McManus Post Office
Archibald McManus was born in SC about 1785, the son of John McManus who died in 1838 in Edgefield County, SC. Archibald married Rebecca Osena Collins, daughter of Moses Collins and Hannah Willis about 1810 in Georgia. He came west to Mississippi through the Creek Lands with his wife and her father Moses Collins and his family in 1811. Archibald and Rebecca settled along the Pascagoula River in what is now Greene County/Jackson County area of Mississippi. Archibald served with the 17th Regiment from Jackson County in the War of 1812. He was a successful merchant in the area for several years with his store, McManus Mercantile, which was located in Jackson County. He served as a Justice of the Quorum Court in 1819. He also served as the first Postmaster for the now extinct Town of McManus, MS. He owned land in Jackson and Greene Counties. He was the District Attorney for Jackson County for a while and also served in the Mississippi State Legislature as a Representative of Greene County. He later moved to Hinds County, MS where he opened two stores, one in Raymond, MS and one in Clinton, MS. He died on September 21, 1841. His wife Rebecca, died 5 days later on September 26, 1841. Archibald and Rebecca were the parents of 3 children:

Elizabeth Ann - married Henry A. Vaughan
John Lewis - married Mary Ann McPherson Bradford
Sarah Henrietta - married Job Gilham Selph (Job was a master silversmith)

 

Account List for  McManus Mercantile

of McManus Post Office, Greene County, MS

for the period covering Feb.12, 1820 to Dec. 29, 1821

 

ABNER     John S.

 

ARD     Reuben

 

BALL     Edward

 

BALL     James

 

BALL     William

 

BARNARD     Robert

 

BLACK     Malcomb

 

BREELAND     Elisha

 

BREELAND    Samuel

 

BROWN     Harrison

 

BURNS     Joseph

 

BYRD     Elam

 

BYRD     George

 

BYRD     John

 

BYRD     Sherwood

 

CHATHAM   Claiborne

 

CHILDERS     Bartlett

 

CHILDERS     William

 

CLARK     Archibald

 

CLOUDYS     John

 

COCKRAM     Allen

 

COCKRAM     Burrell

 

COCKRAM     Henry

 

COCKRAM     William

 

COWART     Edward

 

COWART   Ezekial Jr.

 

COWART    Needham

 

COWART     Samuel

 

CROFT     Stephen

 

DAMERON     G.B.

 

DAMERON  George B.

 

DEARMON  Benjamin

 

DEARMON    Thomas

 

DEASE     John

 

DEBURK     James

 

DENNY     Walter

 

DICKERSON     Joseph

 

DWIRE     Daniel

 

EARONG     A.A.

 

ELLIOT     John

 

EUBANKS     Charles

 

EUBANKS     James

 

EUBANKS     John, Jr.

 

EUBANKS    John, Sr.

 

EUBANKS     Joseph

 

EUBANKS     William

 

EVANS     William

 

FAIRLEY     Duncan

 

FAIRLEY     Neil

 

FIGLEY     James

 

FINLEY     Duncan

 

FINLEY     Neil

 

FLORRY     Henry

 

FOUNTAIN     Henry

 

GARY     Robert

 

GEORGE     John

 

GOFF     Edmund

 

GRAVES     Jesse

 

GRAVES     Richard

 

GRESHAM  Benjamin

 

GRESHAM    Wheeler

 

GUNN  William (James)

 

HALL     John M.

 

HARGRAVES     Ben*

 

(*Free Negro)

 

HARRISON     John H.

 

HART     Hugh

 

HAVARD     Charles

 

HAVARD     Jeremiah

 

HAVARD     John

 

HAVEN     John

 

HENDERSON     Wm.

 

HODGE     Hezekiah

 

HOGAN     Cordell

 

HOLDER     Willis

 

HOLLAND     William

 

HOWELL     Caleb

 

HOWELL     Thomas

 

HUBBARD     Thomas

 

HUDSON     George

 

JOHNSON    Minor W.

 

LANDRUM    Meredith

 

LAWLER     John

 

LEE     Whitfield

 

LEE     William

 

LITTLE     John R.

 

LITTLE     Neil

 

LOCKHART     James

 

LYLE     David

 

LYLE     Maher

 

MASON     Benjamin

 

MATHESON     James

 

MCCALISTER   Archibald

 

MCCARTY     Robert

 

MCCARTY   Robert & Co.

 

MCCARY     Isaac

 

MCCASKILL     David

 

MCCASKILL     John

 

MCCASKILL  Kenneth

 

MCCLOUD     Peter

 

MCDUFFY     Allen

 

MCINNIS     Angus

 

MCINNIS     Daniel

 

MCINNIS     Neil

 

MCLEAN     John

 

MCLEAN     Thomas

 

MCMANUS    Thomas

 

MEASLES     David

 

MEASLES     Josiah

 

MERRITT     Obadiah

 

MILLER     William

 

MONTGOMERY     George

 

MOORE     Thomas R.

 

MOORE     William

 

MORRIS     I.I.H.

 

MORRISON     John

 

MURRAY     Joshua

 

NED   (a negro)  

 

NEILY     Wilkey

 

PIERCE     Joseph I.

 

RAILEY     Abram

 

RAILEY     Samuel

 

RAINEY     William

 

ROBERTS     James

 

ROBERTS     Axum

 

ROUSE     Burrell

 

ROUSE     Daniel

 

ROZAR     C.

 

RYAN     Felix

 

SEWELL     Pleasant

 

SIMPSON     Thomas

 

SMITH     Allen

 

SMITH     Dreadwell

 

SPILLIARDS   William

 

STOKES     Sterling

 

STONE     C.C.

 

SWEATMAN   William

 

TAYLOR     Malcomb

 

THOMPSON Archibald

 

TOPLEY     Ephraim

 

TURNER     Enoch

 

TURNER     John

 

TURNER     Mary

 

TURNER     William

 

VANCE     William

 

WARD     Daniel

 

WARD     Henry

 

WARD     Patrick

 

WARD     Tarleton

 

WILLIAMS     James

 

WILLIAMS     William

 

WILLIAMSON     Edward

 

WOODWARD     Elisha

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