Selected
records from the
1820 Federal Census
Wayne County, Tennessee
Transcription by Edgar D. Byler, III
Transcribed from NARA Microfilm Publication #M33, Roll 125 (Fourth Census of the United States, 1820). Originally published in "Wayne County, Tennessee Census Records Volume I: 1820, 1830 and 1840" by Edgar D. Byler, III, The Byler Press, 1974
Only the head of each household is listed by name. All other persons in the household were enumerated by the number of individuals in a given age group and broken down by males listed first and females listed second.
This transcription follows the standard shorthand enumeration. The
column headings for this census are
Free Whites:
Male: 0-under 10/10-under 16/16-under 18/16 - under 26/26 - under 45/45
and up.
Female: 0-under 10/10-under 16/16-under 26/26-under 45/45 and up
Free Negroes:
Male: 0-under 14/14-under 26/26-under 45/45 and up
Female: 0-under 14/14-under 26/26-under 45/45 and up
The number of slaves listed for a given household are given as a whole number total following the owner's enumeration.
For example, the first household listed in the 1820 census for Wayne County, Tennessee is that of David Shull on page 323A. The listing is David Shull 200010/20100. Reading the numbers from left to right, this means that there were ...
2 while males over 0 years but under 10 years of age
0 white males 10 years old and older, but under 16 years of age
0 white males 16 years old and older, but under 18 years of age
0 white males 18 years old and older, but under 26 years of age
1 white male 26 years old and older, but under 45 years of age
0 white males 45 years old and older
2 white females 0 years old and older, but under 10 years of age
0 white females 10 years old and older, but under 16 years of age
1 white female 16 years old and older, but under 26 years of age
0 white females 26 years old and older, but under 45 years of age
0 white females 45 years old and older
since there are no other numbers listed, there were no free blacks or
slaves in the household.
The census is arranged by page number as shown on the original. To locate an individual, please use your browser's "search" or "find" feature.
Page 323A David Shull 200010/20100 Charles Smith 100101/30100 Henry Rayburn 320101/11210 William Davis 111101/20001 Alexander Davis 100100/00100 Abel Hill 200010/31010 Moses Roberts 200001/00001 Loverich Raspberry 320010/01110 David Carter 110010/10010 William Calhoun 020101/00200 James R. Russel 200010/02210 Samuel McBride 110010/10201 John Smith 000100/10100 Joshua Briley 100001/20010 Joseph Howell 020201/10101 John Peery 200010/00100 Page 323B Andrew Baker 110010/10100 William Pool 110201/00101 Jacob Condry 100010/20010 Peter Reeves 310110/21010 Soloman Atkerson 000001/00001 John Anglin 000010/00100 James Campbell 420010/01010 Lemuel Hensley 510010/10010-1 William Boyles 310010/11010 JAmes Munn 100110/21010 William Car 500010/11010 John W. Nunnley 100100/00100-1 Michael Robertson 030101/00101-3 Thomas Crossnow 510001/01000 Lewis Johnson 410010/11110 James Halford 100010/10100 Page 324A Jonathan Gage 300020/00010 Francis Wisdom 221110/21010 John Hogin 010001/00011 Leonard Morrow 220001/01001 