transcribed by Eileen Babb McAdams 2005
 
1850 U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedule
Wilkinson County Georgia
Deaths occured from June 1, 1849 - May 31, 1850
Pages 1-3, enumerated by Joel Deese
Name Age Sex Color Free
or Slave
Mar./ Wid Born Month Died Occup. Cause of Death
(Old Medical Terms)
Days Ill
Mary Lord 17 F - - M GA Jan - Child bed fever 19 days
Henry 85 M B - - Africa July - Camp  colic Sudden
Sion 7 M B - - GA Apr - Worms 1 day
Mary Ann Pierce 26 F - - M GA Jul - Inflam bowels 2 days
Susan 11 mos F B - - GA Sep - Unknow Sudden
O Allen 26 F - - M GA Jun - Unknown 2 yrs
Infant 4 das F - - - GA Jan - Inflam Bowels 4 days
Wilson Chambers 40  M - - M GA Aug farmer Bronchitis 6 mos
Denes 80 F B - - VA Oct - Old age -
Caroline Thompson 23 F - - W GA Jul - Child bed 1 da
Sarah E Ussery 8 mos F - - - GA Jan - sudden cold 6 days
Peter 65 M B - - SC Aug - dropsey 1 yr
Gideon Miller 46 M - - - NC Jun - Vomiting 23 das
Rebeccah Davis 69 F - - - SC Apr - Asthma 2 yrs
Mingo 101 M B - - unknown May - Inflamation 2 mos
Mary Lord 5 F - - - GA May - unknown 2 wks
Jackson Deese 17
20
M - - M GA Sep farmer inflammation 12 days
Enn 7 F B - - GA Jun - unknown 1 mo
John 4 M B - - GA Sep - worms 1 day
Isham 48 M B - - VA Jul - Inflam kedno(?) 2 mos
Infant 9 mos M - - - GA Jan - unknown sudden
Westley A Fisher 18 M - - - GA Sep - Asthma 2 days
Zuphy 1 F B - - GA Aug - fever 2 mos
A G Howard 29 M - - - GA Oct - congestion sudden
Hardy Duncan 44 M - - NC Jun farmer Dropsey 3 yrs
Henry Catoe 9 M - - - GA May - - 4 days
Stephen Parkes 17 M - - - NC Sep - B fever 1 mo
J M Cannon 7 M - - - Ga Apr - unknown 1 mo
Nancy Lawson 20 F - - - unknown Nov - unknown 5 days
Mary E Exum 1 F - - - GA May - Infl Bowels sudden
Nancy Ann Dominy 7 F - - - GA Apr - Inbriet fever 3 days
J W Pickles 9 M - - - GA Aug - Diaraly 15 days
Nancy C Mackey 10 F - - - GA Apr - Croup 1 day
E J Tarpley 69 M - - - VA Nov farmer Dropsy 3 mos
Edwin Tarpley 38 M - - - GA Feb school teacher Consumption 2 yrs
Kemary? 90 F B - - MD - - - -
Missouri A 6 F - - - GA Aug - worms 12 days
Sarah Johnson 77 F - - W SC Jun - unknown 1 mo
Henry Catoe 10 M - - - GA May - - 2 days
Charles D McCook 6 mos M - - - GA Mar - unknown 5 days
Infant Beck 3 mos M - - - GA Feb - unknown sudden
Sarah Lindsey 66 F - - W SC Jul - - 1 mo
Jack 2 mos M B - - GA Apr - Hives suden
Lewis 60 M B - - GA Jan - unknown sudden
Charlotte 19 F B - - GA Aug - Typhoid fever 14 days
Bethany C Passmore 4 F F - - GA Apr - Apoplexy 3 days
Henry 21 M B - - GA May - unknown 3 days
Charity Dupriest 40 F - - - GA May - unknown 2 days
Sam 3 M B - - GA Apr - Inflamatin 3 days
Nicholas Kersey 52 M - - - NC Jul - Consumption 1 mo
Celia 30 F B - - GA Mar - Tyhoid fever 6 wks
Iverson Hughs 17 M - - - GA Nov - quinsey 15 days
Allen Morey 17 M - - - GA Jul farmer B fever 2 days
Lewis Etheridge 54 M - - - GA Nov farmer Drophsy 8 mos
Sion P Shepherd 27 M - - - GA Nov - Consumption 1 yr
Abagail Barlow 3 mos F - - - GA Jun - unknown 5 days
Thomas Jackson 24 M - - - GA Aug farmer Typhoid fever  45 days
Cassy Stephens 35 F - - - GA Jun - Child bed 2 days
Rachel Collins 70 F - - - VA Apr - Dropsy 12 mos
May Johnson 19 F - - - GA Mar - Congestive fever 2 wks
Sherod 1 M - - - GA Apr - unknown 1 wk
William R Vaughn 2 M - - - GA Aug - Inflammation 3 wks
Susan J Scott  16 F - - - GA Jun - Apoplexy sudden
Paul E Jones 1 M - - - GA Sep - Croup sudden
Agy 100 F B - - GA Dec - Old age -
Infant 7 days F - - - GA May - D Hives 7 days
Edmund T Shepherd 75 M - - - NC Oct - Palsy 6 yrs
Wm Barfield 75 M - - - GA Jun - - -
Elizabeth Williams  74 F - - - SC Aug - Consumption 6 yrs
Jack 1 M B - - GA Oct - Croup 6 hrs
Hannah 23 F B - - NC Jun - Child b fever 3 wks
Jane 1 F B - - GA Sep - unknown sudden
James Hardy 69 M - - - NC May - Longevity 1 mo
Jasper Melvin 6 mos M - - - GA Jul - Inf Bowels 5 days
James Melvin 3 M - - - GA Oct fever 4 days
Thomas Morgan 5 M - - - GA Jan - Dropsey 3 wks
William E Hogan 4 M - - - GA Jun - Flux 10 days
Sarah Lunceford 45 F - - - GA Jul - Bil fever 3 days
Patency Ann 7 F - - - GA Feb - Burned sudden
Ritter 45 F - - - GA Mar - Dropsey 1 yr
Lydia Smith 55 F - - - NC Jan - Not readable 4 days
Matilda Smith 29 F - - - GA Jul - unknown 3 wks
George 30 M B - - GA Jan - consumption 2 yrs
Zecheriah T Allen 3 M - - - GA Aug - fever 1 wk
Elviner 6 mos F - - - GA Oct - fever 3 wks
George 16 M B - - GA Oct - nervous fever  4 wks
Warren 10 M B - - GA Sep - Infa. fever 3 wks
Remarks: There has been no contagious or well defined epidemic disease prevailing in my county during the year ended 1 June 1850 as cite appear from the Bill of mortality shows. Face of the county is uneven abounding principally from timber with some dist. of oak and hickory and swamp land. The disease most common in the county is such as arosen from. Malaria  for Instance is Intermitent fever.
 

Source: United States. Federal Mortality Census Schedules, 1850-1880 (formerly in the custody of the Daughters of the American Revolution), and Related Indexes, 1850-1880. T655, 30 rolls. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C.

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