James M. Townsend

1835 - 1876

• Born	3 Sep 1835	Cocke County, Tennessee   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1850	District 11, Cocke County, Tennessee   [2]
  _UID	88B03FF406B77F42B9E7D125A073E069DBCD
  Died	1 Apr 1876
  Buried	Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee   [3]
  Person ID	I36445	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	22 Nov 2012

  
  

  Father	John Townsend,   b. Abt 1813, North Carolina ,   d. 8 Jan 1890
  Mother	Mary "Polly" Baldridge,   b. 16 Dec 1813, North Carolina ,   d. 25 Apr 1875
  Family ID	F17375	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Martha Ellege
  Married	3 Sep 1857	, Blount County, Tennessee
  Family ID	F13259	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Mary Evalina Young,   b. 17 Jun 1846, Tennessee ,   d. 1 Oct 1901
  Children	> 1. Rev. William Duett "Uncle Billy" Townsend,   b. 4 Jul 1859, Tennessee ,   d. 4 Dec 1937, Sevier County, Tennessee > 2. James Millard Townsend,   b. 1 Mar 1861, Cocke County, Tennessee ,   d. 16 Apr 1926 > 3. Elbert Grovan Townsend,   b. 1 Mar 1863, Tennessee ,   d. 9 Jul 1904   4. Townsend,   b. 10 Apr 1865,   d. 19 Apr 1865 > 5. Harriet Maranda Townsend,   b. 5 May 1867, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 20 May 1919 > 6. George Matson Townsend,   b. 13 Sep 1869, Tennessee ,   d. 29 Oct 1937 > 7. Theresa Angelina "Aunt Tex" Townsend,   b. 25 Aug 1871, Tennessee ,   d. 21 Jan 1941 > 8. Jettey Etter Townsend,   b. 28 May 1875, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 16 Aug 1918
  Family ID	F13257	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 3 Sep 1835 - Cocke County, Tennessee Married - 3 Sep 1857 - , Blount County, Tennessee Buried - - Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  Listed in the 1860 Cocke County, Tennessee Census near John and Polly 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. Kathy Townsend lists parents as Thomas and Mary (Robinson) Townsend. However, based on Cocke County 1850 and 1860 census, James seems to be son of John and Mary "Polly" Townsend. ---------- Reference: "The Townsend Heritage", Kathy Townsend, 1984, p 15, 23, 26, 28, 111, 112.

  
  

• Sources

  [S94] Sevier County, Tennessee Census, 462a, 15 Jul 1870. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tn/sevier/census/1870/0462a.gif [S112] Census, 1850. name: James Townsend event: Census event date: 1850 event place: Cocke county, Cocke, Tennessee, United States gender: Male age: 14 marital status: race (original): race (standardized): birthplace: Tennessee estimated birth year: 1836 dwelling house number: 811 family number: 811 line number: 42 nara publication number: M432 nara roll number: 874 film number: 24565 digital folder number: 004191100 image number: 00338 Household Gender Age Birthplace John Townsend M 34 North Carolina Polly Townsend F 34 North Carolina Penelope Townsend F 16 Tennessee James Townsend M 14 Tennessee William Townsend M 12 Tennessee Philip Townsend M 10 Tennessee Nancy Townsend F 4 Tennessee Mary Townsend F 0 Tennessee Nancy Baldridge F 70 North Carolina [S34] In the Shadow of the Smokies, Smoky Mountain Historical Society, (1993), 437.