First, I should say I am not convinced the woman 'Mary A' with Drewry Silvey in the 1850 and 1860 federal censuses of Campbell Co, GA was his first wife, Mary Ann Warnock. It could be that Drewry's first wife died, and he married a second woman named Mary. If Mary Ann Warnock was Drewry's only wife, and her reported birthdate of 17 July 1793 is in fact correct, she was very young when she married 16 Feb 1807 - 5 months shy of turning 14.
Her youth when she married is one of many reasons the UNDOCUMENTED and highly unlikely claim that her father was Jesse Womack Jr is so nonsensical, in my opinion. Jesse Womack Jr was living in Washington County, Mississippi Territory (now Washington Co, AL) in 1807 as proven by extant tax lists, so why would he have a 13 year old daughter marrying hundreds of miles away in Oglethorpe County, Georgia in 1807? It boggles the mind.
The Warnock family of Mary Ann Warnock Silvey was in Rowan County, North Carolina in the 1750s, in the area which became Surry County in 1770, and then became Stokes County in 1789. Three Warnock men, Robert, Matthew and Samuel, appear in early records, but their relationship has not been determined. They were clearly related from their interactions. A great deal of research has been done by others on this family. I found a research document entitled "Warnock Family of The Northern Piedmont of North Carolina - 1755 thru 1810" attached to one of these Warnocks in an ancestry family tree, however it does not list the author. The research is generally very good.
Robert Warnock was listed in multiple tax lists of Surry Co, NC, including in 1774 with son John as a tithable (meaning over 16) in his household. Robert Warnock and wife Mary Ann are listed in a deed where they sold land in Surry Co, NC in 1785 - Surry Co, NC DB C:30 (Film # 007538681, image 236).
Robert Warnock and son John moved to Greene Co, GA where John appears in tax lists as early as 1789. Matthew Warnock bought land in Greene Co in 1789 (DB 1:432). Matthew is listed as "of North Carolina" and Robert Warnock was a witness to the deed. Matthew returned to NC, where he was on the 1790 census of Stokes Co, NC in a household consisting of just himself. It is unknown if Matthew ever married or had children.
On 4 Dec 1794, in Stokes Co, NC, "Administration of the estate of Matthew Warnock dec'd was granted to Samuel Warnock..." (Stokes Co, NC, Minutes of County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, LDS Film # 008195646, image 306/816).
On 25 Dec 1794 in Greene Co, GA, "Robert Warnock applied for letters of administration on the estate of Mathew Warnock (on that part of it that is in the State of Georgia) late dec'd, a traveller in Pendleton county, S Carolina" (Greene Co, GA Will Book A:260, LDS Film # 00575664, image 158/778).
Apparently, Matthew visited his land in Georgia in late 1794, and died in South Carolina while travelling back to North Carolina. Robert Warnock and Samuel Warnock administered his estate in the two places Matthew had property. John Warnock later took over the administration for his father Robert (Greene Co, GA Deed Book 3:249), probably when Robert became unable to act as administrator due to age or illness. Over time, Robert and John Warnock sold the land that originally belonged to Matthew Warnock (Greene Co, GA Deed Book 3:274, 3:599, 4:163, 4:232, 4:359).
Robert Warnock made his Last Will and Testament on 6 Nov 1797 while a resident of Greene Co, Georgia. It was recorded 10 July 1800 in neighboring Oglethorpe Co, GA. (Oglethorpe Co, GA Will Book A:99). Robert Warnock left belongings to son John Warnock, daughter Rebeckah Warnock, grandson John Warnock, granddaughter Mary Warnock and granddaughter Rosana Warnock. In particular, he left his grandson John Warnock his Janus horse (likely a descendant of the famous race horse Janus), but Robert's son John to have use of the horse until it was seven years old.
Robert Warnock's wife Mary Ann, from the 1785 deed mentioned above, must have died before Robert wrote his will. Although not explicitly stated in the will, it seems clear that Robert's grandson John was the son of Robert's son John, and that Mary and Rosana were John's daughters. This make sense, because John's mother was Mary Ann, so he named a daughter Mary Ann, who later married Drewry Silvey. There is no further info on John's daughter Rosana, but as I will show in a later post, she was named for John Warnock's mother-in-law.
More later...
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