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1836 first territorial census 247 the territorial census for 1836 by the editor in the act of congress approved april 20 1836 establish ing the territorial government of wisconsin it was pro vided sec 4 that previously to the first election the governor of the territory shall cause the census or enu meration of the inhabitants of the several counties in the territory to be taken or made by the sheriffs of said coun ties respectively and returns thereof made by the said sheriffs to the governor " upon the basis of this census the governor was to make an apportionment " as nearly equal as practicable among the several counties for the election of the council and representatives giving to each section of the territory representation in the ratio of its population indians excepted as near as may be " the returns of this first wisconsin census taken in july 1836 are preserved in the office of the secretary of state no printed blanks were furnished the sheriffs were in structed simply to report in writing the names of heads of white families with the number of persons in each family divided into the usual four groups i no of males under 21 years ii " " females " iii " " males over " " iv " " females " the returns made to the governor were in tabular form and for the most part on ordinary foolscap paper in the case of crawford county the enterprising sheriff exceeded
Object Description
| Language | English |
| Pagination | xi, 515 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Page | Wisconsin Historical Collections, Volume XIII (1895) |
| Publisher | State Historical Society of Wisconsin |
| Format-Digital | XML |
| Source Creation Date | 1895 |
| Identifier-Digital | whcvXIII0000 |
| Description | Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, vol. 13, includes the following articles: Events at Prairie du Chien previous to American occupation, by Alfred Edward Bulger; The Bulger papers; Last days of the British at Prairie du Chien, by Alfred Edward Bulger; Papers of James Duane Doty; The territorial census for 1836; Notes on early lead mines in the Fever (or Galena) River region; Significance of the lead and shot trade in early Wisconsin, by Orin Grant Libby; Chronicle of the Helena shot-tower, by Orin Grant Libby; The Belgians of northeast Wisconsin, by Xavier Martin; The story of Chequamegon Bay; Historic sites on Chequamegon Bay, by Chrysostom Verwyst; Arrival of American troops at Green Bay in 1816; Narrative of Spoon Decorah; Narrative of Walking Cloud; and Population of Brown County, June 1830. |
| Article Title | Wisconsin Historical Collections, Volume XIII (1895) |
| Volume | Vol. 13 |
| Series | Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin ; v. 13 |
| Rights | © Copyright 2006 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2006 |
Description
| Language | English |
| Page | 247 |
| Publisher | State Historical Society of Wisconsin |
| Format-Digital | JP2 |
| Source Creation Date | 1895 |
| Identifier-Digital | whcvXIII0269 |
| Description | "The Territorial Census for 1836" by Reuben Gold Thwaites, describes the first territorial census taken for the area of Wisconsin as ordered by Governor Henry Dodge. The census was limited to those areas with considerable settlement in what is presently Wisconsin and some parts of Iowa because it was understood that the larger territory was only temporarily attached to Wisconsin. Complete information, including the sheriff, white population, slaves, and families are provided for Brown, Crawford, Iowa, and Milwaukee counties. (23 pages) |
| Article Title | The territorial census for 1836 |
| Author | Thwaites, Reuben Gold, 1853-1913 |
| Page Type | article home |
| Volume | Vol. 13 |
| Series | Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin ; v. 13 |
| Rights | © Copyright 2006 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2006 |
| State | Wisconsin |
| County | Brown County; Crawford County; Iowa County; Milwaukee County |
| Decade | 1830-1839 |
| Subject | Census; |
| Full Text | 1836 first territorial census 247 the territorial census for 1836 by the editor in the act of congress approved april 20 1836 establish ing the territorial government of wisconsin it was pro vided sec 4 that previously to the first election the governor of the territory shall cause the census or enu meration of the inhabitants of the several counties in the territory to be taken or made by the sheriffs of said coun ties respectively and returns thereof made by the said sheriffs to the governor " upon the basis of this census the governor was to make an apportionment " as nearly equal as practicable among the several counties for the election of the council and representatives giving to each section of the territory representation in the ratio of its population indians excepted as near as may be " the returns of this first wisconsin census taken in july 1836 are preserved in the office of the secretary of state no printed blanks were furnished the sheriffs were in structed simply to report in writing the names of heads of white families with the number of persons in each family divided into the usual four groups i no of males under 21 years ii " " females " iii " " males over " " iv " " females " the returns made to the governor were in tabular form and for the most part on ordinary foolscap paper in the case of crawford county the enterprising sheriff exceeded |