Nez Perce County, ID 1870 Federal Census http://us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/id/nezperce/1870/ (File 1 of 1 for Nez Perce Indian Reservation) Pages 145A-146A 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) 2024 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 NEZ PERCE ---------------------Begin Actual Transcription--------------------------- TRANSCRIBER REMARKS: Note that none of the Ameerican Indians on the reservation were enumerated. The U.S. Constitution originally excluded “Indians not taxed” from enumeration in the census. Since most Indians were not taxed (either by treaty or living in reservations), they weren't counted unless requested. It wasn't until the 1890 census that an effort was made to count all Indiana. Many of the Chinese in this census were given a 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. Fort Lapwai was a federal post established on October 19, 1862 to prevent both the increasing numbers of white settlers from encroaching on Nez Perce tribal land and the Nez Perce from retaliating. It was renamed Fort Lapwai in 1863. It was briefly unoccupied in 1866 at the end of the Civil War when the volunteer regiments were disbanded and before Federal troops were available to garrison it. It was decommissioned on June 5, 1884 and turned over to the Indian Service. ========================================================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1870 STATE: ID Territory COUNTY: Nez Perce DISTRICT: Nez Perce Indian Reservation MICROFILM #: M593-185 ENUMERATOR: C. P. Coburn STAMPED PAGE NO: 145A HANDWRITTEN PAGE NO: 1 ENUM/DATE-RANGE: August 8 thru 20, 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 Beall Thos. B. 35 M W Farmer . 300 DC . . . . . . . . X . . 2 1 1 Maynard C. E. 27 M W Sup of Teaching . 1000 NH . . . . . . . . X . . 3 1 1 Pearcy Ed 37 M W Saw Miller . 1500 Va . . . . . . . . X . . 4 1 1 Thompson Jno. 47 M W Grist Miller . 2800 Ireland X X . . . . . . X . . 5 1 1 Henault T. 27 M W Laborer . . Canada X X . . . . . . . . . 6 1 1 Garuon Pierre 22 M W Laborer . . Canada X X . . . . . . . . . 7 1 1 Underwood G. W. 27 M W Wagon/Plow Maker . 250 NY . . . . . . . . X . . 8 1 1 Johnson Wm. 21 M W Laborer . 200 Va . . . . . . . . X . . 9 1 1 Ah Hing 26 M C Cook . . China X X . . . . . . . . . 10 1 1 Sheppard Wm. 58 M W Laborer . 300 Ireland X X . . . . . . X . . 11 1 1 Adams W. O. 44 M W Teacher 1200 300 Vt . . . . . . . . X . . 12 1 1 Romiers Romeo 37 M W Laborer . 400 Canada X X . . . . . . X . . 13 1 1 Ah Chung 38 M C Cook . . China X X . . . . . . . . . 14 1 1 Smith James 25 M W Laborer . 300 NY . . . . . . . . X . . 15 1 1 Collins M. 48 M W Laborer . 1000 Ireland X X . . . . . . X . . 16 1 1 Vincent Henry 19 M W Laborer . . Mo . . . . . . . . . . . 17 1 1 Dockerty Dan'l 31 M W Laborer . 600 Ireland X X . . . . . . X . . 18 1 1 Reynolds J. 21 M W Laborer . . Conn . . . . . . . . X . . 19 1 1 Myers James 22 M W Laborer . . Ill . . . . . . . . X . . 20 2 2 Truax Samul 40 M W Merchant . 10000 Canada X X . . . . . . X . Samuel? 21 2 2 Truax J. E. 31 F W Keeping House . . Canada X X . . . . . . . . . 22 2 2 Truax Mary 8 F W At Home . . Oregon X X . . X . . . . . . 23 2 2 Truax Elenor 2 F W At Home . . Idaho X X . . . . . . . . . 24 2 2 Truax Ed. 4 M W At Home . . Idaho X X . . X . . . . . . 25 2 2 Truax Chandler 1/12 M W At Home . . Idaho X X May . . . . . . . . 26 2 2 Truax Chas. E. 30 M W Clerk in Store . 2000 Vt X X . . . . . . X . . 