Bradford County PA
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1870 Census Records for  Bradford County PA 
1870 Ridgebury Township Census
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Enumerated June 15 thru 30, 1870 by E. G. Durfey, Ass't. Marshall
Transcribed for Tri Counties by Carlton Wolfe 2004
Formatted & Published by Joyce M. Tice 2004
P# = Page Number
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 Ridgebury Township  in 1870  -  Residents in Ridgebury Township picked up their mail at the Bentley Creek PO or the Ridgebury PO.  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. For individual pages the Post Office will be indicated, and it gives you information on the part of the township in which your subject lived. Bentely Creek PO would serve the southern part of the township and the Ridgebury PO served the north, probably located in or near the village of Gillett. Households on this page received mail at the Bentley Creek Post Office
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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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
13       Betsey 43 F   with miller     PA            
  97 97 Miller George 34 M   farmer 3,500 1,000 PA           1
        Emma 29 F   housekeeper     PA            
        Emerson 7 M   at home     PA       1    
        Ida 4 F   at home     PA            
        Eva 3m F   at home     PA     February      
      Dunbar Emma 14 F   dairy maid     PA            
      Craney Mathers 19 M   laborer     Ireland 1 1        
  98 98 Dunbar Oliver 27 M   farmer 3,000 400 PA           1
        Mary J. 28 F   housekeeper     PA            
  99 99 Welch John Jr. 30 M   farmer 3,000 800 Ireland 1 1       1
        Hanora 22 F   housekeeper     Ireland 1 1        
        Mary 1 F   at home     PA 1 1        
        Kate 1m F   at home     PA 1 1 May      
        John 55 M   at home     Ireland 1 1       1
        Ellen 21 F   at home     Ireland 1 1        
  100 100 Mason Furman 35 M   farmer 2,500 700 PA           1
        J. H. 31 F   housekeeper     PA            
        Jud 4 M   at home     PA            
        George 2 M   at home     PA            
  101 101 Chamber John 26 M   farmer 2,500 200 PA 1 1       1
        Mary 26 F   housekeeper     PA 1 1 June      
  102 102 Craig Mackay 36 M   farmer 8,000 2,500 Ireland 1 1       1
        Jane 68 F   housekeeper     Ireland 1 1        
        S. W. 32 M   farmer     PA 1 1       1
        Laura 22 F   housekeeper     PA 1 1        
      Smith Martha 17 F   dairy maid     PA       1    
      Craig E. M. 4m M   at home     PA     January      
      Tuten Robert 6 M   at home     PA       1    
  103 103 Clark Robert 42 M   farmer 3,500 1,000 Ireland 1 1       1
        Louisa 29 F   housekeeper     PA            
        Bartholomew 79 M   at home     Ireland 1 1       1
        Mary J. 32 F   at home     Ireland 1 1        
        John 8 M   at home     PA 1     1    
        Walter 2 M   at home     PA 1          
  104 104 Patterson James S. 44 M   farmer 2,500 500 Ireland 1 1       1
        Sarah 37 F   housekeeper     England 1 1        
      Jones Fanny 15 F   housekeeper     PA 1 1        
      Patterson Mat 58 M   laborer     Ireland 1 1        
      Coney Joseph 24 M   laborer     PA           1

Published On Tri-Counties Site On 09/16/2004
By Joyce M. Tice