1870 Census Sumpter Township, Cumberland County, Illinois
Majority Point Post Office
(Transcribed and Contributed by James Winnett)
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| Dwelling | Family | Name | Age Last Birthday | Sex | Color | Occupation | Value of Real Estate | Value of Personal Estate | Birth Place | Father Foreign Born | Mother Foreign Born | Born Within Year | Married Within Year | Attended School Within Year | Can not Read | Can not Write | Deaf Dumb Blind Insane |
| 251 | Wisely | Philander | 29 | M | W | Works on Farm | 200 | Ohio | X | X | |||||||
| Eunes J. | 24 | F | W | Keeping House | Illinois | ||||||||||||
| Levona | 04 | F | W | Illinois | |||||||||||||
| 252 | Jenkins | Irvin | 25 | M | W | Works on Farm | 200 | Ohio | |||||||||
| Sarah | 20 | F | W | Keeping House | Ohio | ||||||||||||
| Eliza | 12 | F | W | Ohio | X | ||||||||||||
| 253 | Rack | William | 42 | M | W | Farmer | 100 | Kentucky | X | X | |||||||
| Caroline | 37 | F | W | Keeping House | Illinois | X | X | ||||||||||
| Huldy A. | 16 | F | W | Missouri | X | ||||||||||||
| John D. | 13 | M | W | Missouri | X | ||||||||||||
| Louisa J. | 10 | F | W | Missouri | X | X | |||||||||||
| Filene | 07 | F | W | Missouri | |||||||||||||
| Martha E. | 04 | F | W | Illinois | |||||||||||||
| Leoralliice | 02 | F | W | Illinois | |||||||||||||
| 254 | Elder | Joseph | 57 | M | W | Farmer | 3000 | 500 | Kentucky | X | |||||||
| Mary | 54 | F | W | Keeping House | Indiana | X | X | ||||||||||
| Elizabeth | 35 | F | W | Indiana | |||||||||||||
| Tilford A. | 20 | M | W | Indiana | |||||||||||||
| Nancy | 16 | F | W | Indiana | |||||||||||||
| Joseph B. | 14 | M | W | Illinois | |||||||||||||
| Huldy | 11 | F | W | Illinois | |||||||||||||
| Isaac | 09 | M | W | Illinois | |||||||||||||
| 255 | Neall | Alfred D. | 30 | M | W | Works on Farm | 225 | 300 | Illiniois | ||||||||
| Eliza J. | 24 | F | W | Keeping House | Indiana | X | X | ||||||||||
| Holly | 01 | F | W | Illinois | |||||||||||||
| 256 | Barry | John W. | 25 | M | W | Farmer | 2500 | 350 | Illinois | ||||||||
| Martha J. | 22 | F | W | Keeping House | Illinois | ||||||||||||
| David M. | 02 | M | W | Illinois | |||||||||||||
| 257 | Richardson | William | 54 | M | W | Farmer | 8000 | 600 | England | X | X | ||||||
| Sarah Ann | 42 | F | W | Keeping House | Virginia | X | |||||||||||
| Edmond | 16 | M | W | Works on Farm | Illinois | X | |||||||||||
| Richard | 01 | M | W | Illinois | X | ||||||||||||
| Eskridge | Joseph | 21 | M | W | Student of Medicine | Illinois | |||||||||||
| Almira | 18 | F | W | Illinois | |||||||||||||
| Geoge W. | 16 | M | W | Illinois | |||||||||||||
| John L. | 13 | M | W | Illinois | |||||||||||||
| Beals | David R. | 09 | M | W | Illinois | ||||||||||||
| Jane | 07 | F | W | Illinois | |||||||||||||
| Ida | 05 | F | W | Illinois | |||||||||||||
| Brown | Levi | 60 | M | W | Miller | 250 | North Carolina | ||||||||||
| 258 | Riddle | John | 42 | M | W | Blacksmith | Indiana | ||||||||||
| Elizabeth | 14 | F | W | Keeping House | Illinois | ||||||||||||
| Harriet | 10 | F | W | Illinois | X | ||||||||||||
| 259 | Richardson | Edmond | 75 | M | W | Farmer | 7000 | 800 | England | X | X | ||||||
| Amelia | 31 | F | W | Keeping House | Ohio | X | X | ||||||||||
| James B. | 36 | M | W | Carpenter | Ohio | ||||||||||||
| David | 05 | M | W | Illinois | |||||||||||||
| Carter | Elizabeth | 83 | F | W | England | X | X | ||||||||||
| Stead | Joseph | 17 | M | W | Works on Farm | Ohio | |||||||||||
| Riddle | Alma | 12 | F | W | Illinois | ||||||||||||
| 260 | True | George M. | 38 | M | W | Works on Farm | 250 | Kentucky | |||||||||
| Eliza Ann | 28 | F | W | Keeping House | Indiana | X | X | ||||||||||
| Ranla T. | 08 | M | W | Illinois | |||||||||||||
| Henry L. | 06 | M | W | Illinois | |||||||||||||
| William H. | 04 | M | W | Illinois | |||||||||||||
| Thomas M. | 3/12s | M | W | Illinois | Mar. | ||||||||||||
| 261 | Barry | John L. | 56 | M | W | Farmer | 24000 | 1000 | Noorth Carolina | X | X | ||||||
| Elizabeth | 53 | F | W | Keeping House | Kentucky | X | |||||||||||
| Spencier | Sarah E. | 14 | F | W | Illinois | ||||||||||||
| Harriet | 14 | F | W | Illinois | |||||||||||||
| 262 | Barry | James H. | 27 | M | W | Farmer | 300 | Illinois | |||||||||
| Elizabeth | 29 | F | W | Keeping House | Ohio | ||||||||||||
| John T. | 02 | M | W | Illinois | |||||||||||||
| Rogil N. | 5/12s | M | W | Illinois | Jan. | ||||||||||||
| 263 | Steads | Amos | 44 | M | W | Saw Milling | 200 | 1600 | England | X | X | ||||||
| Elizabeth | 44 | F | W | Keeping House | England | X | X | ||||||||||
| William G. | 15 | M | W | Works in Mill | Ohio | X | X | ||||||||||
| Amelie E. | 10 | F | W | Illinois | X |