1790 United States Census

[Wheeler]

This is the FIRST federal census of the United States. States included in this census were: Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia.

 

Questions Asked:

 

1. Name of head of household

 

2. Address

 

3. Free white males of 16 years and up, including head of family

 

4. Free white males under 16

 

5. Free white females, including head of family

 

6. All other free persons

 

7. Slaves

 

The only name given is for Head of Household. All others enumerated are listed with fencepost tally marks. Much of the 1790 Census was destroyed by the British during the War of 1812, but a few parts remain.

 

[logcabinmama]

DId you forget to put the url???

 

[Wheeler]

Oh Me... I guess I should have explained what I was doing! This was to show you what questions were asked on each of the census forms. There was not a url... I "was" planning to put all of them from 1790 through 1930 when the latest was released but nobody showed any interest so I just quit.. Its a lot easier to look at a census on the computer and have, in your hand, a typed copy of the questions that were asked. Maybe I should have put them all under one heading??? Whatchathink?