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Venables of Virginia
VENABLES OF VIRGINIA AN ACCOUNT OF THE ANCESTORS AND DESCENDANTS OF SAMUEL WOODSON VENABLE OF "SPRINGFIELD" AND OF HIS BROTHER WILLIAM LEWIS VENABLE OF "HAYMARKET" BOTH OF PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY, VIRGINIA BY ELIZABETH MARSHALL VENABLE Printed exclusively for members of the family COPYRIGHT, 1925, BY ELIZABETH M. VENABLE Printed in the U-,.ited State$ of America by J. J, LITTLE AND IVES COMPANY, NIIW YOIIIC VE~iABLES OF VIRGINIA GERTRUDE (VENABLE) HOCKER ( 18_48-1901) To THE MEMORY OF MY AUNT, GERTRUDE (VENABLE) HOCKER AND OF MY UNCLE, HER HUS[IAND, JUDGE WILLIAM ADAM HOCKER OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA CONTENTS PART I CHAPTER PAGE VEN ABLES ARMS 3 VENABLES OF ENGLAND 5 2 VENABLES OF VIRGINIA • II 3 ABRAHAM VENABLES II OF VIRGINIA AND HIS CHILDREN 15 4 NATHANIEL VENABLE OF "SLATE HILL," PRINCE EDWARD CO., VA., AND HIS CHILDREN 25 PART II I SAMUEL WOODSON VENABLE OF "sPRINGFIE~D," PRINCE ED WARD CO., VA. 41 2 ELIZABETH WOODSON (VENABLE) WATKINS OF "Do WELL," CHARLOTTE CO., VA., AND HER DESCENDANTS 3 MARGARET READ (VENABLE) CABELL OF "LIBERTY HALL," NELSON CO., VA., AND HER DESCENDANTS 73 4 ANNE MAYO (VENABLE) READ OF "GREENFIELD," CHAR- LOTTE CO., VA., AND HER DESCENDANTS 75 5 MARY CARRINGTON (VENABLE) WOMACK OF "RETREAT," PRINCE EDWARD CO., VA., AND HER DESCENDANTS • 91 6 CLEMENTINA (VENABLE) REID. OF LYNCHBURG, VA., AND HER DESCENDANTS 93 7 HENNINGHAM CARRINGTON (VENABLE) ANDERSON OF ''PROVIDENCE,'' PRINCE EDWARD co., VA., AND HER DE- SCENDANTS 99 8 NATHANIEL E. VENABLE OF "LONGWOOD," PRINCE EDWARD CO., VA., AND HIS DESCENDANTS 105 9 PAUL CARRINGTON VENABLE, M.D., OF "WHEATLAND," MECKLENBURG CO., VA., AND HIS DESCENDANTS 127 IO AGNES WOODSON (VENABLE) WATKINS OF "HOME," PRINCE EDWARD CO., VA., AND HER DESCENDANTS 131 vii Vlll VENABLES OF VIRGINIA CHAPTElt l'AGE II SAMUEL WOODSON VENABLE, JR., OF "VINEYARD," PRINCE EDWARD CO., VA,, AND HIS DESCENDANTS 137 12 ABRAHAM WATKINS VENABLE, OF "BROWNSVILLE," ' GRAN- VILLE CO., N. -
Palladio's Influence in America
Palladio’s Influence In America Calder Loth, Senior Architectural Historian, Virginia Department of Historic Resources 2008 marks the 500th anniversary of Palladio’s birth. We might ask why Americans should consider this to be a cause for celebration. Why should we be concerned about an Italian architect who lived so long ago and far away? As we shall see, however, this architect, whom the average American has never heard of, has had a profound impact on the architectural image of our country, even the city of Baltimore. But before we investigate his influence we should briefly explain what Palladio’s career involved. Palladio, of course, designed many outstanding buildings, but until the twentieth century few Americans ever saw any of Palladio’s works firsthand. From our standpoint, Palladio’s most important achievement was writing about architecture. His seminal publication, I Quattro Libri dell’ Architettura or The Four Books on Architecture, was perhaps the most influential treatise on architecture ever written. Much of the material in that work was the result of Palladio’s extensive study of the ruins of ancient Roman buildings. This effort was part of the Italian Renaissance movement: the rediscovery of the civilization of ancient Rome—its arts, literature, science, and architecture. Palladio was by no means the only architect of his time to undertake such a study and produce a publication about it. Nevertheless, Palladio’s drawings and text were far more engaging, comprehendible, informative, and useful than similar efforts by contemporaries. As with most Renaissance-period architectural treatises, Palladio illustrated and described how to delineate and construct the five orders—the five principal types of ancient columns and their entablatures. -
Albemarle County in Virginia