27 2 2 Atherton Lizzie 23 F W Teacher 4000 . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 28 3 3 Giles S. P. 35 M W Blacksmith 400 700 NY . . . . . . . . X . . 29 3 3 Giles C. A. 30 F W Keeping House . . NY . . . . . . . . . . . 30 3 3 Giles James 10 M W At Home . . NY . . . . X . . . . . . 31 3 4 Coshow L. C. 37 M W Laborer . . Iowa . . . . . . . . X . . 32 3 4 Coshow Sarah E. 21 F W Keeping House . . Ind . . . . . . . . . . . 33 3 5 Hale S. B. 45 M W Carpenter . 3000 Maine . . . . . . . . X . . 34 3 5 Hale F. A. 37 F W Keeping House . . Maine . . . . . . . . . . . 35 3 5 Hale Allie F. 15 F W Attend School . . Maine . . . . X . . . . . . 36 4 6 Whitman P. B. 40 M W Interpreter 1200 500 NY . . . . . . . . X . . 37 4 6 Whitman P. M. 35 F W Keeping House 600 . Va . . . . . . . . . . . 38 4 6 Whitman F. A. 16 F W Attend School . . Oregon . . . . X . . . . . . 39 4 6 Whitman E. A. 14 F W Attend School . . Oregon . . . . X . . . . . . 40 4 6 Whitman S. C. 11 F W Attend School . . Oregon . . . . X . . . . . . ========================================================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1870 STATE: ID Territory COUNTY: Nez Perce DISTRICT: Nez Perce Indian Reservation MICROFILM #: M593-185 ENUMERATOR: C. P. Coburn STAMPED PAGE NO: 145B HANDWRITTEN PAGE NO: 2 ENUM/DATE-RANGE: August 8 thru 20, 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 4 6 Whitman E. F. 9 F W Attend School . . Oregon . . . . X . . . . . . 2 4 6 Whitman M. C. 6 F W Attend School . . Idaho . . . . X . . . . . . 3 4 6 Whitman M. S. 2 M W . . . Idaho . . . . . . . . . . . 4 5 7 Chambers M. T. 35 M W Carpenter . 200 Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 5 5 7 Dumars Nelson 40 M W Saw Miller 2000 500 Canada X X . . . . . . X . . 6 5 7 Penney Benj. 40 M W Laborer . 150 Ind . . . . . . . . X . . 7 5 7 Swan George 37 M W Laborer . 200 Ireland X X . . . . . . X . . 8 5 7 Stagg Peter 47 M W Steam Engineer . 100 Sweden X X . . . . . . X . . 9 5 7 Brown E. J. 22 M W Laborer 2000 200 Mich . . . . . . . . X . . 10 5 7 Grane Arthur 44 M W Laborer . 100 Ireland X X . . . . . . X . . 11 5 7 Hoteling Jno. 37 M W Laborer . . NY . . . . . . . . X . . 12 5 7 Lampson Wm. 45 M W Laborer 400 500 Mass . . . . . . . . X . . 13 5 7 Collins M. J. 38 M W Laborer . 100 Ireland X X . . . . . . X . . 14 5 7 Sam Sing 30 M C Cook . 150 China X X . . . . . . . . . 15 5 7 O'Sullivan T. 28 M W Laborer . . Ireland X X . . . . . . X . . 16 6 8 McIntyre F. 40 M W Laborer . 100 Ireland X X . . . . . . X . . 17 6 8 Allen C. F. 43 M W Laborer . 200 NY . . . . . . . . X . . 18 6 8 Messenger C. M. 37 M W Laborer . 100 Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 19 6 8 LeBaron Wm. 32 M W Contractor 1000 1000 Mich . . . . . . . . X . . 20 6 8 Lewis Sam'l 39 M W Contractor . 500 Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 21 6 8 Crandall R. 29 M W Laborer 500 . NY . . . . . . . . X . . 22 6 8 Allen Henry 31 M W Laborer . . NY . . . . . . . . X . . 23 7 9 Bell William 38 M W Saw Miller . . Canada X X . . . . . . X . . 24 7 9 Kipp Isaac 30 M W Steam Engineer . . Pa . . . . . . . . X . . 25 7 9 Butter George 23 M W Laborer . . Oregon . . . . . . . . X . . 26 7 9 Talent Nathan 39 M W Laborer . 150 Ky . . . . . . . . X . . 27 7 9 Beaugreau Jno. 29 M W Laborer . 100 Mo . . . . . . . . X . . 28 7 9 Ryalls Thos. B. 33 M W Laborer . . Eng X X . . . . . . X . . 29 7 9 Feastall George 49 M W Laborer . . Canada X X . . . X X . . . . 