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- What Happened to the 1890 US Census? - FamilySearch
The 1890 US census was almost destroyed by fire. Here's what...
- What Happened to the 1890 US Census? - FamilySearch
Tennessee Census Maps. The 1791 Territorial Census for the Territory of the United States South of the River Ohio is lost. The 1800 Federal Census for Tennessee is lost. The 1810 Federal Census for Tennessee is lost except for Rutherford County and part of Grainger County.
- Why Is There No Census For 1890?
- What Happened with The 1890 Census Fire?
- What Part of The 1890 Census Survived?
- What 1890 Census Substitutes Exist?
A census was taken in 1890. In fact, it was the most extensive yet, since it captured expanded information on nearly 63 million people. In addition to the regular population schedule that counted individual residents, special schedules documented manufacturing activities; mortality; imprisonment; people experiencing poverty and certain medical issu...
In the 1890s, no archival storage facility yet existed for federal records. In 1896—only 6 years after the census—a fire damaged many 1890 special schedules, including those pertaining to mortality, “Crime, Pauperism, and Benevolence,” and “the Insane, Feeble-Minded, Deaf and Dumb, and Blind.” The damaged records were destroyed. Years passed, and 3...
Only scattered sections of the population schedules exist today. These are for just a handful of locales and precincts in Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma Territory, South Dakota, Texas, or Washington, D.C. Many pages have damage that may limit how readable they are, as shown in this exampl...
Many people won’t find their family in what’s left of the 1890 census. If your family lived in the United States during this era, try to locate them in both the 1880 and 1900censuses. Compare the entries. Were they living in the same place? What household members changed? Look for birth, marriage, or death records for those who may have been born, ...
Jan 16, 2018 · Federal census records for Tennessee are lost for 1790, 1800, parts of 1810 and 1820, and all of 1890. Some territorial censuses (1791, 1795) were taken, but only statistical data remains.
Statewide Tennessee Census records that exist are 1800 (part), 1810 (part), 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1890 (fragment, see below), 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930 and 1940. There are Industry and Agriculture Schedules 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880.
Mar 5, 2013 · There are no Tennessee census records for 1890. See the National Archives article "First in the Path of the Firemen: The Fate of the 1890 Population Census" for additional details. There is, however, a list of male voters in each county in 1891.
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Jan 5, 2024 · Tennessee Censuses Existing and Lost. Exist: enumeration of 21 years and older of male citizens of Tennessee.
