From the moment of the first American census, in 1790, through every decennial census we've had since, the categories the U.S. government has used to classify its residents have included the word ...

The 1830 federal census, like those before it, was under the jurisdiction of the U.S. District Court in each state and was carried out by U.S. marshals who hired and ...

No slaves appear on his 1830 census record, but he and his wife owned nine slaves on his 1840 census, and their information seems to match the Owens family. He may have inherited them.