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 4	M F M F F M	W W W W W W	F KH	4000	3000	AR AR TX TX TX TX
36	HART, Lafayette Elisabeth John James Jane	30 25 7 4 2	M F M M F	W W W W W	KH			TX TX TX TX TX
37	HART, Josiah Julia John	55 50 23	M F M	W W W	F KH			AR AR TX
38	WHITE, Samuel Ann John Jane Laura Emma	30 25 8 6 4 2	M F M F F F	W W W W W W	F KH	500	15000	TX TX TX TX TX TX
39	TAYLOR, Sol. Emma Sara Jane James Clara	35 30 12 8 5 6/12	M F F F M F	W W W W W W	F KH		300	AL AL TX TX TX TX
40	HENDERSON, John Lucinda George Willis Ann Julia Ann Cora	45 35 19 12 8 5 11/12	M F M M F F F	W W W W W W W	F KH DL	200	350	NC NC TX TX TX TX TX
41	BERRY, John Sarah	64 60	M F	W W	F KH	500	500	TN TN
42	JEFFRIES, James Catharine Thomas Lucinda Jane	35 30 8 4 11/12	M F M F F	W W W W W	MD KH	600	390	AL AL TX TX TX
43	WINETH, Joel Martha William James Manerva John	55 45 20 15 10 10/12	M F M M F M	W W W W W W	TMSR KH DL		600	TN TN TN CA TX TX
44	McAMSTON, Thos Charlotte Thomas Julia Harris	35 30 6 3 8/12	M F M F M	W W W W W	FRM KH	150	150	OH TN TX TX TX
45	SANFIELD, Josiah Martha E. Wilbern L. William B. Mary H.	46 40 18 15 13	M F M M F	W W W W W	CG KH FL FL		4000	TN TN TN TN TN
46	NICHOLES, Harry Bettie	28 25	M F	W W	CG KH	240	1200	MO TN
47	MARTIN, John Ellen Thomas George Oscar Jane Franklin William	50 49 25 20 15 12 8 6	M F M M M F M M	W W W W W W W W	CG KH FL FL FL	1200	2500	AL AL AL AL AL AL TX TX
48	BROOK, Wm. Sallie Malinda Boone	40 47 14 12	M F F M	W W W W	F KH	400	350	AL AL TX TX
49	PARVIN, Thomas Elizabeth A. Eliza J. James M. Thomas Ephraim Jessey Julia A.	50 37 16 14 12 10 8 6	M F F M M M M F	W W W W W W W W	F KH FL	500	500	TN AL TX TX TX TX TX TX
50	ROBERTSON, H.	28	M	W		300	125	AL
51	WILLIAMS, Edward Polk John Jason	33 20 17 15	M M M M	W W W W	F FL FL FL	300	125	AL AL AL AL
52	ROBERTSON, Ellin Martha	26 22	M F	W W	FL KH	280	100	AL MS
53	MARTIN, Eliz Emaline John	26 24 1	M F M	W W W	F KH	200	100	AL KY TX
54	MONTGOMERY, L. Harrison Maria Dora	50 30 15 10	F M F F	W W W W	HK F		1500	KY KY KY TX
55	MARTIN, Francis M. Frances Jacob Laura	31 7 5 3	M F M F	W W W W	CK		1000	AL TX TX TX
56	COCHRAN, Thomas Novelleen Martha	25 23 11/12	M F F	W W W	CG KH	240	2000	IL TN TX
57	MURPHY, Charles Frances Robert L.	43 21 11/12	M F M	W W W	F KH	500	500	SC SC TX
58	KIMMEL, Jesse Martha A. Nancy J. Benjamin F. Elizabeth M. Sarah F. John B.	40 38 18 15 12 8 4	M F F M F F M	W W W W W W W	F KH FL	1000	2000	IN IN IN TX TX TX TX
59	ADAMS, Samuel Easter E.	27 30	M F	W W	F KH	360	250	MO MO
60	GAMBLE, Thomas	36	M	W	F	100		SC
61	WILLIAMS, Washee Mary George Ann George Sarah Joseph J.	50 36 14 12 10 4	M F F M F M	W W W W W W	MECH KH	250	300	SC MO TX TX TX TX
62	DUNMAN, Wm. Madalence Evaline Jessie	36 34 6 2	M F F M	W W W W	F KH	300	600	KY TX TX TX
