The Mannings of South Carolina

Laurence Manning (1757-1804) was wounded during the Battle of Long Island in 1776. His widowed mother was with him. Nothing is known of her except that she and Laurence came from Carlisle in Pennsylvania. He was a soldier in the continental Army. Was promoted to Sergeant in 1777; to Ensign in 1778; to Lieutenant and Adjutant in 1779. In 1780 he was transferred to the Brigade of Light Horse Harry Lee.

After the war he married into a "highly respectable family. He married Susannah Richardson the daughter of General Richard Richardson and his first wife, Mary Cantey.

Laurence and Susannah had a son Richard Irvine Manning I (1789-1836), who was governor of South Carolina from 1824-1826.The portrait is of Richard.

Recent Manning Family Research in Morgan County Kentucky

I researched the records in the Morgan County Clerk's office in West Liberty,Kentucky on April 23,2008 and found the will of my Great,Great,Great Grandfather Charles B. Mannin ( wife Susanna Shubert) who died in 1877.Charles was born in 1799 in Virginia and married Susanna Shubert in Bath County on September 30,1812. (Morgan County was formed from Bath,Floyd and Johnson Counties).Susanna Mannin was shown in the 1880 Morgan County census as 84 and her daughter Polly was shown as residing in the household.

Charles' father Meridith Mannin( a prominent landowner) was born in Virginia in 1780 and lived until after 1850.Meridith married Catherine Burnett in March 1797 in Franklin County,Virginia. Catherine was the daughter of Charles Burnett and Catherine Brock. Burnett's father John came came from Aberdeen,Scotland to Virginia in the 1630s . The Burnett's had a fleet of ships and received a warrant or charter from King Charles in 1638 to trade in Virginia.

Charles' daughter Mary A. Mannin (a/k/a Polly and born around 1840-41) married our Great,Great Grandfather Sylvester Mannin(g) on April 8,1863 just before he enlisted in the Confederate Army.Polly is the name shown on our Great Grandfather Val's death certificate as his mother in 1937. Polly was still alive as late as 1900 as there is a deed to her of part of her father Charles' estate.Val married Mollie Hackworth,second marriage.


It is believed that Sylvester divorced Mary A. (Polly) and was married several times and left children behind as he traveled all over Kentucky and Ohio. It is also believed that he may have been imprisoned for theft and burglary in the 1870s for offenses committed in or near Tollesboro in Lewis County

Sylvester and Polly had three children:

Ephriam Elliott Manning born January 3,1868 ,died in 1926 and is buried in Ezel,Kentucky

Valentine (Val) Manning born May 19,1871,died January 26,1937 and is buried in the Maysville Cemetery not far from his wife Mollie Hackworth Manning,believed to be a Cherokee or at least half Cherokee.

Charles Manning born 1869 and died 1926.

Manning Brothers In 1930s

Photo of my Grandfather Walter C."Tuck" Manning (Right) and his brothers Ova(Center) and Emmet Dexter(Left),sons of Val and Mollie Hackworth Manning

My grandfather Walter Carl "Tuck"Manning (1903-1958)was Val's son. Val manning died during the 1937 flood of Pneumonia and had to be buried twice because of high waters. WC and my father Walter Lee manning,Jr. rowed the body to the Maysville Cem. where it was buried on high ground and later moved to its current location.

WC married June Mae Lacy (1911-1999) of Wolfe County in Morgan County in 1924. Both WC and June are buried in the Maysville Cem. with Val and Mollie.

Children of WC and June Lacy Manning:

Virgie Manning Morgan Born 1925-2012 (Lived in  Mt. Vernon Missouri)
Husband- Marvin "Red" Morgan
Children-William Morgan,Marlene Morgan

Walter Lee (October 13,1926-July 23,1998) buried in Maysville Cemetery
Wife- Loretta m. Manning (1927-2011) buried in Maysville Cemetery
Children-Dennis Micheal Manning (lives in Lebanon,IN) B.1945 (Children Michael Joe Manning & Rebecca Lynn Manning ) and Gerald Stephen (Steve") Manning lives in Lexington,KY B.1948 (Children Joshua Stephen Manning and Mary Catlin "Katie"Manning
Wife- Amy VanderHorst Manning

