Samuel MANNON

Birth: 1728 Albemarle County Virginia, USA Death: Feb. 22, 1803 Baltimore County Maryland, USA Married ELIZABETH (MNU) 1728 - ?1830; parents of: Abraham MANNON ? - 1835 Elizabeth (Dare) MANNON Margaret (Majors) MANNON Mary (Trainers) MANNON Rachel (Lane) MANNON Richard MANNON ? - 1823 Teresa "Tacy" MANNON Sarah (Wisner) MANNON 1748 - 1834 Joseph MANNON 1760 - Samuel MANNON Jr. 1760 - 1803 NOTE: Will in Baltimore Co MD will book 1664 to 1850; Folio 151-156 Book 7 explicitly names the above children Samuel Mannon purchased 84 acres called Hooker's Meadow by indenture dated May 10, 1768. He paid Jonathan Griffith seventeen pounds Pensylvania currency for this property "1768 PETITION. In 1768, Samuel Mannon, a resident of Baltimore County, signed a petition to remove the county seat from Joppa to Baltimore. The English version of the petition began with the following words: "To His Excellency Horatio Sharpe, Esquire, Governor and Commander in Chief in and over the Province of Maryland, and, To the Honorable the Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly of the said Province: The Petition of the Subscribers, Inhabitants of Baltimore County, Humbly Sheweth, That the present Court-House for Baltimore County, situate in Joppa, is considerably too small for transacting therein the Business of the County with Convenience . . . ." Numerous petitions were circulated, and Petition No. 34 was signed by Samuel Mannon and 50 other men. On this petition was endorsed "Handed by Daniel Bowers." Petition No. 34 was on an English-German broadside printed form. SOURCE: Archives of Maryland, Volume 61 (Proceedings and Acts of the General Assembly: May 9, 1766 to June 22, 1768), Appendix VII, at pages 521, 552 & 562. Research courtesy Curt Systma Family links: Children: Sarah Mannon Wisner (1748 - 1834)* *Calculated relationship Burial: Unknown Specifically: Cemetery unknown; TBD Edit Virtual Cemetery info [?] Created by: janicet Record added: Nov 29, 2012 Find A Grave Memorial# 101498464

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