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''[[United States|United States ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]  [[Tennessee|Tennessee ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]  [[Tennessee_Census|Census]]''
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==Online Federal Censuses==
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===Population Schedules===
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Starting in 1790, federal population schedules were taken every 10 years in the United States. [[United States Census|'''Click here for more information''']] about federal census records. <br><br>
| valign="middle" | <center><font size="+1">'''Tips'''</font></center>
Tennessee was admitted to the union as the 16th state on 1 June 1796. It was not included in censuses before that date.  
*If at first you don't find a name, try again under [[Spelling Substitution Tables for the United States and Canada|another spelling]].  
*[[Copying Sources|Photocopy]] each ancestor's census. Identify where you found it.
*Look for an ancestor in '''''every''''' census during her or his lifetime.
*On the [[Adding a Custom Event to a PAF Family Group Record|family group record]] show&nbsp;each person's census listings.  
*Study&nbsp;others in the same household, neighbors, and anyone with the similar names nearby on the census in [[Research a Family in Community Context|community context]].


======United States Federal Censuses with Online Links======
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*For a list of the exact date of each federal census, [[Tennessee Censuses Existing and Lost|click here]].
 
|}
 
=== Online Tennessee indexes and images  ===
 
{{Census Online Tennessee}}
 
=== Federal population schedules  ===
 
==== Microfilm images  ====
 
{| class="FCK__ShowTableBorders" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" width="745" border="0"
|+ '''Federal Census Microfilms Available from the [[Family History Library|Family History Library]]'''
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!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"| [[United States Census 1790|1790]]
| 1940 N/A
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"| [[United States Census 1800|1800]]
| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=650826&disp=Tennessee%2C+1900+federal+census+%3A+sou++ 1900 and Soundex]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"| [[United States Census 1810|1810]]
| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=744499&disp=Tennessee%2C+1850+federal+census+%3A+pop++ 1850]  
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"| [[United States Census 1820|1820]]
| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=745506&disp=Tennessee%2C+1810+thru+1840+federal+cens++ 1810]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"| [[United States Census 1830|1830]]
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!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"| [[United States Census 1840|1840]]
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|Tennessee was not enumerated.
| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=1037515&disp=Tennessee%2C+1930+federal+census++ 1930]  
|{{RecordSearch|1804228|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7590/ Ancestry.com]
| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=676518&disp=Tennessee%2C+1880+federal+census+%3A+sou++ 1880 and Soundex]  
|{{RecordSearch|1803765|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7613/ Ancestry.com]
| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=745506&disp=Tennessee%2C+1810+thru+1840+federal+cens++ 1840]  
|{{RecordSearch|1803955|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7734/ Ancestry.com]
| &nbsp;
|{{RecordSearch|1803958|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8058/ Ancestry.com]
|{{RecordSearch|1786457|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8057/ Ancestry.com]
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!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"|[[United States Census 1850|1850]]
| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=558323&disp=Tennessee%2C+1920+federal+census+%3A+sou++ 1920]  
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"|[[United States Census 1860|1860]]
| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=698920&disp=Tennessee%2C+1870+federal+census+%3A+pop++ 1870]  
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"|[[United States Census 1870|1870]]
| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=745506&disp=Tennessee%2C+1810+thru+1840+federal+cens++ 1830]  
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"|[[United States Census 1880|1880]]
