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Escambia County Mortality Schedule for the Federal Census of 1850

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State Archives of Florida, Series S1200

Description

Mortality schedule for the United States Census of 1850 for Escambia County documenting persons who died during the year ending June 1, 1850.

Date

1850

Creator

United States. Department of the Interior.

Contributors

Collins, A.J.

Format

Census Records

Coverage

Florida's Early Statehood Period (1845-1861)

Subjects

Census data
Death--Causes--Statistics
Mortality

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Escambia County (Fla.)

Page	Line	Name	Age	Sex	Race	Listed as Slave	Cause of Death	Notes
1	1	Mary Louisa	2 years	Female	Mulatto	Slave	Inflammation
1	2	Commgus, David	60 years	Male	Black	Slave	Dropsy A general term meaning the accumulation of fluid in some part of the body. A diagnosis of “dropsy” often meant the condition was prevalent throughout the body, while a case in which the accumulation of fluid was more localized might receive a more specific diagnosis. Examples include dropsy of the belly (ascites), the brain (hydrocephalus), the chest (hydrothorax), or the skin (anasarca) (Hooper, Lexicon Medicum, 1860).
1	3	Commgus, Bosalle	80 years	Female	Mulatto	Slave	Old age
1	4	Campbell, David	40 years	Male	Mulatto	Slave	Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.
1	5	Campbell, Cirus	18 years	Male		Slave	Drowned	"G" marked for race.
1	6	Campbell, Bosanna	45 years	Female	Black	Slave	Influenza
1	7	Ann	9 months	Female	Black	Slave	Teething Another name for dentition, the eruption of new teeth in an infant. This process sometimes caused an infection that triggered a fever. In the absence of modern fever reducers or antiseptic agents these infections could sometimes cause serious symptoms and even death (Dunglison, A Dictionary of Medical Science, 1893).
1	8	Brister	22 years	Male	Black	Slave	Inflammation
1	9	Gonzalez, Cratarial	1 year	Male	Mulatto		Croup A disease mainly attacking infants, in which the mucous membranes of the trachea become inflamed and cause the secretion of a thick mucus that makes it difficult to breathe. Also called cynanche trachealis (Hooper, Lexicon Medicum, 1860).
1	10	John	7 years	Male	Black	Slave	Flux Another name for dysentery. Intestinal inflammation causing the patient to pass stools with blood was often diagnosed as “bloody flux” (Hooper, Lexicon Medicum, 1860).
1	11	Dallas, Elijah	19 years	Male	Black	Slave	Accident
1	12	Gilmore, Maria	70 years	Female	Black		Old age
1	13	Jessee	35 years	Male	Mulatto	Slave	Fever
1	14	Dunn, Virginia	2 years	Female	Mulatto		Inflammation
1	15	Cisil	25 years	Female	Black	Slave	Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.
1	16	Elvis	23 years	Female	Black	Slave	Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.
1	17	Berdina, Merante	53 years	Female	White		Dropsy A general term meaning the accumulation of fluid in some part of the body. A diagnosis of “dropsy” often meant the condition was prevalent throughout the body, while a case in which the accumulation of fluid was more localized might receive a more specific diagnosis. Examples include dropsy of the belly (ascites), the brain (hydrocephalus), the chest (hydrothorax), or the skin (anasarca) (Hooper, Lexicon Medicum, 1860).
1	18	Vellen, Arthunida	2 years	Female	Mulatto	Slave	Teething Another name for dentition, the eruption of new teeth in an infant. This process sometimes caused an infection that triggered a fever. In the absence of modern fever reducers or antiseptic agents these infections could sometimes cause serious symptoms and even death (Dunglison, A Dictionary of Medical Science, 1893).
