Hood County Texas Genealogical Society

~ 1870 FEDERAL CENSUS ~

HOOD COUNTY, TEXAS

PART I

Reprinted from Hood County Genealogical Society Newsletters

Roy Malone, Editor

Introduction by Virginia Hale

Hood County, Texas was created and organized in 1866 from Johnson County, and named for Confederate General John B. Hood.

Thomas Ford, Assistant Marshal, enumerated 498 households on the first Federal Census of Hood County from September 11, 1870 to October 4, 1870.

The enumerator had a set of instructions from the federal government. However, he did not follow the instructions for the column entitled Profession, Occupation or Trade. This column had detailed instructions to be specific and to write out the Profession, Occupation or Trade. The enumerator created abbreviations for this column without writing down a legend to the abbreviations. Most area occupations were farmer (F), and wives were listed as kitchen help (KH). Other verifiable abbreviated Professions, Occupations or Trades listed are: field laborer (FL), day laborer (DL), minister of the gospel (MG), and one Campbellite preacher.

To read the enumerator's instructions:

1870Enumerator.htm

Birth states represented are: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.

Birthplaces in foreign countries represented are: China, England, Ireland, Mexico, and Prussia.

To view 1870 U. S. Territorial Map:

http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MAP/TERRITORY/1870MAP.html

No.	Name	Age	Sex	Race	Profession, Occupation or Trade	Land Value	Estate Value	Place of Birth
1	ADISON, Oscar Mary F.	47 37	M F	W W	MG KH	3000	1550	MD LA
2	PHILLIPS, I. Christina William Mary	56 36 3 12	M F M F	W W W W	F KH		250	NC PR TX TX
3	WESTON, Thomas Sarah John A. Thomas Andrew Sarah Margie William	55 48 22 17 15 13 10 1	M F M M M F F M	W W W W W W W W	F KH FL		500	MS MS TX TX TX TX TX TX
4	WALTON, Jessie Elizabeth Rubing Pleasant John Abede Stokely	62 34 17 14 12 7 5	M F M M M F M	W W W W W W W	F KH FL	1000	300	VA AR TX TX TX TX TX
5	FARRIS, Boyd Mascara William Jane	30 30 16 7	M F M F	W W W W	F KH	500	350	MO MI MI TX
6	HENSON, John Margaret John Sarah Mary James Lucy William Abader	35 30 12 10 8 6 4 2 7	M F M F F F F M F	W W W W W W W W W	F KH	300	250	MO AR TX TX TX TX TX TX TX
7	COOK, Elizabeth Catherine	35 5	F F	W W	KH		700	TX TX
8	DURHAM, Thomas Susan Martha Jane	50 40 25 6	M F F F	W W W W	HG KH		250	TX
9	JOHNSON, John Tabitha C. Winnie A. Mary Jane Frank	32 22 5 3 1	M F F F M	W W W W W	FL KH			MO MO MO MO MO
10	BREWER, Wm. I. Nancy A. Cora	28 17 2	M F F	W W W	F KH			TX MO MO
11	LIGHTLER, James Martha William Sarah Nancy Lucy Margaret James Mary	40 35 16 15 13 11 7 4 2	M F M F F F F M F	W W W W W W W W W	F KH FL		1000	AL AL TX TX TX TX TX TX TX
12	STEPHEN, John Susan Thomas Eugenia Sam H.	30 25 7 5 2	M F M F M	W W W W W	F KH		300	AR MS TX TX TX
13	MORTY, William Elizabeth Sarah John	60 52 25 22	M F F M	W W W W	MG KH DL		300	NC SC MS MS
14	MASSEY, William Lucille	30 24 4 2	M F M M	W W W W	F KH		1000	TN TN TX TX
15		25	M F	W W	DL KH DL		100	AR AR AR
16					CG KH		700	AR AR TX TX
17						320	300	AR
18	JOHNSON, James H. Margret R. James M. Mary E. Margret E.	28 23 7 4 2	M F M F F	W W W W W	F KH			MO MO MO IL MO
19	HENSON, John Amanda William Jennie	25 20 4 1	M F M F	W W W W	CG KH		150	TX TX TX TX
20	McCOY, David Amanda John Jane James Lucy	35 30 8 6 4 2	M F M F M F	W W W W W W	CG KH	1200	1500	MO MO TX TX TX TX
21	McCOY, George Eliza Jane	23 18 1	M F F	W W W	DL KH		100	TX TX TX
22	EDWARDS, Joseph Sarah Joseph John	25 22 4 9/12	M F M M	W W W W	CG KH		1000	MO TX TX TX
23	EDWARDS, James Lucinda	28 24	M F	W W	DL KH		250	TX TX
24	HARGUS, John Elizabeth Ann Julia John James Joseph	45 40 20 17 15 12 9	M F F F M M M	W W W W W W W	CG KH	1000	3500	MO MO TX TX TX TX TX
25	BURTON, John Cassel William John Robert	49 43 18 16 14	M F M M M	W W W W W	F KH FL FL		500	MS MS MS TX TX
26	WOODARD, John STEWARD, Betty Sophia Eliza	60 35 18 8	M F F F	W W W W	F HK	3000	500	IL IL IL TX
27	WOODARD, Abram	55	M	W	F	1500	500	IL

28	KINSAY, James Mary Dorcas Amanda Robert	35 30 15 8 4	M F F F M	W W W W W	F KH	2000	500	TN TN TX TX TX
29	CONUTESON, David Mary A. Caroline Martha Dewit	30 25 8 6 4	M F F F M	W W W W W	F KH		1500	TX TX TX TX TX
30	EWING, Nancy Georgiana Isabella Hellen William	40 23 14 12 10	F F F F M	W W W W W	KH HK			MO MO TX TX TX
31	MORRES, William Julia Sarah James Dewit	46 40 16 25 8	M F F M M	W W W W W	F KH FL	400	700	MS MS TX TX TX
32	MORRES, James Texas James	26 20 1	M F M	W W W	FL KH			TX TX TX
33	MORRES, Wm. Jun. Mary	22 18	M F	W W	FL KH			TX TX
34	SCARBERRY, Wm. Mary John	26 21 1	M F F	W W W	F KH KH			TX TX TX
35	HART, John Mary John Julia Mary Ann Robert	35 30 12 9 7