Kings County census of 1786
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The Kings County Census of 1786 consists of a single handwritten document and provides population figures within the different towns that comprised Kings County at this time, including Brooklyn, Flatbush, New Lots, Gravesend, Flatlands, and Bushwick, compiled by Peter Vandervoort, Sheriff.
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This collection consists of a single document.
Scope and Contents
The Kings County Census of 1786 consists of a single handwritten document and provides population figures within the different towns that comprised Kings County at this time, including Brooklyn, Flatbush, New Lots, Gravesend, Flatlands, and Bushwick. The census includes the number of families in each town, the number of males and females under age 16, the number of males and females between the ages of 16 and age 60, the number of males over age 60, and the numbers of enslaved African American men and women. The census information was compiled by Peter Vandervoort, Sheriff.
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Open to users without restriction.
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This item is in the public domain.
Preferred Citation
Kings County census of 1786, 1981.012; Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Mr. Veronese, date unknown. The item was formally accessioned in 1981.
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Oppressive descriptive language was remediated from the abstract note in this finding aid as part of an anti-racist descriptive language audit performed in December 2020.
This collection was rehoused and the finding aid revised by Dee Bowers in 2024.
