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     Francis Townsend was the son of Samuel Townsend and Edia (--?--).

     William L. Townsend was the son of Benjamin Townsend and Ester (--?--). He married Mary (--?--) circa 1840.¹
     Biography of William L. Townsend:

William L. Townsend appears in the 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880 censuses of Marlboro County, South Carolina. He has a family in 1850 but is living without family in the last three of those censuses. He also gives his age fairly consistently as being born about 1810. We believe this is the same person in all four censuses as no other William Townsend’s are found in those years in Marlboro County. We also believe he is the son of Benjamin Townsend (1788-1860) as he fits the position of a son born about 1810 in the household of Benjamin Townsend in the 1810 census. Also in 1880 he is living by himself next door to Franklin Townsend (1837- ) who is a grandson of Benjamin, thus inferring that William L. could be Franklin’s Uncle.

     Mary (--?--) married William L. Townsend, son of Benjamin Townsend and Ester (--?--), circa 1840.¹

     Catherine Townsend was the daughter of William L. Townsend and Mary (--?--).

     Jane Townsend was the daughter of William L. Townsend and Mary (--?--).

     Lucius Townsend was the son of William L. Townsend and Mary (--?--).

     Frances (--?--) married James Townsend, son of John Townsend and Cortney (--?--). She married Thomas W. Cribbs on 24 March 1822 at Wayne, Georgia, United States.¹

     Mary Townsend was the daughter of James Townsend and Frances (--?--). She married John Thompson on 27 April 1828 at Wayne, Georgia, United States.¹
     Biography of Mary Townsend:

Mary Townsend is first found listed as an orphan winning land with Frances Townsend, widow, from McIntosh County Georgia in the 1821 Georgia Land Lottery.

We know Mary married John Thompson in Wayne County, Georgia and that they had at least one son, William Thompson, who is enumerated in the Darien, McIntosh County, Georgia household of Mary's brother, William R. Townsend in the 1850 census.

     L. Ancel Townsend was the son of James Townsend and Frances (--?--).

     Francis Townsend was the son of James Townsend and Frances (--?--). He married James Snowden.² He married Riley Moore on 18 May 1846 at Alachua, Florida, United States.²

     Elijah Townsend was the son of James Townsend and Frances (--?--). He married Louisa Harris on 10 May 1827 at Wayne, Georgia, United States.¹ He married Jemima (--?--) circa 1843. He died before 1870 at Tampa, Hillsborough, Florida, United States.
     Biography of Elijah Townsend:

Elijah Townsend is first found listed as an orphan winning land with Frances Townsend, widow, from McIntosh County Georgia in the 1821 Georgia Land Lottery.

He is next found in the1850 Census of Darien, McIntosh County, Georgia. About 1850 he removed to Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida where he farmed. He likely died there before the 1870 census.

     Louisa Harris married Elijah Townsend, son of James Townsend and Frances (--?--), on 10 May 1827 at Wayne, Georgia, United States.¹

     James E. Townsend was the son of Elijah Townsend and Louisa Harris. He married Martha Middleton in 1853.¹

     Benjamin Townsend was the son of Elijah Townsend and Louisa Harris.

     Josiah Elford Townsend was the son of Elijah Townsend and Louisa Harris. He married Ann Howard on 25 January 1855.¹ He married Susan Darby Ritch, daughter of John G. Ritch and Lucretia T. Nettles, on 21 January 1869.² He died on 4 September 1922 at age 84.²

     Lorenzo D. Townsend was the son of Elijah Townsend and Louisa Harris. He married Jane (--?--).

     Elijah L. Townsend was the son of Elijah Townsend and Louisa Harris.

     Jemima (--?--) married Elijah Townsend, son of James Townsend and Frances (--?--), circa 1843.

     Aldophus J. F. Townsend was the son of Elijah Townsend and Jemima (--?--).

     Ellen Townsend was the daughter of Elijah Townsend and Jemima (--?--).

     Josiah Elford Townsend was the son of James Townsend and Frances (--?--). He married Sarah Oliver, daughter of (--?--) Oliver and Sophia (--?--), circa 1835 at McIntosh, Georgia, United States. He died in 1874 at Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, United States.¹
     Biography of Josiah Elford Townsend:

Josiah Elford Townsend is first found listed as an orphan winning land with Frances Townsend, widow, from McIntosh County Georgia in the 1821 Georgia Land Lottery.

He is next found in the 1840 Census of McIntosh County, Georgia (p. 83) living with a female age 20-30, undoubtedly his wife, Sarah Oliver. Sophia Oliver family is living nearby. He is next found in the 1850 Census of McIntosh County, Georgia with his wife, Sarah. By 1860 he had removed to Jacksonville, Florida appearing in that census (p. 249) with wife, Sarah A. and a Ellen Townsend age 30. We do not know who Ellen is but doubt she is a daughter.

By 1870 Josiah has moved to Sanderson, Baker County, Florida where he is Clerk of Court and listed on p. 218 of that census. His wife, Sarah A., mother in law, Sophia Oliver age 72 and twins, Peter and James Townsend age 17 are enumerated with him. He, nor any other members of his family, were found in the 1880 Census.

     Sarah Oliver was the daughter of (--?--) Oliver and Sophia (--?--).¹ She married Josiah Elford Townsend, son of James Townsend and Frances (--?--), circa 1835 at McIntosh, Georgia, United States.