DYER COUNTY, TN - CENSUS - 1870 Dyer County TN Census Dist NO. 6 part 4 ======================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb by transcribed by Copyright (c) 2001 by Natalie Huntley (NHuntley@aol.com) ========================================================================= Transcriber's "general" comments about this census. This district is very light. Some of the data in the age and race columns is extremely hard to read. The enumerator had very bad spelling, often appearing to leave the last letter off of a name, and his writing was very sloppy. It was nearly impossible to tell between the name May, and Mary. Many names ending in ry could have looked like just a y. Many times, what the enumerator wrote as an "o", I believe should be an "a". If you are looking for a Martha, check for Mortha, as I transcribed the names as written, not what I thought they should be. The information in the sex column is not reliable. I have found many many mistakes in this column. ========================================================================= Census_Year 1870 Microfilm # M593-1525 State TN County Dyer ---------------------Begin Actual Transcription---------------------------------- CENSUS YR: 1870 STATE or TERRITORY: TN COUNTY: Dyer DIVISION: PO: Newburn REEL NO: M593-1525 PAGE NO: 101A REFERENCE: Enum: William T. Poston. 6 July 1870. Civil District 6. HW# 37 =================================================================================================================================================================================================== LN HN FN LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE OCCUP. REAL VAL. PERS VAL. BIRTHPLACE FOREIGN BIRTH MONTH MONTH ATT. CAN'T CAN'T DEAF M-21yrs VOTE- REMARKS FATHER MOTHER BORN MARR. SCHOOL READ WRITE DENIED =================================================================================================================================================================================================== 1 268 268 Spates Jo 3 M W at home . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . Hand written Page No. 37 2 268 268 Polk Emma 12 F W at home . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 3 269 269 Pope Mandie 31 F W keeping house . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 4 269 269 Pope Gus 14 M W farm laborer . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 5 269 269 Pope Tolly 11 M W at home . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 6 269 269 Pope Bee 8 F W . . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 7 270 270 Spates Mary 68 F W keeping house . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 8 270 270 Spates Mary A. 44 F W out of Emplyment . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 9 271 271 Pope Geo 40 M W Farmer 300 500 Tenn . . . . . . . . X . . 10 271 271 Pope Dicey 26 F W keeping house . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 11 272 272 Abbott Jhn 37 M W farmer . . Tenn . . . . . . . . X . . 12 272 272 Abbott Fannie 36 F W keeping house . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 13 272 272 Abbott Mary 16 F W at home . . Tenn . . . . X . . . . . . 14 272 272 Abbott James 11 M W at home . . Ark . . . . . . . . . . . 15 272 272 Abbott Mattie 9 F W . . . Ark . . . . . . . . . . . 16 272 272 Abbott Jhn 6 M W . . . Ark . . . . . . . . . . . 17 272 272 Wesly James 24 M W Farmer . 600 Tenn . . . . . . . . X . . 18 272 272 Abbott Henry 60 M W out of Emplyt . . Via . . . . . . . . X . . 19 273 273 Dicky Mathew 62 M W farmer 5,000 1,000 Tenn . . . . . . . . X . . 20 273 273 Dicky Mary 52 F W keeping house . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 21 273 273 Dicky Robt 22 M W farmer . . Tenn . . . . . . . . X . . 22 273 273 Dicky Smith 20 M W farm laborer . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 23 273 273 Dicky Emma 16 F W attending School . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 24 273 273 Dicky * 27 M W D. Sheff . 200 Tenn . . . . . . . . X . No first name given 25 274 274 Capps Manerva 41 F W keeping house . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 26 274 274 Capps Ann 31 F W out of Emply . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 27 275 275 Ellic Jhn 21 M W Farmer 2,000 300 Tenn . . . . . . . . X . . 28 276 276 Blankenship James 50 M W farmer . 400 Tenn . . . . . . . . X . . 29 276 276 Blankenship Rebekah 55 F W keeping house . . Via . . . . . . . . . . . 30 276 276 Blankenship Arch 23 M W farm laborer . . Via . . . . . . . . X . . 31 276 276 Blankenship Mary 18 F W keeping house . . Via . . . . . . . . . . . 32 276 276 Blankenship James 1 M W . . . Via . . . . . . . . . . . 33 277 277 Townsend Robt 34 M W farmer 4,000 1,000 Via . . . . . . . . X . . 34 277 277 Townsend Mortha 31 F W keeping house . . Via . . . . . . . . . . . 35 277 277 Townsend Robt 8 M W . . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 36 277 277 Townsend Bud 4 M W . . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 37 277 277 Townsend Ida 3 F W . . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 38 277 277 Townsend Nanni 1 F W . . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 39 278 278 Porter Nathaniel 54 M W Farmer 12,000 15,000 Tenn . . . . . . . . X . . 40 278 278 Porter Ann 47 F W keeping house . . Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . CENSUS YR: 1870 STATE or TERRITORY: TN COUNTY: Dyer DIVISION: PO: Newburn REEL NO: M593-1525 PAGE NO: 101B REFERENCE: Enum: William T. Poston. 