1820 Federal Census Clark County, Illinois (Transcriber's Notes) This Census was transcribed by John C. Jacoby and proofread by Leah Netter for the USGenWeb Census Project http://www.usgwcensus.org/. Copyright (c) 2000 by John C. Jacoby . ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES PROJECT NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ ************************************************************************ Formatted by Maggie Stewart July 2001 ************************************************************************ Census_Year 1820 Microfilm #M33-12 State Illinois County Clark District entire county Enumerator Charles V. Patrick Reference Enumerated on November 25, 1820 The information in the schedules is presented under the names of heads of families. A statistical distribution is given for members of each family by race (including a distinction between free and slave Negroes), sex, and age group. Alongside the name of each head of a family certain statistical information is recorded in the vertical columns running from left to right across a schedule. The first 11 columns record the age-group distribution of white males (under 10, 10-15, 16-18,16-25,26-44, and 45 and over). The 12th column gives the number of foreigners not naturalized; the 13th, 14th and 15th columns show occupational classification (agriculture, commerce, and manufactures). The 16th to 19th, 20th to 23d, 24th to 27th, and 28th to 31st columns furnish, respectively, the age-group distribution of male slaves, female slaves, free male Negroes and free female Negroes (under 14, 15-25, 26-44, and 45 and over). The 32d column which is the last, is headed "All other persons except Indians not taxed." The only names, therefore, that appear in the schedules are of heads of families or of persons who were not enumerated within a family or household unit. Because printed forms were not generally used, all or part of the schedules of some localities carry less than the prescribed 32 columns. This apparently occurred in instances where no enumeration was made of persons belonging to groups ordinarily listed under these missing columns, or where the number of persons belonging to these groups was so small that they were listed numerically or by name at the end of the schedules of the locality in which they were enumerated.