1870 Federal Census, Josh Bell County, Kentucky 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 Barb Rice, June 2000 from public records. Edited and formatted by Maggie Stewart, July 2000. Submitted by Barb Rice June 10, 2000. This Census Was Proofread by Kelly Courtney-Blizzard , June 2000. Both above notices must remain when copied or downloaded. Brice53218@aol.com This work follows all guidelines of the USGW Census Project. ____________________________________________________________________________ This is the 1870 federal census for Josh Bell County, Kentucky Key to Census Abbreviations: PG Page # SN Sheet # LN Line # DN Dwelling # FN Family # CO Color R/E Real Estate Value PPV Personal property Value POB Place of Birth FFB Father Foreign Born MFB Mother Foreigh Born MB Month if Born in Census Year MRD Month if Married in Census Year SCH School in Yr C/R Cannot Read C/W Cannot Write DDB Deaf, Dumb, Blind, Insane or Idiot M21 Male over 21 (Eligible to Vote) DTV Denied the Vote ____________________________________________________________________________ Census_Year 1870 Microfilm # M593-477 State Kentucky County Josh Bell Town/Township District No 5 Post Office Pineville Enumerator Thomas M Lock Enumeration Date 28 June 1870 ========================================================================================================================================================================================================== PG DN FN Last Name First Name Age Sex CO Occupation R/E PPV POB FFB MFB MB MRD SCH C/R C/W DDB M21 DTV Transcriber Remarks ========================================================================================================================================================================================================== 247A 1 1 Knuckels Robert 58 M W Farmer 400 300 Virginia X X X 247A 1 1 Knuckels Margaret 50 F W Keeping House Kentucky X 247A 1 1 Knuckels Robert 17 M W Farmer Kentucky X X X 247A 1 1 Knuckels Charles 15 M W Farmer Kentucky X X 247A 1 1 Knuckels Hannah 11 F W Kentucky X X X 247A 1 1 Roark Willis 21 M W Farmer Kentucky X X X 247A 1 1 Bush Nancy 25 F W Keeping House Virginia X 247A 2 2 Hoskins Gabriel 33 M W Farmer Kentucky X X X 247A 2 2 Hoskins Emily 25 F W Keeping House Kentucky X X 247A 2 2 Hoskins James 4 M W Kentucky 247A 2 2 Hoskins George 3 M W Kentucky 247A 2 2 Hoskins Hiram 9/12 M W Kentucky Aug 247A 3 3 Hoskins Madison 36 M W Farmer 300 Kentucky X X X 247A 3 3 Hoskins Mary 36 F W Keeping House Kentucky X X 247A 3 3 Collet Martha J 16 F W Kentucky X X 247A 4 4 Hoskins Hiram 66 M W Farmer 600 282 Kentucky X X X 247A 4 4 Hoskins Elizabeth 62 F W Keeping House Kentucky X X 247A 4 4 Hoskins James 23 M W Farmer Kentucky X X X 247A 5 5 Cox Joshua 44 M W Farmer 400 185 Kentucky X 247A 5 5 Cox Elizabeth 43 F W Keeping House Kentucky X 247A 5 5 Cox Robert 20 M W Farmer Kentucky X X 247A 5 5 Cox Elijah 17 M W Farmer Kentucky X X X 247A 5 5 Cox William A 15 M W Works on Farm Kentucky X X X 247A 5 5 Cox Samuel 11 M W Works on Farm Kentucky X X 247A 5 5 Cox Elizabeth 7 F W Kentucky 247A 5 5 Cox Nancy J 5 F W Kentucky 247A 6 6 Burns James 60 M W Farmer 1000 217 Kentucky X X X 247A 6 6 Burns Sarah 53 F W Keeping House Tennessee X X 247A 6 6 Baker Andrew J 63 M W Farmer North Carolina X 247A 7 7 Woollum Samuel 73 M W Farmer 249 Virginia X 247A 7 7 Woollum Sarah 60 F W Keeping House Kentucky X X 247A 7 7 Woollum Mary 33 F W Kentucky X X 247A 7 7 Woollum