Person:William Townsend (51)

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William Townsend
b.16 Feb 1790 Madison County, Kentucky
d.6 Oct 1862 Estill County, Kentucky
Parents and Siblings
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  1. Rhoda TownsendAbt 1790 - 1884
  2. William Townsend1790 - 1862
  3. James TownsendAbt 1793 - 1862
  4. John TownsendAbt 1798 -
Spouse and Children
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m. 24 Jan 1815
  1. Catherine TownsendAbt 1812 -
  2. Mary "Molly" "Polly" Townsend1812 - 1904
  3. Frances TownsendAbt 1815 -
  4. Martha Townsend1817 - 1894
  5. James G TownsendAbt 1821 -
  6. Elijah TownsendAbt 1824 -
  7. William TownsendAbt 1825 -
  8. Elkanah TownsendAbt 1828 -
  9. Hiram TownsendAbt 1833 -
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Facts and Events
Name William Townsend
Alt Name[1] James William Townsend
Gender Male
Birth[1] 16 Feb 1790 Madison County, Kentuckysource = OLT, needs verification
Military[2] 1812 War of 1812 -
Alt Marriage 16 Mar 1812 Estill, Kentucky, United Statessource = OLT, needs verification
to Elizabeth Eaton
Marriage 24 Jan 1815 Estill County, Kentuckyto Elizabeth Eaton
Property? 12 Jul 1830 Estill, Kentucky, United Statessold land bought from Chambers to Aaron Horn
Will[3] Oct 1833 Montgomery, Kentucky, United States
Death[1] 6 Oct 1862 Estill County, Kentucky[see note]
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Research Notes

  • Note of Caution: something is amiss with his will and death date ... more research needed. --Cos1776 22:17, 10 December 2015 (UTC)
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Land Records for review and proper citation

Montgomery County December Court 1833
Land Records and Deeds Oct 26, 1866

Land Deeds to Aaron Horn from Wm and Elizabeth Townson July 12, 1830 Estill Co., KY.

Land Deeds to David Edwards from Elizabeth Morton (Widow of Wm Townsend), James G. Townsend (son of William Townsend) Emily Townsend( wife of James G. Townsend)
Powell Co., KY September 1866

Dep. of Samuel Hall - My father, John Hall, bought land from Chambers. I carried chain in survey. I sold the land for my father to William Townsend. Father had this land for 30-35 years. I had lived on the land 50 years. I built a house for Horn on Chambers property. [where is this deposition located???]

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees: (Note: not considered a reliable primary source).

    http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/person.aspx?pid=18837640480&tid=19216310

  2. ↑ Military Service - pending better citation, in Source Needed.

    [From Estill County, Kentucky court records, he was in the battle known as Dudley's Defeat (5 May 1813 at Fort Meigs in Ohio)]

  3. ↑ Will Transcript of William Townsend, in Montgomery County, Kentucky Will Book.

    Will Oct 1833, Montgomery Co., KY
    State of Kentucky in the name of God, amen, I William Townsen of
    Montgomery County, being weak in body, but sound and perfect mind and
    memory
    ( or you may say this considering the uncertainty of this mortal life and
    being of sound).
    And blessed be almighty God for the same do make and publish this my
    last will and testament in the manner and for m following that is to say,
    first I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife, Elizabeth Townson, all my
    land, goods and chattels during her widowhood and if she marries all my
    land, goods and chattels is to go to my children and I want all my children all to stay together on my farm till they are raised and I want no sail of
    non of my land nor property hereby revoking all former wills by made in witness whereof I have hear unto set my hand and seal this twenty second day of November in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty three.
    Signed Sealed Published and declared by the above named William Townson to be his last will and testament in the presents of us who have hear unto subscribed our names as witness in the presence of the testator attested
    Fredrick Bowen, Green Hall
    State of Kentucky

  4.   Land Records.
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