William Gray Warren's marker is only one in existence, but the known burials are listed here.

Warren , William Gray, 26 Oct 1806 - 14 Jun 1868

Talbot, Mattie Warren, 1844 - 5 Nov 1862 (niece of William)

Rugeley, Annie Bateman Warren, 1867 - 6 Feb 1901

Rugeley, Robert (infant)

Rugeley, Infant son

Rugeley, Infant son

Rugeley, Helen T., 2 Feb 1893 - June 1959

Rugeley, Jane Irvin, 1 Oct 1860 - 8 Feb 1864

William Gray Rugeley's wife was Mary Louisa Warren. The three infant boys were their sons. Mary Louisa died in North Carolina.
 

W. G. Warren Plantation

William Gray Warren was born in North Carolina October 21, 1806 and died on June 11, 1868 on the Warren Plantation known as "The Caney Plantation." The 1860 census lists Warren as a planter, age 55 with real property valued at $85,000 and personal property $76,000 and 112 slaves.

The will of W. G. Warren, probated in 1868, showed he owned 3,394 acres in the Thomas M. Duke League. The settlement of Mrs. Warren's will in 1882 lists her dwelling house on the Thomas M. Duke League and other extensive acreage in the William Rabb League and the Bostwick and Brotherton League.

An interesting document in the Probate records is an accounting of medical records to the Estate of William G. Warren from Dr. James R. Thompson for care of the family and slaves on the Warren Plantation. Two out of the six pages pertain to family illness; the last four pages pertain to care of the slaves. Dr. Thompson came from Matagorda, a distance of about twenty-five miles by either horseback or buggy to care for this family and his charge for visit and mileage was always $3.00.

SAMPLES OF THOSE SIX PAGES FOLLOW:

Records of Christ Church in Matagorda show similar indication by the Warrens toward humane treatment of their slaves.

February 7th 1862 - Baptised - Mrs. Warren's slaves: David, Lewis, Jacob, Daphne, Martin, Wells, Phil

February 19th 1862 - Marriage of Lewis & Emiline: Henry and Betsy, John and Martha - Mrs. Warren's Negroes.

The site of the Warren "Caney Plantation" on Caney Creek off of FM 457 in the Bostwick and Brotherton League shows remnants today to the slave quarters. There are brick cisterns and a trail that follows the creek to the Mt. Pilgrim Church where the black children attended school and their parents' church.

Along the path, there is the Warren cemetery where the family member are buried and nearby, across the creek, is the slave cemetery where many of the plantation's slaves are buried.

Canebrake Settlements 1822 - 1870 by Mary McAllister Ingram, 2006 pp 52-53
 

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