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==References==
==References==


* United States Census, 1860, database with images, FamilySearch [25] : 24 March 2017, Pennsylvania > Berks > Union Township > image 9 of 53; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
*''United States Census, 1860,'' database with images, FamilySearch [25] : 24 March 2017, Pennsylvania > Berks > Union Township > image 9 of 53; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
* United States Census, 1870, database with images, FamilySearch [26]1 : 15 June 2019, Pennsylvania > Berks > Union > image 52 of 56; citing NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
*''United States Census, 1870,'' database with images, FamilySearch [26]1 : 15 June 2019, Pennsylvania > Berks > Union > image 52 of 56; citing NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
* Walker, Joseph E. 1969. A Comparison of Negro and White Labor in a Charcoal Iron Community. Labor History 10, no.3 (June): 487-497.
* Walker, Joseph E. 1969. A Comparison of Negro and White Labor in a Charcoal Iron Community. Labor History 10, no.3 (June): 487-497.

Revision as of 14:31, 6 October 2023

In the 1850 Census of Union Township, Peter Jones (43) lived on the farm of Westley and his six person family. He was listed as a laborer born in Pennsylvania who could neither read nor write[1]. According to Hopewell Furnace ledgers from 1850-1853, Peter Jones worked as a woodcutter, cutting thirty-four cords at a rate of twenty-seven cents per cord[2]. In the 1860 Census of Union Township, Peter (55) and Anna (25) Jones lived with Ellen Devis (5). Peter Jones was a day laborer[3].

In the 1870 Census of Union Township, Davis (34), Catharine (35), Angeline (8), Susan (2), and Sarah (1) Jones lived together[4]. Davis Jones was a laborer and Catharine was keeping house[5]. They were all listed as being born in Pennsylvania[6].

References

  • United States Census, 1860, database with images, FamilySearch [25] : 24 March 2017, Pennsylvania > Berks > Union Township > image 9 of 53; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  • United States Census, 1870, database with images, FamilySearch [26]1 : 15 June 2019, Pennsylvania > Berks > Union > image 52 of 56; citing NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  • Walker, Joseph E. 1969. A Comparison of Negro and White Labor in a Charcoal Iron Community. Labor History 10, no.3 (June): 487-497.
  1. United States Census, 1850
  2. Walker 1969, 494
  3. United States Census, 1860
  4. United States Census, 1870
  5. United States Census, 1870
  6. United States Census, 1870