Census Key: Agriculture
1870 U.S. Census: Agriculture Schedules for HadleyTownship, Pike County, Illinois
On the “Post Office” line on page 9, the enumerator has written “Beverly, Adams Co.” Although it is in another county, Beverly is the township immediately north of Hadley Tp.
| Original Enumerator’s Schedule |
New Philadelphia Project Database Field |
Explanation |
| ID |
Each record (one person) has a consecutive number. |
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| Page No. |
Page |
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| Post Office |
PostOffice |
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| Dwelling-houses numbered in the order of visitation |
Dwelling |
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| Families numbered in the order of visitation |
Family |
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| The name of every person whose place of abode on the first day of June, 1870, was in this family. |
FirstName |
Names are as the enumerator spelled them. Sic is used rarely. See Comments field for alternative surnames. |
| LastName |
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| Description: Age at last birthday |
Age |
Age in years. For children under 1, we entered 0. |
| AgeMos |
For children under 1, their age in months. |
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| Description: Sex |
Sex |
m = male; f = female |
| Description: Color {white, black, mulatto, Chinese or Indian |
Color |
w = white; b = black; m = mulatto |
| Profession, occupation, or trade of each male person over 15 years of age |
Occupation |
Spelling is corrected. |
| Value of real estate owned: Value of real estate |
RealEstate |
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| Value of estate owned: Value of personal estate |
PersonalProperty |
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| Place of birth, naming the state, territory or country |
PlaceOfBirth |
We use standard USPS abbreviations for states. Foreign countries are written out in full. Spelling is corrected. |
| Parentage: Father of foreign birth |
FatherForeign |
✓= yes |
| Parentage: Mother of foreign birth |
MotherForeign |
✓= yes |
| If born within the year, state the month |
BornInYear |
✓= yes |
| If married within the year, state the month |
MarriedInYear |
✓= yes |
| Attended school within the year |
School |
✓= yes |
| Education: cannot read |
Illiterate |
✓= cannot read, cannot write, or can do neither |
| Education: cannot write |
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| Whether deaf and dumb, blind, insane, idiotic, pauper, or convict |
DeafEtc |
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| Constitutional relations: Male citizens
of |
Male21 |
✓= yes |
| Male citizens of |
Omitted, none in Hadley Tp. |
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| AgSched |
✓= This farmer is listed on the 1870 agriculture schedule. |
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| Comments |
(Alternate surname spellings found in 1850-80 censuses for Hadley Tp.) Discrepancies between names on this population schedule and the 1870 agriculture schedule. Problems encountered in reading the enumerator’s handwriting. Extra notations by enumerator. |