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!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"|[[United States Census 1890|1890]]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"|[[United States Census 1900|1900]]
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|{{RecordSearch|1401638|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8054/ Ancestry.com]
|{{RecordSearch|1473181|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7667/ Ancestry.com]
|{{RecordSearch|1438024|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7163/ Ancestry.com]
|{{RecordSearch|1417683|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6742/ Ancestry.com]
|{{RecordSearch|1610551|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5445/ Ancestry.com]
|{{RecordSearch|1325221|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7602/ Ancestry.com]
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!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"|[[United States Census 1910|1910]]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"|[[United States Census 1920|1920]]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"|[[United States Census 1930|1930]]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"|[[United States Census 1940|1940]]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"|[[United States Census 1950|1950]]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:5.5%"|[[United States Census 1960|1960]]
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|{{RecordSearch|1727033|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7884/ Ancestry.com]
|{{RecordSearch|1488411|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6061/ Ancestry.com]
|{{RecordSearch|1810731|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6224/ Ancestry.com]
|{{RecordSearch|2000219|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2442/ Ancestry.com]
|{{RecordSearch|4464515|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/62308/ Ancestry.com]<br> [https://1950census.archives.gov/search/ NARA] 
|Release Date <br> April 1, 2032
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| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=646859&disp=Tennessee%2C+1910+federal+census+%3A+sou++ 1910 and Soundex]
| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=706407&disp=Tennessee%2C+1860+federal+census+%3A+pop++ 1860]
| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=745506&disp=Tennessee%2C+1810+thru+1840+federal+cens++ 1820]
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===Non-Population Schedules for Tennessee===
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Federal non-population schedules included such things mortality schedules, agriculture schedules, slave schedules, and manufacturing schedules.
|+ '''Federal Census Microfilms Available from the [[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives]]'''
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! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:flexible;" | Year
| 1940 N/A
! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:flexible;" | Type of Census
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1900/part-08.html#tennessee 1900 T623] &amp; [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1900/part-06.html#tennessee Soundex T1072]
! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:flexible;"| Links
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-03.html#tennessee 1850 M432]
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-02.html#1810 1810 M252]
|-
|-
|1890
| [http://1930census.archives.gov/stateSearch.asp 1930 T626]
|Veterans
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-07.html#tennessee 1880 T9] &amp; [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-06.html#tennessee Soundex T772]
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8667/ Ancestry]  
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-02.html#1840 1840 M704]
|-
|-
|1880
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1920/part-09.html#tennessee 1920 T625] &amp; [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1920/part-05.html#tennessee Soundex M1588]
|Mortality
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-05.html#tennessee 1870 M593]
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3530/ Ancestry]
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-02.html#1830 1830 M19]
|-
|-
|1880
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1910/part-04.html#tennessee 1910 T624] &amp; [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1910/part-04.html#tennessee Soundex T1276]
|Industry
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-04.html#tennessee 1860 M653]
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1276/ Ancestry]
| [http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalogs/census/1790-1890/part-02.html#1820 1820 M33]  
| &nbsp;
|}
 
