A History of Kentucky Baptists, From 1769 to 1885, by J. H. Spencer, 1886, Reprinted by Church History and Archives, 1976, Lafayette, TN. Cumberland River Association. Russell County. JAMES WARRINER was a native of Virginia, and was born October 18, 1773. He first united with the church in Buckingham county, about 1802, and began to declare the good tidings of salvation almost immediately. In 1804, he was ordained to the ministry, and became pastor of Zions Hill church, in Pittsylvania county. Besides discharging the duties of the pastoral office, he traveled and preached extensively, in the State of his nativity, about twelve years. In 1816, he moved to Kentucky and settled at Creelsboro, in what is now Russell county. Here he aided in laying the foundation of the early churches in that region. He was pastor of several churches around him, and continued to labor in the ministry, to a good old age. He was called to his reward, February 14, 1862, having been a laborious servant of Christ, nearly 60 years. Warriner = Buckingham-VA Pittsylvania-VA http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/russell/warriner.j.txt