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1790 United States Federal Census

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Please choose a county in North Carolina:

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

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.