John L. Townsend

Birth Date

1823-01-09

Death Date

1870-12-25

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Hopkins County and Webster County, Kentucky, farmer. North Carolina native. Married to Mary A. Townsend. Father of Nancy A. Townsend, William W. Townsend, Isabella Townsend, Lucinda Townsend, Louisa Townsend, Martha L. Townsend, Bartlett Townsend, and John Townsend. Married to Delilah Townsend. Father of Mary Townsend. Farmer in Hopkins County in 1850. Farmer in Webster County in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Webster County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 2, p. 136A.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Webster County, p. 601-02.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Webster County, p. 485B.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Webster County, District 4, p. 232B.
"John Louis Townsend (1823-1870)" Find A Grave, Memorial #42957838, accessed December 15, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42957838.

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