The 1790 American census includes one Brinston family.
As it
was a head of household census, the head was named and the number of other
family members was recorded without names. In this census, people were categorized
as: free white males 16 and upward, including heads of families; free white
males under 16; free white females, including heads of families; all other free
persons; and slaves. The 1790 census was the first census for the USA. It
enumerated 3,929,214 people and just over 10% (393,751) lived in North
Carolina.[1]
Adam Brinston was enumerated in Edenton District, Chowan
County, North Carolina and the other members of his household were 3 white
females. Although he had no slaves, many of his neighbours did. You can find information
from the 1790 census and others on the web site Ancestry.com.
Chowan is North Carolina’s smallest county by land area. Edenton
was founded in 1720 and has been the county seat since 1722.[2]
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