James M. Townsend

b 03 Sep 1835, , Blount, Tennessee
d 01 Apr 1876,
bur , Sevier, Tennessee
	Daniel Townsend
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Thomas Townsend			Richard Jenkins
\|	\|	Daniel Jenkins	Abigale Townsend
\|	Hephzibah Jenkins
\|		Hebsibah Frampton
James M. Townsend
\|Mary Evalina Young-1 +
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Mary Robinson
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Children

1	<	William Duett 'Uncle_Billy' Townsend, Rev.
2	<	James Millard Townsend
3	<	Elbert Grovan Townsend
4		Townsend
5	<	Harriet Maranda Townsend
6	<	George Matson Townsend
7	<	Theresa Angelina 'Aunt_Tex' Townsend
8	<	Jettey Etter Townsend

Notes

Listed in the 1860 Cocke County, Tennessee Census near John and Nancy Townsend.

James M. Townsend served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. He was Private, 5th Tennessee Calvary enlisted for one year in 1862 discharged in 1863. James Townsend along with his brother Thomas were accused of murder in Blount County, Tennessee. He fled to Sevier County, Tennessee about 1869. No evidence was given to prove his guilt. The Sevier County, Tennessee Federal Census listed him as a farmer with $500 personal property and $179 worth of land.

Charter member of the Shady Grove Baptist Church in Sevier County, Tennessee where he is buried with his wife.

Source: 'The Townsend Heritage', Kathy Townsend, 1984, p 15, 23, 26, 28, 111, 112. 'In the Shadow of the Smokies', Smoky Mountain Historical Society, 1993, p 437.

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