1820 Census, Otsego County, New York

In order to save space, any fields in which there was no tally has been omitted.

See below for the following households:

Burlington: Artemas Sheldon, Ezekiel Sheldon, Jonathan Sheldon, and Timothy Sheldon
Edmeston: Gardner Sheldon, Isaac Sheldon, and John Sheldon
Otsego: James Sheldon
Pittsfield: Augustus Sheldon, Isaac Sheldon, and John Sheldon
Springfield: David A. Sheldon, Eliakim Sheldon, and Elisha B. Sheldon
Unadilla: Henry Sheldon
Worcester: Allen Sheldon, and Lionel Sheldon

Burlington

Artemas Shelden Household		Possible Identity
Description	Tally	Name	Relationship	Age
Free White Male 10-15	1
Free White Male 16-18	2
Free White Male 16-25 (note duplicates)	2	(same 2 as above)
Free White Male 26-44	3	? Artemas Sheldon	Head
Free White Female under 10	1
Free White Female 10-15	1
Free White Female 26-44	1
# of Persons Engaged in Agriculture	3	Notes:
Free White Persons under 16	3
Free White Persons over 25	4
Total Free White Persons	9
Total – All Persons	9

Ezekiel Shelden Household		Possible Identity
Description	Tally	Name	Relationship	Age
Free White Male under 10	3
Free White Male 10-15	1
Free White Male 16-18	1
Free White Male 16-25 (note duplicates)	4	(1 same as above)
Free White Male 45+	2	? Ezekiel Sheldon	Head
Free White Female under 10	3
Free White Female 10-15	2
Free White Female 16-25	4
Free White Female 45+	1
# of Persons Engaged in Agriculture	8	Notes:
# of Persons Engaged in Manufacture	3
Free White Persons under 16	9
Free White Persons over 25	3
Total Free White Persons	20
Total – All Persons	20

Jonathan Shelden Household		Possible Identity
Description	Tally	Name	Relationship	Age
Free White Male under 10	2
Free White Male 10-15	2
Free White Male 26-44	1	Jonathan Sheldon	Head
Free White Female under 10	2
Free White Female 10-15	1
Free White Female 26-44	1
# of Persons Engaged in Agriculture	2	Notes:
Free White Persons under 16	7
Free White Persons over 25	2
Total Free White Persons	9
Total – All Persons	9

Timothy Shelden Household		Possible Identity
Description	Tally	Name	Relationship	Age
Free White Male 10-15	3
Free White Male 16-18	1
Free White Male 16-25 (note duplicates)	1	(same as above)
Free White Male 45+	1	Timothy Shelden
Free White Female under 10	3
Free White Female 16-25	1
Free White Female 45+	1
# of Persons Engaged in Agriculture	5	Notes:
Free White Persons under 16	6
Free White Persons over 25	2
Total Free White Persons	10
Total – All Persons	10

Edmeston

Gardner Shelden Household		Possible Identity
Description	Tally	Name	Relationship	Age
Free White Male under 10	1	Benjamin Sheldon	son	infant
Free White Male 16-25	1	Gardner Shelden	Head	22
Free White Female under 10	1	Harriet Sheldon	daughter	1
Free White Female 16-25	1	Nancy Gorum Sheldon	wife	21
# of Persons Engaged in Agriculture	2	Notes: Two people were tallied for “Engaged in Agriculture”, but only Gardner and Nancy are old enough for this work, suggesting that Nancy took part in the farm work in addition to caring for the children and keeping the house.
Free White Persons under 16	2
Total Free White Persons	4
Total – All Persons	4

Isaac Shelden Household		Possible Identity
Description	Tally	Name	Relationship	Age
Free White Male under 10	1
Free White Male 10-15	2
Free White Male 26-44	1	Isaac Sheldon	Head
Free White Female under 10	3
Free White Female 10-15	1
Free White Female 26-44	1
# of Persons Engaged in Agriculture	3	Notes:
Free White Persons under 16	7
Free White Persons over 25	2
Total Free White Persons	9
Total – All Persons	9

John Shelden Household		Possible Identity
Description	Tally	Name	Relationship	Age
Free White Male under 10	1
Free White Male 10-15	1
Free White Male 16-18	1
Free White Male 16-25 (note duplicates)	1	(same as above)
Free White Male 45+	1	John Sheldon	Head
Free White Female under 10	4
Free White Female 10-15	2
Free White Female 16-25	1
Free White Female 45+	1
# of Persons Engaged in Agriculture	3	Notes:
Free White Persons under 16	8
Free White Persons over 25	2
Total Free White Persons	12
Total – All Persons	12

