Crawford County, IN 1870 Federal Census http://www.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/in/crawford/1870/ (File 1 of 1 for Alton Town) Stamped pages 7A-8B 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) 2026 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 #M593-306 STATE INDIANA COUNTY CRAWFORD ---------------------Begin Actual Transcription--------------------------- ==================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1870 STATE: IN COUNTY: Crawford TOWNSHIP: Boone INCORP-PLACE: Alton Town MICROFILM #: M593-306 ENUMERATOR: John S. B. Kelso STAMPED PAGE NO: 7A HANDWRITTEN PAGE NO: 137 ENUM/DATE-RANGE: August 11, 1870 ==================================================================================================================================================================== REAL PERS FATH MOTH MNTH MNTH ATT NOT NOT DEAF MALE VOTE LN# DW# FM# LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE 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 Harvey William 55 M W Merchant 9000 22000 Tennessee . . . . . . . . X . . 2 1 1 Harvey Mary J 49 F W Keeping House . . Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1 1 Harvey Sarah E 21 F W . . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1 1 Harvey Amanda J 16 F W . . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1 1 Harvey Emma D 14 F W . . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1 1 Harvey William E 7 M W . . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 7 2 2 Williams Ritchard 37 M W Carpenter 1000 300 Indiana . . . . . . . . X . . 8 2 2 Williams Patience 34 F W Keeping House . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 9 2 2 Williams Martha V 13 F W . . . Indiana . . . . X . . . . . . 10 2 2 Williams Joseph E 11 M W . . . Indiana . . . . X . . . . . . 11 2 2 Williams Thomas A 9 M W . . . Indiana . . . . X . . . . . . 12 2 2 Williams Emma E 7 F W . . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 13 2 2 Williams William N 5 M W . . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 14 2 2 Williams Etta F 2 F W . . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 15 3 3 Sturgeon James W 35 M W Cooper . . Kentucky . . . . . . . . X . . 16 3 3 Sturgeon Sophia 41 F W Keeping House . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 17 3 3 Sturgeon Elizabeth J 14 F W . . . Indiana . . . . X . . . . . . 18 3 3 Sturgeon James W 12 M W . . . Indiana . . . . X . . . . . . 19 3 3 Sturgeon Ellen M 10 F W . . . Indiana . . . . X . . . . . . 20 3 3 Sturgeon Cora A 3 F W . . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 21 3 3 Sturgeon Sally 7 F W . . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 22 4 4 Henderson Andrew J 39 M W Shoemaker . . Indiana . . . . . . . . X . . 23 5 5 Dun William 27 M W Carpenter . 150 Indiana . . . . . . . . X . . 24 5 5 Dun Martha 25 F W Keeping House . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 25 5 5 Dun Marchie 4 F W . . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 26 5 5 Dun Jesse 1 M W . . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 27 6 6 Williams Nelson 28 M W Carpenter 100 150 Indiana . . . . . . . . X . . 28 6 6 Williams Mary E 23 F W Keeping House . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 29 7 7 Newbell Edwin 34 M W River Trader 650 300 Indiana . . . . . . . . X . . 30 7 7 Newbell Louisa 29 F W Keeping House . . Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . 31 7 7 Newbell Walter D 4 M W . . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 32 7 7 Newbell Metta J 2 F W . . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 33 8 8 McIntosh James M 38 M W Wagon Maker . 150 Indiana . . . . . . . . X . . 34 8 8 McIntosh Mary A 30 F W Keeping House . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 35 8 8 McIntosh Benjamin 9 M W . . . Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . 36 8 8 McIntosh Thomas D 5 M W . . . Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . 37 8 8 McIntosh Amanda J 3 F W . . . Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . 38 9 9 Riley Robert 29 M W Common Laborer 300 300 Indiana . . . . . . . . X . . 39 9 9 Riley Louisa 22 F W . . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 40 9 9 Riley Burton 2 M W . . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . ==================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1870 STATE: IN COUNTY: Crawford TOWNSHIP: Boone INCORP-PLACE: Alton Town MICROFILM #: M593-306 ENUMERATOR: John S. B. Kelso STAMPED PAGE NO: 7B HANDWRITTEN PAGE NO: 138 ENUM/DATE-RANGE: August 11, 1870 ==================================================================================================================================================================== REAL PERS FATH MOTH MNTH MNTH ATT NOT NOT DEAF MALE VOTE LN# DW# FM# LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE 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 9 9 Riley Templeton 7/12 M W . . . Indiana . . Nov . . . . . . . . 