by AUDREY CREEL / December 7, 2020
©Audrey Creel, 2020 (All rights reserved.)

Nathan Maney was born in North Carolina in approximately 1814.[i] It is unknown how Nathan arrived in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. It is possible that Nathan travelled from North Carolina with the Maney family when Dr. James Maney first moved to Murfreesboro. In 1872, Nathan Maney testified on behalf of Madison Turner, a man formerly enslaved by David Maney. Nathan stated that he was present with Madison on David Maney’s plantation during the Civil War, indicating that Nathan was most likely enslaved by David Maney.[ii] However, there are no individuals enslaved on David Maney’s plantation who were the same age as Nathan Maney.[iii] There are several fifty-year-old males enslaved on Lewis Maney’s plantation, so it is probable that Nathan was enslaved by Lewis Maney and lived on the Maney family’s shared slave quarters.[iv]

Nathan Maney married Nance Maney on August 19, 1865 immediately following the Civil War.[v] Nathan and Nance had at least one daughter, Levinia Maney, before their legal marriage in 1865.[vi] A young woman, Lenna Maney, also was living with Nathan and Nance, but it is unknown if she is Nathan’s daughter.[vii] In 1872, Nathan stated that his occupation was a laborer in Rutherford County, Tennessee.[viii] The 1870 United States Census further clarified that Nathan worked as a farm laborer, though it is unknown for whom he was employed.[ix] In 1880, Nathan was living with his wife in Murfreesboro.[x] Nathan had been unemployed as a “laborer” for four months and was not working at the time the census was taken.[xi] There are no further records for Nathan Maney. It is unknown when Nathan died or where he was buried.

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References

[i] United States Census, “Maney, Nathan,” 1870 United States Census, 1870, accessed November 19, 2020 from ancestry.com database https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7163/images/4275524_00055?treeid=&personid=&rc=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=Kxs320&_phstart=successSource&pId=4859012.

[ii] U.S. Southern Claims Commission, “Petition of Madison Turner,” Disallowed and Barred Claims, Murfreesboro, TN: October 22, 1872, accessed November 19, 2020 from ancestry.com database https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/1218/images/rhusa1871_102839__0010-00389?treeid=&personid=&rc=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=Kxs331&_phstart=successSource&pId=58455.

[iii] United States Census, “Many, D.D.,” 1860 United States Census – Slave Schedule, 1860, accessed November 19, 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.

[iv] United States Census, “Maney, L.M.,” 1860 United States Census – Slave Schedule, 1860, accessed November 19, 2020 from familysearch.org database https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9BSD-NTM?i=3&cc=3161105&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AWKT5-PF2M.

[v] Marriage Record, Nathan Maney and Nance Maney, Rutherford, TN: August 19, 1865, accessed November 19, 2020 from ancestry.com database https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=4125&h=30040&tid=&pid=&queryId=17b3bae197c7a186aa31a98a4c35ea6d&usePUB=true&_phsrc=Kxs1951&_phstart=successSource.

[vi] United States Census, “Maney, Nathan,” 1870 United States Census.

[vii] United States Census, “Maney, Nathan,” 1870 United States Census.

[viii] U.S. Southern Claims Commission, “Petition of Madison Turner.”

[ix] United States Census, “Maney, Nathan,” 1870 United States Census.

[x] United States Census, “Maney, Nathan,” 1880 United States Census, 1880, accessed November 19, 2020 from ancestry.com database https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6742/images/4244656-00449?treeid=&personid=&hintid=&queryId=ca761ca109b4e4b1a12061ccfd116e88&usePUB=true&_phsrc=Kxs1966&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&pId=9980870.

[xi] United States Census, “Maney, Nathan,” 1880 United States Census.