First Census of Kentucky 1790

The First Census of the United States (1790) comprised an enumeration of the inhabitants of the present states of Connecticut Delaware Georgia Kentucky Maine Maryland Massachusetts New Hampshire New Jersey New York North Carolina Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina Tennessee Vermont and Virginia. Unfortunately during the War of 1812 when the British burned the Capitol at Washington the returns for several states were destroyed including those for Virginia of which Kentucky was a part. In 1940 this First Census of Kentucky: 1790 was published being developed from tax lists from the nine counties which comprised the entire State in 1790. Individuals are listed alphabetically and following each name is the county of residence and the date of the return. The cumulative returns for Kentucky are included on page one. Also included at the end of the book are the Land and Tax List of King George County [VA] 1782; Personal Tax List of Fayette County 1788; Personal Tax List No. 2 of Fayette County 1787; Land Tax List of Prince William County [VA] 1784; and the Land Tax List of Charles City County 1787. More than 10000 names listed in this work. Paperback (1940) repr. 2000 2012 Alphabetical viii 118 pp.