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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. 
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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
7       William E. 11 M   at home     NJ       1    
        George 8 M   at home     NJ       1    
        F. M. 4 M   at home     PA            
        C. L. 3 M   at home     PA            
        Antoinette 8m F   at home     PA     October      
        E. W. 70 F   ret.housekpr.   400 NY            
  46 46 Ayres Catharine 63 F   housekeeper 12,000 1,500 NJ            
      Hibbard Corbus 9 M   at home     PA       1    
  47 47 Tatton James 48 M   farm laborer     NJ           1
        Susan 47 F   housekeeper     NJ            
        James 5 M   at home     PA            
      Doland Samuel 12 M   at home     NJ       1    
  48 48 Sturdivant Alvin 43 M   carpenter 800 300 PA           1
        Malinda 40 F   housekeeper     PA            
        L. A. 15 F   at home     PA       1    
  49 49 Dunning Horace 57 M   farmer 2,400 600 NJ           1
        Eliza 59 F   housekeeper     NY            
        E. J. 22 M   farm laborer     PA           1
    50 Titus C. H. 33 M   farmer     PA           1
        Rosilla 30 F   housekeeper     NJ            
        Ira 1 M   at home     PA            
      Williams Jason 22 M   farm laborer     PA           1
      Baker Harriett 18 F   housekeeper     PA            
  50 51 Corson J. B. 55 M   farmer 6,000 1,500 NJ           1
        Susan 49 F   housekeeper     NJ            
        S. E. 22 F   at home     NJ            
        H. B. 19 M   at home     PA       1    
        W. T. 18 M   at home     PA       1    
        E. L. 16 F   at home     PA       1    
        E. R. 13 F   at home     PA       1    
        John 10 M   at home     PA       1    
      Beagle Martha 29 F   school teach.     NJ            
  51 52 Barns Phebe 57 F   housekeeper 2,000 200 NY            
        William 15 M   at home     PA       1    
  52 53 Roberts Henry 60 M   farmer 1,000 400 MA           1
        S. A. 57 F   housekeeper     NY            
        George 29 M   at home     PA         1 1
        Byran 19 M   at home     PA       1    
        W. H. 17 M   at home     PA       1    
  53 54 Updyke J. E. 48 F   housekeeper 6,000 1,800 PA            
8       Sevellen 25 M   farmer 4,000   PA           1
      Wilson Adelia 22 F   housekeeper     NJ            
      Sturdivant Stephen 14 M   farm laborer     PA       1    
  55 55 Shepard Allen 43 M   farmer 4,000 1,500 PA           1
        Amelia 33 F   housekeeper     PA            
        Willie 7 M   at home     PA       1    
        James 7 M   at home     PA            
        E. A. 1 M   at home     PA            
  56 56 Venus Lambert 30 M   farm laborer     PA         1 1
        Sarah 19 F   housekeeper     PA            
  57 57 Brasted J. R. 28 M   farmer 8,000 1,500 PA           1
        Analiza 55 F   housekeeper     NJ            
        William 60 M   retired farmer     NJ           1
  58 58 Baker Thomas W. 48 M   farmer 3,500 1,000 PA           1
        S. J. 45 F   housekeeper     NY            
        Eyrsa 15 F   at home     PA            
        Willis 11 M   at home     PA       1    
        C. W. 8 M   at home     PA       1    
      Johnson Albert 16 M   farm laborer     VA         1  
  59 59 Nuton Charles 22 M   carpenter 150   PA           1
        Sarah 17 F   housekeeper     PA   1        
  60 60 Davis Gesbom 63 M   cabinet maker 500 200 NY           1
        Abigal 61 F   housekeeper     England 1 1     1  
  61 61 Dellcamp Samuel 28 M   farm laborer     PA           1
        Susan 33 F   housekeeper     PA            
        Cora 10m F   at home     PA     August      
      Young Leander 42 M   farm laborer   200 NY           1
        Jackson 16 M   farm laborer     NY       1    
  62 62 Warner Bradley 41 M   farmer 5,000 2,000 PA           1
        Cyntha 31 F   housekeeper     NY            
        Sarah 10 F   at home     PA       1    
        Anna 11m F   at home     PA     June      
      Young John 2 M   at home     PA            
  63 63 Trickner Joel 66 M   farmer 2,000 300 NY           1
        Sally 45 F   housekeeper     PA            
        Harrison 10 M   at home     PA       1    
  64 64 Warner Furman 70 M   farmer 4,500 1,000 NY           1
        S. A. 69 F   housekeeper     PA            
    65 Warner Martin 27 M   farmer     PA           1

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