Towsend, Chauncey Groat

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Birth

Chauncy was born in Knox at about 1833, a son of Philip and Catherine Towsend.

Marriage & Children

He married at about 1854, Hannah M.____ and lived in Berne in 1870. They had the following known children:

  • Catharine Townsend
  • Maggie E. Townsend
  • Julia M. Townsend

Military Service

Residence: Knox[1]
Place of Birth: Knox, NY[1]
Names of Parents: Philip (Towsend) and Catherine [1]
Marital Status: Married[1]
Occupation: Wheel Wright[1]
Term of Enlistment: 3 years[1]
Bounty Received: $100.00[1]
Enlistment Date: 28 Aug 1862[2]
Enlistment Place: Knox[2]
Enlistment Rank: Private
State Served: New York[2]
Regiment: 61st Infantry[2]
Company: Company I[2]
Deserted on: 20 Sept 1862[2]
Deserted at: Albany, NY[2]
Additional Remarks: "Deserted Sept 20th 1862 and went to Canada"[1]
Sources Used: Town and City Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War; Annual Report of the Adjutant General of the State of New York.

Death

Obituary

Additional Research Notes

Additional Media

Knox - Chauncy Groat Towsend - Muster Roll

New York, Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts, 1861-1900 about Chauney G Towsand
Name: Chauney G Towsand
(Chauncy G Townsend)
Age: 30
Birth Place: Knox, New York
Enlistment Year: 1862
Enlistment Location: Knox, New York
Separation Details: Deserted
Separation Date: 10 Sep 1862

Source Citation: New York State Archives, Cultural Education Center, Albany, New York; New York Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts, 1861-1900;Archive Collection #:13775-83;Box #:240;Roll #:1111. Source Information: Ancestry.com. New York, Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts, 1861-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts of New York State Volunteers, United States Sharpshooters, and United States Colored Troops [ca. 1861-1900]. (microfilm, 1185 rolls). Albany, New York: New York State Archives.


Census Records

1860 federal; Knox (Series M653, Roll 723, Page 603)

  • Chancy Towsand 27 Wheelright
  • Hannah Towsand 22
  • Catharine Towsand 3
  • Maggie Towsand 2

Town and City Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War

New York, Town Clerks' Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War, ca 1861-1865 about Chancy Great Towsend
Name: Chancy Great Towsend
Birth Place: Knox, Albany Co, New York
Father: Philip Towsend
Mother: Catharine Townsend
Residence Place: Knox
Enlistment Date: Aug 1862
Enlistment Location: Knox, Albany, New York
Regiment: 61st Regiment
Company: I
Rank: Private
Race: White
Marital Status: Married

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Town and City Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Annual Report of the Adjutant General of the State of New York