In 1767-68, Robert Cravens and Jeremiah Harrison were processioners and listed, among others, David Ralston, John "Hinton," and Michael "Waren."
Other early Augusta County records involving Michael Warren, identified by J. Houston Harrison, include his qualifications with William Preston August 18, 1761, as an executor of Robert Harrison's will and his filing March 10, 1764, the appraisment of John Harrison, Jr.'s , estate, with co-appraisers Daniel Smith and Michael Shirley.
Michael Warren's land in Rockingham County was apparently at an important crossroad. The Rockingham County Minute Book, 1778-1792, makes frequent mention of roads that lead to and from his property.
On November 24, 1778, Warren, John "Hinton," and Reuben Harrison were ordered to view and make a report on opening a road from Reuben Harrison's to "Hinton's" mill.
Michael "Wearing" served on juries March 23 and August 23, 1779, with William "Hinton" and others.
On the latter date, Warren, Handal Vance, Jno. Cring, and Solo. Mathews were chosen to appraise the estate of Adam Ellwine. The following day, he was on another jury in another case, this time without his brother-in-law.
On November 23, 1779, he and two others were ordered to view and mark the nearest and best ground for a road fromt he mill at the Plains to the courthouse at Thos. Harrison's.
On February 28, 1780, Warren and Mary "Hinton," executors of the estate of William "Hinton," entered their bonds, and witnesses Engle Boyer and George "Hinton" proved the will.
On March 27 of that year, the report on the road from the Plains mill to the courthouse was returned and the court ordered it opened. Five overseers were appointed for the road, including Walter Crwo from Jerema. Reagen's to opposite Michael "Waren's" and Thos. Bryan Jr. from Warren's to opposite the head of the long meadow.
By May 28, 1781, Michael Warren had been sworn in as a member of the grand jury.
On August 27, 1781, the court named four people to view the nearest and best way for a road from Brocks Gap to the courthouse, linking with the courthouse road at Michael Warren's.
On March 25, 1782, another road from Michael Warren's was mentioned, when Jno. Reeves was named to oversee the road from Warren's to Reeves' own house, "in the room of Thos. Bryant Junr."
On May 27, 1782, Michael "Warrin" was again sworn in as a member of the grand jury, this time serving with George Henton.
On November 26, 1782, he and John Henton were on a jury in the case of Haga vs. Cryder or Grider. The attorney for the defendant moved for a new trial, alleging the damages were excessive and contrary to the evidence given.
On the following day, the court ordered the county to pay Michael Warren's November 8, 1781, bill for 300 pounds of wheat at 2 pence per pound.
He was again sworn in on a grand jury April 29, 1783. On May 27, 1783, a deed of bargain and sale from Michael "Waren" and Catherine, his wife, "She being first privately examined," was acknowledged to Jacob Coffman and ordered recorded.
Again on October 28, 1783, Michael "Waren" is on the grand jury, along with David Ralston and John "Waren," among others.
Michael Warren's dealings April 26, 1784, concering William Henton's will have been previously mentioned, along with the June 28, 1784, order opening the road from Mary Henton's to her field beyond the mill.
On July 26, 1784, a road from the county line to Harrisonburg via Carr's Spring and Michael "Warrin's" was ordered opened with Jacob Lincoln named as overseer for the stretch between Carr's Spring and Warren's.
An August 23, 1784, minute book entry listing several court cases says, simply, "Matthews & Co. Vs. John Fields. Michl. 'Waren' spl."
Three of four appointees, Jacob Lincoln, Michael Warren, Solm. Mathews and Jos. Lair, were sworn to make the appraisal of the property of Jno. Bryant under his last will and testament on January 24, 1785.
On May 23, 1785, a deed from Michael Warren and wife to Jos. Crotzer was ordered recorded.
On the following day, summons were issued in the case of Jno. Craven's admrs. vs. Michael Warrin. That case was mentioned again in a list of cases dated August 22, 1785.]
On November 30, 1785, Jos. Lair was appointed to open and keep in good repair a road marked by Jerh. and Richd. Ragan, Thos. Harrison, and John Appler from Michl. Warren's to Jacob Hufts'.
