John Allen 1     1   2   2 2   1   2    
  Reuben Elmore 2 3     1   1   1 1     4    
This is the 1820 Census - New York, Ostego Co., Plainfield --it is interesting  that a John Allen is in the census  only 7  families away from a Reuben Elmore.  

Coincidence or Significance???
Column Headings for 1820 Census
Names of heads of families
free white males under 10 years
free white males 10 and under 16
free white males between 16 and 18
free white males 16 and under 26 including heads of families
free white males between 26 and under 45 including heads of families
free white males 45 and upwards including heads of families

 
free white females under 10 years
free white females of ten and under 16
free white females of 16 and under 26 including heads of families
free white females of  26 and under 45 including heads of families
free white females of 45 and upwards including heads of families
Foreigners not naturalized
number of persons engaged in agriculture
number of persons engaged in Commerce
number of persons engaged in Manufacture