New Hampshire Colonial Census

Enumerations of colonial residents were made in New Hampshire for various years prior to the federal census. Lists of early residents from 1732 to 1742 that can be used as substitutes for census records are found in the tax records of the towns. A list of male residents in 1776 is:

Holbrook, Jay Mack. New Hampshire 1776 Census. Oxford, Mass.: Holbrook Research Institute, 1976. (FHL book 974.2 X2h 1776.) This book lists the name, town and county of residence, whether they were for or against the Revolutionary War, and the page number from volume 30 of the New Hampshire State Papers.