On March 28, 1786, a deposition was ordered to be taken from Warren in the case of Scott vs. McKindley.
On March 29, 1786, Jeremiah Ragan was appointed overseer of a road from Ragan's house to Warren's.
On March 9, 1783,, Michael Warren and Richard Dictum witnessed the marriage of William Lowerey and Sarah Herring, J. Houston Harrison reported in "Settlers by the Long Grey Trail."
The trail of records involving Michael Warren from Queens County, New York, through Berks County, Pennsylvania, to Augusta and Rockingham Counties, Virginia, indicates a man of stature, prominence and respect among his contemporaries.
In the 1980s, Donnadeane (Depew) Reame was disappointed not to be able to find descendants of Michael Warren working actively to trace this family across the pages of history. Fragmentary records from Sullivan County, Tennessee, indicate several of Michael Warren's children ... Michael Warren, Jr., Abijah Warren and Edmund Warren ... probably located there, along with the Millard family and possibly others with Henton connections.
More recently, with the advent of the computer as a genealogical tool and the Internet as a means of access and distribution for large amounts of genealogical information, several references have been made to descendants searching for Warren family ties. And one website, http://members.aol.com/CMElaine/WARRENFamilyHistory.html, has extensive detail on some of the descendants (and several generations of ancestors) of Michael Warren. (*This link is no longer active*)
One of the earliest Henton researchers complicated matters when he made the assumption that Catherine Henton married a Rockingham County Harrison husband (who did have a wife named Catherine) and listed Ruth Henton as the daughter who married Michael Warren. Subsequent research has made it virtually certain that Ruth married Peter Jones, a brother of the Mary Jones, who married my Henton ancestor, William, Ruth's brother.
You're probably aware of the above-mentioned deeds. Reame, who passed away in the mid 1990s, suggested that Michael's children who most likely were from the marriage to Catherine were Edmund, Abijah, John, Timothy, Hannah (who married Carlile Hanes), Persis (who married Joseph Lair), Thomas (who married Elizabeth Harrison), Elizabeth (who married Chrisley Vance), Michael (who married Esther Shanklin) and Eleanor (who married John Kratzer.)
But if Jacob were born in 1755, as some data bases show, he would be a part of Catherine's progeny.
I've not accounted, in what I've added to the Henton data base so far, for the other children tied to Michael, saving those questions for more research, and need to point out that Reame made it clear that her listing of Catherine's children was tentative. My long-range hope (I'm 73; my mother remains alive on her 99th birthday today) is to identify as many descendants of George and Persis Henton has possible. So far, there are more than 11,000 in my data base with information available on an estimated thousand or so more. I've done very little with Catherine's descendants.
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*This is from genforum at http://genforum.genealogy.com/henton/messages/214.html and I'm adding it as POSSIBLE info only. I have done no research with this family so I have nothing verified.*
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Sp:Michael Warren
Father: George H., Sr.
Mother: Persis BOONE
Children
Timothy WARREN b: Abt. 1746 in Philadelphia Co., PA
Edmond WARREN b: Abt. 1748 in Philadelphia Co., PA
James WARREN b: Abt. 1751 in Augusta Co., VA
Abijah WARREN b: Abt. 1753 in Augusta Co., VA
Jacob WARREN b: Abt. 1755 in Augusta Co., VA
Sarah WARREN b: Abt. 1756 in Augusta Co., VA
Hannah WARREN b: Abt. 1758 in Augusta Co., VA
Persis WARREN b: 15 Jul 1760 in Augusta Co., VA
John WARREN b: Abt. 1762 in Augusta Co., VA
Martin WARREN b: Abt. Aug 1763 in Augusta Co., VA
Elizabeth WARREN b: Abt. 1765 in Augusta Co., VA
Michael, Jr. WARREN b: Abt. 1767 in Augusta Co., VA
Eleanor WARREN b: Abt. 1768 in Augusta Co., VA
Thomas WARREN b: Abt. 1770 in Augusta Co., VA
In 1767-68, Robert Cravens and Jeremiah Harrison were processioners and listed, among others, David Ralston, John "Hinton," and Michael "Waren."