==== Indexes: fiche, film, or book  ====
 
For a list of microform and book indexes for the population schedules of Tennessee, [[Tennessee Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book|click here]]
 
=== Federal non-population schedules  ===
 
==== Online indexes and images  ====
 
{| cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" width="77%" align="center" border="1"
|-
|-
|1880
| align="center" bgcolor="#ff9900" colspan="11" | <font size="+1">'''Online Federal Non-Population Schedules for Tennessee'''</font>
|Agriculture
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1276/ Ancestry]
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|1870
| bgcolor="#ff9900" colspan="2" | <br>
|Social Statistics
| align="center" bgcolor="#ff9966" colspan="3" | '''Free'''
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1276/ Ancestry]
| align="center" bgcolor="#cccccc" colspan="3" | '''Free at Some Libraries''' (usually&nbsp;with&nbsp;library&nbsp;card)
| align="center" bgcolor="#ff9900" | '''Pay'''
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|1870
| align="center" bgcolor="#ff9900" | '''Year'''
|Mortality
| align="center" width="10%" bgcolor="#ff9900" | '''Type'''
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3530/ Ancestry]
| align="center" bgcolor="#ff9966" | '''Record Search'''
| align="center" bgcolor="#ff9966" | '''Census Bureau'''
| align="center" bgcolor="#ff9966" | '''Google Book'''
| align="center" bgcolor="#cccccc" | '''Heritage Quest'''
| align="center" bgcolor="#cccccc" | '''Ancestry FHL'''
| align="center" bgcolor="#cccccc" | '''Ancestry Library'''
| align="center" bgcolor="#ff9900" | '''Ancestry Home'''
|-
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|1870
| '''1890'''
|Industry
| width="20%" | Veterans
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1276/ Ancestry]
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=8667&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 Link]
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| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=8667&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 Link]
|-
|-
|1870
| '''1880'''
|Agriculture
| width="20%" | Mortality
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1276/ Ancestry]
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
|-
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|1860
| '''1870'''
|Social Statistics
| Mortality
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1276/ Ancestry]
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | '''Lost'''
| align="center" | '''Lost'''
| align="center" | '''Lost'''
|-
|-
|1860
| '''1860'''
|Slave owner
| Slave owner  
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7668/ Ancestry]
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | [http://persi.heritagequestonline.com/hqoweb/library/do/census/results/image?urn=urn%3Aproquest%3AUS%3Bcensus%3B8457527%3B-1%3B8%3B18&searchtype=3&offset=1&locthreadid=4479091&hitcount=5479 Link]<ref name="HQSlave">HeritageQuest has slave owner schedule images only.</ref>
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=7668&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=7668&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=7668&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 Link]
|-
|-
|1860
| '''1860'''
|Mortality
| Mortality  
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3530/ Ancestry]
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
|-
|-
|1860
| '''1850'''
|Industry
| Slave owner
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1276/ Ancestry]
| align="center" | [http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;c=1420440;t=browsable;w=0 Link]
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | [http://persi.heritagequestonline.com/hqoweb/library/do/census/results/image?urn=urn%3Aproquest%3AUS%3Bcensus%3B12159696%3B-1%3B7%3B18&searchtype=3&offset=1&locthreadid=8194799&hitcount=4245 Link]<ref name="HQSlave" />
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=8055&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=8055&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=8055&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 Link]
|-
|-
|1860
| '''1850'''
|Agriculture
| Mortality
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1276/ Ancestry]
| align="center" | [http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;c=1420441 Link]
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3530 Link]
|-
|-
|1850
| '''1840'''
|Social Statistics
| Pensioners
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1276/ Ancestry]
| align="center" | -
|-
| align="center" | [http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1840c-01.pdf BookLink]
|1850
| align="center" | [http://books.google.com/books?id=W7JYAAAAMAAJ&dq=1840+census+pensioners&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=W0XUmfgahX&sig=WRyMIVwiePLwKmlxhbchJl1ZeeA&hl=en&ei=SJ0MSvSrBqOMtgf19I2FCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10#PPA61,M1 BookLink]  
|Slave owner
| align="center" | -  
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8055/ Ancestry]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7678 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7678 Link]
| align="center" | [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7678 Link]
|}
 
==== Microfilm images  ====
 
*'''1890 Veterans''' United States Census Office. 11th Census, 1890. Schedules Enumerating Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans of the Civil War. National Archives Microfilm Publications, M0123. Washington, DC: National Archives, 1948 (Family History Library films [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=230777&disp=Schedules+enumerating+Union+veterans+and++ 338254–57]). Some Confederate veterans are included.
*'''1857 Agricultural.''' Marshall County, Tennessee Agricultural schedule, 1857. Nashville, Tennessee: State Library and Archives (Family History Library film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=200055&disp=Marshall+County%2C+Tennessee+agricultura++ 977522]). This record is arranged by districts within Marshall County and then alphabetically by surname.
 
==== Indexes: fiche, film, or book  ====
 
For a list of microform and book indexes for the non-population schedules of Tennessee, [[Tennessee Non-Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book|click here]].
 
