John Mann Sr.

John Mann Sr., the youngest child of George Bernard Mann, was born in New  Holland, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in 1745. 

He married Susannah Price in 1765, who was the daughter of Augustine Price and Anna  Elizabeth Scherp. 

They resided on John's 500+ acre property at Sinking Creek near New River on the Walker's Creek Branch.  

John Mann Sr. served in the Virginia Militia during the Revolutionary War and later took on the role of captain in the Ohio Militia. 

In around 1801, John, along with his wife Susannah and their family, joined their eldest son, John Jr., in Miami County, Ohio. 

At that time, John Sr. appointed his son-in-law, Andrew Hatfield, as the agent to sell his Virginia land holdings.  , This action cemented the Mann family's mid-west roots.  

After spending several years in Ohio with his sons, John  and Susannah eventually relocated to Delaware County, Indiana.