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11th District, Washington County, Md.
\nPost Office Harpers Ferry
\nas enumerated by Jno. Matthews
\nHouse Number: 163<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Name<\/th>\nAge<\/th>\nSex<\/th>\nProfession<\/th>\nBirthplace<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
John Best*<\/td>\n43<\/td>\nM<\/td>\nDay Laborer<\/td>\nMaryland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rachel Best*<\/td>\n40<\/td>\nF<\/td>\nKeeping House<\/td>\nMaryland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
John M. Best<\/td>\n19<\/td>\nM<\/td>\n\u00a0Day Laborer<\/td>\nMaryland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Margaret E. Best<\/td>\n15<\/td>\nF<\/td>\n\u00a0At Home<\/td>\nMaryland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jacob Best*<\/td>\n12<\/td>\nM<\/td>\n\u00a0At Home<\/td>\nMaryland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mary J. Best*<\/td>\n10<\/td>\nF<\/td>\n\u00a0At Home<\/td>\nMaryland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
McClellan Best<\/td>\n8<\/td>\nM<\/td>\n\u00a0At Home<\/td>\nMaryland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Amanda C. Best<\/td>\n6<\/td>\nF<\/td>\n\u00a0At Home<\/td>\nMaryland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Asher Best<\/td>\n4<\/td>\nM<\/td>\n\u00a0At Home<\/td>\nMaryland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hesekiah Best<\/td>\n1<\/td>\nM<\/td>\n\u00a0At Home<\/td>\nMaryland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

* John lists the value of his real estate at $200, and notes that he is a male citizen of the U.S. 21 years of age and upwards.
\n* Rachel can neither read nor write.
\n* Jacob and Mary both attended school within the year. Jacob can neither read nor write, and Mary can read but cannot write.<\/p>\n

Neighboring<\/p>\n

#158 James Ridout – Day Laborer
\n#159 Thomas M. Compton – Farmer
\n#160 George Hoffmaster – Farmer
\n#161 Aaron Smith – Farmer
\n#162 Jonas Fincher – Blacksmith
\n—-
\n#164 Solomon Smith – Farming
\n#165 David Smith – Day Laborer
\n#166 James Moore – Day Laborer
\n#167 Sarah Johnson – Keeping House
\n#168 Benjamin F. Judy – Laborer in Coal Mine
\n#169 Josiah J. Haynes – Day Laborer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","tags":[25],"evidence_category":[5952],"whp_locations":[5639],"repositories":[1669],"surnames":[372,1048,1742,2366,2535,2769,2780,3829,4499,5002],"class_list":["post-3119","evidence","type-evidence","status-publish","hentry","tag-census","evidence_category-1870-federal-census","whp_locations-washington","repositories-family-search","surnames-best","surnames-compton","surnames-fincher","surnames-haynes","surnames-hoffmaster","surnames-johnson","surnames-judy","surnames-moore","surnames-ridout","surnames-smith"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/migration.welshofharpersferry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/evidence\/3119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/migration.welshofharpersferry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/evidence"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/migration.welshofharpersferry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/evidence"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/migration.welshofharpersferry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/migration.welshofharpersferry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3119"},{"taxonomy":"evidence_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/migration.welshofharpersferry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fevidence_category&post=3119"},{"taxonomy":"whp_locations","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/migration.welshofharpersferry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fwhp_locations&post=3119"},{"taxonomy":"repositories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/migration.welshofharpersferry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Frepositories&post=3119"},{"taxonomy":"surnames","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/migration.welshofharpersferry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fsurnames&post=3119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}