1820 Federal Census, Dickson County, Tennessee - Census Compilation of numbers The USGenWeb Archives provide genealogical and historical data to the general public without fee or charge of any kind. It is intended that this material not be used in a commercial manner. All submissions become part of the permanent collection. Abstracted by Lesa Kirksey, May 2000 from public records. Edited and formatted by Maggie Stewart, July 2000. Submitted by Lesa Kirksey May 9, 2000. The transcription has not been proofread but it being proofread by Barry Archer (barcher@academicplanet.com) Both above notices must remain when copied or downloaded. seer2757@midwest.net This work follows all guidelines of the USGW Census Project. ____________________________________________________________________________ This is the 1820 federal census for Dickson County, Tennessee ************************************************************************ Thanks to S-K Publications for providing the census CD from which this transcription was made. Images of the complete original, handwritten census of this county are available on CD from S-K Publications, PO Box 8173, Wichita KS 67208 (www.skpub.com/genie/census.html). ************************************************************************ CENSUS IMAGES for COUNTY, STATE YEAR are available at: URL - http://www.usgwarchives.net/tn/dickson/census/1820/ ************************************************************************ 1820 Dickson County,TN Census Compilation of numbers Page 19 White Free Males of 10 & under 782 Between 10 & 16 315 Between 16 & 18 78 Between 16 & 26 332 Between 25 & 45 348 of 45 & upwards 199 1976 White Free females of 10 & under 761 Between 10 & 16 282 Between 16 & 26 329 Between 25 & 45 339 of 45 & upwards 168 1879 Black Males of 14 & under 313 Between 14 & 26 150 Between 26 & 45 154 45 & upwards 50 667 Black Females of 14 & under 338 Between 14 & 26 156 Between 26 & 45 102 45 & upwards 42 638 Free Coloured people Males of 14 & under 4 Between 14 & 26 4 Between 26 & 45 1 Forty five & over 1 10 female of 16 & under 6 Between 14 & 26 1 Between 26 & 45 5 of 45 & upwards 2 14 TOTAL 5184 No of foreigners not naturalized 2 No of persons engaged in agriculture 1164 No of persons engaged in commerce 11 No of persons engaged in manufacturing 93 The foregoing is a true amt of unumerations taken by me of the Census of Dickson County for the year 1820 R. Batson asst to the marshall of W. Tenn