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Magoffin County Historical Society
"Preserving Our Past for the Future"

Welcome!

            Magoffin County is celebrating its 31st county festival this year. Since 1979 the Magoffin County Historical Society located in Salyersville, KY has sponsored the family-oriented event which spotlights a different family surname each year complete with parades, pageants, contests, entertainment, and family history.  This year we've chosen “The Manns Clan” and our  group is gathering family information on the Mann family ancestors who settled in eastern Kentucky.
            Magoffin County Founders Days are held the first week of September just before Labor Day.
            The earliest members of the Mann family to settle in our area appear to be two brothers and a sister, all born in the late 1770’s in Virginia.  Our group has found that most people who have Mann ancestry descend from Samuel Mann whose children were 1.) William m. Rhoda Howard; 2.) Sally m. Reuben Arnett; 3.) John m. Lucinda Craft; 4.) Thomas m. Eliza Craft; and 5.) Mary.  No descendants of Samuel’s brother William Mann are presently known.  Samuel’s sister Nancy Mann married Jeremiah Patrick and had at least three children, Jeremiah Jr., Delila and James.  
            Another line of ancestry being compiled leads to Charles Mann b. 1796 and Lucinda Whitaker Giles whose son Joel Richard Mann was born in 1831. Joel was first married to Martha Ratliff and had a daughter Patty Mann who married Henry Green Gardner.  Children of Joel’s second marriage to Nancy Caroline Baker were Minnie B. Mann and Henry Camille Mann.  Minnie married Tone Gardner and Henry married Florence Gardner and Susan Hyte.
            The historical society holds meetings each month on the third Sunday at 2 p.m. at the location of their historical library at 191 South Church Street in Salyersville. Everyone is welcome to attend.  The group may also be contacted by mail at Box 222, Salyersville, KY 41465
or email
Magoffin@foothills.net.

Sept. 1st - Sept. 6th, 2009
Our
2009 Founders Days celebration honoring
The  MANN/MANNS  FAMILY
* THE MANNS CLAN *

Click here to see some of our plans for Founders Days this year!

Please use the links at the top and bottom of each page to travel around our site - there are links provided along the way for you to send us your comments, information, or questions. It's always a joy to hear from you!

We feel sure you will enjoy your visit here and ask that you return often to read news of what's going on at our historical society, browse the publications section to order publications that may help you in your family research. Don't forget to visit our family photo albums pages - your ancestors may be hiding there!  Don't miss our new album "Unknown Families".  You may be able to help identify some of these unknown ancestor photos!

A popular area of our site is our "Talk to Todd" section. Todd Preston is President of the Magoffin County Historical Society. He writes a regular column for the local Salyersville Independent newspaper and his columns are published in this section every week. You're sure to find his columns enjoyable and full of ancestral information. You are invited to send your inquiries regarding your Magoffin County ancestors (your "brick walls"), or simply contribute what you know about your eastern Kentucky ancestors. Your knowledge may help someone else tear down a "brick wall" of their own!

While you're browsing, please be sure to check out the membership page to learn how you can become a member of the Historical Society and receive The Journal, published quarterly and chocked full of eastern Kentucky genealogy and history. You may want to request a sample copy from a previous year for just $5.00 so that you can see how future Journals will be of benefit to your research.

Again -- Welcome!  Come back and visit often, as we are always adding new information!
 

The Magoffin County Historical Society Officers, Staff, and Volunteers
Salyersville, Kentucky

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