63	DUNMAN, Jeffers Sophia David Susanah Ezekiel George M. Mary Lucy	38 36 18 14 12 10 8 2	M F M F M M F F	W W W W W W W W	F KH	400	300	GA GA GA GA TX TX TX TX
64	DUNAGAN, George	36	M	W	ST	400	2500	GA
65	SOUTHERLAND, Jacob	19	M	W	F		50	AL
66	HARRIS, Carter	22	M	W	F		50	TX
67	HOLDER, Robert	23	M	W	F		50	AL
68	MILLS, Gideon Jane Albert Martha Florida Gideon P. Susannah	50 45 18 12 10 6 3	M F M F F M F	W W W W W W W	F KH F	400	800	SC FL TX TX TX TX TX
69	HAVENS, Ira Frances	23 19	M F	W W	F KH	360	400	TX AL
70	EVANS, William Fanny Robert	21 18 8/12	M F M	W W W	F KH	160	200	TX TX TX
71	GUNNELS, John Deborah Jeff Davis	25 20 1	M F M	W W W	F KH	160	200	MO MO TX
72	LOFTON, Chris. Amanda Emily Allice William Ann Henry	28 25 10 8 6 4 2	M F F F M F M	W W W W W W W	F KH	160	200	MO MO MO MO TX TX TX
73	RICHARDSON, Wm. Elizabeth John James William H. Laura	38 35 15 13 9 5	M F M M M F	W W W W W W	F KH FL	1000	1500	FL GA FL TX TX TX
74	GIFFORD, Jesse Martha Mary A. Nancy Sarah William Eliza Ira Manurva John	47 28 18 16 14 12 10 4 3 1	M F F F F F F M F M	W W W W W W W W W W	F KH	200	400	TX MS TN AR AR AR AR TX TX TX
75	SMITH, Sarah Elizabeth	43 6	F F	W W	HK	1640	1000	AR TX
76	HAVEN, John P. Nancy May Elizabet Abagale Sarah Martha	54 53 23 21 15 16 14	M F F F F F F	W W W W W W W	F HK	600	400	TN TN MO TX TX TX TX
77	BYRAN, Mary V. S. Gran Mary Jeff Davis James	42 13 11 9 7	F M F M M	W W W W W	KH	200	300	TX TX TX TX TX
78	MATHEWS, Lewis Brilie Dannel Narcisa Asa John Joseph James Ruth Henson	45 46 21 19 17 15 13 11 9 7	M F M F M M M M F M	W W W W W W W W W W	F KH FL	500	500	TN TN TN TX TX TX TX TX TX TX
79	MORE, Isaac May Robert Mary	40 25 21 14	M F M F	W W W W	F KH FL	1000	300	AL AL AL AL
80	McFARLAND, Robt. Sarah Martha	24 21 9/12 Sept.	M F F	W W W	F KH	240	200	TX TX TX
81	KEETON, Isaac Sarah George Lucy May Jackson Sarah	38 27 12 10 10 6 2	M F M F F M F	W W W W W W W	F KH	120	230	TX TX TX TX TX TX TX
82	DANOSAS, John Virginia Walter L. Charles W. Frances	48 26 8 4 1	M F M M F	W W W W W	WR			VA GA TX TX TX
83	SMITH, Nancy George Elizabeth Josephine	37 13 14 5	F M F F	W W W W	HK	240	300	TN MS MS TX
84	CHIPMAN, Allen	21	M	W	F	240	200	MO
85	PEAR, Eliza Andrew Sylvester Elizabeth	22 6 4 9/12 Sept.	F M M F	W W W W	HK	300	300	MO TX TX TX
86	McCOY, Mary Thomas P. Chenowith Jeff Davis Sidny J. George W.	39 21 12 8 6 4	F M M M M M	W W W W W W	HK FL	100	200	TN MO MO TX TX TX
87	McCOY, Elisha Martha	23 20	M F	W W			200	MO IL
88	FALLOWELL, Mari	24	M	W	BS		300	MO
89	EDWARDS, Dock Mollie William John Henry Robert Laura Sarah Mary	55 50 21 16 14 12 10 8 6	M F M M M M F F F	W W W W W W W W W	MG KH FL	320	600	TN TN MO TX TX TX MO MO TX
90	McCOY, Sarah Frances L. John W.	18 3 1	F F M	W W W	HK		200	TX TX TX
91	MEEK, Sarah Charlotte Artemissa Sarah E.	60 20 14 12	M F F F	W W W W	F HK	1400	2000	NC TX TX TX
92	MEEKS, E. Johnson	26	M	W	F	460	600	TN
