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Jackson 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 Jackson County documenting persons who died during the year ending June 1, 1850.

Date

1850

Census Taker's Remarks

The 4th Division, being the County of Jackson, abounds in large quantities of limerock, which is used in the building of chimneys and is also very valuable as a manure. The whole country is also filled with subteranious passages in the earth with many intensive and [the rest of the remarks are not present]

Creator

United States. Department of the Interior.

Contributors

Myrick, John T.

Format

Census Records

Coverage

Florida's Early Statehood Period (1845-1861)

Subjects

Census data
Death--Causes--Statistics
Mortality

Personal Subjects

Geographic Term

Jackson County (Fla.)

Page	Line	Name	Age	Sex	Race	Listed as Slave	Cause of Death
1	1	Garbett, Eugenia	22 years	Female	White		Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.
1	2	Anna	6 months	Female	Black	Slave
1	3	Bonnell, James	37 years	Male	White		Inflammation
1	4	Jencey	50 years	Female	Black	Slave	Pulmonary consumption
1	5	Mary	1 year	Female	Black	Slave	Worms This could refer to any of a number of intestinal infections involving hookworms, roundworms, or similar parasites.
1	6	Crawford, Archibald	6 years	Male	White		Chills and fever
1	7	Bird, Jane	80 years	Female	White		Inflammation
1	8	Sheperd, Elleanor	6 years	Female	White		Influenza
1	9	White, Ellen	1 year	Female	White		Chronic sore throat
1	10	Drew	60 years	Male	Black	Slave	Fever
1	11	Amos	28 years	Male	Black	Slave	Fever
1	12	Terry	16 years	Male	Black	Slave	Accident
1	13	Jim	13 years	Male	Black	Slave	Bilious fever
1	14	Eveline	1 year, 2 months	Female	Black	Slave	Bowel complaint
1	15	Willis	21 years	Male	Black	Slave	Accident, burnt
1	16	Delia	1 year	Female	Black	Slave	Hives Although hives are now generally defined as a rash of itchy red welts on the skin, in the 1800s the term was synonymous with cynanche trachealis, or the croup. The use of the term “hives” in this case is a corruption of the word “heaves,” which describes the patient’s spasmodic convulsions as they attempted to breathe (Mortality Statistics of the Seventh Census of the United States, 1855).
1	17	Henry	1 year	Male	Black	Slave	Hives Although hives are now generally defined as a rash of itchy red welts on the skin, in the 1800s the term was synonymous with cynanche trachealis, or the croup. The use of the term “hives” in this case is a corruption of the word “heaves,” which describes the patient’s spasmodic convulsions as they attempted to breathe (Mortality Statistics of the Seventh Census of the United States, 1855).
1	18	Frances	1 year	Female	Black	Slave
1	19	Berry	3 months	Male	Black	Slave	Bilious fever
1	20	Hewett, Dennis	1 year, 4 months	Male	White		Fever
1	21	Peter	3 months	Male	Mulatto	Slave	Bowel complaint
1	22	Mathew	2 years	Male	Black	Slave	Congestive fever
1	23	Jack	6 months	Male	Black	Slave	Measles
1	24	Boston	1 year	Male	Black	Slave	Fever
1	25	Dickson, Amanda	9 years	Female	White		Influenza
1	26	Irvin, Jacob	1 year	Male	White		Chills and fever
1	27	William	24 years	Male	Black	Slave	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	28	Thompson, George	9 years	Male	White		Palpitation heart
1	29	Noah	3 years	Male	Black	Slave	Accident, scald head
1	30	Margarett	1 year	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	31	William	1 year	Male	Black	Slave	Bowel complaint
1	32	Godwin, Ann	19 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	33	Williford, Samuel S.	4 years	Male	White		Congestive fever
1	34	Phillip	17 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	35	Williams, James	10 years	Male	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).
2	1	Lydia	50 years	Female	Mulatto	Slave	Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.
2	2	Jerry	60 years	Male	Black	Slave	In. bladder
2	3	Dickson, Emily St.	4 years	Female	White		Bronchitis
2	4	James	1 year	Male	Black	Slave	Accidentally poisoned
2	5	Lydia	60 years	Female	Black	Slave	Colic
2	6	Emma	10 years	Female	Mulatto	Slave	Bronchitis
2	7	Rusk, Rebecca	1 year	Female	White		Bilious fever
2	8	Lloyd, George	16 years	Male	White		Palsy Another name for paralysis, which could involve all or only parts of the body (Hooper, Lexicon Medicum, 1860).
2	9	William	40 years	Male	Mulatto	Slave	Pleurisy Inflammation of the pleura, two membranes separating the lungs from the walls of the chest cavity (Dunglison, A Dictionary of Medical Science, 1893).
2	10	Willis	10 years	Male	Black	Slave	Accident, scald head
2	11	Lackey, Mary E.	6 months	Female	White		Fever
2	12	Lucy	65 years	Female	Black	Slave	Cold
2	13	Paul	20 years	Male	Black	Slave	Influenza
2	14	Ben	14 years	Male	Black	Slave	Bilious fever
2	15	Boll, Archibald	40 years	Male	White		Dispepsie
2	16	Steward, Charles	11 years	Male	White		Pneumonia An infection of the lungs characterized by inflammation and a buildup of fluid that makes it difficult to breathe (Hooper, Lexicon Medicum, 1860).
2	17	Cook, Martha	2 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.
2	18	Baker, Elizabeth	30 years	Female	White		Congestive fever
2	19	Baker, Simmons J.	2 years	Male	White		Fever
2	20	St. Butler, Mary	4 years	Female	White		Fever
2	21	Sina	3 years	Female	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).
2	22	Smith, John	36 years	Male	White
2	23	Wesley	15 years	Male	Black	Slave	Accident
2	24	Jane	2 years	Female	Mulatto	Slave
2	25	Fanney	5 years	Female	Black	Slave	Fever
2	26	Sam	5 years	Male	Black	Slave
2	27	Peter	20 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).
2	28	Caroline	18 years	Female	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).
2	29	Charles	40 years	Male	Black	Slave	Bowel complaint
2	30	Juland, Samuel, Jr.	6 years	Male	Mulatto		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).
2	31	Yonge, Henry	1 year	Male	White		Congestive fever
2	32	Quayge, Elizabeth M.	38 years	Female	White		Bilious fever
2	33	Thomas, John	20 years	Male	White		Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.
2	34	Thomas, Frances	22 years	Female	White		Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.