2 9 9 Harris Josephine 10 F W . . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 3 10 10 Wheeler John C 23 M W Blacksmith 300 100 Indiana . . . . . . . . X . . 4 10 10 Wheeler Allice E 17 F W . . . Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . 5 10 10 Miller Sally 6 F W . . . Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . 6 11 11 Riley James 45 M W Farmer 1400 300 Indiana . . . . . . . . X . . 7 11 11 Riley Charity E 28 F W Keeping House . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 8 11 11 Riley John W 9 M W . . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 9 11 11 Riley Henrietta 12 F W . . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 10 12 12 Moore James 31 M W Merchant 1000 1000 Indiana . . . . . . . . X . . 11 12 12 Moore Elizabeth 35 F W Keeping House . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 12 12 12 Moore Delbert 1 M W . . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 13 12 12 Franklin David B 25 M W Merchant . 650 Ohio . . . . . . . . X . . 14 13 13 Atwood John 45 M W Saloon Keeper 600 500 Indiana . . . . . . . . X . . 15 13 13 Atwood Rebecca 35 F W Keeping House . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 16 13 13 Atwood Mellissa B 14 F W . . . Indiana . . . . X . . . . . . 17 13 13 Atwood James 12 M W . . . Indiana . . . . X . . . . . . 18 13 13 Atwood Abram 10 M W . . . Indiana . . . . . X X . . . . 19 13 13 Atwood Charles 8 M W . . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 20 13 13 Atwood Mary E 6 F W . . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 21 13 13 Atwood Martha E 5 F W . . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 22 13 13 Atwood William H 3 M W . . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 23 13 13 Atwood Gory 1 M W . . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . Gary? 24 13 13 Atwood Oscar A 6/12 M W . . . Indiana . . Dec . . . . . . . . 25 14 14 Parr Burton J 38 M W Merchant 1500 2500 Indiana . . . . . . . . X . . 26 14 14 Parr Lucinda 32 F W Keeping House . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 27 14 14 Parr Edward E 9 M W . . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 28 14 14 Parr Cora J 5 F W . . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 29 14 14 Parr Minnie 3 F W . . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . Col 13 moved from 30 14 14 Parr Infant 1/12 F W . . . Indiana . . May . . . . . . . line 29 to line 30 31 15 15 Rice Abner K 45 M W Merchant . 400 Indiana . . . . . . . . X . . 32 15 15 Rice Louisa H 47 F W Keeping House . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 33 15 15 Rice Oscar 17 M W . . . Indiana . . . . X . . . . . . 34 15 15 Rice Leontine 13 F W . . . Kentucky . . . . X . . . . . . 35 15 15 Rice Arthur A 10 M W . . . Kentucky . . . . X . . . . . . 36 15 15 Rice Eujine 8 M W . . . Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . 37 15 15 Rice Emojene 6 F W . . . Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . 38 16 16 Raiford Adison P 40 M W Gunsmith . 175 Georgia . . . . . . . . X . . 39 17 17 Lease Rice 61 M W Carpenter 500 250 Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . 40 17 17 Lease Julia A 46 F W Keeping House . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . ==================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1870 STATE: IN COUNTY: Crawford TOWNSHIP: Boone INCORP-PLACE: Alton Town MICROFILM #: M593-306 ENUMERATOR: John S. B. Kelso STAMPED PAGE NO: 8A HANDWRITTEN PAGE NO: 139 ENUM/DATE-RANGE: August 11, 1870 ==================================================================================================================================================================== REAL PERS FATH MOTH MNTH MNTH ATT NOT NOT DEAF MALE VOTE LN# DW# FM# LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE 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 17 17 Miers Marilda 12 F W . . . Indiana . . . . X . . . . . . 2 18 18 Bernard Peter 21 M W Merchant . 250 Indiana . . . . . . . . X . . 3 18 18 Bernard Anna 28 F W Keeping House . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 4 18 18 Bernard Victor E 8 M W . . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 5 19 19 Williams James M 35 M W Common Laborer 250 175 Indiana . . . . . . . . X . . 6 19 19 Williams Elizabeth 33 F W Keeping House . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 7 19 19 Williams Miranda C 16 F W . . . Indiana . . . . X . . . . . . 8 19 19 Williams Amanda L 14 F W . . . Indiana . . . . X . . . . . . 9 19 19 Williams Celeste A 12 F W . . . Indiana . . . . X . . . . . . 10 20 20 Jenkins George F 29 M W School Teacher . 150 Kentucky . . . . . . . . X . . 11 20 20 Jenkins Sarah 27 F W Keeping House . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 12 20 20 Jenkins Jessie 7 F W . . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 13 20 20 Jenkins Mary 3 F W . . