American Population Before the Federal Census of 1790This is an exhaustive survey of the population lists, estimates, and statistics that were produced in the American colonies before the first federal census of 1790. The population lists, which are of paramount importance to the genealogist, include poll lists, tax lists, taxables, militia lists, and censuses, and were originally drawn up for purposes of taxation and local defense. Gleaned from archives in Britain and the U.S. and from a wide range of published sources, their itemization in this work puts colonial population records in a handy framework for research, much like Ann Lainhart's work on post-colonial population records below. Coverage, by the way, isn't confined merely to the original thirteen colonies, but includes population lists from territories such as the Illinois Country, Kentucky and Tennessee, and the northern and southern Indian Departments. |
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American Population Before the Federal Census of 1790 Evarts Boutell Greene,Virginia Draper Harrington No preview available - 1932 |
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1782 Tithables 1st Series 2d Series 60 families able to bear according to census Acct Albany Bancroft bear arms Boston Burnaby Cahokia Carolina census CENSUS OF 1790 Chalmers Coll Church Conn CSPC Cumberland CVSP Desc Dexter quotes Directory for 1786 Dutchess Earl of Egmont Essex estimated figures free white males freemen George's Parish Harpswell Heads of Families Historical Society History houses HSPT Ibid Indians Inhabs Journal of Earl Kaskaskia Kings Letter LISTS OF TAXABLES male polls Males Females Mary Coll Mass MHSC Middlesex militia N.C. CR N.E. Hist N.H. Prov N.J. Archs Negroes Nicholson to BT Northampton NYCD NYDH NYPL Oldmixon Papers Parish Plymouth Pownall Proc ratable polls Rept Richmond River souls Suffolk Thirteen Colonies tithables total inhabitants total population U.S. Bureau vols warriors Warville white inhabitants Whites Blacks WHITES COUNTIES Windsor York