In a message dated 7/11/2004 8:07:10 AM Eastern Standard Time, eandmthorn@cox-internet.com writes: > In the 1810 Federal Census there were only > 14 William Thorn/Thorne listed in the total census index. > 8 were in New York, 4 were in Virginia, 1 in Maine and 1 in Ky. > There is one in Virginia which is in Prince William Co that matches my > WIlliam. Could there have been a lot more William Thorns that was missed by the > census back in 1810? Can I go by my strong assumptions that the one in > Prince WIlliam Co is +90% my WIlliam Thorn? > The War of 1812 did a lot of damage. Since Virginia had been considered a "loyal" colony and since it helped instigate the War of 1812, the Brits paid special attention to buring our 1790 and 1800 federal census when they burned Washington DC. The 1790 has been somewhat reconstructed from tax records, limiting it to land owners. The 1800 is gone. The 1810 has been worked on, but not all has been found yet. 1820 is much better. We have what we call "The Burned Counties" where documents were so burned there has been no attempt to reconstruct them. These burned counties are, of course, from the civil war. Why not put a message in genforum.com Prince William Co., VA and see what they have to say there? I'm not able to do research for you because of cataract removal last month and scheduled fir abitger later this month. But if you get no positive response, you may email me privately. Shirley Maynard Hampton, VA