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Emanuel Madden
Born 1755? ?Frederick Co. VA
Died by 1820 ?Rapides Parish LA

SPOUSE	CHILDREN
Patience Raiford Coleman (widow) m. May-Oct 1781 Natchez Dist. b. 1742? ?Wayne Co. NC d. 1804/8? ?LA or Spanish West Florida
Charity "Carroll" (slave) m. Aug 3, 1814 Adams Co. Miss. Terr. b. 1760? ?British West Florida d. 1830? LA?	Nancy Sarah "Carroll" b. 1775? Natchez District d. Jan 7, 1852 Kisatchie, Natchitoches, LA	James Henry b. 1791? ?Natchez Dist. d. 1845? Rapides Parish LA	Emanuel (Jr.?) b. 1792? ?Natchez Dist. d. after 1816 ?Adams Co. MS
Wife Patience Raiford was the daughter of William and Apsilla Raiford.
The first husband of Patience was John William Coleman who came to the Natchez District about 1777 and moved the family there about a year later [Farmer, genealogy.com post].
According to wife Patience, her late husband John Coleman was killed by Indians after he left for the Illinois Territory on May 15, 1781. By Oct of that year, Patience had married Emanuel Madden who was the caretaker of Coleman's land [McBee, Book A page 56-9, p. 8-9]. This land was on the Homochitto River near Second Creek about 5 leagues from the Fort at Natchez. It was originally owned by Robert Robinson who had a purchase agreement with Coleman as he lived on it.
From as early as Nov 1776 Emanuel owned land near the other end of Second Creek, 10 miles from the Fort of Natchez. About 1788 Emanuel sold 100 arpents (about 84 acres) to a William Ratcliff. In 1804, this land was described as being adjacent to the land that was claimed in 1772 by Absalom Hooper [McBee, p. 53].
1895 Map of Natchez from the Ancestral Trackers website, shows the likely routes of Second Creek and Homochitto River in 1781.
On Monday, Oct 15, 1781, "John Townsend" sued a David Waltman, who had promised to pay a $7 note owed to John by Patience's husband John Coleman, killed by Indians in May 1781 on his way to Illinois [McBee, p. 292].
John Holloway was shot and scalped by Indians five leagues (about 17 miles) from the Fort of Natchez by Wednesday, Oct 24, 1781. At the time, he was apparently working as "an overseer", and/or living, at the Second Creek plantation of Joshua Howard, who was "absent from this district". Son George Holloway and a slave were tied with a rope to a workbench, but George cut the rope and escaped during the night. Son George later described the attack, saying his father was "soon [after they arrived] cruelly murdered by Indians at Natchez".
On Oct 28, 1781 wife Patience presented to the Court of Natchez petitions stating the property of her late husband and requesting that her new husband be appointed guardian of her children. Just four days earlier, on Oct 24, the court had appointed a guardian and taken inventory of the estate of John Holloway, also killed by Indians. However his death was recent and at the nearby plantation of Joshua Howard on Second Creek that he was working on. On Nov 22, 1781 Emanuel Madden was appointed guardian of the Coleman children listed, as well as "the child of wh. she declares herself pregnant" [McBee, Book A p. 56-9, pp. 8-9].
Unrecorded Land Claims dated Mar 29, 1804 by Joshua and John Howard, recorded the location of their lands on Second Creek, where John Holloway was killed in 1781 while working there. It referenced a 1776 "plat" that showed "Manuel Madden and John Small with land adjoining" [McBee, Unrecorded Land Claims nos. 1470-1, p. 555].
By Feb 9, 1783 Emanuel is described as "absconded from the district" in a suit against him by Elizabeth Baker claiming that about a year before he stole a horse belonging to her husband [McBee, p. 300].
On May 24, 1784 Emanuel and Patience Madden sold 100 arpents of the land on the Homochitto River, "5 leagues from Fort" witnessed by her son John Coleman, aged 17 [McBee, Book A, p. 25].
On Jan 27, 1786, "Emanuel Madden" sued "Widow Coleman" after the "minors of Coleman" sued him on Jan 20, each regarding debts of the "estate of William Coleman, decd" resulting in the opinion by Lt. Gov. Bouligny on which estate debts to be paid by Madden and the estate [McBee, Book E, pp. 178-9, Book F, p. 243].
Map of the Natchez District as it may have looked between 1779 and 1799.
On May 24, 1786, in a suit brought by the Coleman children, John, William and Judith, "being of sufficient age to choose a curator", the court decreed that Patience was the lawful wife of Manual Madden, even though she claimed on Apr 3, 1786, to be married to John Welton. The court allowed John Welton to be their curator and that the Coleman estate be entrusted to Welton. [McBee, Book E, p. 179].
On Apr 7, 1789, Patience, then married to John Welton, paid $35 to her daughter Judith Coleman, who was the widow of James Baker by Jul 1789, as her share of the estate of her father, "Mr. William Coleman" administered by Patience after Dec 31, 1787. The other four Coleman children each received $35 [McBee, Book D, p. 142].
