Charles Mynn Thruston (colonel)


Charles Mynn Thruston was a soldier in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.

Early life

Charles Thruston was born in Gloucester County, Virginia on November 6, 1738 to John Thruston, a colonel, and Sarah Mynn. Thruston went to the college of William & Mary in 1754. 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. He became a vestryman of Petsworth parish in 1764 and elected as a minister in 1767 and continued until 1768 when he moved to Frederick County, Virginia. He became a minister there until 1776.

Military career

In 1776, Thruston organized a company to help George Washington in New Jersey as a part of the American Revolutionary War.
He fought in the Battle of Punk Hill where he injured his arm.

Later life

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