1	19	Thompson, Ann	50 years	Female	White		General debility
1	20	Milstead, Soloman	30 years	Male	White		Sun struck
1	21	Morgan, Matilda	6 months	Female	White		Croup A disease mainly attacking infants, in which the mucous membranes of the trachea become inflamed and cause the secretion of a thick mucus that makes it difficult to breathe. Also called cynanche trachealis (Hooper, Lexicon Medicum, 1860).
1	22	Hays, John	40 years	Male	White		Murdered
1	23	Medlock, George M. D.	2 years	Male	White		Worms This could refer to any of a number of intestinal infections involving hookworms, roundworms, or similar parasites.
1	24	Rose	5 years	Female	Mulatto	Slave	Burnt
1	25	Roera, Josephine	2 months	Female	White		Pleurisy Inflammation of the pleura, two membranes separating the lungs from the walls of the chest cavity (Dunglison, A Dictionary of Medical Science, 1893).
1	27	Perry, Thomas	20 years	Male	White		Cholera morbus	Died at U.S. Navy Hospital
1	28	Pearson, Albert	25 years	Male	White		Typhoid fever	Died at U.S. Navy Hospital
1	29	Lenglear, Joseph	37 years	Male	White		Distraught	Died at U.S. Navy Hospital
1	30	Richards, George	30 years	Male	White		Dysentery A range of diseases causing inflammation of the large intestine. Symptoms included fever, severe diarrhea, and abdominal pain. Sometimes this was also called “flux.” The disease was thought to be endemic during the summer months (Dunglison, A Dictionary of Medical Science, 1893).	Died at U.S. Navy Hospital
1	32	O'Brien, Christian	2 years	Male	White		Teething Another name for dentition, the eruption of new teeth in an infant. This process sometimes caused an infection that triggered a fever. In the absence of modern fever reducers or antiseptic agents these infections could sometimes cause serious symptoms and even death (Dunglison, A Dictionary of Medical Science, 1893).	Town of Washington
1	33	Morehead, William	42 years	Male	White		Drowned	Town of Washington
1	34	Fingarta, Margaret	19 years	Female	White		Diarrhea Family members, census takers, and even medical professionals often gave this as a cause of death for any disease where the deceased had suffered from a prolonged intestinal complaint and a more specific diagnosis could not be made.	Town of Washington
1	35	Camagrey, Harriett	51 years	Female	White		Diarrhea Family members, census takers, and even medical professionals often gave this as a cause of death for any disease where the deceased had suffered from a prolonged intestinal complaint and a more specific diagnosis could not be made.	Town of Washington
3	1	Jones, Aaren	7 years	Male	Mulatto	Slave	Inflamation of bowels
3	2	McBernand	21 years	Male	White		Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.
3	3	Pritchard, Mary	18 years	Female	White		Dropsy A general term meaning the accumulation of fluid in some part of the body. A diagnosis of “dropsy” often meant the condition was prevalent throughout the body, while a case in which the accumulation of fluid was more localized might receive a more specific diagnosis. Examples include dropsy of the belly (ascites), the brain (hydrocephalus), the chest (hydrothorax), or the skin (anasarca) (Hooper, Lexicon Medicum, 1860).
3	4	Robertson, John	9 months	Male	Mulatto	Slave	Inflamation of bowels
3	5	Danford, Cidali	18 years	Female	Black	Slave	Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.
3	6	Josephine	18 years	Female	Black	Slave	Fever
