Betsy Anne VENABLE

   Other names for Betsy were Mrs. Betsy Anne WATKINS and Mrs. Thomas WATKINS.

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  General Notes:

BETSY ANNE 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 War 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

Betsy married Capt Thomas WATKINS. (Capt Thomas WATKINS died in 1797.)