Phillip "Barney" Townsend

Abt 1840 - 1877  (~ 37 years)

• Name	Phillip "Barney" Townsend
  Born	Abt 1840	Tennessee   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1850	District 11, Cocke County, Tennessee   [2]
  Census	1860	District 8, Cocke County, Tennessee   [3]
  Census	1870	District 11, Cocke County, Tennessee   [4]
  Died	1877
  Buried	Townsend Family Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee   [5]
  Person ID	I53798	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	27 Apr 2015

  
  

  Father	John Townsend,   b. Abt 1813, North Carolina ,   d. 8 Jan 1890  (Age ~ 77 years)
  Mother	Mary "Polly" Baldridge,   b. 16 Dec 1813, North Carolina ,   d. 25 Apr 1875  (Age 61 years)
  Notes	31 January 1835 Charleston Observer Married at Bugby, Wadmalaw Island on Thursday 22d (22 Jan 1835) inst., by the Rev. Mr. Hanckel, John Townsend Esq. of Edisto Island, to Mary Caroline, only daughter of the late Richard Jenkins, of Johns Island.
  Family ID	F17375	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Mary E. Headrick,   b. Jan 1846, Tennessee ,   d. Abt 1903  (Age ~ 56 years)
  Children	+ 1. Marian Abb Townsend,   b. Abt 1867, Tennessee ,   d. Abt 1899  (Age ~ 32 years)   2. James Townsend,   b. Abt 1869, Tennessee   3. William Henry Townsend,   b. 30 Jun 1870, Tennessee ,   d. 11 Feb 1942, Cocke County, Tennessee  (Age 71 years) + 4. Mary Charlotte "Charlottie" Townsend,   b. Jul 1873, Cocke County, Tennessee ,   d. 15 Apr 1947, Cocke County, Tennessee  (Age ~ 73 years) + 5. Dock C. Townsend,   b. Apr 1875, Tennessee ,   d. 22 Jun 1946, Cocke County, Tennessee  (Age ~ 71 years)
  Family ID	F146532	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - Abt 1840 - 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 1860 Cocke County, Tennessee Federal Census as Laborer and 1870 Cocke County, Tennessee Census..

  
  

• Sources

  [S92] Cocke County, Tennessee Census, 11/ 67 , 1870. http://www.rootsweb.com/~tncocke/1870.txt [S112] Census, 1850. name: Philip Townsend event: Census event date: 1850 event place: Cocke county, Cocke, Tennessee, United States gender: Male age: 10 marital status: race (original): race (standardized): birthplace: Tennessee estimated birth year: 1840 dwelling house number: 811 family number: 811 line number: 2 nara publication number: M432 nara roll number: 874 film number: 24565 digital folder number: 004191100 image number: 00339 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 [S112] Census, 1860. Name: Phillip Townsend Event Type: Census Event Year: 1860 Event Place: District No 8, Cocke, Tennessee, United States Gender: Male Age: 20 Race: White Race (Original): [Blank] Birth Year (Estimated): 1840 Birthplace: Tennessee Page: 105 Household ID: 762 Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Affiliate Publication Number: M653 GS Film Number: 805244 Digital Folder Number: 004296184 Image Number: 00359 Household Gender Age Birthplace John Townsend M 50 North Carolina Mary Townsend F 50 North Carolina Phillip Townsend M 20 Tennessee Nancy Townsend F 13 Tennessee Mary Townsend F 11 [Blank] John W Townsend M 9 [Blank] Royal S Townsend M 7 [Blank] Margaret E Townsend F 5 [Blank] [S112] Census, 1870. Name: Phillip Townsend Event Type: Census Event Year: 1870 Event Place: Tennessee, United States Gender: Male Age: 30 Race: White Race (Original): W Birth Year (Estimated): 1839-1840 Birthplace: Tennessee Page Number: 9 Household ID: 67 Line Number: 36 Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Affiliate Publication Number: M593 GS Film number: 000553018 Digital Folder Number: 004276588 Image Number: 00286 Household Gender Age Birthplace Phillip Townsend M 30 Tennessee Mary Townsend F 24 Tennessee Marian A Townsend M 3 Tennessee James Townsend M 1 Tennessee [S147] Find a Grave, (Memorial: 130329628). Barney fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War with Company H, North Carolina 60th Infantry Regiment. According to family history, he was bitten by a rabid dog. He knew he was a danger to his family, so he nailed himself shut inside a corn crib of the barn. His family fed him underneath the door until his death.