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 14 21 21 Wood Nathan 38 M W Common Laborer 550 200 Indiana . . . . . . . . X . . 15 21 21 Wood Elizabeth 34 F W Keeping House . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 16 21 21 Wood Sarah E 9 F W . . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 17 21 21 Wood Margaret 8 F W . . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 18 21 21 Wood Victoria 6 F W . . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 19 21 21 Wood Martha 1 F W . . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 20 22 22 Franklin David B 40 M W River Trader . 175 Pennsylvania . . . . . . . . X . . 21 22 22 Franklin Alma 28 F W Keeping House . . New York . . . . . . . . . . . 22 22 22 Franklin Etta 8 F W . . . Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . 23 22 22 Franklin Karah 11 F W . . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 24 23 23 Holcroft Elijah 47 M W Steamboat Captain 3000 1000 Indiana . . . . . . . . X . . 25 23 23 Holcroft Adaline 44 F W Keeping House . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 26 23 23 Holcroft Sidney 20 M W . . . Indiana . . . . X . . . . . . 27 23 23 Holcroft Benjamin 14 F W . . . Indiana . . . . X . . . . . . 28 23 23 Holcroft Ellen 12 F W . . . Indiana . . . . X . . . . . . 29 23 23 Holcroft Adela 10 F W . . . Indiana . . . . X . . . . . . 30 23 23 Holcroft Cora 8 F W . . . Indiana . . . . X . . . . . . 31 23 23 Holcroft James 7 M W . . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 32 23 23 Holcroft Betty 5 F W . . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 33 23 23 Holcroft Elijah 2 M W . . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 34 23 23 Holcroft Milton 1 M W . . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 35 24 24 Holcroft William 53 M W Steamboat Captain 600 300 Indiana . . . . . . . . X . . 36 24 24 Holcroft Betty 54 F W Keeping House . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 37 24 24 Holcroft Mariah 23 F W . . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 38 24 24 Holcroft John 21 M W . . . Indiana . . . . . . . . X . . 39 24 24 Holcroft Edward 15 M W . . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 40 24 24 Wood John E 4 M W . . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . Holcroft? ==================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1870 STATE: IN COUNTY: Crawford TOWNSHIP: Boone INCORP-PLACE: Alton Town MICROFILM #: M593-306 ENUMERATOR: John S. B. Kelso STAMPED PAGE NO: 8B HANDWRITTEN PAGE NO: 140 ENUM/DATE-RANGE: August 11, 1870 ==================================================================================================================================================================== REAL PERS FATH MOTH MNTH MNTH ATT NOT NOT DEAF MALE VOTE LN# DW# FM# LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE 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 25 25 Williams Joseph 25 M W Carpenter . 150 Indiana . . . . . . . . X . . 2 25 25 Williams Ann E 26 F W Keeping House . . Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . 3 25 25 Williams Marcia L 5/12 F W . . . Kentucky . . Dec . . . . . . . . 4 26 26 Riddle Alvira 52 F W Keeping House . 200 Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 5 26 26 Riddle William E 21 M W Common Laborer . . Indiana . . . . . . . . X . . 6 27 27 Gaither Matilda 50 F W Keeping House 1000 125 Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . 7 27 27 Gaither Robert B 28 M W . . . Indiana . . . . . . . . X . . 8 27 27 Gaither Ursula L 23 F W . . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 9 28 28 Moore John B 26 M W Saloon Keeper 800 1200 Indiana . . . . . . . . X . . 10 28 28 Moore Elizabeth J 22 F W Keeping House . . Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . 11 28 28 Moore William J 3 M W . . . Indiana . . * . . . . . . . Col 13 unclear 12 28 28 Moore John B 8/12 M W . . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 13 28 28 Magee Betty 16 F B . . . Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . 14 29 29 Walker John 30 M W Common Laborer . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 15 29 29 Walker Rachel 21 F W Keeping House . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 16 29 29 Walker Lillie M 4 F W . . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . 17 29 29 Walker Mundy E 2 F W . . . Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . ==================================================================================================================================================================== If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access the rest of our growing collection of FREE online census transcriptions by going to the following URL: http://www.us-census.org/ ====================================================================================================================================================================