In a culmination of 30 years of research the book on the ancestors, descendants and kinfolks of Pleasant Mangum has been printed and is now available. Pleasant was born in North Carolina in 1777. Two of his grandchildren, Henry and "The Colonel", took their mother's maiden name 'Parham' and settled in Arkansas. The surviving tales and remembrances of that long ago tragic incident is told in excruciating detail so as to bare that family skeleton to the world once and for all.

The first 3 chapters in the book are devoted to the Bennetts. The presumed original immigrant ancestor of the Mangums (John Mangum) married into the Bennett family about 1700. The Bennetts had already been in the New World Colony of Virginia since the 1620's. It was nearly 80 years later that the 'Johnny-Come-Lately' John Mangum came there in the late 1600's looking for land and a wife. The Bennett lineage, however, is fraught with uncertainty and controversy. How did the Bennett line, which was associated with our John Mangum, relate to the famous line of Bennett traders and merchants who created the first Puritan plantation in the New World called 'Bennett's Welcome'? Just who was Frances that married John Mangum? Was she Silvester 'Frances' Bennett or an undocumented child of Richard Bennett Jr.? Where in England did the Bennetts come from? Many of these questions will not be resolved in the book, but at least the reader will acquire a better understanding of the Bennetts, their association with the Mangums and the problems facing researchers of that lineage.

The second part of the book explores the Mangum lineage from John Mangum down through the North Carolina migrations and later the Georgia migrations. The branches of those pioneering families led to political giants as well as to lowly farmers. One branch concerns Howell Mangum, a Revolutionary soldier, who moved to Georgia about 1804 and, we believe, left his oldest son Pleasant Mangum in North Carolina. The third part of the book explores the incident that caused two grandchildren of Pleasant (Henry & George) to take their mother's maiden name and exile themselves to Arkansas about 1880.

The fourth part of the book tells the tale of the descendants of these two brothers and their siblings. That is where the bulk of the book's 70 photos are contained. These old photos of our recent ancestors will be treasured by our descendants.

The final chapter concerns the Parhams. These Parhams were the ancestors of Martha Parham who married Archibald Mangum, the namesake of all us 'Mangums' who go by the name of Parham. This chapter was included simply to give the reader an understanding of our Parham heritage, another old English family whose members came to the Virginia Colony in the early 1600's.

Finally there is the lineages. Lots and lots of lineages. There are three Bennett lineages, four Mangum lineages and one Parham lineage. Lineages comprise about one third of the book.
 

Hardback, 6" X 9" (Standard book size) Number of pages - About 350 Printed by the Docutech method on long life paper 74 high quality family photographs Lineages contains names of over 3000 individuals Lineages and text fully indexed Cost - $45.00 postpaid [New Reduced Price $25.00 Postpaid.][New Reduced Price $20.00 Postpaid.]

Send check to: Lynn Parham, 1110 Hewitt St. NW, Huntsville, AL 35816

Bennetts of Clapcot/Chillingham Castle - an English lineage of Bennets that some researchers believe gave rise to the Bennett line that intermarried with the Mangums. There are 69 individuals listed.

Bennets of Wivelscombe - a lineage of English Bennets which most researchers believe gave rise to the Bennetts of "Bennett's Welcome" in the Virginia Colony. There are 111 individuals listed.

Thomas Bennett - The Virginia Bennett lineage which intermarried with the Mangums. There are 72 individuals listed.

Early Mangums - Lineages of the descendants of the supposed immigrant ancestor, John Mangum. These old lineages, many still very uncertain, contain the ancestors of most Mangum descendants in the United States. The lineage contains many sub-lineages including the Henry Mangum line. There are about 400 individuals listed.

Joseph Mangum - The descendants of Joseph Mangum of Warren and Bute County, N. C. who moved first to Iredell Co., N. C. and finally ended up as "Mangrums" in middle Tennessee. This line has individuals with the given name "Plummer" and the very suggestive "Pleasant". There are about 500 individuals listed

Howell Mangum - Howell Mangum, Revolutionary War soldier, moved to Georgia about 1804. There are 368 individuals listed in this lineage.

Pleasant Mangum - This lineage is quite extensive and contains the lineages of Pleasant's children. Included are the two children of Archibald Mangum who took their mother's maiden name 'Parham'. There are 1378 individuals listed

Parhams - This lineage shows the descent of the Parhams from John Parham of Dinwiddie County, Virginia. John and many of his children moved to Elbert County, Georgia about 1799. Martha Parham's grandfather, Kennon Parham, remained in Granville Co., N. C. Martha, who married Archibald Mangum, was the namesake of the Arkansas Mangum-Parhams. There are 229 individuals listed.

There have been found a few places in the book where corrections are needed. Please look on the Book Corrections Page .

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