1860 Federal Census Decatur County, Georgia (Mortality: File 1 of 1) ************************************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwcensus.org/notices/ http://www.usgwcensus.org/ http://www.usgwcensus.org/cenfiles/ ************************************************************************** Abstracted by Lorraine H. Robinson from public records. Proofreader Needed. Submitted by Lorraine H. Robinson. Edited and formatted by Maggie Stewart, September 2010. ************************************************************************** All above information must remain when copied or downloaded. ************************************************************************** NOTE: For more information on Decatur County, Georgia, Please visit the Decatur County GAGenWeb page at http://www.usgenweb.org/ga/ ========================================================= ALSO visit the GAGenWeb archives at http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************************************** --- Year: 1860 Mortality State: Georgia County: Decatur Reel No: T655-8 Division: (In the transcription) Enumerated by: John Daffin on June 1, 1860 Transcribed by Lorraine H. Robinson for the USGenWeb Archives. Copyright: 2010 ----- KEY TO COLUMNS: PG=PAGE SH=SHEET LN=LINE CO=COLOR F/S=FREE OR SLAVE M/W=MARRIE or WIDOWED BIRTH PLACE=PLACE OF BIRTH MONTH=THE MONTH IN WHICH THE PERSON DIED CAUSE OF DEATH=DISEASE OR CAUSE OF DEATH NO DAYS ILL=NUMBER OF DAYS ILL =============================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================== PG LN LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX CO F/S M/W BIRTH PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE OF DEATH NO DAYS ILL TOWNSHIP/DIV TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS =============================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================== 1 1 enumerator did not record last names of slaves. =============================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================== 1 1 blank Amanda 14 F B S . Ga Mar . dropsy 100 not stated enumerator did not record last names of slaves. 1 2 blank Mary 40 F B S W Ga Aug cook diarrhea 21 not stated . 1 3 McElvy Geo. 8/12 M . . . Ga May . fever 10 not stated . 1 4 blank Susan 25 F B S M Ga Aug farm hand child bed 60 not stated . 1 5 blank Tom 2/12 M B S . Ga Aug . not known sudden not stated . 1 6 Peabody Sarah A. 49 F . . W Ct July . apoplexy 2 not stated . 1 7 blank Sofa 17 F B S . Ga Mar farm hand dropsy 100 not stated . 1 8 blank Tom 9 M B S . Ga Apr farm hand pneumonia 10 not stated . 1 9 Russell Ben 76 M . . W NC Nov brick mason old age 12 not stated . 1 10 blank Fanny 1 F Mu S . Ga Aug . thrush 21 not stated . 1 11 Griffin Edwin 1 M . . . Ga Feb . pneumonia 22 not stated . 1 12 blank Dick 6/12 M B S . Ga June . teething 60 not stated . 1 13 blank Lucy 7/12 F B S . Ga July . teething 30 not stated . 1 14 blank Julia 1/12 F B S . Ga Dec . not known 3 not stated . 1 15 blank Darcus 35 F Mu W W Va Nov cook pneumonia 20 not stated . 1 16 blank Charlott 3 F Mu S . Ga Dec . dropsy 30 not stated . 1 17 Pearce M. A. 27 F . . M Ga May . dysentery 16 not stated . 1 18 Blount Susan 25 F . . M SC Dec . consumption 60 not stated . 1 19 Blount Acenut 60 F . . W NC Jan . pneumonia 8 not stated . 1 20 Blount James 6 M . . . Ga Feb . dropsy 60 not stated . 1 21 McDowell H. 50 M . . M Ga Dec carpenter consumption 60 not stated . 1 22 blank Henry 48 M B S M Ga July farm hand pneumonia 5 not stated . 1 23 blank Sam 1 M B s . Ga Aug . teething 4 not stated . 1 24 Kent Mary 3 F . . . Ga Nov . diarrhea 18 not stated . 1 25 Kelley James 21 M . . . Ga Dec farmer heart disease 42 not stated . 1 26 Kendrick Martha 1 F . . . Ga Feb . not known 23 not stated . 1 27 Monroe Wm. 1/12 M . . . Ga Jan . diarrhea 15 not stated . 1 28 Bryan M. A. 60 F . . W SC Dec . old age 15 not stated . 1 29 Bryan Samuel 1 M . . . Ga May . dysentery 7 not stated . 1 30 blank Sleet 18 F B S M Va Sept farm hand child bed 7 not stated . 1 31 Blount Sarah 27 F . . M Fla Feb . dropsy 100 not stated . 1 32 blank Jack 2/12 M B S . Ga Nov . fit sudden not stated . 1 33 Dunlop H. W. 17 M . . . SC June . typhoid fever 20 not stated . 1 34 Thomas W. B. 1 M . . . Ga June . diarrhea 30 not stated . 