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1790 United States Federal Census

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Please choose a county in North Carolina:

Anson Gates Pasquotank
Beaufort Guilford Perquimans
Bertie Halifax Pitt
Bladen Hertford Randolph
Brunswick Hyde Richmond
Burke Iredell Robeson
Camden Johnston Rockingham
Carteret Jones Rowan
Chatham Lincoln Rutherford
Chowan Martin Sampson
Craven Mecklenburg Stokes
Cumberland Montgomery Surry
Currituck Moore Tyrrell
Dobbs Nash Wake
Duplin New Hanover Warren
Edgecombe Newbern Wayne
Fayette Northampton Wilkes
Franklin Onslow

Census Records - Counties

After separating the census records into groups by state, the federal government subdivided these records into county groups. Searching for an ancestor on the county level provides a smaller region for research if you remain uncertain about the specific township where your ancestor resided. Researchers should also be aware of boundary line or jurisdictional changes through time. These changes may affect where an ancestor was enumerated on the census, so it remains important to search the counties surrounding the area where your ancestor lived.