Title

Jackson 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 Jackson 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

Myrick, John T.

Format

census records

Language

eng-US

Type

Text

Identifier

s1200_mortality_jackson_1850

Coverage

Florida's Early Statehood Period (1845-1861)

Transcript

Page	Line	Name	Age	Sex	Race	Listed as Slave	Cause of Death
1	1	Garbett, Eugenia	22 years	Female	White		Consumption
1	2	Anna	6 months	Female	Black	Slave
1	3	Bonnell, James	37 years	Male	White		Inflammation
1	4	Jencey	50 years	Female	Black	Slave	Pulmonary consumption
1	5	Mary	1 year	Female	Black	Slave	Worms
1	6	Crawford, Archibald	6 years	Male	White		Chills and fever
1	7	Bird, Jane	80 years	Female	White		Inflammation
1	8	Sheperd, Elleanor	6 years	Female	White		Influenza
1	9	White, Ellen	1 year	Female	White		Chronic sore throat
1	10	Drew	60 years	Male	Black	Slave	Fever
1	11	Amos	28 years	Male	Black	Slave	Fever
1	12	Terry	16 years	Male	Black	Slave	Accident
1	13	Jim	13 years	Male	Black	Slave	Bilious fever
1	14	Eveline	1 year, 2 months	Female	Black	Slave	Bowel complaint
1	15	Willis	21 years	Male	Black	Slave	Accident, burnt
1	16	Delia	1 year	Female	Black	Slave	Hives
1	17	Henry	1 year	Male	Black	Slave	Hives
1	18	Frances	1 year	Female	Black	Slave
1	19	Berry	3 months	Male	Black	Slave	Bilious fever
1	20	Hewett, Dennis	1 year, 4 months	Male	White		Fever
1	21	Peter	3 months	Male	Mulatto	Slave	Bowel complaint
1	22	Mathew	2 years	Male	Black	Slave	Congestive fever
1	23	Jack	6 months	Male	Black	Slave	Measles
1	24	Boston	1 year	Male	Black	Slave	Fever
1	25	Dickson, Amanda	9 years	Female	White		Influenza
1	26	Irvin, Jacob	1 year	Male	White		Chills and fever
1	27	William	24 years	Male	Black	Slave	Pleurisy
1	28	Thompson, George	9 years	Male	White		Palpitation heart
1	29	Noah	3 years	Male	Black	Slave	Accident, scald head
1	30	Margarett	1 year	Female	Black	Slave	Teething
1	31	William	1 year	Male	Black	Slave	Bowel complaint
1	32	Godwin, Ann	19 years	Female	White		Dropsy
1	33	Williford, Samuel S.	4 years	Male	White		Congestive fever
1	34	Phillip	17 years	Male	Black	Slave	Dropsy
1	35	Williams, James	10 years	Male	White		Dropsy
2	1	Lydia	50 years	Female	Mulatto	Slave	Consumption
2	2	Jerry	60 years	Male	Black	Slave	In. bladder
2	3	Dickson, Emily St.	4 years	Female	White		Bronchitis
2	4	James	1 year	Male	Black	Slave	Accidentally poisoned
2	5	Lydia	60 years	Female	Black	Slave	Colic
2	6	Emma	10 years	Female	Mulatto	Slave	Bronchitis
2	7	Rusk, Rebecca	1 year	Female	White		Bilious fever
2	8	Lloyd, George	16 years	Male	White		Palsy
2	9	William	40 years	Male	Mulatto	Slave	Pleurisy
2	10	Willis	10 years	Male	Black	Slave	Accident, scald head
2	11	Lackey, Mary E.	6 months	Female	White		Fever
2	12	Lucy	65 years	Female	Black	Slave	Cold
2	13	Paul	20 years	Male	Black	Slave	Influenza
2	14	Ben	14 years	Male	Black	Slave	Bilious fever
2	15	Boll, Archibald	40 years	Male	White		Dispepsie
2	16	Steward, Charles	11 years	Male	White		Pneumonia
2	17	Cook, Martha	2 years	Female	White		Diarrhea
2	18	Baker, Elizabeth	30 years	Female	White		Congestive fever
2	19	Baker, Simmons J.	2 years	Male	White		Fever
2	20	St. Butler, Mary	4 years	Female	White		Fever
2	21	Sina	3 years	Female	Black	Slave	Dropsy
2	22	Smith, John	36 years	Male	White
2	23	Wesley	15 years	Male	Black	Slave	Accident
2	24	Jane	2 years	Female	Mulatto	Slave
2	25	Fanney	5 years	Female	Black	Slave	Fever
2	26	Sam	5 years	Male	Black	Slave
2	27	Peter	20 years	Male	Black	Slave	Dropsy
2	28	Caroline	18 years	Female	Black	Slave	Dropsy
2	29	Charles	40 years	Male	Black	Slave	Bowel complaint
2	30	Juland, Samuel, Jr.	6 years	Male	Mulatto		Dropsy
2	31	Yonge, Henry	1 year	Male	White		Congestive fever
2	32	Quayge, Elizabeth M.	38 years	Female	White		Bilious fever
2	33	Thomas, John	20 years	Male	White		Consumption
2	34	Thomas, Frances	22 years	Female	White		Consumption

