Kedar's Daughter Nancy Dobbs and husband David Manning

This entry appeared in the Virginia Genealogical Society's Magazine and has to do with Nancy's trying to prove that she is the widow of a former soldier thereby making her eligible for a pension. It is also the first document that I found that identified Kedar's wife's first name as Mary. In all of the genealogical material handed down through the family, she was listed as "Miss Willoughby."

David Manning: Nancy, his widow. A letter from J.W. Baxter,
County Clerk of Currituck, N.C. 4 Jan 1854 stated that he had found the
marriage bond between David Manning and Nancy Dobbs and it is the only evidence
he has or did have at that time. They were married 31 May 1810. Her
declaration in 1856 at aged 67 was signed in Richmond, stating he was a private
in Nathaniel Tatum's Co. He died in Norfolk Co. in October
1818.

A memo in quotation marks reads: David Manning, son of Thos. Manning
and Unis, his spouse, was born the 4th of August 1787. Nancy, daughter of
Kedar and Mary Dobbs, was born 24 Sept 1789. Elizabeth Manning, daughter
of David and Nancy, was born 15 March 1813. Frederick W. Manning, son of
David and Nancy, was born 8 November 1815. William Manning, son of David
and Nancy, was born _January 1818.