3	7	Rose	14 years	Female	Black	Slave	Burnst
3	8	Abraham	54 years	Male	Black	Slave	Dropsy A general term meaning the accumulation of fluid in some part of the body. A diagnosis of “dropsy” often meant the condition was prevalent throughout the body, while a case in which the accumulation of fluid was more localized might receive a more specific diagnosis. Examples include dropsy of the belly (ascites), the brain (hydrocephalus), the chest (hydrothorax), or the skin (anasarca) (Hooper, Lexicon Medicum, 1860).
3	9	Francis, Sarah	62 years	Female	White		Brain fever
3	10	Edward	70 years	Male	Black	Slave	Cramp
3	11	William	8 years	Male	Mulatto	Slave	Lockjaw
3	12	[Unnamed female]	1 month	Female	Mulatto	Slave	Lockjaw
3	13	Eliza	40 years	Female	Black	Slave	Bronchitis
3	14	Bosetta	1 year	Female	White		Teething Another name for dentition, the eruption of new teeth in an infant. This process sometimes caused an infection that triggered a fever. In the absence of modern fever reducers or antiseptic agents these infections could sometimes cause serious symptoms and even death (Dunglison, A Dictionary of Medical Science, 1893).
3	15	[Unnamed male]		Male			Stillborn
3	16	[Unnamed female]	7 days	Female	Mulatto	Slave	Lockjaw
3	17	[Unnamed female]		Female	White		Stillborn
3	18	[Unnamed male]	6 days	Male	Black	Slave	Lockjaw
3	19	Baker, Jane	82 years	Female	White		Old age
3	20	Bobe, Charles	10 years	Male	White		Worms This could refer to any of a number of intestinal infections involving hookworms, roundworms, or similar parasites.
3	21	Frances	1 year	Male	Black	Slave	Unknown
3	22	De la Rua, Harriet	1 year	Female	White		Teething Another name for dentition, the eruption of new teeth in an infant. This process sometimes caused an infection that triggered a fever. In the absence of modern fever reducers or antiseptic agents these infections could sometimes cause serious symptoms and even death (Dunglison, A Dictionary of Medical Science, 1893).
3	23	[Unnamed female]	10 years	Female	Black	Slave	Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.
3	24	Cuok, [Unnamed female]	27 years	Female	White		Fever
3	25	William	8 months	Male	Mulatto	Slave	Teething Another name for dentition, the eruption of new teeth in an infant. This process sometimes caused an infection that triggered a fever. In the absence of modern fever reducers or antiseptic agents these infections could sometimes cause serious symptoms and even death (Dunglison, A Dictionary of Medical Science, 1893).
3	26	McClelland, Margaret	74 years	Female	White		Old age
3	27	Peter	50 years	Male	Black	Slave	Frozen
3	28	Riga, Pedro	35 years	Male	White		Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.
3	29	Cuspo, Susana	80 years	Female	Black		Old age
3	30	Garetta, Maria	54 years	Female	Black		Unknown
3	31	D., Anna	10 days	Female	White		Lockjaw
3	32	Lavella, Maria J.	65 years	Female	White		Dropsy A general term meaning the accumulation of fluid in some part of the body. A diagnosis of “dropsy” often meant the condition was prevalent throughout the body, while a case in which the accumulation of fluid was more localized might receive a more specific diagnosis. Examples include dropsy of the belly (ascites), the brain (hydrocephalus), the chest (hydrothorax), or the skin (anasarca) (Hooper, Lexicon Medicum, 1860).
3	33	Pinder, Francis C.	19 years	Male	White		Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.
3	34	Pinder, Jacob U.	17 years	Male	White		Attack [?]
3	35	Ferni	33 years	Female	Black	Slave	Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.

