I have been researching census from 1790 -1920, especially in North Carolina and surrounding areas. I have a question someone may be able to help me with. In Virginia on the 1810 census, there is a sudden burst of population. Did a boat land? Were there migrations? Why did we suddenly have so many people in Virginia. EXAMPLE; In the 1790 & 1800 census, there were no GROVES names in Virginia. But in 1810 they went up to 38 head of households. None of the other states population suffered, so I assume it was not all migration. HELP! Wanda Groves Kohlmann

I take it you had put Groves in the search box at Ancestry and checked out all the Groves in the 1790 and 1800 Census reports. 43 hits in 1790 and 77 in 1800. The reason for no hits in those years in Virginia is that there is no census remaining for those years in Va. Tax lists do exist and are the closest thing we have to use. Check out: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~ysbinns/vataxlists/ Steve and Bunny have worked very hard going around the state and photograping the tax lists. This is a wonderful resource for those of us who research Virginia. Good luck. margy From Ancestry.com: 1790- Enumerators were only required to make one copy of the census schedules to be held by the clerk of the district court in their respective area. In 1830, Congress passed a law requiring the return of all decennial censuses from 1790-1830. At this point it was discovered that many of the 1790 schedules had been lost or destroyed. Thus, we have about two-thirds of the original census from the time period. The 1790 census suffered district losses of Delaware, Georgia, Kentucky, New Jersey, and Virginia. However, some of the schedules for these states have been re-created using tax lists and other records. Virginia was eventually reconstructed from tax lists as well as some counties from North Carolina and Maryland. 1800-- The official enumeration day of the 1800 census was 4 August 1800. All questions asked were supposed to refer to that date. The enumeration was to be completed within nine months. Schedules survive for 13 states. Lost schedules include those for Georgia, Indiana Territory, Kentucky, Mississippi Territory, New Jersey, Northwest Territory, Virginia, Tennessee, and Alexandria County, District of Columbia. Some of the schedules for these states have been re-created using tax lists and other records. ----- > I have been researching census from 1790 -1920, especially in North Carolina > and surrounding areas. > > I have a question someone may be able to help me with. > In Virginia on the 1810 census, there is a sudden burst of population. Did a > boat land? Were there migrations? Why did we suddenly have so many people > in Virginia. > EXAMPLE; In the 1790 & 1800 census, there were no GROVES names in Virginia. > But in 1810 they went up to 38 head of households. None of the other states > population suffered, so I assume it was not all migration. > HELP! > Wanda Groves Kohlmann > > > ==== NCROOTS Mailing List ==== > NCGenWeb project: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncgenweb/ > >