Enumerators of the 1800 census were asked to include the following categories in the census: name of head of household, number of free white males and females in age categories: 0 to 10, 10 to 16, 16 to 26, 26 to 45, 45 and older; number of other free persons except Indians not taxed; number of slaves; and town or district and county of residence. Most entries are arranged in the order of visitation, but some have been rearranged to appear in alphabetical order by initial letter of the surname.

Additional Information

The United States was the first country to call for a regularly held census. The Constitution required that a census of all "Persons...excluding Indians not taxed" be performed to determine the collection of taxes and the appropriation of seats in the House of Representatives. The first nine censuses from 1790-1870 were organized under the United States Federal Court system. Each district was assigned a U.S. marshal who hired other marshals to administer the census. Governors were responsible for enumeration in territories.

The official enumeration day of the 1800 census was 4 August 1800. All questions asked were supposed to refer to that date. The enumeration was to be completed within nine months. Schedules survive for 13 states. Lost schedules include those for Georgia, Indiana Territory, Kentucky, Mississippi Territory, New Jersey, Northwest Territory, Virginia, Tennessee, and Alexandria County, District of Columbia. Some of the schedules for these states have been re-created using tax lists and other records.

Taken from Chapter 5: Research in Census Records, The Source: A Guidebook of American Genealogy by Loretto Dennis Szucs; edited by Loretto Dennis Szucs and Sandra Hargreaves Luebking (Salt Lake City, UT: Ancestry Incorporated, 1997).


Acestry.com databases including Connecticut,  Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Delaware, New Hampshire, South Carolina, District of Columbia, New York, Vermont, Maine, North Carolina, Maryland, Pennsylvania

The following rolls of film have not yet been linked to federal census images by Ancestry.com, and thus can not be searched in this linked index, M32: 4, 20-22, 50-52.

??  Piety, Thomas, Breckenridge Co, KY, Unknown Township

?? Paatt, Willian II, Bristol Co, Mass.,  Roll:M32_19, Easton Township

Piatt, Joe, Wayne Co, MI, Detroit and Area Townships

?? Puit, Joseph, Burke Co, NC,  Roll:M32_29, Unknown Township
?? Pait, William, Jones Co, NC,  Roll:M32_31, Unknown Township
Piatt, Lebulon, Perquimans Co, NC,  Roll:M32_34, Unknown Township

Piatt, Jacob, Butler Co, OH 1807, Misc Townships
Piatt, Daniel, Hamilton Co, OH 1808, Misc Townships
Piatt, Daniel, Hamilton Co, OH 1806, Unknown Township
Piatt, Jaocb, Hamilton Co, OH 1806, Unknown Township
Piatt, Robert, Hamilton Co, Ohio 1806, Unknown Township
Pyeatt, Peter, Northwest Territories, OH, 1801, Unknown Township
Pyeatt, Robert,  Northwest Territories, OH 1801, Unknown Township
Piatt, James, Washington Co, OH, Ewton Township
 

Pyott, James, Delaware Co, PA, Roll: M32_38, Unknown Township
Piatt, Isaiah, Northampton Co, PA, Roll:M32_37, Unknown Township

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