Fanny 28 F W Kentucky X X Idiotic 247A 7 7 Woollum China 27 F W Kentucky X X 247A 7 7 Woollum Emily 21 F W Kentucky X X 247A 7 7 Woollum Charity 11 F W Kentucky X X X 247A 7 7 Woollum Skelton 7 M W Kentucky X 247A 8 8 Woollum John 42 M W Farmer 500 152 Kentucky Sept X 247A 8 8 Woollum Addeline 37 F W Keeping House Tennessee Sept X X 247A 8 8 Woollum Filecty 11 F W Kentucky X X X Census_Year 1870 Microfilm # M593-477 State Kentucky County Josh Bell Town/Township District No 5 Post Office Pineville Enumerator Thomas M Lock Enumeration Date 29 June 1870 ========================================================================================================================================================================================================== PG DN FN Last Name First Name Age Sex CO Occupation R/E PPV POB FFB MFB MB MRD SCH C/R C/W DDB M21 DTV Transcriber Remarks ========================================================================================================================================================================================================== 247B 8 8 Woollum Samuel 4 M W Kentucky 247B 8 8 Wilson Elen 6 F W Kentucky X 247B 9 9 Elliott Daniel G 38 M W Farmer 250 352 Kentucky X X 247B 9 9 Elliott Sarah 40 F W Keeping House Kentucky X X 247B 9 9 Elliott Samuel 18 M W Farmer Kentucky X 247B 9 9 Elliott China 16 F W Kentucky X X 247B 9 9 Elliott Elizabeth 14 F W Kentucky X X X 247B 9 9 Elliott William 12 M W Works on Farm Kentucky X X X 247B 9 9 Elliott John M 11 M W Works on Farm Kentucky X X X 247B 9 9 Elliott Pleasant 9 M W Kentucky 247B 9 9 Elliott James 5 M W Kentucky 247B 9 9 Elliott George 3 M W Kentucky 247B 10 10 Elliott John 23 M W Farmer 275 Kentucky Decr X X X 247B 10 10 Elliott Nancy J 23 F W Keeping House Kentucky Decr X X 247B 11 11 Elliott William 63 M W Farmer 400 449 North Carolina X 247B 11 11 Elliott Sarah 64 F W Keeping House Tennessee X X 247B 11 11 Elliott Jane 28 F W Kentucky X X 247B 11 11 Elliott Jasper N 20 M W Farmer Kentucky X 247B 11 11 Elliott Amanda 16 F W Kentucky X X 247B 11 11 Elliott Mily 13 F W Kentucky X X X 247B 11 11 Dorton Mary 26 F W Keeping House Kentucky X X 247B 11 11 Dorton Susan 6 F W Kentucky X 247B 12 12 Wilson George W 43 M W Farmer 125 280 Tennessee X 247B 12 12 Wilson Sarah Ann 46 F W Keeping House Tennessee 247B 12 12 Wilson Isaac J 19 M W Farmer Tennessee X 247B 12 12 Wilson William H 17 M W Farmer Tennessee X 247B 12 12 Wilson Amanda 14 F W Tennessee X X 247B 12 12 Wilson Caloway M 11 M W Tennessee X X 247B 12 12 Wilson George W 9 M W Kentucky X 247B 12 12 Wilson Fraklin W 6 M W Kentucky 247B 12 12 Wilson Mary Ann 2 F W Kentucky 247B 13 13 Hampton Elmore 29 M W Farmer 75 Tennessee X 247B 13 13 Hampton Melvina 16 F W Keeping House Virginia X 247B 13 13 Hampton Isaac S 1 M W Kentucky 247B 14 14 Hampton Ransom 21 M W Farmer 100 300 Kentucky X 247B 14 14 Hampton Isaac S 51 M W Farmer Tennessee X X 247B 14 14 Hampton Julia 61 F W Keeping House North Carolina X X 247B 14 14 Hampton Sylvania 18 F W Kentucky X 247B 14 14 Collet Mahala 13 F W Kentucky X X Census_Year 1870 Microfilm # M593-477 State Kentucky County Josh Bell Town/Township District No 5 Post Office Pineville Enumerator Thomas M Lock Enumeration Date 2 July 1870 ========================================================================================================================================================================================================== PG