Owyhee County, ID 1870 Federal Census http://us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/id/owyhee/1870 (File 1 of 1 for Bruno District) Page 177B 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. Frequently for Native Americans, enumerators recorded an English given name without any surname  or used "Indian" as a surname or given name. ====================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1870 STATE: ID Territory COUNTY: Owyhee DISTRICT: Bruno MICROFILM #: M593-185 ENUMERATOR: A. J. Borland STAMPED PAGE NO: 177B HANDWRITTEN PAGE NO: 44 ENUM/DATE-RANGE: July 9, 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) ====================================================================================================================================================== 1 485 413 Pixley Hav L. 26 M W Farmer 500 200 Michigan . . . . . . . . X . Har? 2 485 413 Pixley Gus 23 M W Farm Laborer . . Michigan . . . . . . . . X . . 3 485 413 Hart Jno. H. 22 M W Farm Laborer . 200 Indiana . . . . . . . . X . . 4 486 414 Hill Sterling 43 M W Farmer 500 1500 Tennessee . . . . . . . . X . . 5 486 414 Hill Sarah 33 F W Housekeeping . . Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . 6 486 414 Hill Farmer J. 15 M W At School . . Missouri . . . . X . . . . . . 7 486 414 Hill Claiborne 13 M W At School . . California . . . . X . . . . . . 8 486 414 Hill Geo. W. 11 M W At School . . Oregon . . . . X . . . . . . 9 486 414 Hill Sterling P. 4 M W At School . . Idaho . . . . . . . . . . . 10 486 414 Hill Etta May 2 F W At School . . Idaho . . . . . . . . . . . 11 486 414 . Ann 6 F I At School . . Idaho . . . . . . . . . . . 12 487 417 Farmer William 39 M W Farmer 2000 2000 Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 13 487 417 Farmer Margaret 32 F W Housekeeping . . Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . 14 487 417 Farmer John 7 M W At Home . . Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . 15 487 417 Farmer James 5 M W At Home . . Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . 16 487 417 Farmer Alma 1 F W At Home . . Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . 17 488 416 Wells William 30 M W Farmer 1000 1000 Wisconsin . . . . . . . . X . . 18 488 416 Wells J. T. 26 M W Farmer 1000 1000 Missouri . . . . . . . . X . . 19 488 416 Biddings Daniel 37 M W Cattle Drover . 5000 Missouri . . . . . . . . X . . 20 488 416 Brown Joseph 35 M W Cattle Drover . 5000 Missouri . . . . . . . . X . . 21 488 416 Newkirk John 38 M W Placer Mining . . Iowa . . . . . . . . X . . 22 488 416 Drummond William 50 M W Placer Mining . . Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 23 489 417 Jennings Isaac 35 M W Placer Mining . 3000 Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 24 489 417 Jennings Elisabeth 30 F W Housekeeping . . Missouri . . . . . . . . . . . 25 489 417 Jennings Sarah 4 F W At Home . . Idaho . . . . . . . . . . . 26 489 417 Moffit James 34 M W Placer Mining . . Iowa . . . . . . . . X . . 27 490 418 Smith William 27 M W Placer Mining . . Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 28 491 419 Preston H. L. 40 M W Lawyer 500 10000 Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . 29 491 419 Choo Tin 20 M C Cook . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 30 491 419 Frasier Wm. A. 29 M W Placer Mining . . Nova Scotia X X . . . . . . . . . 31 492 420 Sterling Hill 55 M W Farmer 500 5000 Tennessee . . . . . . . . X . . 32 492 420 Sterling Mary 45 F W Housekeeping . . Missouri . . . . . . . . . . . 33 492 420 Sterling John Henry 16 M W At Home . . Tennessee . . . . . . . . . . . 34 492 420 Sterling Mary 12 F W At Home . . Tennessee . . . . . . . . . . . 35 493 421 Robinson Jno. 40 M W Farmer 300 2000 Missouri . . . . . . . . X . . 36 493 421 Robinson Jane Ann 35 M W Housekeeping . . Missouri . . . . . . . . . . . 37 493 421 Robinson Alfred 15 M W At Home . . Missouri . . . . . . . . . . . 38 493 421 Robinson Elisabeth 12 F W At Home . . Missouri . . . . . . . . . . . 39 493 421 Robinson John B. 10 M W At Home . . Tennessee . . . . . . . . . . . 40 493 421 Robinson Jane 8 F W . . . 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