=== State, territorial, and colonial censuses  ===
 
{| cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" width="100%" align="center" border="1"
|-
|-
|1850
| align="center" bgcolor="#99cc99" colspan="90" | '''Tennessee state, territorial, and colonial census schedules'''<ref>Ann S. Lainhart, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26517040 State Census Records]'' (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992), 104.</ref><ref>Henry J. Dubester, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37244714 State Censuses: An Annotated Bibliography of Censuses of Population Taken After the Year 1790 by States and Territories of the United States]'' (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1948), 60.</ref>
|Mortality
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3530/ Ancestry]
|-
|-
|1850
| align="center" width="18%" bgcolor="#99cc99" | '''Exact Date'''
|Industry
| align="center" width="600" bgcolor="#99cc99" | '''Population Schedules'''
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1276/ Ancestry]
|-
|-
|1850
| align="left" | '''1865, 1869, 1897'''
|Agriculture
| align="left" | County of Shelby: Memphis<ref>Joe Bledsoe, ''Memphis, Tennessee Census, 1865, 1869, 1897'' (Nashville, Tenn.: Tennessee State Library and Archives, [19--])[[{{Bledso}}]].</ref>
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1276/ Ancestry]
|-
|-
|1840
| align="left" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''1891'''
|Pensioners
| align="left" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | Exist: enumeration of 21 years and older of male citizens of Tennessee.<ref>Reed, Sue S. ''Enumeration of Male Inhabitants of Twenty-one Years of Age and Upward, Citizens of Tennessee, January 1, 1891, as Provided for by an Act of General Assembly of Tennessee, Passed January 15, 1891, and Approved January 22, 1891''. Houston, Texas: S.S. Reed, 1989. ([{{ReedSS}}]). Each of the eight volumes in the record is individually indexed for the counties listed. All counties not included in this work are on microfilm at the [[Tennessee State Library and Archives]].</ref>
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7678/ Ancestry]
|-
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|1820
| align="left" | '''1833'''
|Manufactures
| align="left" | County of Hardin.<ref>Albert Brown, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/title/1833-census-of-males-21-over-hardin-co-tennessee/oclc/33287387 The 1833 Census of Males 21 and over, Hardin Co., Tennessee]'' (Bethel Springs, Tennessee: History and Genealogy, 1994). (Family History Library book [{{HardinTN33}}].)</ref>
|at [https://www.familysearch.org/records/images/image-details?imageGroupNumbers=8132455,8919991&rmsId=TH-909-70994-81702-5&imageIndex=4&singleView=true FamilySearch] - Eastern District<br> at [https://www.familysearch.org/records/images/image-details?imageGroupNumbers=8132455,8919991&rmsId=TH-7769-102230-3712-42&imageIndex=4&singleView=true FamilySearch] - Western District
|}
|}


===Existing and Lost Censuses===
*'''1787-1791''' McGhee, Lucy Kate. ''Partial Census of 1787 to 1791 of Tennessee as Taken from the North Carolina Land Grants''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1990. (Family History Library films [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=484751&disp=Historical+records+of+the+Cherokee+India++ 1728882] item 4: parts 1 and 2; [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=484757&disp=Partial+census+of+1787+to+1791+of+Tennes++ 1683130] item 3: part 3).
*[[Tennessee Censuses Existing and Lost|List of existing and lost federal censuses for Tennessee]]
*'''1770-1790''' Fulcher, Richard C. ''1770–1790 Census of the Cumberland Settlements: Davidson, Sumner and Tennessee Counties (in what is now Tennessee)''. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, 1987. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=529560&disp=1770%2D1790+census+of+the+Cumberland+set%20%20&columns=*,0,0 976.8 X2f].)
 
=== Existing and lost censuses  ===
 
For a list of available and missing Tennessee censuses, [[Tennessee Censuses Existing and Lost|click here]]. <br>
 
=== Why use a census?  ===
 
A well-indexed census is one of the easiest ways to locate where an ancestor's family lived and when they lived there. You can also use censuses to follow the changes in a family over time, and identify neighbors. These and other clues provided by censuses are important because they help find additional kinds of records about the family.
 