6 July 1870. Civil District 6. HW# 38 =================================================================================================================================================================================================== LN HN FN LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE OCCUP. REAL VAL. PERS VAL. BIRTHPLACE FOREIGN BIRTH MONTH MONTH ATT. CAN'T CAN'T DEAF M-21yrs VOTE- REMARKS FATHER MOTHER BORN MARR. SCHOOL READ WRITE DENIED =================================================================================================================================================================================================== 1 278 278 Porter Mary 30 F W out of Employment . . Tenn . . . . . X X X . . Hand written Page No. 38, DEAF: Mute 2 278 278 Porter Wm 20 M W Work in Tobaco factory . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 3 278 278 Porter John 14 M W at home . . Tenn . . . . . . . X . . Mute 4 278 278 Dunivin Celie 11 F W at home . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 5 278 278 White Taylor 21 M W farm laborer . . Tenn . . . . . . . . X . . 6 278 278 Burkine Wm 19 M W farm laborer . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 7 278* 278* Burkine Mandy 52 F B Cook . . Tenn . . . . . X X . . . This should probably be dwelling & family 279 8 278* 278* Burkine Benj 10 M B at home . . Tenn . . . . . X X . . . . 9 279 279 Davis Katie 50 F W keeping house . . N. C. . . . . . . . . . . . 10 279 279 Davis Bettie 20 F W out of Employment . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 11 280 280 Ellice Ann 30 F W keeping house . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 12 280 280 Ellice Henry 9 M W . . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 13 280 280 Ellice Thos 4 M W . . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 14 281 281 Sisemoore Geo 45 M W Farmer 300 200 N. C. . . . . . . . . X . . 15 281 281 Sisemoore Sallie 45 F W keeping house . . N. C. . . . . . . . . . . . 16 282 282 Rasberry Lot 30 M W Farmer . 800 Tenn . . . . . . . . X . . 17 282 282 Rasberry Fanni 25 F W keeping house . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 18 282 282 Rasberry Gus 6 M W . . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 19 282 282 Rasberry Mary 2/12 F W . . . Tenn . . May . . . . . . . . 20 282 282 McKee Jhn 14 M W farm laborer . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 21 283 283 Gammons Rany 44 F W keeping house . 300 N. C. . . . . . . . . . . . 22 283 283 Gammons Ann 24 F W out of Employment . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 23 283 283 Gammons Jane 15 F W . . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 24 283 283 Gammons Martha 13 F W . . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 25 283 283 Gammons Thos 12 M W attending School . . Tenn . . . . X . . . . . . 26 283 283 Misener Jhn 25 M W out of Emplymt . . Tenn . . . . . X X . X . . 27 284 284 Harrison Jhn 68 M W Farmer 1,250 700 N. C. . . . . . . . . X . . 28 284 284 Harrison Sallie 42 F W keeping house . . N. C. . . . . . . . . . . . 29 284 284 Harrison Ann 8 F W . . . N. C. . . . . . . . . . . . 30 285 285 Dunivan Mattie 33 F W keeping house . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 31 285 285 Dunivan Chals 14 M W farm laborer . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 32 285 285 Dunivan Susan 10 F W at home . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 33 285 285 Dunivan Mattie 8 F W . . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 34 285 285 Dunivan Pig 5 F W . . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 35 286 286 Harrison Jo 23 M W Farmer . 200 Tenn . . . . . . . . X . . 36 286 286 Harrison Sis 26 F W keeping house . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 37 286 286 Harrison Ann 3 F W . . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 38 286 286 Harrison Wm 8/12 M W . . . Tenn . . Nov . . . . . . . . 39 287 287 Scoby Jo 23 M W farmer 200 100 Tenn . . . . . . . . X . . 40 287 287 Scoby Mattie 35 F W keeping hous . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . CENSUS YR: 1870 STATE or TERRITORY: TN COUNTY: Dyer DIVISION: PO: Newburn REEL NO: M593-1525 PAGE NO: 102A REFERENCE: Enum: William T. Poston. 6 July 1870. Civil District 6. HW# 39 =================================================================================================================================================================================================== LN HN FN LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE OCCUP. REAL VAL. PERS VAL. BIRTHPLACE FOREIGN BIRTH MONTH MONTH ATT. CAN'T CAN'T DEAF M-21yrs VOTE- REMARKS FATHER MOTHER BORN MARR. SCHOOL READ WRITE DENIED =================================================================================================================================================================================================== 1 287 287 Scoby Letha 64 F W out of Employnt . . N. C. . . . . . . . . . . Hand written Page No. 39 2 288 288 Parnel Jhn 23 M W farmer . 200 Tenn . . . . . . . . X . . 3 288 288 Parnel Sallie 22 F W keeping hous . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 4 288 288 Parnel James 1 M W . . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 5 289 289 Scoby Wm 46 M W Farmer . 200 Tenn . . . . . . . . X . . 6 289 289 Scoby Nancy 45 F W keeping hous . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 7 289 289 Scoby Mattie 14 F W at home . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 8 289 289 Scoby Marenie 12 M W at home . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 9 289 289 Scoby Wm 4 M W . . