Owyhee County, ID 1870 Federal Census http://us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/id/owyhee/1870 (File 1 of 1 for Wagon Town District) Pages 195A-196B 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: Occupations of "Pr Mining" or "Pr Mines" are assumed to be referring to placer mining, which 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: Wagon Town MICROFILM #: M593-185 ENUMERATOR: A. J. Borland STAMPED PAGE NO: 195A HANDWRITTEN PAGE NO: 1 ENUM/DATE-RANGE: June 20 thru 21, 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 1 1 Wall Thomas 35 M W Merchant Rt 500 2000 Ireland X X . . . . . . X . . 2 2 2 Sall William 24 M W Work in Pr Mines . 800 Illinois . . . . . . . . X . . 3 2 2 McMan Owen 30 M W Work in Pr Mines 1000 . Ireland X X . . . . . . X . . 4 2 2 Topky Ah 35 M C Domestic Servant . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 5 2 2 Connors David 18 M W Hotel Waiter . . California X X . . . . . . . . . 6 2 2 Church A. C. 51 M W Com Laborer . 300 Indiana . . . . . . . . X . . 7 3 3 Hong He Long 37 M C Work at Pr Mining . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 8 3 3 You Ah 34 M C Work at Pr Mining . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 9 3 3 Lee Cong 18 M C Work at Pr Mining . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 10 3 3 Lee Ah 24 M C Work at Pr Mining . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 11 3 3 Cong Hong 60 M C Work at Pr Mining . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 12 3 3 Wong Yong 25 M C Work at Pr Mining . . hc X X . . . X X . . . . 13 3 3 Ah You 28 M C Work at Pr Mining . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 14 3 3 Ah Ung 37 M C Work at Pr Mining . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 15 3 3 Hong Kee 37 M C Work at Pr Mining . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 16 5 5 Clark Geo. W. 52 M W Merchant Rt . 300 Kentucky . . . . . . . . X . . 17 6 6 Probst Jno. S. 23 M W Work in Pr Mines . 200 Baden X X . . . X X . . . . 18 6 6 Voncher Jno. A. 26 M W Work in Pr Mines . 200 Ohio . . . . . . . . X . Voucher? 19 6 6 Williams John 26 M W Work in Pr Mines . 200 Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 20 7 7 Austing A. J. 46 M W Work in Pr Mines . 200 Tennessee . . . . . . X . X . . 21 8 8 Wright H. S. 49 M W Blacksmith . . Baden X X . . . . . . . . . 22 9 9 Vincent Dow 46 M W Farmer 1000 1000 New York . . . . . . . . X . . 23 9 9 Warner Charles C. 32 M W Com Laborer . . Baden X X . . . . . . X . . 24 10 10 Pierce John T. 33 M W Shoemaker . 200 Kentucky . . . . . . . . X . . 25 11 11 Chrisen Thomas C. 29 M W Blacksmith . 100 Denmark X X . . . . . . . . . 26 12 12 Benon Joseph 37 M W Work in Pr Mines . 300 Denmark X X . . . X X . . . . 27 12 12 Benon Josephine 18 F W Housekeeper . . Oregon . . . . . . . . . . . 28 12 12 Benon Almeda C. 2 F W At Home . . Oregon . . . . . . . . . . . 29 12 12 Benon Alphonso 10/12 M W At Home . . Idaho . . Sep . . . . . . . . 30 13 13 Fockler James 40 M W Work in Pr Mines . . Pennsylvania . . . . . . . . X . . 31 13 13 Cromwell Walter 40 M W Work in Pr Mines . . New York . . . . . . . . X . . 32 14 14 Cong Ah 34 M C Work in Pr Mines . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 33 14 14 Sing Ah 30 M C Work in Pr Mines . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 34 14 14 Tong Heay 32 M C Work in Pr Mines . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 35 14 14 Song Ah 20 M C Work in Pr Mines . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 36 14 14 King Ah 20 M C Work in Pr Mines . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 37 14 14 Sing Ah 21 M C Work in Pr Mines . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 38 14 14 You Kong 21 M C Work in Pr Mines . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 39 14 14 Clen Ah 18 M C Work in Pr Mines . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 40 14 14 Bopy Yong 15 M C Work in Pr Mines . . China X X . . . X X . . . . ============================================================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1870 STATE: ID Territory COUNTY: Owyhee DISTRICT: Wagon Town MICROFILM #: M593-185 ENUMERATOR: A. J. Borland STAMPED PAGE NO: 195B HANDWRITTEN PAGE NO: 2 ENUM/DATE-RANGE: June 20 thru 21, 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 15 15 Chew Yone 30 M C Work in Pr Mines . 1000 China X X . . . X X . . . . 2 15 15 Ah Say 22 M C Work in Pr Mines . 800 China X X . . . X X . . . . 3 15 15 Yony Yon 32 M C Work in Pr Mines . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 4 16 16 Lee Jum 22 M C Work in Pr Mines . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 5 16 16 Kong Ah 40 M C Work in Pr Mines . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 6 16 16 Kee Hong 25 M C Work in Pr Mines . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 7 16 16 Yah Kung 38 M C Work in Pr Mines . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 8 16 16 Sum Yem 30 M C Work in Pr Mines . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 9 16 16 Kong Yong 42 M C Work in Pr Mines . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 10 17 17 Jay Young 26 M C Work in Pr Mines . 1400 China X X . . . X X . . . . 11 17 17 Bing Song 40 M C Work in Pr Mines . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 12 17 17 Ah Kee 41 M C Work in Pr Mines . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 13 17 17 Ah Hop 30 M C Work in Pr Mines . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 14 17 17 Pete Ah 28 M C Work in Pr Mines . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 15 17 17 Now Low 48 M C Work in Pr Mines . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 16 17 17 Ah Chung 28 M C Work in Pr Mines . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 17 17 17 Dong Copt 34 M C Work in Pr Mines . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 18 17 17 You Vhing 45 M C Work in Pr Mines . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 19 17 17 Tu Yong 24 M C Work in Pr Mines . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 20 17 17 Ah Wen 24 M C Work in Pr Mines . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 21 17 17 Buck Jee 36 M C Work in Pr Mines . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 22 17 17 Mack Cone 33 M C Work in Pr Mines . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 23 18 18 Ah High 42 M C Work in Pr Mines . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 24 18 18 Ah Low 45 M C Work in Pr Mines . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 25 18 18 Ah Sam 25 M C Work in Pr Mines . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 26 18 18 Ah Cow 40 M C Work in Pr Mines . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 27 18 18 Ah Yee 41 M C Work in Pr Mines . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 28 18 18 Ah Sing 39 M C Work in Pr Mines . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 29 19 19 Ah Long 32 M C Work in Pr Mines . 1000 China X X . . . X X . . . . 30 19 19 Ah Chow 40 M C Work in Pr Mines . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 31 19 19 Ah Long 28 M C Work in Pr Mines . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 32 19 19 Ah Shen 32 M C Work in Pr Mines . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 33 19 19 Ah Lew 25 M C Work in Pr Mines . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 34 19 19 Ah Low 26 M C Work in Pr Mines . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 35 19 19 Ah Low 28 M C Work in Pr Mines . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 36 19 19 Ah Cow 31 M C Work in Pr Mines . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 37 19 19 Ah Tan 35 M C Work in Pr Mines . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 38 19 19 Ah Yess 34 M C Work in Pr Mines . