I was looking at the 1870 Census for Washington County. The last column header says "Male citizens of US of 21 years of age and upwards where right to vote is denied or abridged on other grounds than rebellion or crime." I have noticed that several of my ancestors have this column checked on the census. Does this mean they were US citizens and they were denied because of something they did, or were they in the process of becoming citizens and their right to vote was withheld until they were citizens? I really do not know how to interpret this column, without reading more into it than there is. Maybe someone out there has more experience with the census records than I do, that can explain it properly to me. Thanks for your time, Joy Marty Adrian [email protected] www.martyfamily.com