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State of Service: VA
Qualifying Service: Private
Birth: 1763 / / VA Death: 12 Dec 1831 / Union / SC
Qualifying Service Description:
Private in the First Regiment of Artillery of the Virginia Continental Line commanded by Colonel Charles Harrison
Additional References:
SAR Patriot Index Edition III (CD: PP2210, Progeny Publ, 2002) plus data to 2004
Roster of SC Patriots in the American Revolution by Bobby Moss
Supplemental SAR Application of Joseph F. Kirby (P-127973) on William Townsend
Pension Rolls of 1835 Vol III
Index of Rev War Pension App Natl Gen Society pg 1174
Spouse: Mrs Lousiann/Lucy Ann Parlo/Parler Children: Naomi;
Find-a-Grave lists his burial as UNKNOWN - Feb 2020
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Additional Information:
No DAR GRS record found - Sep 2022
William Townsend's will can be found at the Union County Probate in Box 19, Pack 26, Year 1831. His wife was Lucy Ann/Luzian (Parler, widow of Shadrach) William and Lucy were married in SC in 1790. She died in 1841 and her will can be found at the same courthouse in Box 27, Pack 15