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Descendants of Matthew Manning

Generation No. 2

2. WILLIAM B.⁵ MANNING (MATTHEW⁴, MATTHEW³, JOHN², JOHN¹)²⁹ was born 1799 in Norfolk County, Virginia ³⁰, and died 04 Feb 1839 in Portsmouth, Virginia ³¹. He married SOPHRONIA SARAH WOOD PALMER^32,^33,^34,^35,³⁶ 23 Apr 1832 in Norfolk County, Virginia ^37,³⁷, daughter of JOB PALMER and MARGARET CUMMINGS. She was born 1817 in Norfolk County, Virginia ^38,^39,^40,⁴¹, and died 13 Jun 1873 in Portsmouth, Virginia ^42,^43,⁴⁴.

Notes for WILLIAM B. MANNING:
Inherits one feather bed from his father Matthew Manning
In the 40th year of his age. [unless born in January, birth year would be 1799.] Contradicts newspaper report.
1 male between 20-29.
Check out Title Manning, Wm. B. Publication [1875]. Gen. note Date of death: September 9, 1875. Portsmouth deaths.

More About WILLIAM B. MANNING:
Alt. Death: 29 Jan 1839 ⁴⁵
Census: 1840, Portsmouth, Virginia; Census: U.S.
Inherit: Jan 1837, Norfolk Co., Virginia ⁴⁶
Occupation: member of the Virginia legislature ⁴⁷
Record Change: 30 Sep 2004

Notes for SOPHRONIA SARAH WOOD PALMER:
Sophronia S. W. , age 55, female, white, keeping house, born in Va.
Saturday, August 9th 1873
Present--The Hon. C. W. Hill, Judge
Administration on the estate of Mrs. Sophronia S. W. Manning, deceased, is granted to James D. Brady, who made oath and together with George W. Fauth, his surety (who justified an oath as to his sufficiency) entered into and acknowledged a bond in the penalty of one thousand dollars with conditions according to law, which bond orderd to be recorded.
Saturday, August 9th 1873
Present: The Hon. C. W. Hill, Judge
It is ordered that Charles M. Clark, Wm. H. Wilder, Wm. N. Eaton, S. B. Kenney and C. S. Sturtevant or any three of them, being first duly sworn, appraise in current funds the present estate of mrs. Sophronia S. W. Manning, deceased and make report.
An Inventory and Appraisement of the Personal Estate of Sophronia S. W. Manning deceased
City of Portsmouth
Aug. 14, 1873
We the undersigned, Wm. A. Eaton, S. B. Kenney and Chas. H. Sturtevant who were appointed by the Court of Hustings for the City of Portsmouth on the day, A.D. 1873 to appraise the personal estate of S. S. W. Manning, deceased being first duly sworn, have appraised such Personal Estate as was produced to us, as follows:
Inventory of Articles
Basement
2 Tables $3.00 Stove $5. Safe $2. Chest .50 10.50
Stand .50 4 chairs 2.0
0 2.50
Sitting Room
Sideboard $3. Chair $1. Table $3. Stand $3. 10.00
Middle Hall
Table $3. 2 Chairs $1. Hall Lamp $2. 6.00
Parlor
Table $5. Sofa $6. Music stand $1. 12.00
5 Chairs $5. Carpet $10. Mirror $1.50 16.50
Entry or Upper Hall
Wardrobe $6.50 Trunk .50 Table .75 7.75
Back Chamber
Bedstead $4. Bedstead $1.50 Bureau $2. 7.50
Washstand .75 Clock $1.2
5 2.00
Total value carried forward 74.75
Amount of value brought forwar
d 74.75
Front Chamber
Bedstead $7.50 Bureau $2.50 Washstand .50 10.50
Table $1 Feather Beds $40. Mattrasses $5.00 46.00
4 Pillows $10 2 Bolsters & Bed Covering $15. 25.00
8 Curtains $5. Carpet $5. Rug $2.50 12.50
$168.75
Wm. N. Easton
S. B. Kenney
Chas. N. Sturtevant
City of Portsmouth, to wit:
I, James D. Brady admin of the estate of Mrs. S. S. W. Manning deceased do certified that the foregoing inventory of the personal estate of Mrs. S. S. W. Manning, deceased embraces all the personal estate of said Mrs. S. S. W. Manning, deceased, which has come to my possession or knowledge, or which is under my management or subject to my authority, in my fiduciary character.
Jas. D. Brady
Admin
City of Portsmouth, to wit:
This 14th day of August 1873, personally appeared before me G. F. Edwards, a Commissioner in and for the City aforesaid Wm. N. Eaton, S. B. Kenney, Chas. H. Sturtevant who severally made oath that they and each of them, to the best of their ability, whould appraise such of the Personal Estate of S. S. W. Manning, deceased, as may be produced to them; and a true inventory of the same, and the value thereof, make and return according to law.
Given under my hand the day and year first above written.
G. F. Edwards, Comm'r
City of Portsmouth, to wit:
I, G. F. Edwards the Commissioner of Accounts of the Court of Hustings for the City of Portsmouth, do certify that the foregoing Inventory and Appraisement of the Personal Estate of S. S. W. Manning, deceased, as may be produced to them; and a true inventory of the same, and the value thereof, make and return according to law.
Given under my hand the day and year first above written.
G. F. Edwards, Comm'r
City of Portsmouth, to wit:
I, G. F. Edwards the Commissioner of Accounts of the Court of Hustings for the City of Portsmouth, do certify that the foregoing Inventory and Appraisement of the Personal Estate of S. S. W. Manning, deceased has been inspected by me and found to be in proper form, and I do on this 14th day of August 1873 approve the same.
G. F. Edwards
Commissioner of Accounts, Court of Hustings for the
City of Portsmouth
In the Clerks Office of the Court of Hustings for the City of Portsmouth August 14th 1873. The foregoing Inventory and Appraisement of the Personal Estate of Sophronia S. W. Manning dec'd returned & filed in the said Clerks Office this day by G. F. Edwards Commissioner of Accounts is admitted to record.
Teste: Jas. D. Brady, c.c.
She married two brothers, William B. Manning first and then Absolum Judge Manning.
(Medical):*A condition caused by the presence of bile and characterized by the yellow appearance of the skin, mucous membrances, and body secretions.