Frederick Rose 120101/21001 George Kenedy 100010/10010 William B. Ross 100010/10010-3 Thomas Reeves 200021/10010-1 Miles Morrison 200110/10200 John McCollester 000110/32210 Andy Halford 100110/30010 Shadrach Gardner 210101/10110 John Bromley 130101/10110 Joseph Spurlock 100010/30100 John Cash 210010/20010 Isaac Bass (or Barr?) 100001/12010 Page 324B Richard Smith 100100/10100 William Martin 201110/21010 James Hollace 410110/01001 William Reed 100010/10010 Jonathan Cook 100010/10010 Joseph Staggs 111110/32000 William Cabe 100100/01000 Nancy Staggs 001100/00101 William Staggs 130101/32001 George Brewer 130010/30010 Cornelius Brewer 300010/10100 Winnie Staggs 000000/10110 Martin Staggs 300010/10100 Abram Staggs 111201/21010 Shadrach McDowell 200100/00001 J. W. Barnett 210110/30300 Page 325A Thomas Roseberry 200010/11010 Samuel Page (or Poge) 200001/01201 Reuben Kyle 410110/11110 John Rayburn 000100/21010 Phillip Shull 200100/10100 John Aldridge 100010/00100 William Beaty 210010/21010 Zachariah Thompson 200010/32010 John Cypert 300010/30010 James Anderson 300010/20010 Baker Cypert 000010/20010 David Osteen 010002/01101 Isaac Northcut 100010/10200 Joseph Nichols 320010/20010 John Cuetner 210001/00101 Isaac? Petty 110010/30010 Page 325B Thomas Casebur 320010/31010 William Orman 100101/22110 Michael Waldrop 220001/41110 Judah Gardner 000000/11010 William Brown 220001/21010 Elias Brown 100010/20100 Daniel Cutbirth 200010/20010 Elizabeth Reed 010000/01001-1 Elizabeth Rollins 100100/00101 Drury Wade 100100/00100 Jesse Hust 010001/01101 Thomas Cates 311101/21010 Josiah Sisk 121101/41010 George Tally 410201/02001 Jesse Cypert 500010/02010 James Martin 100010/10010 Page 326A Mathias Casininger 300200/20300 Stephen Hollace 100010/11010 James Nettles 200010/20100 Samuel Hensley 200010/20100 James Hensley 000100/00100 Jane Dabbs 311300/01301 Thomas Baker 100010/20100 George Lintz 310010/10010 Matthew Trussel 000001/01010 John Ramsey 010001/00001 William Pew 100001/13110 John Sharp 000010/20100 Price Doolin 210010/01010 Thomas White 310010/22010 James Williams 100100/10100 Bethlehem Eurtiss 200010/22110 Page 326B Thomas Crawford 010001/00001 John H. Calhoun 000110/40110 Aaron Voheirs 000001/01301 John Churchwell 100100/10100 M. T. Edwards 011110/00110 A. Stobough 000010/10100-1 Nathan Biffle 100010/20100-1 Frederick Meredith 221201/20010 William F. Scott 200010/10100 Wm. Durham 200011/21010 Thos. Thompson 300010/10101 Joshua Jackson 320002/00202 Wm. Jackson 010001/10101 John Lewis 100100/10100 Walter Lewis 200100/00100 John Biffel 300010/00100 Page 327A Sam'l Kelly 400010/10010 Charles Burns 200001/31210-2 Price [Prior] Yates 010010/30010 John M. Barnett 200100/01111 John Curtess 001201/21101 Benjamin Hardin 321110/30010-5 William Newton 101110/41010-1 Elizabeth Snow 010000/31210 George Ross 010301/03101-3 William Burns 300010/23010 Elisha Glass 000100/00100 Cairy W. Pope 200020/21110-4 Mastin [or Martin] Staggs 100200/00100 John Meredith 321110/12010 William Nettles 100010/10100 Wm. Williams 101110/40010 Page 327B John Franklin 100100/00100 William Morris 431210/00100 Henry Grimes 000210/00011-7 James Reeves 100010/21010 James H. Campbell 000110/40100-1 