McMinn CO, TN
Family Group of
Ephraim M. Manis* b ca 1801 TN d ca 1888 at age 87 McMinn CO, TN (burial site unknown)occupation - farmer
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photo of Ephraim & Anna Manis' log cabin 
"Cold Saturday" by Sandra (Nipper) Ratledgem ca 1825 TO
Anna Lovelace* b ca 1802 NC d ca 1871 - 1879 (McMinn CO, TN?)
believed to be dau of George Lovelace / Loveless & Kate Brown of Roane CO, TN (listed on 1826 Hiawassee Land Survey)
issue:
1(M) John Manis** b Apr 1826 TN d 28 Oct 1905 Monroe CO, TN buried Union McMinn Baptist Church Cemetery, McMinn CO, TN
m 31 Jan 1849 Monroe CO, TN by Rev. James Sewell, MG, TO
Lucinda Randolph** b May 1832 Monroe CO, TN d 7 July 1911 Niota, McMinn CO, TN buried Union McMinn Baptist Church Cemetery, McMinn CO, TN
2(F) Sarah Ann Manis b ca 1829 Monroe CO, TN d ca 1881 - 1899
m 28 Feb 1854 McMinn CO, TN TO
Francis "Frank" M. Cooper b ca Feb 1824 NC d 3 Jul 1915 McMinn CO, TN buried Mt Zion Church Cemetery, Meigs CO, TN
3(M) William R. Manis b 30 Nov 1830 McMinn CO, TN (moved to CA in 1849 then to OR) d 1908 OR buried Miller Cemetery, Linn CO, OR
m 26 Mar 1862 Linn CO, OR TO
Mary Ann Elizabeth Terry b 1832 MO d 1897 buried Miller Cemetery, Linn CO, OR
4(F) Matilda Jane "Tilda" Manis b 3 Oct 1831 Monroe CO, TN d 22 Apr 1900 (per Shiloh Primitive Baptist Church minutes Roane CO, TN)
m 9 Sep 1852 McMinn CO, TN by G. W. Wallis, JP, TO
Francis Asbury "Frank" Manis b 24 Mar 1832 Monroe CO, TN d 22 Mar 1907 [from obit in Hiwassee Baptist Association Minutes, 1907 researched by Marvin Stephens.]
(lived in Roane CO, TN in 1896; member of the Shiloh Primitive Baptist Church)
5(M) George Smith Manis b 21 Oct 1833 Monroe CO, TN d 20 Dec 1919 Monroe CO, TN buried Chestua Baptist Church Cemetery, Monroe CO, TN
photo of George Smith and Nancy Caroline (Randolph) Manis
m 12 Jan 1858 Monroe CO, TN TO
Nancy Caroline "Callie" (Randolph) Harrill b 8 Oct 1839 McMinn CO, TN d 13 Feb 1917 Madisonville, Monroe CO, TN buried Chestua Baptist Church Cemetery, Monroe CO, TN
6(M) James Harvey Manis b 15 Jan 1835 McMinn CO, TN d 28 Feb 1917 Englewood, McMinn CO, TN buried Union McMinn Baptist Church Cemetery, McMinn County, TN [no tombstone]
James Harvey & Sarah E. (Randolph) Manis' photo
m 15 Feb 1866 McMinn CO, TN TO
Sarah Elizabeth Randolph b 14 Nov 1843 Sweetwater, Monroe CO, TN d 22 May 1911 Niota, McMinn CO, TN buried Union McMinn Baptist Church Cemetery, McMinn CO, TN per inscribed tombstone [May 21 per dc]
James Harvey & Sarah E. (Randolph) Manis' family photo
7(F) Easter Catherine Manis b Sep 1836 [per tombstone; 1834 per dc] Niota, McMinn CO, TN d 18 Jul 1908 McMinn CO, TN buried Union McMinn Baptist Church Cemetery, McMinn CO, TN
m 1 Sep 1864 McMinn CO, TN TO
John Pryor b Mar 1843 TN d 11 May 1911 Niota, McMinn CO, TN [probably buried Union McMinn Baptist Church Cemetery, McMinn CO, TN]
8(M) Joseph F. "Joe" Manis b ca 1839 McMinn CO, TN d
military service - Pvt G Company, 2nd Ashby's Cavalry, CSA
m ca 1868 TO
Paulina _____ b ca 1845 GA d
NOTE: According to an interview of James Harvey Manis published in A History of Sweetwater Valley by William B. Lenoir, Ephraim Manis came to Monroe CO, TN ca. 1819 from Hawkins CO, TN. He is enumerated on 1830 Monroe CO, TN census but moved ca. 1834 to McMinn CO, TN where he lived the remainder of his life.
Many thanks to the following researchers and cousins Margaret Lynn Owens, Ellen Franklin, Marvin Stephens, and Doris J. Swanson! Still another Manis researcher on other lines is Jan Eiskina.
*great-great-great-great-grandparents and
**great-great-great-grandparents of Sandra Ratledge
