1820
Compiled by Hugh MacDougall






This information was compiled from the Federal and State Census records for Otsego 
County, New York, from 1790 to 1925. There are inevitable errors, some resulting from
poor quality microfilm images of the census records, others from transcription errors
of all sorts. Users finding errors of any sort are invited to communicate with
Hugh MacDougall, so that they can be corrected.

Federal Census for 1820

Contents: Towns of Burlington | Butternuts (incl. part of modern Morris) |
Cherry Valley (incl. modern Roseboom) | Decatur | Edmeston | Exeter | Hartwick | Maryland |
Middlefield | Milford | New Lisbon | Otego (modern Oneonta) | Otsego | Pittsfield (incl.
part of modern Morris) | Plainfield | Richfield | Springfield | Unadilla (incl. modern
Otego) | Westford | Worcester

Whites Slaves Free Blacks M F M F M F ages*: ABCD ABCD ABDC ABCD *Legend for ages: column A = 0-13; B = 14-25; C = 26-44; D = 45+ Burlington 76 Daniel D. Tompkins 2 3 1--- 78 Jonathan Niles 3 1 1--- 80 Artemas Sheldon 8 3 -1-- (0) (0) (1) (2) Butternuts (including part of present-day Morris) 25 John Faddon 3 2 1---- Andrew Cathcart 2 4 -1-- 26 Russel Wheeler 3 4 -1-- Joshua Weaver 5 2 -1-- Peter Van Rensselaer 1 3 --1- 27 Edmund Pettengill, Jr. 1 2 1--- Anthony Stewart - - 1-1- 1-1- Richard Morris 3 5 --1- George Fenno 5 3 -2-- Lewis Lee Morris 6 5 -1-- 29 Exodus Woodward - - -11- -11- George Shepard 4 3 11-- 31 Elias Washborn 3 2 -1-- (0) (0) (10) (11) Cherry Valley (including present-day Roseboom) 2 Jas. S. Campbell 9 5 -1-- -1-- William Story 6 4 1--- Peleg White 5 5 -1-- Horace Ripley 11 3 -1-- 3 Jabez Hammond 4 2 --1- Robert Dunlap 6 3 1--- Volney Selah (?) 2 4 -1-- Joseph White 7 3 --1- 1--- Benoni Rose 3 2 2--- 1--- Prince Scarenhoren - - --1- --1- ?4 Henry Smith 2nd 1 1 ---1 James Whitaker 3 1 -1-- James Remmington 3 3 --1- John Hall 3 3 --1- John H. Coon 6 4 -1-- James Ferguson, Jr. 2 1 1--- John Menckler, Jr. 4 3 1--- 5 Gilbert Van Alstine 3 1 1--- Thomas Mabb 2 2 1--- 8 Abraham Roseboom 5 5 -1-- Matthew Hoyt 2 3 1--- Joyce Johnson 3 2 -1-- (2) (1) (10) (12) Decatur 40 Mandel Rhines 4 4 1--- August Deming - - 2-1- 1-1- (0) (0) (4) (2) Edmeston 22 ?? Prince Bennet Jr. 3---1- 21-1- [Agr. 1][listed as White] ?? ?? Prince Bennet -----1 ----1 [Agr. 1][listed as White] ?? Exeter 85 Calvin Huntley 8 5 ---1 Phineas Huntley 3 3 -1-- 86 Naboth Buckingham 2 5 -1-- (0) (0) (1) (2) Hartwick 68 Clement Miller 1 4 ---1 Thomas Orderson 1 1 -1-- Nathan Davidson 11 2 1--- Joseph Dottin Husbands 4 6 [4 foreign born] 1-1- 2-1- Joseph Miller 1 1 [2 for. b.] -1-- --1- 71 Isaac Norton 5 2 -1-- John Brayton - - [Mfg. 2] --1- --1- (0) (3) (5) (5) Laurens 67 John Parr 2 2 1--- Ezra Dean 1 1 -1-- (0) (0) (2) (0) Middlefield 13 James T. Campbell 4 4 11-- John Church 2 3 1--- 14 William Taylor 1 1 -1-- 1--- 15 Hayden Waters - - 111- -1-- Samuel M. Ingalls 2 5 1--- John M. Bowers 5 9 1--- -1-1 Peleg Peckham 8 5 1--- 17 James Van Valkenburg 4 7 -1-- (0) (0) (10) (5) Maryland 37 Wilhelmus Vanderberg 3 5 -1-- Elijah Chappel 2 5 -1-- 39 James Morehouse 4 4 --1- Isaac Howland 3 1 1--- (0) (1) (3) (0) Milford 32 Peter Collier 3 3 -1-- 1--- 35 Joseph Merriam 5 4 1-1- Nicholas Kettle 4 5 -1-- (0) (0) (2) (3) New Lisbon 62 Charles D. Stott (?) 