Collection ID

Subject - Person

Garbett, Eugenia, ca.1828-ca.1850

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

Bonnell, James, ca.1813-ca.1850

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

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

Crawford, Archibald, ca.1844-ca.1850

Bird, Jane, ca.1770-ca.1850

Sheperd, Elleanor, ca.1844-ca.1850

White, Ellen, ca.1849-ca.1850

Drew, ca.1790-ca.1850 (enslaved person)

Amos, ca.1822-ca.1850 (enslaved person)

Terry, ca.1834-ca.1850 (enslaved person)

Jim, ca.1837-ca.1850 (enslaved person)

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

Willis, ca.1829-ca.1850 (enslaved person)

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

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

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

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

Hewett, Dennis, ca.1849-ca.1850

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

Mathew, ca.1848-ca.1850 (enslaved person)

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

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

Dickson, Amanda, ca.1841-ca.1850

Irvin, Jacob, ca.1849-ca.1850

William, ca.1826-ca.1850 (enslaved person)

Thompson, George, ca.1841-ca.1850

Noah, ca.1847-ca.1850 (enslaved person)

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

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

Godwin, Ann, ca.1831-ca.1850

Williford, Samuel S., ca.1846-ca.1850

Phillip, ca.1833-ca.1850 (enslaved person)

Williams, James, ca.1840-ca.1850

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

Jerry, ca.1790-ca.1850 (enslaved person)

Dickson, Emily St., ca.1846-ca.1850

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

Lydia, ca.1790-ca.1850 (enslaved person)

Emma, ca.1840-ca.1850 (enslaved person)

Rusk, Rebecca, ca.1849-ca.1850

Lloyd, George, ca.1834-ca.1850

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

Willis, ca.1840-ca.1850 (enslaved person)

Lackey, Mary E., ca.1850-ca.1850

Lucy, ca.1785-ca.1850 (enslaved person)

Paul, ca.1830-ca.1850 (enslaved person)

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

Boll, Archibald, ca.1810-ca.1850

Steward, Charles, ca.1839-ca.1850

Cook, Martha, ca.1848-ca.1850

Baker, Elizabeth, ca.1820-ca.1850

Baker, Simmons J., ca.1848-ca.1850

St. Butler, Mary, ca.1846-ca.1850

Sina, ca.1847-ca.1850 (enslaved person)

Smith, John, ca.1814-ca.1850

Wesley, ca.1835-ca.1850 (enslaved person)

Jane, ca.1848-ca.1850 (enslaved person)

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

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

Peter, ca.1830-ca.1850 (enslaved person)

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

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

Juland, Samuel, Jr., ca.1844-ca.1850

Yonge, Henry, ca.1849-ca.1850

Quayge, Elizabeth M., ca.1812-ca.1850

Thomas, John, ca.1830-ca.1850

Thomas, Frances, ca.1828-ca.1850

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