^^m ITD ^ ^/-^7^ Digitized by tine Internet Archive in 2008 with funding from IVIicrosoft Corporation http://www.arGhive.org/details/albemarlecountyiOOwood ALBEMARLE COUNTY IN VIIIGIMIA Giving some account of wHat it -was by nature, of \srHat it was made by man, and of some of tbe men wHo made it. By Rev. Edgar Woods " It is a solemn and to\acKing reflection, perpetually recurring. oy tHe -weaKness and insignificance of man, tHat -wKile His generations pass a-way into oblivion, -with all tKeir toils and ambitions, nature Holds on Her unvarying course, and pours out Her streams and rene-ws Her forests -witH undecaying activity, regardless of tHe fate of Her proud and perisHable Sovereign.**—^e/frey. E.NEW YORK .Lie LIBRARY rs526390 Copyright 1901 by Edgar Woods. • -• THE MicHiE Company, Printers, Charlottesville, Va. 1901. PREFACE. An examination of the records of the county for some in- formation, awakened curiosity in regard to its early settle- ment, and gradually led to a more extensive search. The fruits of this labor, it was thought, might be worthy of notice, and productive of pleasure, on a wider scale. There is a strong desire in most men to know who were their forefathers, whence they came, where they lived, and how they were occupied during their earthly sojourn. This desire is natural, apart from the requirements of business, or the promptings of vanity. The same inquisitiveness is felt in regard to places. Who first entered the farms that checker the surrounding landscape, cut down the forests that once covered it, and built the habitations scattered over its bosom? With the young, who are absorbed in the engagements of the present and the hopes of the future, this feeling may not act with much energy ; but as they advance in life, their thoughts turn back with growing persistency to the past, and they begin to start questions which perhaps there is no means of answering. -
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form
NPS Form 10.900 I OM6 No. 102*4018 (Rw. gee) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Registration Form This form is for use in nominatlng or requestlng determinations of eligibility for lndlvldual propertles or districts, See lnstructlons In Quldellnes . for Completing National Register Forms (National Register Bulletln 16). Complete each Item by marking "xu In the appropriate box or by enterlng the requested information. Ifan item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "NIA" for "not applicable." For functions, styles, rnaterlals, and areas of significance, enter only the categories and subcategories listed In the instructions. For additional space use contlnuatlon sheets (Form 10-900a). Type all entries. 1. Name of Property historic name John Vowles House other nameslsite number 1111 and 1113 West Main Street a 2. Location street & number 1111 and 1113 West Main Street anotfor publication city, town Charlottesville uvicinity state Virginia code VA county Charlottesville code 540 zip code 22901 (city) 3. Classlficatlon Ownership of Property Category of Property Number of Resources within Property W private building(s) Contrlbutlng Noncontributing public-local district 3 buildings public-State site sites public-Federal structure structures object objects 3 Total Name of related multiple property listing: Number of contributing resource8 prevlously N /A listed In the National Register N/A 4. StatelFederal Agency Certlflcatlon -- As the designated authority under the ~atlonalHlstorlc Preservation Act of 1966, as amended, I hereby certify that thls anomination request for determination of ellglbllity meets the documentation standards for registering propertles in the Natlonal Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60, In my opinlon, the property [;?meets adoes not meet the Natlonal Register criteria, See contlnuatlon sheet. -
'Liberty'cargo Ship