DN FN Last Name First Name Age Sex CO Occupation R/E PPV POB FFB MFB MB MRD SCH C/R C/W DDB M21 DTV Transcriber Remarks ========================================================================================================================================================================================================== 248A 14 14 Collet William T 11 M W Works on Farm Kentucky X X X 248A 14 14 Collet John 10 M W At Home Kentucky X X 248A 14 14 Ward Alexander 21 M W Farmer 100 Kentucky X 248A 14 14 Ward Zelpha 24 F W Keeping House Tennessee 248A 14 14 Ward Sarah H 7/12 F W Kentucky Oct 248A 15 15 Asher Dillion 27 M W Farmer 300 700 Kentucky X 248A 15 15 Asher Euphama 26 F M Keeping House Kentucky 248A 15 15 Asher Mary C 4 F W Kentucky X 248A 15 15 Asher Isaac M 2 M W Kentucky 248A 15 15 Burns Elizabeth 34 F W Keeping House Kentucky X X 248A 16 16 Horn Isaac S 51 M W Farmer 2500 730 Kentucky X X 248A 16 16 Horn Mary 53 F W Keeping House Kentucky 248A 16 16 Horn John T 23 M W Farmer 150 Kentucky X 248A 16 16 Horn Christopher M 16 M W Farmer Kentucky X 248A 16 16 Horn Martha J 19 F W Kentucky X 248A 16 16 Saylor James 10 M W At Home Kentucky X X X 248A 16 16 Willis Jane 24 F B Domestic Servant Virginia X X 248A 16 16 Willis John 9 M B Virginia 248A 17 17 Baker George 24 M W Farmer Kentucky X X X 248A 17 17 Baker John A 66 M W Farmer Kentucky X 248A 17 17 Baker Nancy 54 F W Keeping House Kentucky X X 248A 17 17 Baker William 22 M W Farmer Kentucky X X X 248A 17 17 Baker Lucindy 34 F W Keeping House Kentucky X X 248A 17 17 Baker Martha J 3 F W Kentucky 248A 17 17 Baker Malinda 9 F W Kentucky 248A 17 17 Hendrickson Rebecca 42 F W Housekeeper Kentucky X X 248A 18 18 Baker Solomon 28 M W Farmer 300 300 Kentucky X X 248A 18 18 Baker Calvina 19 F W Keeping House Kentucky X X 248A 19 248A 20 19 Johnson Samuel 26 M W Farmer 100 250 Kentucky X X X 248A 20 19 Johnson Sarah 27 F W Keeping House Kentucky X X 248A 20 19 Johnson Catharine 10 F W Kentucky X X X 248A 20 19 Johnson Martha J 7 F W Kentucky 248A 20 19 Johnson David 4 M W Kentucky 248A 20 19 Johnson James 2 M W Kentucky 248A 20 19 Johnson Elizabeth 2/12 F W Kentucky Apr 248A 20 19 Burns Margaret 23 F W Kentucky X X 248A 21 20 Johnson Andrew 25 M W Farmer 100 Kentucky X 248A 21 20 Johnson Jane 24 F W Keeping House Kentucky X X 248A 21 20 Johnson Dicy S 9 F W Kentucky Census_Year 1870 Microfilm # M593-477 State Kentucky County Josh Bell Town/Township District No 5 Post Office Pineville Enumerator Thomas M Lock Enumeration Date 9 July 1870 ========================================================================================================================================================================================================== PG DN FN Last Name First Name Age Sex CO Occupation R/E PPV POB FFB MFB MB MRD SCH C/R C/W DDB M21 DTV Transcriber Remarks ========================================================================================================================================================================================================== 248B 21 20 Johnson Mary 7 F W Kentucky 248B 21 20 Johnson Mahala 4 F W Kentucky 248B 21 20 Johnson Samuel 3 M W Kentucky 248B 22 21 Howard Daniel 33 M W Farmer 500 300 Kentucky May X 248B 22 21 Howard Clarinda 23 F W Keeping House Kentucky May 248B 22 21 Howard Rachael 11 F W Kentucky X X 248B 22 21 Howard Mack 10 M W Kentucky X X X 248B 22 21 Howard Catharine 8 F W Kentucky 248B 22 21 