Clyde Manuel, Sr

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• Race: Mulatto
• Reference Number: 55
• Residence: 1880, Camargo, Douglas, Illinois, USA; Age: 7; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
• Residence: 1910, Tuscola, Douglas, Illinois, USA; Age: 37; Age: 31; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
• Residence: 1920, Liberty, Bollinger, Missouri, USA; Age: 47; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
• Residence: 1930, Raccoon, Parke, Indiana, USA; Age: 57; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
• Residence: 1935, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA
• Residence: 1 Apr 1940, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; Age: 67; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
• Residence: 1955, Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, USA

Notes:

Buried:
Evergreen Cemetery

Died:
Age: 82

Clyde married Lettie Bell 30 Mar 1896, Coles, Illinois, USA. Lettie (daughter of Franklin Nelson Bell and Paulina J Russell) was born 7 Feb 1878, Indiana, USA; died 9 Sep 1972, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried , Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, USA. [Group Sheet]

1. Margret Manuel was born 1896, Illinois, USA; died 11 Dec 1946, Indiana, USA; was buried 1946, Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
2. Vauda Manuel was born 15 Feb 1899, Illinois, USA; died 7 Jun 1987, Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, USA; was buried 12 Jun 1987, Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, USA.
3. Clyde Manuel, Jr was born 22 Nov 1900, Mattoon, Coles, Illinois, USA; died 23 Oct 1975, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried 23 Oct 1975, Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
4. James Manuel was born 30 Jun 1906, Illinois, USA; died Aug 1982, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
5. Russell Manuel, Sr was born 10 Jul 1908, Du Quoin, Perry, Illinois, USA; died 9 Nov 1988, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried 14 Nov 1988, Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
6. Ruth Lettricia Manuel was born 12 Jul 1912, Charleston, Coles, Illinois, USA; died 14 Jan 2007, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
7. Eugene Manuel was born 1914, Illinois, USA.
8. Pauline Manuel was born 16 Apr 1916, Charleston, Coles, Illinois, USA; died 6 Feb 2007; was buried , Riverside, Riverside, California, USA.
9. Florence Manuel was born 1919, Mattoon, Coles, Illinois, USA.
10. Ralph D Manuel was born 31 Dec 1920, Du Quoin, Perry, Illinois, USA; died 5 Jun 1981, Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, USA; was buried , Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, USA.

Other Events:

• Race: Mulatto
• Reference Number: 1531
• Residence: 1850, Sampson, North Carolina, USA
• Residence: 1860, Sugar Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA
• _MILT: 14 Feb 1865
• Residence: 1870, East Oakland, Coles, Illinois, USA
• Residence: 1880, Camargo, Douglas, Illinois, USA; Age: 50; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Self
• Residence: 1900, Mattoon, Coles, Illinois, USA

David married Jane "Jennie" Wilmot 17 Nov 1870, Douglas, Illinois, USA. Jane (daughter of Simeon Wilmot and Harriet Redden) was born Mar 1846, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet]

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• Race: Black
• Reference Number: 1532
• Residence: 1880, Camargo, Douglas, Illinois, USA; Age: 34; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
• Residence: 1900, Mattoon, Coles, Illinois, USA

Notes:

Jennie's parents were Simeon Wilmot and Harriet Redden of Coles/Douglas County Illinois. Sim was born about 1816-17 in Kentucky. I have a transcript of the court records when he was emancipated and paid his required bond in 1846. Harriet was connected to a leading family. She was brought to Illinois from Maryland as a slave but was freed once here. Harriet had three daughters and one son. Jennie was the youngest. Sim and Harriet can be found in the 1850-1880 census of Coles or Douglas County, IL.

Sim is believed to be the brother of Jane Bryant. They were both enslaved by General Robert Matson of Bourbon County Kentucky. The 1847 Matson Slave Trial was a result of Jane fleeing with her four children to keep them from being sold down south. Abraham Lincoln, famously, represented Matson against the Bryants in this case. What is ironic is that Sim got his freedom the exact way Jane tried a year before she fled the Illinois farm. Matson didn't seem to care that Sim left, but he took action to try and stop Jane and her children.

I would love to share the information I have on this family with their descendants! We also do a dinner theater performance three times each year about the trial from all the various viewpoints. www.matsontrial1847.org for more details. Perhaps they would want to attend to hear about their great, great, aunt and her struggle.

Renee Henry

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• Reference Number: 1114
• Residence: 1820, Cumberland, North Carolina, USA
• Residence: 1 Jun 1840, Sampson, North Carolina, USA
• Residence: 1850, Sampson, North Carolina, USA
• Residence: 1860, Sugar Creek, Vigo, Indiana, USA

Jacob married Nancy Maynor 11 Oct 1822, Cumberland, North Carolina, USA. Nancy was born 1784, North Carolina, USA; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Race: Mulatto
• Reference Number: 1521
• Residence: 1850, Sampson, North Carolina, USA; Age: 66

Other Events:

• Race: Black
• Reference Number: 7843
• Residence: 1860, Douglas, Illinois, USA; Age: 42
• Residence: 1880, Camargo, Douglas, Illinois, USA; Age: 64; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Self

Simeon married Harriet Redden 11 Sep 1851, Coles, Illinois, USA. Harriet was born Abt 1811, Maryland, USA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Also Known As: Harriet Polk
• Race: Black
• Reference Number: 7844
• Residence: 1860, Douglas, Illinois, USA; Age: 50
• Residence: 1880, Camargo, Douglas, Illinois, USA; Age: 69; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 1111
• Residence: 1790, Northampton, North Carolina, USA
• Residence: 1800, Sampson, North Carolina, USA
• Residence: 1820, Sampson, North Carolina, USA
• Residence: 1830, Sampson, North Carolina, USA
• Residence: 1840, Sampson, North Carolina, USA

Notes:

Christopher Manuel, born about 1752, was head of a Northampton County, North Carolina household of 6 males 21-60 years old, 1 male less than 20 or more than 60, and 3 females in the 1786 state census, head of a Northampton County household of 8 "other free" in 1790 [NC:75], 11 in Sampson County in 1800 [NC:517] and 6 "free colored" in Sampson County in 1820 [NC:308]. He was about eighty years old on 19 November 1832 when he made a declaration in Sampson County court to obtain a pension for his services in the Revolution. He stated that he was born in Halifax County, North Carolina, and moved to the part of Duplin County which became Sampson County before the war [M804-1627].