=== More about censuses ===
 
[[United States Census|Click here]] for additional details about how to use censuses, such as:
 
:*[[United States Census Searching|index searching tips]]
:*[[United States Census Analyzing Census Data|analyzing and using what you find]]
:*[[United States Census Accuracy|census accuracy]]
:*[[United States Census Historical Background|historical background]]
:*[[United States Census#Contents_of_Federal_Censuses|contents of various census years and types]]


==Online State and Territorial Censuses==
=== Research guides  ===
State censuses are census records that were taken at the state-level rather than at the federal. Often, but not always, a state took their census in ten year increments 5 years from when the Federal Census was taken, such as 1885. State censuses can even serve as substitutes for missing federal censuses. For more information on state censuses, visit [https://www.census.gov/history/www/genealogy/other_resources/state_censuses.html United States Census Bureau].<br><br>
Territorial censuses were taken by the federal government to count the population in federal territories. The government needed to count the population in the territory to see if it could qualify for statehood. For more information on territorial censuses, visit the [[United States Census Territorial|US Territorial Census page]].<br><br>
Tennessee did not take a state census.


== Other Census Images ==
The [[Tennessee State Library and Archives|Tennessee State Library and Archives]] offer three free online census guides:  
*[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2884/ Tennessee, U.S., Enumeration of Male Voters, 1891]($) - at Ancestry, index & images
*{{FSC|45151|item|disp=Census Records and Cherokee Muster Rolls}} - at FamilySearch, images
===Indian Rolls===
*'''1848-1970''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61907/ U.S., Eastern Cherokee Indian Reservation Rolls, 1848-1970] Ancestry - index & images ($)


==Why Use the Census?==
*[http://www.tn.gov/tsla/history/census/census1820.htm Making the Best Use of Tennessee Census Index Books, 1820-1840]
State census records can be one of the easiest ways to locate where an ancestor's family lived and when they lived there. Information varies based on year and location, but information that may be included in a census can include:
*[http://www.tn.gov/tsla/history/census/census1850.htm Making the Best Use of Tennessee Census Index Books, 1850-1880]
*Name of each person in the family at the time the census was taken
*[http://www.tn.gov/tsla/history/census/census1880.htm Making the Best Use of Tennessee Census Index Books, 1880-1930]
*Street or Avenue, or number Rural Free Delivery
*Sex
*Age
*Color
*Nativity
*Place of birth of this person
*Place of birth of Father of this person
*Place of birth of Mother of this person
*Period of Residence
*How long a resident of this State (years and months)
*How long a resident of this enumeration district (years and months)
*Regular occupation
*Military service


See the&nbsp;[[Tennessee Archives and Libraries|Tennessee Archives and Libraries]] article for facilities with regional collections which might include census records.


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Tips
  • If at first you don't find a name, try again under another spelling.
  • Photocopy each ancestor's census. Identify where you found it.
  • Look for an ancestor in every census during her or his lifetime.
  • On the family group record show each person's census listings.
  • Study others in the same household, neighbors, and anyone with the similar names nearby on the census in community context.


  • For a list of the exact date of each federal census, click here.

Online Tennessee indexes and images[edit | edit source]

Template:Census Online Tennessee

Federal population schedules[edit | edit source]

Microfilm images[edit | edit source]

Federal Census Microfilms Available from the Family History Library
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1930 1880 and Soundex 1840  
1920 1870 1830  
1910 and Soundex 1860 1820  
Federal Census Microfilms Available from the National Archives
1940 N/A 1900 T623 & Soundex T1072 1850 M432 1810 M252
1930 T626 1880 T9 & Soundex T772 1840 M704
1920 T625 & Soundex M1588 1870 M593 1830 M19
1910 T624 & Soundex T1276 1860 M653 1820 M33  

Indexes: fiche, film, or book[edit | edit source]

For a list of microform and book indexes for the population schedules of Tennessee, click here

Federal non-population schedules[edit | edit source]

