The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
It is considered a research aid and is intended to assist in locating sources that can be used as proof.
SAR Patriot Index Edition III (CD: PP2210, Progeny Publ, 2002) plus data to 2004
Hale, Delta Ivie Mangum. (1971). John Mangum: American Rev War Soldier and Dependents. Quality Printing Company, St George, Utah. Available through the St George Family History Library, reference # 494951
John Mangum was born 19 January 1763 at Mecklenburg County, Virginia. His parents moved to Lundenburg County soon after he was born. His father, John Sr., is listed as a member of the St. James Parish, Lundenburg County, in 1764, the year after John’s birth. He was the fourth child of six. John was active in the Baptist Church. John's father, John Sr., was born about 1736 at Albemarle Parish, Surry County, Virginia. His mother was Mary. Her maiden name is not known. His grandfather, William Mangum, was also born at Albemarle Parish, Surry County, Virginia. His grandmother was Mary Person Mangum. His great-grandfather was John Mangum, and his great-grandmother was Francis Bennett Mangum, a daughter of Governor Richard Bennett of Virginia.
John enlisted at the age 15 years, while resident at Newberry District, South Carolina. His service can be broken down into five periods. (1) three months in Captain Joseph Hayes and Captain Moor’s Company, Colonel James Williams’ South Carolina Regiment, and was discharged in March 1779. (2) He enlisted early 1780 for two months in Captain David Harris’ Company under Colonel Elijah Clark, and was present at the siege of Augusta, Georgia. (3) He enlisted in Captain Laughlin Leonard’s Company, under Colonel Joseph Hayes’ South Carolina Regiment for four months, and was discharged in November 1781. Mangum was present at the Battle of Edge Hill, received a wound on the head from William Cunningham, a Tory, and became a Prisoner of War for a short period of time. (4) He enlisted with Captain Joseph Towle’s South Carolina Company for six months and was discharged 01 June 1782. (5) He enlisted approximately 01 July 1782, serving one month in Captain William Irby’s South Carolina Company.
In 1805, he moved from Newberry District, South Carolina, to Warren County, and then Clinton County, Ohio. In 1811, he moved to Giles County, Tennessee. In 1815, he moved to Stain Clair County, Alabama, and in 1823 or 1824 he moved to Pickens County, Alabama. He was allowed a pension on his application executed 25 September 1832, while a resident of Pickens County, Alabama.
Shortly after the Revolutionary War, John married Mary Murdock, and they had three children. Mary died, and John married Gemima Goggins a daughter of Hamilton Goggins, in 1802, John's brother, William, was married to Gemima’s sister, Anna. John and Gemima had two children. After Gemima died, John moved to Warren County, Ohio, and married Rebecca Knowles in 1809, at Warren County, Ohio. They had eight children.
John Mangum died 3 March 1843, at Fulton, Mississippi, presumably from old age, as his cause of death is not listed. He was eighty years old at his death, well beyond the average life expectancy of the time. He is buried at Fulton, Itawanba County, Mississippi.
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