Mary "Polly" Baldridge^{[1, 2]}

1813 - 1875  (61 years)

• Name	Mary "Polly" Baldridge
  Born	16 Dec 1813	North Carolina   [3]
  Gender	Female
  Census	1850	District 11, Cocke County, Tennessee   [4]
  Census	1860	District 8, Cocke County, Tennessee   [5]
  Died	25 Apr 1875  [6]
  Buried	Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee
  Person ID	I46721	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	23 Feb 2014

  
  

  Father	John Baldridge,   b. Abt 1784
  Mother	Nancy Taylor,   b. Abt 1780, North Carolina ,   d. 1850/1860  (Age ~ 80 years)
  Married	19 Sep 1810	Rutherford County, North Carolina
  Notes	Bride: Nancy Tylor Groom: John Baldridge Bond Date: 19 Sep 1810 County: Rutherford Record #: 01 010 Bondsman: Wm Baldridge Bond #: 000132288 North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868
  Family ID	F25788	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	John Townsend,   b. Abt 1813, North Carolina ,   d. 8 Jan 1890  (Age ~ 77 years)
  Notes	31 January 1835 Charleston Observer Married at Bugby, Wadmalaw Island on Thursday 22d (22 Jan 1835) inst., by the Rev. Mr. Hanckel, John Townsend Esq. of Edisto Island, to Mary Caroline, only daughter of the late Richard Jenkins, of Johns Island.
  Children	1. Penelope Townsend,   b. Abt 1834, Tennessee + 2. James M. Townsend,   b. 3 Sep 1835, Cocke County, Tennessee ,   d. 1 Apr 1876  (Age 40 years)   3. William Townsend,   b. Abt 1838, Tennessee + 4. Phillip "Barney" Townsend,   b. Abt 1840, Tennessee ,   d. 1877  (Age ~ 37 years) + 5. Nancy Townsend,   b. 13 Sep 1846, Tennessee ,   d. 2 Sep 1922, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 75 years) + 6. Mary M. Townsend,   b. 15 Sep 1848, Tennessee ,   d. 22 Mar 1889  (Age 40 years) + 7. Rev. John Wesley Townsend,   b. Abt 1850, Anderson County, Tennessee ,   bur. Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee   8. Royal S. Townsend,   b. Abt 1853, Tennessee   9. Margaret E. Townsend,   b. Abt 1855, Tennessee
  Family ID	F17375	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 16 Dec 1813 - North Carolina Buried - - Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  There is a James Baldridge listed in the 1839 District 3, Cocke County, Tennessee tax list. There is a John Baldridge who married Nancy Taylor/Tylor 19 September 1810 in Rutherford County, North Carolina who had the following children born in North Carolina: Mary about 1811 William about 1813 James about 1815 Jincy about 1817 Listed in 1860 Cocke County, Tennessee Census as unable to read or write. Charter member of Shady Grove Baptist Church in Sevier County, Tennessee. Kathy Townsend lists name as Mary Carolina Clark. ----------- Reference: Hannibal's online 1850 Cocke County, Tennessee Census, http://www.liberty.com/home/hannibal/censust.txt.

  
  

• Sources

  [S105] Our Baldridge Forbears and Some of Their Collateral Lines, Dr. Chester C. Kennedy, (July 1993), ISBN 1-56869-026-6., 224. [S95] The Townsend Heritage, Kathy Townsend, (1984), 26, 73, 111, 112. [S94] Sevier County, Tennessee Census, 462a, 15 Jul 1870. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tn/sevier/census/1870/0462a.gif [S112] Census, 1850. name: Polly Townsend event: Census event date: 1850 event place: Cocke county, Cocke, Tennessee, United States gender: Female age: 34 marital status: race (original): race (standardized): birthplace: North Carolina estimated birth year: 1816 dwelling house number: 811 family number: 811 line number: 40 nara publication number: M432 nara roll number: 874 film number: 24565 digital folder number: 004191100 image number: 00338 Household Gender Age Birthplace John Townsend M 34 North Carolina Polly Townsend F 34 North Carolina Penelope Townsend F 16 Tennessee James Townsend M 14 Tennessee William Townsend M 12 Tennessee Philip Townsend M 10 Tennessee Nancy Townsend F 4 Tennessee Mary Townsend F 0 Tennessee Nancy Baldridge F 70 North Carolina [S112] Census, 1860. Name: Mary Townsend Event Type: Census Event Year: 1860 Event Place: District No 8, Cocke, Tennessee, United States Gender: Female Age: 50 Race: White Race (Original): [Blank] Birth Year (Estimated): 1810 Birthplace: North Carolina Page: 105 Household ID: 762 Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Affiliate Publication Number: M653 GS Film Number: 805244 Digital Folder Number: 004296184 Image Number: 00359 Household Gender Age Birthplace John Townsend M 50 North Carolina Mary Townsend F 50 North Carolina Phillip Townsend M 20 Tennessee Nancy Townsend F 13 Tennessee Mary Townsend F 11 [Blank] John W Townsend M 9 [Blank] Royal S Townsend M 7 [Blank] Margaret E Townsend F 5 [Blank] [S34] In the Shadow of the Smokies, Smoky Mountain Historical Society, (1993), 437.