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From: Polly Dixon <>
Subject: [RHEA-L] 1830 Warren Co., TN Census
Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 21:00:06 -0700

Polly Dixon wrote:
>
> Randy wrote:
> >
> > Thanks to Fred Clark for the following.
> >
> > 1830 Warren County Tennessee census.
> >
> > Ray, Thomas 0211001 - 0011001
> > Raye, Aneretor 00101 - 00000001
> > Rea, William 000001 - 0
> > Rhea, Abner 012201 - 200101
> > Rhea, Joseph 2121201 - 0020101
> > Rhea, Lane 002001 - 320001
> > Rhea, Lewis 300000101 - 0000010001
> > Rhea, Luner 0110001 - 32001
> >
> > Now for a question. What do the numbers stand for?
> > Thanks,
> > Randy Ray
>
> Randy, I haven't seen a message answering your question yet, so here
> goes:
>
> The US census prior to 1850 showed only the name of the head of
> household, followed by the number of individuals by sex and age groups
> living in the household. Each digit represents an age group. The
> numbers to the left of the hyphen ( - ) represent males; those to the
> right, females. Age groups in the census are divided into these
> categories: under 5 years of age; ages 5-10; 10-15; 15-20; 20-30;
> 30-40; 40-50; etc. by 10-year age groups, up to "100 and upwards"
> category.
>
> Thus, in the census above, Thomas Ray was head of household. In the
> household were no males age 0-5; 2 males age 5-10; 1 male age 10-15; 1
> male age 15-20; no males age 20-30; no males age 30-40; one male age
> 40-50; 0 females age 0-5; 0 females age 5-10; 1 female age 10-15; 1
> female age 15-20; no females age 20-30; no females age 30-40; and one
> female age 40-50.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Polly Dixon - Team Leader - JAMES/JESSE RHEA GROUP
>

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