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From: "Ken Nordtvedt" <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] Reading 1820 Census
Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2006 11:55:19 -0600
References: <001501c65b1a$5c6c8150$bec79045@Ken1> <010401c65b34$d68b05a0$1b02a8c0@DC51YP91>


Or maybe families fudging to keep their young sons from potentially being
tagged to join the military? This family was split between patriots and
tories during the revolutionary war.

Fortunately my particular case has no such young male potential ambiguities.
One household is newly wed with no children, the other household has all
boys in the 0 to 10 category. I do think this first family in 1861 did
transplant to Nebraska to keep a son out of the civil war? My speculation,
but an interesting hypothesis to try to track down.

Ken


----- Original Message -----
From: "Sharon Bryant" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, April 08, 2006 11:49 AM
Subject: Re: [DNA] Reading 1820 Census


> Ken,
>
> Be careful when counting males between the ages of 16 and 18. 1820 was the
> first time the US tried to determine how many men of an age to serve in
> the military. It was a result of the War of 1812. It is very possible that
> there would have been "double counting."
>
> "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; ..."
>
> Sharon
>
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