Census Transcriptions

 

1840 Floyd County, Virginia Census
submitted by Barbara Reininger
Barbara Reininger has transcribed the entire text of the related publication from SK Publications and has their permission to post it. 

1840 Floyd County Federal Census INDEX
Please keep in mind that only the name for the head of household is given in those census records prior to 1850. The names for the others residing in a household was not collected until the 1850 Census.

Cemetery Readings by Genevieve Starkey

1860 Floyd County, Virginia Census
Transcribed by Jeffrey C. Weaver & located on
New River Notes, a historical resource site for the Upper New River Valley of North Carolina and Virginia.

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Transcribed & Annotated by BarbR

Floyd County, Virginia, is nearly unique in that the 1890 Census record for the county is one of the very few surviving census records for that year for the entire country.  Almost all the census for the rest of the country, for that year, was destroyed by fire in 1921 (either in the fire itself or later).  There are several books in the Library of Virginia (the state library) in Richmond listing this census for Floyd County, Virginia (although the National Archives website does not list Floyd County or Virginia as being a surviving record).  

See more info in Teri Pettit's A Note Concerning the 1890 Census

and

"First in the Path of the Firemen"

And If you are interested in reading of this very interesting and tragic story about the 1890 Federal Census (filled with irony and mystery), visit the National Archives page at The Fate of the 1890 Census.
The Fate of the 1890 Population Census, Part 1
By Kellee Blake

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Description automatically generated   1900 Floyd County, Virginia Census    A drawing of a person

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Description automatically generated    1910 Floyd County, Virginia Census    A drawing of a person

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"The Census Taker"

Author unknown. Contributed by Anne B. St John