30 7 9 Lee . 28 M C Cook . . China X X . . . X X . . . No first name 31 7 9 Grant Edwd. 46 M W Laborer . . Canada X X . . . . . . X . . 32 7 9 Kelley James 35 M W Laborer . . Ireland X X . . . . . . X . . 33 7 9 Mulkey Jas. S. 46 M W Laborer 1600 200 Ala . . . . . . . . X . . 34 7 9 Fancher T. B. 37 M W Laborer 300 . Tenn . . . . . . . . X . . 35 7 9 Glass A. J. 40 M W Laborer . 200 Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 36 7 9 Dryman S. Z. 32 M W Laborer . 250 Ill . . . . . . . . X . . 37 7 9 Willkins A. 27 M W Laborer . 100 Oregon . . . . . . . . X . . 38 7 9 Sprague W. A. 27 M W Laborer . 200 Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 39 7 9 Sanders J. H. 19 M W Laborer 200 . Ind . . . . . . . . . . . 40 7 9 Newell F. 32 N W Laborer . . Oregon . . . . . . . . X . . ========================================================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1870 STATE: ID Territory COUNTY: Nez Perce DISTRICT: Nez Perce Indian Reservation MICROFILM #: M593-185 ENUMERATOR: C. P. Coburn STAMPED PAGE NO: 146A HANDWRITTEN PAGE NO: 3 ENUM/DATE-RANGE: August 8 thru 20, 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 8 10 Mordeau Jos. 33 M W Farmer 200 500 Canada X X . . . . . . X . . 2 8 10 Logsden H. E. 21 M W Laborer . 200 Iowa . . . . . . . . X . . 3 8 10 Tiernere Thos. 45 M W Laborer . 200 Ireland X X . . . . . . X . . 4 8 10 Monroe D. 29 M W Laborer . . Canada X X . . . . . . X . . 5 8 10 Barston Jas. 25 M W Laborer . . Oregon X . . . . . . . X . . 6 9 11 St. Clair F. 25 M W Laborer 1000 100 Mo . . . . . . . . X . . 7 9 11 Ball S. F. 40 M W Laborer . . NY . . . . . . . . X . . 8 9 11 Rice M. H. 34 M W Farmer 3500 2000 Ind X . . . . . . . X . . 9 9 11 Smith P. S. 32 M W Farmer 250 500 Iowa . . . . . . . . X . . 10 9 11 Vincent J. K. 49 M W Hotel Keeper . 600 Mass . . . . . . . . X . . 11 9 11 Vincent Lizzie 23 F W Keeping House . . RI . . . . . . . . . . . 12 9 11 Vincent Jos. S. 4 M W At Home . . Idaho . . . . . . . . . . . 13 9 11 Vincent A. P. 2 M W At Home . . Idaho . . . . . . . . . . . 14 9 11 Vincent Nellie 1/4 F W At Home . . Idaho . . Apr . . . . . . . . 15 9 11 Leland A. 17 M W At Home . . Oregon . . . . . . . . . . . 16 9 11 Leland Ellen B. 16 F W At Home . . Oregon . . . . . . . . . . . 17 9 11 Leland Chas. F. 13 M W At Home . . Oregon . . . . . . . . . . . 18 9 11 Miller R. E. 36 M W Contractor . 2000 Mo X . . . . . . . X . . 19 9 11 Shum T. H. 27 M W Laborer . . Mich . . . . . . . . X . . 20 9 11 Cavenach Geo. 37 M W Laborer . . Ireland X X . . . . . . X . . 21 10 12 Randall D. B. 32 M W Hotel Keeper . 5000 Pa . . . . . . . . X . . 22 10 12 Randall Belle J. 24 F W Keeping House . . Pa . . . . . . . . . . . 23 10 12 Randall Oronoco 3 M W At Home . . Idaho . . . . . . . . . . . 24 10 12 Randall Henry A. 2 M W at Home . . Idaho . . . . . . . . . . . 25 11 13 White Perigrine 37 M W Hotel Keeper . 3000 Mass . . . . . . . . X . . 26 11 13 White Elizabeth 24 F W Keeping House . 500 Mo . . . . . . . . . . . 27 12 14 Mason Henry H. 39 M W Hotel Keeper . 500 Eng X X . . . . . . X . . 28 12 14 Mason Thos. H. 38 M W Hotel Keeper . . Eng X X . . . . . . X . . 29 12 14 Mason Anna 24 F W Keeping House . . Frankfort X X . . . . . . . . . 30 12 14 Mason Louiza F. 38 F W Keeping House . . NY . . . . . . . . . . . 31 12 14 Mason Kate 5 F W At Home . . NY . . . . . . . . . . . 32 12 14 Mason Nellie 2 F W At Home . . 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