1860 Federal Census Records for Chemung County NY
Town of Big Flats

1860 Town of Big Flats

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Enumerated by by John L. Sexton Jr
12 JUNE 1860.

001	018	040	060	072	086	101	113
126	144	162	176	193	217	235	252
268	287	302	315	327	340	354	371

Catlin

Elmira

Erin

Veteran

Baldwin

Horseheads

Southport

Ashland

Chemung

Big Flats

VanEtten

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Dwelling No.	Family No.	Last Name	First Name	Age	Sex	Occupation	Value of Real Estate	Value of Personal Estate	Place of Birth	Comments
176	174	Shappee	Thomas B.	36	M	Farmer	2000	300	NY
			Julia A.	29	F				PA
			Ashkeneeza	12	M				NY
			Leroy	7	M				NY
			Cordelia	4	F				NY
			Margaret	2	F				NY
177	175	Weaver	Horace	30	M	Farmer		800	NJ
			Catherine	28	F	Tailoress		50	NY
			Abram	26	M	Farm Laborer			NY
			Henry	28	M	Farm Laborer			NY
			John	21	M	Farm Laborer			NY
			Jacob	16	M	Farm Laborer			NY
			Gideon	18	M	Farm Laborer			NY
			Charles	13	M				NY
			Moses	11	M				NY
			Thaddeus	9	M				NY
			Agnes	53	F				NY
178	176	Leonard	Jacob	30	M	Laborer		125	NY
			Sally	27	F				NY
			Barbara	7	F				NY
			Samuel	4	M				NY
			James	2 mo	M				NY
179	177	Smith	George	26	M	Farm Laborer		125	NY
			Elizabeth	22	F				NY
			Sarah A.	3	F				NY
			Mary C.	5	F				NY
180	178	Smith	Thomas	55	M	Farm Laborer		125	GA
			Mary D.	52	F				NJ
			John	19	M	Farm Laborer			NY
			Mary J.	16	F	Domestic			NY
181	179	Harrower	David P.	55	M	Farmer	6000	2000	NY
			Emily	50	F				NY
			Eliza A.	25	F	Lady			NY
			Gabriel T.	22	M	Farmer			NY
			James B.	15	M				NY
182	180	Carpenter	William S.	54	M	Farmer	13000	3500	NY
			Harriet D.	27	F				NY
			Jefferson B.	6	M				NY
			Clara	3	F				NY
		Simmons	Sarah	10	F	Domestic			NY
183	181	Donnelly	Thomas	22	M	Farm Laborer		125	NY
			Bridget	20	F				Ireland
184	182	Farr	William H.	28	M	Farmer	3500	1600	NY
			Margaret	21	F				NY
		Gregory	Jane	18	F	Domestic			NY
		Alexander	Willis	10	M	Servant			NY
185	183	Newton	James	41	M	Laborer		125	NY
			Rachel	34	F				NY
			Mary E.	15	F				NY
			Jeremiah	10	M				NY
			Julia	8	F				NY
			Sarabetta	6	F				NY
			Emma Jane	4	F				NY
			James Jr.	2	M				NY
			Agnes	1	F				NY
186	184	Gibson	Samuel C.	56	F	Lumberman	20000	3000	RI
187	185	Farr	Henry	65	M	Farmer	12000	4000	Ireland
			Jane	65	F				Ireland
			James E.	26	M	Farmer			NY
			Mary	13	F				NY
		McHans	Mary	30	F	Domestic			Ireland
		Fowler	John	27	M	Farm Laborer			NJ
188	186	Brown	Oliver	65	M	Carpenter & Joiner	300	300	CT
			Sarah	61	F				NY
			Lyman	18	M	Apprentice Carpenter			NY
			Celetic	15	F				NY
189	187	Weaver	Michael	37	M	Carpenter & Joiner	600	500	NJ
			Sally	32	F				PA
190	188	Pound	Horace	37	M	Lawyer		125	NY
			Mary	28	F				NY
			Mary A.	7	F				NY
191	189	Smith	Elizabeth	65	F	Farmess	1000	150	NY
			Esther	28	F	Domestic		25	NY
192	190	Webber	Alphonso	24	M	Farmer	600	250	NY
			Sarahetta	19	F				NY
			Jane	1	F				NY
	191	Farr	Mary	62	F	Laboress		100	Ireland

Published On Tri-Counties Site On 6/3/2003
By Joyce M. Tice