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 39 19 19 Ah Long 32 M C Work in Pr Mines . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 40 19 19 Song Lee 31 M C Work in Pr Mines . . China X X . . . X X . . . . ============================================================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1870 STATE: ID Territory COUNTY: Owyhee DISTRICT: Wagon Town MICROFILM #: M593-185 ENUMERATOR: A. J. Borland STAMPED PAGE NO: 196A HANDWRITTEN PAGE NO: 3 ENUM/DATE-RANGE: June 20 thru 21, 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 20 20 Vandervenden Henry 39 M W Work in Pr Mines . 150 Miss . . . . . . . . X . . 2 20 20 Newell John 42 M W Work in Pr Mines . . Mass . . . . . . . . X . . 3 20 20 Gill William 33 M W Work in Pr Mines . . Ireland X X . . . . . . X . . 4 20 20 Eddington Alex 52 M W Work in Pr Mines . . England X X . . . . . . X . . 5 22 22 Clark William 44 M W Work in Pr Mines . . England X X . . . . . . . . . 6 23 23 Henderson H. C. 38 M W Work in Pr Mines . 8000 Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 7 23 23 Morrison Robert 37 M W Work in Pr Mines . . Scotland X X . . . . . . . . . 8 24 24 Morrison John B. 25 M W Work in Pr Mines . 100 Scotland X X . . . . . . . . . 9 24 24 Mullen Peter 25 M W Work in Pr Mines . 100 New York . . . . . . . . X . . 10 25 25 Wah Sing 33 M C Work in Pr Mines . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 11 26 26 Williams Geo. W. 28 M W Work in Pr Mines . . Illinois . . . . . . . . X . . 12 26 26 Bowen Geo. 26 M W Work in Pr Mines . . New Hampshire . . . . . . . . X . . 13 26 26 Brick R. W. 50 M W Blacksmith . . Missouri . . . . . . . . X . . 14 26 26 Leach C. W. 30 M W Work in Pr Mines . . Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 15 28 28 Sing Fong 41 M C Work in Pr Mines . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 16 28 28 Sing Ah 36 M C Work in Pr Mines . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 17 28 28 Lee Sam 28 M C Work in Pr Mines . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 18 28 28 Chow Chee 19 M C Work in Pr Mines . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 19 28 28 Ah Fong 22 M C Work in Pr Mines . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 20 29 29 Vass Geo. 40 M W Work in Pr Mines . . England X X . . . . . . X . . 21 29 29 Mendson Edward 21 M W Work in Pr Mines . . Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 22 29 29 Sing Lee 25 M C Work in Pr Mines . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 23 30 30 Squires William 40 M W Work in Pr Mines . . Norway X X . . . . . . . . . 24 30 30 Edgerton David 37 M W Work in Pr Mines . . Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 25 31 31 Gordon P. S. 51 M W Lumberman . 1200 Maine . . . . . . . . X . . 26 31 31 Lockwood Judge 40 M W Labor in Sawmill . . Indiana . . . . . . . . X . . 27 31 31 Pendernass Davis 43 M W Work in Pr Mines . . Ireland X X . . . . . . . . Pendermass? 28 31 31 Groeper Emule 28 M W Work in Pr Mines . . Palestine X X . . . . . . . . . 29 31 31 Louden Harry 27 M W Work in Pr Mines . . Hanover X X . . . . . . . . . 30 32 32 Mills Ezra 30 M W Farmer 1000 100 New York . . . . . . . . X . . 31 32 32 Mills Kate 23 F W Housekeeper . . Bavaria X X . . . X X . . . . 32 32 32 Mills Mary E. 2 F W At Home . . Idaho . . . . . . . . . . . 33 32 32 Mills Minnie 2/12 F W At Home . . Idaho . . Apr . . . . . . . . 34 33 33 Farniman Jno. 43 M W Farmer 3000 3000 Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 35 33 33 Farniman Mary E. 33 F W Housekeeper . . Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . 36 33 33 Farniman Minnie 5 F W At Home . . California . . . . . . . . . . . 37 33 33 Tracy G. W. 32 M W Carpenter . . Maine . . . . . . . . X . . 38 34 34 Nash Nelson 45 M W Farm Laborer . . Michigan . . . . . . . . X . . 39 34 34 Ah Jum 28 M C Domestic Servant . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 40 34 34 McDonald Thomas 25 M W Farm Laborer . . Canada X X . . . . . . . . . ============================================================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1870 STATE: ID Territory COUNTY: Owyhee DISTRICT: Wagon Town MICROFILM #: M593-185 ENUMERATOR: A. J. Borland STAMPED PAGE NO: 196B HANDWRITTEN PAGE NO: 4 ENUM/DATE-RANGE: June 20 thru 21, 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 35 35 Biggis James 25 M W Com. Laborer . . Iowa . . . . . X X . X . . 2 35 35 Matthews Chris 27 M W com. Laborer . . Baden X X . . . . . . . . . 3 36 36 Webster Charles 36 M W Merchant Rt . 1200 Vermont . . . . . . . . X . . 4 37 37 Holman Robert 40 M W Work in Pr Mines . 600 Indiana . . . . . . . . X . . 5 37 37 Price Charles 34 M W Work in Pr Mines . 100 Illinois . . . . . . . . X . . 6 37 37 Brimme John 40 M W Work in Pr Mines . . Vermont . . . . . . . . X . . 7 38 38 Brainard John 33 M W Farmer 500 2000 New York . . . . . . . . X . . 8 38 38 Smith S. T. 26 M W Farmer . . Maine . . . . . . . . X . . 9 39 39 Fieress E. N. 27 M W Farmer 100 2500 Maine . . . . . . . . X . . 10 39 39 Glass Geo. 35 M W Farm Laborer 100 500 Illinois . . . . . . . . X . . 11 40 40 Hill Marshall 34 M W Farmer 2000 700 Iowa . . . . . . . . X . . 12 40 40 Hill Linda B. 20 F W Housekeeper . . Illinois . . . . . . . . . . . 13 40 40 Hill Malico N. 1/12 F W At Home . . Idaho . . May . . . . . . . . 14 40 40 Hill Charles 10 M W Domestic Servant . . Oregon . . . . . X X . . . . 15 41 41 Barth Charles 28 M W Laborer . 100 Baden X X . . . . . . X . . 16 41 41 Blackburn James 22 M W Laborer . 100 Illinois . . . . . . . . X . . 17 41 41 McNelly William 23 M W Work on Farm . 100 Kentucky . . . . . . . . X . . 18 42 42 Chin Ah 29 M C Work Placer Mines . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 19 42 42 Lee Sam 27 M C Work Placer Mines . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 20 42 42 Lee Tong 27 M C Work Placer Mines . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 21 42 42 Lee Sing 30 M C Work Placer Mines . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 22 42 42 Lee Seng 31 M C Work Placer Mines . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 23 42 42 Seng Ah 32 M C Work Placer Mines . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 24 42 42 You Tap 37 M C Work Placer Mines . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 25 42 42 Yet Hap 39 M C Work Placer Mines . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 26 42 42 Hei Keng 40 M C Work Placer Mines . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 27 43 43 Ah King 27 M C Work Placer Mines . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 28 43 43 You So 27 M C Work Placer Mines . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 29 43 43 Sing Ah 34 M C Work Placer Mines . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 30 43 43 Gong Lee 29 M C Work Placer Mines . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 31 43 43 Sam Lee 30 M C Work Placer Mines . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 32 43 43 Sam Tap 24 M C Work Placer Mines . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 33 43 43 Jeo Tap 25 M C Work Placer Mines . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 34 43 43 Toug Lee 21 M C Work Placer Mines . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 35 43 43 Sam Lee 29 M C Work Placer Mines . . China X X . . . X X . . . . 36 44 44 Gordon James 30 M W Placer Miner . 100 Missouri . . . . . . . . X . . 37 44 44 McDowell J. C. 36 M W Placer Miner . 100 Canada X X . . . . . . X . . 38 45 45 Church Robert 30 M W Placer Miner . 100 New York . . . . . . . . X . . 39 45 45 Smith Ibe C. 56 M W Work in Saw Mill . . South Carl. . . . . . . . . . . . 40 45 45 Pierce T. S. 21 M W Com. 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