Bradford County PA
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Tri-Counties Genealogy & History by Joyce M. Tice
1870 Census Records for  Bradford County PA 
1870 Asylum Township Census
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Enumerated July 28 thru August 04, 1870 by M. A. Rockwell, Ass't. Marshall
Transcribed for Tri Counties by Carlton Wolfe 2004
Formatted & Published by Joyce M. Tice 2004
P# = Page Number H# = Household - F# = Family
Note ! - Caucasian unless otherwise noted
Post Offices in Asylum Township  in 1870  -  Residents in Asylum Township picked up their mail at the French Town PO, Liberty Corners PO, Asylum PO, Macedonia PO.  Liberty Corners PO was in Monroe Township to the west.  There was no rural delivery until 1903. Be sure to read You Gotta Know the Territory for more information to help you understand this area and time. For individual pages the Post Office will be indicated, and it gives you information on the part of Asylum Township in which your subject lived.  Households on this page received mail at the Asylum Post Office
Joyce's Search Tip - January 2008 -
Do You Know that you can search just the Census Records on the site by using the three county level Census  buttons in the Partitioned search engine at the bottom of the Current What's New Page? 

You can further limit your search by choosing the find all words option and entering a year or township name along with your surname. Remember that alternate spellings of surnames WILL affect your search results.
Census records are very often difficult to read because of handwriting, microfilm quality, and spelling issues. Our early census takers were not as well educated as we'd like them to have been, and even the people bearing the names often could not spell them with the same consistency we are accustomed to in this era. The census taker wrote what he believed he heard as well as he could. These have been transcribed for you to the very best or our abilities given the difficulties mentioned. Please be tolerant of what you would consider "mistakes." If you can recognize the names you are looking for, then it is a success. If not, then you may want to find a place where you can view the originals so that you can judge for yourselves. Excessive attention to outmoded spelling issues is the sign of a beginner in family research. Those of you who have been at this a while are well aware of the "spelling errors" in our early records and have learned to deal with them. If you have a comment that you think is important for a particular entry send it to me with the EXACT page URL and I will place your note at the bottom of the page.
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P# H# F# SURNAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR/ RACE SEE NOTE 1 OCCUPATION VALUE REAL ESTATE VALUE PERSON. PROP. BORN FATHER FOREIGN BORN MOTHER FOREIGN BORN MONTH BORN OR MARRIED IN YEAR ATTEND SCHOOL IN YEAR CANNOT READ OR WRITE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE
13     Chilson Polly 92 F   at home     NY            
  93 91 Chilson George 50 M   farmer 6,000 1,500 PA           1
        Charlotte 50 F   housekeeper     PA            
        Samuel 26 M   works on farm     PA           1
        Henry 16 M   at home     PA       1    
        Emma 12 F   at home     PA       1    
        Victoria 7 F   at home     PA            
        Helen 14 F   dom. servant     PA       1    
  94 92 Bennett Jane 49 F   housekeeper 700 100 PA            
      Chilson Ezakiah 9 M   at home     PA            
  95 93 Benjamin Joshua 70 M   works on farm     PA           1
        Catherine 68 F   housekeeper     PA            
  96 94 Chilson Joel 50 M   pauper     PA           denied
        Maria 20 F   at home     PA            
        William 22 M   farm laborer     PA           1
        Cordelia 27 F   housekeeper     PA            
        Helen 16 F   at home     PA            
  97 95 Murray Michael 30 M   farmer 2,500 400 Ireland 1 1       1
        Mary 28 F   housekeeper     PA 1 1        
      Croake Michael 60 M   works on farm     Ireland 1 1       1
        Ellen 12 F   at home     PA 1 1   1    
  98 96 Arnott George W. 44 M   farmer 6,000 1,500 PA           1
        Harriett 30 F   housekeeper     PA            
        William 19 M   works on farm     PA            
        John 14 M   at home     PA       1    
        Mary 8 F   at home     PA            
  99 97 Benjamin Mary 34 F M housekeeper   300 PA            
        Curtis 10 M M at home     PA       1    
        Mason 8 M M at home     PA       1    
        Orpha 5 F M at home     PA            
      Place George 13 M M at home     PA       1    
  100 98 Chilson Hiram 36 M   farmer   1,000 PA           1
        Jane 27 F   housekeeper     PA            
        Manuel 12 M   at home     PA       1    
        Horace 10 M   at home     PA       1    
        Celia 8 F   at home     PA       1    
        Burley 6 M   at home     PA            
  101 99 Goodale Charles 30 M   farmer 1,000 500 NY           1
        Nancy 28 F   housekeeper     PA            
        Stella 7 F   at home     PA            

Published on Tri-Counties Site on 10/27/2004
By Joyce M. Tice