Died about at about age 73
in Tennessee, United States
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Biography
William Carroll Towns was born in Tennessee in about 1822, son of William Hardy Towns and Elizabeth Ann Coates. William married Mary Campbell on 14 Dec 1843.[1] William married Lucinda Covington on December 23, 1851. [2]
Home in 1850: Burnett, Rutherford, Tennessee, USA[3]
William Towns, Enlistment Date 1864
Battle Unit: Third (Wingfield's) Cavalry [10]
Sources
↑ "Tennessee Marriages, 1796-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X8B4-4VH : accessed 31 May 2016), William C. Towns and Mary Campbell, 14 Dec 1843; citing Davidson, Tennessee, reference ; FHL microfilm 2,020,971.
↑ "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QKHS-6MYN : accessed 31 May 2016), William C Towns and Lucinda Covington, 23 Dec 1851; citing Rutherford, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 379,649.
↑ Year: 1860; Census Place: District 2, Rutherford, Tennessee; Roll: M653_1271; Page: 9; Image: 19; Family History Library Film: 805271
↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MDWW-S2Z : 15 July 2017), William C Towns, District 6, Rutherford, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district ED 194, sheet 74D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1276; FHL microfilm 1,255,276.
↑ National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Carded Records Showing Military Service of Soldiers Who Fought in Confederate Organizations, compiled 1903 - 1927, documenting the period 1861 - 1865; Catalog ID: 586957; Record Group #: 109; Roll #: 19
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DNA Connections
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