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Samuel Townsend
Birth: 1786
Death: 10-5-1850
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Samuel Townsend is mentioned in 18380825GMG_WHS1 as a supernumerary to the delegates for the Utica convention. He most certainly lived in Orange; all the other men listed in this letter are "Seward men" of Orange County. In the History of Orange County, there is a Supervisor/Town Clerk of Cornwall listed in 1838 as "Samuel Townsend". From Find-A-Grave, the only Samuel Townsend deceased in Orange County is listed as buried in Cornwall! What luck.
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Samuel Townsend is mentioned in 18380825GMG_WHS1 as a supernumerary to the delegates for the Utica convention. He most certainly lived in Orange; all the other men listed in this letter are "Seward men" of Orange County. In the History of Orange County, there is a Supervisor/Town Clerk of Cornwall listed in 1838 as "Samuel Townsend". From Find-A-Grave, the only Samuel Townsend deceased in Orange County is listed as buried in Cornwall! What luck.
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https://archive.org/stream/cu31924028832693/cu31924028832693_djvu.txt
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http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=13801408&PIpi=2868206
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http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=13801408&PIpi=2868206