Marie Manning Vest(1927-1997)buried in Danville, KY
Husband- Ben Vest died in 2014
Children-Benjamin Vest Jr. and Samuel Vest (both reside in Danville,KY)

Mary Manning Turner lives in Maysville, KY

Children-Wayne Turner,Judy Turner Pipal ,Carol Turner Sapp, Sandy Turner McElveen &Ronad L. Turner (Deceased)

Manning Cemetery Ezel Kentucky

Most of these Mannings buried here are cousins/nephews and nieces of my Great Grandfather Val(Valentine)Manning (1871-1937) and related to his brother Ephraim Elliot Manning(1868-1926):

Stella Cole Manning b May 21, 1903 d February 23, 1982

William Valentine Manning b 1892 d 1957

Ethel M. Manning (daughter of above)b March 16, 1933 d May 28,1935

Ethan(Ephram) Elliot Manning b March 16, Jan.3,1868 d February 7, 1926 (son of Sylvester and Mary A. "Polly" Manning)

Ollie Manning Stamper b January 30, 1903 d February 1, 1926

Louisa Belle Lawson Manning (Wife of Ephraim (1865-1952)

Polly A Manning Cole b Sept. 22,1900

A.A. Manning b January 1, 1818 d June 8, 1876

John Manning d 1881

Ezra W. Manning (son of Winfred & Golda) b February 19, 1935 d June 25,
1970

Winfred Manning b August 15, 1907 d September 18, 1984

Golda Manning b November 7, 1911 d Sept 18, 1986

Sylvia Jewell Manning Ross (daughter of Winfred and Golda) b November 23, 1934 d June 24, 1997

Leona E. (Deanie) Manning (daughter of Winfred & Golda) b March 14,
1956 d May 4, 1998

Scenes from Ezel,Kentucky

The Manning's from Morgan County resided in the small community of Ezel on US 460 west of West Liberty,the county seat. Many Manning's are buried in the family cemetery in Ezel and in the cemetery behind the Presbyterian Church.

William H. Manning Grave

I found this grave in Woodsbend,Morgan County,Kentucky last weekend.I believe that William H. is either the brother or first cousin of my great,Great Grandfather Sylvester Manning. Both fought for the CSA and served in the same infantry company.

Simon de Manning

I found this on the Internet and cannot vouch for its authenticity or veracity:

Simon de Manning, 12th Century

Baron, Knight, Crusader and Lord of the Castle at village of Bertrey.

He was the seventh great-grandfather of Phebe Manning, wife of James Waters of London.According to Walter Nathan Waters in his unpublished notes entitled "The Waters Family of West Sutton, Mass. 1720-1935": Simon de Manning lived about 1230. Quoting Walter: "The first Simon de Manning, said by one authority to be a grandson of Rudolph of Mannheim (970), was the first English baron to take up the cross and go with King Richard I, Coeur de Lion, (1189-1199) to the Holy Wars in the Second Crusade, when he was knighted. He died during the reign of King Henry III (1217-1261).

Simon was the grandson of Gilbert de Maminot, born about 1050, whowas a Norman, a member of William the Conqueror's people who came from Normandy, France.The French invasion of England occurred in 1066 when Gilbert was about 16.Perhaps he fought in the battle for England.

The battle was fought at Hastings in the southern tip of England. Harold, the English king had been up in the northernmost part of England (Scotland) fighting the Norse King. The English King won the battle with the Vikings. Hearing that the French invaders
were raping the English women, he and his English army made a forced march all the way down through England. It's no wonder the Frenchman, William, killed Harold at Hastings. Immediately after their king's death, the English surrendered.

Eastern Kentucky Manning Group On Yahoo

Anyone interested in joining a Mannin-Manning Eastern Kentucky Yahoo group, please join at this link:



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History Of St Mary The Virgin Chuch,Downe Kent Mentions Manning's

1400-1799

The steeple must have been built by the 16th century, because an inventory of 1552 refers to three bells. Two of these made by William Dawe of London (1385-1418) and one, maker unknown, dated 1511. The remaining three were added early this century.

Apart from the previously mentioned lancet window, the other windows were substituted during the Perpendicular period (15th or early 16th century), although they were extensively restored by the Victorians.

The font appears to belong to this period and is undistinguished, probably local work. At some time its stonework has been defaced.

