Owyhee County, ID 1870 Federal Census http://us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/id/owyhee/1870 (File 1 of 1 for Boonville District) Pages 173A-174B This Census was transcribed by Robert E. Lane and proofread by Linda Talbott for the USGenWeb Census Project®, http://www.us-census.org/ Copyright (c) 2025 by Robert E. Lane ========================================================================== USGENWEB (US-CENSUS) NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization. Non-commercial organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the consent of the transcriber prior to use. Individuals desiring to use this material in their own research may do so. ========================================================================== Formatted by USGenWeb Census Project® File Manager, Robert E. Lane All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. ========================================================================== CENSUS-YEAR 1870 CENSUS-DAY June 1, 1870 MICROFILM #M593-185 STATE IDAHO COUNTY OWYHEE ---------------------Begin Actual Transcription--------------------------- TRANSCRIBER REMARKS: Placer mining is the mining of stream bed deposits for precious metal deposits (particularly gold) and gemstones. Many of the Chinese in this census were given a first or last name of "Ah". This is not a proper name, it is an honorific (such as "Mr." or "Sir") or a nickname and is normally written in the first name field. ===================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1870 STATE: ID Territory COUNTY: Owyhee DISTRICT: Boonville MICROFILM #: M593-185 ENUMERATOR: A. J. Borland STAMPED PAGE NO: 173A HANDWRITTEN PAGE NO: 5 ENUM/DATE-RANGE: June 22 thru July 2, 1870 ===================================================================================================================================================================== REAL PERS FATH MOTH MNTH MNTH ATT NOT NOT DEAF MALE VOTE TRANSCRIBER LN# DW# FM# LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR OCCUPATION EST EST BIRTHPLACE FRGN FRGN BORN MARR SCH READ WRITE ETC. 21YR DENY REMARKS (1) (2) (3) (4) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20) ===================================================================================================================================================================== 1 46 46 Cottle C. A. 30 M W Placer Mining . . Missouri . . . . . . . . X . . 2 46 46 Harris William 35 M W Placer Mining . . Kentucky . . . . . . . . X . . 3 46 46 Harris J. S. 22 M W Placer Mining . . Missouri . . . . . . . . X . . 4 46 46 Harld Jno. Y. 62 M W Placer Mining . . Kentucky . . . . . . . . X . . 5 47 47 Michael Jordan 40 M W Placer Mining 30 400 Ireland X X . . . . X . X . . 6 47 47 Crawford Lewis 22 M W Com. Laborer . . New York . . . . . . . . X . . 7 48 48 Kane Joseph 28 M W Toll Keeper 500 . Isle of Man X X . . . . . . X . . 8 48 48 Skinner Silas 35 M W Road Owner . 2000 Isle of Man X X . . . . . . X . . 9 49 49 Donnelly John 25 M W Placer Mining . . Rhode Island X X . . . . . . X . . 10 50 50 Brown Joseph 35 M W Merchant RT 100 2000 Michigan X X . . . . . . X . . 11 51 51 Dewy W. H. 33 M W Placer Mining 500 500 Connecticut . . . . . . . . X . . 12 51 51 Dewy Mary 25 F W Housekeeper . . Prussia X X . . . . X . . . . 13 51 51 Dewy Edward 8/12 M W At Home . . Idaho . . Oct . . . . . . . . 14 52 52 Connelly Peter 35 M W Placer Mining . 100 Ireland X X . . . . . . X . . 15 53 53 Conners Peter 45 M W Placer Mining . 500 Ireland X X . . . X X . X . . 16 53 53 Conners Mary 40 F W Housekeeper . . Ireland X X . . . . . . . . . 17 53 53 Ah Kee 18 M C Work in P Mines . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 18 53 53 Ah Lee 22 M C Work in P Mines . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 19 53 53 Heng Yon 24 M C Work in P Mines . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 20 53 53 Yet Hop 27 M C Work in P Mines . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 21 53 53 Oa Kong 29 M C Work in P Mines . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 22 54 54 Bell W. S. 27 M W Placer Mining . . Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 23 54 54 Lacy Michael 40 M W Placer Mining . . Ireland X X . . . . . . X . . 24 55 55 Mays Bart 36 M W Placer Mining 5000 300 Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 25 55 55 State Samuel 47 M W Placer Mining . . Ireland X X . . . . . . X . . 26 56 56 Price Amos 40 M W Placer Mining . . New Hampshire . . . . . . . . X . . 27 56 56 Carrie Sandford 39 M W Placer Mining . 100 Indiana . . . . . . . . X . . 28 56 56 Myers S. D. 30 M W Placer Mining . 100 Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 29 57 57 Demisto S. M. 35 M W Placer Mining . . New York . . . . . . . . X . . 