Other early Augusta County records involving Michael Warren, identified by J. Houston Harrison, include his qualifications with William Preston August 18, 1761, as an executor of Robert Harrison's will and his filing March 10, 1764, the appraisment of John Harrison, Jr.'s , estate, with co-appraisers Daniel Smith and Michael Shirley.
Michael Warren's land in Rockingham County was apparently at an important crossroad. The Rockingham County Minute Book, 1778-1792, makes frequent mention of roads that lead to and from his property.
On November 24, 1778, Warren, John "Hinton," and Reuben Harrison were ordered to view and make a report on opening a road from Reuben Harrison's to "Hinton's" mill.
Michael "Wearing" served on juries March 23 and August 23, 1779, with William "Hinton" and others.
On the latter date, Warren, Handal Vance, Jno. Cring, and Solo. Mathews were chosen to appraise the estate of Adam Ellwine. The following day, he was on another jury in another case, this time without his brother-in-law.
On November 23, 1779, he and two others were ordered to view and mark the nearest and best ground for a road fromt he mill at the Plains to the courthouse at Thos. Harrison's.
On February 28, 1780, Warren and Mary "Hinton," executors of the estate of William "Hinton," entered their bonds, and witnesses Engle Boyer and George "Hinton" proved the will.
On March 27 of that year, the report on the road from the Plains mill to the courthouse was returned and the court ordered it opened. Five overseers were appointed for the road, including Walter Crwo from Jerema. Reagen's to opposite Michael "Waren's" and Thos. Bryan Jr. from Warren's to opposite the head of the long meadow.
By May 28, 1781, Michael Warren had been sworn in as a member of the grand jury.
On August 27, 1781, the court named four people to view the nearest and best way for a road from Brocks Gap to the courthouse, linking with the courthouse road at Michael Warren's.
On March 25, 1782, another road from Michael Warren's was mentioned, when Jno. Reeves was named to oversee the road from Warren's to Reeves' own house, "in the room of Thos. Bryant Junr."
On May 27, 1782, Michael "Warrin" was again sworn in as a member of the grand jury, this time serving with George Henton.
On November 26, 1782, he and John Henton were on a jury in the case of Haga vs. Cryder or Grider. The attorney for the defendant moved for a new trial, alleging the damages were excessive and contrary to the evidence given.
On the following day, the court ordered the county to pay Michael Warren's November 8, 1781, bill for 300 pounds of wheat at 2 pence per pound.
He was again sworn in on a grand jury April 29, 1783. On May 27, 1783, a deed of bargain and sale from Michael "Waren" and Catherine, his wife, "She being first privately examined," was acknowledged to Jacob Coffman and ordered recorded.
Again on October 28, 1783, Michael "Waren" is on the grand jury, along with David Ralston and John "Waren," among others.
Michael Warren's dealings April 26, 1784, concering William Henton's will have been previously mentioned, along with the June 28, 1784, order opening the road from Mary Henton's to her field beyond the mill.
On July 26, 1784, a road from the county line to Harrisonburg via Carr's Spring and Michael "Warrin's" was ordered opened with Jacob Lincoln named as overseer for the stretch between Carr's Spring and Warren's.
An August 23, 1784, minute book entry listing several court cases says, simply, "Matthews & Co. Vs. John Fields. Michl. 'Waren' spl."
Three of four appointees, Jacob Lincoln, Michael Warren, Solm. Mathews and Jos. Lair, were sworn to make the appraisal of the property of Jno. Bryant under his last will and testament on January 24, 1785.
On May 23, 1785, a deed from Michael Warren and wife to Jos. Crotzer was ordered recorded.
On the following day, summons were issued in the case of Jno. Craven's admrs. vs. Michael Warrin. That case was mentioned again in a list of cases dated August 22, 1785.]
On November 30, 1785, Jos. Lair was appointed to open and keep in good repair a road marked by Jerh. and Richd. Ragan, Thos. Harrison, and John Appler from Michl. Warren's to Jacob Hufts'.