The brass in the nave floor in memory of Tomas Petle and his wife Isabella is undated but probably late 15th century. The Petley family was prominent in Downe between the 13th and 16th centuries and a house in the village is called Petleys.

The Manning family was also numerous and important, and a brass in the nave records the death of John in 1543. Another brass in the chancel shows the family arms and motto and records that Edward, the son of the last Manning buried in Downe, died in 1622 at the age of 20, having been page to Prince Charles, later King Charles I.

During recent repair work, the nave floor was taken up and revealed the broken remains of inscriptions which had covered coffins, now disintegrated. One fragment refers to John Bederenden, a citizen of London, an MP and draper, who died in 1445, although it is not clear why he was buried in Downe.

In 1538, Thomas Cromwell, Vicar General to King Henry VIII, ordered registers of births, marriages and deaths to be kept. In our diocese of Rochester, Downe possesses one of the only ten to survive from this time, although it is now kept for safety with most of the church's old records at Bromley Library.

The Family Of Manning

The family of Manning had their early origin in Germany, and in the 4th or 5th century went from Saxony, in the lower part of that country, to England, where at first the family consisted of three branches, one in County Kent, one in Sussex, and another in Norfolk.

In Kent we find Ranuloph deManning, of Manholm, Lord of Manholm, who married the aunt of King Harold. His son, Simon deManning, was Lord of Betiad at Downe, County Kent. He was the first English baron to go with KingRichard to the crusades in 1190. Simon de Manning is the ancestor of the Mannings of Downe and Cudham, who were knights marshall of the household of England's sovereigns for about 400 years.

The Mannings in Ireland arrived during the reign of Henry II, 1154 - 1189. Sir Henry Manning, knightmarshall to Henry VII, had a grandson, John Manning who had a grant of part of the possessions ofthe Earl of Desmond, in Ireland. In 1600 he joined the Earl of Essex in an expedition to the land of the Irish people.

Branches of the Manning family from England and Ireland emigrated to North America and settled in Nova Scotia, New England, New York, New Jersey,Virginia and the Carolinas.

Mannings are now living all across Canada and the United States.

Manning Family Genealogy Forum

Link

http://genforum.genealogy.com/manning/:

Kevington Hall St Mary Cray Kent

Villa returns to its former glory

Last month, under the Civic Trust's Heritage Weekend programme, the public had a rare chance to view an historic building in St Mary Cray which is being restored privately without outside financial help.
LUCYA SZACHNOWSKI reports on what visitors found at Kevington Hall ...

THE estate of Kevington can be traced back to medieval times, when it was held by the Manning family.

Richard Manning, the last in possession, died without issue in 1753 and left the estate to his nephew, Denzil Onslow. His son, Middleton Onslow, sold it to a prosperous London merchant Herman Behrens, of Amsterdam, who had Kevington Hall built.

Kevington Hall is a Palladian villa, square in plan with Victorian additions, originally designed by architect Sir Robert Taylor in 1767 to 1769 at a cost of £6,192.10s, according to estate accounts.
Taylor trained initially as a sculptor. He visited Rome and later carved the pediment on the Mansion House, London.

Turning to architecture, he worked on a wide range of projects across the country. Although he was inspired by Andrea Palladio's compact, square villas, he was not simply a copyist. From humble beginnings and through hard work, Taylor became a major architect, rivalling Robert Adam.

Kevington Hall is a good example of his work. Set in a commanding position, it has views to the north east over a field and copse and, to the south west, over green belt land.
The staircase at Kevington is off-centre and serves the four main rooms the hall, library, dining room and drawing room. The main bedrooms are on the first floor and there is also a sub-basement.

The house has fine cornicing in all the principal ground floor rooms, that in the dining room being the most elaborate.

By the 1760s, Taylor's interior decoration was evolving in similar ways to Robert Adam's.
Impressive as it is externally, the full-height bay window was a later addition, introduced by Joseph Berens (the name modifying from Behrens).

Prior to this, the house would have had simple "square" form. There is a simple entablature and cornice which gives the house a flat, neo-classical character. The shallow-pitched roof is hidden from the ground by a low parapet which refers to an earlier 18th-century style. The white window surrounds which contrast strongly against the red brick walls.

Kevington Hall was the private home of the Berens family until the Second World War, at which time it was requisitioned by the Government to house Canadian troops.

Sold to Kent County Council at the end of the war, it was used as a primary school until the early 1980s.

