From NKAA, Notable Kentucky African Americans Database (source)

"First census" of Kentucky, 1790 (reconstructed from tax lists)

Author(s)/Publishing Information

Charles Brunk Heinemann

Call Number

F450 .H45 1940

Location(s)

Special Collections Research Center

Also available in William T. Young Library under this call number.

Freely available fulltext online at HathiTrust.

Access

1992 Revised Edition
"This is not offered as a State or Federal enumeration of inhabitants. It is a privately compiled list of tax payers appearing in the tax lists of all Kentucky counties which were established at the time of the First Federal Census."

Library Location(s)

University of Kentucky Libraries

Item Relations

Cited in this Entry

none

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NKAA Entry: Kentucky Slaves and Free Persons Not White, 1790

NKAA Entry: Lincoln County (KY) Enslaved, Free Blacks, and Free Mulattoes, 1850-1870

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NKAA Entry: Mason County (KY) Enslaved, Free Blacks, and Free Mulattoes, 1850-1870

NKAA Entry: Mercer County (KY) Enslaved, Free Blacks, and Free Mulattoes, 1850-1870

NKAA Entry: Nelson County (KY) Enslaved, Free Blacks, and Free Mulattoes, 1850-1870

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Cite This NKAA Entry:

“"First census" of Kentucky, 1790 (reconstructed from tax lists),” Notable Kentucky African Americans Database, accessed October 11, 2026, https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/300002538.

Last modified: 2025-03-18 02:15:10