In the United States, a general census has been taken every tenth year, beginning in 1790. We will be posting the data on the Free Persons of Color (Other Free Persons) from 1790 thru 1860 Censuses.  Every attempt has been made to enter this data as exactly as recorded by the census taker. Even obvious spelling errors are not corrected. For purposes of readability, zeros have been substituted for blanks in numeric columns. There were a few cases where it was difficult to decipher a name. As a result, there may be some mistakes. Most questionable names are flagged with a "?". There was some difficulty distinguishing between "e" and "i", and between "o" and "a ".  If you find a discrepancy between the original document and this data, please email me to make corrections.