On March 28, 1786, a deposition was ordered to be taken from Warren in the case of Scott vs. McKindley.
On March 29, 1786, Jeremiah Ragan was appointed overseer of a road from Ragan's house to Warren's.
On March 9, 1783,, Michael Warren and Richard Dictum witnessed the marriage of William Lowerey and Sarah Herring, J. Houston Harrison reported in "Settlers by the Long Grey Trail."
The trail of records involving Michael Warren from Queens County, New York, through Berks County, Pennsylvania, to Augusta and Rockingham Counties, Virginia, indicates a man of stature, prominence and respect among his contemporaries.
In the 1980s, Donnadeane (Depew) Reame was disappointed not to be able to find descendants of Michael Warren working actively to trace this family across the pages of history. Fragmentary records from Sullivan County, Tennessee, indicate several of Michael Warren's children ... Michael Warren, Jr., Abijah Warren and Edmund Warren ... probably located there, along with the Millard family and possibly others with Henton connections.
More recently, with the advent of the computer as a genealogical tool and the Internet as a means of access and distribution for large amounts of genealogical information, several references have been made to descendants searching for Warren family ties. And one website, http://members.aol.com/CMElaine/WARRENFamilyHistory.html, has extensive detail on some of the descendants (and several generations of ancestors) of Michael Warren. (*This link is no longer active*)
One of the earliest Henton researchers complicated matters when he made the assumption that Catherine Henton married a Rockingham County Harrison husband (who did have a wife named Catherine) and listed Ruth Henton as the daughter who married Michael Warren. Subsequent research has made it virtually certain that Ruth married Peter Jones, a brother of the Mary Jones, who married my Henton ancestor, William, Ruth's brother.
You're probably aware of the above-mentioned deeds. Reame, who passed away in the mid 1990s, suggested that Michael's children who most likely were from the marriage to Catherine were Edmund, Abijah, John, Timothy, Hannah (who married Carlile Hanes), Persis (who married Joseph Lair), Thomas (who married Elizabeth Harrison), Elizabeth (who married Chrisley Vance), Michael (who married Esther Shanklin) and Eleanor (who married John Kratzer.)
But if Jacob were born in 1755, as some data bases show, he would be a part of Catherine's progeny.
I've not accounted, in what I've added to the Henton data base so far, for the other children tied to Michael, saving those questions for more research, and need to point out that Reame made it clear that her listing of Catherine's children was tentative. My long-range hope (I'm 73; my mother remains alive on her 99th birthday today) is to identify as many descendants of George and Persis Henton has possible. So far, there are more than 11,000 in my data base with information available on an estimated thousand or so more. I've done very little with Catherine's descendants.
==================================
*This is from genforum at http://genforum.genealogy.com/henton/messages/214.html and I'm adding it as POSSIBLE info only. I have done no research with this family so I have nothing verified.*
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Sp:Michael Warren
Father: George H., Sr.
Mother: Persis BOONE
Children
Timothy WARREN b: Abt. 1746 in Philadelphia Co., PA
Edmond WARREN b: Abt. 1748 in Philadelphia Co., PA
James WARREN b: Abt. 1751 in Augusta Co., VA
Abijah WARREN b: Abt. 1753 in Augusta Co., VA
Jacob WARREN b: Abt. 1755 in Augusta Co., VA
Sarah WARREN b: Abt. 1756 in Augusta Co., VA
Hannah WARREN b: Abt. 1758 in Augusta Co., VA
Persis WARREN b: 15 Jul 1760 in Augusta Co., VA
John WARREN b: Abt. 1762 in Augusta Co., VA
Martin WARREN b: Abt. Aug 1763 in Augusta Co., VA
Elizabeth WARREN b: Abt. 1765 in Augusta Co., VA
Michael, Jr. WARREN b: Abt. 1767 in Augusta Co., VA
Eleanor WARREN b: Abt. 1768 in Augusta Co., VA
Thomas WARREN b: Abt. 1770 in Augusta Co., VA
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