Pownal, Maine, in the 1820 Census

Pownal, Maine, in Cumberland County, in the 1820 Federal Census. 

Enumerator: Robert D. Dunning

Enumerated population of Pownal in the 1820 Census: 1051 - also on the recap sheet

Enumeration of Pownal consists of all or parts of Sheets 424-433 ; use the arrow at top left of each image to page forward. Note: there are two sheets numbered 358 - the second one has the information.

Note: the 1820 Federal Census lists the names of heads of households only; people in a household are tracked by age range and gender to determine the total population.

See the list of heads of households at the end of this post.

Boundary changes to Pownal since 1820:

• land set off to North Yarmouth in 1816
• boundary with Durham defined in 1999

Note: Spelling of the names of heads of households has been left as it appears in the enumerator’s hand; in some cases, for clarity, an optional spelling has been added. Your corrections and additional information are requested; please comment for the benefit of fellow researchers.

For the following reasons, be prepared to search the entire list for the object of your search:

• Many people were not sure of the spelling of their names

• Name spelling may have evolved throughout the person’s life

• The enumerator may not have heard the person correctly

• The enumerator may have interviewed someone not certain of the name of the head of household or how it was spelled

• The enumerator may have used phonetic spellings.

• Some enumerators grouped heads of households together by the first letter of their surname, giving an additional clue on a surname difficult to read. 

• Note: lists by first letter of surname are not alphabetical within that letter.

• Some enumerators apparently grouped the names by walking through neighborhoods; in these cases, the first letter of the surname may sometimes be in error, but the information on neighboring households is valuable.

Names of Heads of Households	Sheet #
Alden Austin	424
Isaac Allen	424
Mark Allen	424
Nehemiah Allen	424
Mark Allen	424
Job Allen	424
Moses Allen	424
Jedediah Austin	424
William Brown	424
James Blackstone	424
William Blackstone	424
Russell Brown	424
William Barber	424
Moses Barber	424
Nathaniel Blackstone	424
Francis Bennet	424
Noah Bennet	424
Zebulon Berry	424
Jacob Brown	424
Peter Brown	425
Heman M. Brown	425
Jacob Bemus - presumably Jacob Bemis	425
William Barber	425
Joshua Bangs	425
William Cotton	425
John Cole	425
Perez Chapen	425
William Cleaves	425
Edmund Cleaves	425
Isaac Cushman	425
Mary Crocker	425
John G. Crocker	425
Jacob Davis	425
Jacob Davis, Jr.	425
John Dam	425
Benjamin Davis	425
Michael Dyer	425
Jonathan Estes	426
Simeon Estes	426
Richad Fitz	426
Wiliam Field	426
Joshua Fernald	426
Benjamin Fog	426
Thomas Griffin	426
Samuel Grant	426
John Goodin	426
William Grant	426
Joseph Hutchins	426
Reuben Hodgedon	426
Reuben Haskel	426
Nathaniel Haskel	426
Margaret Hutchins	426
John Humphry	426
David Johnson	427
Simeon Jones	427
William Jones	427
William H. Jones	427
Ebenezer Jorden	427
Reuben Jorden	427
Edward Knight	427
Jeremiah Knight	427
Levi Knight	427
John Lawrance, Jr.	427
Josiah Libby	427
Daniel Libby	427
James Libby	427
Josiah Lood - perhaps Lord or Ladd	427
Samuel Loring	427
James Libby	427
Cromwell Loring	428
David Loring	428
Eleazer Lake	428
John Libby	428
Josiah Libby	428
Hanson Libby	428
Joab Libby	428
Abraham Libby	428
Alison Libby	428
Alexander Libby	428
Joseph Libby	428
John Lawrance or Laurance	428
Charles Lawrence or Laurance	428
Mercy Lawrence or Laurance	428
William Merrill	428
Edward Merrill	428
Josiah Merrill	428
Benjamin Mitchell	428
Joseph Marstin	428
Simeon Marstin	429
Daniel Marsten	429
Benjamin Mitchell	429
Andrew Mann	429
John Newbegin	429
Jonathan Newbegin	429
Thomas Noyes	429
James H. Noble	429
David Nichols	429
David Peat or David Prat	429
Daniel Plummer	429
Philemon Page	429
David Prat or David Peat	429
Assa Page	429
Thomas Paine	429
Thomas Paine, Jr.	429
Joseph Paine	429
Elisha Pote	429
Nathaniel Rideout	430
John Royal	430
Abraham Reid	430
John Reid	430
James Reid	430
Robert Ryan	430
James Rice	430
Rufus Rice	430
Calef Richardson	430
Abigail Richardson	430
Bradbury Richardson	430
Nathaniel Rideout	430
Jacob Randall	430
Thomas Rowe	430
Samuel Simonds	430
William Sawyer	430
Benjamin Sawyer	430
Edward Sawyer	431
Simeon Stubbs	431
Jeremiah Stubbs	431
John Skillings	431
Cornelius Sole	431
Isaac Spiller	431
Alison Skillings	431
Paul Sanburn	431
Seth Sweetser	431
Isaac Stutson	431
Isaac Small	431
Enos Sawyer	431
Elisha Sawyer	431
Benjamin Sole	431
Isaac Small	431
William Sawyer	431
Enos Small	431
Edward Thompson	432
John Tuttle	432
John True	432
Bela True	432
William Tuttle	432
Jabez True	432
Edward Thompson, Jr., or Edward J. Thompson	432
Simeon Thort - presumably Simeon Thoits	432
Simeon Tryon	432
Joseph Tuttle	432
Libbeus Tuttle	432
Adams True	432
William Tyler	432
John Tyler	432
Ebenezer True	432
Thomas Thombs	432
Perez Thorts - perhaps Perez Thoits	432
Joseph Thombs	432
John Tuttle, Jr.	433
George Winslow	433
John Whitney	433
Henry Warren - middle initial I or J	433
Nathaniel Walker	433
Henry Wormwell	433
Henry Warren	433
John York	433
Assa York, Jr. - although the Jr. might be crossed out	433
Eliot York	433
Assa York, Jr. - again, the Jr. looks to be crossed out	433
Joseph York	433
Daniel York	433

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