Many institutional features were added including an unsightly iron fire escape. The cornicing in the dining room was badly damaged to insert heating pipes and the hall banisters were cut and boarded.

Also during this time, a Livorno marble fireplace (matching the existing library fireplace) was removed from the drawing room for "safekeeping" and its whereabouts are unknown.

Yet, in spite of insensitive alterations carried out at this period, Kevington may well have survived because of council ownership.

The property was sold in 1987 as being surplus to educational needs and was bought by a private family with the aim of restoring it as a fine example of Taylor's architecture.

Since then, much has been done to improve the property's condition. The roof has been made watertight, a new central heating system has been fitted, the water system has been pressurised and placed in the cellar. Before this, the house had tons of water lying in the attic.

Current owner Janet Jackson and her son Jonathan are working hard but the villa still requires huge expenditure to fully restore it and secure its future under private ownership.

Mrs Jackson said: "Jonathan has done extensive research in the last year. We have a lot of material from archives and managed to contact the Berens family, who built the property.
"We have restored the main reception rooms on the ground floor, which are really beautiful."

Work on the exterior, which urgently needs attention, is due to begin in spring, 2003. Mrs Jackson is also trying to raise funds.

She said: "English Heritage is unable to provide any funds, which is a major problem, so it is all being funded privately."

Mrs Jackson would like to hear from anyone who has any photographs, documents or information about the history of Kevington Hall, or who can help with fundraising. Write to her at Kevington Hall, Crockenhall Road, St Mary Cray BR5 4EP.

3:18pm Monday 7th October 2002

St Mary the Virgin Church,Downe kent

1400-1799 The steeple must have been built by the 16th century, because an inventory of 1552 refers to three bells. Two of these made by William Dawe of London (1385-1418) and one, maker unknown, dated 1511. The remaining three were added early this century.

Apart from the previously mentioned lancet window, the other windows were substituted during the Perpendicular period (15th or early 16th century), although they were extensively restored by the Victorians.

The font appears to belong to this period and is undistinguished, probably local work. At some time its stonework has been defaced.

The brass in the nave floor in memory of Tomas Petle and his wife Isabella is undated but probably late 15th century. The Petley family was prominent in Downe between the 13th and 16th centuries and a house in the village is called Petleys.

The Manning family was also numerous and important, and a brass in the nave records the death of John in 1543. Another brass in the chancel shows the family arms and motto and records that Edward, the son of the last Manning buried in Downe, died in 1622 at the age of 20, having been page to Prince Charles, later King Charles I.

During recent repair work, the nave floor was taken up and revealed the broken remains of inscriptions which had covered coffins, now disintegrated. One fragment refers to John Bederenden, a citizen of London, an MP and draper, who died in 1445, although it is not clear why he was buried in Downe.

In 1538, Thomas Cromwell, Vicar General to King Henry VIII, ordered registers of births, marriages and deaths to be kept. In our diocese of Rochester, Downe possesses one of the only ten to survive from this time, although it is now kept for safety with most of the church's old records at Bromley Library.

The Manning's: From Kent, England to Virginia to Kentucky

This site is dedicated to the decendants of two brothers John and Thomas Manning from Kent who left England in 1635 on the Primrose and Globe bound for Virginia!


11. THOMAS11 MANNING (THOMAS10, RICHARD9, JOHN8, HUGO7, JOHN6, JOHN5, SIMON4, WILLIAM3, STEPHEN2, SYMON1) was born 1585 in England. He married SUSANNAH ?.

Notes for THOMAS MANNING:



Children of THOMAS MANNING and SUSANNAH ? are:
i. EDWARD12 MANNING.
ii. THOMAS MANNING.
12. iii. JOHN MANNING, b. 1615, Soham, Cambridgshire, England; d. 1672, Norfolk Co. Virginia.

JOHN MANNING (THOMAS11, THOMAS10, RICHARD9, JOHN8, HUGO7, JOHN6, JOHN5, SIMON4, WILLIAM3, STEPHEN2, SYMON1) was born 1615 in Soham, Cambridgshire, England, and died 1672 in Norfolk Co. Virginia. He married LYDIA RICHARDSON 1636 in Norfolk Co., VA.

