Richard 'of Poplar Hill' Woodson b. Est 1700 Charles City Co., Virginia d. Yes, date unknown Prince Edward County, Virginia: The Reynolds Family

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Name	Richard 'of Poplar Hill' Woodson
Born	Est 1700	Charles City Co., Virginia
Gender	Male
Died	Yes, date unknown	Prince Edward County, Virginia
Person ID	I15479	My Reynolds Line
Last Modified	5 May 2019

Family Anne Madeline "Nannie' Michaux, b. Apr 1710, Prince Edward Co., Virginia , d. Yes, date unknown

Married Abt 1755 Prince Edward County, Virginia

Children

+	1. Elizabeth Michaux Woodson, b. 6 Jun 1740, Prince Edward Co., Virginia , d. 29 Sep 1791, Slate Hill, Prince Edward County, Virginia (Age 51 years)
+	2. Richard of Richard Woodson, b. Est 1662, Curles, Henrico County, Virginia , d. Yes, date unknown
+	3. Ann Agnes Woodson, b. 4 Oct 1748, Poplar Hill, Henrico Co., Virginia , d. Jul 1820, Halifax Co., Virginia (Age 71 years)

Last Modified 3 Aug 2016

Family ID F5431 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Documents

Prince Edward Co., VA Deed Bk 1, page 45 James Carter's Land; 1760 Richard Woodson gift to Daughter, Elizabeth, Wife of Nathaniel Venable;
Pr Edward Deeds Bk 1 Page 45.jpg

Histories

Memoir - McGee - Magby - McGeehee - Mockboy - With Allied Lines of Anderson, Truman, Redd descending from Thomas Mockboy of Charles Co., Maryland AKA: James McGregor
Magby-McGeehee Memoir.pdf

Sources

[S32] Find-A-Grave.com, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=76888446.
Elizabeth Michaux Woodson, d/o Richard Woodson and Anne Madeline 'Nannie' Michaux. Elizabeth Woodson married Nathaniel Venable. Elizabeth and Nathaniel had 14 children, 7 are buried with her in Prince Edward County, Virginia.
Richard Woodson & Anne Madeline "Nannie" Michaux of "Poplar Hill" Plantation. Elizabeth showed considerable bravery during the Revolution for it is said of her that while a detachment of soldiers were sent to "Slate Hill" by Gen. Tarleton to capture Nathaniel Venable and raid his home she was confronted with a rifle pointed at her chest. During the incursion a soldier demanded of Elizabeth that she tell him where her husband was to be found or she would be shot. She answered calmly as follows "Fire away, my husband has his country to defend". A British officer intervened and reprimanded the soldier for such an indiginity.
Her children:
Samuel Woodson Venable (b.1756-d.1821)
Abraham Bedford Venable (b.1758-d.1811-Richmond Theatre Fire)
Mrs. Betsy Anne Venable Watkins (b.1760-d.1826)
Richard N. Venable (b.1763-d.1838-"Slate Hill")
Martha Venable (b.1765-d.1858)
Anne Venable (died young)
Mrs. Anne Venable Daniels (b.1768)
Agnes Venable (b.1771-d.1802)
Nathaniel E. Venable (b.1776-d.1801)
Mary Venable (b.1773-d.1807)
Frances Venable (b.1778-d.1799-N,C)
William Lewis Venable (b.1780-d. ca.1824-"Haymarket")
Thomas Venable (b.1782-d.1809)
Mrs. Elizabeth Venable Wilson (b.1784-d. ca.1845)
[S84] Rootsweb, http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/DENNEY/1998-02/0888299985.
Abraham and Elizabeth Michaux had 8 children: [more]
15.Mi.John VENABLE {18455}, b. abt 1751. m. Elizabeth Raine.
16.Mii.Samuel VENABLE {21041}, b. abt 1752. m. Ann Anderson.
17.Miii.Abraham VENABLE {21043}, born about 1753. unmarried.
+ 18.Miv.Nathaniel VENABLE {2253}, born about 1754.
19.Mv.Josiah VENABLE {21049}, born about 1755. married Jane Clack Thornton, daughter of Sterling Clack Thornton.
20.Fvi.Mary VENABLE {21050}, b. abt 1756. m. Charles Allen,
son of James and Anne (Anderson) Allen of Hanover Co., VA; Charles Allen was an officer of the War of the Revolution, and was grandfather of Henry Watkins Allen, the famous War Governor of Louisiana.
21.Fvii.Martha VENABLE {21512}, born about 1756. married John Holcombe, son of Philemon & Ann (Walthall) Holcombe, Sr; John was a Captain in the War of the Revolution.
+ 22.Mviii.Jacob Michaux VENABLE {2252}, born about 1760.

Elizabeth died after 24 May 1809 in Prince Edward Co County, VA.
NOTES for Elizabeth follow: dau. of Jacob and Judith (Woodson) Michaux, of Cumberland Co., VA; will made 24 May 1809, proved 16 Sept. 1811 Prince Edward Co. Will Bk. 4:286; left issue. Abraham died 20 Mar 1778 in Prince Edward Co., VA.
NOTES for Abraham follow: Will made 13 March 1778, proved April 1778, Prince Edward Co. Will Bk. 1:256.

Richard 'of Poplar Hill' Woodson[1, 2]

Anne Madeline "Nannie' Michaux

Elizabeth Michaux Woodson

Richard of Richard Woodson

Ann Agnes Woodson

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