09 October 2012

Whiting census of 1790

While browsing through Ancestry.com, I stumbled upon Addison County's portion of the first census of the United States of America. Vermont had not yet been admitted to statehood at the time the Census of 1790 was compiled. The Whiting portion of that document is shown below.

According to the enumerator, there were 46 families and 249 individuals (I see only 247) residing in the town at that time. The census listing shows the name of each head of household. Figures in the columns represent the number of free white males over 16 residing in each household, the number of younger free white males residing there, the number of free white females, the number of other free persons, the number of slaves. The final column was not used anywhere in Vermont, as slavery was outlawed in the initial constitution of the independent Vermont republic in 1777.



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