1810 Federal Census Williamson County, Tennessee (Transcriber's Notes)
                                                                                               
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I realize that the 1810 census for Williamson Co., Tennessee is lost.
However, I have access to tax records for that time period and would like
to transcribe that.

Here is the completed transcription. In general the film was pretty
readable. There were a couple of oddities, but I believe I marked those. I
put the data on three sheets, each marked at the beginning. The data is
entered in the order it was found in the original. There were some
interesting individuals on this tax list: Thomas Hart Benton, "Old
Bullion," thirty-year congressman from Missouri, father-in-law of explorer
John C. Fremont, who, with is brother Jesse, got into a fight with Andrew
Jackson in 1813; John Eaton, Andrew Jackson's first secretary of war;
Newton Cannon (no relation), later governor of Tennessee; as well as my
own fourth great grandfather William Demoss. The names were entered last
name first. If there was a middle initial, then that came second, with the
first name last: e.g., Benton H Thomas. The coluns are as follows:
A. Persons names
B. Lands in acres
C. Situation (mostly referring to the water course the property was
located on)
D. Free polls (usually the head of house, but not always, as this refers
only to free white males residing in the county)
E. Slaves
F. Town lots
G. Stud horses
H. Season of one mare (always in connection with a stud horse, referring
to breeding, and taxed at a high rate)
I. Merchants
J. D (taxes in dollars)
K. C (taxes in cents)
L. (taxes in mills, or tenths of a cent)

I enjoyed this job. It gave me a good sense of the county and improved my
handwriting reading skills. I hope it is useful. Let me know if you have
any questions or I need to fix anything.

Ron Cannon
Ukiah, CA