1870 Federal Census Benzie County, Michigan (Weldon Township: File 10 of 10) This Census was transcribed by Mary Grindol and proofread by Terri Hay for the USGenWeb Census Project, http://www.usgwcensus.org/. Copyright 2001 by Mary Grindol ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES PROJECT NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ ************************************************************************ SOURCE: Microfilm Used for first and second transcription ************************************************************************ NOTE: For more information on Benzie County Michigan, Please visit the Benzie County MIGenWeb page at http://grandtraverseregion.com/benzie/ ************************************************************************ Formatted by Maggie Stewart December 2001 ************************************************************************ Census_Year 1870 Microfilm # M593-662 State Michigan County Benzie CENSUS YR: 1870 STATE: Michigan COUNTY: Benzie DIVISION: Township of Weldon REEL NO: M593-662 SHEET NO: 32B REFERENCE: P.O. Homestead; Enumerated on 22 June 1870 by W.W. Bartlett PAGE NO: 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- FATHER MOTHER BORN MARR. SCHOOL READ WRITE DENIED ======================================================================================================================================================================================== 1 1 1 Hyett William 53 M W Farmer 1,000 150 Holland X X X 2 1 1 Hyett Nellie 45 F W Keeping House Holland X X 3 1 1 Hyett Maggie 13 F W At Home Mich. X X X 4 1 1 Hyett Jacob 11 M W At Home Mich. X X X 5 1 1 Hyett John 9 M W Mich. X X 6 1 1 Hyett William 1 M W Mich. X X 7 2 2 Daly Jonas 43 M W Shoemaker 800 100 Ohio X 8 2 2 Daly Matilda 32 F W Keeping House O. X X 9 2 2 Daly Orland 13 M W Attending School O. X 10 2 2 Daly Fidelia 11 F W At Home O. X 11 2 2 Daly John 9 M W O. 12 3 3 Stack George 50 M W Farmer 1,000 350 Penn. X 13 3 3 Stack Mary 34 F W Keeping House N.Y. 14 3 3 Stack Reuben 16 M W Farm Laborer Mich. 15 3 3 Stack Melissa 12 F W Attending School Mich. X 16 3 3 West Henry 30 M W Farm Laborer 200 N.Y. X X 17 3 3 West William 67 M W Farm Laborer Vt. X X X 18 4 4 Gokey Lewis 26 M W Farmer 800 350 N.Y. X X 19 4 4 Gokey Anna 20 F W Keeping House Penn. 20 4 4 Gokey Ella 3 F W Mich. 21 5 5 Skinner Samuel 29 M B Farmer 800 250 Virginia X 22 5 5 Skinner Margaret 25 F B Keeping House Virginia 23 5 5 Skinner Nettie 5 F B Ohio 24 5 5 Skinner Alice 3 F B Mich. 25 5 5 Skinner Arthur 11/12 M B Mich. June 26 6 6 Rust Porter 30 M W Farmer 400 250 Penn. X 27 6 6 Rust Elizabeth 29 F W Keeping House Penn. 28 6 6 Rust George 3 M W Penn. 29 7 7 Case Arthur 34 M W Farmer 2,000 500 Ohio X 30 7 7 Case Lydia 34 F W Keeping House 100 Ohio 31 7 7 Case Nettie 8 F W Mich. X 32 8 8 Wingert Charles 23 M W Farmer 600 Ohio X 33 9 9 Meads Jerome 24 M W Farmer 1,500 O. X 34 10 10 Brownell Cortland 42 M W Farmer 1,000 300 N.Y. X 35 10 10 Brownell Hannah 40 F W Keeping House Vt. 36 10 10 Brownell William 13 M W At Home Ohio X 37 11 11 Roose Abram 56 M W Farmer 1,000 100 O. X 38 11 11 Roose Sophia 45 F W Keeping House O. 39 11 11 Roose Charles 5 M W Mich. 40 11 11 Roose Phebe 2 F W Mich. CENSUS YR: 1870 STATE: Michigan COUNTY: Benzie DIVISION: Township of Weldon REEL NO: M593-662 SHEET NO: 33A REFERENCE: P.O. Joyfield; Enumerated on 25 June 1870 by W.W. Bartlett PAGE NO: 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- FATHER MOTHER BORN MARR. SCHOOL READ WRITE DENIED ======================================================================================================================================================================================== 1 12 12 Hill John 45 M W Farmer 1,000 540 Canada West X X X 2 12 12 Hill Mary 40 F W Keeping House Ireland X X 3 12 12 Hill James 15 M W At Home Canada West X X 4 12 12 Hill Lizzie 13 F W At Home C.W. X X 5 12 12 Hill John 11 M W At Home C.W. X X 6 12 12 Hill Jane 8 F W C.W. X X 7 12 12 Hill Alfred 5 M W C.W. X X 8 12 12 Hill Margaret 1 F W Mich. X X 9 12 13 McIntosh James 22 M W Farmer 800 110 Canada West X X X 10 13 14 Taylor Thomas 35 M W Farmer 1,000 200 England X X X 11 13 14 Taylor Catherine 34 F W Keeping House Eng. X X 12 13 14 Taylor Elizabeth 14 F W At Home Eng. X X X 13 13 14 Taylor Mary 7 F W Eng. X X X 14 13 14 Taylor Susan 5 F W Mich. X X X 15 13 14 Taylor Thomas 2 M W Mich. X X 16 14 15 Metts Robert 43 M W Farmer 2,500 200 Penn. X 17 14 15 Metts Sarah 32 F W Keeping House Ohio 18 14 15 Metts Josephine 12 F W At Home Penn. X 19 14 15 Metts Sophia 10 F W Penn. X 20 14 15 Metts William 8 M W Ohio X 21 14 15 Metts Elby 2 M W Mich. 22 15 16 Harmon Francis 24 M W Farmer 800 150 Ohio X 23 15 16 Harmon Leora 18 F W Keeping House O. 24 16 17 Reed Roswell 24 M W Farmer 800 300 O. * X 25 16 17 Reed Paulina 17 F W Keeping House O. 26 17 18 Raymond Harris 52 M W Farmer 1,000 800 Conn. X X X 27 17 18 Raymond Elizabeth 52 F W Keeping House N.Y. X 28 17 18 Raymond Amelia 9 F W N.Y. 29 18 19 North Thomas 26 M W Farm Laborer Virginia X 30 19 20 Noble Newell 28 M W Farmer 800 100 Ohio X 31 19 20 Noble Jerusha 18 F W Keeping House O. 32 20 21 Wingert Charles 23 M W Farmer 400 O. X X X 33 21 22 Mead Isaac 24 M W House Painter 500 N.Y. X 34 21 22 Mead Isaac 59 M W Farm Laborer N.Y. X REMARKS: End of Weldon Twp., End of Benzie County REMARKS: Lines 35 - 40 left blank. REMARKS: End of Weldon Township REMARKS: End of Benzie County Enumeration.