• John Waddle married, in 1806, Nancy Mann, who was born in Kentucky. Her father, William Mann, a native of Augusta County, Virginia, married Eleanor Raeburn, and soon after moved to Kentucky, locating in the Blue Grass region, between Lexington and Georgetown. Mr. Mann died leaving three daughters, Elizabeth, Nancy and Mary.
1197, p 491• John Waddle came to Ross County in 1800, and married Nancy Mann, of Kentucky, daughter of Col. William Mann, of that state.
1197, p 201• Wm. Mann, P., Augusta
1305, p 446• surname name date bk. pg TM
Man William 18Jun87 3 06 1
Mann William 27Jun89 2 08 1
Man William 27Apr91 3 09 1
Mann William 01Dec92 3 13 1
Man William 20Apr94 3 13 11
Mann William -----95 1 09 1
1306• p. 327, Indenture, May 27, 1794, Robert Patterson and Elizabeth Patterson, of Fayette county, to WILLIAM MANN of the same county, for 50 pounds, a tract on Cane Run waters in Fayette County, part of a settlement and preemption in the name of John Maxwell, etc. Acknowledged in County Court, August 1794 term, at which time Elizabeth Patterson relinquished dower rights, and recorded by the Fayette Circuit Court, April 25, 1804.
438, P 18
• No mention of MANN nor any biographical information on Waddell.
Source: Annals of Augusta County, Virginia, from 1726 to 1871, by Waddell, Joseph A., Harrisonburgh, VA, 1979, Virginia State Library, Richmond, Virginia, 26 Apr 1994.
• No MANN or RAEBURN listings in Augusta County Marriages 1748-1850.
Source: Virginia Historic Marriage Register, 1986; Virginia State Library, Richmond, Virginia, 26 Apr 1994.
• William Lamb arrived here in 1798 at which time it was very sickly. Knows of no cause to raise the water except the dam in question. This concluded the evidence on the part of the prosecution.
1308• Sometimes these signs [for pioneer taverns] would be devised as a play upon the name of the founder, as in the case of Capt. William Lamb, who built and was long the proprietor of the hotel bearing the sign of the Golden Lamb.
In 1798, the Court of Quarter Sessions granted tavern licenses to... William Lamb.
1284, p 267• Appointed Captain in the Militia of the County of Ross.
1309, p 542