Books by Allen Hamilton

This work contains transcriptions of the 1820, 1830 and 1840 Northampton County, Virginia, censuses. Genealogists, or any individual researching their family tree, will find this useful in their quest to fill missing gaps.The first section is devoted to the painstakingly transcribed 1820 Population Census for Northampton County, Virginia. Censuses were taken in 1790, 1800 and 1810; however, this is the earliest that has survived. Taken by Samuel G. Carpenter, assistant to the Marshall of Virginia, this version is different from later ones. This one was written on plain paper with lines and columns drawn by Mr. Carpenter, and was three decades before the history-making 1850 Census which listed all members of a family for the first time. This census contains 757 total households.The 1830 Census is unlike the one previous for several reasons. Most notably this census contains far fewer households and each household contained far more persons. This census contains 404 households and a total of 8,644 persons which is an average of 21.4 persons per household. There were eight households with fifty or more per household and only six households with less than ten per household in the first thirteen pages of the census. The largest household has sixty-nine, and one household had ten male slaves under ten and eleven female slaves under ten.Northampton County, Virginiäs 1840 Census, the 6th Federal Census, is different from the 1820 Census because it has twice as many age categories. The 1840 Census has thirteen age groups each for free white males and females. Free colored males and females and slaves, both male and female, also have more age categories. Names of head of household are in the original order recorded by Mr. Carpenter to preserve areas and neighborhoods for genealogy research. In addition to the Agriculture, Commerce and Manufacturing categories in Employment, this Census has added one for Navigation of the ocean and one for Learned professions and engineers. In the original census there are thirty names to a page and a total of twenty-five pages. The total population count for Northampton County is 7,714. Another difference in the 1840 Census over the 1820 Census is that Free White Persons, Free Colored Persons and Slaves are all listed together on one form.

This is the 1900 Census, the first of the 20th century, the first that documented the new railroad town of Cape Charles, and the first that did not include a Johnsontown District. In 1900, the population of the county was 13,770; 4,618 more than the 1880 Census total, which was 9,152. In addition, the 1900 Census contained nearly twice the information found in the 1880 census, with twenty-one columns vs. eleven columns. It covered three major districts: Capeville (4,986); Eastville (4,618), which includes the Town of Eastville and the Alm's house in Machipongo; and Franktown (4,166), which includes the Towns of Franktown, Nassawadox and Exmore.Carefully transcribed information is presented in a table format with the following column headings: Number of dwelling house in the order of visitation; Number of family in order of visitation; Name of each person whose place of abode on June 1, 1900 was in this family; Relationship of each person to the head of the family; Color or race; Gender; Date of Birth (Month); Date of Birth (Year); Age at last birthday; Marital Status (S-single, M-married, W-widowed, D-divorced); Number of years married; Mother of how many children; Number of those children living; Birth state; Father's birth state; Mother's birth state; Year of Immigration to the United States; Occupation, Trade or Profession of each person ten years of age and over; Ownership of Home (Owned or rented), Ownership of Home (Owned free or mortgaged); and, Ownership of Home (Farm or house).Missing information such as birth year has been included when found to be correct from other sources. Additional information including occupation names and totals, marriages of thirty years or more, youngest and oldest residents in 1900 and student's names by district are recorded in the back of this transcription. The enumeration date is at the top right of each page. Original page numbers are also on the top right of each page. A full-name index adds to the value of this work.