James VENABLE
- Born: 1734, Louisa County, VA
- Died: 1814, Shelbyville, Shelby Co., KY aged 80
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General Notes:
JAMES VENABLE, b. 1734 in Hanover Co., Va., d. 1814, in Shelby Co., Ky. (will dated
August 28, 1812, recorded in Shelbyville, Ky.) ; mar. about 1757, Judith Morton, b. in Charlotte Co., Va., Dec. 27, 1739; d. 1826, Shelby Co., Ky., daughter of Joseph Morton (1709-1782) and Agnes (Woodson) Morton (1711-1802). This Joseph Morton (1709-1782) was a surveyor by profession, a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses for many years, and a man of large estates and great influence. James Venable, above mentioned, was a Justice of the Peace of Charlotte Co., Va. (a much more dignified position at that time than now, 1924) 1769. He was "founder, visitor and trustee of Hampden-Sidney Academy in 1775"; an elder in the Presbyterian Church for many years both in Virginia and Kentucky. He moved to Kentucky in 1796. Numerous and distinguished issue.
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