John Webb 101101/21001-4 John Nunn 000211/01101 A. S. McClever 002211/01011 Joshua Ramsey 100010/20100 John Curtess, Jr. 300100/10100 Craven Belsha 120201/12010 James T. Young 000100/20100 John Austin 100010/00010 James Hill 100200/20100 Gresham Hill 100100/00100 William Adams 210010/11010 Page 328A John Harness 210001/21010 William B. Coats 200020/10100 Thomas Simmons 110301/11001 John Allread 100010/22010 Shadrach Nettles 000100/10100 Daniel Huddleston 000100/10100 Jacob Casesinger 110001/10010 Samuel Martin 101101/31001 Stephen Stubbefield 300010/11010 Thomas Hunt 010001/00001 Sanders Austin 210010/21010 James Kile 010101/02001 Washington Hensley 110201/31010-1 Thomas Gore 110010/21010 Nancy Holmes 020000/11010 Jidah Cole 110000/20101 Page 328B Timothy Gambrell 310200/22010-1 Josiah White 300010/20010 Lemuel Lewton 000010/30100-8 Stephen Crabb 100100/00100 Thomas Evans 200010/10100 William White 100011/10101 Chatin? Diggid? 000101/00001 Leonard Berry 100010/00010 William Nicks 320010/21010 John Morris 100101/01001 Jordan Morris 100010/00100 William Copeland 310010/11010 John D. Copeland 020101/00101 Joel Walker 200200/20010 Thomas Shirley 120301/20010 David Pickett 300010/10010 Page 329A William B. Reed 100010/10011 John Cronan 200010/10101 Oze Dacus [Dicus] 200100/20100 Joseph McCann 000100/00100 Joshua Dicus 300010/21010 David Pulley 211101/12010 Thomas Gee 100010/30010 Elijah Dicus 210101/02001 George Pillows 000100/01000 G. Y. Peyton 220010/11100 Wooley Warrington 011101/01010-2 John Johnston 200010/10100 Joseph Crowell 210010/21010 James Gile 000100/00100 William Rose 300010/00010 Thos. A. Harvey 211210/21010 Page 329B Thomas Gore, Jr. 110201/00201 Polly Hawkins 200100/02010 Elender Edwards 100100/02110 James Beadford 311210/10210 Joseph Scott 100010/10100 David Castler 000010/32010 Jesse Nettles 300010/20010 Shadrach Nettles 000001/00101 Green B. Rowton 210010/21010 Jesse Bowin 310010/31010 Arthur Overton 200010/20010 George Hollibaugh 210010/21010 James Tilley, Sr. 110201/10011 James Tilley, Jr. 000010/32210 Sally Cypert 000000/10101 John Walker 300010/30010 Page 330A John Cooper 000011/10100 Joseph Meiks 000100/00010 Jesse Childress 000100/10100 Nathaniel Dabbs 110101/01001 Stephen Nowland 200010/01010 James Cooper 000101/10101 Larkin Hensley 310010/22010 William Austin 220101/12010 George Bates 200010/21010 Campbell Tucker 401020/30020 Thomas Davis 200100/20100 Edmond Davis 000100/00100 Christopher Pyburn 001201/01301 John House 100001/30110 Wm. B. Walker 200010/20100 William Barnett 011111/02201 James Scott 211201/11010 Martin Scott 200010/30010 Page 330B Jeremiah Scott 000100/00100 John Scott 100100/10100 Jonathan Johnson 210010/21010 Berry Scott 100010/00100 Ezekial Stout 310010/11110 M. Wimberley 100011/00110-2 Samuel Royals 010010/01010 James Elliott 110010/22010-3 Hubbard Petty 100101/20211 Geo. H. Prewit 200110/40010-3 Reuben Vaughn 111310/21011 George Gill 010101/01101 William Averett 100100/00020 Elliott Kilburn 100010/40010 Isaac G. Grimes 100010/00100-1 Vachel Ross [Rose?] 110200/01010 Peter Renphro 000001/00010-3 John Akin 100021/00110-2 Page 331A Thomas Owen 110201/22210 Samuel Johnson 410101/01110-5 