Charles Mynn Thruston (colonel)

Charles Thruston was born in Gloucester County, Virginia on November 6, 1738 to John Thruston, a colonel, and Sarah Mynn.[1] Thruston went to the college of William & Mary in 1754.[1] He first married Mary Buckner, daughter of Colonel Samuel Buckner, in 1760. She died in 1765, and Thruston married Buckner's cousin, Ann Alexander, in 1766.[2] He became a vestryman of Petsworth parish in 1764[1] and elected as a minister in 1767[2] and continued until 1768 when he moved to Frederick County, Virginia.[1] He became a minister there until 1776.[2]

In 1776, Thruston organized a company to help George Washington in New Jersey as a part of the American Revolutionary War.[2]

He fought in the Battle of Punk Hill (March 8, 1777) where he injured his arm.[2]

After the war, Thruston became a member of the Virginia House of Delegates, representing Frederick County from 1782 through 1788, as well as the county judge.[3]

In 1808 he retired and moved to Louisiana where he resided there until his death in 1812.[1]