Notes for LYDIA RICHARDSON:
L

Children of JOHN MANNING and LYDIA RICHARDSON are:
i. MARY13 MANNING, b. 1637, Norfolk Co. Virginia; m. ? HODGES.
ii. MARGARET MANNING, b. 1639; m. ? TAYLOR.
13. iii. THOMAS MANNING, b. 1641, Norfolk Co., Va; d. 1673, Virginia.
iv. JOHN MANNING, b. 1643, Norfolk Co. Virginia; m. SARAH WAFFORD.

13. THOMAS13 MANNING (JOHN12, THOMAS11, THOMAS10, RICHARD9, JOHN8, HUGO7, JOHN6, JOHN5, SIMON4, WILLIAM3, STEPHEN2, SYMON1) was born 1641 in Norfolk Co., Va, and died 1673 in Virginia. He married SARAH WAFFORD 1664 in Virginia.

Notes for THOMAS MANNING:


Children of THOMAS MANNING and SARAH WAFFORD are:
i. SOLOMAN14 MANNING, b. 1665; m. ANN ?.
ii. JOHN MANNING, b. 1667, Norfolk Co. Virginia.
iii. THOMAS MANNING, b. 1669.
iv. SARAH MANNING, b. 1671.
14. v. NICHOLAS MANNING, b. 1673, Norfolk Co., Va; d. 1719, Norfolk Co., Va.





John Manning came to Virginia in 1635 on the "Globe". Thomas Manning landed in 1635 on the "Primrose". Peter Manning landed in 1635 in Virginia on the "George." Lazarus Manning arrived in 1635 in Virginia. Our line of Mannings descended from one of the four men named above



ORIGINS
The family of Manning had their early origin in Germany, and in the 4th or 5th century went fromSaxony, in the lower part of that country, to England, where at first the family consisted of three
branches, one in County Kent, one in Sussex, and another in Norfolk. In Kent we find Ranuloph de Manning, of Manheim, Lord of Manheimm, who married the aunt of King Harold. His son, Simon de Manning, was Lord of Betred's Castle at Downe, County Kent.He was the first English baron to go with King Richard the Lion Hearted to the Crusades in 1190. Simon de Manning is the ancestor of the Mannings of Downe and
Cudham, who were knights marshall of the household of England's sovereigns for about 400 years.The Mannings in Ireland arrived during the reign of Henry II, 1154 - 1189. Sir Henry Manning, Knight Marshall to Henry VII, had a grandson, John Manning who had a grant of part of the possessions of the Earl of Desmond, in Ireland. In 1600 he joined the Earl of Essex in an expedition to the land of theIrish people. Branches of the Manning family from England and Ireland emigrated to North America
and settled in Nova Scotia, New England, New York, New Jersey,Virginia and the Carolinas. Mannings are noww living all across Canada and the United States.

John Manning from England

ESSE QUAM VIDERI !

"To be rather than to seem"



Notes for John Manning


In 1405 he exchanged Wakelins Field in Downe for two fields below Cudham Park. On 7 Dec 1407 he was one of eight men commissioned to collect taxes in Kent. [22]

"In his account of St. Mary Cray, Hasted (Vol. I., p. 141) describes Kevington as a manor and seat in that parish, 'now (he says) vulgarly called Kevingtown.' This estate was for some generations the residence of the Mannngs. Here also the reader may find some account of this family. He speaks of John Manning as settled in the parish of Cowdham in the reign of K. Henry IV." [402]

"Kevington is a manor and seat in this parish [St. Mary Cray,
Kent] now vulgarly called Kebingtown. {fn Augtn. Off. Parl. Surveys.}
This estate was, for some generations, the residence, of the Mannings,
a family of good account in this part of Kent, who took their name
from a town so called in Saxony. {fn Guillim, p. 138.} from whence
they came very early into this kingdom. In the reign of king Henry
IV. John Manning {Vis. Co. Kent, anno 1619. Pedigree of Manning.} was
settled in Cowdham". [408]


"The Heraldic Visitation of Kent, taken in the year 1619, gives
the arms of Manning, "Gules, a cross patonce between four cinquefoils
or." Notwithstanding which it appears by their monuments and grave
stones in this church, which was the burial place of the family for
many generations, that the Mannings of this parish bore the
cinquefoils in their coat of arms slipt; those of Westerham bore, "A
chevron between three cinquefoils slipt. [further descendents of
Manning given.]
( vol ii p 117/8)" [408]