More About SOPHRONIA SARAH WOOD PALMER:
Appraisers: 09 Aug 1873, Portsmouth, Virginia ⁴⁸
Cause of Death: jaundice ⁴⁹
Census: Sep 1850, Norfolk County, City of Portsmouth, Virginia; Census: 1850 U.S.⁵⁰
Inventory & Appraisement: 14 Aug 1873, Portsmouth, Virginia ⁵¹
Oath of Administration: 09 Aug 1873, Portsmouth, Virginia ⁵²
Record Change: 05 Oct 2004
Residence: Sep 1850, Portsmouth, Norfolk Co., Virginia ⁵³

Children of WILLIAM MANNING and SOPHRONIA PALMER are:

MARGARET PALMER⁶ MANNING^54,^55,^56,⁵⁷, b. 1833, Norfolk County, Virginia ^58,⁵⁹; d. 26 Aug 1855, Portsmouth, Virginia ^60,⁶¹.

Notes for MARGARET PALMER MANNING:
Record of Graves Oak Grove Cemetery
Lot # 535 East of Avenue C betw. 11th & 12th St.
Job P. Manning, owner

Margaret Palmer Manning Aug. 26, 1855

Record of Graves East Oak Grove Cemetery
Lot No. 535 East Half of Walk 11-North
Avenue A East--Walk 11
Margaret Palmer Manning, owner

Margaret Palmer Manning Died Aug. 26, 1855
Aged 22 years

*above info was taken from 2 different pages from Vol III of the Oak Grove Cemetery book
Died in Yellow Fever Epidemic.:
Article on Yellow Fever Epidemic, part 2, 1855 - Norfolk Co. VA Yellow Fever Epidemic Deaths, Portsmouth, Virginia, Part 2. __________________________ [Richmond] Daily Dispatch, 21 September 1855 Virginia [page 1] Progress of the Fever. The Petersburg Intelligencer has two letters dated from Norfolk 18th one of which announces the fever on the decrease, and the other states that a number of new cases have occurred. The following, which we find in the Baltimore American, is a list of deaths embracing the names of 322 of the white adults known to have died of yellow fever in Portsmouth since its appearance in that town. The total mortality is known to have certainly reached 678, and the number is probably larger - The number of white children and colored persons who have died is not given: Deaths Among White Adults.

More About MARGARET PALMER MANNING:
Burial: Aug 1855, Oak Grove Cemetery, Portsmouth, Virginia⁶¹
Cemetery: 26 Aug 1855, Portsmouth, Norfolk Co., Virginia ⁶²
Census: Sep 1850, Norfolk County, City of Portsmouth, Virginia; Census: 1850 U.S.⁶³
Parent: 25 Aug 1855
Record Change: 29 Sep 2004
Residence: Sep 1850, Portsmouth, Norfolk Co., Virginia⁶³

8.	ii.		MARY HODGES MANNING, b. 1836, Norfolk County, Virginia; d. Abt. 1879.
	iii.		WILLIAMINA MANNING⁶⁴, b. Abt. 1838; d. 1839 ⁶⁵.

More About WILLIAMINA MANNING:
Record Change: 21 Feb 2004

iv.

SOPHRONIA MANNING, b. Abt. 1838; d. 1838 ⁶⁶.

More About SOPHRONIA MANNING:
Record Change: 21 Feb 2004

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