Title

Escambia County Mortality Schedule for the Federal Census of 1850

Subject

Census data

Mortality

Death--Causes--Statistics

Description

Mortality schedule for the United States Census of 1850 for Escambia County documenting persons who died during the year ending June 1, 1850.

Creator

United States. Department of the Interior.

Source

State Archives of Florida, Series S1200

Date

1850

Contributor

Collins, A.J.

Format

census records

Language

eng-US

Type

Text

Identifier

s1200_mortality_escambia_1850

Coverage

Florida's Early Statehood Period (1845-1861)

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Page	Line	Name	Age	Sex	Race	Listed as Slave	Cause of Death	Notes
1	1	Mary Louisa	2 years	Female	Mulatto	Slave	Inflammation
1	2	Commgus, David	60 years	Male	Black	Slave	Dropsy
1	3	Commgus, Bosalle	80 years	Female	Mulatto	Slave	Old age
1	4	Campbell, David	40 years	Male	Mulatto	Slave	Consumption
1	5	Campbell, Cirus	18 years	Male		Slave	Drowned	"G" marked for race.
1	6	Campbell, Bosanna	45 years	Female	Black	Slave	Influenza
1	7	Ann	9 months	Female	Black	Slave	Teething
1	8	Brister	22 years	Male	Black	Slave	Inflammation
1	9	Gonzalez, Cratarial	1 year	Male	Mulatto		Croup
1	10	John	7 years	Male	Black	Slave	Flux
1	11	Dallas, Elijah	19 years	Male	Black	Slave	Accident
1	12	Gilmore, Maria	70 years	Female	Black		Old age
1	13	Jessee	35 years	Male	Mulatto	Slave	Fever
1	14	Dunn, Virginia	2 years	Female	Mulatto		Inflammation
1	15	Cisil	25 years	Female	Black	Slave	Consumption
1	16	Elvis	23 years	Female	Black	Slave	Consumption
1	17	Berdina, Merante	53 years	Female	White		Dropsy
1	18	Vellen, Arthunida	2 years	Female	Mulatto	Slave	Teething
1	19	Thompson, Ann	50 years	Female	White		General debility
1	20	Milstead, Soloman	30 years	Male	White		Sun struck
1	21	Morgan, Matilda	6 months	Female	White		Croup
1	22	Hays, John	40 years	Male	White		Murdered
1	23	Medlock, George M. D.	2 years	Male	White		Worms
1	24	Rose	5 years	Female	Mulatto	Slave	Burnt
1	25	Roera, Josephine	2 months	Female	White		Pleurisy
1	27	Perry, Thomas	20 years	Male	White		Cholera morbus	Died at U.S. Navy Hospital
1	28	Pearson, Albert	25 years	Male	White		Typhoid fever	Died at U.S. Navy Hospital
1	29	Lenglear, Joseph	37 years	Male	White		Distraught	Died at U.S. Navy Hospital
1	30	Richards, George	30 years	Male	White		Dysentery	Died at U.S. Navy Hospital
1	32	O'Brien, Christian	2 years	Male	White		Teething	Town of Washington
1	33	Morehead, William	42 years	Male	White		Drowned	Town of Washington
1	34	Fingarta, Margaret	19 years	Female	White		Diarrhea	Town of Washington
1	35	Camagrey, Harriett	51 years	Female	White		Diarrhea	Town of Washington
3	1	Jones, Aaren	7 years	Male	Mulatto	Slave	Inflamation of bowels
3	2	McBernand	21 years	Male	White		Consumption
3	3	Pritchard, Mary	18 years	Female	White		Dropsy
3	4	Robertson, John	9 months	Male	Mulatto	Slave	Inflamation of bowels
3	5	Danford, Cidali	18 years	Female	Black	Slave	Consumption
3	6	Josephine	18 years	Female	Black	Slave	Fever
3	7	Rose	14 years	Female	Black	Slave	Burnst
3	8	Abraham	54 years	Male	Black	Slave	Dropsy
3	9	Francis, Sarah	62 years	Female	White		Brain fever
3	10	Edward	70 years	Male	Black	Slave	Cramp
3	11	William	8 years	Male	Mulatto	Slave	Lockjaw
3	12	[Unnamed female]	1 month	Female	Mulatto	Slave	Lockjaw
3	13	Eliza	40 years	Female	Black	Slave	Bronchitis
3	14	Bosetta	1 year	Female	White		Teething
3	15	[Unnamed male]		Male			Stillborn
3	16	[Unnamed female]	7 days	Female	Mulatto	Slave	Lockjaw
3	17	[Unnamed female]		Female	White		Stillborn
3	18	[Unnamed male]	6 days	Male	Black	Slave	Lockjaw
3	19	Baker, Jane	82 years	Female	White		Old age
3	20	Bobe, Charles	10 years	Male	White		Worms
3	21	Frances	1 year	Male	Black	Slave	Unknown
3	22	De la Rua, Harriet	1 year	Female	White		Teething
3	23	[Unnamed female]	10 years	Female	Black	Slave	Consumption
3	24	Cuok, [Unnamed female]	27 years	Female	White		Fever
3	25	William	8 months	Male	Mulatto	Slave	Teething
3	26	McClelland, Margaret	74 years	Female	White		Old age
3	27	Peter	50 years	Male	Black	Slave	Frozen
3	28	Riga, Pedro	35 years	Male	White		Consumption
3	29	Cuspo, Susana	80 years	Female	Black		Old age
3	30	Garetta, Maria	54 years	Female	Black		Unknown
3	31	D., Anna	10 days	Female	White		Lockjaw
3	32	Lavella, Maria J.	65 years	Female	White		Dropsy
3	33	Pinder, Francis C.	19 years	Male	White		Consumption
3	34	Pinder, Jacob U.	17 years	Male	White		Attack [?]
3	35	Ferni	33 years	Female	Black	Slave	Consumption