"Johannes Manning, de Codham, Obit anno 13 Henry 4th; married Alicia, filia . . . Walden de Com. Cantii." [413]




Hugh Manning lived in Saint Mary's Cray, Kent, which is but six miles north of Cowdham, his ancestral home. The Visitation pedigree of the Manning family has him married to the aunt of Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, that is, a daughter of Sir William Brandon. No documentary evidence of this marriage or any relationship can be found. Probably there was some more remote relationship that gave rise to the legend. If true, she would have to have been one of the two Margarets, daughters of Sir William Brandon and Elizabeth Wingfield, and there would have been a royal lineage thru the Wingfields. Hugh and his wife died early and that helps explain the lack of records for them. St. Mary's Cray, with its church dedicated to Saint Mary, lies five miles NNE of Downe, Kent. Within this church lies Hugh Manning and his wife and several more generations of this family. There is a mural monument for one of the Mannings and a fine brass memorial to Richard Manning, and his wife Rachel, he the grandson of Richard, son of Hugh.

Mural on Maysville Floodwall

My Old Kentucky Home ( Mural on Maysville Floodwall) 

Val Manning Photo

Val H. Manning (Left) 

Coat Arms for Kent England

Kent,England 

5th Regiment Kentucky Mounted Infantry

My great,great grandfather Sylvester Manning was aPrivate in this Regiment:

CONFEDERATE KENTUCKY TROOPS

5th Regiment, Kentucky Mounted Infantry
5th Infantry Regiment, assembled during the late summer of 1861, included Freeman's Kentucky Infantry Battalion. Its members were raised in the counties of Pendleton, Breathitt, Morgan, Magoffin, Bath, Owen, Grant, Jessamine, Henderson, Harrison, Shelby, and Franklin. Being a twelve-month unit, when it became teim to reenlist some of its members refused and were transferred to the 9th Kentucky Regiment. Later men of the 5th did reenlist for the duration of the war. It became part of the Orphan Brigade or Louisville Legion. The regiment reported 134 casualties in the Battle of Shiloh , then was active at Baton Rouge before being assigned to Kelly's and J.H. Lewis' Brigade, Army of Tennessee. It was prominent at Chickamauga and later took an active part in the Atlanta Campaign. In the fall of 1864 it was mounted, aided in the defense at Savannah, and fought in the Carolinas. The unit had 91 men disabled at Chickamauga, totalled 201 men and 165 arms in December, 1863, and surrendered on April 26, 1865. Its field officers were Colonels Hiram Hawkins, Andrew J. May, and John S. Williams; Lieutenant Colonels John W. Caldwell and George W. Conner' and Majors Richard Hawes and William Mynheir.






The 5th Kentucky Infantry was organized on October 22, 1861. Reorganized for the war on October 20, 1862. Was consolidated into eight companies on November 18, 1862. Companies A and B, Desha's Infantry Battalion were assigned as 3rd Companies I and K, respectively, on August 22, 1863. The regiment became mounted at Barnsville, George on September 4, 1864. The 4th Kentucky Mounted Infantry surrendered on May 6, 1865 at Washington, Georgia. During its term of service, the Regiment participated in the following known engagements:



Ivy Mountain (November 8, 1861) Adairsville (May 15-18, 1864)
Piketon (November 9, 1861) New Hope Church (May 25 - June 4, 1864)
Middle Creek (January 10, 1862) Dallas (June 25-27, 1864)
Wolf Creek (May 15, 1862) Kennesaw Mountain (June 27, 1864)
Princeton (May 15-17, 1862) Peach Tree Creek (July 20, 1864)
Chickamauga (September 19-20, 1863) Atlanta (July 22, 1864)
Chattanooga Siege Ezra Church (July 28, 1864)
(September - November 1863) Atlanta Siege (July - September 1864)
Chattanooga (November 23-25, 1863) Utoy Creek (August 5-7, 1864)
Atlanta Campaign Jonesboro (August 31 - September 1, 1864)
(May - September 1864) Savannah Campaign
Rocky Face Ridge (May 5-11, 1864) (November - December 1864)
Resaca (May 14-15, 1864) Carolinas Campaign (February - April 1865)



The 5th Kentucky Mounted Infantry, during it's term of service, was assigned to the following military Organizations:




