United States Census 1790

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Content
1790 Census was taken between 2 August 1790 and 1 May 1791. The following information was recorded by the census taker:                       Free white males 16+                        Free white males under 16                        Free white females                        Other—Indian, slave

Value
The 1790 census can be used to:1

Identify locality                       Distinguish target family from others of same name                        Identify neighbors                        Identify slaveholders                        Identify name variations

1790-1840 searching tips: http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/census/1790-1840.html

Unique Features and Problems

 * 1) First time a nation wide count was taken (population was 3,929,214)
 * 2) No printed form or paper provided
 * 3) The jurisdiction of the 13 original covered actually the area of 17 states.
 * 4) Age brackets very limited, especially for the females.
 * 5) Since the census went until 1792, some children may have been counted that were not actually born by August 1790
 * 6) Only number of slaves accounted for, not ages.
 * 7) Indians that were not taxed were not included.

Territories
(May have some type of substitute list or an area covering a county)


 * Northwest Territory
 * Southwest Territory

Web Sites
1790-1849: http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/census/1790-1840.html

Bibliographic Citations
1. Szucs, Loretto Dennis and Sandra Hargreaves Luebking. ''The Source: A Guide book to American Genealogy. ''3rd ed. (Provo, UT: Ancestry, 2006.)