Person:Ancil Manley (3)

ANCIL MANLEY lived in Fluvanna County, Virginia. He later moved to Anderson County, Tennessee.

Ancil was a Revolutionary War pensioner. He enlisted June 18, 1780 under Captain Joseph Hardin, and again for another tour July 12, 1781 as a Private under Captain Richard Hapier and Colonel Taylor of Virginia. Hewas in the Battle of Camden. Ancil Manley was of German ancestry.

Ancil Manley came to Anderson County, Tennessee in 1807 where he bought 200 acres (Anderson County Deed Book C, page 117) on Main Poplar Creek from his brother-in-law, Thomas Butler, William and Henry Butler and Caleb Manley were witnesses to the deed. Caleb has not been identified, but was probably a brother to Ancil. In 1828 (Anderson County Deed BookG, Page 174) William Butler, Senior deeded to his granddaughter, Elizabeth O. Manley, a Negro boy named Jacob. When Ancil died in 1853,his wife Elizabeth deeded (Anderson County Deed Book Q, Page 382) to herson Ancil W "for $1 and natural love and affection, all of my propertythat I may die possessed . . . cattle, cash notes . . . etc." In 1858,Ancil W sold (Anderson County Deed Book R., Page 305) to Jacob G Carmichael of Roane County "200 acres on Main Poplar Creek where Ancil Manley last lived and whereon said Ancil W and his mother, Elizabeth, now live."