Re: Jacob and Patience Johns South Carolina "Ethnic Identity" 1790 S.C. Census

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Re: Jacob and Patience Johns South Carolina "Ethnic Identity" 1790 S.C. Census
Posted by: Kathleen H. (ID *****1299)	Date: May 11, 2008 at 03:16:43
In Reply to: Jacob and Patience Johns South Carolina "Ethnic Identity" 1790 S.C. Census by B Roberson	of 22275

U.S. Census Bureau website:

"The six inquiries in 1790 called for the name of the head of the family and the number of persons in each household of the following descriptions: Free White males of 16 years and upward (to assess the country’s industrial and military potential), free White males under 16 years, free White females, all other free persons (by sex and color), and slaves."

http://www.census.gov/prod/www/abs/decennial/1790.htm

I don't have any information on the Johns' family but there is the definition for "all other free persons".
There is a little more information at the website URL. These census sheets were used for taxation purposes.

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