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Family: William Maness, Jr. / (F0015)  ^{[1, 2, 3]} 

• Father | Male William Maness, Jr.

  
  

  Born	1738	Bedford County, VA
  Died	1832	Moore County, NC
  Buried		Moore County, NC at Maness Cemetery #225
  Married
  Father	William Maness, Sr. | F6494 Group Sheet
  Mother

  
  

  Child 1 | Female Elizabeth Maness

  
  

  Born
  Died
  Buried

  
  

  Child 2 | Male + Seth Maness

  
  

  Born	6 Feb 1762	Bedford County, VA
  Died	1852	Hawkins County, TN
  Buried
  Spouse	Susan Fields | F10720
  Married

  
  

  Child 3 | Male + Daniel Maness

  
  

  Born	1763
  Died
  Buried
  Spouse	Nancy Williamson | F0521
  Married

  
  

  Child 4 | Female + Susannah Maness

  
  

  Born	1766
  Died
  Buried
  Spouse	John Kennedy | F10721
  Married

  
  

  Child 5 | Male + Abednego Maness

  
  

  Born	1770
  Died		McNairy County, TN
  Buried
  Spouse	Susannah "Sukie" Garner | F3691
  Married

  
  

  Child 6 | Male + Meshach Maness

  
  

  Born	1770
  Died	28 May 1838	Robertson County, TX
  Buried

  
  

  Child 7 | Male + Shadrach Maness

  
  

  Born	1770
  Died	1858
  Buried		Moore County, NC at Maness Cemetery #266
  Spouse	Celia Wallace | F0005
  Married

  
  

  Child 8 | Female + Celia Maness

  
  

  Born	1773
  Died	Aft 1850
  Buried
  Spouse	Christopher Stutts | F0083
  Married

  
  

  Child 9 | Male James Maness

  
  

  Born	Bef 1774
  Died
  Buried

  
  

  Child 10 | Female + Sarah Maness

  
  

  Born	10 Apr 1780
  Died	14 Sep 1849
  Buried		Moore County, NC at Smyrna Methodist Church
  Spouse	Andrew Yow | F0559
  Married

  
  

  Child 11 | Male + William Nathan Maness

  
  

  Born	20 Aug 1782
  Died	Aft 1851	McNairy County, TN
  Buried
  Spouse	Mary | F6317
  Married

  
  

  Child 12 | Female + Judith Maness

  
  

  Born	1797
  Died
  Buried
  Spouse	William Martindale | F9238
  Married

  
  

• Histories

  Maness Family of Moore County, NC - Miscellaneous Records The enclosed is a timeline and accounting of early Maness references in Moore County and Cumberland County.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1131] Maness Families [First Edition], Rev. Don McCaskill, (2002). [S1126] Descendants of Ulrich Stutts and Descendants of William Maness II Website [http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/a/n/Ken--Maness/index.html] and Ancestry.com [http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/39615729/recent], Charles Kenneth "Ken" Maness, 101 N Wedgewood Drive, Yacht Club Cove, Washington, NC 27889-9231, 252-402-5986, ckmaness@suddenlink.net. [S19] Moore County, NC FamilyTreeDNA Group Project [http://www.familytreedna.com/public/MooreCountyNC/]. Thurman Maness, longtime Moore County, NC historian and keeper of the Maness heritage died in 2010. Fortunately Lacy Garner, Tom Stewart and others had Thurman tested a couple of years prior. Thurman was a proud descendant of Revolutionary War soldier William Maness Jr. [c1738-1832] and his father, William Maness Sr. [d.1787]. Thurman further descended through one of William Jr.'s triplet sons Abednego Maness > Issac Maness > Thomas P. Maness > Reuben Addison Maness [Thurman's father]. The Maness DNA Project has done an excellent job of collecting Maness samples from around the country and Thurman's DNA matches [at varying levels] over 30 additional samples in Group 1 of their analysis. The Maness Project summarizes that while it cannot be proven completely given the lack of pedigree information on several of the samples, it is possible that William Maness Sr. was the common ancestor for all of Group 1. This would tract what Thurman and other Maness family researchers have believed for years - that most of the Maness' in the southern United States descend from William Maness Sr. of Moore County, NC. As far as William Sr.'s origination, the Maness Project correctly states that there are a number of theories, thoughts and rumors but to date none have been proven.