Information: This database details those persons
enumerated in the 1820 United States Federal Census,
the Fourth Census of the United States. The names of
those listed on the population schedule are copied from
the actual images of the 1820 Federal Census, from the
National Archives and Records Administration microfilm,
M33, 142 rolls.
 
(If you do not initially find the name on the page that you are
linked to, try a few pages forward or backward, as sometimes
different pages had the same page number.)
 
The official enumeration day of the 1820 census was
7 August 1820. All questions asked were supposed to
refer to that date.
 
Enumerators of the 1820 census were asked to include
the following categories in the census: name of head of
household, number of free white males and females in age
categories: 0 to 10, 10 to 16, 16 to 26, 26 to 45, 45 and older;
number of other free persons except Indians not taxed; number
of slaves; and town or district and county of residence.
 
Additionally, the 1820 census for the first time asked the number
of free white males 16 to 18; number of persons to be naturalized;
number engaged in agriculture, commercial, or manufacture;
number of "colored" persons (sometimes in age categories);
and number of other persons except Indians.
 
~~William Dollarhide, The Census Book: A Genealogist's
Guide to Federal Census Facts, Schedules and Indexes,
Heritage Quest: Bountiful, UT, 2000.

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