Marshall's Brigade, Army of Eastern Kentucky (November 1861 - May 1862)


District of Abingdon (May 1862)


District of Abingdon, Department of Southwestern Virginia
(May - November 1862)


District of Abingdon, Department of Western Virginia
(November 1862 - January 1863)


District of Abingdon, Department of East Tennessee (January - August 1863)


Kelly's Brigade, Preston's Division, Buckner's Corps, Army of Tennessee
(August - September 1863)


Kelly's Brigade, Preston's Division, Longstreet's Corps, Army of Tennessee
(September - October 1863)


Kelly's Brigade, Buckner's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Tennessee
(October - November 1863)


Kentucky Brigade, Breckinridge's Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Tennessee
November 1863 - February 1864)


Kentucky Brigade, Bate's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Tennessee
(February - September 1864)


Kentucky Brigade, Jackson's Cavalry Division, Army of Tennessee
(September 1864)


Kentucky Brigade, Iverson's Division, Wheeler's Cavalry Corps, Army of Tennessee (September - November 1864)


Kentucky Brigade, Iverson's-Young's Division, Wheeler's Cavalry Corps, Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida
(November 1864 - February 1865)


Kentucky Brigade, Humes' Division, Wheeler's Cavalry Corps, Army of Tennessee
(February 1865)


Kentucky Brigade, Humes'-Dibrell's Division, Wheeler's Cavalry Corps, Hampton's Cavalry Command (February - April 1865)


Kentucky Brigade, Dibrell's Division, Wheeler's Cavalry Corps, Hampton's Cavalry Command, Army of Tennessee (April 1865)


Kentucky Brigade, Dibrell's Division, President Davis' Escort
(April - May 1865)

History of Co. C, 5th KY

The men of the 5th Kentucky Co. C were predominately from Morgan and Bath counties. From 1861-1863 they served under Gen. Humphrey Marshall in the Army of Eastern Kentucky. This period found the 5th Kentucky in Virginia, West Virginia and Kentucky, fighting at Ivy Mt., Ky, Middle Creek, Ky, and Princeton, Va, while always trying to liberate their state from Federal forces.

In May 1863 Gen. William Preston succeeded Gen. Marshall in command of the Army of Eastern Kentucky. Around this time Preston's command was ordered to Knoxville, Tennessee to form a division in gen. Simon B. Buckner's Corps of the Army of Tennessee. On Sept 19th & 20th, 1863 the 5th Kentucky took part in the Battle of Chickamauga, assaulting U.S. Gen. George Thomas' forces and reaching the crest of the famed Snodgrass Hill. During the Siege of Chattanooga, following Chickamauga, the 5th was transferred to the 1st Kentucky Brigade better known as the Orphan Brigade. The 5th Ky operated with the Orphan's for the remainder of the war.

The Orphans marched with the Army of Tennessee throughout the Atlanta Campaign, fighting at such famous places as Ringold Gap, Resaca, Kennessaw Mt., Entrenchment Creek (Atlanta), Peachtree Creek, Jonesboro, and many more. The Orphans were a gallant group of men, receiving more casualties than they had men, and suffering few desertions during the campaign.

With the fall of Atlanta, in September of 1864, the 5th Ky and the rest of the Orphans were finally granted their wish and became mounted infantry for the rest of the war. Their mounted service consisted harassing Sherman's Army on its infamous "March to the Sea" and than fighting delaying actions through the Carolinas. The 5th Ky surrendered on May 6, 1865 in Washington, Georgia. Of the close to 100 men who had enlisted in Co. C, only 27 were present to surrender.

Samuel Manning

Below is a marriage record from Campbell County Kentucky in 1833 for Samuel Manning who married a Vallandingham. My Great Grandfather was Val H Manning (1871-1936) also known as Valandingham Manning according to my father,Walter L Manning. If correct this Samuel Manning is probably the father of Sylvester Manning who was Val's father.
Campbell Co., KY Marriages 1796-1853 (DAR) (SLFHL 0851645, SJFHC 5363)

Marriage Licenses -- Alexandria
61 11/16/1839 James L. Vanlandingham + Rebecca Stephenson, written
consent of James' father + Rebecca's f. filed

Marriage Certificates -- Alexandria
96 7/9/1833 Samuel Manning + Isabella Vallandingham by William Walters