Howard Mary 6 F W Kentucky 248B 22 21 Howard Simeon 1 M W Kentucky 248B 22 21 Howard Wilson 18 M W Kentucky X X 248B 23 22 Hensley Jonathan 40 M W Farmer Virginia X 248B 23 22 Hensley Arah 35 F W Keeping House Kentucky X X 248B 23 22 Hensley Sarah E 14 F W Kentucky X X 248B 23 22 Hensley James N 12 M W Kentucky X X 248B 23 22 Hensley Isabel V 11 F W Kentucky X X 248B 23 22 Hensley Catharine 10 F W Kentucky X X 248B 23 22 Hensley Mary J 8 F W Kentucky 248B 23 22 Hensley William H 5 M W Kentucky 248B 24 23 Lefevers Lyman 25 M W Farmer 269 North Carolina X X X 248B 24 23 Lefevers Nancy 37 F W Keeping House Kentucky X X 248B 24 23 Lefevers Margaret 10 F W Kentucky X X 248B 24 23 Lefevers Elizabeth 4 F W Kentucky 248B 24 23 Lefevers Louisa 2 F W Kentucky 248B 24 23 Lefevers Tip 1 M W Kentucky 248B 24 23 Baker China 21 F W Kentucky X X 248B 24 23 Baker Madison 15 M W Works on Farm Kentucky X X X 248B 24 23 Baker Leah 8/12 F W Kentucky Sept 248B 25 24 Burns John 38 M W Farmer 25 100 Kentucky X 248B 25 24 Burns Rosana 36 F W Keeping House North Carolina X X 248B 25 24 Burns Elizabeth 15 F W Kentucky X X X 248B 25 24 Burns James 11 M W At Home Kentucky X X X 248B 25 24 Burns Josephine 10 F W Kentucky X X 248B 25 24 Burns John 7 M W Kentucky 248B 25 24 Burns Margaret 4 F W Kentucky 248B 25 24 Burns Green 2 M W Kentucky 248B 26 25 Burns Nancy 62 F W Keeping House Virginia X X 248B 26 25 Burns Melinda 25 F W Kentucky X X 248B 26 25 Burns Calvina 22 F W Kentucky X X 248B 26 25 Burns Nancy 4 F W Kentucky X X Census_Year 1870 Microfilm # M593-477 State Kentucky County Josh Bell Town/Township District No 5 Post Office Pineville Enumerator Thomas M Lock Enumeration Date 9 July 1870 ========================================================================================================================================================================================================== PG DN FN Last Name First Name Age Sex CO Occupation R/E PPV POB FFB MFB MB MRD SCH C/R C/W DDB M21 DTV Transcriber Remarks ========================================================================================================================================================================================================== 249A 26 25 Burns Elen 1 F W Kentucky 249A 26 25 Burns Carlo B 1 M W Kentucky 249A 27 26 Slusher Mary 54 F W Keeping House 150 100 Kentucky X X 249A 27 26 Slusher Elisha 26 M W Clerk in Store Kentucky X 249A 27 26 Slusher Phillip 21 M W Farmer Kentucky 249A 27 26 Slusher Samantha 18 F W Kentucky 249A 27 26 Slusher Mary J 13 F W Kentucky X X 249A 27 26 Slusher Allen M 11 M W At Home Kentucky X X 249A 28 27 Baker John F 32 M W Farmer 150 Kentucky X X 249A 28 27 Baker Mary 34 F W Keeping House Kentucky X 249A 28 27 Baker Preston 6 M W Kentucky 249A 28 27 Baker John J C 3 M W Kentucky 249A 29 28 Slusher Caleb 35 M W Farmer 200 200 Kentucky X 249A 29 28 Slusher Nancy 34 F W Keeping House Kentucky X X 249A 29 28 Slusher Sarah E 13 F W Kentucky X X X 249A 29 28 Slusher Leander 3/12 M W Kentucky Feb 249A 30 29 Burns William 62 M W Farmer and Miller 500 500 Kentucky X X X 249A 30 29 Burns Sarah 52 F W Keeping House North Carolina X X X X 249A 30 29 Burns Elizabeth 21 F W Kentucky X X 249A 31 30 Brock Jerry S 22 M W Farmer 100 Kentucky X X X 249A 31 30 Brock Sarah 19 F W Keeping Kentucky X X 249A 32 31 Burns David 38 M W Farmer 1700 650 Kentucky X 249A 32 31 Burns Sylvania 34 F W Keeping House Kentucky X X 249A 32 31 