Bradford County PA
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Tri-Counties Genealogy & History by Joyce M. Tice
1870 Census Records for  Bradford County PA 
1870 Orwell Township Census
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Enumerated July 14 thru 22, 1870 by Ethel Fuller, Ass't. Marshall
Transcribed for Tri Counties by Carlton Wolfe 2004
Formatted & Published by Joyce M. Tice 2004
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.
H# = Household - F# = Family
Note ! - Caucasian unless otherwise noted
Post Offices in Orwell Township in 1870  -  Residents in Orwell Township picked up their mail at oneof several post offices including some in adjoining townships. There was no rural delivery until 1903. Within the township there were Post Offices at South Hill, Allis Hollow, Potterville, Orwell Hill and North Orwell. Some residents received mail at West Warren Post Office in Warren Township and some at Leraysville Post Office in Pike Township. The appropriate Post Office will be designated on each of these 33 pages. Be sure to read You Gotta Know the Territory for more information to help you understand this area and time.
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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.
Post Office for this page: South Hill
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
5       Whitman 36 M   farm laborer 800 200 PA           1
      Sturdevant Eliza 12 F   at home     PA            
  33 33 Sweet Charles 24 M   farmer   1,300 PA     May     1
        Carrie 20 F   housekeeper     PA     May      
  34 34 Blair Thrall 73 M   farmer 4,000 300 MA           1
        Addison 40 M   farmer   300 PA           1
        Mercy 45 F   housekeeper     NY            
        Leicester C. 11 M   at home     PA            
  35 35 Smith James 35 M   carpenter 2,000 700 PA           1
        Martha 29 F   housekeeper     PA            
        Lydia 3 F   at home     PA            
        Henry 1 M   at home     PA            
  36 36 Light Eliza W. 55 F   housekeeper 6,000 800 NY            
        John R. 25 M   farmer     NY           1
        Lucy 21 F   at home     PA            
        Allen 16 M   farm laborer     IL       1    
      Nichols Hiram 21 M   farm laborer     PA           1
  37 37 Smith William 64 M   farmer 7,000 2,000 NY           1
        Horatio 62 M   housekeeper     CT           1
      Barnes Ella 18 F   at home     PA     June      
    38 More Mary 47 F   housekeeper 500 100 PA            
        Ellen A. 42 F   at home 500   PA            
  38 39 Atwood Silas H. 66 M   farmer 6,000 1,000 CT           1
        Phebe 56 F   housekeeper     PA            
        Hollis H. 31 M   farm laborer 1,500 300 PA           1
        Nancy 29 F   at home     PA            
        Reuben 87 M   at home     CT           1
      Jarvis King 31 M   music teacher   300 CT           1
        Frank 8 M   attend. school     PA            
  39 40 Smith Thomas 34 M   farmer     CT           1
        Melissa E. 32 F   housekeeper     PA            
        Inez L. 11 F   attend. school     PA            
        Edna V. 7 F   attend. school     PA            
      Wells Grove 10 M   at home     PA            
      Robinson Caroline 16 F   dom. servant     PA            
  40 41 Kitchsock Albert 31 M   farmer 2,000 700 PA           1
        Lucina 30 F   housekeeper     PA            
      Spencer Oscar 20 M   farm laborer     PA            
      Chace William 74 M   at home     PA           1
  41 42 Allis Lezar 80 M   farmer 4,000 1,000 MA           1

Published On Tri-Counties Site On 09/27/2004
By Joyce M. Tice