1805 New Orleans City Demographic Totals Submitted by: Judith Vinson Colleen Fitzpatrick Source: New Orleans in 1805. A Directory and A Census, Together With Resolutions Authorizing Same Now Printed For The First Time From The Original Manuscript. Facsimile. With an Introduction by Charles L. Thompson. Ninety-Nine Copies Published by The Pelican Gallery, Inc. New Orleans, La. 1936" Updated: May 2003 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** ******************* A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL Sitting held on the 11th May, 1805 A letter of Mr. Mathew Flannery was read, wherein he exposes (sic) that, being informed of the intention of the City Council to cause a general survey of the inhabitants of this City and suburb to be made, he will oblige himself to perform the said work, agreeable to a model of which he forwards a copy, provided the Council agree to pay him a sum of one hundred and fifty dollars. The Council do, hereby, accept the offer of said Mr. Flannery, and resolve that he shall make, for each of the wards of the city and the suburb, separate lists of the number of citizens who reside therein, specifying the number of slaves who belong to them. It is also resolved that an invitation shall be made to the Mayor, in order that he may require of the said Mr. Flannery to devote to the said work all that attention which is necessary to procure an exact and satisfactory result of the same. (Signed) John Watkins; By the President, (Signed) Bourgeois, City Clerk; Approved, (Signed) J. Pitot, Mayor. I certify this a true copy. J. Pitot I accept of the foregoing conditions. Matthew Flannery ************************ "DIRECTORY OF PERSONS LINING IN NEW ORLEANS IN 1805 This is a re-capitulation of all the names of persons living in New Orleans in 1805 as enumerated in the reprint of the Census. Since this Census was taken by Streets, it would be very difficult for research workers to find individual names. In fact the usefulness of the Census would be very greatly impaired without this re-arrangement in alphabetical order. This compilation has been made by Dolley M. Heartman who through her labor will probably have earned the gratitude of many workers interested in genealogical and historical research. Whenever a single name only appears in the following directory, this is to designate a free man or woman of color." Habitants Blancs Gens de Coleur Esclaves LA POPULATION Libre TOTAL Noms des Rues A B C D A B C D A B C D T Rue St. Pierre 73 31 53 26 12 7 11 8 39 24 59 25 147 368 Rue d'Orleans 40 18 27 17 17 28 35 23 14 15 40 10 79 284 Rue St. Anne 50 28 36 29 13 14 34 16 8 21 43 19 91 311 Rue de Toulouse 51 26 29 27 5 9 14 6 55 25 55 28 163 330 Rue St. Louis 59 18 30 23 3 20 17 10 59 30 62 35 186 366 Rue de Conti 70 25 41 21 7 19 29 16 44 27 48 37 150 384 Rue Bienville 41 7 16 14 9 23 35 20 19 18 46 28 111 276 Rue de la Douane 44 13 34 11 8 8 15 4 6 6 11 6 29 166 Rue du Maine 36 25 42 25 5 15 16 9 32 22 56 23 133 306 Rue St. Philipe 41 14 45 14 4 28 26 19 15 17 53 20 105 296 Rue des Ursulines 39 19 30 27 9 16 29 9 10 7 23 11 51 229 Rue de la Hopital 23 17 29 22 7 8 25 13 17 10 23 12 62 206 Rue du Quartier 34 22 40 21 6 8 17 8 3 4 11 4 22 178 Place Publique 32 11 14 17 0 1 1 0 9 13 25 8 55 131 Levee 73 27 38 42 0 4 7 2 67 34 92 29 222 415 Rue de Chartres 68 22 40 33 3 4 10 7 40 20 58 36 154 341 Rue de Conde 23 7 13 5 1 2 7 7 14 14 25 10 63 128 Rue Royale 99 62 81 50 7 19 20 12 71 54 123 47 295 645 Rue de Bourbon 80 68 90 78 5 38 39 29 69 54 102 45 270 697 Rue Dauphine 49 32 60 32 28 42 70 35 30 30 69 30 159 507 Rue de Bourgogne 37 37 32 20 36 51 81 34 23 10 34 18 85 412 Chemin derriere la Ville 6 4 6 5 7 4 10 5 11 2 6 2 21 68 Levee Sur le bord du fleuve 16 15 10 16 0 3 2 4 7 5 11 2 25 91 City Total 1084 548 836 575 192 371 550 295 662 462 1075 485 2684 7135 Faubourg St. Marie 177 88 127 116 23 38 55 42 159 60 149 53 421 1087 City & Faubourg 1261 636 963 691 315 409 605 337 821 522 1224 538 3105 8222 Toutes les autres persones libre se trouvent designes Sur le livre des nottes 253 La population totale dans la ville et Faubourg 8475 Habitants Blancs 3551 Gens de Couleur librees 1566 Esclaves 3105 Toutes les autres persons 253 8475 Livre au Conseil de Commune ce 5 Auout 1805 (signature) Matthew Flannery