by AUDREY CREEL / December 18, 2020
©Audrey Creel, 2020 (All rights reserved.)

Anthony Maney was born in Tennessee in approximately 1824.[i] There is very little known information about Anthony Maney. It is unknown where Anthony was enslaved prior to emancipation. Lewis Maney enslaved one individual who was approximately the same age as Anthony in 1860.[ii] Dr. James Maney also enslaved a man approximately Anthony’s age in 1860.[iii] Therefore it is feasible that Anthony was enslaved on the Maney’s plantation (present day Oaklands Mansion) by either Lewis or James Maney. However, David Maney also enslaved two individuals approximately Anthony’s age, so it is also possible that Anthony was enslaved on David Maney’s plantation.[iv] As a thirty-six-year-old male on a Maney plantation, Anthony likely worked as a farm laborer.

It is unknown where Anthony lived immediately following emancipation. Anthony Maney married Julia Smith on December 26, 1878 in Rutherford County, Tennessee.[v] Julia Hall Smith Maney had previously married Ananias Smith on August 23, 1865 in Rutherford County.[vi] Julia and Ananias had seven children by 1870: Narcis, Nancy, Ed, James, Andrew, Simon, and David Smith.[vii] It is unknown what happened to Ananias Smith, but he likely died shortly after 1870. Upon marrying Julia Smith, Anthony adopted her three youngest sons: Andrew, Simon, and David.[viii] Henry Maney is also living with Julia and Anthony, so it is possible that Julia had one more child before Ananias’ death.[ix] Anthony worked as a farm laborer while Julia worked at home “keeping house.”[x] There are no further known records for Anthony or his family. It is unknown when he died or what happened to his adopted children.

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References

[i] United States Census, “Manna, Anthony,” 1880 United States Census, 1880, accessed December 17, 2020 from familysearch.org database, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYB6-9MX7?i=17&cc=1417683&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AMDWW-LS4.

[ii] United States Census, “L.M. Manny,” 1860 United States Census – Slave Schedule, 1860, accessed December 17, 2020 from ancestry.com database, https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7668/images/tnm653_1285-0120?treeid=&personid=&rc=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=iaY382&_phstart=successSource&pId=92225235.

[iii] United States Census, “James Manney,” 1860 United States Census – Slave Schedule, 1860, accessed December 17, 2020 from ancestry.com database, https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7668/images/tnm653_1285-0152?treeid=&personid=&rc=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=iaY379&_phstart=successSource&pId=92227684.

[iv] United States Census, “D.D. Many,” 1860 United States Census – Slave Schedule, 1860, accessed December 17, 2020 from familysearch.org database, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9BSD-FR2?cc=3161105&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AWKT5-VW6Z.

[v] Marriage Record, “Anthony Maney to Julia Smith,” Rutherford, TN: December 26, 1878, accessed December 17, 2020 from familysearch.org database, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L93F-MSV3?i=683&cc=1619127&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AQKHS-6H52.

[vi] Marriage Record, “Ananias Smith to Julia Maney,” Rutherford, TN: August 23, 1865, accessed December 17, 2020 from familysearch.org database, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-893F-4HHN?i=78&cc=1619127&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AQKH3-WQZ5.

[vii] United States Census, “Smith, Julia,” 1870 United States Census, 1870, accessed December 17, 2020 from ancestry.com database, https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7163/images/4275524_00265?treeid=&personid=&rc=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=iaY385&_phstart=successSource&pId=7431658.

[viii] United States Census, “Manna, Anthony,” 1880 United States Census.

[ix] United States Census, “Manna, Anthony,” 1880 United States Census.

[x] United States Census, “Manna, Anthony,” 1880 United States Census.