Hi Marge I can't find your Mott family there in 1860- There is a Mott family on the 1860 census: <!--StartFragment-->1 260 271 Mott John 39 M farmer 100 150 Wilkshire,England 2 260 271 Mott Catharine 30 F Wilkshire,England 3 260 271 Mott Lemuel R C 2 M NY 4 260 271 Mott Joseph 1 M But I do not find anything for Polly Mott or her children. Where did you find the info? Linda Web-Page Editor for Bethany BETHANY: Its Past and Present ~ Bethany Town Page http://www.arkwebshost.com/family/bluebird/TownOfBethany.shtml ----- Original Message ----- From: Marge Pacheco To: NYGENESE-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 11:45 AM Subject: [NYGENESE] Early State Census for Bethany and Genesee Co. poor house after 1853 Hello, Joan from the Western NY list let me know about this one. So I'm reposting here. I'm so happy to find this list and hope someone out there may have the STATE census for Bethany and the county home/poorhouse information. I would appreciate any information or suggestions on NEW places to look. I think I have found all I can without further help. Regards, Marge Pacheco --------------------------------------- Searching for ------ MOTT 1860 census - MOTT, Polly, age 53 and Clarissa, age 10. - My ggg grandmother, Polly Mott was in the Genesee County Poor House on Bethany Rd. in Bethany with 2 of her girls. When I first read the notation that they were paupers, it kind of took me by surprise. I don't know when or why she died. I tried to get her death record but there are only a few remaining and none for her. When they closed the home they leased the cemetery land out to the farmers. Earlier this year an old farmer told, Town Historian Helen Milroy, about the horses sinking into the graves. I could just picture bones flying for both the living and dead. She said, it's a county park now and evergreen trees are planted over the graves. When I think of this it's a little funny about the horses but so sad that because you are poor they didn't think to move the graves or at least keep all of the death records. I can only hope that my ggg grandmother has a lovely strong Christmas tree above her remains. Probably the only pretty thing she ever could call hers except her children. Which brings up another question: Why didn't her older children take her and the girls in? I can only assume they were too poor to add 3 more to their household. 1880 census, her daughter Clarissa has been married to Frank Benson since about 1860 and lives in Attica. I couldn't find anyone in the 1870 except another daughter Helen MOTT still in Bethany. ===== __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com ==== NYGENESE Mailing List ==== Genesee GenWeb has many Resources Check it out!! http://www.rootsweb.com/~nygenese