Every effort has been made to transcribe this census as written. One area that was
especially hard to decipher was the difference in the letters "a" and "o"
where they were used in abbreviated given names. This left no clue as to
which letter was intended in some cases. For example, "Jas" looked very much
like "Jos" in some cases. The bottom line is that you should liberally
interpret these abbreviated given names. Abbreviated names and initials often
had no period after them. I have interpreted nothing here and only show periods
after abbreviations and initials where they existed.
No attempt has been made to verify or correct totals or other numbers in this
transcription. They are shown as written in the census except where corrections
were made later by the census taker or auditor. Corrected numbers are used in
these cases. These corrections were made in the row and column totals only,
subsequently making other columns inconsistent with the totals. In addition,
the census taker sometimes overwrote numbers with a zero where an entry error
was made. I have included these zeros in the transcription.
This census lists heads of household, the number of white members of the
household by sex and age category (including the head of household), the
number of free colored persons by sex and age category, the number of
slaves by sex and age category, the total number of members of the household,
the number in each household engaged in various occupations and the number
of persons in each household over 20 years of age who can't read and
write.
The census has been arranged in separate files for each page. The pages are arranged
in two parts, each with a separate table exactly the way they appear in the census.
There is also an index to the heads of household for the entire census that is
arranged alphabetically so you won't have to scan through each page looking for
surnames of interest. Each head of household in the index is linked to their
respective census page and line for Part A of that page. Merely click on the person in the
index and you will go to that person in the census. When you are done looking at
that page click on your browser's BACK button to return to the index right where you
left it. If you want to go to another page or a different area of the index, full
navigational capability is located at the bottom of each page.
The data on each page of the census is arranged in columns that are self-explanatory.
For those that are unfamiliar with mathematical notation, the symbol "<" means less than or under a certain age. Conversely, the symbol ">" means greater than
or over a certain age. Some columns in the census were seldom or never used. These
columns have been omittted. In the rare case where there was an entry in any of these
columns, the data is footnoted at the bottom of the table.