The 16-18 column: Boys in this column (new militia age group) are also included in Column 4 -- do not count twice in totaling. Margie Strang "W. John Bauer" wrote: > Forgive me if this question has been asked before. I missed the answer. > > Why are there overlapping categories for males in the 1820 census > records on the Tri-County site: "16 to 18" and "16 to 26"? Should the > second category be "18 to 26"? > > If the original Federal census documents have this overlapping, does > anyone know whether males 16-18 were ever actually counted twice? I > note that there is no "16-18" category for females. Did the "16-18" > category for males have anything to do with conscription? > > Thanks to Joyce for her web site and to Myrna, Kelly, and Linda for > their contributions in typing and/or formatting the 1820 census records.