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

Barclay Coal loading into boats at Towanda Canal Basin 1857
1870 Barclay Township Census
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Enumerated Aug, 12 through Sept 8 by H. M. Rockwell , Ass't. Marshal
Transcribed for Tri Counties by Carlton Wolfe 2004
Formatted & Published by Joyce M. Tice 2005
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.
P# = Page Number H# = Household - F# = Family
Note ! - Caucasian unless otherwise noted
Post Offices in Barclay Township  in 1870  -  There was only one Post Office in Barclay Township in 1870, the Barclay Post Office. All residents of the township picked up their mail at the same 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.
Barclay was a coal mining area. The township was formed from Franklin Township in 1866 and reverted back to Franklin when the coal ran out. For more about Barclay Township be sure to examine the Barclay Township Page
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.
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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
      Catherine 27 F   housekeeper     Ireland 1 1        
      Michael 7 M   at home     England 1 1   1    
      James 6 M   at home     England 1 1   1    
      Mary 4 F   at home     England 1 1        
      Elizabeth 2 F   at home     England 1 1        
      Patrick 4m M   at home     PA 1 1 February      
    Goolden Daniel 40 M   miner     Ireland 1 1       denied
53 52 Rockwell Joseph 31 M   mill laborer   250 NY           1
      Celestia 26 F   housekeeper     PA            
      Sobrina 1 F   at home     PA            
54 53 Dobson John 28 M   miner     Ireland 1 1       denied
      Jessie 27 F   housekeeper     N. Scotia 1 1        
      John R. 6 M   at home     N. Scotia 1 1        
      Thomas 4 M   at home     N. Scotia 1 1        
      William 1 M   at home     N. Scotia 1 1        
      Thomas 15 M   miner     Ireland 1 1     1  
      David 18 M   miner     Ireland 1 1     1  
55 54 Smith Gilbert 37 M   carpenter   200 PA           1
      Charlotte 40 F   housekeeper     PA            
      Hellen 17 F   at home     PA       1    
      Frank 1 M   at home     PA            
56 55 Walker Thomas 52 M   miner     Scotland 1 1       denied
      Mary A. 27 F   housekeeper     N. Scotia 1 1        
      James W. 11 M   at home     N. Scotia 1 1   1    
      Eugemia 9 F   at home     N. Scotia 1 1   1    
      Elizabeth 5 F   at home     N. Scotia 1 1        
      George 3 M   at home     N. Scotia 1 1        
57 56 Mark James 42 M   miner     Scotland 1 1       denied
      Jennette 39 F   housekeeper     Scotland 1 1        
      Allen M. 17 M   at home     Scotland 1 1        
      Wallace 15 M   at home     Scotland 1 1        
      Adam 12 M   at home     Scotland 1 1        
      Thomas 10 M   at home     Scotland 1 1        
      Alexander 8 M   at home     Scotland 1 1        
      Isabella 5 F   at home     Scotland 1 1        
      Hendrick 3 M   at home     Scotland 1 1        
      David 1m M   at home     Scotland 1 1 May      
    Still James 36 M   miner     Scotland 1 1       denied
    Sunden William 40 M   miner     Scotland 1 1       denied
    Murray Robert 48 M   miner     Scotland 1 1       denied

Published on Tri-Counties Site on 10/5/2005
By Joyce M. Tice