1870 Federal Census Liberty County, Texas (Transcriber's Notes) ************************************************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwcensus.org/notices/ http://www.usgwcensus.org/ http://www.usgwcensus.org/cenfiles/ ************************************************************************** Abstracted by Nell K. Jackson from public records. Proofread by (Needed). Submitted by Nell K. Jackson for the USGenWeb Archives. Copyright: 2014. Edited and formatted by Maggie Stewart, April 2014. ************************************************************************** TRANSCRIBER COMMENTS: (1) LibreOffice version 4.2.1.1 used to transcribed census pages. (2) Census pages from internet site ( populationschedu1596unit_files) had no information on the ODD numbered pages for Liberty County, Texas. There are only 40 lines per census page. There are 538 pages on this film. (3) The Counties covered in these films are: Leon, Liberty, Limestone and Live Oak. ************************************************************************** All above information must remain when copied or downloaded. ************************************************************************** NOTE: For more information on Liberty County, Texas, Please visit the TXGenWeb page at http://www.usgenweb.org/tx ========================================================= ALSO visit the TXGenWeb archives at http://www.usgwarchives.net/tx/ ************************************************************************** NOTES for Page 1 (89B) The top corners of the page with blacked out so I didn't get either #s. The left top edge had in writing sideways "a(?) page 4 and then it looked like 10 over a line with 5-60 underneath. Line 8 Given name either James or Janus, entered James; also occupation second word unreadable, Entered Merchant liasion Line 14 Given name entered as Jeanitot but not sure; also occupation looks like "Machinist of Earpiece" (Just entered Machinist). Line 15 Given name looks like "Eviania (entered Eviania)." Line 16 Surname looks like Jeanitot or Leavitot? (Surname entered as Jeanitot), and if it is Jeanitot then line 14 has Given/surname transposed. Line 21 Given name initial looks like either R. or B (entered as B). Line 26 Age hard to read, looks like 23. Line 32 Given name looks like Hofman or Hofmin. Line 33 Uncertain of age but looks like 34. Line 40 Occupation appears to be "Beef dresser" (entered as Beef dresser); and Real value looks like 350 or 550 (entered as 350). At the bottom of the census page per the items listed are hard to read; will make what I think they are. Any question marks mean I can't make out the words. No. of dwellings 18 No. of white females 17 No. of males, foreign born 6 No. of ? ___ " " families 13 " " colored males ___ " " females, foreign born 1 " " white males 23 " " colored females ___ " " blind ___ ======================================================================================================================= NOTES for Page 2 (90A) Line 5 Also initial looks like a "T" and entered as T. Line 6 Real value amount hard to make out; entered as 20000. Line 19 entered a "-"; the rest of row boxes are empty. Entered "Unoccupied" under surname. Given name box would not allow me to enter a dash (-) so all unoccupied family given name boxes will be left blank as LibreOffice will not accept it. I even tried using "'-" in the field but it only puts in strange numbers. Line 20 Surname and Given name hard to make out; entered as Melona James P; occupation not sure but entered as Morehouse Line 29 And age entered as 27 but could be 24 Line 32 Given name hard to read; entered as Agee N; and in the eligible box for him and next person is a line crossing over the line between like a | (pipe character above the \ on keyboard. Line 35 Birthplace hard to read but entered as Nurimburg At the bottom of the census page per some items listed are hard to read; will make what I think they are. Any question marks mean I can't make out the words. No. of dwellings 12 No. of white females 22 No. of males, foreign born 2 No. of ? ___ " " families 9 " " colored males ___ " " females, foreign born 2 " " white males 15 " " colored females ___ " " of blind __