Family
Group Sheet
of
Judge
Joseph Morton Venable and his wife Elizabeth Watkins
Husband:
JOSEPH MORTON VENABLE
Born: 1761
in Charlotte Co., VA
Died:
23 July
1833, in Prince Edward Co., VA, while visiting there
Burial:
After 23 July 1833,
at “Poplar Hill”, Prince Edward Co., VA
Military
Service: after 1779
aide to Gen. Lawson, carried dispatches to Gen. Lafayette.
Not at this point recognized as a DAR Patriot
Education:
Before 1782
Hampden-Sidney College, VA
1782 Princeton University, NJ
Marriage:
20 Jan.
1791, Prince Edward Co., VA to Elizabeth Watkins
Occupation:
1791 Lawyer
and Commonwealth Attorney for Charlotte, Prince Edward
Counties, VA
Bet. 1792-1812 Trustee of Hampden-Sidney College
Aft. 1810 elected Judge of Shelby County Court, KY
Religion:
aft.
1810-1833, Ruling
Elder at Mulberry Presbyterian Church, Shelby
Co., KY
Residence:
1810,
moved from Prince Edward Co., VA, to Shelby Co., KY
Will:
Recorded
August 1833 in Shelby Co., KY
Father:
JAMES VENABLE (died Shelby Co, KY, 1814)
Mother:
JUDITH MORTON (died 1826 Shelby Co., KY)
Wife:
ELIZABETH WATKINS
Born: Dec.
6, 1769 in Prince
Edward Co., VA
Died:
April 23, 1832 in
Shelby Co., KY
Buried:
“Poplar Hill”, Prince Edward Co., VA
Father:
FRANCIS WATKINS (died 1826 Poplar Hill, P.E.
Co., VA)
Mother:
AGNES WOODSON (died 1820 Poplar Hill, P. E. Co.,
VA)
Children:
DR.
JOSEPH MORTON VENABLE
Born: Dec.
23, 1791, in Charlotte Co., VA
Died:
July 26, 1838 in Madison, Jefferson Co., IN, “congestive
fever”
Military
Service:
War of 1812 as Surgeon’s Mate
Occupation:
Physician
Marriage:
March 31, 1817, in Mercer Co., KY, MARY FLEMING
COWAN
ELIZABETH
McROBERTS VENABLE
Born:
Oct. 4, 1795
in Charlotte Co., VA
Died:
Aug. 21, 1869 in
Shelby Co., KY
Marriage:
Sept. 5, 1816 in Shelby Co., KY, WILLIAM QUIN MORTON
FRANCIS
WATKINS VENABLE
Born:
1799 in Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., VA
Died:
1852 in
Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., VA
Marriage:
Dec. 14,
1833 in Charlotte, VA, NANCY CARTER NELSON
JUDITH
MORTON VENABLE
Born:
1801 in
Charlotte, VA
Died:
1878 in
Shelby Co., KY
Marriage:
1819 in Shelby Co.,
KY, THOMAS JOYES
JAMES
H. VENABLE
Born:
1801 in
Charlotte, VA
Died:
After 1850
Marriage:
DOROTHY C. ELDER
SAMUEL
L. VENABLE
Born: Bet.
1799-1803
Died:
Aft. 1833
Marriage:
HENRY
ISAAC VENABLE
Born:
1803
Occupation:
Pres. Minister and Missionary to Africa
Died:
Bet. 1860-1880
Marriage:
Bef. 1860 MARTHA
A. MARTIN
WILLIAM
THOMAS VENABLE
Born: 1805
in Charlotte, VA
Died:
Aft. Sept. 1833
SELINA
A. VENABLE
Born:
1809 in
Shelby Co., KY
Died:
Sept. 30, 1850 in IL
Marriage:
JAMES MORRIS CHASE
MARY
JANE VENABLE
Born: Jan.
31, 1810, in Shelby Co., KY
Died: April
12, 1896
Marriage:
March 20,
1830, Prince Edward, VA, to JACOB WOODSON MORTON
This
is all I have for now.
Would welcome any corrections with documentation.
Jean
Meaney
21
August 2006
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