Charles Mynn Thruston

Charles Mynn Thruston (November 6, 1738 – March 21, 1812) was an American farmer, priest, military officer, politician, slaveowner and judge. He represented Frederick County, Virginia in the Second, Third and Fourth Virginia Conventions, then fought as an officer in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, then represented Frederick County in the Virginia House of Delegates for several terms before moving to the Louisiana Territory, dying in New Orleans.

Early and family life Charles Thruston was born in Gloucester County, Virginia on November 6, 1738, to Col. John Thruston and his wife Sarah Mynn. The house, no longer standing, was at Gloucester Point. Thruston attended the College of William & Mary in 1754. and continued until 1768 when he moved to Frederick County, Virginia.

In 1775 and 1776, Frederick County voters elected Thruston and Isaac Zane Jr. as their delegates to the Second, Third and Fourth Virginia Conventions. In 1776, Thruston organized a company to help George Washington in New Jersey as a part of the American Revolutionary War. He served alongside Alexander White, then with John Smith in 1786–1787, and finally alongside John Shearman Woodcock, then became a county judge. He owned 7 adult and five child slaves in Frederick County in 1787, and an additional five enslaved children in Gloucester County.

In 1808 Thruston moved to Louisiana where he resided until his death in New Orleans on March 12, 1812.