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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