Person:Elizabeth Venable (4)

     
Elizabeth Woodson Venable
Facts and Events
Name[1] Elizabeth Woodson Venable
Married Name _____ Watkins
Gender Female
Birth? 11 May 1782 Prince Edward County, Virginiaat Springfield
Marriage 6 Dec 1799 to Capt. William Morton Watkins, Esq.
Death? 7 Apr 1858 Charlotte County, Virginia
References
  1. Family Recorded, in Venable, Elizabeth Marshall (Elizabeth Marshall Venable). Venables of Virginia: an account of the ancestors and descendants of Samuel Woodson Venable of Springfield, and of his brother William Lewis Venable of Haymarket, both of Prince Edward County, Virginia. (New York, New York: J.J. Little and Ives, 1925)
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    ELIZABETH WOODSON VENABLE, b. at "Springfield," Prince Edward Co., Va., May 11, 1782; d. Apr. 7, 1858 at "Do Well," Charlotte Co., Va.; mar. Dec. 5, 1799, at "Springfield," Prince Edward Co., Va., Capt. Wm. M. Watkins, b. Apr. 22, 1773; d. Feb. 5, 1865 of "Do Well," Charlotte Co., Va.

    Capt. Watkins studied at Hampden-Sidney College, 1789-1791; A.B. Princeton, 1792, studied law under Judge Creed Taylor of "Needham," Cumberland Co., Va. He was a representative from Charlotte County in the Virginia House of Delegates, 1812-1815, and in 1830; trustee of Hampden-Sidney College for more than thirty years. "Do Well," his home was, and is yet, one of the handsomest estates in Charlotte County. It has been more fortunate than most of the old plantations in that it has fallen into the hands of capable and wealthy successors of taste and education.

    Mrs. Elizabeth Woodson (Venable) Watkins