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     John "Jack" Townsend was born on 24 January 1792 at Marlboro Co., South Carolina.¹ He was the son of Light Townsend and Phoebe Carter. John "Jack" Townsend married Nancy Leigh at Liberty Co., Georgia.¹ John "Jack" Townsend died on 28 December 1868 at Hernando Co., Florida, at age 76.¹ He was buried at Townsend House Cemetery, Pasco Co., Florida.
     
Biography of John "Jack" Townsend:

John (Jack) Townsend followed his father to Jefferson County, Florida about 1828. He served in the Second Seminole Indian War where he raised a company of Mounted Volunteers and was elected its Captain in Feb., 1840. After some months of service as a unit of the Florida Militia, it was mustered into the service of the United States. After the war he received a land bounty of160 acres for this service. The U.S. Census of 1850 list John Townsend as living in Benton (now Hernando) County, Fl., the name being changed in Dec. of that year. John Townsend was elected a County Commissioner there in Jan. 1852,and again in 1855, 1857 and 1863, each a two year term. When Fl. seceded from the Union, in 1861, Capt. Jack Townsend, then well into his sixties, volunteered for local service in Capt. James H. Breaker's Company of "Old Guards Mounted Rangers." After several months the company was discharged due to the advanced age of its members.
Circuit riding ministers made regular visits to his home for camp meetings. The present day Townsend House Church , successor to the log home of Captain "Jack", which he gave for the community's first meeting house, is a neat frame building set in the midst of orange groves, miles away from any paved road. In May of each year, a great reunion is held here for all of the name of Townsend, and those whose families worshiped here and attended when it was a school. In the Townsend cemetery, near by, many of this family are buried (Revised by the compiler from T. Lesley, "Light Townsend 1770-1851").¹

     John Axton Townsend was born on 18 October 1825 at Georgia.¹ He was the son of Isaac Townsend and Hester Ann Keaton.

     John C. Townsend was born on 26 September 1852 at Marlboro Co., South Carolina.¹ He was the son of Jabish N. Townsend and Hester Ann Townsend. John C. Townsend married Sallie E. (--?--). John C. Townsend died on 28 August 1900 at Marlboro Co., South Carolina, at age 47.² He was buried at Parnassus Methodist Church Cemetery, Marlboro Co., South Carolina.²

     John Calvin Townsend was born on 7 April 1879 at Alachua Co., Florida.¹ He was the son of William Washington Townsend and Lucinda Millard Jones.¹ John Calvin Townsend married Lela Locklear.¹ John Calvin Townsend married Lila Estelle Gay on 7 December 1902.¹ John Calvin Townsend died on 9 January 1930 at age 50.¹

     John was born on 17 November 1915 at Madison Co., Florida. He was the son of John Hilliard Townsend and Ethel Agnes Williams. John died on 15 September 1958 at Jacksonville, Duval Co., Florida, at age 42. His body was buried in September 1958 at Hickory Grove Church, Madison Co., Florida.²

     John Edward Townsend was born on 3 April 1913 at Florida.¹ He was the son of Thomas Olin Townsend and Lula Williams.¹ John Edward Townsend married Betty Lee Franklin.¹ John Edward Townsend died on 11 August 1986 at age 73.¹

     John F. Townsend was born on 8 November 1859 at Marlboro Co., South Carolina.¹ He was the son of Franklin Townsend and Elizabeth "Bettie" (--?--). John F. Townsend married Mary Mittie Dupre circa 1878 at Marlboro Co., South Carolina.² John F. Townsend died on 18 May 1913 at Marlboro Co., South Carolina, at age 53.³ He was buried at Lester Cemetery, Lester Community, Marlboro Co., South Carolina.³

     John F. Townsend was born in April 1885 at Alachua Co., Florida.¹ He was the son of John Francis Townsend and Helen Waits.

     John Francis Townsend was born on 2 January 1853 at Alachua Co., Florida.¹ He was the son of Noah Townsend and Sarah "Sallie" Gillette. John Francis Townsend married Helen Waits on 18 November 1873 at Alachua Co., Florida.² John Francis Townsend died on 12 June 1927 at Alachua Co., Florida, at age 74.³ He was buried at Townsend Cemetery, Hawthorne, Alachua Co., Florida.³

     John H. Townsend was born circa 1906 at Alachua Co., Florida.¹ He was the son of Walter Street Townsend and Mary Salita Thomas.