Enumerators of the 1810 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. The categories allowed Congress to determine persons residing in the United States for collection of taxes and the appropriation of seats in the House of Representatives. 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. Manufacturing schedules are scattered among the 1810 population schedules. This database is certain to prove useful for those seeking early American ancestors.

Additional Information

The official enumeration day of the 1810 census was 6 August 1810. All questions asked were supposed to refer to that date. The enumeration was to be completed within nine months, but the due date was extended by law to ten months. Schedules exist for 17 states and District of Columbia, Georgia territory, Mississippi territory, Louisiana territory, Orleans, Michigan territory, and Illinois territory. There was, however, a district wide loss for District of Columbia, Georgia, Indiana Territory, Mississippi Territory, Louisiana Territory (MO), New Jersey and Tennessee. Partial losses included Illinois Territory, which had only two counties (Randolph is extant, St. Clair is lost.), and OH, all lost except Washington County. 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).

William Dollarhide, The Census Book: A Genealogist's Guide to Federal Census Facts, Schedules and Indexes, Heritage Quest: Bountiful, UT, 2000.


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?? Pait, John, Madison Co, AL 1811, Unknown Township
?? Pait, Stephen, Madison Co, AL 1811, Unknown Township

Pyatt, Henry, Bond Co, IL 1818, Unknown Township
Pyott, Abraham, Franklin Co, IL 1818, Unknown Township
Piatt, Samuel, Jackson Co, IL 1818, Unknown Township
Piatt, Ebenezer, Jackson Co, IL 1818, Unknown Township
Piatt, B. M., Randolph Co, IL, Unknown Township
Piatt, B. M., Randolph Co, IL, Kaskaskias Township

Piatt, Jacob, Boone Co, KY, Roll:M252_5, Unknown Township

Piatt, Gabriel, Louisiana Territory, Louisiana, Unknown Township
Pyatt, Jacob, Louisiana Township, Louisiana, Unknown Township
Pyatt, John, Louisiana Territory, Louisiana, Unknown Township
Pyeatt, Jacob, Louisiana Territory, Louisianna, Unknown Township
Pyeatt, John, Louisiana Territory, Unknown Township
Piete , Orleans Co, Louisiana,  Roll:M252_10, Unknown Township

Pyett, Joseph, Burke Co, NC,  Roll:M252_39, Unknown Township

Piott, Robert, Essex Co, NJ 1814, Newark Township
Piatt, William, Essex Co, NJ, Westfield Township
Piatt, William, Essex Co, NJ 1811, Westfield Township
Piatt, James, Essex Co, NJ, Westfield Township
Piatt, James, Essex Co, NJ 1811, Westfield Township
Piatt, James, Essex Co, NJ 1812, Westfield Township
Piatt, William, Essex Co, NJ 1812, Westfield Township
Pyatt, Asher, Middlesex Co, NJ, Woodbridge Township
Pyatt, Alfer, Middlesex Co, NJ 1818, Woodbridge Township
Pyatt, Asher, Middlesex Co, NJ 1817, Woodbridge Township
Pyatt, Asher, Middlesex Co, NJ 1819, Woodbridge Township

Peatt, Isaac, Albany Co, NY, Roll:M252_26, Unknown Township
??  Puatt, Daniel, Herkimer Co, NY, Roll:M252_27, Unknown Township
Peatt, Elizabeth, Westchester Co, NY, Roll:M252_37, Unknown Township
Peatt, Henry, Westchester Co, NY, Roll:M252_37, Unknown Township

Piatt, Abrahm, Butler Co, OH, Unknown Township
Piat, Jacob, Hamilton Co, OH, Cincinnatti Township
Piatt, Benjamin M., Hamilton Co, OH, Cincinnati Township
Piatt, Henry, Hamilton Co, OH, Cincinnatti Township
Piatt, John H., Hamilton Co, OH, Cincinnatti Township
Piatt, H. John, Hamilton Co, OH, Cincinnatti Township
Piatt, W. S., Hamilton Co, OH, Cincinnatti Township
Piatt, Jacob, Hamilton Co, OH, Colerain Township
 

Pyatt, John, Allegheny Co, PA,  Roll:M252_44, Mifflin Township
Pyatte, Benjamin, Allegheny Co, PA, Roll:M252_44, Pittsburgh Borough Township
Pyott, James, Delaware Co, PA,  Roll:M252_47, Upper Darby Township
Pyott, James, Delaware Co, PA, Roll:M252_47, Haverford Township
Piatt, John, Esq., Lycoming Co., PA,  Roll:M252_52, Washington Township
?? Poit, Joseph, Northumberland Co, PA,  Roll:M252_53,  E Buffaloe Township
Piatt, John, Northumberland Co, PA, Roll:M252_53, Washington Township
Piatt, William, Northumberland Co, PA, Roll:M252_53, Washington Township
 

 Pyatte, John, Georgetown County, SC,  Roll:M252_62, Unknown Township

Piet, John, Grainger Co, TN, Unknown Township
Piot, John, Grainger Co, TN, Unknown Township

Peate, James, Hampshire Co, VA,  Roll:M252_69, Unknown Township
Peatt, Elizabeth, Hampshire Co, VA, Roll:M252_69, Unknown Township
Peatt, William, Hampshire Co, VA, Roll:M252_69, Unknown Township
Piatte, Francis, Henrico Co, VA, Roll:M252_69, Richmond City Township
Pyott, John, Loudoun Co, VA,  Roll:M252_69, Unknown Township
 

Piatt, John, Franklin Co, VT,  Roll:M252_64, Swanton Township
Piut, Abraham, Franklin Co, VT, Roll:M252_64, Walsham Township

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