Richard Nathaniel Venable

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Richard Nathaniel Venable (1756–1838) was a nineteenth-century American politician from Virginia.

Early life
Venable was born at Slate Hill Plantation in Prince Edward County.

In his twenties, he served in the Revolutionary War in the United States Army, and rose to the rank of Lieutenant.

Career
In 1782, Venable earned a Master of Arts degree at Princeton College, and a Bachelor of Laws from the College of William and Mary in 1785.

As an adult, Venable continued to live in Prince Edward County, Virginia. He was elected as a member of the Virginia state Senate as a Whig.

He was the originator and first president of the Upper Appomattox Canal Company. It was incorporated in 1795 completed the Upper Appomattox Canal by 1816 for polled bateaux freighters. It extended from the head of the falls of the Appomattox River at Farmville, a distance of 100 miles to a basin in Petersburg, Virginia. The canal was rebuilt in the 1830s and continued in use until the 1890s.

Venable was elected as a delegate to the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1829-1830. There he was elected by the Convention to serve on the Committee on the Executive Department. He was one of four delegates elected from the senatorial district made up his home district of Charlotte, Halifax and Prince Edward Counties, serving alongside John Randolph of Roanoke. (Geni profile)
Venable died in 1838 at Prince Edward County, Virginia.

Father of Frances Anderson (Venable) Leach
Died 17 Jan 1838 at age 75 in Prince Edward County, Virginia
Biography
Richard Nathaniel Venable and his wife, Mary Morton, had several children. Their son Richard (1806-1844) married Magdelena McCampbell and the two named their son Richard Morton Venable (1839-1910). Richard Morton Venable graduated from Hampden-Sydney College in 1857. He became a Major in the Confederate Army and a trustee of the college, and the dormitory called Venable Hall is named in his honor.

His education was received from Princeton and William & Mary Law School. He was interested in agricultural improvements, canals, railroads and education. His marriage to Mary Morton on 3/5/1797 led to the bearing of numerous children to include; Betsey, Martha Watkins, Richard, William Henry, Frances Anderson, Elizabeth Woodson & Mary. During his life, he served as a Lieutenant in the Revolutionary War, and as a State Senator and member of the Convention of 1829. Supposedly his death in 1838 was caused by heart failure as he was found face down in only 2 inches of water near "Slate Hill".

Children

1. William Henry Venable1798 VA Margaret Reid
2. Frances Anderson Venable 2 JUN 1799 6 JAN 1861 VA James Henry Cosden Leach
3. Mary Morton Venable abt 1812 VA James D Ligon
4. Martha Watkins Venable 1813 VA, Prince Edward Co Richard Jennings Gaines
5. Richard Venable
6. Elizabeth Woodson Venable
7. Betsy Venable

Sources

1. Findagrave.com https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Venable&GSfn...
2. http://dgmweb.net/FGS/V/VenableNathaniel-ElizabethWoodson.html
3. https://www.ourfamtree.org/browse.php/Richard-Nathaniel-Venable/p23...

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links

• https://www.ourfamtree.org/browse.php/Richard-Nathaniel-Venable/p23...
• https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Richard_Venable_(1)
• https://blogs.hsc.edu/untoldstory/slate-hill-plantation/
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Venable-31