The 1870 Census of Chincoteague and Assateague, Virginia
"Township of the Islands"

Transcribed and contributed to the GHOTES Web site by Gail M. Walczyk


PART ONE, Consisting of Household Numbers TI1 through TI116.

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SCHEDULE 1. Inhabitants in TOWNSHIP OF THE ISLANDS, in the County of ACCOMAC, State of VIRGINIA, enumerated by me on the 26th day of JULY, 1870.

Post Office: BELL HAVEN  
T. W. TAYLOR
, ASS'T Marshal

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Key to Table
Column Contents
1 Household Number
2 Family Number
3 Name of Individual
4 Age in 1870
5 Race/Gender
6 Occupation or Month of Birth or Marriage
7 Real Property
8 Personal Property
9 State of birth if not VA

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
TI1 1 Bloxom, Solomon 45 W/m sailor $2,000.00 $1,000.00
Bloxom, Jemima 32 W/f keeps house NJ
Bloxom, Annie L. 8 W/f
Bloxom, Mary D. 8 W/f
Adams, Ezra T. 22 W/m sailor NJ
Adams, Samuel 20 W/m oysterman NJ
Adams, Elba 12 W/f
Adams, Laura 17 W/f
Loflin, John 22 B/m oysterman $300.00 DE
Birch, Cator 22 W/m oysterman $500.00
TI2 2 Adams, William T. 25 W/m oysterman $200.00 $100.00 NJ
Adams, Martha 19 W/f keeps house DE
Adams, Jemima 8 W/f
TI3 3 Crippin, Rawson 42 B/m oysterman
Crippin, Sallie 44 B/f domestic servant
Taylor, William 17 B/m oysterman
Taylor, Betsy 10 B/f
Taylor, Charlotte 9 B/f
TI4 4 Hudson, Alfred 25 W/m oysterman $500.00 $300.00
Hudson, Mary A. 20 W/f keeps house
Hudson, Henry L. 2 W/m
Howell, Mary 25 B/f domestic servant
TI5 5 Clayville, William 43 W/m oysterman $100.00 $600.00 MD
Clayville, Bertha 31 W/f keeps house
Clayville, Sallie 11 W/f
Clayville, Mary A. 10 W/f
Clayville, William T. 1 W/m
Watson, Elizabeth 28 W/f domestic servant
Young, Thomas 35 W/m oysterman $400.00
Lewis, George 13 W/m oysterman $300.00
Lewis, John A. 7 W/m $300.00
Whealton, Isaac 23 W/m retail merchant
TI6 6 Cord, Salathiel 27 W/m house carpenter $100.00
Cord, Nancy J. 29 W/f keeps house DE
Cord, William C. 15 W/m oysterman
Cord, Annie C. 12 W/f
Cord, Cornelia 4 W/f
TI7 7 Thornton, James W. 31 W/m oysterman $500.00 $300.00
Thornton, Eliza 26 W/f keeps house
Thornton, Sarah E. 11 W/f
Thornton, Annie 7 W/f
Thornton, Pheobe A. 3 W/f
Thornton, James W. 3mos W/m Born March
8 Wimbrough, William 23 W/m oysterman $100.00
Wimbrough, Ellen 19 W/f keeps house, married February
TI8 9 Whealton, William 27 W/m retail merchant $1,500.00 $2,000.00
Whealton, Josephine 25 W/f keeps house
Birch, Mary E. 22 W/f $200.00 $200.00
TI9 10 Pointer, James 30 W/m oysterman $200.00
Pointer, Lydia 36 W/f keeps house
Pointer, Mary A. 8 W/f
Pointer, James T. 5 W/m
Pointer, Robert 3 W/m
TI10 11 Clark, Elias 35 W/m house carpenter $100.00 DE
Clark, Eliza 36 W/f keeps house
Taylor, Robert J. 14 W/m oysterman
Taylor, Jemima 13 W/f
Clark, Oliver 7 W/m
Clark, Charles S. 2mo W/m Born April
12 Snead, Bridget 61 W/f keeps house $800.00
Snead, John 19 W/m oysterman
TI11 13 Turner, Charles 24 W/m oysterman $100.00
Turner, Margaret 24 W/f keeps house
TI12 14 Benson, William 26 W/m oysterman $100.00 $100.00 MD
Benson, Elizabeth 26 W/f keeps house
Benson, Nancy C. 7 W/f
Benson, Mary E. 5 W/f
Howell, Frances 24 B/f domestic servant
Howell, Isaac 2 B/m
TI13 15 Watson, John 53 W/m oysterman $300.00 $100.00
Watson, Mary 27 W/f keeps house
Watson, William 20 W/m oysterman
Watson, John P. 16 W/m oysterman
TI14 16 Hudson, Joseph 47 W/m sailor $200.00 $100.00 MD
Hudson, Mary J. 40 W/f keeps house MD
Hammond, Mary S. 18 W/f MD
Hammond, Ella M. 13 W/f MD
Williams, King 26 W/m sailor $200.00 MD
TI15 17 Young, Theodore 22 W/m oysterman $200.00 $100.00 NJ
Young, Mary 22 W/f keeps house NJ
Young, Sarah C. 10 W/f
Young, Lydia A. 4mos W/f Born April
