Census Records for "Free Persons
of Color" 1790 (Western NC, SC)
The following listings only include households
with persons in the "Other Free Persons" column. In this census "Other Free
Persons" included all free males, females of any age who weren't classified as
white. They were lumped together in one column. The actual ethnic origins of
these families can not be determined simply from the census. They might be
Melungeon, "Black Dutch", "Black" of African origin, Mixed Indian-White-Black
families, or any number of possibilities. The only thing that can be determined
from the census, is that the census taker didn't consider them "White".
Click on the county name or persons name (if
linked) to find out more about them.
