RICHMOND, VA - CENSUS - 1782 Taxlist, Wardship 1 ----¤¤¤---- Title: Heads of families at the first census of the United States taken in the year 1790. : records of the state enumerations, 1782 to 1785. City of Publication: Washington Publisher: G.P.O. Date: 1908 Page Count: 193 Notes: At head of title: Department of Commerce and Labor, Bureau of the Census, S.N.D. North, director. Includes index. 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. A complete set of the schedules for each state, with a summary for the counties, and in many cases for towns, was filed in the State Department, but unfortunately they are not now complete, the returns for the states of Delaware, Georgia, Kentucky, New Jersey, Tennessee, and Virginia having been destroyed when the British burned the Capitol at Washington during the War of 1812. For several of the states for which schedules are lacking it is probable that the Director of the Census could obtain lists which would present the names of most of the heads of families at the date of the First Census. At the census of 1790 the state of Virginia was returned with a population of 747,160, leading, by more than 300,000, Pennsylvania, the second state of the Union in point of population at the First Census. The loss of Virginia's original schedules for the First and Second censuses is so unfortunate that every endeavor has been made to secure data that would in some measure fill the vacancy. The only records that could be secured were some manuscript lists of state enumerations made in the years 11782, 1783, 1784, and 1785; also the tax lists of Green-brier county from 1783 to 1786. These documents were on file in the State Library and could not be removed there from. Through the courtesy of the State Librarian and the members of the Library Board, an act was passed by the legislature allowing the Census Office to withdraw the lists for the purpose of making copies and publishing the names, in lieu of the Federal census returns. The counties for which the names of the heads of families are returned on the state census lists are 39 in number, and contained in 1790 a population of 370,000; 41 counties with 377,000 population are lacking; this publication covers, therefore, only about one-half of the state. A copy of the enumerator's list for the city of Richmond has been obtained, and the data are presented on page 111. Wardship No. 1, p. 111 Name Age Occupation Time of Residence Lots improved and their numbers Slaves tithable Slaves not tithable Cattle Horses Mares Colts Mules Wheels Billiard tables Misc Bowles, Elijah 31 Wagoner 1;519 1 2 6 1 Bowles, Mary (wife) 22 Bowles,Claiborne (son) Infant Maxxie, Pater 32 Chairmaker 2;517,518 1 2 3 Maxxie, Mary (wife) 26 Maxxie, John 7 Maxxie, Somner Maxxie, Elizabeth Maxxie, Mary 2 Bryan, John 24 Chairmaker McLin, Han 30 1;498,479 1 2 McLin, Peggy 14 McLin, Milley 18 McLin, Lucretia 40 Smith, Edw 35 Labourer 5 free mulattoes Bryan, John 59 Sadler 2;627,628 2 2 1 Bryan, Obidence (wife) Bryan, Simkin 22 Sadler Bryan, Sylla 20 Bryan, Benjamin 14 Bryan, Wilson 11 Murphy, John 22 Chairmaker 1 1 Murphy, Sarah (wife) 18 Wilson, Peter 57 Waggoner 6 months Bryan's stable Wilson, Elisabeth (wife), 35 Wilson, Peter 5 Wilson, Alexander 1 Swinton, James 25 Blacksmith 1; 645 1 1 4 1 waggon Swinton, Elizabeth (wife) 30 Swinton, Elizabeth 8 Swinton, James 5 Swinton, Ann 3 Gunn, John (apprentice) 13 Ann 20 Mourning, Katy 18 Thomas, James 50 Thomas, Mary 15 Thomas, Jefro 11 Thomas, William 9 Thomas, Olive 6 Lots 529 occupied by soldiers and thier Wives among them Peggy Lee a free mulatto. Downer, Joseph 21 Nailer 1; 643 1 Downer, Hester (wife) 21 Mouring, Sarah 16 Pierce, Widow 35 Pierce, Jimmy 6 Salmonds, Jacob 23 Waggoner Graves, Ralph 57 Waggoner 5 months 1; 568 1 1 5 1 waggon Minns, Robin 19 Waggoner 8 2 waggons Dobie, Samuel 52 Chymist 1; 530 1 2 Dobie, Ann (wife) 40 Evans, Ann (neice) 12 Smedly, Robert 30 Rope maker 1; 428 Smedly, Ann (Wife) 23 Smedly, John (Son) 7 Barker, James 27 Tailor 1; 429 1 Barter, Ann (Wife) 23 Barker, Frances (Daughter) 6 Barker, Thomas (Son) 1 Ford, Milton 24 Carpenter 1;472, 1/2 479 7 4 5 1 waggon Morris, Fain 20 Daniel, Henry 19 Journeyman 3 months Eggleston, Mat 18 7 4 5 1 waggon Eggleston, Rich 16 Ferguson, Robt 15 Tate, Lenar 45 Carpenter 1; 458 1 1 Tate, Lucy 46 Tate, Mary (Daughter) 19 Carrie, John 4 Orphan Hawkins, John 30 Carpenter 4 months 6 9 Hawkins, Elizabeth (Wife) 26 Hawkins, Mary (Daughter) 3 Wylly, Alex 32 Shopkeeper 1; 474 2 4 1 2 2 3 goats Wylly, Dorothy (Wife) 27 Wylly, William (Son) 1 Wylly, Polly (Daughter) 2 Wardship No. 1, p. 112 Hoy, Ann 16 Miller, Dabney 32 Planter 2; 461, 462 4 3 1 4 2 1 waggon Miller, Sarah (Wife) 26 Miller, Ann 8 Miller, Mary 6 Miller, John 4 Miller, Beckey 3 Miller, Betsey 1 Miller, Barley 15 Miller, Armis 9 Miller, Nathl 22 Waggoner 9 Johnson, Will 60 Inn Holder 3 months 9 5 2 4 Johnson, Ann (Wife) 46 Johnson, Frances 20 Johnson, Martha 23 Johnson, Sam 15 Johnson, Meriwether 13 Johnson, John 10 Johnson, Susanna 8 Johnson, Mary 5 Clayton, Cath 15 Gordon, Jona 17 Barkeep Booker belonging to Mrs Watson & 5 negroes left by Squire Boon to secure a debt viz:—2 tithables & 3 not tithable Anderson, Henry 24 Mason 1; 537 5 1 Jones, David 33 Taylor 1; 554 1 Jones, Levina (Wife) 18 Jones, John {children Jones, Sarah {children Ambler, J 40 1;592 7 2 Ambler, Rebecca (Wife) 36 Ambler, Elizabeth 17 Ambler, Mary 16 Ambler, Ann 9 Ambler, Lucy 6 Mary Lucas, a free mu- latto, hireling, her son 6 years old & her daughter an infant, 3 cows, 5 horses, 4 weels, & 1 waggon Total, 107 44 35 21 57 1 8 8 waggons. ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. 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