1870 Federal Census Alpine County, California (Township No. Three, Woodfords) The USGenWeb Archives provide genealogical and historical data to the general public without fee or charge of any kind. It is intended that this material not be used in a commercial manner. All submissions become part of the permanent collection. Abstracted by Nancy C. Thornburg from public records. Edited and formatted by Maggie Stewart, April 2002. Submitted by Nancy C. Thornburg November 12, 2001. A volunteer has not yet been found to proofread this transcription. If you are interested in doing this please contact the USGW Project. Both above notices must remain when copied or downloaded. nthornburg@gbis.com ____________________________________________________________________________ This work follows all guidelines of the USGW Census Project, http://www.usgwcensus.org/. ____________________________________________________________________________ KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS: LN=Line Number HN=House Number FN=Family Number REAL VAL.=Value of Real Estate PERS VAL.=Value of Personal Estate FATHER FOREIGN BORN MOTHER FOREIGN BORN MONTH BORN=If Born within last year, Give Month MONTH MARR=If Married within last year, Give Month ATT. SCHOOL=Attended school within last year CAN'T READ=Adults who cannot read CAN'T WRITE=Adults who cannot write DEAF=Whether deaf, dumb, blind, insane, idiotic, pauper, or convict M-21yrs=Males Over 21 years of age ____________________________________________________________________________ NOTE: For more information on Alpine County, California, Please visit the Alpine County, CAGenWeb page at http://www.cagenweb.com/alpincty.htm ____________________________________________________________________________ This is the 1870 Federal Census for Alpine County, California ____________________________________________________________________________ --- State: California County: Alpine Post Office: Woodfords Page No: 1 Reel no: M593-69 Division: Township No. Three Sheet No: 309A Enumerated on: July 5th, 1870 by: Cyrus Coleman Transcribed by Nancy C. Thornburg for USGenWeb, http://www.usgwcensus.org/. Copyright: 2002 =====|=============|=================================|============|===============|=============|=============|============|=======|===|=====|======|======================================================== LINE | Dwell Famil | LastName FirstName | Age S Co | Occupation | RealV Perso | BirthPlace | F F Mon Mo | A C C | D | E D | SNDX | REMARKS =====|=============|=================================|============|===============|=============|=============|============|=======|===|=====|======|======================================================== 1 | 1 1 | Nott Alchingo (?) | 32 M W | Farmer | 2000 4000 | Ohio | | | | X | N300 | 2 | 1 1 | Nott Azelia (?) | 25 F W | Keeping house | | Ohio | | | | | N300 | 3 | 1 1 | Van Trees Marian | 16 F W | | | Calif. | | X | | | V536 | 4 | 1 1 | Hinman James W. | 23 M W | Farm laborer | 200 | New York | | | | X | H550 | 5 | 1 1 | Ramell Peter | 38 M W | Farm laborer | 500 | Switzerland | X X | | | | R540 | 6 | 1 1 | Porter William J. | 27 M W | Farm laborer | 150 | New York | | | | X | P636 | 7 | 2 2 | Barton Hiram E. | 36 M W | Farmer | 12000 8000 | New York | | | | X | B635 | 8 | 2 2 | Barton Margaret A. | 26 F W | Keeping house | | New York | X X | | | | B635 | 9 | 2 2 | Barton Henry | 11 M W | | | Calif. | | X | | | B635 | 10 | 2 2 | Barton Robert | 10 M W | | | Calif. | | X | | | B635 | 11 | 2 2 | Barton John | 8 M W | | | Calif. | | X | | | B635 | 12 | 2 2 | Barton Marietta | 5 F W | | | Calif. | | | | | B635 | 13 | 2 2 | Barton Hiram E. | 3 M W | | | Calif. | | | | | B635 | 14 | 2 2 | Barton William | 2 M W | | | Calif. | | | | | B635 | 15 | 2 2 | Barton Isabel | 10/12 F W | | | Calif. | Aug | | | | B635 | 16 | 2 2 | Barton Herman D. | 29 F W | Farm laborer | 1200 | N.Y. | | | | X | B635 | 17 | 2 2 | Barton Alvonia | 29 F W | House keeper | | Ohio | | | | | B635 | 18 | 3 3 | McCartney John | 20 M W | Farm laborer | | Oregon | | | | | M263 | 19 | 3 3 | Hoak George | 18 M W | Farm laborer | | Calif. | | | | | H200 | 20 | 3 3 | Clemens Angelo | 24 M W | Farm laborer | | Italy | X X | | | | C455 | 21 | 3 3 | Beffa Gustavus | 25 M W | Farm laborer | | Italy | X X | | | | B100 | 22 | 4 4 | Scott John P. | 29 M W | Farmer | 5000 6000 | Illinois | | | | X | S300 | 23 | 4 4 | Scott Alice | 20 F W | Keeping house | | Illinois | | | | | S300 | 24 | 4 4 | Scott Edward | 1 M W | | | Calif. | | | | | S300 | 25 | 4 4 | Scott Amos D. | 26 M W | Farm laborer | 1000 | Illinois | | | | X | S300 | 26 | 4 4 | Thomas Elizabeth | 39 F W | House keeper | 500 | Wales | X X | | | | T520 | 27 | 4 4 | Thomas David | 16 M W | Farm laborer | | Nebraska | X X | | | | T520 | 28 | 4 4 | Thomas Morgan | 9 M W | | | Calif. | X X | | | | T520 | 29 | 5 5 | Brown Frank L. | 18 M W | Farm laborer | | Illinois | X | | | | B650 | 30 | 5 5 | Pettengill George W. | 20 M W | Farm laborer | 400 | Illinois | | | | | P352 | 31 | 5 5 | Pettengill La Fayette | 19 M W | Farm laborer | | Illinois | | | | | P352 | 32 | 5 5 | Salzgiver Louis | 18 M W | Farm laborer | | Switzerland | X X | | | | S421 | 33 | 5 5 | Redder Christian (?) | 32 M W | Farm laborer | 2250 | Switzerland | X X | | | | R360 | 34 | 6 6 | Stevens Thomas M. | 35 M W | Farmer | 4000 3000 | Maine | | | | X | S315 | 35 | 6 6 | Stevens Doretta | 45 F W | Keeping house | | Hamburgh | X X | | | | S315 | 36 | 6 6 | Leach Benjamin F. | 21 M W | Farm laborer | ? 300 | Iowa | | | | X | L200 | 37 | 6 6 | Streeter Sheldon H. | 19 M W | Farm laborer | | Calif. | | | | | S363 | 38 | 6 6 | Chaney Stephen C. | 18 M W | Farm laborer | | Missouri | | | | | C500 | 39 | 6 6 | Ellege Alvah (?) F. | 29 M W | Farm laborer | 200 | Illinois | | | | X | E420 | 40 | 6 6 | Stevens Roscoe O. | 25 M W | Farm laborer | 1000 | Maine | | | | X | S315 | =====|=============|=================================|============|===============|=============|=============|============|=======|===|=====|======|======================================================== --- State: California County: Alpine Post Office: Woodfords Page No: 2 Reel no: M593-69 Division: Township No. Three Sheet No: 309B Enumerated on: July 6th, 1870 by: Cyrus Coleman Transcribed by Nancy C. Thornburg for USGenWeb, http://www.usgwcensus.org/. Copyright: 2002 =====|=============|=================================|============|===============|=============|=============|============|=======|===|=====|======|======================================================== LINE | Dwell Famil | LastName FirstName | Age S Co | Occupation | RealV Perso | BirthPlace | F F Mon Mo | A C C | D | E D | SNDX | REMARKS =====|=============|=================================|============|===============|=============|=============|============|=======|===|=====|======|======================================================== 1 | 7 7 | Willis William | 46 M W | Miner | 300 | England | X X | | | X | W420 | 2 | 8 8 | McHardy Lachlan | 27 M W | Farmer | 300 | England | X X | | | | M263 | 3 | 8 8 | Foster Adrian | 16 M W | Farm laborer | | Ohio | | | | | F236 | 4 | 9 9 | Rhoads Andrew | 19 M W | Farmer | 200 | Illinois | | | | | R320 | 5 | 9 9 | Slover Edward | 20 M W | Farm laborer | | Mass. | | | | | S416 | 6 | 10 10 | Caples James | 46 M W | Farmer | 1600 30000 | Ohio | | | | X | C142 | 7 | 10 10 | Caples Mary Jane | 39 F W | Keeping house | | Kentucky | | | | | C142 | 8 | 10 10 | Caples Isabella | 21 F W | At home | | Illinois | | | | | C142 | 9 | 10 10 | Caples Emma Rosy | 19 F W | | | Calif. | | X | | | C142 | 10 | 10 10 | Caples Charles W. | 17 M W | | | Calif. | | X | | | C142 | 11 | 10 10 | Caples Frank | 15 M W | | | Calif. | | X | | | C142 | 12 | 10 10 | Caples John | 13 M W | | | Calif. | | X | | | C142 | 13 | 10 10 | Caples George W. | 10 M W | | | Calif. | | X | | | C142 | 14 | 10 10 | Caples Hattie L. | 3 F W | | | Calif. | | | | | C142 | 15 | 11 11 | Bramell William F. | 40 M W | Farm laborer | 200 | Missouri | | | | X | B654 | 16 | 11 11 | Choi Ah | 22 M Ch | Cook | 300 | China | X X | | | | C000 | 17 | 11 11 | Burns John | 40 M W | Farm laborer | 250 | Maine | | | X | X | B652 | 18 | 11 11 | Peters Jacob | 55 M W | Farm laborer | | Penn. | | | | X | P362 | 19 | 12 12 | Coe John | 32 M W | Farm laborer | 300 | Illinois | | | | X | C000 | 20 | 12 12 | Johnson John | 58 M W | Teamster | 250 | England | X X | | | | J525 | 21 | 13 13 | Short James M. | 45 M W | Farmer | 4000 6250 | Kentucky | | | | X | S630 | 22 | 13 13 | Short Mariah | 44 F W | Keeping house | | Tenn. | | | | | S630 | 23 | 13 13 | Short Henry M. | 15 M W | | | Calif. | | X | | | S630 | 24 | 13 13 | Short Emma M. | 12 F W | | | Calif. | | X | | | S630 | 25 | 13 13 | Short William L. | 6 M W | | | Calif. | | X | | | S630 | 26 | 13 13 | Risiff James L. | 20 M W | Farm laborer | 300 | Arkansas | | | | | R210 | 27 | 13 13 | Short Benjamin J. | 18 M W | Farm laborer | 250 | Arkansas | | | | | S630 | 28 | 14 14 | Berry Harrison | 41 M W | Farmer | 8000 3000 | Indiana | X X | | | X | B600 | 29 | 14 14 | Berry Elizabeth | 41 F W | Keeping house | | Ohio | | | | | B600 | 30 | 14 14 | Berry John Thomas | 14 M W | | | Nebraska | | X | | | B600 | 31 | 14 14 | Berry Mary E. | 12 F W | | | Nebraska | | X | | | B600 | 32 | 14 14 | Berry Nancy | 9 F W | | | Calif. | | X | | | B600 | 33 | 14 14 | Berry Halena | 5 F W | | | Nevada | | X | | | B600 | 34 | 15 15 | Slout Marshal C. | 39 M W | Farmer | 250 1000 | Tenn. | | | | X | S430 | 35 | 15 15 | Slout Sarah | 25 F W | Keeping house | | Missouri | | | | | S430 | 36 | 15 15 | Slout Franklin | 7 M W | | | Calif. | | X | | | S430 | 37 | 15 15 | Slout William | 4 M W | | | Calif. | | | | | S430 | 38 | 15 15 | Slout Mariah | 7/12 F W | | | Calif. | Dec | | | | S430 | 39 | 16 16 | Allen Edward | 50 M W | Farm laborer | 500 | Mass. | | | | X | A450 | 40 | 16 16 | Smith Julius | 43 M W | Farm laborer | 200 | France | X X | | | | S530 | =====|=============|=================================|============|===============|=============|=============|============|=======|===|=====|======|======================================================== --- State: California County: Alpine Post Office: Woodfords Page No: 3 Reel no: M593-69 Division: Township No. Three Sheet No: 310A Enumerated on: July 7th, 1870 by: Cyrus Coleman Transcribed by Nancy C. Thornburg for USGenWeb, http://www.usgwcensus.org/. Copyright: 2002 =====|=============|=================================|============|===============|=============|=============|============|=======|===|=====|======|======================================================== LINE | Dwell Famil | LastName FirstName | Age S Co | Occupation | RealV Perso | BirthPlace | F F Mon Mo | A C C | D | E D | SNDX | REMARKS =====|=============|=================================|============|===============|=============|=============|============|=======|===|=====|======|======================================================== 