"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH5H-15W : 19 December 2020), William Townlee, Walker, Alabama, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQWC-JR9 : 19 February 2021), William J. Townley and Polly Allredge, 09 Dec 1857; citing Jefferson, Alabama, United States, County Probate Courts, Alabama; FHL microfilm 1,738,567.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNWP-DDL : 13 January 2022), William G. Tounley in household of George W. Hall, Center Township, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm.
"Alabama, Confederate Pension Applications, ca. 1880-1930's," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WR8W-TN6Z : 3 December 2019), William G Townley in entry for William G Townley, 26 Mar 1889; citing Pension, Colbert, Alabama, United States, Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery; 008497625.
"Alabama, Confederate Pension Applications, ca. 1880-1930's," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WR8W-TNZM : 3 December 2019), William G Townley, 26 Mar 1889; citing Pension, Colbert, Alabama, United States, Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery; 008497625.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
Townley-330 and Townley-251 appear to represent the same person because: they share a similar birth year, the same mother and some of the same siblings.