93	BROOKS, Houston Rachel Eliza J. George Ann Sopha Cintha Benjamin	38 30 16 14 10 8 5	M F F F F F M	W W W W W W W	F KH	1200	800	AL TN TX TX TX TX TX
94	DENSON, William	23	M	W	F	460	100	TX
95	EARP, Benjamin A. Orlena John W. Vianna Josephine Laura James Moses H.	43 35 16 14 9 7 4 1	M F M F F F M M	W W W W W W W W	F KH	600	600	AL AL TX TX TX TX TX TX
96	MEEK, Christopher Octava Harva Rufus Mary	32 30 10 8 4	M F M M F	W W W W W	F KH	400	400	TN IL TX TX TX
97	WOOD, James Caroline Jackson	26 22 2	M F M	W W W	F KH	400	300	GA TN TX
98	WOOD, Vianna	43	F	W	KH			TN
99	PATE, William Mary Ann Stephen F. Emerson E. William H. Mary Jane Joseph J. Benjamin P.	36 30 13 11 7 4 2 2	M F M M M F M M	W W W W W W W W	F KH	400	400	TN NC TN TN TX TX TX TX
100	BROOKS, Zachri Sarah	60 60	M F	W W	F KH	250	600	AL AL
101	BROOKS, James Martha Zachariah Sarah	35 25 10 1	M F M F	W W W W	F	250	400	AL AL TX TX
102	BROOKS, John Indianna Charles	23 20 2/12 Mar.	M F M	W W W	F KH	250		AL AL TX

103	BROOKS, Chris. Julia Thomas	26 20 1/12 Feb.	M F M	W W W	F KH	240	250	AL GA TX
104	BROOKS, George Mary Sarah J. Nancy E.	28 20 2 2	M F F F	W W W W	F KH	240	500	AL TX TX TX
105	BROOKS, Jessie Francis Louiza Margaret Samuel	30 25 8 2 2/12 Mar.	M F F F M	W W W W W	F KH	800	3250	AL TX TX TX TX
106	ADAMS, William Samantha Joseph Jessie Thomas Dicy Buck Brick Lillie	60 40 18 12 10 8 4 4 6/12 July	M F M M M F M M F	W W W W W W W W W	BS KH BL	240	400	MO MS TX TX TX TX TX TX TX
107	BOYT, George Eave James	21 20 1/12 Jan.	M F M	W W W	F KH	400	200	TX MO TX
108	CAINTER, William Hanner Lidia	23 60 6/12 June	M F F	W W W	F KH	300	150	GA MO TX
109	LIKE, Joseph Ann William Ellen	25 23 3 1	M F M F	W W W W	F KH	200	250	MO TX TX TX
110	GUNNELS, William Rebecer Deliah Jane Rebecer	65 64 25 18 12	M F F F F	W W W W W	F KH	600	500	MO MO MO MO MO
111	ADAMS, Mary Abner Jacob	24 5 3	F M M	W W W	KH	120	130	MO TX TX
112	TINNAN, Benjamin Hannah Isaac Jacob Martha Margaret Lucy Fanny	40 35 18 13 8 6 4 25	M F M M F F F F	W W W W W W W W	F KH FL	600	500	MO MO MO MO MO MO MO TX
113	TINNAN, Sarah	70	F	W				NC
114	CARAWAY, Jessie Elizabeth Orcha William	54 48 13 11	M F M M	W W W W	F KH	1600	600	NC NC TN TN
115	CARAWAY, J. K.	22	M	W	F		5000	TN
116	WOOD, Mary A. Jeff Davis	30 8	F M	W W	KH		100	FL TX
117	JONES, John R. Adaline Jessie F. Hepseh	36 30 11 9	M F M F	W W W W	F KH	600	500	NC TN TN TX
118	CHEEK, Lank Frances James	40 25 2	M F M	C C C	F KH	300	200	China China TX
119	MEEK, Emily Henry	38 18	F M	C C	KH DL	300	200	China Va
120	CHEEK, John Sarah Dinah Addia Stowe Martha	21 20 10 2 24 2	M F F F F F	C C C C C C	F KH KH	150	200	China China TX TX China TX
121	WOOD, David M. Mary E. Jane Lewla Emma Isabellia Martha George W.	48 40 13 11 9 7 5 2	M F F F F F F M	W W W W W W W W	F KH	400	300	GA GA AL AL AL AL AL AL
122	CAMPBELL, Thomas Mary Henry George	30 21 5 2	M F M M	W W W W	MD KH			OH LA AR TX
