1870 (9th) Federal Census - Clay County, Florida

Microfilm Roll #128; Record Group M593

Comments about the 1870 Clay Co., FL Census: This county was filmed with pages out of order. To help mitigate the confusion this causes, I will be adding these pages in order of the County Page Number. In addition, I know of a few families that were enumerated twice and will mark them also.

* = Hard to read or decipher handwriting (only applies to word immediately in front of *). Used my best guess. I apologize if they are wrong.

? = still hard to read, but I gave an alternative in the comments.

County Page No. ______4________ Stamp Page No. _____310______ (B)
SCHEDULE 1.   Inhabitants in__________________, in the County of_Clay____,  
 State of __Florida__,  enumerated by me on the __23rd____ day of July__, 1870. 
Post Office: __Sanderson__ _____Wm. W. Howell______, Asst. Marshall
Line # Dwelling # Family # Name (Last, First) Age Sex Color Occupation Values in $ Birthplace Foreign Born Month Born Month Married Attended Cannot Males NOT Eligible Comments
Real Estate Per. Prop. Father Mother In Year In year School R/W over 21 to Vote
1 24 23 Branning *, George 71 M W Farmer $5000 $500 N. Carolina /
2 Branning *, Mary C. 63 F W Keeping Hse. Georgia 
3 25 24 Richardson, Elizzie 50 F W Keeping Hse. Florida 
4 Richardson, Caroline 40 F B Florida /|/ 
5 Richardson, David 16 M B Florida /|/
6 Richardson, Barney 12 M B Florida /|/ 
7 Richardson, Baby 6/12 M B Florida Jan. 1870 
8 26 25 Backsley, Eliza 40 F    W Keeping Hse. Florida 
9 Backsley, Sarah 16 F  W Florida 
10 Backsley, Mary L. 14 F   W  Florida / 
11 Backsley, Pencoln * 11 F  W    Florida / 
12 Backsley, Daniel 5 M     W Florida 
13 Boatwright, George 17 M W Florida 
14 27 26 Houghton, Samuel 48 M W Farmer $600 $100 Massachusetts / 
15 Houghton, Emma L. 35 F W Keeping Hse. England / / 
16 Arville*, Matilda 50 F W England / / 
17 Arville*, William N. 8 M W   England / / 
18 Sigant, Thos. M. 80 M W England / / /
19 28 27 Houghton, Ephriam 45 M W Farmer $11000 $200 Massachusetts / 
20 Houghton, Sarah H. 13 F W Florida /
21 29 [blank] 
22 30 [blank] 
23 31 28 Henderson, Wm. 45 M     W Farmer $15000 $200 Georgia /
24 Henderson, Easter 40 F W Keeping Hse. S. Carolina 
25 Henderson, James W. 20 M W Georgia 
26 Henderson, Benjamin H. 15 M W Georgia 
27 Henderson, William P. 12 M W Georgia / 
28 Henderson, Emma E. 10 F W Georgia / 
29 32 29 Wall, Hansford 35 M W Laborer S. Carolina /
30 Wall, Susan 26 F W Keeping Hse. Florida 
31 Wall, Iato 9 M W Florida /
32 Wall, Rufus A. 7 M W Florida / 
33 Wall, Thomas 4 M  W Florida
34 Wall, Allice 1 F W Florida
35 33 30 Sullivan, Royin * 53 M W Logger $300 Maryland /
36 31 Branning *, Thomas J. 33 M W Grocer Retailer $1000 $1000 Florida /
37 Branning *, Mary H. 29 F W Keeping Hse. Alabama 
38 Branning *, Bertha N. 9 F W Florida / 
39 Branning *, Eva 6 F W Florida /
40 Branning *, Lewis C. 2 M W Florida 

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Transcribed by Jennifer Cooper 4/16/1999


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