Brackens 1870 Census; Elk Creek, Grayson County, Virginia,

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Schedule 1.- Free Inhabitants in  Elk Creek Twonship  in the County of Grayson, State of  Virginia enumerated by me, on the 21 day of  July 1870. Post Office Independence. John Walsh Ass't Marshal

Lines numbered 34-40

Dwelling-house-numbered in the order of visitation. 101

Families numbered in the order of visitation. 101

Name..............Age...Sex....POB

Brackins Sally ....43.....F......VA

Floyd W. ...........15.....M.....VA

John A. .............14.....M......VA

Robert M.  .........12....M.......VA

Josiah ................10 ...M......VA

Henry A. .............7.....M......NC

Spencer C.. ...........5....M......VA

*Note* : Spencer H. Brackens and Mary J. Brackens do not show on this list. Mary was about 18 in 1870 and most likely was married. Also Henry A. Brackens is shown as being born in NC 

Source Citation: 

Year: 1870; Census Place: Elk Creek, Grayson, Virginia; Roll: M593_1649; Page: 139B; Image: 282; Family History Library Film: 553148 

Source Information:

Ancestry.com 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Prova, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, inc., 2009. Images reproduced by Family Search. 

Original data: 

- 1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d 

- Minnesota census schedules for 1870. NARA microfilm publication T132, 13 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.

Other Surnames on this Census listed by Family Number

95 Osborn, Enoch, Jane, Sarah, Jackson, Jester, Polly.

96 Wiles, John, Susan, Goe H, James L.

97 Osborn, Polly, Alvin, NancyJ., Polly A,. Enoch R., Wm J.

98 Hagy, Polly, Malinda, Jency C., Andrew J.

99 Fanner, Joseph, Andrew, Hanah, Abraham E. 

99 Smith, Trimanda, Andrew F.

100 Poe, Jerimah A,  Celia, Thos M., James E., Newton F., Robert R., Sarah A.

101 Brackins