Joe Russell wrote: > Hello, > I was wondering if anyone knows the date or dates of the 1790 Census, particularly the census for Franklin County. I have checked all the sources available to me and have not been able to ascertain the date. Any help or suggestions would be appreciated. > Thanks Much Sharon Russell Sharon, try this url for census info: http://fisher.lib.Virginia.EDU/census/background/ Following is an excerpt: The 1790 Census The first enumeration began on the first Monday in August 1790, little more than a year after the inauguration of President Washington and shortly before the second session of the first Congress ended The Members assigned responsibility for the 1790 census to the marshals of the U.S. judicial districts under an act that, with minor modifications and extensions, governed census-taking through 1840.... Bill