Ancestry Database: Description: The First Census of the United States in 1790 comprised an enumeration of the inhabitants of the states of Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, and Virginia. The total population of the United States in 1790 as derived from the schedules was 3,231,533. The only names appearing upon the schedules, however, were those of heads of families, and at the time, families averaged 6 persons, making the number approximately 540,000 or slightly more than half a million. Bibliography: Bureau of the Census, Head of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790, North Carolina, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1908. North Carolina 1790 Federal Census, p.115 Name of head of family: Wooten, Lucy Free white males under 16 years: 2 Free white females, including heads of families: 1 North Carolina 1790 Federal Census, p.193 Name of head of family: Wooten, Robert Free white males of 16 years and upward, including heads of families: 1 Free white males under 16 years: 1 Free white females, including heads of families: 2 All other free persons: 6 North Carolina 1790 Federal Census, p.29 Wootten, Charles1 North Carolina 1790 Federal Census, p.29 Name of head of family: Wootten, Samuel Free white males of 16 years and upward, including heads of families: 1 Free white females, including heads of families: 2 North Carolina 1790 Federal Census, p.51 Name of head of family: Wootten, William, Sr Free white males of 16 years and upward, including heads of families: 3 Free white males under 16 years: 1 Free white females, including heads of families: 3 North Carolina 1790 Federal Census, p.51 Name of head of family: Wootten, William, Jr Free white males of 16 years and upward, including heads of families: 1 Free white females, including heads of families: 3 North Carolina 1790 Federal Census, p.51 Name of head of family: Wootten, Jesse Free white males of 16 years and upward, including heads of families: 1 Free white females, including heads of families: 2 North Carolina 1790 Federal Census, p.51 Name of head of family: Wootten, Thomas Free white males of 16 years and upward, including heads of families: 1 Free white females, including heads of families: 1 North Carolina 1790 Federal Census, p.56 Name of head of family: Wootten, Joel Free white males of 16 years and upward, including heads of families: 1 Free white males under 16 years: 3 Free white females, including heads of families: 4 North Carolina 1790 Federal Census, p.56 Name of head of family: Wootten, James Free white males of 16 years and upward, including heads of families: 1 Free white males under 16 years: 1 Free white females, including heads of families: 3 All other free persons: 1 North Carolina 1790 Federal Census, p.56 Name of head of family: Wootten, Amos Free white males of 16 years and upward, including heads of families: 3 Free white males under 16 years: 4 Free white females, including heads of families: 5 North Carolina 1790 Federal Census, p.56 Name of head of family: Wootten, Joshua Free white males of 16 years and upward, including heads of families: 1 Free white males under 16 years: 1 Free white females, including heads of families: 1 North Carolina 1790 Federal Census, p.56 Name of head of family: Wootten, William Free white males of 16 years and upward, including heads of families: 1 Free white females, including heads of families: 1 North Carolina 1790 Federal Census, p.63 Name of head of family: Wootten, William Free white males of 16 years and upward, including heads of families: 1 Free white males under 16 years: 3 Free white females, including heads of families: 4 All other free persons: 14 North Carolina 1790 Federal Census, p.64 Name of head of family: Wootten, John Free white males of 16 years and upward, including heads of families: 2 Free white males under 16 years: 1 Free white females, including heads of families: 3 All other free persons: 2 ------------------------------------------ Martha Wooten Solomon