Online indexes and images[edit | edit source]

Online Federal Non-Population Schedules for Tennessee

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1890 Veterans - - - - Link Link Link
1880 Mortality - - - - Link Link Link
1870 Mortality - - - - Lost Lost Lost
1860 Slave owner - - - Link[1] Link Link Link
1860 Mortality - - - - Link Link Link
1850 Slave owner Link - - Link[1] Link Link Link
1850 Mortality Link - - - Link Link Link
1840 Pensioners - BookLink BookLink - Link Link Link

Microfilm images[edit | edit source]

  • 1890 Veterans United States Census Office. 11th Census, 1890. Schedules Enumerating Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans of the Civil War. National Archives Microfilm Publications, M0123. Washington, DC: National Archives, 1948 (Family History Library films 338254–57). Some Confederate veterans are included.
  • 1857 Agricultural. Marshall County, Tennessee Agricultural schedule, 1857. Nashville, Tennessee: State Library and Archives (Family History Library film 977522). This record is arranged by districts within Marshall County and then alphabetically by surname.

Indexes: fiche, film, or book[edit | edit source]

For a list of microform and book indexes for the non-population schedules of Tennessee, click here.

State, territorial, and colonial censuses[edit | edit source]

Tennessee state, territorial, and colonial census schedules[2][3]
Exact Date Population Schedules
1865, 1869, 1897 County of Shelby: Memphis[4]
1891 Exist: enumeration of 21 years and older of male citizens of Tennessee.[5]
1833 County of Hardin.[6]
  • 1787-1791 McGhee, Lucy Kate. Partial Census of 1787 to 1791 of Tennessee as Taken from the North Carolina Land Grants. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1990. (Family History Library films 1728882 item 4: parts 1 and 2; 1683130 item 3: part 3).
  • 1770-1790 Fulcher, Richard C. 1770–1790 Census of the Cumberland Settlements: Davidson, Sumner and Tennessee Counties (in what is now Tennessee). Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, 1987. (Family History Library book 976.8 X2f.)

Existing and lost censuses[edit | edit source]

For a list of available and missing Tennessee censuses, click here.

Why use a census?[edit | edit source]

A well-indexed census is one of the easiest ways to locate where an ancestor's family lived and when they lived there. You can also use censuses to follow the changes in a family over time, and identify neighbors. These and other clues provided by censuses are important because they help find additional kinds of records about the family.

More about censuses[edit | edit source]

Click here for additional details about how to use censuses, such as:

Research guides[edit | edit source]

The Tennessee State Library and Archives offer three free online census guides:

See the Tennessee Archives and Libraries article for facilities with regional collections which might include census records.

Sources and footnotes[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 HeritageQuest has slave owner schedule images only.
  2. ↑ Ann S. Lainhart, State Census Records (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992), 104.
  3. ↑ Henry J. Dubester, State Censuses: An Annotated Bibliography of Censuses of Population Taken After the Year 1790 by States and Territories of the United States (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1948), 60.
  4. ↑ Joe Bledsoe, Memphis, Tennessee Census, 1865, 1869, 1897 (Nashville, Tenn.: Tennessee State Library and Archives, [19--])[[Template:Bledso]].
  5. ↑ Reed, Sue S. Enumeration of Male Inhabitants of Twenty-one Years of Age and Upward, Citizens of Tennessee, January 1, 1891, as Provided for by an Act of General Assembly of Tennessee, Passed January 15, 1891, and Approved January 22, 1891. Houston, Texas: S.S. Reed, 1989. ([[[:Template:ReedSS]]]). Each of the eight volumes in the record is individually indexed for the counties listed. All counties not included in this work are on microfilm at the Tennessee State Library and Archives.
  6. ↑ Albert Brown, The 1833 Census of Males 21 and over, Hardin Co., Tennessee (Bethel Springs, Tennessee: History and Genealogy, 1994). (Family History Library book [[[:Template:HardinTN33]]].)
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