Name: James W. DRAKE
Birth: 1804, Virginia
Occupation: Physician
Marriage: Margaret WOODS
b: FEB 1808, Wilson County, TN
Death: 11 Nov 1865 in Carroll County, TN
Burial: Providence Cemetery, Carroll County, TN
Father: John WOODS
Mother: Charity DYSART
Note: Providence Cemetery is located about 200 yards South of Lavinia, TN on Cedar Grove road, turn South onto
a gravel road at the intersection of Old Stage Road & Lavinia Road, Carroll Co. TN
Headstone: Margaret Drake, Feb 1808-Nov 11, 1865
Inscription: “Remember friends as you pass by that all mankind are born to die, then let your cares on Christ
be cast that you may dwell with him at last”
Children:
1. David D. DRAKE b: March 1837, Carroll Co. TN; Killed in Civil War, 14 July 1864, Lee County, MS at Battle of Harrisburg; Buried
Palmetto Community, Lee Co. MS
2. Sophronia Terressa DRAKE b: 13 JUN 1838, Carroll, Tennessee; Death: 16 Mar 1870 in Gibson County, Tennessee; Spouse: Pomfrett Herndon Warren b. 1834, TN, d. 17 SEP 1894 Paris, Lamar, Texas (Occupation: Physician); Marriage: 09 Oct 1856, Carroll County, TN
Children:
A. Margaret Gertrude WARREN b: 1857 in Tennessee
B. Nannie Tyrissa WARREN b: 1860 in Tennessee
C. Laura Ossie WARREN b: 1862 in Arkansas
D. James H. WARREN b: 1866 in Arkansas
E. Mattie Dottridge WARREN b: 8 Mar 1867 in Milan, Gibson County, TN
3. Virginia C. DRAKE b: 1847
4. Thomas H. DRAKE b. 1835, TN; Served as 2 Lieutenant 12TH Tennessee Infantry Regiment, CSA, during the Civil War
5. Samuel H. DRAKE b. 1848; Served as Sergeant in 22nd Tennessee Infantry. (Freeman's Regiment) and as a 2 Lieutenant in 12TH Tennessee
Infantry Regiment, CSA, during the Civil War
Census Information:
Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: District 1, Carroll, Tennessee; Roll: M432_873; Page: 11; Image: 22.
David D Drake District 1, Carroll, TN about 1837 Tennessee
James W Drake District 1, Carroll, TN about 1810 Virginia
Margaret Drake District 1, Carroll, TN about 1810 Tennessee
Samuel H Drake District 1, Carroll, TN about 1848 Tennessee
Sophronia S Drake District 1, Carroll, TN about 1838 Tennessee
Thomas H Drake District 1, Carroll, TN about 1836 Tennessee
Virginia O Drake District 1, Carroll, TN about 1847 Tennessee
Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: District 1, Carroll, Tennessee; Roll: M653_1243; Page: 9; Image: 19.
Name: David D. Drake
Age in 1860: 23 Birth Year: about 1837 Birthplace: Tennessee , Gender male
Home in 1860: District 1, Carroll, Tennessee Post Office: Lavinia
James W Drake 55; was physician; b. VA
Margarett Drake 51, b. TN
Thos H Drake 24, b. TN
David D Drake 23, b. TN
Virginia D Drake 13, b. TN
Permfret Warren 26, b. TN (spouse of Sophronia Drake Warren)
Sophia T Warren 22, b. TN (Sophronia Terressa Drake Warren)
Margarett G Warren 2, b. TN
Nannie Warren 3 months, b. TN
Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: District 1, Carroll, Tennessee; Roll: M593_1517; Page: 260; Image: 25.
Name: J W Drake, Estimated birth year: about 1802 Age in 1870: 68 Birthplace: Virginia; Home
in 1870: District 1, Carroll, Tennessee; Race: White Gender: Male Occupation: Retired physician; Post
Office: Lavinia
Household:
Promfret Warren District 1, Carroll, TN about 1834 Tennessee White Male
James Warren District 1, Carroll, TN about 1865 Arkansas White Male
Laury Warren District 1, Carroll, TN about 1862 Arkansas White Female
Margaret Warren District 1, Carroll, TN about 1858 Tennessee White Female
Mollie Warren District 1, Carroll, TN about 1867 Tennessee White Female
Nannie Warren District 1, Carroll, TN about 1860 Tennessee White Female
CARROLL COUNTY TN - INDEX OF CHANCERY RECORDS: From Carroll County, TN Genweb site
YEAR- PLAINTIFF-DEFENDANT- CONCERNING
1873 DRAKE etals James W.- WARREN etals P. H. -
1879 DRAKE etals Thomas S.- WARREN etals (Margaret) Gertrude- Drake, James W. estate
