Thomas was not on the 1810 Tax List for Knox Co, so either he was not yet there or he did not own property yet.

1820 Census: Wayne Township, Knox Co, OH; Thomas Townsend (manufacturer)
MALES: (1) born 1811-1820; (1) born 1805-1810; (1) born 1776-1795 [Thomas]
FEMALES: (1) born 1811-1820; (1) born 1805-1810; (1) born 1796-1804

1840 Census: Middlebury Township, Knox Co. OH; Thomas Townsend
MALES: (1) born 1831-1835; (1) born 1821-1825; (1) born 1781-1790
FEMALES: (1) born 1836-1840; (1) born 1831-1835; (2) born 1826-1830; (1) born 1821-1825; (1) born 1791-1800

July 1850 Census: Thomas (widower) & 7 children (youngest age 10) were in Middlebury Township, Knox County, in Jul 1850. He was farming (110 acres, 85 improved) and valued his real estate at $2,500. On the Agricultural Schedule for that year, he valued his livestock (5 horses, 3 milk cows, 10 ?other? cows, 30 sheep and 6 swine) at $383. He had produced 100 bushel of wheat, 200 bushel of Indian corn, 50 bushel of oats, 110 pounds of wool, 100 bushel of Irish potatoes, 70 bushel of buckwheat, $10 worth of orchard products, 200 pounds of butter, 15 ton of hay, and 200 pounds of maple sugar. He had $20 worth of home-made manufactured products and had slaughtered $70 worth of livestock through the year.

?Thomas Townsend located on the A. M. Townsend property, one and one-half miles north of Fredericktown in 1808. He was one of the Friends from Maryland, and true to his Quaker principles, kept a station on "the underground railroad." It is related of him that he would harbor as many as twenty fugitive slaves at a time, and when they were sufficiently recruited, set their faces toward the north star, and send them on their way rejoicing. Mr. Townsend died March 18, 1859, aged seventy-eight. He has no representative now in the township.?,

According to Thomas?s hand-written memoirs (in the hands of his descendants), he was born in Bucks Co, PA (not Maryland, as supposed). He apprenticed as a shoe maker, returned to work on the family farm for a few years, then relocated to Maryland for a few years before moving to Ohio. He and Elizabeth had 4 children, with the youngest dying at age 4 months and Elizabeth dying of Consumption a year later. The youngest of the three remaining children, a girl, was raised by her grandmother (Elizabeth?s mother); Thomas kept the boys with him.

Thomas and Ruth (2nd wife) both have tombstones with nothing but the name readable at the Friends Cemetery in Middlebury Township, Knox Co, OH.Page: Middlebury Twp; 18 Jul 1850; Sheet 6BPage: History of Middlebury Township; p 505

• Married: 29 JUL 1808 in Knox Co, OH
• Note: [By Wiliam Farquhar, JP] ⁵

1. William TOWNSEND b: 14 AUG 1809 in Knox Co, OH
2. James TOWNSEND b: 13 SEP 1811 in Knox Co, OH
3. Hannah TOWNSEND b: 12 DEC 1813 in Knox Co, OH
4. Samuel TOWNSEND b: 6 FEB 1816 in Knox Co, OH

• Married: 30 SEP 1819 in Delaware Co, OH ⁶

1. Elizabeth Watson TOWNSEND b: 27 AUG 1820 in Knox Co, OH
2. Bethia M TOWNSEND b: 16 SEP 1822 in Knox Co, OH
3. Asa Mosher TOWNSEND b: 10 AUG 1824 in Knox Co, OH
4. Rachel W TOWNSEND b: 16 SEP 1826 in Knox Co, OH
5. Esther Wood TOWNSEND b: 27 FEB 1829 in Knox Co, OH
6. Mary TOWNSEND b: 23 JUN 1831 in Knox Co, OH
7. Thomas TOWNSEND b: 10 NOV 1833 in Knox Co, OH
8. Ruth G TOWNSEND b: 20 NOV 1836 in Knox Co, OH
9. Letetia Ann TOWNSEND b: 11 JAN 1840 in Knox Co, OH

1. Type: Book
   Author: Norton, A Banning
   Periodical: A History of Knox County, Ohio, from 1779 to 1862, Inclusive
   Publication: Richard Nevins, Printer, Columbus, OH
   Date: 1862
   Page: Chapter XXVI, Middlebury Township, p 305
2. Type: Book
   Author: Knox County Chapter, Ohio Genealogical Society
   Periodical: Cemetery Records of Knox County, Ohio; Vol I
   Publication: Braum-Brumfield, Inc. Ann Arbor, MI (1991)
   Page: p 333 (no dates readable on stone)
3. Type: Census
   Title: 1850 United States Federal Census
   Place: Knox County, OH
   Date: Sep 1850
   Media: Scanned Census Sheets
   Location: Ancestry.com
4. Type: Book
   Author: Hill, N N Jr (Compiler)
   Periodical: History of Knox County, Ohio: Its Past and Present
   Publication: A A Graham & Co, Publishers, 1881
   URL: http://www.heritagepursuit.com/Knox/KnoxIndex.htm
5. Type: Vital Record
   Title: Knox County Ohio Court House Records
   Place: Knox County, OH
   Location: Knox County Library and/or Court House
   Page: Marriage Records, 1808-1838
6. Type: Web Site
   Title: IGI [International Genealogical Index], v 5.0 (Secondary Source)
   URL: http://familysearch.org
   Date: Jan 2006