Thomas Gray 011210/10010 Thomas Lawson 210010/10010 John Hill 110001/12001 Alexander Norman 100100/00100 William Weatherford 011201/21201 Susanna Jarrett 020010/11010 David Coleston 211201/00010 Lemuel Simmons 311101/10010 Jacob Copeland 221110/31010 John Johnson 021110/01001 Robert Dobson 100010/10010 James Simmons 100100/00100 John Griggs 031101/20101 Elizabeth Foster 000000/00210 John P. Roberts 300110/40200 William Battles 001201/13001 Page 331B Hardin Powell 100100/20100 Abner Casey 000101/00001 Hugh Turnbought 300010/10100 Lewis Powell 010101/12101 Lucretia Laven? 011000/00001 Priestley Loven 100010/20100 Arthur Choat 321110/21010 David Voorheirs 200010/00100 Francis McBride 100010/20010 William Morrow 130101/10001 Benjamin Allen 300010/00010 Elijah Pope 220010/20010 John Robenett 022201/00001 John Nicks 200101/32210 Early Alberson 110010/30110 Esaas Baker 210010/31010 John Pickens 100120/10010 John Howard 100010/00100 Page 332A James Wriley 311210/11110 Hicks J. Ray 000100/00100 Nicholas Welch 100011/30101 Eliphus Wriley 200010/10010 Enoch James 000100/20100 Wm. G. Cornwell 100110/10100 Henry Crossnoe 200110/10010 Wilson Allen 200100/00100 Samuel Blackburn 120010/22010 Geo. H. W. Walker 100010/20010 Anderson Davis 100100/00100 Brice Prator 320110/10010 James Robertson 100010/10100 Rich'd Tidwell 600020/00100 Abner Casey 100010/20100 Jacob Peymel 100100/10100 Earl Lewis 021101/51210 Daniel Parker 100010/20010 Page 332B William Nunneley 200100/00100-1 James Davis 200210/31110-1 Moses Davis 100110/23100 Peter Steel 300010/00010 Alexander Steel 010001/01001 Daniel Griggs 000100/00100 John Mitchell 320110/11010 Samuel Loggins 100010/20100 John Ingram 300010/00010 Keneth Murkerson 000101/02001 Lydia Hensley 110100/02101 John Hensley 300010/10100 Isaac Barkley 010100/00010 Robert Grinder 200100/10010 John Grinder 100010/40010 Rebecca Higgens 101210/11110 Spencer W. Abbott 000100/10010 William Abbott 000001/00010 Page 333A John Cook 000100/00100 William Pyburn 000010/20100 Sam'l Williams 000101/12010 Robert Stout 021301/12010 Charles Robbins 220101/10010 Daniel Pierce 300010/21011 Thomas Lowry 100100/40100 Rich'd Churchwell 612201/01110-1 Mathias Smith 110010/31010 John M. Ross 000010/00100 Martin ook 000100/00100 Elisha Biggs 200010/10010 James Gibson 100011/10100 Phillip Kennaird 300010/11110 John Cook, Sr. 100201/10010 Moses A. Bryant 000100/01000 James Arnett 101101/03110 Abraham Lorunce 000010/20100 Page 333B Arthur M. Alexander 010010/30010 Joseph Adkinson 100010/20100 John W. Talley 200100/00100 Gideon Hogg 400010/10010 Christian Cook 300010/10010 Fredericj Rackley? 210010/20001 Milton H. Jack 000010/10020 Robert Cypert 101101/03111 John Adkinson 100010/12010-2 William Cook 300010/30010 David Flatt 200010/21010 Joseph Fips 100100/00100 James Jackson 220010/11010 John Robertson 100010/00010 John Yokham 110010/10200 Isaac Littlejohn 100010/20100 Mercer Littlejohn 100010/20100 James Swearingham 300010/20010 Page 334A Joabway? Jinkins 000100/00100 Buchness Donaldson 100100/10010 James Voss 000100/00100 John Childress 200110/02001 James Hollace 000100/00100 Soloman Garner 220010/22010 Thomas Dogwood 010001/00001 Grand Total ........ 2459