Elizabeth Michaux Woodson^{[1, 2]}

1740 - 1791  (51 years)

• Name	Elizabeth Michaux Woodson
  Born	6 Jun 1740	Prince Edward Co., Virginia
  Gender	Female
  Died	29 Sep 1791	Slate Hill, Prince Edward County, Virginia
  Buried	Slate Hill, Prince Edward County, Virginia
  Person ID	I15480	My Reynolds Line
  Last Modified	30 Jul 2016

  
  

  Father	Richard 'of Poplar Hill' Woodson,   b. Est 1700, Charles City Co., Virginia ,   d. Yes, date unknown, Prince Edward County, Virginia
  Mother	Anne Madeline "Nannie' Michaux,   b. Apr 1710, Prince Edward Co., Virginia ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	Abt 1755	Prince Edward County, Virginia
  Family ID	F5431	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Nathaniel3 Venable,   b. 21 Oct 1733, Tidewater, Hanover Co., Colonial Virginia ,   d. 1804, Prince Edward County, Virginia  (Age 70 years)
  Married	1755
  Children	+ 1. Samuel Woodson Venable,   b. 19 Sep 1756, Slate Hill, Prince Edward County, Virginia ,   d. 7 Sep 1821, Slate Hill, Prince Edward County, Virginia  (Age 64 years) + 2. Elizabeth 'Betsy' Ann Venable,   b. 18 Nov 1760, Prince Edward County, Virginia ,   d. 11 Nov 1826, Richmond Co., Virginia  (Age 65 years)
  Last Modified	28 Oct 2016
  Family ID	F5432	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Home of Nathaniel3 Venable p15481-0HomeNathaniel3Vanable.jpg

  
  

  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

  
  

• 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.