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Samuel Woodson Venable

Samuel Woodson Venable[1, 2]

Male 1756 - 1821  (64 years)

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  • Name Samuel Woodson Venable 
    Born 19 Sep 1756  Slate Hill, Prince Edward County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 7 Sep 1821  Slate Hill, Prince Edward County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Slate Hill, Prince Edward County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I15482  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 30 Jul 2016 

    Father Nathaniel3 Venable,   b. 21 Oct 1733, Tidewater, Hanover Co., Colonial Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1804, Prince Edward County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Michaux Woodson,   b. 6 Jun 1740, Prince Edward Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Sep 1791, Slate Hill, Prince Edward County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 51 years) 
    Married 1755 
    Family ID F5432  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Scott Carrington,   b. 1758, Charllotte Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1837  (Age 79 years) 
    Married Abt 1781  Prince Edward Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Agnes Woodson Venable,   b. 4 Nov 1796, Prince Edward County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Apr 1868, Prince Edward County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
    Last Modified 17 Dec 2016 
    Family ID F5433  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    Samuel Woodson Venable
    Samuel Woodson Venable
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    Home of Nathaniel3 Venable
    Home of Nathaniel3 Venable
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    Documents
    Census Virginia 1783-5, Early Virginia Residents
    Census Virginia 1783-5, Early Virginia Residents
    1783-5 Va Census.pdf

    Headstones
    Headstone Samuel Woodson Venable
    Headstone Samuel Woodson Venable
    hs15482SamuelWoodson Venable.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=5455800.
      Samuel Woodson Venable
      Birth: Sep. 19, 1756, Prince Edward Co., VA
      Death: Sep. 7, 1821, Sweet Springs, Monroe Co., West Virginia
      Spouse: Mary Scott Carrington Venable (1758-1837)
      Children:
      Margaret Read Venable Cabell (1782 - 1857)
      Elizabeth Woodson Venable Watkins (1782 - 1858)
      Anne Mayo Venable Read (1784 - 1869)
      Mary Carrington Venable Womack (1786 - 1867)
      Clementina Frances Venable Reid (1788 - 1841)
      Henningham Carrington Venable Anderson (1790-1861)
      Nathaniel E. Venable (1791 - 1847)
      Paul Carrington Venable (1794 - 1876)
      Agnes Woodson Venable Watkins (1796 - 1868) Samuel Woodson Venable (1797 - 1855)
      Abraham Watkins Venable (1799 - 1876)
      Mildred Coles Venable Shepperson (1803 - 1871)
      He was born at "Slate Hill" in Prince Edward County, Virginia. He attended Hampden-Sydney Academy and Princeton. Early in 1771 he served as an officer in Capt. Thomas Watkins dragoons of Prince Edward County, Virginia. By 1773 he was a trustee of Hampden-Sydney College and is considered a founder. He was married to Mary Scott Carrington on 8/13/1771, daughter of Judge Paul Carrington Sr. and Margaret Read of "Mulberry Hill". He and his wife had 12 children.

    2. [S84] Rootsweb, http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/DENNEY/1998-02/0888299985.
      8. Nathaniel 3 VENABLE (Abraham, II2, Abraham, I1) was born 21 Oct 1733 in Hanover Co. County, VA. He married Elizabeth WOODSON, 29 Mar 1755. She was born 6 Jun 1740 in Prince Edward County, VA, the daughter of Richard WOODSON and Anne Madeline MICHAUX.
      They had 13 children:
      + 40.Mi.Samuel Woodson VENABLE, born 19 Sep 1756, died 7 Sep 1821.
      41.Mii.Abraham Bedford VENABLE, born 20 Sep 1758 in Prince Edward County, VA, died 26 Dec., 1811 in Richmond, VA. President of the Bank of Virginia, and United States Senator from VA. Died in the Richmond Theatre fire.
      + 42.Fiii.Betsy Ann VENABLE {4580}, born 11 Nov 1760, died 3 Dec 1826.
      43.Miv.Richard Nathaniel VENABLE {4576}, born 16 Jan 1763 in Prince Edward County, VA, died 1838 in VA. Educated at Hampton-Sydney and Princeton, studied law at William and Mary, he settled in Prince Edward. A member of the Board of Trustees of Hampton-Sydney College for more than forty years. Richard preserved all his papers. Married 5 Mar. 1797, Mary Morton (1779-1838).
      + 44.Fv.Martha VENABLE {2254}, born 1765.
      45.Fvi.Ann VENABLE {4581}, born 9 Dec 1768 in VA. married James Chesley Daniel, of "Tranquility", Granville Co., NC (Mar. bond, Prince Edward Co., 18 Nov. 1796); and left issue, six children.
      46.Fvii.Agnes VENABLE, b. 1771, died 1802.
      47.Fviii.Mary VENABLE, b. 16 Jun 1773, d. 1807.
      48.Mix.Nathaniel VENABLE {4577}, b. 13 Feb 1776 in Prince Edward County, VA, died 23 Aug 1801.
      49.Fx.Frances VENABLE {4584}, born 18 Apr 1778 VA, died Jun 1799.
      50.Mxi.William Lewis VENABLE {4578}, born Mar 1780 in Prince Edward Co County, VA, died 1824. married 1808, Francis Watkins Nantz, [Nance](1 791-1859); and left issue, five children. fought in the War of 1812.
      51.Mxii.Thomas VENABLE {4579}, born 17 Nov 1782 in Prince Edward Co County, VA, died 1809.
      52.Fxiii.Elizabeth VENABLE {4585}, born 21 Nov 1784 in VA. married (bond Nov. 4, 1802, Prince Edward Co.) Goodridge Alexander Wilson; 6 ch.
      Elizabeth died 29 Sep 1791 in Slate Hill, Prince Edward Co, VA.