
Father: James CANIDA b: Abt 1759
Mother: Abigail S. b: Abt 1761 in Of, , England
Marriage 1 James KNOWLES b: Abt 1781 in Of Boydton, Mecklenberg, Virginia
Married: Abt 1804 in Of, , South Carolina
Children
Jesse KNOWLES b: 8 FEB 1805 in , , South Carolina
Marriage 2 John MANGUM b: 19 JAN 1763 in , Mecklenberg, Virginia
Married: 19 JAN 1809 in Lebanon, Warren, Ohio
Children
Jemima Catherine MANGUM b: 14 SEP 1809 in Lebanon, Warren, Ohio
William M. MANGUM b: 25 DEC 1811 in , Maury, Tennessee
Rebecca Francis MANGUM b: 10 AUG 1814 in , Giles, Tennessee
John MANGUM b: 10 JUN 1817 in Springville, St. Clair, Alabama
James Mitchell MANGUM b: 6 JAN 1820 in Springville, St. Clair, Alabama
Joseph Eastland MANGUM b: Abt 1822 in , Pickens, Alabama
Jane or Jennie MANGUM b: 14 JUL 1824 in , Maury, Tennessee
Lucinda MANGUM b: 20 JUL 1826 in Near Pickensville, Pickens, Alabama
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