3 1 -1-- (0) (0) (0) (1) Otego (present-day Oneonta) 2 Jacob VanWoert 2 1 -1-- (0) (1) (0) (0) Otsego 49 George Morell 5 5 1--- Joseph Mann 9 3 --1- Mary Ann Cooper 2 8 11-- John Russel 1 4 1--- 1-1- Farrand Stranahan 3 2 -1-- 1--- 50 James Averill 10 4 --1- 1--- Robert Campbell 5 4 --1- Joseph Stewart - - --1- --1- Ambrose S. Jordan 3 3 -1-- 1--- Joshua Starr 1 2 1--- George Pomeroy 6 6 -1-- John Smith 2 4 1--- --1- Mary Pomeroy - - ---1 Richard Farmer 3 5 -1-- Joseph Griffin 2 1 -1-- 51 Abel Peelbles 1 4 1--- 1--- David Johnson - - [Agr. 1] 11-- 1--- Thomas Bronk - - [Agr. 1] 1--1 --1- Robert Lowe - - [Agr. 1] 2--1 2--1 Edward Jackson - - --1- -1-- 52 Jehiel Todd 6 3 -1-- Abraham Van Horne 8 6 --1- 55 Jacob Johnson - - [Agr. 1] 11-- -1-- 56 David Thomas - - [Agr. 1] -4-1 11-1 57 Benjamin Scott 3 2 -1-- (2) (2) (22) (27) Pittsfield (including part of present-day Morris) 57 William Prince - - [Agr. 1] 11-- 21-- Joseph Cheesbrough 6 6 --1- 58 Alpheus Goodrich 4 2 -1-- John Reed - - [Agr. 2] 21-1 2-1- (0) (0) (8) (6) Plainfield 87 Daniel Clark 4 2 -1-- Spencer Kellog 4 3 1--- Jacob Adams - - [Mfg. 1] 1-1- 11-- (0) (0) (4) (2) Richfield 82 Oliver Griffin 1 2 1--- Israel Freeman 2 2 -1-- Calvin Ames 5 1 1--- Dorastus Hatch 4 2 1--- John Jones 4 1 -1-- Daniel Richards 4 2 1--- (0) (0) (3) (3) Springfield 74 Evan Coles 4 2 1--- Andrew Moore 6 3 --1- 1--- Battus Sosie 4 7 --1- Jacob N. Phillips 4 6 -2-- 75 John Coles 3 2 --1- --1- 2-1- David Little 3 1 -1-- -1-- John McKellup 1 2 -2-- -1-- 76 Luther Smith 3 5 1--- Ann Carey 3 4 -1-- -1-- (0) (4) (8) (7) Unadilla ( including present-day Otego) 46 Stephen R. Phelps 3 3 -1-- 47 Richard Derrick - - ---1 -2-- Prince Derrick - - [Agr. 1] 2-1- --1- Thomas Noble 3 1 1--- Peter Howel - - [Agr. 1] 2-1- 1-1- John Albright 5 4 1---- Isaac Hayes 4 5 -1-- 48 Henry Dayton 1 2 1--- Thomas Page 3 5 --1- Stephen Benton 4 4 1--- (0) (0) (14) (5) Westford 18 Charles Higginbotham 6 1 1--- Paul Gross 9 4 -1-- John Jackson Jr. 6 3 -1-- (0) (0) (1) (3) Worcester 9 Silas Crippen 5 3 1--- -1-- 10 James Brayman 3 2 1--- Ebenezer Hudson 1 1 1--- John A. Hudson 2 2 1--- Samuel Ross 3 4 1--- John B. Cross - - [Agr. 1] --1- 511- Isaac Johnson - - [Agr. 1] 2-1- 2-1- Reuben Soars (?) 1 2 1--- (0) (0) (8) (13) County Figures (by Town) Burlington 1--- 11-- Butternuts 265- 492- Cherry Valley -11- -1-- 712- 463- Decatur 3-1- 1-1- Edmeston [probably none, but see Town Listing] Exeter -1-- -1-1 Hartwick -2-1 2-3- 212- Maryland --1- 12-- Middlefield 541- 22-1 Milford -2-- 2-1- New Lisbon -1-- Otego -1-- Otsego --2- -11- 9823 (10)863 Pittsfield 3311 411- Plainfield 211- 11-- Richfield 21-- 31-- Springfield -22- 152- 421- Unadilla 8231 122- Westford --1- 13-- Worcester 6-2- 922- TOTAL- Otsego County (4) (12) (117) (117) 16 slaves 234 free blacks

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