Capt. John VENABLE

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CAPTAIN JOHN VENABLE, b. 1740 in Louisa Co., Va., moved to Georgia 1791; d. 1811,
in Jackson Co., Ga.; mar. Agnes Moorman, b. Feb. 26, 1743; daughter of Charles Moorman Jr. (b. 1715, mar. 1737, Mary Adams, daughter of Robert and Mourning Adams) of Louisa Co., Va. His will manumitting a part (150) of his slaves: "To my son Thomas,"-"son Robert,"-"son James,"-"Beloved wife, Mary, benefit of negroes during her life, and to be freed at her death," "My daughter, Agnes Venable," "My daughter, Elizabeth Johnston," "My daughter, Mary Taylor," proved Oct. 12, 1778, in Louisa Co., Va. In Cabells and their Kin on p. 69, "Charles Moorman and Thomas, his son, from the Isle of Wight in England, settled in 'Green Springs' in the County of Louisa, Va."; and on p. 71, "Charles Moorman, father-in-law of Christopher Johnston and John Venable."

Captain John Venable was prominent during and after the Revolutionary War. He fought in the Battle of Guilford Court House. (See: Wheeler's History of North Carolina, p. 165.) As quartermaster and commissary, he served under General Greene. He impressed John Hook's steers, Oct. 10, 1781, was sued by Hook, 1783, defended by Patrick Henry in his famous "Beef Speech," an account of which appears in William Wirt's Life of Patrick Henry. See: Howe's History of Virginia. Numerous and distinguished issue.

John married Agnes "Agatha" MOORMAN. (Agnes "Agatha" MOORMAN was born on 26 Feb 1742/43 in Cedar Creek, Louisa County, Viginia, USA.)