Generation No. l

 

1 John Warren was born Abt. 1775 in LYNCHES CREEK Guiliford CO N.C., and died Abt 1820 in MULBERRY, Tn., LINCOLN CO. He married Courtney Lewis abt. 1805 in either N.C. or Oregon Tenn.

Notes for John Warren: A FEW DAYS BEFORE JOHN'S DEATH HE WAS SHOT IN THE ABDOMEN BY E.CHAPMAN. KNOWING THAT HE WAS GOING TO DIE SOON, HE WROTE HIS LAST WILL. IN HIS WILL HE LEFT HIS ESTATE TO COURTNEY LEWIS/WARREN AND TO HIS CHILDREN. IN HIS WILL HE SAID THAT HE DID NOT KNOW IF HE AND COURTNEY LEWIS WERE LEGALLY WED ; BUT HE WAS CERTAIN ALL THE CHILDREN WERE CONCEIVED BY HIM ON HER BODY. HE INSTRUCTED HENRY WARREN & WILLIS WARREN ( HIS BROTHERS ), ADMINSTRATORS OF HIS WILL ,TO USE SOME OF HIS MONEY IN THE ''TAKING '' OF E. CHAPMAN; CHAPMAN WAS '' TAKEN '', JOHN WARREN, KNOWING THAT HIS MONEY WAS LIMITED, APPRENTICED ALL THEIR CHILDREN TO THOSE HE FELT WOULD PROPERLY CARE FOR THEM. BRIGHT WAS APPPENTICED TO MR. JOHN A.MOORE. A CABINET MAKER IN HOWELL ( A SMALL COMMUNITY MID WAY BETWEEN FAYETTEVILLE AND PETERSBURG ) TO LEARN A TRADE. AT AGE OF 21, FOR HIS LABORS, HE WAS TO RECEIVE A NEW SUIT AND A BRIDLE. FROM OTHER INFORMATION IT APPEARS THAT JOHN WARREN & COURTNEY LEWIS HAD A '' COMMON LAW MARRIAGE" ABT 1805 OR 1806. THEY LIVED TOGETHER, PROBABLY NEAR MULBERRY IN LINCOLN COUNTY, FOR SEVERAL YEARS. THEY HAD A TOTAL OF 7 CHILDREN-3 BOYS & 4 GIRLS. HIS WILL WAS EXECUTED 12 JUNE 1820.

Marriage Notes for John Warren and Courtney Lewis:

IN BLUE NOTEBOOK THERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE JOHN WARREN AND COURTNEY LEWIS FAMILY. JOHN WAS BORN" TIME NOT INCLUDED" and DIED IN 1820. THERE WAS A COMMON LAW WEDDING ABOUT 1805 -06. THEY LIVED TOGETHER IN LINCOLN CO TN FOR SOME TIME BEFORE HE DIED IN 1820. HIS WILL IS RECORDED IN THE LINCOLN RECORDS DATED JUNE 1820. HIS WILL STATED IN PART '' BELIEVING THAT MY DISOLUTION IS NEAR AT HAND, I WISH TO DISPOSE OF ALL MY EARTHLY POSSESSIONS.....I GIVE AND BEQUEATH T0 COURTNEY (S1C) LEWIS, WITH WHOM I HAVE LIVED FOR SEVERAL YEARS, AND THE CHILDREN, SEVEN IN NUMBER, THREE BOYS AND FOUR GIRLS WHICH I BELIEVE ARE MINE ,BEGOTTEN ON HER BODY ,....MY PROPERTY TO BE EQUALLY DIVIDED BETWEEN HER ,THE SAID COURTNEY, AND EACH OF HER CHILDREN AND THAT HENRY WARREN AND WILLIS WARREN BE APPOINTED EXECUTORS…THIS 12TH DAY OF JUNE 1820... THE TWO PEOPLE LIVED TOGETHER FROM AT LEAST 1806 UNTIL 1820.

Children of John Warren and Courtney Lewis are

: i. WILLIAM G(2) WARREN, b October 08, 1806.

ii. Mary Warren, b. April 26 1890

iii. James Warren b. June 17, 1811.

iv. SELINA WARREN, b. February 04,1813

Notes for Selina Warren

IN LINCOLN CO TN ,BIBLE RECORDS VOL 4 P 159 ,THERE IS A LETTER FROM THE GREAT GRANDSON OF SALINA WARREN. IT STATES THAT SALINA WAS BOUND OUT TO PINKNEY PYLANT UNTIL SHE WAS 18 YEARS OF AGE. THIS IS IN THE LINCOLN CO COURT HOUSE RECORDS, COURT HOUSE MINUTES, MONDAY APRIL ? 1326

v. Brady Warren b. June 9,1815

vi. JANE WARREN. b. September 29, 1817.

vii. JOHN BRIGHT WARREN, b, September 28, 1819, Mulberry,Tn. Lincoln Co; d. January 12, 1896, PETERSBURG TN. 1

 

These notes were origionally composed by Dr. George W. Warren