| Beginning in 1790, the United States of
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| | with a "dill," the citizen may have said,
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| America became the first country in the
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| | "oh, you could spell it either way."The
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| world to call for regularly held
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| | first nine censuses (1790-1870) were
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| censuses. However, the Constitution
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| | conducted by assistant federal marshals
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| didn't treat everyone as equal. "Free
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| | of the U.S. Federal Court system. One
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| persons" excluded American Indians living
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| | U.S. marshal was assigned to each federal
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| on treaty land and who were exempt from
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| | court district, and he was tasked with
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| paying taxes (or voting). However, any
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| | hiring and assigning the assistant
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| male Indian who had joined the voting and
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| | marshals to take the census in his
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| taxpaying (read: white) population became
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| | district. In each territory, the
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| considered a "free person" and had the
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| | territorial governor was responsible for
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| right to vote. "All other persons" meant
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| | the census enumeration. Unfortunately,
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| slaves, who were counted as 3/5 of a
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| | state boundaries didn't always line up
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| person for determining representation in
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| | with court boundaries, a potential
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| Congress. The 3/5 rule was to compensate
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| | additional cause of confusion for
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| for the large slave populations of
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| | genealogy research. Congress didn't get
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| southern states such as Virginia and
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| | around to creating an actual "census
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| South Carolina, where slaves represented
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| | office" until right before the 1850
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| 39 and 43 percent of the populations,
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| | census.The 1790 census law required the
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| respectively. For comparison,
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| | U.S. marshals to deposit the original
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| Connecticut and New Jersey had slave
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| | returns from their assistants with the
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| populations of 1.1 and 6.2 percent,
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| | clerks of the U.S. District Courts. These
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| respectively.In Article I, Section 2, the
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| | name lists remained in the clerks'
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| Constitution of the United States
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| | offices, while the marshals' summaries
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| says:Representatives and direct taxes
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| | from the various districts were sent to
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| shall be apportioned among the several
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| | the office of the U.S. president. The
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| states which may be included within this
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| | law required that the president receive
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| Union according to their respective
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| | "the aggregate amount of each description
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| numbers, which shall be determined by
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| | of persons within their respective
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| adding to the whole number of free
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| | district." The marshals were to "file
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| persons, including those bound to service
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| | the original returns of their assistants
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| for a term of years, and excluding
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| | with the clerks of their respective
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| Indians not taxed, three-fifths of all
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| | district courts, who are hereby directed
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| other persons. The actual enumeration
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| | to receive and carefully preserve the
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| shall be made within three years after
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| | same."This requirement was repeated in
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| the first meeting of the Congress of the
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| | the census laws for 1800, 1810, and 1820.
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| United States, and within every
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| | The president was to receive not the
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| subsequent ten years, in such manner as
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| | name lists, but summaries of the census
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| they shall by law direct.You'll notice
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| | tallies. This fact contradicts what
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| that the constitution states simply that
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| | several well-known publications use as
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| a census be taken every 10 years, and
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| | the reason for many early census losses.
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| leaves the details up to Congress.
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| | For example, several genealogical
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| Therefore, for every census, Congress
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| | reference books indicate that when the
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| passes a special law authorizing the
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| | British burned Washington in 1814, the
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| census to take place and hammering out
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| | earliest census returns were destroyed.
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| the details. Each one is unique, and
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| | This incorrect statement can be found in
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| requests more and different information
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| | the National Archives guides and Family
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| than the last. Ever since the first
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| | History Library guides, for
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| census of 1790, more than just an "actual
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| | example.However, the only census
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| enumeration" or count has been made. The
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| | schedules that could have been in
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| government uses census data for many
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| | Washington, D.C., in 1814 were the 1810
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| purposes, including taxation, number of
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| | schedules for the District of Columbia,
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| Congressional representatives, and
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| | which had its own U.S. District
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| federal block grants.Genealogists need to
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| | Courthouse. Since the 1810 D.C. schedules
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| keep in mind that census data isn't
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| | are lost, they may have been the only
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| always completely correct. During the
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| | censuses destroyed when the British
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| time periods covered by the census data
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| | burned ashington in 1814.Please visit the
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| currently available to family historians
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| | Blog for more articles in this series,
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| (1790 to 1930), a most people didn't
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| | including specific information on which
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| graduate from high school, including the
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| | U.S. Census records are available today
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| census takers who went door to door,
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| | to genealogy researchers, and where to
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| collecting the information. Mistakes and
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| | find them.Beth McIntire has researched
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| misspellings happen among even the most
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| | her family's history as a hobby for more
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| educated.Plus, as difficult as it may be
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| | than 10 years and wants to help you do
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| for us to imagine, some people didn't
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| | the same. She offers genealogy forums at
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| care how their names were spelled. If
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| | and free genealogy research advice at the
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| the person taking the census said is that
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| | Blog.
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| "Stockdale" with a "dale" or "Stockdill"
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