Burns Mary J 10 F W Kentucky X X 249A 32 31 Burns William 8 M W Kentucky 249A 32 31 Burns John 6 M W Kentucky 249A 32 31 Burns Elisha 4 M W Kentucky 249A 32 31 Burns Lucretia 2 F W Kentucky 249A 32 31 Burns Elizabeth 5/12 F W Kentucky Dec 249A 32 31 Slusher Delany 16 M W Works on Farm Kentucky X 249A 33 32 Webb Rachael 23 F W Keeping House Kentucky X X 249A 34 33 Burns Minerva 30 F W Keeping House Kentucky X 249A 34 33 Burns James 4 M W Kentucky 249A 34 33 Burns Louisa 2 F W Kentucky 249A 35 34 Johnson George 50 M W Farmer 300 166 Kentucky X X X 249A 35 34 Johnson Mary 48 F W Keeping House Kentucky X X 249A 35 34 Johnson George 13 M W Works on Farm Kentucky X X 249A 35 34 Johnson Gabriel 9 M W At Home Kentucky 249A 35 34 Johnson Sarah 5 F W Kentucky 249A 36 35 Cox John 20 M W Farmer 100 Tennessee Oct Census_Year 1870 Microfilm # M593-477 State Kentucky County Josh Bell Town/Township District No 5 Post Office Pineville Enumerator Thomas M Lock Enumeration Date 13 July 1870 ========================================================================================================================================================================================================== PG DN FN Last Name First Name Age Sex CO Occupation R/E PPV POB FFB MFB MB MRD SCH C/R C/W DDB M21 DTV Transcriber Remarks ========================================================================================================================================================================================================== 249B 36 35 Cox Mary 24 F W Keeping House Kentucky Oct X 249B 37 36 Howard Benjamin 48 M W Farmer 650 666 Kentucky X 249B 37 36 Howard Lycy 46 F W Keeping House Kentucky X 249B 37 36 Howard John 13 M W At Home Kentucky X X 249B 37 36 Howard Elhannon 11 M W At Home Kentucky X X 249B 37 36 Howard Caroline 9 F W Kentucky X 249B 37 36 Howard Jasper 7 M W Kentucky X 249B 37 36 Howard Joshua 2 M W Kentucky 249B 38 249B 39 37 Cox Ezekiel 59 M W Farmer 257 Tennessee X 249B 39 37 Cox Mary Ann 50 F W Keeping House Tennessee X X 249B 39 37 Cox Louisa Jane 23 F W Kentucky 249B 39 37 Cox William R 19 M W Farmer Tennessee X 249B 39 37 Cox James E 17 M W Farmer Tennessee X 249B 39 37 Cox Mary A 10 F W Virginia X 249B 40 38 Farmer Hiram 28 M W Farmer 208 Kentucky X 249B 40 38 Farmer Rachael 21 F W Keeping House Kentucky X X 249B 40 38 Farmer William O 2 M W Kentucky 249B 40 38 Farmer Orphy 8/12 F W Kentucky Sept 249B 41 39 Farmer James 71 M W Farmer 1500 404 Tennessee X 249B 41 39 Farmer Susan 45 F W Keeping House Virginia X 249B 41 39 Farmer John 17 M W Farmer Kentucky X 249B 41 39 Farmer Nancy 16 F W Kentucky X 249B 41 39 Farmer Mary 13 F W Kentucky X X 249B 41 39 Farmer James 11 M W Kentucky X X 249B 41 39 Farmer Susan 9 F W Kentucky 249B 41 39 Farmer Martha 7 F W Kentucky 249B 42 40 Johnson Hugh 52 M W Farmer 100 Tennessee X 249B 42 40 Johnson Sarah A 25 F W Keeping House Kentucky 249B 42 40 Johnson Abner 1/12 M W Kentucky Apr 249B 43 41 Neal Abraham 30 M W Farmer 100 Kentucky X 249B 43 41 Neal Sarah 22 F W Keeping House Kentucky X X 249B 43 41 Neal William 4 M W Kentucky 249B 43 41 Neal James 3 M W Kentucky 249B 43 41 Neal Martha E 2 F W Kentucky 249B 43 41 Neal Charlotte 7/12 F W Kentucky Oct 249B 43 41 Neal Kesiah 64 F W Keeping House Virginia X 249B 44 42 Knuckels Gabriel 30 M W Farmer 100 150 Tennessee X 249B 44 42 Knuckels Martha 22 F W Keeping House Kentucky X X 249B 44 42 Knuckels Margaret 6/12 F W Kentucky Dec