30 57 57 Williams A. 51 M W Placer Mining . . Indiana . . . . . . . . X . . 31 58 58 Sullivan John F. 40 M W Placer Mining . 10000 New York . . . . . . . . X . . 32 58 58 Sullivan Harry 32 M W Placer Mining . 10000 New York . . . . . . . . X . . 33 58 58 Thompson Charles 30 M W Placer Mining . 100 Canada X X . . . . . . X . . 34 58 58 McKinney David 32 M W Placer Mining . 100 Ireland X X . . . . . . X . . 35 58 58 Caine John 26 M W Placer Mining . . Isle of Man X X . . . . . . . . . 36 58 58 Hooker Geo. 30 M W Placer Mining . 700 South Carolina . . . . . . . . X . . 37 58 58 Yet Ah 30 M W Cook . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 38 59 59 Dick Patrick 28 M W Placer Mining . . Bavaria X X . . . . . . X . . 39 59 59 Owens Charles 23 M W Placer Mining . . Prussia X X . . . . X . . . . 40 59 59 Derrick Hanson 29 M W Placer Mining . . Saxony X X . . . . . . X . . ===================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1870 STATE: ID Territory COUNTY: Owyhee DISTRICT: Boonville MICROFILM #: M593-185 ENUMERATOR: A. J. Borland STAMPED PAGE NO: 173B HANDWRITTEN PAGE NO: 6 ENUM/DATE-RANGE: June 22 thru July 2, 1870 ===================================================================================================================================================================== REAL PERS FATH MOTH MNTH MNTH ATT NOT NOT DEAF MALE VOTE TRANSCRIBER LN# DW# FM# LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR OCCUPATION EST EST BIRTHPLACE FRGN FRGN BORN MARR SCH READ WRITE ETC. 21YR DENY REMARKS (1) (2) (3) (4) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20) ===================================================================================================================================================================== 1 59 59 McMager C. H. 23 M W Placer Mining . . Ireland X X . . . . . . X . . 2 60 60 Mullen Daniel 40 M W Without Occupation . . Ireland X X . . . . . X X . Bling 3 60 60 Edwards Thomas 50 M W Placer Mining . . South Wales X X . . . . . . X . . 4 61 61 Ang Yes 25 M C Placer Mining . 300 China X X . . . X X . . . . 5 61 61 Yong Lee 20 M C Placer Mining . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 6 61 61 Ah Sain 24 M C Placer Mining . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 7 61 61 Ah Lee 24 M C Placer Mining . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 8 61 61 Ah Seng 33 M C Placer Mining . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 9 62 62 Ah Samuel 50 M C Placer Mining . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 10 62 62 Hop Kee 24 M C Placer Mining . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 11 62 62 Hee Ton 20 M C Placer Mining . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 12 62 62 Ah Cong 30 M C Placer Mining . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 13 62 62 Ah Gee 24 M C Placer Mining . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 14 62 62 Ah Chone 20 M C Placer Mining . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 15 62 62 Ah Kee 13 M C No Occupation . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 16 63 63 Ah Tong 25 M C Placer Mining . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 17 63 63 Ah Yet 35 M C Placer Mining . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 18 63 63 Sam Kee 41 M C Placer Mining . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 19 63 63 Yett Hap 24 M C Placer Mining . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 20 63 63 Yett Sap 20 M C Placer Mining . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 21 63 63 Ah Poo 27 M C Placer Mining . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 22 63 63 Ah Yopp 25 M C Placer Mining . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 23 64 64 Sam Lee 29 M C Placer Mining . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 24 64 64 Ah Youe 26 M C Placer Mining . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 25 64 64 Ah Pace 21 M C Placer Mining . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 26 64 64 Ah Sing 22 M C Placer Mining . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 27 64 64 Ah Keen 29 M C Placer Mining . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 28 64 64 Yon Go 37 M C Placer Mining . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 29 64 64 Yon Git 38 M C Placer Mining . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 30 64 64 Sam Go 40 M C Placer Mining . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 31 64 64 Sam Gee 42 M C Placer Mining . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 32 64 64 Hop Yet 41 M C Placer Mining . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 33 64 64 Hop Go 48 M C Placer Mining . