Enslaved of Townsend Family, Slaveholders, Campbell and Pittsylvania County, Virginia

Richard Stone Townsend was born in 1762 in Lunenburg County, VA and died in 1840 in Virginia. He was the son of Richard Townsend (1736-1821) and his wife, Susannah Stone (1750-1812), the daughter of Richard Stone (1727-1797) and Mary Yancy (1725-1806.) 

He married Francis "Fanny" Jordan on 4 Dec 1783 and they had 6 children. Some were enslavers.

 

Wilcher Jordan Levenworth Townsend was born in Virginia in 1790 and died after 8 May 1845 at Leatherwood, Henry County, VA. He married Eliza Jane Faris (Farris) 4 Jan 1836 in Pittsylvania County, VA.

1820 Census - Lynchburg, Campbell, VA - Wilcher Jordan Townsend
3 Free Colored Persons:
    2 M under 14
    1 M 26-44
12 slaves:
    6 M under 14
    2 M 14-25
    2 M 45+
    2 F under 14

 

Mariah Townsend was born about 1814 in Virginia and died in 1870 in Chatham, Pittsylvania County, VA.  She married William "James" Irby (1796-1874) on 4 March 1847. He is the son of William Irby (d1823) and Anne Farmer (d May 1851.)

1820 Census - Pittsylvania County, VA - James Irby
8 slaves:
2 M under 14
3 M 14-25
1 F under 14
1 F 14-25
1 F 26-44

1830 Census Pittsylvania County, VA
No slaves listed

1840 Census - 107 Regt Pittsylvania County, VA -  James Irby
2 slaves:  2 F 10-23

1860 Slave Schedule North Dist Pittsylvania County, VA page 465

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*See separate post for Clement Townsend, brother of  Wilcher and Mariah.