When Thomas Townsend was born in 1821, in McMinn, Tennessee, United States, his father, Mr. Townsend, was 15 and his mother, Mrs. Townsend, was 13. He married Marjorie Hayes on 9 March 1846, in McMinn, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters.
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A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.
The Hermitage located in Nashville, Tennessee was a plantation owned by President Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death there in 1845. The Hermitage is now a museum.
The battle of Shiloh took place on April 6, 1862 and April 7, 1862. Confederate soldiers camp through the woods next to where the Union soldiers were camped at Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. With 23,000 casualties this was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War up to this point.
English: topographic name for someone who lived at the extremity of a village, from Middle English toun(es)ende. Compare Town . There may have been some confusion with Townson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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