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Census Records

1810 to 1829 Records

           Arkansas had population censuses taken in 1810 and 1820, but they did not survive. There was a manufacturer’s census taken of the Arkansas Territory in 1820 as part of the federal census program, some of which has survived.  I have not checked this census.  However, I would not expect any Clovers to be in this census because they were mostly farmers.  Nevertheless, interested parties should check it in the interests of thoroughness.  The first federal population census to actually survive was 1830. 

            To cover the period before 1830, various lists have been compiled to try to reconstruct a picture of who was living in the area at that time. I have listed the ones I have information on here.    

            We do not know the exact date that the Clovers appeared in Arkansas, so it is just possible that they were there before Clark County was formed from Arkansas County. Therefore I checked the 1814 and 1816 tax lists of Arkansas County, but found no Clovers. This is online at: http://www.censusfinder.com/arkansas.htm

           James Logan Morgan, 1820 Census of the Territory of Arkansas (Reconstructed), (Conway, Arkansas: Arkansas Research, 1992).  I was sent the information in this book by Ray Thompson. The names used to be on line also but that is another broken rootsweb link. 

           On page 99 of the book, the following information is given: "Clark County was created by an act of the Missouri Territorial Legislature approved December 15, 1818 and effective March 1, 1919. The 1820 census was enumerated by Tandy Glaze. At $6.00 per hundred, he was paid $64.40 for the enumeration of Clark County and $4.00 for preparing 2 copies of the census.

           The principal sources of the reconstructed census of Clark County, Arkansas were: Deed Record Book A; Circuit Court Record Books A & B (including jury lists for the circuit court and the court of common pleas); the 1821 Delinquent Tax List published in the Arkansas Gazette, June 25, 1822; Arkansas, Clark County Arkansas Financial Statement 1819, 1820, and 1821, which were published in the Arkansas Gazette, February 12, 1823. "

           The Clover records are on page 16 of the book. Adam Clover and William Clover of Clark County were listed only in 1821. John Clover of Clark County was listed in 1819, 1820, and 1821. The book does not give the exact source of each name.

           Ronald Vern Jackson, Arkansas Sheriff’s Censuses: 1823 and 1829, (Bountiful, Utah: Accelerated Indexing Systems, 1978) Only the heads of households are listed in this census.  According to Ray Thompson, the following Clovers are in Clark County, Caddo Township for 1829. John Clover, Isaac Clover, Wm Clover. I am told there were no Clovers listed on the 1823 list.

          Ronald Vern Jackson and Gary Ronald Teeples, Arkansas Tax Lists Volume 1, 1819-1829, (Salt Lake City, Utah: Accelerated Indexing Systems, 1976).  I do not know what specific records it includes.  Some of the books produced by this company do not include all available records. 

1828 tax List of Clark County  William Clover

           Ronald Vern Jackson and Gary Ronald Teeples, Arkansas Tax Lists Volume 2, 1830-1839, (Bountiful, Utah: Accelerated Indexing Systems, 1980), 132.

           Zelpha Clover, Sevier County, page 2, No township listed, 1839

 

1830 and 1840 Censuses

1830 Arkansas

Isaac Clover     Miller County p 216     000001-0 [one male aged 30-40]

Wm Clover       Clark County p 196      20001-10101 [2 males under 5, 1 male 20-30, 1 female under 5, 1 female 10-15, 1 female 20-30]

1840 Arkansas

James Clover      Servier Co, Fulton        p 166   110001-010001 [1 male under 5, 1 male 5-10, 1 male 30-40, 1 female 5-10, 1 female 30-40]

William Clover    Clarke Co, Caddo        p 105   111002-130001 [1 male under 5, 1 male 5-10, I male 10-15, 2 males 30-40, 1 female under 5, 3 females 5-10, 1 female 30-40]

I have recently discovered that the Clark County, Arkansas 1840 and 1850 censuses have been transcribed and are on line at: http://www.us-census.org/inventory/arkansas.htm If you need to look for other families, this is a good source to use.

 

1850 Censuses

 

1860 Censuses

 

1870 Censuses

1880 and 1890 Censuses

        The 1880 Census for the entire United States is indexed and transcribed at www.familysearch.org  My own records were taken from the Soundex which existed prior to the LDS database and consequently are not complete.  The Soundex of the 1880 census did not include any households which did not include a child under the age of ten. This occurred because the federal government was using WPA money in the 1930s to index the censuses for the use of the Social Security Administration.  They intended it to serve as a proof of age for Social Security. Only those individuals who were born after 1870 were eligible for Social Security so the government saw no need to index other households.  This explains some of the omissions in research published prior to 2001 when the LDS church published the index to the entire United States for 1880. I now rely on this website for my information about 1880 censuses.

        I am sure that most of you know this already, but I will repeat it for the sake of those who are just beginning their research. The 1890 census was damaged during a fire in 1921 at the Department of Commerce. Only a very few pages survived. No Arkansas pages survived. There was also a very interesting Special Veteran’s Census taken in 1890.  The states were apparently stored in alphabetical order and all states from Alabama through Kansas and half of Kentucky were destroyed.

1900 Census


1910 Partial Listing

1910 Miller County, Arkansas Texarkana Wd 3 NARA T624 roll 57 ED 70 sh 13b: Mertha Clover 50 wid 7/4 ch LA MO IN; Hatie 26 dau sing AR MO LA; Edgar 25 son div AR MO LA; Louis 22 son sing AR MO LA; Harvey 13 son AR MO LA

1910 Yell County, Arkansas Magazine NARA T624 roll 68 Ed 170 sh 4B: Frank Clover 30 Mar1 5 years IL Aust Aust; Mary wife 25 mar1 5 years 2/2 ch Il Aust Aust; Fanny dau 4 AR AR IL; Joe son 3 AR AR IL

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