Grainger County did not exist in 1790, but there are no known schedules for any counties in Tennessee for 1790. There are no known 1800 nor 1820 schedules for Grainger County. Pollyanna Creekmore discusses the lost East Tennessee census schedules in her Introduction to the published 1810 partial census schedule: "It is not known whether the Tennessee schedules (except for Rutherford County) were lost while in the custody of the Clerks of the Federal District Courts or whether they were lost or burned subsequently to being sent to Washington" in 1830. Ross >>> "Ross Cameron" <ross.cameron@arch2.nara.gov> 12/15 9:44 AM >>> Grainger County Federal Census Population Schedules open for research are: 1810 (partial) 1830 1840 1850 (Free and Slave) 1860 (Free and Slave) 1870 1880 1890 (Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans schedule only; no population schedule) 1900 1910 1920 The 1930 census will open in 2002. Some census or parts thereof are available online, some are printed, some are microfilm. Ross Cameron >>> "Stephen Pierce" <stephen.pierce@worldnet.att.net> 12/15 5:35 AM >>> Forgive me if this is a newbie question, but is there such a thing as an 1860 and 1870 Grainger County Census ? Steve