Counties (click on the name of a county to see information specific to that location) | |
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The image above shows the population of the territory in 1820 as a heat map. The deeper red areas show the highest concentration of population. The deeper blue areas show the least concentration of population. |
Background (general information on the area to put it in the context of history)
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The 1820 population census, authorized under an 1819 act, was compiled in each county by census commissioners appointed by the county commissioners courts and filed with the Secretary of State (L. 1819, p. 197). Each county return includes name of county and for each household name of head of household, numbers of free white males twenty-one years of age and older, other white inhabitants, slaves and servants, and free Negroes and mulattoes. Each return also includes signature of census commissioner certifying census, date certified, and recapitulations of totals.
Returns are included for the following counties: Alexander, Bond, Clark, Crawford, Franklin, Gallatin, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Madison, Monroe, Pope, Randolph, St. Clair, Union, Washington, Wayne, and White. A summary account which lists no individual names also is included for Edwards County.
Census (click on a year below to view information on the population of the area)
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Population in 1820 |
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County | Free white males 21 & upwards | All other white inhabitants | Free persons of color | Servants or slaves | Total |
Alexander | 180 | 589 | 0 | 4 | 773 |
Bond | 641 | 2241 | 22 | 27 | 2931 |
Clark | 207 | 724 | 0 | 1 | 932 |
Crawford | 792 | 2344 | 71 | 24 | 3171 |
Edwards | 775 | 2570 | 17 | 6 | 3368 |
Franklin | 314 | 1376 | 63 | 7 | 1760 |
Gallatin | 784 | 2335 | 98 | 239 | 3456 |
Jackson | 3631 | 1170 | 1 | 38 | 1572 |
Jefferson | 176 | 603 | 0 | 1 | 780 |
Johnson | 177 | 682 | 1 | 13 | 873 |
Madison | 2064 | 6317 | 45 | 96 | 8522 |
Monroe | 393 | 1111 | 10 | 34 | 1548 |
Pope | 635 | 2083 | 16 | 21 | 2755 |
Randolph | 776 | 2415 | Blacks 342 | 3533 | |
St. Clair | 1261 | 3880 | 108 | 80 | 5329 |
Union | 474 | 1888 | 0 | 22 | 2384 |
Washington | 336 | 1178 | Blacks 33 | 1547 | |
Wayne | 254 | 888 | 2 | 3 | 1147 |
White | 1005 | 3706 | 15 | 52 | 4778 |
TOTAL | 11547 | 38100 | 469 | 668 | 51159 |
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Bibliography (click on the title of the following works to learn more about life in the area; for those items not available online, check with your local library for availability)
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