DYER COUNTY, TN - CENSUS - 1870 Dyer County TN Census Dist NO. 7 part 1 ======================================================================== 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. 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: Dyersburg REEL NO: M593-1525 PAGE NO: 105A REFERENCE: Enum: William T. Poston - 21 July 1870. Civil District 7. HW # 1 =================================================================================================================================================================================================== 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 1 1 Pearce Geo 40 M W Farmer 3,000 2,000 Tenn . . . . . . . . X . Hand written Page No. 1 2 1 1 Pearce Rachel 32 F W keeping house . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1 1 Pearce James 10 M W at home . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1 1 Pearce Mary 6 F W . . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1 1 Pearce Geo 3 M W . . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1 1 Pearce Walter 1 M W . . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 7 2 2 Grim Eliza 18 F B Cook . . Tenn . . . . . X X . . . . 8 2 2 Grim Polly 11 F B at home . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 9 2 2 Grim Daniel 6/12 M B . . . Tenn . . Dec . . . . . . . . 10 3 3 Harris Jas 30 M B Farmer . . Tenn . . . . . X X . X . . 11 3 3 Harris Allen 25 . B keeping house . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 12 3 3 Harris Lee 5 F B . . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 13 3 3 Harris James 3 M B . . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 14 3 3 Harris Vinie 5/12 F B . . . Tenn . . July . . . . . . . . 15 4 4 Graham Henry 50 M B Farmer . 100 Tenn . . . . . X X . X . . 16 4 4 Graham Ettie 40 F B keeping house . . Tenn . . . . . X X . . . . 17 4 4 Graham Nancy 9 F B . . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 18 5 5 Thopsom James 29 M W Farmer . 700 Tenn . . . . . . . . X . . 19 5 5 Thopsom Mortha 28 F W keeping house . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 20 5 5 Thopsom Jo 4 M W . . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 21 5 5 Thopsom James 3 M W . . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 22 5 5 Thopsom Lucy 1 F W . . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 23 6 6 Barton Geo 20 M W farm laborer . . Miss . . . . . . X . X . . 24 6 6 Barton Nancy 28 F W keeping house . . Miss . . . . . . . . . . . 25 6 6 Barton Thomas 9 F W . . . Ala . . . . . . . . . . . 26 6 6 Barton Lizy 6 F W . . . Ala . . . . . . . . . . . 27 6 6 Barton John 4 M W . . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 28 7 7 Graham Lucy 18 F B Cook . . Tenn . . . . . X X . X . . 29 7 7 Graham Henry 15 M B farm laborer . . Tenn . . . . . X X . . . . 30 8 8 Steward Mary 27 F W keeping house . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 31 8 8 Steward Luis 21 M W . . . Miss . . . . . . . . X . . 32 9 9 Mitchell Jo 31 M W Farmer . 100 Ala . . . . . X X . X . . 33 9 9 Mitchell Mandy 10 F W at home . . Miss . . . . . X X . . . . 34 9 9 Mitchell Carry 8 F W . . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 35 9 9 Mitchell Bud 2 M W . . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 36 10 10 Roads Wm 32 M W Farmer . 200 Miss . . . . . . . . X . . 37 10 10 Roads Lucy 32 F W keeping house . . Miss . . . . . . . . . . . 38 10 10 Roads Sol 11 M W at home . . Miss . . . . . . . . . . . 39 10 10 Roads William 8 M W . . . Miss . . . . . . . . . . . 40 10 10 Roads Thos 6 M W . . . Miss . . . . . . . . . . . CENSUS YR: 1870 STATE or TERRITORY: TN COUNTY: Dyer DIVISION: PO: Dyersburg REEL NO: M593-1525 PAGE NO: 105B REFERENCE: Enum: William T. Poston - 21 July 1870. Civil District 7. HW # 2 =================================================================================================================================================================================================== 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 11 11 Ferrel James 45 M W Farmer 2,500 600 Tenn . . . . . . . . X . Hand written Page No. 2 2 11 11 Ferrel Emerline 40 F W keeping house . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 3 11 11 Ferrel Mortha 18 F W out of Emplynet . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 4 11 11 Ferrel Margret 15 F W at home . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 5 11 11 Ferrel Salli 9 F W . . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 6 11 11 Ferrel Susan 5 F W . . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 7 12 12 Sawyer Jack 45 M B Farmer . . Tenn . . . . . X X . X . . 8 12 12 Sawyer Mary 40 F B keeping house . . Tenn . . . . . X X . . . . 9 12 12 Sawyer Chutha 14 F B at home . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 10 12 12 Sawyer Luna 7 F B . . