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Townsend - Asa Townsend - Brief bio



Asa Townsend was a cattleman who settled in 1838 in Columbus, Colorado County, Texas, with his wife and nine children. He owned 1,195 acres there, granted by the Texas General Land Office. In 1845, he served on the committee that drafted the preamble and resolution for the annexation of Texas by the United States.

A more detailed biography can be found on the Texas State Historical Association website: https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fto31

Colorado County, Texas, historical marker for Asa Townsend can be found at: https://texashistoricalmarkers.weebly.com/asa-townsend-1795---1876.html

Colorado County, Texas, historical marker for son J. Light Townsend can be found at: http://www.coloradocountyhistory.org/historical_markers/townsend_j_light_homestead.htm

Texas General Land Office records for Asa Townsend include:

County

Abstr.

District Class

File Number

Grantee

Patentee

Colorado

103

Colorado Bounty

000042

Bell, William

Townsend, Asa

Wharton

345

Colorado 3rd

000093

Townsend, Asa

Colorado

557

Colorado 3rd

000007

Townsend, Asa

Townsend, Asa

Colorado

View

Clerk Returns

000015

Townsend, Asa

Colorado

View

Clerk Returns

000031

Townsend, Asa

Colorado

View

Powers of Attorney

000402

Townsend, Asa

Appointee: Lewis, J R
  
Multiple Townsend family obituaries can be found here: 

Asa and other Townsend family members are named in the "Guide to the Townsend-Burford family of Texas papers, 1850-2000 (bulk 1900-1975) MS 511" at the University of Texas: https://legacy.lib.utexas.edu/taro/ricewrc/00261/00261-P.html

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