Collection ID

Subject - Person

Mary Louisa, ca.1848-ca.1850 (enslaved person)

Commgus, David, ca.1790-ca.1850 (enslaved person)

Commgus, Bosalle, ca.1770-ca.1850 (enslaved person)

Campbell, David, ca.1810-ca.1850 (enslaved person)

Campbell, Cirus, ca.1832-ca.1850 (enslaved person)

Campbell, Bosanna, ca.1805-ca.1850 (enslaved person)

Ann, ca.1850-ca.1850 (enslaved person)

Brister, ca.1828-ca.1850 (enslaved person)

Gonzalez, Cratarial, ca.1849-ca.1850

John, ca.1843-ca.1850 (enslaved person)

Dallas, Elijah, ca.1831-ca.1850 (enslaved person)

Gilmore, Maria, ca.1780-ca.1850

Jessee, ca.1815-ca.1850 (enslaved person)

Dunn, Virginia, ca.1848-ca.1850

Cisil, ca.1825-ca.1850 (enslaved person)

Elvis, ca.1827-ca.1850 (enslaved person)

Berdina, Merante, ca.1797-ca.1850

Vellen, Arthunida, ca.1848-ca.1850 (enslaved person)

Thompson, Ann, ca.1800-ca.1850

Milstead, Soloman, ca.1820-ca.1850

Morgan, Matilda, ca.1850-ca.1850

Hays, John, ca.1810-ca.1850

Medlock, George M. D., ca.1848-ca.1850

Rose, ca.1845-ca.1850 (enslaved person)

Roera, Josephine, ca.1850-ca.1850

Perry, Thomas, ca.1830-ca.1850

Pearson, Albert, ca.1825-ca.1850

Lenglear, Joseph, ca.1813-ca.1850

Richards, George, ca.1820-ca.1850

O'Brien, Christian, ca.1848-ca.1850

Morehead, William, ca.1808-ca.1850

Fingarta, Margaret, ca.1831-ca.1850

Camagrey, Harriett, ca.1799-ca.1850

Jones, Aaren, ca.1843-ca.1850 (enslaved person)

McBernand, ca.1829-ca.1850

Pritchard, Mary, ca.1832-ca.1850

Robertson, John, ca.1850-ca.1850 (enslaved person)

Danford, Cidali, ca.1832-ca.1850 (enslaved person)

Josephine, ca.1832-ca.1850 (enslaved person)

Rose, ca.1836-ca.1850 (enslaved person)

Abraham, ca.1796-ca.1850 (enslaved person)

Francis, Sarah, ca.1788-ca.1850

Edward, ca.1780-ca.1850 (enslaved person)

William, ca.1842-ca.1850 (enslaved person)

[Unnamed female], ca.1850-ca.1850 (enslaved person)

Eliza, ca.1810-ca.1850 (enslaved person)

Bosetta, ca.1849-ca.1850

[Unnamed male], d. ca.1850

[Unnamed female], ca.1850-ca.1850 (enslaved person)

[Unnamed female], d. ca.1850

[Unnamed male], ca.1850-ca.1850 (enslaved person)

Baker, Jane, ca.1768-ca.1850

Bobe, Charles, ca.1840-ca.1850

Frances, ca.1849-ca.1850 (enslaved person)

De la Rua, Harriet, ca.1849-ca.1850

[Unnamed female], ca.1840-ca.1850 (enslaved person)

Cuok, [Unnamed female], ca.1823-ca.1850

William, ca.1850-ca.1850 (enslaved person)

McClelland, Margaret, ca.1776-ca.1850

Peter, ca.1800-ca.1850 (enslaved person)

Riga, Pedro, ca.1815-ca.1850

Cuspo, Susana, ca.1770-ca.1850

Garetta, Maria, ca.1796-ca.1850

D., Anna, ca.1850-ca.1850

Lavella, Maria J., ca.1785-ca.1850

Pinder, Francis C., ca.1831-ca.1850

Pinder, Jacob U., ca.1833-ca.1850

Ferni, ca.1817-ca.1850 (enslaved person)

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