John Warren was elected as representative from Burke County, which is located south of Augusta on the border with South Carolina. Little is known now of Warren beyond his election to the Georgia Assembly. On January 18, 1870, The Georgia Weekly Telegraph, Journal and Messenger reported that although reinstated, Warren did not appear at the House of Representatives to be sworn in on January 10th. In 1874 Warren was listed as owning 40 acres of land with an estimated worth of $300.

Below is a “report of assaults with intent to murder, committed upon freed people in the division of Albany from January 1st to October 31st 1868.”

JOHN WARREN (shot in the right leg while running, then shot in the back with 5 or 6 buckshot, when already wounded and unable to walk, immediately afterwards, when his pursuers came up, knocked in the head with a gun and wounded in the neck with a pistol ball while laying on the ground. Not all the wounds are healed, is just getting able to walk)

REFERENCES:

“The House of Representatives.” The Georgia Weekly Telegraph, Journal and Messenger  January 18, 1870. p. 1.

Forner, Freedom’s Lawmakers, p.223.

The Freedman’s Bureau Online. https://www.freedmensbureau.com/georgia/gaoutr8.htm