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While searching for names in the bound censuses at various state and city archives across the southeastern US, I came across the standard census maps showing how the districts and county lines formed from decade to decade as territories became states and then became counties which further divided until reaching their current recorded boundaries. Comparing these county census maps by ensuing decades can answer perplexing issues as ancestors records seem to jump from county to county over perhaps 50+ years. Such a study makes it clear that they are not necessarily moving about, but that the county where they reside is subdividing into component counties, followed by the decision about which county will keep which records. The crucial years when pioneering Camps/Kemps are migrating ever westward runs from 1790 to 1860. Click on the links just below to begin your study of the 1790 to 1880 state census district and county dividing lines: North Carolina 1790-1850 South Carolina 1790-1860 Georgia 1790-1840 Alabama 1800-1820 Tennesse 1790-1830 Mississippi 1800-1870 Arkansas 1850-1880 This website was created by www.HappyWebsite.biz. This webpage was last updated on September 22, 2007.