Benejah and Ferriba Stringer Warren left their home in Montgomery Co, Ga in abt 1820 to come to the newly opening MS Terr. They settled in Jefferson Co, in the southwest corner of MS. Their names have been misspelled on the marriage record in Montgomery Co. Benejay Warren had a cousin of his generation who was named Benjamin. Ann Brown has published Cemetery Surveys for Jefferson Co and has been successful in tracking down many abandoned cemeteries in that county. One of those cemeteries was a Warren Cemetery where Benejah and Ferriba were buried. Benejay was the son of Josiah and Nancy Doty Warren and Ferriba was the daughter of Noah and Celia Ann Warren Stringer of Montgomery Co, Ga (later Lawrence Co, MS). Benejay's mother was a descendant of Edward Doty of The Mayflower.
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