1870 Census, Moultrie County, Town of Whitley: 59/59 July 5, 1870
Bolin, James A. - age 28, m, w, R. R. hand - 400 - 300 - Mass - father, mother foreign born - 19
            Mary M. - age 25, f, w, keeping house , IL
            Mary E. - age 1, f, w, IL

1870 Census, Moultrie County, Town of Jonathan Creek: 110/107 July 27, 1870
Bolin, James - age 38, m, w, farmer - 3800 - 1600 - IL - 19
            Nancy - age 33, f, w, keeping house, KY - cannot read or write
            Isabell - age 15, f, w, at home, IL - attended school
            Elizabeth - age 12, f, w, IL - attended school
            Jeremiah - age 10, m, w, IL - attended school
            James - age 9, m, w, IL
            Ephraim - age 7, m, w, IL
            Maletha - age 4, f, w, IL
            William - age 2, m, w, IL

1870 Census, Moultrie County, Town of Jonathan Creek: 151/148 July 28, 1870
Bolin, Jeremiah - age 50, m, w, farmer - 3000 -700 - IL - 19
            Margaret  *- age 35, f, w, keeping house, IL - cannot read or write
            Polina - age 14, f, w, at home IL - attended school
            John E. - age 12, m, w, works on farm, Il - cannot read or write
            Mary S.  - age 10, f, w, IL - attended school
            William - age 9, m, w, IL
            James R. - age 6, m, w, IL
            Samuel T. - age 2, m, w, IL
 * Margaret Bonham

1870 Census, Moultrie County, Town of Jonathan Creek: 161/158 July 29, 1870
Bolin, John - age 42, m, w, farmer - 2400 - 1000 -IL - married in May - cannot write - 19
            Eliza *- age 24, f, w, keeping house , IL - married in May - cannot write
Kercheval, Margaret - age 1, f, w, IL
Marriage books have John Bolin married to Eliza Standerfer May 31, 1870
Marriage books have an Eliza Standerfer married to a Edmond Kercheval Nov. 28, 1864
Eliza Standerfer that married Edwin Harrison is on this census also.

1870 Census, Moultrie County, Town of Jonathan Creek: 133/130 July 28, 1870
Bolin, William - age 45, m, w, farmer - 10000 -2100 - IL - 19
            Jane - age 43, f, w, keeping house, KY - cannot write
            Elizabeth - age 22, f, w, at home IL - cannot write
            Alfred - age 19, m, w, works on farm , IL - cannot write
            Nancy - age 17, f, w, at home, IL - attended school
            John - age 16, m, w, works on farm, IL - attended school
            Margaret - age 15, f, w, at home, IL - attended school
            Amy - age 13, f, w, IL - attended school
            Zerrilla - age 11, f, w, IL - attended school
            Amanda - age 5, f, w, IL
            Nettie - age 1, f, w, IL

1870 Census, Moultrie County, Town of Jonathan Creek: 155/152 July 29, 1870
Bonham, William - age 43, m, w, farmer - 2000-1000 - KY- can not write - 19
            Anna - age 34, f, w, keeping house, IN
            Mary - age 14, f, w, at home, IL - attended school
            Lucy - age 9, f, w, IL
            Harriet - age 8, f, w, IL
            Hamilton - age 7, m, w, IL
            Isabell - age 6, f, w, IL
            Aaron - age 5, m, w, IL
            Salesta - age 2, f, w, IL
            Rosa M. - age 1, f, w, IL
Farmer, William - age 20, m, w, farm hand, IL
Adams, Thomas - age 50, m, w, farm hand, OH - foreign born father-cannot write - 19

1870 Census, Moultrie County, Town of Jonathan Creek: 112/109 July 27, 1870
Carney Silas - age 29, m, w, farmer - 2400 - 550 - IL - 19
            Elizabeth  *- age 31, f, w, keeping house, IL
            James R. - age 11/12, m, w, IL - born in July
            Nancy A. - age 11/12, f, w, IL - born in July
Bonham, Enoch - age 14, m, w, works on farm, IL - attended school
Bonham, Simon - age 12, m, w, works on farm , IL - attended school
Bonham, Artimicia - age 9, f, w, IL
Bonham, Martha - age 7, f, w, IL
 *Elizabeth Bolin Bonham
            