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 34 64 64 . Charley 47 M C Placer Mining . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 35 64 64 Hop Mo ? 39 M C Placer Mining . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 36 64 64 Hop Wah 36 M C Placer Mining . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 37 64 64 Oso Slow 33 M C Placer Mining . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 38 64 64 Sam Son 37 M C Placer Mining . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 39 64 64 Sam Con 22 M C Placer Mining . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 40 64 64 Hop Con 21 M C Placer Mining . . China X X . . . X X . . . . ===================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1870 STATE: ID Territory COUNTY: Owyhee DISTRICT: Boonville MICROFILM #: M593-185 ENUMERATOR: A. J. Borland STAMPED PAGE NO: 174A HANDWRITTEN PAGE NO: 7 ENUM/DATE-RANGE: June 22 thru July 2, 1870 ===================================================================================================================================================================== REAL PERS FATH MOTH MNTH MNTH ATT NOT NOT DEAF MALE VOTE TRANSCRIBER LN# DW# FM# LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR OCCUPATION EST EST BIRTHPLACE FRGN FRGN BORN MARR SCH READ WRITE ETC. 21YR DENY REMARKS (1) (2) (3) (4) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20) ===================================================================================================================================================================== 1 65 65 Chat Ah 20 M C Placer Mining . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 2 66 66 Chrisber John 33 M W Stone Mason 100 100 England X X . . . . . . X . . 3 66 66 Chrisber Harriet A. 25 F W Housekeeper . . Norway X X . . . . . . . . . 4 66 66 Chrisber Mary Ann 6 F W At Home . . Idaho . . . . . . . . . . . 5 66 66 Chrisber William H. 4 M W At Home . . Idaho . . . . . . . . . . . 6 67 67 Ping Ah 38 M C Placer Mining . 300 China X X . . . X X . . . . 7 67 67 Ah King 31 M C Placer Mining . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 8 67 67 Ah Tun 30 M C Placer Mining . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 9 67 67 Ah Gee 23 M C Placer Mining . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 10 67 67 Ah Ring 30 M C Placer Mining . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 11 68 68 Ah Lung 31 M C Placer Mining . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 12 68 68 Suig Lee 30 M C Placer Mining . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 13 69 69 Suig Chaw 40 M C Placer Mining . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 14 69 69 Hoy Gong 35 M C Placer Mining . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 15 69 69 Ah Bing 50 M C Placer Mining . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 16 69 69 Auh Lee 30 M C Placer Mining . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 17 70 70 Ah High 25 M C Placer Mining . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 18 70 70 Ah Samuel 42 M C Placer Mining . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 19 70 70 Fong Lee 48 M C Placer Mining . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 20 70 70 Yon Yong 36 M C Placer Mining . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 21 70 70 Ah Tow 22 M C Placer Mining . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 22 70 70 Ah Youe 23 M C Placer Mining . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 23 70 70 Song Samuel 23 M C Placer Mining . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 24 71 71 Ah Hong 23 M C Placer Mining . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 25 71 71 Ah Sing 23 M C Placer Mining . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 26 71 71 ah Long 25 M C Placer Mining . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 27 71 71 Ah Ring 30 M C Placer Mining . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 28 72 72 Kee Chow 60 M C Placer Mining . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 29 72 72 Kee Hee 47 M C Placer Mining . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 30 72 72 Poor Ah 55 M C Placer Mining . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 31 72 72 Wong Ah 55 M C Placer Mining . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 32 72 72 Wong Ah 53 M C Placer Mining . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 33 73 73 Sing Ah 40 M C Placer Mining . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 34 73 73 Jim Ah 30 M C Placer Mining . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 35 73 73 Long Ah 33 M C Placer Mining . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 36 73 73 Seng Ton 26 M C Placer Mining . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 37 73 73 Way Sing 30 M C Placer Mining . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 38 73 73 Yong See 31 M C Placer Mining . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 39 73 73 Yong Samuel 20 M C Placer Mining . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 40 73 73 Sam Yong 21 M C Placer Mining . . China X X . . . X X . . . . ===================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1870 STATE: ID Territory COUNTY: Owyhee DISTRICT: Boonville MICROFILM #: M593-185 ENUMERATOR: A. J. Borland STAMPED PAGE NO: 174B HANDWRITTEN PAGE NO: 8 ENUM/DATE-RANGE: June 22 thru July 2, 1870 ===================================================================================================================================================================== REAL PERS FATH MOTH MNTH MNTH ATT NOT NOT DEAF MALE VOTE TRANSCRIBER LN# DW# FM# LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR OCCUPATION EST EST BIRTHPLACE FRGN FRGN BORN MARR SCH READ WRITE ETC. 21YR DENY REMARKS (1) (2) (3) (4) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20) ===================================================================================================================================================================== 1 74 74 Chris Thomas 42 M W Baker . 300 Ireland X X . . . . . . X . . 2 74 74 Sheppard Mary 18 F W Housekeeper . . Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . 3 74 74 Sheppard Jno. 19 M W Placer Mining . . California . . . . . . . . . . . 4 74 74 Studder C. H. 32 M W Placer Mining . . Switzerland X X . . . X X . X . . 5 75 75 Gross Joseph D. 35 M W Placer Mining . . Hessen X X . . . . . . X . . 6 75 75 Isenbeck Charles 40 M W Assayer . . Bremen X X . . . . . . X . . 7 75 75 Hunter Cal 34 M W Placer Mining . . Mass . . . . . . . . X . . 8 75 75 Young Henry 28 M W Placer Mining . . Hesse Cassel X X . . . . . . X . . 9 75 75 Smith Jack 35 M W Placer Mining . 600 Hamburg X X . . . . . . X . . 10 75 75 Myers John 26 M W Placer Mining . 1000 Hesse Cassel X X . . . . . . X . . 11 75 75 Dicks Y. 30 M W Placer Mining . 1000 Bavaria X X . . . . . . X . . 12 76 76 Yapp Nicolas 30 M W Placer Mining . . Prussia X X . . . . . . X . . 13 76 76 Smidt Thomas 33 M W Placer Mining . 100 Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 14 76 76 Harden Joseph 35 M W Placer Mining . 300 South Carolina . . . . . . . . X . . 15 76 76 Beck Henry 45 M W Placer Mining . 400 Hanover X X . . . . . . X . . 16 76 76 Ougerson Mike 34 M W Placer Mining . 300 France X X . . . . . . X . . 17 76 76 Halenback J. 32 M W Placer Mining . 1000 France . . . . . . . . . . . 18 76 76 Yam Jim 27 M C House Servant . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 19 77 77 Chris Thomas 35 M W Placer Mining . 700 Wertemburg X X . . . . . . . . . 20 77 77 Blantz Frank 25 M W Placer Mining . . Prussia X X . . . . . . . . . 21 77 77 Haywood James 40 M W Placer Mining . 800 Hamburg X X . . . . . . X . . 22 77 77 Owen Charles 30 M W Blacksmith . . Prussia X X . . . . . . . . . 23 78 78 Ah Kee 31 M C Placer Mining . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 24 78 78 Ah Fung 32 M C Placer Mining . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 25 78 78 Ah Chow 36 M C Placer Mining . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 26 78 78 Chaw Fung 26 M C Placer Mining . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 27 78 78 Chew Lee 30 M C Placer Mining . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 28 79 79 Sing Sane 26 M C Placer Mining . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 29 79 79 Ah Samuel 38 M C Placer Mining . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 30 79 79 Ah Cene 40 M C Placer Mining . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 31 79 79 Pink Lee 27 M C Placer Mining . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 32 79 79 Song Chow 20 M C Placer Mining . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 33 80 80 King Lee 32 M C Laborer . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 34 81 81 McNamara John C. 35 M W Merchant RT 200 1500 Ireland X X . . . . . . X . . 35 82 82 Ranshuyer Len 45 M W Merchant RT 100 2000 Bavaria X X . . . . . . X . . 36 82 82 Ranshuyer Margaretta 32 M W Housekeeper . . Bavaria X X . . . . . . . . . 37 83 83 Sheppard Jack 42 M W Engineer . . Bavaria X X . . . . . . X . . 38 83 83 Deal William 17 M W Laborer . . Illinois X X . . . . . . . . . 39 83 83 McRing R. S. 38 M W Blacksmith . 200 Scotland X X . . . . . . X . Looks like Mring 40 83 83 Lewis Frank 27 M W Laborer . . 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