Patience and daughter Judith lived together in Bayou Sara for a while after Judith's husband died about 1789. Bayou Sara no longer exists because the Mississippi River now runs through it. In 1820 it was partly in Wilkinson Co. MS (formed in 1802 from a part of Adams Co.) and a part of West Feliciana LA, south of the town of Natchez (see present day map for location of Wilkinson Co. and present day map for location of West Feliciana Parish.
In a letter dated Mar 2, 1790, from Carlos de Grand-Pré, Natchez to Governor Don Estavan Miro, the amount of tobacco produced in 1790 was reported by growers of Natchez. A "Manuel Maddin" produced 3,000 pounds of tobacco that year [MS Dept of Archives & History, website].
A translation of the Head of Household Index of the 1792 Natchez District Census shows "Emanuel Madden" in SC=Santa Catalina (St. Catherine's Creek) and "Juan Welden" in BS=Bayou Sara [USGenWeb, website].
Daughter Nancy Sarah Madden married David Wrinkle (1775-1829).
Manuel Madden witnessed the Dec 28, 1800 will of Moses Bonner, the husband of Elizabeth, the daughter of Henry Manadue Jr.. Moses Bonner died in Jefferson Co., Miss. Terr., in 1804.
Patience made a will that was recorded in Spanish West Florida in 1804. It says she was the widow of John Coleman and John Welton.
"Emanuel Madden" married Charity Carroll on Aug 3, 1814 in Adams Co., Miss. Terr. Marriage permit record dated Aug 3, 1814, Marriage record was not recorded until Jan 3, 1815 by Robert Turner J.P. [Miss. Marriages 1802-1819, 2nd entry on left. p. 286, 1st entry on p. 292, ancestry.com].
Charity Carroll was a slave owned by the White Carroll family. She had a child born "Charity" in Mar 1814 before she married Emanuel. Daughter Charity died on Sep 1, 1912 in Texas [Powers, 2011].
In the 1816 Adams Co. MS Census, on page 10 (last line), there was a household headed by "Manuel Madden" with: 3 adult males [Emanuel, ?2 sons with Charity], 3 males under 21 [?grandsons], 1 adult female [?wife Charity], 1 female under 21 [Charity's daughter Charity aged about 4], 1 free colored person [?wife Charity], and 1 slave. Nearby (line 33) there was a household headed by Charity's daughter "Nancy Carroll" with: no adult males, 1 adult female [?daughter Nancy "Carroll" b. 1775], 3 males under 21 [?sons, born after 1795], 3 females under 21 [?daughters] and 1 slave [possibly Nancy]. [MDAH, 1816 Adams Co. Census].
In the 1820 U.S. Census for Rapides Parish LA, on line 40 of page 129, there was a 6-person household headed by Emanuel's son "James Maden" with: 1 male aged 26-45 (son James Henry Madden); 1 female under age 10 (Charity's daughter "Charity"); 1 female aged 16-26 (?); 1 female aged over 45 (?Emanuel's widow Charity Carroll b. 1760?); and two slaves, one male older than 45, and one female child. [S-K Census, p. 129]
SOURCES: Adams Co. Mississippi Genealogy & History Network, "1792 Census for Natchez District (under Spanish Government control)", 2009, 1792 Census. Aymond, Greg, Holloway Family of Holloway Prairie, internet website, Dec 1999. "Franklin County, MS 1810 Census", abstract from Gillis book, rootsweb website. Documents ... , US Congress, 1815-24] Farmer, Franklin, post on genealogy.com forum, Mar 20, 1999. "John Holloway, 1851", File H-3, on p. 208 of "The MS Cains", website. McBee, Mae Wilson, comp., "Land Claims", in Natchez Court Records, 1767-1805, Book F, p.21. McBee, Mae Wilson, comp., Natchez Court Records, 1767-1805, Greenwood MS, 1953, v. 2, Book A, pp. 8-9, 25, 56-9, 292, Book D, p. 142, 253, 300, Book E, pp. 178-9, Book F, p. 243. MS Dept. of Archives & History (MDAH), Jackson MS, rootsweb, Early Mississippians in Spanish Natchez. MDAH, Adams Co. MS 1816 Census, Territorial Census 1801-1816, website, microfilm. "Miss. Marriages 1802-1819", from ancestry.com, pp. 286, 292. Powers, Arnold P., The Alluring Silence of Hope: The Charity Carroll Story, Vol. 1, Trafford on Demand, 2011. U. S. Census, Rapides Parish LA, 1820, S-K Publ., 2003, p. 129. USGenWeb, Early Southwest Miss. Territory, "Natchez District 1792 Spanish Census Index", Head of Household Index. USGenWeb, Franklin Co. Mississippi, "Franklin County Mississippi Early Settlers", website. Will of Patience Coleman, Spanish West Florida, Feb 16, 1804, in Natchez Court Records, 1767-1805.