Otsego

James Shelden Household		Possible Identity
Description	Tally	Name	Relationship	Age
Free White Male under 10	1
Free White Male 16-25	1	James Sheldon	Head
Free White Female under 10	1
Free White Female 16-25	1
Free White Persons under 16	2	Notes:
Total Free White Persons	4
Total – All Persons	4

Pittsfield

Augustus Shelden Household		Possible Identity
Description	Tally	Name	Relationship	Age
Free White Male under 10	1
Free White Male 16-18	1
Free White Male 16-25 (note duplicates)	1	(same as above)
Free White Male 26-44	1	Augustus Sheldon
Free White Female 26-44	2
# of Persons Engaged in Agriculture	2	Notes:
Free White Persons under 16	1
Free White Persons over 25	2
Total Free White Persons	6
Total – All Persons	6

Isaac Shelden Household		Possible Identity
Description	Tally	Name	Relationship	Age
Free White Male under 10	1
Free White Male 10-15	1
Free White Male 26-44	1	Isaac Sheldon	Head
Free White Female 10-15	1
Free White Female 26-44	1
Free White Persons under 16	3	Notes:
Free White Persons over 25	2
Total Free White Persons	5
Total – All Persons	5

John Shelden Household		Possible Identity
Description	Tally	Name	Relationship	Age
Free White Male under 10	1
Free White Male 10-15	1
Free White Male 26-44	1	John Sheldon	Head
Free White Female 16-25	1
Free White Female 26-44	1
Free White Female 45+	1
# of Persons Engaged in Agriculture	1	Notes:
Free White Persons under 16	2
Free White Persons over 25	3
Total Free White Persons	6
Total – All Persons	6

Springfield

David A. Sheldon Household		Possible Identity
Description	Tally	Name	Relationship	Age
Free White Male 10-15	1
Free White Male 16-25 (note duplicates)	1
Free White Male 26-44	1	? David A. Sheldon	Head
Free White Persons under 16	1	Notes:
Free White Persons over 25	1
Total Free White Persons	3
Total – All Persons	3

Eliakim Shelden Household		Possible Identity
Description	Tally	Name	Relationship	Age
Free White Male 45+	1	Eliakim Sheldon	Head
Free White Female under 10	1
Free White Female 16-25	1
Free White Female 26-44	1
Free White Female 45+	1
Free White Persons under 16	1	Notes:
Free White Persons over 25	3
Total Free White Persons	5
Total – All Persons	5

Elisha B. Shelden Household		Possible Identity
Description	Tally	Name	Relationship	Age
Free White Male under 10	3
Free White Male 10-15	1
Free White Male 16-25	2
Free White Male 26-44	1	? Elisha B. Sheldon	Head
Free White Female under 10	1
Free White Female 10-15	2
Free White Female 16-25	1
Free White Female 26-44	1
# of Persons Engaged in Agriculture	3	Notes:
Free White Persons under 16	7
Free White Persons over 25	2
Total Free White Persons	12
Total – All Persons	12

Unadilla

Henry Shelden Household		Possible Identity
Description	Tally	Name	Relationship	Age
Free White Male under 10	1
Free White Male 10-15	1
Free White Male 16-18	1
Free White Male 16-25 (note duplicates)	3	(1 same as above)
Free White Male 45+	1	? Henry Sheldon	Head
Free White Female 10-15	1
Free White Female 16-25	1
Free White Female 26-44	1
Free White Female 45+	1
# of Persons Engaged in Agriculture	4	Notes:
# of Persons Engaged in Manufactures	1
Free White Persons under 16	3
Free White Persons over 25	3
Total Free White Persons	10
Total – All Persons	10

Worcester

Allen Shelden Household		Possible Identity
Description	Tally	Name	Relationship	Age
Free White Male under 10	1
Free White Male 16-25	1
Free White Male 26-44	1
Free White Female under 10	2
Free White Female 26-44	1
# of Persons Engaged in Manufactures	2	Notes:
Free White Persons under 16	3
Free White Persons over 25	2
Total Free White Persons	6
Total – All Persons	6

Lionel Shelden Household		Possible Identity
Description	Tally	Name	Relationship	Age
Free White Male under 10	1
Free White Male 16-25	1
Free White Male 26-44	1	? Lionel Sheldon	Head
Free White Female under 10	1
Free White Female 10-15	1
Free White Female 26-44	1
# of Persons Engaged in Manufactures	2	Notes:
Free White Persons under 16	3
Free White Persons over 25	2
Total Free White Persons	6
Total – All Persons	6

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