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 11 12 12 Sawyer Dolf 6 M B . . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 12 12 12 Sawyer May 3 F B . . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 13 13 13 Smith Marion 30 M W Farmer . 200 Tenn . . . . . . . . X . . 14 13 13 Smith Lucy 31 F W keeping house . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 15 13 13 Smith Mortha 5 F W . . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 16 13 13 Smith Andrew 3 M W . . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 17 13 13 Smith Sarah 9/12 F W . . . Tenn . . Sept . . . . . . . . 18 13 13 Smith Harret 60 F W . . . N. C. . . . . . . . . . . . 19 14 14 McDoil Peter 35 M B Farmer . 100 Miss . . . . . X X . X . . 20 14 14 McDoil July 17 F B keeping house . . Miss . . . . . X X . . . . 21 14 14 McDoil May 1/12 F B . . . Tenn . . May . . . . . . . . 22 14 14 Faster David 21 M B Farmer . . Miss . . . . . . . . X . . 23 15 15 Sawyer Hanah 30 F W keeping house 7,200 600 N. C. . . . . . . . . . . . 24 15 15 Sawyer Isice 13 M W at home . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 25 15 15 Sawyer William 19 M W farm laborer . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 26 15 15 Sawyer Geo 5 M W . . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 27 15 15 Sawyer Sallie 4 F W . . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 28 15 15 Sawyer Lumby 1 M W . . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 29 15 15 Sawyer John 38 M W farmer 2,000 400 Tenn . . . . . . . . X . . 30 16 16 Cook Washington 28 M W Farmer . 250 Tenn . . . . . . . . X . . 31 16 16 Cook Nancy 38 F W keeping house . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 32 16 16 Cook David 5 M W . . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 33 16 16 Cook May 4 F W . . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 34 16 16 Cook Sam 11/12 M W . . . Tenn . . July . . . . . . . . 35 17 17 Sawyer Joshua 62 M W Farmer 6,000 1,000 N. C. . . . . . . . . X . . 36 17 17 Sawyer Susan 57 F W keeping house . . N. C. . . . . . . . . . . . 37 17 17 Sawyer Dennis 22 M W farm laborer . . Tenn . . . . . . . . X . . 38 17 17 Sawyer Marion 20 M W farm laborer . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 39 18 18 Chamberlin Jo 25 M B Farmer . 100 N. C. . . . . . X X . X . . 40 18 18 Chamberlin Charlot 40 F B keeping hous . . Via . . . . . X X . . . . CENSUS YR: 1870 STATE or TERRITORY: TN COUNTY: Dyer DIVISION: PO: Dyersburg REEL NO: M593-1525 PAGE NO: 106A REFERENCE: Enum: William T. Poston - 21 July 1870. Civil District 7. HW # 3 =================================================================================================================================================================================================== 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 19 19 Chamberlain Dan 17 M B Farm laborer . . N. C. . . . . . X X . . . Hand written Page No. 3 2 19 19 Henderson Celie 40 F B farmer . . N. C. . . . . . . . . . . . 3 20 20 Thompon James 53 M W Farmer 3,000 1,000 Tenn . . . . . . . . X . . 4 20 20 Thompon Lucy 52 F W keeping hous . . Via . . . . . . . . . . . 5 20 20 Thompon Lucy 20 F W Without occupation . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 6 20 20 Thompon Sallie 17 F W out of Employmet . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 7 20 20 Thompon C. W. 50 M W Farmer . . Tenn . . . . . . . . X . . 8 21 21 Archerry Bether 45 M W Farmer . 100 Via . . . . . . X . X . . 9 21 21 Archerry Ann 37 F W keeping house . . Via . . . . . X X . . . . 10 21 21 Archerry Sallie 14 F W at home . . Via . . . . . X X . . . . 11 21 21 Archerry Ellen 12 F W at home . . Via . . . . . X X . . . . 12 21 21 Archerry Sam 10 F W at home . . Tenn . . . . . X X . . . . 13 21 21 Archerry Wilson 5 M W . . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 14 21 21 Archerry John 9/12 M W . . . Tenn . . Sept . . . . . . . . 15 22 22 Smith James 64 M W Farmer . 250 S. C. . . . . . . . . X . . 16 22 22 Smith James 9 M W . . . Miss . . . . . . . . . . . 17 23 23 Smith Eligee 23 M W Farmer . 200 S. C. . . . . . . . . X . . 18 23 23 Smith Hannah 24 F W keeping hous . . S. C. . . . . . . X . . . . 19 23 23 Smith Wm 1/12 M W . . . Tenn . . May . . . . . . . . 20 23 23 Heathcock Alsy 21 M W farm laborer . . Ala . . . . . X X . X . . 21 24 24 Russell John 16 M W farm laborer . 100 Miss . . . . . X X . . . . 22 25 25 Claiburn Lizy 22 M B Farmer . . Tenn . . . . . X X . . . . 23 25 25 Claiburn Liza 20 F B keeping house . . Tenn . . . . . X X . . . . 24 25 25 Claiburn Betty 3 F B . . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 25 25 25 Claiburn Mary 1 F B . . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 26 26 26 Smith Wm 29 M W Farmer . 300 Ala . . . . . . . . X . . 27 26 26 Smith Betty 23 F W keeping house . . Miss . . . . . . . . . . . 28 26 26 Smith John 8 M W . . . Miss . . . . . . . . . . . 