Family Genealogies

Jeremiah Warren

Jeremiah Warren was born about 1778 probably in Virginia as indicated by the 1850 census. He married Nancy, born Georgia, maiden name unknown.  Family lore says she may have been Native American. The family consist of six children all thought to be born in Alabama. Family was living in Frankfort, Franklin County, Alabama by 26 October 1827 when first son, John H. Warren was born. The Warren family appears on the census records for Franklin County, Alabama 1830-1860.  Jeremiah drops from census records after 1860 and is presumed dead by 1870. As indicated from the following document located in Franklin County, Alabama, Jeremiah Warren may have lived for a short time in Harrison County, Kentucky.  He does not appear on 1810 or 1820 census for Harrison County. State of Alabama) [smudged] Franklin) On this 6th day of November AD One thousand Eight hundred and fifty personally appeared before me Justice of the Peace [smudged] and for the County and State aforesaid in the State of Alabama, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that he is the identical Jeremiah Warren who was a private in the Company Commanded by Captain Richard Hightower in the Seventeenth regiment Commanded by Colonel Samuel Wells of United States infantry in the war with Great Brittain declared by the United States on the 18th of June 1812. That he enlisted at Claysville in the State of Kentucky on or before the first day of June AD One thousand Eight hundred and twelve for term of Eighteen months and continued in actual service in said war for the term of Eighteen Months and was honorably discharged at Detroit in the State of Michigan on the first day of November AD One thousand Eight hundred and fourteen as will appear by the Muster Rolls of said Company and that he received a written discharge which is lost. He Makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which he May be entitled under the act granting bounty land to certain officers and Soldier who have been engaged in the Military service of the United States Passed September 28th 1850. His Jeremiah + Warren Mark Sworn to and Subscribed before me the day and year above written And I hereby Certify that I believe the Said Jeremiah Warren to be [smudged] identical Man who served as aforesaid and [smudged] at he is of the age above Stated Joshua B Moore Justice of the Peace {Notes: transcribed from a copy of the above document and all spelling and punctuation is preserved. There are several ink smudges on the original as noted, but the missing text can be inferred. At the time of Jeremiah's enlistment, Claysville, Harrison Co., KY  was known as Marysville, after the wife of Benjamin Harrison. It was incorporated as Claysville, honoring Henry Clay, in 1821. The post office was opened as Marysville in 1816 and renamed Claysville in 1821; it closed in 1817. Dale Warren 11/24/2006}

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