Hello Bob, Of the 14 Johnson's in Upper Mt. Bethel 1870 (indexed in HQ), only one came close in age, Frederick. Perhaps Valentine went by a middle name, Sarah and Sally are known to be interchangeable, and the children George would be about 25, and Richard about 18+. Son Samuel appears to be a farm hand living with another family. Just a guess.. Did find a Valentine Johnson, 58, born Germany, however. Wife Cath (Ger) and first two children were born Germ as well Here's the information on Frederick just in case it fits.. JOHNSON, FREDRICK (1870 U.S. Census) PENNSYLVANIA , NORTHAMPTON, UPPER MT BETHEL Age: 59, Male, Race: WHITE, Born: PA Series: M593 Roll: 1383 Page: 441 All born PA Frederick 59 Farmer 2000/500 Sarah 52 Keeping house Richard 18 living next to Geo 25 Farmer 0/600 Susanna 20 Keeping house James 2 Here are the JOHNSON indexed in HQ. JOHNSON CHARLES 9 M W PA PA NORTHAMPTON UPPER MT BETHEL 1870 JOHNSON FREDRICK 59 M W PA PA NORTHAMPTON UPPER MT BETHEL 1870 JOHNSON GEO 25 M W PA PA NORTHAMPTON UPPER MT BETHEL 1870 JOHNSON GEORGE 50 M W IREL PA NORTHAMPTON UPPER MT BETHEL 1870 JOHNSON GILBERT 42 M W PA PA NORTHAMPTON UPPER MT BETHEL 1870 JOHNSON JACOB 47 M W PA PA NORTHAMPTON UPPER MT BETHEL 1870 JOHNSON JESSE 41 M W PA PA NORTHAMPTON UPPER MT BETHEL 1870 JOHNSON JOHN 45 M W PA PA NORTHAMPTON UPPER MT BETHEL 1870 JOHNSON LEVINA 3 F W PA PA NORTHAMPTON UPPER MT BETHEL 1870 JOHNSON MARGRET 70 F W PA PA NORTHAMPTON UPPER MT BETHEL 1870 JOHNSON PHILIP 47 M W PA PA NORTHAMPTON UPPER MT BETHEL 1870 JOHNSON SAML 15 M W PA PA NORTHAMPTON UPPER MT BETHEL 1870 JOHNSON URBANUS 30 M W PA PA NORTHAMPTON UPPER MT BETHEL 1870 JOHNSON WILSON 38 M W PA PA NORTHAMPTON UPPER MT BETHEL 1870 In a message dated 6/30/2005 12:45:19 PM Eastern Daylight Time, theyng1@yahoo.com writes: Would SKS please lookup: Valentine Johnson born ABT 1803 Sarah Johnson born ABT 1812 Probably in the Mt. Bethel area (same as in 1860 and 1880) Thank you. Bob