Longwood
Property acquired 1765 by Peter Johnston. Home of Peter Johnston, Jr., Lieutenant in Lee's Legion and judge of Circuit Court of Virginia. Birthplace of General Joseph E. Johnston.
Purchased 1811 by Abraham B. Venable, U.S. senator; organizer and first president of First Bank of Virginia. Given by Samuel Woodson Venable in 1814 to Nathaniel E. Venable, officer in War of 1812. The present house erected by him in 1815.
Birthplace of Lieutenant Colonel Charles Scott Venable, C.S.A. (1827-1900). Member of General R.E. Lee's staff: Professor of mathematics and chairman of faculty, University of Virginia: Author.
This tablet placed by descendants of Nathaniel E. and Mary Embra Scott Venable 1941
Marker is on Johnston Drive 0.1 miles south of Longwood Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
Courtesy hmdb.org
