General Notes

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In 1836, Rhoda who was then 85 years old filed a declaration for a wid
ow 's pension. She was quoted as saying, "She was married to said Wa
rr en by a Baptist Minister by the name of Welch, by what was called Publi
cat ion of Banns in the Church. She does not know whether any record w
as ev er preserved
of her said marriage. She has made Enquiry & Search for it but has be
en un able to find it & she supposes that no record was made... or it m
ay have b een destroyed from the early period of her said marriage & the l
oose mann er of keeping records & the difficulty of preserving them in t
he revolutio n.
She has no record of the date, that is the particular month in which s
he w as married."
Rhoda was born about 1761 in South Carolina. Rhoda Died April 1
5, 18 50 in Green County, Kentucky.
In 1846 Rhoda Stated, in her application for a pension as the wid
ow of a s oldier of the American Revolution, that she had 13 children a
nd that the o ldest was 69 and the youngest was about 40. She then list
ed them, by ag e. Based on her statement, her oldest child, Polly would ha
ve been born ab out
1787 and her youngest, Silas would have been born in 1806 or 180
7. I "d id attempt to keep a record of the ages of... children but now fi
nd th at it is either lost or destroyed."
William was listed as the head of a family on the 1790 Census in Ninety
-s ix district, Greenville County, South Carolina.
Revolutionary War, File #3056 "William Warren, son of Hugh Warren, w
as bo rn in October 1761, in Virginia, the county not given, and moved wh
en a sm all boy to South Carolina; he was the brother of Hugh Warren.
While a resident of Ninety-six District, South Carolina, William Warr
en vo lunteered sometime in 1776, and served at various times until 178
2, amount ing in all to almost two years, as a private soldier under Capta
ins Jeremi ah Doty, Dennis Trammell, Jeremiah Dickson, and Coulter, and Co
lonels Thom as and John Roebuck in the South Carolina troops; he was on ex
peditions ag ainst the Indians on the Savannah River, and in engagements w
ith the Tori es in South Carolina. His first service in 1776, was render
ed as a substit ute for his father, Hugh Warren.
He was still living in Ninety-Six District, Greenville County, South Car
ol ina when the 1790 census was taken, but moved about 1796 to Kentucky. W
ill iam Warren applied for pension October 20, 1834, at which time he w
as a re sident of Green County, Kentucky. His claim was allowed.
On January 1, 1806, William purchased from William Brownlee 160 acr
es on B ig Brush Creek in Green County, Kentucky for 60 pounds.
William's Wife Rhoda, was one of the charter members of the Liberty Sepa
ra te Baptist Church. The church "was a small log house with mud and sti
ck ch imney" located "in a fold in the hills of Green County." The leade
rs of t he founding group were Brother William Matthews and Brother Benjam
in Lyn n. There were thirty two charter members, who "left the Brush Cre
ek Chur ch to adopt any rules of Decorum they believed to be proper a
nd in agreeme nt with the Gospel." Other charter members who were or beca
me members of o ur family include John Skaggs, Moses Etherton, Jesse Elkin
s, Jeremiah Skag gs, Stephen Skaggs, David Elkin, Joseph Wright, Elizabe
th Skaggs, Mary Ska ggs, Nancy Elkin, Rachel Elkin, Jane Skaggs, Barbara W
arren, Elizabeth War ren, Rebeckah Brewer, Sarah Wright and Sarah Warre
n. If we had all of t he necessary information, it's possible that we mig
ht find all thirty t wo charter members related to us, in some manner!
The Liberty Separate Baptist Church Minutes offer some interesting insi
gh ts into the mores of the time. "On the first Sattarday in April 1832 a
ft er prayer proced to business first Chose Brother Atherton Moderator 2
nd Re fences Cold for the none found peace Cold for and not found By the r
eas on of a Charge being laid in the Church against Rhody Warren