Monroe County, IL 1820 
Federal Census - Notes

 TRANSCRIBER NOTES / INTRODUCTION 
 Fourth Federal Census 
 1820 Monroe County, Illinois. 

This transcription attempts to reproduce the original 1820 document 
as faithfully as possible. However, In the almost 200 years since it's creation the 
original document has suffered some irreversible physical damage resulting 
the loss of some data. 

Several families isolated by the hard winter and lack of roads were estimated 
using hearsay information provided by a neighbor. These families will 
be noted in the Enumeration. 

Surnames appear exactly as enumerated. When seeking a Surname all 
soundex equivalents should be examined. 

Arithmetic and Spelling errors made by the Enumerator have not been corrected 
and remain as submitted by the Enumerator, Mr. Prince Bryant, in December 1820. 

The only names that appear in this schedule are heads of families or 
persons who were not enumerated within a family or household unit. 
Because printed forms were not generally used, all or part of the 
schedules of some localities carry less than the prescribed 32 columns. 
This occurred in instances where no enumeration was made of persons 
belonging to groups ordinarily listed under these missing columns. 
Occasionally, where the number of persons belonging to these groups 
was so small they were listed numerically or by name at the end of 
the schedules of the locality in which they were enumerated. 
  

 Legend 
 (  )= transcriber comment 
 /?/ = all data for this family has been lost. 
   * = a single character has been lost, or shows ambiguity. 
   ? = transcriber's opinion of lost or damaged data. 
   - = skipped entry 
  
  
  
  

John C. Jacoby 
October, 2000 
Callie@anet-chi.com