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
217	216	Bennett	Jacob	36	F	Farm Laborer		150	NY
			Susan C.	25	F				NY
			George E.	5	M				NY
218	217	Bennett	Josiah	39	M	Farmer	25000	700	NY
			Harriet	37	F				NY
			Susan	9	F				NY
			Sarah J.	9	F				NY
			Georgianna	7	F				NY
219	218	Smith	Charles	27	M	Farmer	4000	500	NY
			Emily	21	F				NY
			Charles Jr.	5 mo	M				NY
		Nott	Edward	14	M				NY
220	219	Park	John	31	M	Farmer	5500	1000	NY
			Louisa	40	F	Lady			NY
			Sarah	33	F				NY
		Brown	John H.	18	M	Farm Laborer			NY
221	220	Smith	Roxsie	60	F		500	125	Nova Scotia
			Benjamin D.	24	M	Blacksmith			NY
			William	18	M	Farmer			NY
			Harriet	20	F				NY
			Mary	30	F				NY
222	221	Deates	Joseph	74	M	Farm Laborer		150	PA
			Elizabeth	64	F				NJ
223	222	Bradt	Samuel	44	M	Farm Laborer		150	NY
			Eleanor	32	F				NY
			Samuel Jr.	3	M				NY
224	223	Deates	Alfred	22	M	Farm Laborer		25	PA
			Elizabeth	17	F				NY
			Henry J.	1	M				NY
		Gray	John	32	M	Laborer on Farm			NY
225	224	Ford	John	32	M	Farmer	5000	800	NY
			Rebecca	23	F				NY
			Joseph	30	M	Farmer			NY
			William	23	M				NY
226	225	Deates	Peter	28	M	Raftsman			NY
			Harriet	24	F				NY
			Almeda	9	F				NY
			James M.	6	M				NY
			Catherine	4	F				NY
			Jerusha	1	F				NY
227	226	Seymour	William Jr.	26	M	Farm Laborer			NY
			Eliza	24	F				PA
			Louisa	5	F				NY
			Infant	8 mo	M				NY
228	227	Davenport	George	34	M	Farmer	4000	900	NY
			Sarah	29	F				NY
			Ida	5	F				NY
			Ada	3	F				NY
			Frederick	1	M				NY
229	228	Brown	Lewis	39	M	Laborer		250	NY
			Emily	34	F				NY
			Lyman	15	M				NY
			Hector	13	M				NY
			Mary J.	11	F				NY
			Frank	8	M				NY
			Lorenzo	5	M				NY
230	229	Rhodes	Mary J.	43	F	Farmeress	8000	1500	England
			Elizabeth	16	F	Domestic			NY
			Isabella	13	F				NY
			Esther	9	F				NY
231	230	Rhodes	William	22	M	Farm Laborer		500	NY
			Eliza D.	22	F				NY
232	231	Rhodes	Abram J.	30	M	Farm Laborer		500	NY
			Alvira	22	F				NY
			Frank	5 mo	M				NY
		Brown	Nelson	24	M	Farm Laborer			NY
233	232	Carr	George	69	M	Farm Laborer			NY
		Williams	Cynthia	33	F	Housekeeper			NY
			George W.	9	M				NY
			Lafayette	6	M				NY
			Delilah	4	F				NY
		Carr	Elizabeth	71	F				NY
		Mainer	Anna	13	F				NY
234	233	Simons	Elsie	38	F	Farmer	3000	300	NY
			Noah	16	M	Farm Laborer			NY
			Olive	8	F				NY

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