Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

About

Hopkins County and Webster County, Kentucky, farmer. Virginia native. Married to Elizabeth Townsend. Father of Cynthia L. Townsend, Ella Ann Townsend, and Alfred Townsend. Farmer in Hopkins County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Webster County in 1860. Owned three enslaved persons in Webster County in 1860.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 2, p. 127A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Webster County, p. 619.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Webster County, p. 486A.

Citation

Townsend, Wilson. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32200658 (November 12, 2026).

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Documents (1)

Petition
Sam Massey et al. to Beriah Magoffin
1861-02-09

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