1 | 17 17 | Downing John S. | 41 M W | Farmer | 1000 1200 | Tennessee | X X | | | X | D552 | 2 | 17 17 | Downing Martha | 34 F W | Keeping house | | Indiana | | | | | D552 | 3 | 17 17 | Downing Sarah J. | 16 F W | | | Missouri | | X | | | D552 | 4 | 17 17 | Downing Nancy L. | 15 F W | | | Missouri | | X | | | D552 | 5 | 17 17 | Downing Mary E. | 12 F W | | | Calif. | | X | | | D552 | 6 | 17 17 | Downing Araminda M. | 6 F W | | | Calif. | | | | | D552 | 7 | 17 17 | Downing Elizabeth C. | 4 F W | | | Calif. | | | | | D552 | 8 | 17 17 | Downing James M. | 2 M W | | | Calif. | | | | | D552 | 9 | 18 18 | Fellish Charles | 40 M W | Farmer | 5000 2000 | Prussia | X X | | | X | F420 | 10 | 18 18 | Belgomie Gabriel | 36 M W | Farmer | 1000 | Italy | X X | X X | | X | B425 | 11 | 18 18 | Gneno (?) Dominick | 28 M W | Farmer | 1000 | Italy | X X | X X | | X | | 12 | 19 19 | Harper William C. | 50 M W | Farmer | 900 2700 | Tennessee | | | | X | H616 | 13 | 19 19 | Chong Fung | 33 M Ch | Farm laborer | 150 | China | X X | | | | C521 | 14 | 20 20 | Boardman Ozias (?) S. | 32 M W | Farm | 500 2100 | N.Y. | | | | X | B635 | 15 | 20 20 | Probert Cornelius | 19 M W | Farm laborer | | Illinois | X X | | | | P616 | 16 | 21 21 | Harrold (?) Christopher | 53 M W | Farmer | 2500 1500 | England | X X | | | X | | 17 | 21 21 | Long James W. | 47 M W | Farm laborer | | Kentucky | | | | X | L520 | 18 | 21 21 | Clark George | 16 M W | Farm laborer | | New Jersey | | | | | C462 | 19 | 22 22 | Freeman James R. | 42 M W | Farmer | 1000 3500 | Missouri | | | | X | F655 | 20 | 22 22 | Freeman Nancy | 42 F W | Keeping house | | Kentucky | | | | | F655 | 21 | 22 22 | Freeman Richard P. | 20 M W | Farm laborer | | Illinois | | | | | F655 | 22 | 22 22 | Freeman Cynthy | 16 F W | | | Illinois | | | | | F655 | 23 | 22 22 | Freeman Susan | 13 F W | | | Missouri | | | | | F655 | 24 | 22 22 | Freeman Oliver | 10 M W | | | Calif. | | | | | F655 | 25 | 22 22 | Freeman Lenora | 7 F W | | | Calif. | | | | | F655 | 26 | 22 22 | Freeman Charles A. | 22 M W | Farm laborer | | Illinois | | | | X | F655 | 27 | 22 22 | Freeman Caroline | 19 F W | Keeping house | | Virginia | | | | | F655 | 28 | 22 22 | Freeman Nancy | 1 F W | | | Calif. | | | | | F655 | 29 | 23 23 | Crewdson George | 26 M W | Farmer | 200 300 | Kentucky | | | | X | C632 | 30 | 23 23 | Crewdson Augusta | 19 F W | Keeping house | | Ohio | | | | | C632 | 31 | 23 23 | Crewdson John | 23 M W | Laborer | 250 | Kentucky | | | | X | C632 | 32 | 24 24 | Crewdson Samuel W. | 31 M W | Farmer | 500 | Kentucky | | | | X | C632 | 33 | 24 24 | Crewdson Melinda | 20 F W | Keeping house | | Missouri | | | | | C632 | 34 | 24 24 | Crewdson James | 21 M W | Laborer | 500 | Kentucky | | | | X | C632 | =====|=============|=================================|============|===============|=============|=============|============|=======|===|=====|======|======================================================== 35 | __ | | | | | | | | | | | This line left blank. =====|=============|=================================|============|===============|=============|=============|============|=======|===|=====|======|======================================================== 36 | __ | | | | | | | | | | | I hereby certify that the whole number of pages in this 37 | __ | | | | | | | | | | | set of returns is three (3) and that the same were 38 | __ | | | | | | | | | | | made according to law and instructions. 39 | __ | | | | | | | | | | | Cyrus Coleman 40 | __ | | | | | | | | | | | July 21st 1870 Asst. 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