123	CRITES, Collumbus Catherine Edward George Martha Mary	30 30 9 7 5 3	M F M M F F	W W W W W W	F KH	1000	1000	MO MO TX TX TX TX
124	SCOTT, Ann William Jane May	30 10 8 4	F M F F	W W W W	KH	500	500	AL AL AL AL
125	JACKSON, David Nancy George Jermiah Ausborne Nancy Achie Susan May Green	40 40 22 19 17 15 13 11 7 4	M F M M M F F F F M	W W W W W W W W W W	F KH FL	2000	600	GA GA GA GA GA GA GA GA GA GA
126	BAKER, Mary Isabell Mary Sheperd Marinda Stonewall Jack	40 15 13 11 9 5	F F F M F M	W W W W W W	KH	100	500	TX TX TX TX TX TX
127	POWELL, George Adarine Sarah J. Robert Charles Lewis George Julia John	52 47 25 22 21 18 15 11 3	M F F M M M M F M	W W W W W W W W W	F KH FL FL FL	700	1000	GA GA AL AR AR AR AR TX TX
128	WILLCOCK, Alex. Martha J. Nancy Whitington James Ned	60 18 16 13 10 6	M F F M M M	W W W W W W	DL	400		SC AR AR TX TX TX
129	POWELL, Jackson Hannah Clebern P.	28 26 2	M F M	W W W	F KH	300	1000	GA TX TX
130	POWELL, Joseph Ellen Fredonia Samuel Alice	23 23 5 3 1	M F F M P	W W W W W	F KH	300	200	AR TX TX TX TX
131	PENNEL, Stevens Mollie William Amanda	38 22 2 2/12 Nov.	M F M F	W W W W	F KH	200 800		TX TX TX TX
132	WEST, Benjamin Sarah John Robert	26 26 3 1	M F M M	W W W W	F KH	500	500	AR AR TX TX
133	ASTON, John Elizabeth John James Geo. Robert Alexander	40 40 18 16 14 12 10	M F M M M M M	W W W W W W W	F	800	1500	TX TN TX TX TX TX TX
134	PRESTAGE, Larkin Manerva Beauregard Dyer Larkin Pennie	40 38 13 11 2 4	M F M M M F	W W W W W W	F KH	600	1500	NC LA TX TX TX TX
135	HOBSON, Jacob Nellie John James Joseph Mary George	35 30 10 8 6 3 9	M F M M M F M	W W W W W W W	F KH	300	400	GA GA TX TX TX TX TX
136	LOCKRIDGE, Cara Ndora Moses Timosa	33 11 8 4	F F M M	W W W W	KH		1500	AR TX TX TX
137	ARINGTON, Caleb	70	M	W	F	600	600	GA
138	ARINGTON, Ann Nancy A. Charles I. Jackson V.	30 11 9 4	F F M M	W W W W	KH	600	600	AL TX TX TX
139	ARINGTON, Charles Mary C. Mollie S. W. James C.	30 25 8 2	M F F M	W W W W	F KH	600	600	AR MO TX TX
140	ARINGTON, Joseph Louiza Nancy Hanner Cleborne Charles H.	46 30 14 12 8 5	M F F F M M	W W W W W W	F KH	600	800	AR MO TX TX TX TX
141	CALVEN, Charles	21	M	W	F	300	100	TX
142	MILIGAN, Elizia Susan Fanny Poly Ann Martha	60 28 14 12 8	M F F F F	W W W W W	DL KH			TN TN TX TX TX
143	WEAR, Emiline Elexander William James Franklin Cleborne Ned	30 13 71 9 7 5 11/12	F M M M M M M	W W W W W W W	KH	500	4000	AR AR AR TX TX TX TX
144	MARSON, Burton	21	M	W	F	900	280	AR
145	SCOTT, Jeff Hannah Fanny John Louiza Joseph Rachel Louiza	40 35 17 15 13 11 9 1	M F F M F M F F	W W W W W W W W	F KH	300	1000	IA AR TX TX TX TX TX TX
146	DAVIS, John Ellen Samuel William Richard Lee Henry Hety Robert Lee	35 25 15 11 9 7 5 3	M F M M M M F M	W W W W W W W W	CG KH	1200	1500	VA LA TX TX TX TX TX TX
147	ARRINGTON, John	40	M	W	FL			AR
148	NEWBY, John Lucy John Mary	40 25 16 12	M F M F	W W W