George Townsend
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George W Townsend (abt. 1842 - aft. 1900)

George W Townsend
Born about in Lewis County, VIrginia (now Gilmer County, West Virginia), United Statesmap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 23 Feb 1868 in Wirt County, West Virginia, United Statesmap
Descendants descendants
Died after after about age 57 [location unknown]
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Profile last modified | Created 4 Mar 2013
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Contents

Biography

1870 residence Elizabeth Twp., Wirt County, WV; 1880 residence Elizabeth District, Wirt County, WV; 1890 Veterans Schedule, Elizabeth District, Wirt County, WV; 1900 residence Elizabeth District, Wirt County, WV

1860 Census

NOTE: There are two George Townsends in Gilmer County in 1860. Both are 18. One born in Lewis county, one in Gilmer County. The following record is for George W Townsend.

1860 > VIRGINIA > GILMER > GLENVILLE P O [1]

Living with David B and Mary Taylor and family.

Surname GivenName Age Sex Race Birthplace TOWNSEND GEORGE W 18 M W VA Serving

NOTE: There was no Gilmer County in 1842 when George W Townsend was born. It wasn't formed until 1845 from Kanawha and Lewis Counties, Virginia.

1880 Census

Elizabeth, Wirt, West Virginia, United States

Name: Claude [Claudia] Townsend Event Type: Census Event Date: 1880 Event Place: Elizabeth, Wirt, West Virginia, United States Gender: Female Age: 7 Marital Status: Single

Race (Original): W Ethnicity: American Relationship to Head of Household: Other Birthplace: West Virginia, United States Birth Date: 1873

Father's Birthplace: West Virginia, United States

Mother's Birthplace: West Virginia, United States Page: 193 Page Letter: D [2]

  • Self Geo. W. Townsend M 38 West Virginia, United States
  • Other Columbia Townsend F 32 West Virginia, United States
  • Other F.M. Townsend M 11 West Virginia, United States
  • Other Grace R. Townsend F 9 West Virginia, United States
  • Other Claude Townsend F 7 West Virginia, United States
  • Other Georgia A. Townsend F 4 West Virginia, United States

Military

Civil War Rank: Private 4th Regiment, Company A, WV Enlistment: Jan 20 1864 Discharge: Jul 16 1865[3]

George W Townsend, "West Virginia, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865"

Name: George W Townsend Event Type: Military Service Event Year: 1865 Age (Original): 21 Military Unit Note: Second Veteran Infantry AND Fourth Infantry, A-Bl Affiliate Publication Title: Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of West Virginia Affiliate Publication Number: M508 Affiliate Film Number: 113[4]


Name: George W Townsend Event Type: Military Service Event Year: 1861 Age (Original): 19 Military Unit Note: Fourth Infantry, Bo-Z Affiliate Publication Title: Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of West Virginia Affiliate Publication Number: M508 Affiliate Film Number: 122 [5]

Marriage

After George was discharged from the U.S. Army, and the end of the Civil War, George and Columbia were married in Wirt County, WV on February 26, 1868[6] by the Rev. M.B.Edmondson. At the time of their marriage, it indicated that George was a farmer. George was twenty-four years old.[7]

In 1900, George and his son Freddie, were living in Elizabeth, Wirt County, West Virginia.

Burial and Death

When interviewing my Great Aunt Maggie Walcutt, she stated that she did not know when or where George died. Aunt Maggie said that George "went away after Columbia died."[8] At this point and time I still do not have a date or place of George's death.

There is a George Washington Dent Died June 13 1912, died in Mono, Monongalia, WV, married, age 72, occupation was physician. Age is about right.???? There are references to the Dent's knowing the George Washington, and children were named after him but???[9]

Sources

"United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M6TZ-6QW : accessed 16 Jul 2013), Geo. W. Townsend, 1880.

"United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M9ZK-CL5 : accessed 16 Jul 2013), George Townsend, 1900.

"West Virginia, Marriages, 1853-1970," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FBZX-QY9 : accessed 17 Jul 2013), Geo * and Columbia Lockhart, 1868.

Census 1860 > VIRGINIA > GILMER > GLENVILLE P O http://persi.heritagequestonline.com.oh0226.oplin.org/hqoweb/library/do/census/results/image?surname=townsend&givenname=George&series=8&hitcount=79&p=1&urn=urn%3Aproquest%3AUS%3Bcensus%3B9155213%3B56097426%3B8%3B11&searchtype=1&offset=45

1900 > WEST VIRGINIA > WIRT > ELIZABETH DIST http://persi.heritagequestonline.com.oh0226.oplin.org/hqoweb/library/do/census/results/image?surname=townsend&givenname=George&series=12&hitcount=277&p=101&urn=urn%3Aproquest%3AUS%3Bcensus%3B17898146%3B125923200%3B12%3B29&searchtype=1&offset=153

"Gilmer County WV History 1845-1989" p.36

"Hacker's Creek Journal" Vol. X issue 2 Spring 1992 pp.25,26

Norman, Don, "Descendants of Benjamin Smarr", "Descendants of John

Mealey"

Payne, Wanda, email to Don Norman Aug 30 1999

Townsend, Toni, Townsend family group sheets 1992

Walker, Ruth Conrad, letter to Don Norman May 20, 2001

1850,1860 Gilmer County VA census

Footnotes

  1. Series: M653 Roll: 1345 Page: 978 July 11 1860 Line 20 House 375 Family 355 Page 54 Persi.heritagequestonline.com
  2. Entry Number: 4049 Affiliate Film Number: T9-1415 GS Film number: 1255415 Digital Folder Number: 004244700 Image Number: 00778 Household Gender Age Birthplace "United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M6TZ-6QZ : accessed 07 Mar 2014), Claude Townsend in household of Geo. W. Townsend, Elizabeth, Wirt, West Virginia, United States; citing sheet 193D, family 4, NARA microfilm publication T9-1415
  3. "United States, 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K8SH-J66 : accessed 16 Jul 2013), George W Townsend, 1890.
  4. "West Virginia, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JWTP-LM9 : accessed 16 Jul 2013), George W Townsend, 1865.
  5. "West Virginia, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JWT5-TC1 : accessed 16 Jul 2013), George W Townsend, 1861
  6. The marriage record indicates 1867 at the top of the page, but the page appears too have been finishing up the year with December marriages. Subsequent dates are January, February, and so forth. I have chosen to indicate year of marriage as 1867 as recorded at the top of the marriage record instead of 1868 for two reasons. It records Columbia's age as 19, which she would have just turned 19 several days prior to her marriage. It also indicates that George was only 24, with my current estimated DOB as 1842, it would be more in keeping with the 1867 marriage date.
  7. "West Virginia, Marriages, 1853-1970," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FBZX-QY9 : accessed 17 Jul 2013), Geo * and Columbia Lockhart, 1868.
  8. .First hand knowledge, family information, family interviews. Maggie Walcutt, approximately 1985, Wirt County, WV.
  9. "West Virginia, Deaths, 1853-1970," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NMPW-J6R : accessed 10 Aug 2013), George Washington Dent, 13 Jun 1912.




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