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'''Warren Truss''' | '''Warren Truss''' (born May, 2, [[1772]] in Pitt County, North Carolina, died September 16, [[1837]]) was the first settler in and the namesake of the present city of [[Trussville]]. Sometime between 1817 and 1820 he and his brother Joel and their families made their way to the [[Advent Circle]] area between [[Argo]] and Trussville, then part of [[St Clair County]]. Truss and his wife, the former [[Nancy King]] travelled with their grown children and seventeen 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 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 the[[Trussville Baptist Church|Baptist church]]. Truss died at 65. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
* | * [http://us.geocities.com/wm9600/mt4_peoples.html John Montgomery family records] | ||
* [http://www.fumctrussville.org/firstumctrussville/the_history_of_fumc___page_1_ Trussville beginnings] at [[First United Methodist Church Trussville]] website | |||
[[Category:Trussville]] | [[Category:1772 births|Truss, Warren]] | ||
[[Category:1837 deaths|Truss, Warren]] | |||
[[Category:Trussville|Truss, Warren]] | |||
Revision as of 12:22, 9 July 2006
Warren Truss (born May, 2, 1772 in Pitt County, North Carolina, died September 16, 1837) was the first settler in and the namesake of the present city of Trussville. Sometime between 1817 and 1820 he and his brother Joel and their families made their way to the Advent Circle area between Argo and Trussville, then part of St Clair County. Truss and his wife, the former Nancy King travelled with their grown children and seventeen 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 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.