The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-11-16
PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY RECORDS.
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Peter Johnston, who married Mary
Woods. niece OF Patrick Henry, was
in 1903 appointed judge Of ne"
circuit court ion the Southwest and in
that year moved from Prince Edward
To Washington county. His son,
Joseph. had been born two years be-
fore either at "Cherry Hill' or at
"Longwood. Judge Johnston, he
fore hi, elevation 10 the bench, had
represented Prince Edward IN the
General Assembly Of which body ne
was Speaker during the famous keSo-
lutions session of l70s-n. In 1911 he
sold 10 the Hon. Abram b. Nenable'
of Richmond. President Of the Bank
of Virginia, eleven hundred and elgh-
tv-one acres. an Of hi- plantation 10
Prince Edward except the graveyard,
20 feet square. The sale was made on
June 2nd. and on the 26th Of the fol-
loving December Mr. Nenable lost his
I life at the burning of the Richmond
Theatre.
Mr. Nenable was born in Price I'd
ward in 1850. Hegraduated at Prince
ton I'm l7so: was a member Of Congress
from Virginia from 1891 to 1896 was
elected To- the l.. =. Senate In 1905 re-
signing in 1904 TO become President OF
the bank. His nephew, Abram W.
Venable. was born in the county ~
1893. the son Of Colonel Samuel W.
Venable. Besides his father, six OF
his uucles were in the Revolutionary
Army. They were all present al
the battle Of Guilford Court House III
l7S1. Abram W. Ncnable graduated
at Hampden-Sidney i'm 1916. lie
studied medicine for two years and
then went to Princeton where he TOOK
a degree I'm 1919. Admitted TO the bal
i'm 1921. be moved To- Granvillecounty
North Carolina He was twice Presi
dental elector. and from 1917 served
several terms i'm Congress. lie died
lin 1876. His nephew Charles Scott
Nenable. born in Prince Edward II
lSg7. is too well remembered To make
a rehearsal OF his honors necessary
here. He was. as most Of us know,
member of General Lees staff, and FOL
some seven years chairman Of the
faculty of the University of Virginia
I Colonel Venable's son, Francis Preston
Venable also born i'm the county "a
Iongwood, 1856 is now Pre,iden
of the University Of North Carolina
one of the best known men IN th
South
| As has been mentioned before, Judg
Peter Johnston father owned all th
land about the old Court House a
| Worsham. By 1910 the tract ha'
passed through several hands and OF
| August 18th of that year there wa
decided to the Justices Of the count,
forty-fye yard, square to be held, pos
se,sed. and used 10y the said county
for The sole purposes Of clerks OF
. flee. The new clerks Office was al
ready built al that time, and the lam
upon which the court house stood ha
been transferred 10 the county in III
Iby Nathaniel Venable, ST.
I'm 1910 the Justices were. Jaco
Woodson. Charles Allen, Richar
Foster Tarlton Wood,on, James MOI
ton. John Purnall, VIM. Price, Jr
Robert Kelso, Archer Allen, Samue
Carte, John Booker, Sheriff in lsl5
Samuel Bouldin, Augusta Watson
Samuel Watkins, Edmund lockeil
Josiah Parkinson, Robert Nenabl'
Osborn Lockett, Thomas scott, I'D
ward Dillon, Amistead Miller Rict
ard *. Randolph. who later move
to Newport, Rhode Island Nathani'
Price, Samuel Wootton, Francis Wa
kins. Jr, Charles Woodson, and job
James Flournoy.
The year 1910 is also memorable j
the official life of the county from th
, fact Of the entrance upon his duties
o deputy clerk Of Branch G.. NorshaI
whose connection with the clerks o
flee Inc became clerk in 1925 was nc
o severed until after the civil war
Q was i'm those reconstruction days thu
% Mr.. Wor,ham made his memorial
5 speech on swearing in the new clerl
81 can swear you in, sir, but the \
mighty can't qualify you"
% Among the Justices above emu ne
70 ated. a gift Of Robert Nenable's in Is.
% serves to date perhaps the first ere
% ton Of a church at Prospect On JuI
= 18th. 1920, Robert Nenable, with mi
y ute specifications as to the admissi'
% Of church members, decided a pare
o of land 10 Charles Nenable, Villa
20 Johnston. David Anderson, Jes
j. Bradley. and samuel Nenable for Il
o erection Of meeting house Of q
d Methodist Episcopal Church at Pre-
c pect." IL may he remarked that o.
e Of the oldest Baptist Churches in q
original Prince Edward must be TN
e at Evergreen, AppomattoN count
e called the Rock Church.
al A strange transaction has left
record the names Of the Justices oft
d county for lS22. The county seems
d have snapped the site Of the COZ
II house, perhaps on ground rent has
III for public square at Worshal
Many Of the names Of 1910 app'
D. again. quite naturally. New OF
ND are: Anderson Miller, r. Porter, 10
Sc Clark. Jesse MichauX, Samuel V.
IN len. Asa Dupuy. Moses Tredway, ia