1 35 Whiteley W. E. 2 M . . . Ga Mar . diarrhea 5 not stated . =============================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================== =============================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================== PG LN LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX CO F/S M/W BIRTH PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE OF DEATH NO DAYS ILL TOWNSHIP/DIV TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS =============================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================== 2 1 Hogue Jacob 71 M . . W Ga Apr preacher diarrhea 10 not stated . 2 2 Hines Eddie 6/12 M . . . Ga Mar . hydrocephalus 90 not stated . 2 3 Rackley Eliza A. 23 F . . M Ga May . lung disease 90 not stated . 2 4 blank Hannah 60 F B S M Ga Feb cook pneumonia 15 not stated . 2 5 blank Gilley 70 F B S M Va Feb cook pneumonia 15 not stated . 2 6 blank Mose 4/12 M B S . Ga June . diarrhea 7 not stated . 2 7 blank Susan 4/12 F B S . Ga June . diarrhea 7 not stated . 2 8 blank Louisa 16 F B S . Va Jan farm hand burned 4 not stated . 2 9 Connell J. H. 5 M . . . Ga Sept . brain fever 2 not stated . 2 10 Connell James 66 M . . M SC Dec farmer dyspepsia 300 not stated . 2 11 Lester Sarah 2 F . . . Ga May . dropsy 120 not stated . 2 12 blank John 1 M Mu S . Ga Dec . pneumonia 3 not stated . 2 13 Pullen Afley 40 F . . M Ga Mar . typhoid fever 30 not stated . 2 14 McElveson Margaret 26 F . . M Tenn Sept . consumption 100 not stated . 2 15 Reynolds Marilla 2 F . . . Ga Mar . not known sudden not stated . 2 16 blank Nicey 2 F B S . Ga Oct . dropsy 100 not stated . 2 17 Cooper Amanda 23 F . . . Ga Oct . typhoid fever 15 not stated . 2 18 Johnson E. 60 M . . W SC Nov . dropsy 65 not stated . 2 19 blank Jacob 2 M B S . Ga Sept . dropsy 15 not stated . 2 20 blank Sam 16 M B S . SC Mar farm hand pneumonia 21 not stated . 2 21 Darsey Mary 51 F . . M Ga June . palsy 30 not stated . 2 22 blank Daniel 8/12 M B S . Ga May . teething 4 not stated . 2 23 blank Robert 1/12 M B S . Ga May . not known 7 not stated . 2 24 Donalson Georgia 1 F . . . Ga Sept . teething 12 not stated . 2 25 Bell John 3 M . . . Ga Nov . pneumonia 3 not stated . 2 26 Rambo Mary G. 1 F . . . Ga July . congestion of brain 7 not stated . 2 27 blank Sally 5 F B S . Va Sept . worms 5 not stated . 2 28 blank Gincy 10/12 F B S . Ga May . not known 5 not stated . 2 29 blank Ellick 2/12 M B S . Ga Apr . not known sudden not stated . 2 30 Glover E. M. 2 F . . . Ga Oct . congestive chill 2 not stated . 2 31 Ricks Theodoric 1/12 F . . . Ga Jan . not known 1 not stated . 2 32 Kelley William 77 M . . M SC Nov farmer sudden sudden not stated . 2 33 Wooten Darcus 36 F . . M Ga Feb . child bed 9 not stated . 2 34 blank Romeo 95 M B S W Africa Jan farm hand old age 30 not stated . 2 35 blank Turner 12 M B S . Ga Aug . worms 10 not stated . =============================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================== =============================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================== PG LN LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX CO F/S M/W BIRTH PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE OF DEATH NO DAYS ILL TOWNSHIP/DIV TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS =============================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================== 3 1 blank Mary 4 F B S . Ga Sept . worms 10 not stated . 3 2 blank Gabrial 13 M B S . Ga Jan farm hand fall of tree sudden not stated . 3 3 blank Anna 45 F B S . SC May cook consumption 150 not stated . 3 4 blank Ben 70 M B S M Va Sept farm hand old age 8 not stated . 3 5 blank Ann 2 F B S . Va Apr . fever 5 not stated . 3 6 Barberee Jno. S. 72 M . . W Ga Nov farmer palsy 9 not stated . 3 7 Hering L. 1 F . . . Ga Aug . teething 14 not stated . 3 8 Chester Morgan 19 M . . . Ga Aug farmer typhoid fever 10 not stated . 3 9 Lester John V. 23 M . . . Ga Dec farmer consumption 90 not stated . 3 10 blank Dennis 37 M B S . Ga Mar farm hand typhoid fever 15 not stated . 3 11 blank Alfred 12 M Mu S . Ga Feb . dropsy 600 not stated . 3 12 blank Hannah 60 F B S M Ga Sept cook colic sudden not stated . 3 13 Van Landingham M. 80 F . . W NC Aug . old age sudden not stated . 3 14 Chester Morgan 20 M . . . Ga Aug farmer brain fever 14 not stated . 3 15 blank Anaca 29 F B S M Ga Aug farm hand brain fever 10 not stated . 3 16 blank India 70 F B S . Ga Dec nurse paralysis 21 not stated entry reads "parrullias" 3 17 blank Sarah 3/12 F B S . Ga Feb . not known 20 not stated . 3 18 blank Jennie 50 F B S M Ga Feb cook paralysis 365 not stated entry reads "parrillices" 3 19 blank Bettie 30 F B S M Ga Apr farm hand consumption 150 not stated . 3 20 blank Rachel 1 F Mu S . Ga May . smothered sudden not stated . 