Dougherty County Georgia - Biography - Lott Warren 1797 - 1861 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ This file contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Charlene Parker" Oct 2002 From "History of Bethel Association Including Centennial Meeting", by Alexander Lee Miller Lott Warren was born October 30, 1797 in Burke County, Georgia. In 1804 he with his parents came to Dublin, Laurens County; both his parents dying in 1809. Both were Baptists. While attending school after the usual labor on the farm in Wilkinson County, to which his guardian, Rev. Charles Culpepper, had moved, an incident occurred which seems to have exerted a controlling influence on his life. He obtained permission from his teacher to attend a criminal trial. Standing barefoot, a coarse, ungainly lad of fifteen, clad in homespun with wool hat in hand, gazing with intense curiosity from a window on the scene before him, all the proceedings, the first of the kind he had ever witnessed--the examination of witnesses, the speeches of counsel, and the charge of the court-filled him with an irrestible desire to be a lawyer. His sister, to whom he confided his desire, and request, disposed of it without even consulting his guardian, but in less than twenty years afterwards he was Judge of the Southern Circuit. While acting as Clerk in a store at Dublin, February, 1818 he was drafted in the militia service of the Seminole War, as second Lieutenant of the Laurens Company, later becoming adjutant of the detachment. On the disbandment of the troops he resumed his clerkship and passed six months at a grammar school in 1819 and became super cargo on a flat-boat connected with the work for the improvement of the Oconee River. While thus employed he read Blackstone's Commentaries, and then entered the law office of Daniel McNeel in Dublin in Feb. 1820, and was admitted to the bar, in Laurens Superior Court, March 1821. The writer of this sketch will now let the Albany church finish the Article and it said of him on his death: "Our beloved brother, Lott Warren, departed this life on Monday, 17th of June, 1861. Such was his prominence as a citizen, a Christian, and an able and active member of this church, that it becomes highly proper that a brief memorial of his life and character should be entered upon our record. He was born in Burke County, Georgia, October 30th, 1797. After an energetic and noble struggle with many difficulties in his early years, he at length entered upon the practice of law, which he prosecuted, with some short intervals, with much ability and success to the hour of his death. He was called by his fellow-citizens to many important positions of trust and honor. He was for a time a member of our State Legislature (of the House in 1824, and of the Senate in 1830); and also Solicitor-General (from 1826 to 1828), and Judge (from 1831 to 1834), of the Southern Circuit. Subsequently he was twice elected (in 1838 and 1840) to serve his State in Congress, and afterwards was twice elected (in 1843 and 1847) to serve on the bench of the Southwestern Circuit. He discharged the duties of these various offices with ability and great honesty of purpose. But it was as a decided Christian and Baptist that Brother Lott Warren became entitled to a special and honorable place upon our church records. He was baptized by the Rev. Joseph R. Hand, and became a member of the Richland Church, Twiggs County, in 1834. Subsequently removing to southwestern Georgia, he united with the Baptist Church in Americus. In 1845 he united with the work of the Gospel ministry, and by his occasional fervent labors in the pulpit, he rendered much useful service to the cause of Christ. Brother Warren was remarkably exemplary in all the relations of life. He was a man of warm, earnest and unquestioned piety, decided in his opinions, of whatever he believed to be right. He was a conscientious, decided and uncompromising Baptist, though kind and affectionate in his feelings towards all whom he believed to be good men. He was the advocate of strict discipline; contributed liberally of his substance to the support of his pastor, and other pious objects. He was a friend of the poor, a bold and able champion of the cause of temperance, and an unwearied and enthusiastic supporter of the Sabbath School enterprise. For many years he labored with indefatigable zeal as a teacher in the Sunday School connected with the Albany Church. He was a lover of gospel truth, a lover of the gates of Zion, and remarkably punctual in the discharge of his duties as a church member. It deserves a special place upon our records that the Hon. Lott Warren, the able Representative, lawyer, statesman and Judge, was emphatically the humble doorkeeper of our church. On days of public worship his watchful, affectionate and gentlemanly service was ever tendered where needful, to friends and strangers, to rich and poor, that they might be provided with comfortable seats in our worshipping assemblies. His humble, cheerful conduct in this particular was a delightful comment upon the expression of the Psalmist, 'I had rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.' Brother Warren had his faults, but they were such as we might naturally expect to see in one of his ardent temperament, strong