"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8R4-W9N : 17 October 2014), Sommerset Gordon, South Carolina, United States; citing p. 17, family 87, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,985.
Somersett Gordon household, 1870 U.S. Federal Population Census, Charleston (Ward 2), Charleston County, South Carolina, Dwelling 70, Family 87, p. 17 (written), p. 61 (stamped).
Gordon, Sommerset, 70, M, B, carpenter, no real estate, b. S. Carolina, cannot read, cannot write, citizen.
--------, Phoebe, 54, F, B, b.S. Carolina, cannot read, cannot write
--------, Isaac, 12, M, B, at school, b. S. Carolina, attended school, cannot write
--------, Henry, 17, M, B, cripple, b. S. Carolina
--------, Somersett, 21, M, B, carpenter, b. S. Carolina, cannot write, citizen
--------, Patsey, 15, F,B, b. S. Carolina, cannot read, cannot write, blind
--------, Hannah, 10, F, B, at school, b. S. Carolina, cannot read, cannot write
--------, Smart, 35, M, B, carpenter, b. S. Carolina, cannot read, cannot write, citizen
--------, Susan, 34, F, B, washer, b. S. Carolina, cannot read, cannot write
--------, Bina, 9, F, B, b. S. Carolina
