Col.
Samuel
Woodson
Venable
Sr.
Born in Slate Hill, Prince Edward, Virginia
Ancestors 
Brother of
Abraham Bedford Venable, Elizabeth Ann (Venable) Watkins, Richard Nathaniel Venable, Martha Ann Venable Venable, Ann Nancy (Venable) Daniel, Mary Venable, Nathaniel Venable II, William Lewis Venable, Thomas Venable and Elizabeth Woodson (Venable) Wilson
Husband of
Mary Scott (Carrington) Venable
— married
15 Aug 1781 in Virginia
Descendants 
Father of
Elizabeth Woodson (Venable) Watkins, Margaret Read (Venable) Cabell, Anne Mayo Venable, Mary Carrington (Venable) Womack, Clementina F. (Venable) Reid, Henningham Carrington (Venable) Anderson, Nathaniel E Venable, Paul Carrington Venable, Agnes Woodson (Venable) Watkins, Samuel Woodson Venable Jr., Abraham Watkins Venable and Mildred Coles (Venable) Shepperson
Died
at age 64
in Sweet Springs, Monroe County, West Virginia
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Biography
Samuel Woodson Venable Sr. was born at "Slate Hill" in Prince Edward County, Virginia. He attended Hampden-Sydney Academy and Princeton. Early in 1771 he served as an officer in Capt. Thomas Watkins dragoons of Prince Edward County, Virginia. By 1773 he was a trustee of Hampden-Sydney College and is considered a founder. He was married to Mary Scott Carrington on 8/13/1771, daughter of Judge Paul Carrington Sr. and Margaret Read of "Mulberry Hill". He and his wife had 12 children.
"Word Pictures of Longwood," by Harriet V. Miller, private printing, 1941, pp. 15-16: At Princeton...."he was an honorable man,delivering the valedictory in Latin, as was usual." He was a trustee of Hampden-Sidney College.
DAR papers for Mary E. Miller; also #548112: Revolutionary War Vet, served under Lighthorse Harry Lee, Captain Watkins' Dragoons, Prince Edward Co., VA; Ensign, Cornet and Captain. He participated in the battle of Guilford Courthouse, 1781, helping to defeat the Queen's Guards; was aide on Gen. Greene's staff. The DAR has also given Samuel the Ancestor #: A118479.
Slaves
Samuel was a slave owner. See Slaves of Paul Carrington Sr and His Children for details.
Sources
- Venable, Elizabeth Marshall. Venables of Virginia (New York, New York, 1925), pp. 41 and 42.
- Find A Grave Index, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 25 December 2019), memorial page for Samuel Woodson Venable (19 Sep 1756–7 Sep 1821), Find A Grave: Memorial #5455800, citing Sweet Springs Cemetery, Sweet Springs, Monroe County, West Virginia; Maintained by Mary Melissa Newlon Watkins (contributor 47995404) .
- Williams-Wolcott & Related Families, page 54 by Dorothy Williams Turner
- DAR Genealogical Research Databases,
- History of Prince Edward County VA, PP 115-118, 738
- [1] The Cabells and Their Kin: A Memorial Volume of History, Biography, and Genealogy Alexander Brown January 1, 1895 Houghton, Mifflin & Company: Col. page 192, Attending marriage of his sister-in-law page 192
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Samuel by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
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- JD Venable
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup R-M269, FTDNA kit #B588064
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~1.56%
Isabella Fiske :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member IsabellaFMc
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~0.78%
Joseph Roby :
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A541378 [compare], Ancestry member joseph_roby81
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Living DNA
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~0.78%
Eva Us :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member evaus74
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Allen Stephenson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch XW5683342 [compare], yourDNAportal JOS7ab82445
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~0.39%
Alyssa (Stephenson) Thomas :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch XU7667945 [compare], Ancestry member Westofcleveland
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