impulses and great force of character. The grace of God shone conspicuously in his life; his frailties were overshadowed by bright, prevailing virtues. He died suddenly when making a speech in the courthouse at Albany, in the defense of the life of a slave, who was on trial for commitment. He was smitten with apoplexy, sunk suddenly to the floor, and without a word, breath or struggle, passed into eternity. On the following day a large concourse followed his remains to the tomb, where they sleep in hope of a blessed resurrection. In person, Judge Warren was full six feet high, and weighed some 180 or 190 pounds. His forehead was large and round, eyes blue, hair sandy, and complexion fresh and ruddy. He had formed an early attachment, when at school, for Miss Jane DeSaubleaux, to whom he was married October 19th, 1820. She was the orphan of a French gentleman who came to the United States during the Revolutionary War. By this marriage he had two children: One a daughter, the wife of Dr. William Hardwick, now of Americus; and the other a son L. P. D. Warren, Esq., who resided in Albany, a successful lawyer, and the father of a large and most interesting family." Warren, Lott State: Georgia Year: 1820 County: Laurens Roll: M33_9 Township: Unknown Townships Page: 15 1 male in house 1850 Baker County Georgia page 74 41-Lott Warren 52 Ga Lawyer Jane 47 GA Lewis L. P. 21 Ga 1850 Stewart Co. Lumpkin page 92 737- Will Hardwick 43 Physician Ga Mary 28 GA 1860 Sumter Co. Ga Hardwick, W. W. 52 M GA Physician 3,000 20,000 Hardwick, M. A. 37 F GA 1870 Dougherty Co. Ga page 13 35 86 101 Warren L. T. D. 41 M W Lawyer 12,000 2,500 Geo. 36 86 101 Warren Louisa 31 F W Keeping House . . Geo. 37 86 101 Warren Robert 8 M W Going to School . . Geo. 38 86 101 Warren Jane 7 F W Going to School . . Geo. 39 86 101 Warren Clarence 6 M W At Home . . Geo. 40 86 101 Warren Eli 4 M W At Home . . Geo. 1 86 101 Warren Louisa 2 F W At Home . . Georgia 2 86 101 Warren George 11/12 M W At Home . . Georgia 1880 Albany, Dougherty, Georgia Census page 64a L. P. D. WARREN Self M Male W 51 GA Lawyer GA GA Louisa WARREN Other M Female W 43 GA Keeping House SC SC Robert WARREN Other S Male W 19 GA Clerk At P.O. GA GA Janie WARREN Other S Female W 17 GA GA GA Clarence WARREN Other S Male W 16 GA Agt On Farm GA GA Ely WARREN Other S Male W 14 GA At School GA GA Louisa WARREN Other S Female W 12 GA At School GA GA George B. WARREN Other S Male W 10 GA At School GA GA Mary WARREN Other S Female W 8 GA At School GA GA Josiah WARREN Other S Male W 5 GA GA GA Lizzie WARREN Other S Female W 3 GA GA GA Georgia FRENCH Other W Female B 35 GA Servant GA GA Emma FRENCH Other S Female B 12 GA GA GA Willie FRENCH Other S Male B 10 GA GA GA Oscar FRENCH Other S Male B 8 GA GA GA John H. FRENCH Other S Male B 3 GA GA GA Marriages: WARREN, LOUIS P. D. - Spouse: WEBB, S. H. Marriage Date: 19 Mar 1860 County: Dougherty State: GA WARREN, LOUIS P. D. - Spouse: HINES, SARAH E. Marriage Date: 30 Oct 1855 County: Dougherty State: GA Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949 Biographies W page 1979 WARREN, Lott, a Representative from Georgia; born in Burke County, near Augusta, Richmond County, Ga., October 30, 1797; attended the common schools; moved to Dublin, Laurens County, Ga., in 1816; served as a second lieutenant of Volunteers in the expedition against the Seminoles in 1818; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1821 and commenced practice in Dublin, Laurens County, Ga.; was also a regularly ordained Baptist minister, but never filled a definite charge; moved to Marion in 1825; elected major of the State militia in 1823; member of the State house of representatives in 1824 and 1831; served in the State senate in 1830; solicitor general and judge of the southern circuit of Georgia 1831-1834; moved to Americus, Sumter County, in 1836; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1839-March 3, 1843); was not a candidate for renomination in 1842; moved to Albany in 1842; was judge of the superior court of Georgia 1843-1852; resumed the practice of his profession; died in Albany, Dougherty County, Ga., June 17, 1861; interment in Riverside Cemetery. Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century. Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography page 981 WARREN, LOTT, soldier, lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born Oct. 30, 1797, in Burke county, Ga. He served in the Seminole war as a second lieutenant of militia in 1818; and in 1823 he was elected a major of battalion. In 1824 he was elected to the Georgia state legislature and in 1825 was appointed solicitor-general to fill a vacancy. In 1830 he was elected to the state senate. In 1831 he was again elected to the lower house of the legislature, and was a representative in congress from 1839 to 1843. He died June 17, 1861, in Albany, Ga.[p.981] COMPANY D, 32nd REGIMENT DOUGHERTY COUNTY, GEORGIA L. P. D. WARREN Sexton Burial Records Dougherty Co. GA Riverside/Oakview Cemetery Died September 1882 Warren, L. P. D. 54 September 11th consumption white m city http://www.congressionalcemetery.org/HTML/Pomp/Lawrence1842.html Lott Warren was pall bearer for Hon. Joseph Lawrence, a Representative in the Congress of the United States from the State of Pennsylvania.