‘LIBERTY’ CARGO SHIP FEATURE ARTICLE written by James Davies for KEY INFORMATION Country of Origin: United States of America Manufacturers: Alabama Dry Dock Co, Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards Inc, California Shipbuilding Corp, Delta Shipbuilding Co, J A Jones Construction Co (Brunswick), J A Jones Construction Co (Panama City), Kaiser Co, Marinship Corp, New England Shipbuilding Corp, North Carolina Shipbuilding Co, Oregon Shipbuilding Corp, Permanente Metals Co, St Johns River Shipbuilding Co, Southeastern Shipbuilding Corp, Todd Houston Shipbuilding Corp, Walsh-Kaiser Co. Major Variants: General cargo, tanker, collier, (modifications also boxed aircraft transport, tank transport, hospital ship, troopship). Role: Cargo transport, troop transport, hospital ship, repair ship. Operated by: United States of America, Great Britain, (small quantity also Norway, Belgium, Soviet Union, France, Greece, Netherlands and other nations). First Laid Down: 30th April 1941 Last Completed: 30th October 1945 Units: 2,711 ships laid down, 2,710 entered service. Released by WW2Ships.com USA OTHER SHIPS www.WW2Ships.com FEATURE ARTICLE 'Liberty' Cargo Ship © James Davies Contents CONTENTS ‘Liberty’ Cargo Ship ...............................................................................................................1 Key Information .......................................................................................................................1 Contents.....................................................................................................................................2 -
African-Americans and the Construction of the University of Virginia
African-Americans and the Construction of the University of Virginia by Allison Sims Linney HIUS 404 Independent Study Professor Peter Onuf Spring 1993 Allison Sims Linney 1 The origins of the University of Virginia have often been studied by looking at the first professors and students. However, there was a group of people at the University long before the professors and students ever arrived and classes started on March 7, 1825. This first community consisted of the people who built the University of Virginia. This community of builders has attracted the interest of a few historians. Much has been learned about the major and minor contractors, the different craftsmen, and the workmen, but very little is known about the roles played by African-American slaves and free African-Americans. Despite the scarce documentation, it is essential to look at the presence of slavery in the building of the University of Virginia for two reasons. First, any new information about black workers sheds light on the entire group of people who built Thomas Jefferson’s “Academical Village”; second, historians have a responsibility to find out more about the history of people, such as slaves, who have traditionally been ignored in historical narrative accounts. Although historians may never be able to document completely the precise capacity in which African-Americans were involved in the development of the University, it is clear that they were part of both the operation and the construction of the University. The Proctor’s Papers reveal the names of specific African-Americans present during the University’s construction. -
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Saints' Sunday and Blessing of a Window
ALL SAINTS’ SUNDAY AND BLESSING OF A WINDOW 2 November 2014 11 A.M. Mass Prelude For all the saints Hymnal 287 2 | P a g e Celebrant Blessed be God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. People Blessed be his kingdom, now and forever. Amen. Collect for Purity BCP 355 Glory to God Hymnal S 280 3 | P a g e 4 | P a g e THE LITURGY OF THE WORD The Lord be with you. And also with you. Let us pray. Almighty God, you have knit together your elect in one communion and fellowship in the mystical body of your Son Christ our Lord: Give us grace so to follow your blessed saints in all virtuous and godly living, that we may come to those ineffable joys that you have prepared for those who truly love you; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, one God, in glory everlasting. Amen. A Reading from the Revelation of Saint John. 7.9-17 After this I, John, looked, and there was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, robed in white, with palm branches in their hands. They cried out in a loud voice, saying, "Salvation belongs to our God who is seated on the throne, and to the Lamb!" And all the angels stood around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God,singing, "Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be to our God forever and ever! Amen. -
Halifax County 5
