Alfred V. Townes

Birth Date

1834-12-24

Death Date

1893-09-21

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Hopkins County, Kentucky, attorney and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Alfred Townes and Anna M. Townes. Resident of Hopkins County in 1850. Household owned four enslaved persons in Hopkins County in 1850. Law student in Hopkins County in 1860. Household owned two enslaved persons in Hopkins County in 1860. Attorney in Hopkins County in 1863. Served in the 17th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private and second lieutenant from February 4, 1865, to September 20, 1865.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 1, p. 100B.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 1, p. 700.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 737.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p.216A.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0142.
Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War) NARA RG 110, Hopkins County, KY, July 1863, p. 58.
"Col Alfred V Townes (1834-1893)," Find A Grave, Memorial #89825766, accessed August 4, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/89825766.

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