1790 Census of North Carolina


Book Description

By: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Pub. 1908, reprinted 2024, 294 pages, Index, 8 1/2" x 11", soft cover, ISBN #978-1-63914-175-3. Heads of families at the first census of the U.S. taken in the year 1790. The index lists the names of more than 51,000 household heads, with information concerning their place of residence, the size of their families, and the approximate ages of the male family members. In addition, the schedules are arranged by county and in some cases by minor subdivisions of counties, thus enabling the researcher to narrow his field of research to a particular judicial district. Additional information to be found within: Number of free white males of sixteen years and upward; number of free white males under sixteen years; number of free white females; number of all other free persons; number of slaves.







Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790


Book Description

No other official record or group of records is as historically significant as the 1790 census of the United States. The taking of this census marked the inauguration of a process that continues right up to our own day--the enumeration at ten-year intervals of the entire American population. In its very continuity the census is a mirror image of the evolution of the American republic, and the census of 1790, the first official enumeration of all heads of household residing in the infant republic, is the true starting point of this process, the place where we can point a finger and say with confidence, "This is where it started! From here on we deal with facts!"