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 10 290 290 Crofferd Evilin 40 F W keeping house 1,000 500 Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 11 290 290 Crofferd James 16 M W farm laborer . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 12 290 290 Crofferd Mary 14 F W attending School . . Tenn . . . . X . . . . . . 13 290 290 Crofferd Fannie 8 F W . . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 14 291 291 McKee Fannie 38 F W keeping house . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 15 291 291 McKee Mary 19 F W out of Emply . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 16 291 291 McKee James 16 M W farm laborer . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 17 291 291 McKee Jhn 14 M W farm laborer . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 18 291 291 McKee Sallie 12 F W at home . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 19 291 291 McKee Mattie 8 F W . . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 20 292 292 Rasberry Tabitha 49 F W keeping hous 2,000 300 Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 21 292 292 Rasberry Jane 21 F W out of Employmet . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 22 293 293 Rasberry Geo 24 M W farmer . 300 Tenn . . . . . . . . X . . 23 293 293 Rasberry Nancy 22 F W keeping house . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 24 293 293 Rasberry Jane 1 F W . . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 25 294 294 Scoby Mathew 23 M W Farmer 1,200 500 Tenn . . . . . . . . X . . 26 294 294 Scoby Mattie 34 F W keeping house . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 27 294 294 Scoby Maxey 14 F W at home . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 28 294 294 Scoby Ann 12 F W . . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 29 294 294 Scoby David 10 M W . . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 30 294 294 Scoby Jhn 8 M W . . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 31 294 294 Scoby Alx 5 M W . . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 32 294 294 Scoby Mattie 3 F W . . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 33 295 295 Scoby Jhn 47 M W Farmer 2,000 300 Tenn . . . . . . . . X . . 34 295 295 Scoby Lizzy 43 F W keeping house . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 35 295 295 Scoby Martha 10 F W . . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 36 295 295 Scoby Wm 6 M W . . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 37 295 295 Scoby Jhn 2 M W . . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 38 296 296 Pace Jo 25 M W farmer . 300 Tenn . . . Sept . . . . X . . 39 296 296 Pace Mandy 15 F W keeping hous . . Tenn . . . Sept . . . . . . . 40 297 297 Ellice Nancy 52 F W keeping hous . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . CENSUS YR: 1870 STATE or TERRITORY: TN COUNTY: Dyer DIVISION: PO: Newburn REEL NO: M593-1525 PAGE NO: 102B REFERENCE: Enum: William T. Poston. 6 July 1870. Civil District 6. HW# 40 =================================================================================================================================================================================================== LN HN FN LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE OCCUP. REAL VAL. PERS VAL. BIRTHPLACE FOREIGN BIRTH MONTH MONTH ATT. CAN'T CAN'T DEAF M-21yrs VOTE- REMARKS FATHER MOTHER BORN MARR. SCHOOL READ WRITE DENIED =================================================================================================================================================================================================== 1 297 297 Ellice James 32 M W Farmer 400 . Tenn . . . . . . . . X . Hand written Page No. 40 2 297 297 Ellice Robt 24 M W Farmer . 200 Tenn . . . . . . . . X . . 3 297 297 Ellice Jasper 21 M W Teaching School . . Tenn . . . . . . . . X . . 4 297 297 Ellice Maggie 19 F W at home . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 5 297 297 Ellice Fanni 15 F W at home . . Tenn . . . . X . . . . . . 6 298 298 Doss James 35 M W Farmer . 100 Tenn . . . . . . X . X . . 7 298 298 Doss Jane 38 F W keeping house . . Tenn . . . . . X X . . . . 8 298 298 Doss Emma 11 F W at home . . Tenn . . . . . X X . . . . 9 298 298 Doss Nancy 9 F W . . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 10 298 298 Doss Wm 6 M W . . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 11 298 298 Doss James 4 M W . . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 12 298 298 Doss Jane 1 F W . . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 13 299 299 Ketchum Wm 30 M W Farmer . . Tenn . . . . . . . . X . . 14 299 299 Ketchum Melie 36 F W keeping house . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 15 299 299 Ketchum Richard 9 M W . . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 16 299 299 Ketchum Fannie 5 F W . . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 17 299 299 Ketchum Jhn 4 M W . . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 18 299 299 Ketchum Martin 1 M W . . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 19 299 299 Helword Fanne 20 F W out of Employment . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 20 300 300 Bell Thos 52 M W farmer 3,000 1,000 Ky . . . . . . . . X . . 21 300 300 Bell Mary 28 F W keeping house . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 22 300 300 Bell Ann 16 F W at home . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 23 300 300 Bell Jo 14 M W at home . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 24 300 300 Bell Tany 12 M W at home . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 25 300 300 Bell Jhn 10 M W at home . . Tenn . . .