LeRaysville & Pike Township,  Bradford County PA 1870 Census
Bradford County PA
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Tri-Counties Genealogy & History by Joyce M. Tice
1870 Census Records for  Bradford County PA 

Enumerated August 15 and 16, 1870 by R. B. Howell, Ass't. Marshall
Transcribed for Tri Counties by Carlton Wolfe 2004
Formatted & Published by Joyce M. Tice 2006
1870 LeRaysville Census
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P# = Page Number H# = Household - F# = Family
Note ! - Caucasian unless otherwise noted
Post Offices in Pike Township  in 1870  -  Residents in Pike Township picked up their own mail at the Post Office in Leraysville, Pike. Stevensville, and a few on the eastern boundary received mail at the Rush Post Office in Susquehanna County.  Residents of LeRaysville, used the leRaysville Post Office.  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 the township in which your subject lived.  Households on this page received mail at the LeRAYSVILLE  Post Office
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.
Pike Township 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39
LeRaysville Borough 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08
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
      Asa 11 M   attend. school     PA       1    
      George 6 M   attend. school     PA       1    
    Ragan Agnes 18 F   dom. servant     PA            
32 32 Benham James 39 M   farmer 4,000 1,350 PA           1
      Eliza 38 F   housekeeper     PA            
      Charles 8 M   attend. school     PA       1    
      George 6m M   at home     PA     October      
    Beecher Sarah 17 F   dom. servant     PA            
33 33 Porter Benjamin 63 M   harness maker 3,000 2,000 CT           1
      Tabia 12 F   housekeeper     CT            
34 34 Nichols Asa 41 M   harness maker 2,000 2,000 PA           1
      Hattie 40 F   housekeeper     CT            
      Minnie 1 F   at home     PA            
35 35 Little Stanley 28 M   merchant   1,000 PA           1
      Elenor 23 F   housekeeper 1,500 3,000 PA            
      George 4 M   at home     PA            
      Hattie 2 F   at home     PA            
    Randolph Eliza 25 F   dom. servant     PA            
36 36 Lyon Hillery 34 M   merchant   2,500 PA           1
      Mary 26 F   housekeeper     PA            
37 37 Little George 57 M   ret. merchant 10,000 21,000 NH           1
      Esther 52 F   housekeeper     CT            
      William 19 M   attend. school     PA       1    
      M. A. 29 F   at home     PA            
    Harmon James 20 M   dom. servant     PA 1 1        
38 38 Nichols Jonathan 78 M   cabinet maker 2,000 1,000 CT           1
      Sally 72 F   housekeeper     VT            
39 39 Stevens Daniel 66 M   stage proprietr   500 VT           1
      Amelia 48 F   housekeeper     NY            
      Annie 15 F   at home     PA       1    
      Ida 14 F   at home     PA       1    
      William 13 M   at home     PA       1    
40 40 Brink Stephen 75 M   farmer 2,000 300 NY           1
      Medina 73 F   housekeeper     CT            
41 41 Bailey George 26 M   grocer   500 PA           1
      Marion 24 F   housekeeper     PA            
      Nellie 3 F   at home     PA            
42 42 Brister Ira 29 M   blacksmith     PA           1
      Mary 27 F   housekeeper     PA            

Published on Tri-Counties Site on 7/23/2006
By Joyce M. Tice