Charles Mynn Thruston (colonel)
Charles Mynn Thruston (November 6, 1738 – March 21, 1812) was an American farmer, priest, military officer, politician, slaveowner and judge.[3] When he was 20, Thruston led a militia unit that assisted in the evacuation of Fort Duquesne during the French and Indian War.[4] In 1775 and 1776, Frederick County voters elected Thruston and Isaac Zane Jr. as their delegates to the Second, Third and Fourth Virginia Conventions.[5] In 1776, Thruston organized a company to help George Washington in New Jersey as a part of the American Revolutionary War.With one exception, Frederick County voters elected and re-elected Thruston to represent them (part time) in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1782 through 1788.