WILLIAM TOWNSEND MINTER
Taken from Owen’s History of Alabama, Vol. 4, p. 1211.

 MINTER, WILLIAM  TOWNSEND, planter, was born in 1805, in Jones County, Ga., and died April 2, 1865, near Selma, Dallas County;  son of Morgan and Johannah (Rutherford) Minter; grandson of John and Elizabeth (Morgan) Minter of Powhatan Coutny, Va., and of Col. Robert and Dorothy (Brooks) Rutherford of Amherst County , Va., later of North Carolina, finally of Newberry District, S.C.  Both John and Morgan Minter served in the Revolutionary War from North Carolina.  The family is of Scotch and Welsh extraction, coming to America early in the 17th century, and settling in James City County, going from there to Powhatan County, thence to Bedford County in 1770.  They located on the Otter River, near the Peaks of Otter, and moved to Chatham County, N.C. in 1776 and from thence to Washington County, Ga., finally settling in Dallas County, in 1830.  William T. Minter was well educated, and owned and operated a large landed estate.  He was sheriff of Dallas County, commanded a company of Confederate soldiers at the battle of Selma where he was killed, and was buried at Pleasant Hill.  He was president of the Selma and Pensecola railroad, driving over the route and securing the right of way.  This road is now known as the Pensecola division of the Louisville and Nashville railroad.  He was a Presbyterian and a Mason.  Married:  in Cahaba, to Susan, daughter of Col. Hill of that place.  Children:  1. Clara J.; 2. Lucia M., m. William Minter Weaver, Selma; 3. Isolene, m. Capt. Fred Wilberly, Twiggs Co. Ga.  Last Residence:  Dallas County
 
 

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