John Lawrence Manning

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John Lawrence Manning, also John Laurence Manning,[1] (January 29, 1816 – October 24, 1889) was an antebellum Democratic Governor of South Carolina from 1852 to 1854.

In 1838, John L. Manning married Susan Frances Hampton (1816-1845), daughter of General Wade Hampton I and his wife, Mary Cantey, and half-sister of Colonel Wade Hampton II, who though he alone inherited their father's considerable fortune, shared it equally with her and another sister. She died giving birth to their third child. In 1848 Manning married Sally Bland Clarke and had four children by her.[2]

John Manning and his wife, Susan, had Millford Plantation built in 1839 mear Pinewood, South Carolina. It is now a National Historic Landmark.[3]

The town of Manning, South Carolina was named for him.[4]

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  1. ^ South Carolina SC - John Lawrence Manning - 1852 - 1854. SCIway.net. Retrieved on 2007-09-22.
  2. ^ Smith, Thomas Gordon, Living with antiques: Millford Plantation in South Carolina, Antiques Magazine, May, 1997
  3. ^ Smith, Thomas Gordon, Living with antiques: Millford Plantation in South Carolina, Antiques Magazine, May, 1997
  4. ^ Names in the Old Sumter District

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John Hugh Means		 Governor of South Carolina
1852 – 1854		 Succeeded by
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