Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Rhode Island

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. Information includes: "Names of Head of Family;" "Free white males of 16 years and upward, including heads of families;" "Free white males under 16 years;" "Free white females, including heads of families;" "All other free persons;" "Slaves." The following tables or summaries are also provided: "Population of the United States as returned at the First Census, by states: 1790;" "Summary of population, by counties, towns, etc.: 1790;" and "Assistant marshals for the state: 1790." This Rhode Island census book, originally published by the Bureau of the Census in 1908 and reprinted here in 2001, is an excellent resource for anyone researching families in early Rhode Island!