I 9 0 7 HALIFAX C O U NTY V IR G IN IA ” A H AND BO O K P rep are d u nder the Direction of the B O A R D O F SU P E R V ISO RS A LF R E D J M O R R IS O N EVERETT WADDEY C O R ICHM OND, VIRG INIA C O N TENTS — PART I. DESCRIPTIVE I . II . TH E COU NTY . II I. IV . —TH T V . E OWNS . —TH E OU NT Y VI. BUSINESS OF THE C R — ScH O OLS E . VII . AND CHURCH S — . L NE L E . VIII MINERA S AND MI RA WAT RS . — IX . WATER POWERS . — X . SUG G ESTIONS . — XI. STATISTI CS . — PART II. HISTORICAL . —1 —1 52 I. 676 7 . — 2— 1 1 . II. 75 776 — — 1 1 0. III . 776 83 — - 1 0 1 5 . IV . 83 86 - — V . 1865 1 907 . T e r r r n l n a ain h w ite m en e his a k ow e e ts to t . ust t d c dgm C p W . G Morton to a ain M ren to he R ev Flourno oul in to Mr . t t . ; C p . F ch; y B d ; T E Di erson and to the ount O ials . ck ; C y ffic . HALIFAX COUNTY 5 Cou Go er me in he T r n enni l r nty v n nt t e ke t a Yea . u d e ir Sixt uit . -
Monticello Chair Rev5
A Monticello Joinery Chair? An Examination of the Evidence By Tom Newbern and Jim Melchor During his tenure at Colonial Williamsburg, Wallace Gusler served as Master Gunsmith, Curator of Mechanical Arts, Curator of Furniture, and Director of Conservation. He is a scholar, author, and first-class craftsman and artist. Gusler pioneered the approach of looking at historic objects from the perspective of the maker of the object. He has often expressed his approach as follows: “If you want to understand an object, carefully examine every detail of the object and listen to what it is trying to tell you”. At first glance, this curious armchair appears to be a simple, country- made example from the South, possibly the Virginia Piedmont (Fig. 1, Vernacular armchair). However, it is far more interesting than just a vernacular chair, and it definitely has a story to tell. Figure 1 As our good friend, John Bivins, always said, the first step in attempting to determine the origin of an object is first to eliminate locations where it was not made. As that query is applied to this unusual armchair, based on its appearance and proportions, the list of locales where it was not made is extensive and almost all-inclusive. The armchair is constructed of walnut. (The inlayed strips on the front and outside surfaces of the lower front legs are not thought to be original. They were probably added at a later time in an attempt to update this armchair.) It contains rounded two-piece, vertically laminated, poplar blocks in its front corners and rounded one-piece, poplar blocks in its back corners, one of which is replaced (Fig. -
Nomination Form
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The Pittsylvania Packet Winter 2004 Number 51
The Pittsylvania Packet Winter 2004 Number 51 Pittsylvania Historical Society Chatham, Virginia Our Administration President: J. Fuller Motley Vice President: Frances Hurt Treasurer: George Harper Recording Secretary: Susan Worley Membership Secretary: Anne Richards Editor of The Pittsylvania Packet : Sarah E. Mitchell Board Members: Catherine Overbey Norman Amos Virginia Chapin Alice Overbey Mack Doss Glenn Giles Langhorne Jones, Jr. Elise Allen Mollie Holmes Herman Melton Patrick Touart Henry Hurt Cynthia Hewitt Desmond Kendrick Sarah E. Mitchell Please send articles, letters, queries, etc. for publication to: Sarah E. Mitchell, Editor Pittsylvania Historical Society P. O. Box 1148 Chatham, VA 24531 You can also contact me at 434-432-0595, or at [email protected]. 1 The Pittsylvania Packet Winter 2004 Number 51 Retiring President’s Report from Fuller Motley ...3 New President’s Report from Langhorne Jones .....3 Upcoming Events Winter Meeting to be held January 19th at 1813 Clerk’s Office.................................5 Danville Civil War Encampment: February 20 th -22 nd ......................................5 News & Reminders Gifts to PHS Tax-Deductible..........................3 Remember to Renew!.....................................3 Corrections...................................................4 Heritage Book Deadline Extended...................5 Whitmell Farm Life School Materials Loaned to PHS............................................6 New Board & Committee Members Announced...................................7