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Undertakers and Coffin Dealers Record of Coffin Sales, 1918-1922

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State Archives of Florida, Collection M91-5

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A record of coffins by a coffin shop in Monticello, Florida. The report contains the name of the deceased; their place of birth (or death -- on some pages the word "birth" is crossed out and "death" is penciled in); their sex and race; their date of death; and in which county they died. There is also the name and city of residence of the person who purchased the coffin for the deceased. Most of the deaths occurred in Jefferson County, Florida, with a few from Leon County in Florida and Thomas County in Georgia.

Date

1918 (circa)

Contributors

Florida. State Board of Health

Format

Sales Records

Title

Undertakers and Coffin Dealers Record of Coffin Sales, 1918-1922

Subject

Coffins

Registers of births, etc.

Death

African Americans--Florida--Jefferson County--Monticello

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State Archives of Florida, Collection M91-5

Date

1918 (circa)

Contributor

Florida. State Board of Health

Format

sales records

Language

eng-US

Type

Text

Identifier

m91-5_b013_f12_01

Coverage

Florida Boom and Progressive Era (1900-1926)

Geographic Term

Jefferson County (Fla.)

Leon County (Fla.)

Monticello (Fla.)

Waukeenah (Fla.)

Lloyd (Fla.)

Nash (Fla.)

Wacissa (Fla.)

Aucilla (Fla.)

Drifton (Fla.)

Lamont (Fla.)

Boston (Ga.)

Metcalf (Ga.)

Ashville (Fla.)

Woodville (Fla.)

Savannah (Ga.)

Capps (Fla.)

Key West (Fla.)

Monroe County (Fla.)

Jacksonville (Fla.)

Duval County (Fla.)

Cody (Fla.)

Watertown (Fla.)

Columbia County (Fla.)

Wilmington (N.C.)

Naylor (Ga.)

Montgomery (Ala.)

Lake Alfred (Fla.)

Polk County (Fla.)

DeFuniak Springs (Fla.)

Walton County (Fla.)

Dunnellon (Fla.)

Marion County (Fla.)

Plant City (Fla.)

Hillsborough County (Fla.)

Tampa (Fla.)

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January 1918-January 1922

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topic

Business And Industry

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Undertakers and Coffin Dealers Record of Coffin Sales, 1918-1922. 1918 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/341148>, accessed 18 October 2026.

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Undertakers and Coffin Dealers Record of Coffin Sales, 1918-1922. 1918 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/341148>

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Florida Memory is a digital outreach program providing free online access to select archival records from collections housed in the State Library and Archives of Florida. Florida Memory digitizes materials that illuminate the state's history and culture.

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For FY2026-27, the percentage of total costs for the Florida Memory program financed with federal money is 66%; the federal dollar amount to be spent on the program is $1,027,650. This program does not receive any non-governmental funding.

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