ASHTABULA COUNTY OHIO - 1820 Census Index Preface
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       BEFORE USING THIS INDEX:

The United States census of 1820 is the first extant for the state of
Ohio.  It enumerated heads of families for 59 counties.  This index of
Ashtabula County Census enumerates the heads of families of a population
of 7,382.  It has errors resulting from numerous causes.  Early census
takers were not schooled in genealogy, nor often in spelling, their ink
was indifferent, their pens dull or sometimes too sharp.  Their script
has been difficult to decipher.

In this index, are the names found on the census film spelled just as
they appear, or as nearly so as the census taker's intention could be
discerned.

Column 1 lists the heads of families, column 2  lists the townships in
which he and his family resided, column 3  lists the page number on
which the census record appears.  An A on a page number indicates it to
be the page following the machine numbered page, i.e., pg. 15A indicates
the census page following the one machine-numbered 15.  NOTE:  Page 3A
does not appear on the 1820 Ashtabula County Census film, however,
thanks to the efforts of former president, Judy Magons, a copy of the
original page was obtained from the National Archives and its contents
are listed in this index.

Township abbreviations are the first three letters of the civil township
names.  Page number and township are both necessary to locate the entry;
it also helps locate a family in later, unindexed censuses.  Cross
references have been included in some instances; for names difficult to
read, where it was felt your imagination could not supply a clue by
which you would recognize your ancestor in the different names found on
the census page.

An asterisk (*) following name, denotes uncertainty of a name.

                       TOWNSHIP ABBREVIATIONS

      Sal - Salem (Conneaut)                    Leb - Lebanon (New Lyme)
      Kin - Kingsville                          Way - Wayne
      Ash - Ashtabula                           And - Andover
      Gen - Geneva                              Len - Lenox
      Har - Harpersfield                        Den - Denmark
      Aus - Austinburg                          Pie - Pierpont
      Jef - Jefferson                           Mon - Monroe
      Mor - Morgan                              Wri - Wrightsburg
      (Saybrook)
      Ric - Richfield (Rome)                    She - Sheffield
      Win - Windsor

This index to the 1820 Ashtabula County, Ohio Census was compiled by:
Mildred Thompson Scott, President, ACGS, Inc., 1979.