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1870 Census Records for  Bradford County PA 
1870 Wells Township Census


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Enumerated June 27, 1870 by V. M. Wilson, Ass't. Marshall
Transcribed for Tri Counties by Carlton Wolfe 2004 from Official Microfilm
Formatted & Published by Joyce M. Tice 2005
P# = Page, H# = Household - F# = Family
Note ! - Caucasian unless otherwise noted
Post Offices in Wells Township in 1870 included Old Hickory (later called Aspinwall in southern part of township) and French Mills (Now Mosherville in northern section of township) . In this census pages one through twelve used the Old Hickory Post Office in the south and pages thirteen through thirty one, picked up their mail at French Mills in the north. There was no rural delivery at this time so rural people had to pick up their own mail, usually weekly, at the post office in the near village. 
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.
 
Page 01 03 05 07 09 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29
Post Office : Old Hickory
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
3       Georgiana 9 F   at home     PA       1    
        Mina 7 F   at home     PA       1    
      Ingersal Gideon 74 M   retired farmer     NJ           1
        Sarah 69 F   ret.housekpr.     NJ            
  15 15 Kilgore Dunning 36 M   farmer 4,000 1,000 NJ           1
        Helen 26 F   housekeeper     PA            
        Enoch 7 M   at home     PA       1    
        Ida 5 F   at home     PA            
        Margaret 3 F   at home     PA            
      Mott Edward 16 M   farm laborer     PA         1  
      Soddy Ellen 14 F   housekeeper     PA       1    
  16 16 More William 33 M   farm laborer     NY         1 1
        L. E. 21 F   housekeeper     PA            
        E. J. 5 F   at home     PA            
        Clarrissa 2 F   at home     PA            
  17 17 Robison Harrison 47 M   farmer 2,000 1,000 NJ           1
        Lydia 38 F   housekeeper     NY            
        H. A. 12 F   at home     NY       1    
        Lillie 8 F   at home     PA       1    
        A. E. 6 M   at home     PA       1    
        Obediah 78 M   farm laborer     NJ         1 1
  18 18 More Elisha 27 M   farmer 300 100 PA           1
        Charlotte 67 F   housekeeper     PA         1  
  19 19 Stafford Barber 65 M   farm laborer     RI           1
        Laura 64 F   housekeeper     NY         1  
  20 20 Knapp Abner 42 M   farmer 2,000 1,000 PA           1
        R. S. 39 F   housekeeper     NY            
        S. D. 8 M   at home     PA       1    
        S. A. 6 F   at home     PA       1    
        M. B. 3 F   at home     PA            
  21 21 Cora M. M. 60 M   farmer 5,000 1,000 NY           1
        Clarrissa 56 F   housekeeper     PA            
        Libbie 27 F   at home     PA            
      Canible Clary 11 F   at home     PA       1    
    22 Wood G. N. 23 M   farmer   500 PA           1
        Helen 20 F   housekeeper     PA            
        Freddie 3 M   at home     PA            
        Wiley 1 M   at home     PA            
  22 23 Still John 25 M   farm laborer     PA           1
        Almra 22 F   housekeeper     NY            
4       Hattie 2 F   at home     NY            
      Stage Olive 8 F   at home     NY       1    
      Young Sarah 1m F   at home     PA     April      
  23 24 Dillistin E. E. 42 M   farmer 5,000 2,000 NJ           1
        L. A. 41 F   housekeeper     NJ            
        Emily 18 F   school teach.     NJ       1    
        An M. 11 F   at home     PA       1    
        Ann B. 8 F   at home     PA       1    
      Grubham William 15 M   farm laborer     NY       1    
  24 25 Mott J. S. 33 M   farm laborer   100 PA           1
        Hannah 37 F   housekeeper     PA            
        Elisha 14 M   at home     PA       1    
        Charlotte 11 F   at home     PA       1    
        William 9 M   at home     PA       1    
        Mary 6 F   at home     PA            
        Emma 1 F   at home     PA            
  25 26 Davis Edson 30 M   farmer 1,500 100 PA   1       1
        Eliza 35 F   housekeeper     PA         1  
        John 9 M   at home     PA       1    
        Abigal 5m F   at home     PA     December      
  26 27 Knapp P. R. 69 M   farmer 7,000 1,500 PA           1
        M. A. 55 F   housekeeper     NY            
        G. H. 26 M   farmer   500 PA           1
        F. E. 21 F   housekeeper     PA            
        Amy 18 F   at home     PA       1    
        O. P. 11 M   at home     PA       1    
      Gordon J. V. 21 M   farm laborer   100 PA           1
  27 28 Swayze Hiram 48 M   farmer 4,000 1,200 NJ           1
        S. E. 42 F   housekeeper     NJ            
        E. O. 20 M   at home     PA            
        A. E. 15 F   at home     PA       1    
  28 29 McLane James 61 M   farmer 5,000 2,000 Ireland 1 1       1
        Sarah 51 F   housekeeper     Ireland 1 1        
        David 21 M   farmer     Ireland 1 1       1
        Jane 17 F   at home     PA 1 1   1    
        James 15 M   at home     PA 1 1   1    
        Corson 13 M   at home     PA 1 1   1    
        Martha 11 F   at home     PA 1 1   1    

Published on Tri-Counties Site on 7/3/2005
By Joyce M. Toce