U.S., Selected Federal Census Non-Population Schedules, 1850-1880

Validator (claude-sonnet-5-5, 2026-10-28): consistent, confidence 2/4, tier record.
The image is a readable 1850 Schedule 4 (Productions of Agriculture) page for the town of Sandy Creek, Oswego County, NY. Line 20 shows a Bentley with 70 improved and 15 unimproved acres, valued at $2,000. The surname matches, but the first name is ambiguous in the handwriting. The page only shows that a farmer of this name was in the town in 1850, which fits the claimed name without proving it.
Matches: Line 20 of this 1850 agricultural schedule for Sandy Creek, Oswego County, NY, has an owner named Bentley; The first name looks like it could be Elias, but the handwriting is not clear
Limits: The first name is hard to read. It could be Elias or Chas, so the full name is not confirmed; The agricultural schedule gives no ages, birth or death dates, or family relationships, so it cannot identify Elias Bentley (1806–1860) specifically; The schedule records farm acreage, livestock and produce, and says nothing about the person beyond his name and farm; Ancestry's index of the image would need checking to see how the name was transcribed