William L. Manning, born and reared in Bellville, Austin County, Texas, arrived in Albany in 1879 with his wife and two children. He started trail driving for Judge J. C. Lynch. His first home was several miles east of Albany, a short time later taking up government land about seven miles west of town he built and settle. In 1884 he traded a section of land for a house in town on South Jacobs Street where he resided until his death in 1935.
He was elected tax assissor for two terms, work that took him all over the county. He made the rounds on horseback, often spending the night with the rancher or farmer. Later her served two terms as county clerk. He began the first abstract business in the county which he conducted in the county clerk's office. He also was justice of the peace for twenty years.
He captured the outlaw John Wesley Hardin, taking his gun which at Manning's death was given to he son George Manning of Ft. Meyers, Fl. Hardin was shot in El Paso, Texas, in a bar, and died there. (info from 1976 Now & Then)
His father was John William Manning and mother Martha Hutchins Manning. They were pioneers of Bellville, with Martha's stepfather John Nichols being granted a Mexican Land Grant for a league of land (4,400 acres) in Austin County and later sold half of it to the Bell brothers who in turn started a town and named it Bellville.
He was elected tax assissor for two terms, work that took him all over the county. He made the rounds on horseback, often spending the night with the rancher or farmer. Later her served two terms as county clerk. He began the first abstract business in the county which he conducted in the county clerk's office. He also was justice of the peace for twenty years.
He captured the outlaw John Wesley Hardin, taking his gun which at Manning's death was given to he son George Manning of Ft. Meyers, Fl. Hardin was shot in El Paso, Texas, in a bar, and died there. (info from 1976 Now & Then)
His father was John William Manning and mother Martha Hutchins Manning. They were pioneers of Bellville, with Martha's stepfather John Nichols being granted a Mexican Land Grant for a league of land (4,400 acres) in Austin County and later sold half of it to the Bell brothers who in turn started a town and named it Bellville.
William L. Manning, born and reared in Bellville, Austin County, Texas, arrived in Albany in 1879 with his wife and two children. He started trail driving for Judge J. C. Lynch. His first home was several miles east of Albany, a short time later taking up government land about seven miles west of town he built and settle. In 1884 he traded a section of land for a house in town on South Jacobs Street where he resided until his death in 1935.
He was elected tax assissor for two terms, work that took him all over the county. He made the rounds on horseback, often spending the night with the rancher or farmer. Later her served two terms as county clerk. He began the first abstract business in the county which he conducted in the county clerk's office. He also was justice of the peace for twenty years.
He captured the outlaw John Wesley Hardin, taking his gun which at Manning's death was given to he son George Manning of Ft. Meyers, Fl. Hardin was shot in El Paso, Texas, in a bar, and died there. (info from 1976 Now & Then)
His father was John William Manning and mother Martha Hutchins Manning. They were pioneers of Bellville, with Martha's stepfather John Nichols being granted a Mexican Land Grant for a league of land (4,400 acres) in Austin County and later sold half of it to the Bell brothers who in turn started a town and named it Bellville.
He was elected tax assissor for two terms, work that took him all over the county. He made the rounds on horseback, often spending the night with the rancher or farmer. Later her served two terms as county clerk. He began the first abstract business in the county which he conducted in the county clerk's office. He also was justice of the peace for twenty years.
He captured the outlaw John Wesley Hardin, taking his gun which at Manning's death was given to he son George Manning of Ft. Meyers, Fl. Hardin was shot in El Paso, Texas, in a bar, and died there. (info from 1976 Now & Then)
His father was John William Manning and mother Martha Hutchins Manning. They were pioneers of Bellville, with Martha's stepfather John Nichols being granted a Mexican Land Grant for a league of land (4,400 acres) in Austin County and later sold half of it to the Bell brothers who in turn started a town and named it Bellville.
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