TI16 18 Jones, John 35 W/m oysterman $200.00 $100.00
Jones, Nancy 31 W/f keeps house
Jones, Mary J. 11 W/f
Jones, John W. 7 W/m
Jones, Selby T. 5 W/m
Jones, Reuben T. 2 W/m
TI17 19 Snead, Thomas 30 W/m oysterman $500.00 $100.00
Snead, Alice 25 W/f keeps house
Snead, Ruth 6 W/f
Snead, James 11 W/m
Snead, John 3 W/m
Snead, Emery 2mos W/m Born May
Townsend, Eliza 25 W/f domestic servant
TI18 20 Holston, Isaiah 41 W/m sailor $500.00 $200.00 MD
Holston, Comfort 35 W/f keeps house
Holston, John W. 9 W/m
Holston, Emeline 7 W/f
Holston, Charles 4 W/m
TI19 21 Moffitt, Emory 31 W/m sailor $300.00 MD
Moffitt, Mary 30 W/f keeps house
TI20 22 Conkling, Henry 28 W/m oysterman $200.00 NJ
Conkling, Sarah A. 20 W/f keeps house
Conkling, Sarah A. 7mos W/f December
TI21 23 Whealton, John A. 40 W/m oysterman
TI22 24 Buck, William 68 W/m blacksmith $100.00 NJ
Buck, Elizabeth 55 W/f keeps house DE
Justis, Sarah 28 W/f domestic servant
TI23 25 Watson, Peter 51 W/m oysterman $100.00 $200.00
Watson, Susan 40 W/f keeps house PA
Watson, David 19 W/m oysterman
Watson, Caleb 18 W/m oysterman
Watson, Robert 12 W/m
Watson, Peter 10 W/m
Watson, William 9 W/m
Watson, Mary J. 4 W/f
Scarborough, Comfort 30 W/f domestic servant
TI24 26 Watson, Benjamin 35 W/m oysterman $200.00
Watson, Mary 31 W/f
Watson, Frances 10 W/f
TI25 27 Collins, Eli 65 W/m oysterman $200.00 $1,000.00 MD
Collins, Mary 50 W/f keeps house MD
Collins, Isaac J. 21 W/m oysterman MD
Collins, Emma 18 W/f MD
Collins, Mary Ann 15 W/f MD
Collins, Sewell 11 W/m MD
28 Collins, Peter 27 W/m oysterman $100.00 MD
Collins, Belle 22 W/f keeps house DE
Collins, Matilda 2 W/f
29 Collins, Ebe 23 W/m oysterman, married December $200.00 MD
Collins, Mary S. 23 W/f keeps house
TI26 30 Tindell, John W. 54 W/m shoemaker $700.00 $200.00 MD
Tindell, Nancy 50 W/f keeps house
TI27 31 Tindell, George 23 W/m oysterman
Tindell, Sarah 22 W/f keeps house MD
Tindell, George 3mos W/m Born March
Smack, James J. 40 W/m shoemaker MD
32 Kellam, E.C. 32 W/m schoolteacher
33 Birch, William D. 24 W/m oysterman
TI28 34 Melson, Samuel 56 W/m oysterman MD
Melson, George 14 W/f
Melson, Maria 12 W/f
TI29 35 Caulk, John 55 W/m collection of customs DE
TI30 36 Smith, Nathaniel S. 29 W/m physician $1,000.00 $400.00
Smith, Juliet C. 25 W/f keeps house
Smith, Fleuellen 3 W/f
Bowden, Harriet 18 W/f domestic servant MD
Caulk, Elizabeth 17 W/f domestic servant MD
Caulk, Malyon 2 W/m MD
Caulk, Cornelia 8mos W/f October
Bowden, Ann C. 9 W/f
TI31 37 Parker, William J. 34 W/m sailor $100.00 MD
Parker, Margaret 36 W/f keeps house
Birch, Amy 17 W/f
Birch, Thomas B. 19 W/m sailor
TI32 38 Tarr, David 45 W/m oysterman $2,500.00 $1,000.00
Tarr, Mary C. 46 W/f keeps house MD
Tarr, John R. 20 W/m oysterman
Tarr, Nancy M. 17 W/f
Tarr, David P. 15 W/m oysterman
Tarr, Joshua 11 W/m
Tarr, Rosanna 10 W/f
Tarr, Margaret J. 7 W/f
Tarr, Ida 6 W/f
Tarr, Matilda E. 2 W/f
TI33 39 Tarr, James S. 23 W/m oysterman $100.00
Tarr, Mary C. 17 W/f keeps house
TI34 40 Connet, Martin 52 W/m oysterman $100.00 $100.00
Connet, Charlotte 42 W/f keeps house
Connet, George W. 13 W/m oysterman
Connet, Elizabeth M. 9 W/f
Connet, Angeline M. 5 W/f
Connet, Harriet E. 2 W/f
TI35 41 Bloxom, Elijah J. 34 W/m oysterman $200.00 $100.00
Bloxom, Airy L. 24 W/f keeps house
Bloxom, Elizabeth 8 W/f
Bloxom, Susanna 7 W/f
Bloxom, Sarah A. 4 W/f
Bloxom, John W. 1 W/m
Hopkins, Henry M. 10 W/m
TI36 42 Jester, Kendell 57 W/m oysterman $2,000.00 $1,500.00
Jester, Eliza 56 W/f keeps house
Jester, Reuben 18 W/m oysterman $100.00 $100.00
Bloxom, Comfort 16 W/f domestic servant
Bowden, William 17 W/m oysterman
TI37 43 Baker, Josiah P. 31 W/m house carpenter $300.00 $200.00 MD
Baker, Elizabeth J. 23 W/f keeps house
Baker, Josephine 2 W/f