1870 Census, Moultrie County, Town of Jonathan Creek: 134/131 July 28, 1870
Bracken, John - age 29, m, w, farmer - 1600 - 500 - IL - 19
            Nancy - age 24, f, w, keeping house, IL - cannot read or write
            James R. - age 7, m, w, IL
            Henry E. - age 2, m, w, IL
Bolin, Nancy - age 67, f, w, living with daughter, SC

1870 Census, Moultrie County, Town of East Nelson: 42/41 July 13, 1870
Harrison, John R. - age 30, m, w, brick maker - 510 - 500 - NJ - father, mother foreign born - 19
Harrison, Edwin - age 28, m, w, brick maker - 400 - OH - father, mother foreign born - 19
            Eliza* - age 26, f, w, keeping house, IL
            Walter - age 1, m, w, IL
Eliza Standerfer, daughter of Jeremiah and Malinda

1870 Census, Moultrie County, Jonathan Creek: 158/155  July 29, 1870
Drew, Chesley - age 50, m, w, farmer - 18000 - 2000 - IL - 19
            Maletha - age 40, f, w, keeping house, IL - cannot read or write
            John W.  - age 21, m, w, works on farm, IL - 19
            Nancy - age 19, f, w, at home, IL
            James - age 17, m, w, works on farm, IL, attended school
            Polina J. - age 15, f, w, at home, IL, attended school
            Charles - age 12, m, w, IL, attended school
            Allice - age 5, f, w, IL
            Chesley - age 10/12, m, w, IL

1870 Census, Moultrie County, Jonathan Creek: 158/155  July 27, 1870
Drew, Frederick - age 38, m, w, farmer - 3800 - 1350 - IL - father foreign born - 19
            Charity - age 34, f, w, keeping house, IN - cannot write
            Loney (or Lomy) - age 14, f, w, at home, IL - attended school
            James - age 12, m, w, works on farm, IL - attended school
            Henion - age 10, m, w, IL
            Mary A. - age 9, f, w, IL

1870 Census, Moultrie County, Jonathan Creek: 105/102  July 27, 1870
Drew, Madison - age 38, m, w, farmer - 500 - IL - cannot read or write - 19 
            Martha - age 31, f, w, keeping house, IL
            Alexander - age 12, m, w, IL, attended school
            Rebecca J. - age 9, f. w, IL
            Theodore - age 7, m, w, IL 
            Harvey - age 4, m, w, IL
Drew, Temperance - age 78, f, w, lives with son, SC - cannot write 
Standerfer, Henry - age 33, m, w, farm hand, IL - cannot write - 19

1870 Census, Moultrie County, Jonathan Creek: 102/99  July 27, 1870
Freeman, Benjamin - age 53, m, w, farmer - 5600 - 1800 - NC - 19
            Ann *  - age 44, f, w, keeping house, KY - cannot write
            Alfred - age 26, m, w, farmer - 900 - 4400 - IL - 19
            Dulcena - age 17, f, w, at home - IL - attended school
            Benjamin - age 14, m, w, works on farm - IL - attended school
            Joel H. - age 12, m, w, works on farm - IL - attended school
            William L. - age 7, m, w, IL
            Lucinda Button - age 20, f, w, domestic servant - IL
 * Mary "Polly" Bonham

1870 Census, Moultrie County, Jonathan Creek: 111/108  July 27, 1870
Fulton, Isaac - age 50, m, w, farmer - 4500 - 1800 - OH - 19
            Sarah - age 30, f, w, keeping house - OH
            B. William - age 3, m, w, IL
            Laura Reams - age 6, f, w, IN
            George Yates - age 23, m w, IL - 19

1870 Census, Moultrie County, Jonathan Creek: 149/146  July 28, 1870
Fulton, James - age 27, m, w, farmer - 2700 - 900 - IL - 19
            Millie - age 30, f, w, keeping house - KY - cannot write
            Thomas - age 4, m, w, IL
Humble, Mary - age 68, f, w, living with daughter - KY - cannot write
            

1870 Census, Moultrie County, Jonathan Creek: 107/104  July 27, 1870
Fulton, John - age 25, m, w, farmer - 2400 - 650 - IL - 19
            Lucy - age 24, f, w, keeping house - IN 
            Margaret - age 1, f, w, IL

