Warren Truss

Warren Truss (born May, 2, 1772 in Pitt County, North Carolina, died September 16, 1837), son of Samuel and Mary Forbes Truss, and a wealthy farmer, was an early settler in Jefferson County, and the namesake of the present city of Trussville. Warren's brother Joel Truss had visited the area before 1810. Sometime between 1817 and 1820 he and Warren and their families made their way to the Advent Circle area between Argo and Trussville, then part of St Clair County. Warren Truss married Nancy King in North Carolina and by the time of the 1820 census, he is counted with 8 male dependents, 1 female, and 17 slaves. The Truss' children included Enos, John, Susannah, Wiley Dewitt, Arthur, Warren Jr, Samuel, Josiah, Thomas King, and Zilpha.

In 1821, Warren Truss purchased land on the bank of the Cahaba River in Jefferson County and there established a grist mill and the settlement that became known as "Truss", and later as Trussville. He erected a small log building for use as a school, meeting house and church. In 1827 he deeded the building, then called the Cahaba Meeting House, to theBaptist church. Truss died at 65. He and his wife are buried in the Trussville Cemetery.

References

• John Montgomery family records
• Trussville beginnings at First United Methodist Church Trussville website
• Truss family history (1912 at Geneology.com