3 21 Kelley Jane 60 F . . W Ga Dec . dropsy 16 months not stated . 3 22 Reynolds Sarah 1 F . . . Ga Apr . teething 2 days not stated . 3 23 blank Rutha 4/12 F B S . Ga Apr . not known 10 days not stated . 3 24 blank Jeff 6/12 M B S . Ga Apr . pneumonia 7 not stated . 3 25 Chandler Susanna 18 F . . . SC Nov . consumption 1 year not stated . 3 26 Wilks Solomon 4 M . . . Ga May . dysentery 12 days not stated . 3 27 blank William 6/12 M B S . Ga May . teething 6 weeks not stated . 3 28 blank Adam 5/12 M B S . Ga Feb . smothered sudden not stated . 3 29 Hadley Amanda 9/12 F . . . Ga Oct . diarrhea 9 not stated . 3 30 Smart Bryant 55 M . . . SC Apr farmer heart disease 3 not stated . 3 31 blank Judy 60 F B S M Va Nov house servt dropsy 60 not stated . 3 32 blank Hardy 3/12 M B S . Ga Nov . fall 6 not stated . 3 33 blank Charles 38 M B S M Ga Nov farm hand pneumonia 14 not stated . 3 34 blank Flora 16 F B S . Fla July farm hand consumption 42 not stated . 3 35 blank John 6/12 M B S . Ga Sept . teething 7 not stated . =============================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================== =============================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================== PG LN LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX CO F/S M/W BIRTH PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE OF DEATH NO DAYS ILL TOWNSHIP/DIV TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS =============================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================== 4 1 blank Wright 1 M B S . Ga Sept . teething 3 not stated . 4 2 blank Eliza 6/12 F B S . Ga Nov . teething 14 not stated . 4 3 Johnson Joshua 75 M . . M NoCa Mar farmer old age 2 not stated . 4 4 Johnson D. A. 29 M . . W Fla Mar . consumption 3 years not stated . 4 5 blank George 5 M B S . SC Jan . burned 14 days not stated . 4 6 blank Eliza 2 F B S . Ga May . worms 8 not stated . 4 7 blank Riley 8/12 M B S . Ga Mar . not known 21 not stated . 4 8 Fulford Duncan 4 M . . . Ga May . fall sudden not stated . 4 9 blank Jefferson 5 M B S . Ga Mar . accidental sudden not stated . 4 10 Owens Mary 34 F . . M NC Mar . child bed fever 60 not stated . 4 11 Crawford Francis 62 F . . M Ga Dec . old age 2 years not stated . 4 12 blank Ben 70 M B S M SC June farm hand erysipelas 3 days not stated entry reads "ericiparlous" 4 13 blank Dred 75 M B S M SC Dec farm hand old age 90 days not stated . 4 14 Coley Collin 1 M B S . Ga Aug . dropsy 2 days not stated . 4 15 blank Cooper 1 M B S . Ga Aug . teething 6 months not stated . 4 16 blank Charles 70 M B S . SC Aug farm hand diarrhea 3 months not stated . 4 17 blank Primus 30 M B S . Ga Jan farm hand dropsy 12 months not stated . 4 18 blank Francis 19 F B S M Ga May house servt lightning sudden not stated . 4 19 blank Nathan 4/12 M B S . Ga June . dysentery 30 not stated . 4 20 blank Sam 22 M B S . Ga Feb farm hand burned 14 not stated . 4 21 Earnest Stephen 6/12 M . . . Ga Oct . typhoid fever 42 not stated . 4 22 White M. A. 40 F . . W Ga Nov . pneumonia 10 not stated . 4 23 blank Baccus 100 M B S W Africa Feb farm hand old age 6 weeks not stated . 4 24 Trawick S. L. 47 M . . M Ga Apr farmer apoplexy sudden not stated . 4 25 blank George 2 M B S . Ga Jan . burned sudden not stated . 4 26 blank George 6/12 M B S . Ga May . fever 2 not stated . =============================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================== 4 27 Total 26 No. White Males 5 . No. Black Males 15 . No. Married 7 . not stated . 4 28 . No. White F 3 . No. Black Females 3 . No. Widowed 3 . not stated . =============================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================== 4 29 blank line =============================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================== 4 30 I do hereby certify that these returns were made according to my 4 31 oath and the instructions, to the best of my knowledge & belief. 4 32 Sworn to & subscribed before me} [signed] John Daffin 4 33 Aug 16th 1860} Asst. Marshal 4 34 [signed] Jno. W. Evans, Not. Pub. } =============================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================== 4 35 blank line =============================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================== 4 Remarks: It was remarkably healthy in this County last year 4 Remarks: the most prevailing disease is chills & fever ===============================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================