1870 Census, Moultrie County, Jonathan Creek: 174/172 July 29, 1870
Hagerman, Elizabeth - age 61, f, w, keeping house - 5600 - 200 - OH

1870 Census, Moultrie County, Jonathan Creek: 163/160  July 29, 1870
Hagerman, Peter - age 43, m, w, farmer - 560 - OH - cannot write - 19
            Elizabeth * - age 33, f, w, keeping house, IL - cannot read or write
            Letticia - age 16, f, w, at home, IL - attended school
            Lewis - age 5, m, w, IL
            Margaret - age 3, f, w, IL
            John - age 20, m, w, farm hand, OH
 * Rebecca Elizabeth Bonham

1870 Census, Moultrie County, Town of East Nelson: 38/37  July 13, 1870
Kercheval, Catharine - age 67, f, w, keeping house - 2400 - 300 - VA
            George - age 7, m, w, IL
Kercheval, Edmund - age 38, m, w, farmer - 600 - OH - 19

1870 Census, Moultrie County, Jonathan Creek: 46/45  July 19, 1870
Landers, Christian - age 50, m, w, farmer - 2400 - 1500 - cannot read or write - 19
            Montraville  * - age 35, f, w, keeping house - IL - cannot read or write
            John - age 8, m, w, IL
            William - age 6, m, w, IL
* Montraville Bonham

1870 Census: IL, Macon Co., Town of Blue Mound: 148/148  
Mathias John  - age 33, OH, farmer 
            Sarah* - age 37, IL, keeping house 
            Martha  age 16, IL - attended school 
            Hiram - age 12, IL - attended school 
            William - age 9, IL - attended school 
            Peter - age 8, IL - attended school 
            Eliza - age 6, IL 
            Elizabeth - age 2, IL 
            John - age 1, IL 
Andrews Myers - age 21, OH
* Sarah Ann Standerfer

1870 Census, Moultrie County, Jonathan Creek: 168/165  July 29, 1870
Martin, Atwell - age 32, m, w, farmer - 500 - KY - 19
            Elvira - age 25, f, w, keeping house, IL
            Walter F. - age 3, m, w, IL
            Lee - age 1, m, w, IL

1870 Census, Moultrie County, Jonathan Creek: 65/63  July 26, 1870
Martin, Hudson - age 34, m, w, farmer -3600 - 1800 -KY - 19
            Camilla - age 32, f, w, keeping house, IL
            Allen - age 10, m, w, IL - attended school
            Joseph - age 6, m, w, IL
            Henry - age 3, m, w, IL
            Susan - age 69, f, w, living with son, KY
            Mary - age 12, f, w, IL -attended school
Purvis, Charlotte - age 23, f, w, visiting IL
Bohannan, Charles, age 19, m, w, farm hand ,KY

1870 Census, Moultrie County, Jonathan Creek: 30/30  July 19, 1870
MERRITT, Ephraim - 59 - m - w - farmer - 20000 - 3000 - KY - 19 
            Malinda - 57 - f - w - keeping house - IL 
            Isaac - 29 - m - w - farmer - IL - 19 
            Cleveland - 25 - m - w - farmer - IL 
            Elizabeth - 20 - f - w - at home - IL 
            Lafayette - 17 - m - w - works on farm - IL - att. school 
Friar, Thomas - 14 - m - w - farm hand - TN - att. school 
Standerfer, Jane - 13 - f - w - domestic servant - IL - att. School 

1870 Census, Moultrie County, Jonathan Creek Township: 100/97
Miller Robert - age 35, m, w, farmer, KY
            Amy  * - age 34, f, w, keeps house, OH
            Aaron - age 14, m, w, works on farm, IL
            William - age 12, m, w, at home, IL
            Harriet - age 10, f, w, at home, IL
            Robertson - age 8, m, w, at home, IL
* Amy Hagerman

1870 Census, Moultrie County, Jonathan Creek: 144/141  July 28, 1870
Purvis, Alexander - age 25, m, w, farmer - 300 - 400 - IL - cannot read or write - 19
            Maranda - age 23, f, w, keeping house, IL
            Alby Purvis, age 6, m, w, IL
            V. Ann - age 5, f, w, IL

