I have found my great-grandfather, Woodson Beavers, living in Danville, Pittsylvania, VA in the 1870 census. He is living with my great-grandmother, Margaret and my grandfather, Edward. My problem is I also found him in Pittsylvania County, in 1870, living with a Mary (wife), Mary (daughter) and Edward (son). I am not sure what to make of this. Can anyone help? Also, where can I look for birth and death records. He was born in approximately 1825. I don't know when he died.

Pittsylvania County, VA - 1870 census sounds like your great great grandfather was counted twice (it does happen)and one enumerator or the other made errors in listing of names. --- Della Beaver <dellabeaver@comcast.net> wrote: > I have found my great-grandfather, Woodson > Beavers, living in Danville, Pittsylvania, VA > in the 1870 census. He is living with my > great-grandmother, Margaret and my grandfather, > Edward. My problem is I also found him in > Pittsylvania County, in 1870, living with a > Mary (wife), Mary (daughter) and Edward (son). > I am not sure what to make of this. Can anyone > help? > > Also, where can I look for birth and death > records. He was born in approximately 1825. I > don't know when he died. > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion > online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com

Hi Della, I thought I would take a look and see if I could help. M593_1671 pg. 408 Danville, Pittsylvania, Va. 1Jul1870 HH# 162 162 BEAVERS, Woodson 45mb sawyer Va. , Margaret 28fm works in tobacco factory Va. , Edward 12mm works in tobacco factory Va. ** M593_1671 pg. 13 Subdivision north of Dan River Chatham Post Office, Pittsylvania, Va. 11Aug1870 HH# 4652 4676 BEAVERS, Woodson 45mm farmer Va. , Mary A. 32fm Va. , Mary 14fm Va. , Edward 12mm Va. ** I have this kind of thing with my ggGrandmother being counted twice; once at her sister's house as a boarder in July and then at her parents house as Daughter taken in Aug.....maybe they were at work and then they were also counted at home??? Another Woodson Beavers age 45 is listed in the same area. M593_1671 pg. 205 HH# 2505 2517 As I started to write it down I noticed their next door neighbor was KEEN same as the Census taken above at Household # 4676 so I went back and looked and it looks as tho this is the same Woodson BEAVERS as above; the same neighbors listed exactly as Holland, Wilson, Cabell, Motley, Motley Keen, Keen, Beavers, Street, Keen, Davis in the same order. ** I then entered mb BEAVERS born in Virginia and got back: Cater 27yrs. Chatham P. O. Pittsylvania, Va. Collen 18 Gold P. O., Pitts., Va. F. 39 Red River Twp., White Co., Va. James 72 Chatham P. O., Pitts., Va. James 72 Chatham P. O., Pitts., Va. Manuel 47 Talladega P. O., Talladega Co., Alabama Nelson 50 Harpersville P. O., Shelby Co., Ala. Thomas 32 Pelham Twp., Caswell Co., N. C. Woodson 45 Danville, Pitts., Va. *Funny only lists one Woodson in Danville Twp., when entered this way* Curious about James BEAVERS as he is listed on pg. 14 M593_1671 pg. 14 Chatham Post Office, Sub. of Dan River, Pittsylvania, Virginia 14Aug1870 HH# 4667 4691 BEAVERS, James 72mb farming Va. ATKINS, Mara 60fb keeping house Va. WARD, Mary 30fb Va. FIELDS, Pelina 20fb domestic servant Va. , Maria A. 1fb Va. BAILEY, Walter 35mb farm laborer Va. BEAVER, Frances 68fb Va. ** Looked at the other James BEAVERS age 72 on pg. 204 enumerated 21Jul1870 and the same has happened; it lists all the same people in the same order at pg. 14 above although enumerated by another person. Does anyone have access to ancestry Census and look Woodson Beavers up for Della? I have Heritage Quest. ** Hope this helps some, Marie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Della Beaver" <dellabeaver@comcast.net> To: <VAROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 12, 2003 4:09 AM Subject: [VAROOTS] Beavers > I have found my great-grandfather, Woodson Beavers, living in Danville, Pittsylvania, VA in the 1870 census. He is living with my great-grandmother, Margaret and my grandfather, Edward. My problem is I also found him in Pittsylvania County, in 1870, living with a Mary (wife), Mary (daughter) and Edward (son). I am not sure what to make of this. Can anyone help? > > Also, where can I look for birth and death records. He was born in approximately 1825. I don't know when he died. > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >