History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882. p. 638. [Scott County] [Lytle's Fork Precinct] JAMES M. WARRING, farmer, P. O. Porter; Edward Warring, the father of this gentleman, was born in SUssex County, Del., April 29, 1794; in August, 1811, removed to Baltimore, Md., where he worked at shoemaking. Sept. 3, 1812, he removed to Lexington, Ky., and in 1832 removed to Scott County, where he has since remained, and been principally engaged in farming; he has now retired on account of his old age, and is now enjoying the fruits his hard work in the comfortable home of his son, our subject; he was in the war of 1812, and there saw Tecumseh, after he was killed; in 1818, he married Miss Nancy Rollins, a native of Sussex County, Del.; she was born in 1797, and died in 1860; they are the parents of seven children; James M., our subject being the fifth child; he was born in Fayette County, Oct. 27, 1828, and in Scott County, Sept. 24, 1856; married Miss Sarah A. Alsop, a native of Scott County, born in 1837; she is the daughter of William and Corilla (Hardy) Alsop, who are natives of Scott County; Mr. Warring has during his life followed the occupation of farming and is now the owner of a farm of 281 acres; he and family are members of the M.E. Church South; he is a Democrat and a member of the order A.F. & A.M. West Union Lodge, No. 165. Warring Rollins Alsop Hardy = Fayette-KY Sussex-DE MD http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/scott/warring.jm.txt