1870 Census, Moultrie County, Town of East Nelson: 81/79  July 16, 1870
Purvis, Ephraim D - age 38, m, w, farmer - 2190 - 1200 - IL - 19
            Rebecca - age 31, f, w, keeping house, IL
            Eliza - age 13, f, w, IL - attended school
            Arthur - age 10, m, w, IL - attended school
            Margaret - age 8, f, w, IL - attended school
            Martha - age 4, f, w, IL
            Albert - age 1, m, w, IL
Foster, James - age 16, farm hand, IN

1870 Census, Moultrie County, Town of Sullivan: 94/96  June 6, 1870
Purvis, Francis M. - age 30, m, w, genl. laborer - 50 - IL - 19
            Elizabeth - age 23, f, w, house keeper, TN

1870 Census, Moultrie County, Town of East Nelson: 39/38  July 13, 1870
Purvis, George - age 58, m, w, farmer - 21000 - 6000 - KY - 19
            Mahalie - age 55, f, w, keeping house, KY
            Mahulda - age 36, f, w, seamstress, IL
            William G - age 34, m, w, farmer - 400 - IL - 19
            Mary - age 26,f, w, at home, IL
            Celia - age 25, f, w, at home, IL
            Dulciena - age 23, f, w, at home, IL
            Martha - age 21, f, w, at home, IL
            Samuel - age 19, m, w, works on farm, IL - attended school
            John D. - age 16, m, w, at school, IL - attended school
            Susan - age 14, f, w, at home, IL - attended school
            Dora - age 10, f, w, IL - attended school
            Fannie - age 8, f, w, IL
            Charles - age 4, m, W, IL

1870 Census, Moultrie County, Town of Jonathan Creek: 119/116  July 28, 1870
Purvis, James - age 32, m, w, - 1200 - 600 - IL - 19
            Martha - age 29, f, w, keeping house, IL
            Lawrence - age 6, m, w, IL
            
1870 Census, Moultrie County, Town of East Nelson: 1/1  July 11, 1870
Purvis, James W. - age 26, m w, farmer - 800 - IL - 19 (this could be son John W.)
Purvis, William - age 62, m, w, farmer - 8000 - 1500 - KY - 19
            Ellen J. - age 30, f, w, keeping house, KY
            Charlotte - age 24, f, w, at home, IL
            Mary C. - age 19, f, w, at home, IL
            Jasper - age 1, m, w, IL
            George R. Reams - age 14, m, w, adopted, at home - IN - attended school
            Amanda Webb - age 14, f, w, adopted, at home - IL - attended school

1870 Census, Moultrie County, Town of Jonathan Creek: 160/157 July 29, 1870
Standerfer, James - age 25, m, w, farm hand - 300 - IL - cannot read or write - 19
            Eliza J. - age 24, f, w, keeping house - IL - cannot write
            Lewis - age 3, m, w, IL 

1870 Census, Moultrie County, Town of Jonathan Creek: 157/154 July 29, 1870
Standerfer, James - age 23, m, w, farmer - 350 - IL - 19
            Mary E. - age 20, f, w, keeping house, IL
            James F. - age 10/12, m, w, IL

1870 Census, Moultrie County, Town of Jonathan Creek: 121/118 July 28, 1870
Standerfer, Jeremiah - age 56, m, w, farmer - 3000 - 1200 -TN - 19
            Malinda - age 55, f, w, keeping house, KY
            Job - age 22, m, w, work on farm - IL - 19
            Adaline - age 16, f, w, at home, IL - cannot write
            Isaac L. - age 14, f, w, IL - attended school
            Margaret - age 12, f, w, IL - attended school
            William E. - age 7, m, w, IL

1870 Census, Moultrie County, Town of Jonathan Creek: 119/116  July 28, 1870
Waller, Eli - age 32, m, w, farmer - 2800 - 400 - IL - 19
            Permelia - age 27, f, w, keeping house, IL
            Clarence C. - age 7, m, w, IL
            William E. - age 5, m, w, IL
            James J. - age 4, m, w, IL
            Sarah E. - age 1, f, w, IL
Purvis, Sarah - age 66, f, w, living with son - TN

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