1820 Federal Census
of
Tyrrell County, North Carolina

Introduction and Instructions

The following schedule is the whole number of persons within the division, Tyrrell County, allotted to Samuel Leigh, assistant to Beverly Daniel, Marshall for the District of North Carolina. Every attempt was made to enter the data here exactly as recorded by the census taker. Even obvious spelling errors were not corrected. Overall the handwritting was excellent, however there were cases where it was difficult to distinguish between "e" and "i" and between "a" and "o" . You should liberally interpret abbreviated given names; for example, Jas vs Jos.

Each entry in the census was spread across two pages. Only the left hand page number is provided here. In order to make this census easier to read, blank entry fields were replaced with zeros, and the entries were arranged into four parts (tables), all on the same page. The parts contain the following census data:

  • Part A - White Males and Females
  • Part B - Slave Males and Females
  • Part C - Free Colored Males and Females
  • Part D - Miscellenous: Others/Foreigners/Occupations

    The name of the head of the family has been included with each part for ease of use.

    The index has been set up so you can click on the part you wish to view. In the index below, for example,


    • Barnes, JohnWhitesMisc
    Basnight, JosephWhitesSlavesMisc
    Brown, WilliamWhitesFreeMisc
    Bateman, JohmWhitesSlavesFreeMisc

    you could view the Part C schedule of free colored persons in the household of John Bateman by merely clicking on "Free" beside Bateman, John. This will automatically take you to the appropriate page, table and line in that table. To then view the number of whites in the household of John Bateman you would return to the index and then click on "Whites" beside Bateman, John. Alternatively, you could scroll up to the Part A table containing whites since all four parts are on the same page.

    Part A (Whites) contains the following information for males and females:

  • Names of Heads of Families
  • Number of Individuals under ten years of age
  • Number of Individuals of ten & under sixteen
  • Number of Individuals between 16 and 18 (Males Only)
  • Number of Individuals of sixteen & under twenty six, including Heads of Families
  • Number of Individuals of twenty six & under forty five, including Heads of Families
  • Number of Individuals of forty five & upwards, including Heads of Families


    Part B (Free Colored) and Part C (Slaves) contain the following information for males and females:

  • Names of Heads of Families
  • Number of Individuals under fourteen years of age
  • Number of Individuals of fourteen & under twenty six
  • Number of Individuals of twenty six & under forty five
  • Number of Individuals of forty five & upwards

    Part D (Miscellaneous) contains the following information:

  • All Other Persons, except Indians, not taxed
  • Foreigners not naturalized
  • Persons engaged in Agriculture, Commerce and Manufactoring

    • The summation of the totals provided on microfilm page 432, is provided on a separate page in this transcription. This page can be referenced by going to page "Totals".

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    A - B C - F G - L M - R S T - Z

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    414 416 418 420 422 Totals
    424 426 428 430 432