The Ninth United States Census (1870)

Township:  Scott

Date:  August 20, 1870

Page:  646

Lucy Addison was eleven years old on the date the 1870 census was taken, according to  information given the canvasser.  If correct,  she would have been born in 1858 assuming a December 8 birthday as indicated in her 1937 obituary. ( Her obituary placed her birth year as 1861). She was the  2nd oldest of 4 children living with Charles Addison, 64,  and Bettie Addison, 36. Neither adult could read or write, but apparently Lucy and her older brother, Charles, 13 could both read and write. Sister Ida, 3, and brother John, 2, were also listed.  Mary Green, 17,  lived in the home, but it is not clear if she was family or a boarder.  This was five years after slavery ended. The Addisons were farmers who owned their home valued at $600 and had personal property, presumably farm animals, equipment and/or housewares also valued at $600. Due to the age differences in the adults, it is possible that Charles could be either  Bettie's husband or  father-in-law.  Since family relationships were not recorded in 1870, there is no way to be certain.  Scott Township is situated about 10 miles north of Warrenton, Va  and about 15 miles west of Manassas, Va. (In other words, it is near present-day Interstate 66, about 35 miles west of the Washington, DC beltway.)