George
Coleman
Townes
Born in Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Halcott Townes
and Sarah Anne Coleman
Brother of
Edward Townes and Stephen Coleman Townes
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 70
in Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 8 Oct 2021
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Biography
Colonel George Townes served in the Virginia Army in the War of 1812
Service started: Aug 29, 1813
Unit(s): Virginia Militia (Dickenson's)
Service ended: Uncertain
Service started: Aug 29, 1813
Unit(s): Virginia Militia (Dickenson's)
Service ended: Uncertain
George was born in 1791. He was the son of Halcott Townes and Sarah Coleman.[1] He passed away in 1861. He married Eliza Barker Tunstall 10 Aug 1819 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. [2]
He served as Captain in the War of 1812 and later became Colonel of Militia. [3][4]
He served in the House of Delegates 1818-1819 and 1848-1853, in the Senate of Virginia 1829 and on the Virginia Constitutional Convention in 1829.[5] He was on a Select Committee created by the House to consider the University of Virginia Commissioners Report for establishment of the University of Virginia.[6]
Events
1839 Danville, VA
George Townes at the request of Morris Pollock, Townes hosts a visit with him regarding the possible silk industry in Virginia. [7]
Sources
- Clement, Maud Carter. The History of Pittsylvania County, Virginia. United States, Regional Publishing Company, 1973. Page 242, https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_History_of_Pittsylvania_County_Virgi/57aFNInLFroC?hl=en&gbpv=0
- Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Under the Editorial Supervision of Lyon Gardiner Tyler. United States, Lewis historical publishing Company, 1915., Page 433, https://www.google.com/books/edition/Encyclopedia_of_Virginia_Biography_Under/ESkSAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0
- ↑ Pittsylvania, Va., Chancery Cases, 1828-010, Heirs of Halcott Towns by (alias: Halcott Townes) etc vs. John Barnet (alias: John Barnett), Local Government Records Collection, Halifax Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia. https://www.lva.virginia.gov/chancery/full_case_detail.asp?CFN=143-1828-010#img
- ↑ "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X5Y5-GPX : 6 August 2020), George Townes, 1819.
- ↑ History of Virginia. (1924). United States: American historical Society. https://www.google.com/books/edition/History_of_Virginia/GikSAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0
- ↑ Aaron, L. G., Butler, S. (2014). Pittsylvania County and the War of 1812. United States: Arcadia Publishing Incorporated., https://www.google.com/books/edition/Pittsylvania_County_and_the_War_of_1812/gSN3CQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0
- ↑ https://history.house.virginia.gov/members?name=Townes
- ↑ “Joseph C. Cabell to Thomas Jefferson, 8 December 1818,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-13-02-0419. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, vol. 13, 22 April 1818 to 31 January 1819, ed. J. Jefferson Looney. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2016, pp. 472–473.]
- ↑ https://oldwestendva.com/blog/silk-industry-near-danville/
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