Person:Thomas Watkins (34)

Name	Capt. Thomas Watkins
Alt Name	Col. Thomas Watkins
Gender	Male
Birth`^?`	Abt 12 Feb 1761	Cumberland County, Virginia Colony
Marriage		Virginiato Elizabeth "Betsy" Anne Venable
Death^[1]	Abt 1797	Prince Edward, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Thomas Watkins was born on February 12, 1761, in Prince Edward, Virginia. He married Elizabeth Ann 'Betsy' Venable on April 4, 1782, in his hometown. He died in 1797 in Prince Edward, Virginia, at the age of 36.

MILITARY, Revolutionary War:

Name Thomas Watkins

Military Place Virginia, USA

State or Army Served Continental Troops

Rank Captain

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Sources

↑ 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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3. BETSY ANN E VENABLE, b. at "Slate Hill," Prince Edward Co.,
Va., Nov. 11, 1760; d. 1826; mar. Capt. Thomas Watkins (d. 1797),
brother-in-law of Gov. Pope of Kentucky, and son of Henry Watkins
and Temperance Hughes. "Capt. Thomas Watkins was a man of
more educational advantages than the sons of the usual planter, though
the Revolutionary Wa r interfered with his college career." He served
in the Revolutionary Army under General Greene and was distinguished
for bravery on the field of Guilford Court House, 1781. Col.
Washington wrote Captain Watkins a personal letter—still in the hands
of members of the family—commending the bravery of the company
and of its commander. (It was in this company that Betsy Anne
Venable's brother, Samuel Woodson Venable, served.) Numerous and
distinguished descendants.