29 26 26 Smith Nancy 3 F W . . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 30 26 26 Smith Della 8/12 F W . . . Tenn . . Oct . . . . . . . . 31 26 26 Wheatley Nuton 14 M W farm laborer . . Miss . . . . . X X . . . . 32 27 27 Morgan Mattie 44 F W keeping house . 100 S. C. . . . . . . . . . . . 33 27 27 Morgan Bell 18 F W at home . . Miss . . . . . . . . . . . 34 27 27 Morgan John 14 M W at home . . Miss . . . . . . . . . . . 35 27 27 Morgan Wm 12 M W at home . . Miss . . . . . . . . . . . 36 28 28 Walker Jo 35 M B Farmer . 250 Tenn . . . . . X X . X . . 37 28 28 Walker Nancy 30 F B keeping house . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 38 28 28 Walker Vilet 14 F B at home . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 39 28 28 Light Mandy 16 F B farm laborer . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 40 29 29 Vaughn Thos 36 M W farmer 1,292 1,000 Tenn . . . . . . . . X . . CENSUS YR: 1870 STATE or TERRITORY: TN COUNTY: Dyer DIVISION: PO: Dyersburg REEL NO: M593-1525 PAGE NO: 106B REFERENCE: Enum: William T. Poston - 21 July 1870. Civil District 7. HW # 4 =================================================================================================================================================================================================== 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 29 29 Vaughn Mary 31 F W keeping house . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . Hand written Page No. 4 2 29 29 Vaughn Mattie 10 F W at home . . Tenn . . . . X . . . . . . 3 29 29 Vaughn Richard 9 M W . . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 4 29 29 Vaughn Sam 7 M W . . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 5 29 29 Vaughn Mary 4 F W . . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 6 29 29 Vaughn Bettie 2 F W . . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 7 30 30 Coal Jessie 30 M W Farmer . 600 Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 8 30 30 Coal Ann 25 F W keeping house . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 9 30 30 Coal Bettie 4 F W . . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 10 30 30 Coal Thom 2 M W . . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 11 31 31 Shaw Ed 32 M W farmer . 100 Tenn . . . . . . . . X . . 12 31 31 Shaw May 30 F W keeping house . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 13 31 31 Shaw Sallie 10 F W at home . . Tenn . . . . X . . . . . . 14 31 31 Shaw May 8 F W . . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 15 31 31 Shaw Sis 9/12 F W . . . Tenn . . Dec . . . . . . . . 16 32 32 Jones Sam 51 M W farmer 4,800 1,500 Tenn . . . . . . . . X . . 17 32 32 Jones Mary 36 F W keeping house . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 18 32 32 Jones Susan 14 F W at home . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 19 32 32 Jones John 13 M W at home . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 20 32 32 Jones Mary 11 F W at home . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 21 32 32 Jones Wm 10 M W . . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 22 32 32 Jones Daniel 5 M W . . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 23 32 32 Jones Isice 3 M W . . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 24 33 33 Pitts Levie 36 M W Carpenter . 250 Tenn . . . . . . . . X . . 25 33 33 Pitts Fannie 21 F W keeping house . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 26 33 33 Pitts Sallie 9/12 F W . . . Tenn . . Sep . . . . . . . . 27 34 34 Ray Alx 32 M W Farmer 1,650 600 Tenn . . . May . . . . X . . 28 34 34 Ray Nancy 28 F W keeping house . . Tenn . . . May . . . . . . . 29 35 35 McWilliams Lam 31 M W Farmer . 30 N. Y. . . . . . . . . X . . 30 35 35 McWilliams Sallie 29 F W keeping house . . Geo . . . . . . . . . . . 31 35 35 McWilliams Robt 4 M W . . . Ala . . . . . . . . . . . 32 35 35 McWilliams Elvy 3/12 F W . . . Tenn . . March . . . . . . . . 33 35 35 Heathcock Rachel 68 F W . . . Geo . . . . . . . . . . . 34 35 35 Heathcock Ander 5 M W . . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 35 36 36 Pitts Prichet 27 M W Farmer . 300 Tenn . . . . . . . . X . . 36 36 36 Pitts Mary 27 F W keeping house . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 37 36 36 Pitts Luy 7 F W . . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . 38 36 36 Pitts Isam 14 M W at home . . Tenn . . . . X . . . . . . 39 37 37 Sawyers Wm 33 M W Farmer . 700 Tenn . . . . . . . . X . . 40 37 37 Sawyers Nancy 30 F W keeping house . . Tenn . . . . . . . . . . . CENSUS YR: 1870 STATE or TERRITORY: TN COUNTY: Dyer DIVISION: PO: Dyersburg REEL NO: M593-1525 PAGE NO: 107A REFERENCE: Enum: William T. Poston - 21 July 1870. Civil District 7. HW # 5 ======================================================================================================================