Elizabeth Allen Sinkler Manning
1821 - 1909

Elizabeth was the daughter of Elizabeth Allen Broun and William Sinkler. The Sinkler family grew rice and indigo at Eutaw, their plantation located in Upper St. John's Parish of Berkeley County, South Carolina. The plantation was the site of a mile long race track and the Sinkler's achieved quite a reputation for breeding some of the best race horses in South Carolina.

Elizabeth married Colonel Richard Irvine Manning, a planter and South Carolina Senator, on March 3, 1845. Colonel Manning was the son of Elizabeth Peyre Richardson and Governor Richard Irvine Manning of the High Hills of Santee. Colonel Manning donated property for the construction of St. Marks Episcopal Church and organized the "Manning Guards" at his own expense during the Civil War.

The newlyweds resided for a time at Old Castle in Clarendon County, eventually settling at Homesley in Sumter County around 1859. The name of the new plantation was chosen for it's meaning "A Home for All" which proved to be fitting as the plantation would be home to not only Elizabeth and Richard Manning and their children, but also to four other families during the Civil War.

Elizabeth and Richard had at least four children. One of those, Richard Irvine Manning, would follow in the footsteps of the grandfather for which he was named and become Governor of South Carolina from 1914 until 1919.