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Franklin County Mortality Schedule for the Federal Census of 1860

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State Archives of Florida, Series S1201

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Mortality schedule for the United States Census of 1860 for Franklin County documenting persons who died during the year ending June 1, 1860.

Date

1860

Census Taker's Remarks

There has been no disease prevalent in this city [Apalachicola] in epidemic form during the year.

Creator

United States. Department of the Interior.

Contributors

Simms, H.K.

Format

Census Records

Coverage

Florida's Early Statehood Period (1845-1861)

Subjects

Census data
Death--Causes--Statistics
Mortality

Personal Subjects

Geographic Term

Franklin County (Fla.)

Page	Line	Name	Age	Sex	Race	Listed as Slave	Cause of Death
1	1	Simmons, Irvin	20 years	Male	Black	Slave	Pneumonia An infection of the lungs characterized by inflammation and a buildup of fluid that makes it difficult to breathe (Hooper, Lexicon Medicum, 1860).
1	2	Abell, Hattie	4 years	Female			Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.
1	3	Abell, Susan R.	4 months	Female			[none given]
1	4	Crawford, Leander	23 years	Male			Scalded
1	5	Maclay, Amanda	30 years	Female	Mulatto	Slave	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.
1	6	Orman, Maria	26 years	Female	Mulatto	Slave	Consumption Another name for tuberculosis, a bacterial infection of the lungs.
1	7	Orman, Charity	7 years	Female	Black	Slave	Fall
1	8	Effries, Louisa	19 years	Female	Mulatto	Slave	Pneumonia An infection of the lungs characterized by inflammation and a buildup of fluid that makes it difficult to breathe (Hooper, Lexicon Medicum, 1860).
1	9	Hope, Jacob	19 years	Male			Typhoid fever
1	10	Lovell, John, Jr.	22 years	Male			Burned to death
1	11	Wyrn, William	23 years	Male	Mulatto	Slave	Burned to death
1	12	Long, Louis	32 years	Male			Lockjaw
1	13	McDonald, D.	37 years	Male			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	14	Brogan, Bridget	27 years	Female			Drunkenness
1	15	Sinclair, Candice	28 years	Female	Mulatto	Slave	Childbirth
1	16	Bullon, Sallie	44 years	Female	Black	Slave	Childbirth
1	17	Hancock, Rachel	40 years	Female	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	18	Hancock, Anson	5 years	Male	Black	Slave
1	19	Aiken, James, L.	3 months	Male			Marasmus A loss of weight and strength, and atrophying of the muscles due to a lack of nutrition or a dramatic loss of blood (Dunglison, A Dictionary of Medical Science, 1893).
1	20	Dunham, Marshall	6 months	Male	Black	Slave
1	21	Matter, James	25 years	Male			Bilious fever
1	22	Creadon, Pierce	42 years	Female			Fits Convulsions or seizures, sometimes related to epilepsy (Dunglison, A Dictionary of Medical Science, 1893).
1	23	Myers, Henry	38 years	Male	Mulatto	Slave	Scrofula Tuberculosis occurring outside the lungs, typically in the form of glandular tumors in the neck. These tumors could become ulcerated, and the tuberculosis infection could spread to the lungs (McGown, A Practical Treatise on the Most Common Diseases of the South, 1849).

Title

Franklin County Mortality Schedule for the Federal Census of 1860

Subject

Census data

Mortality

Death--Causes--Statistics

Description

Mortality schedule for the United States Census of 1860 for Franklin County documenting persons who died during the year ending June 1, 1860.

Creator

United States. Department of the Interior.

Source

State Archives of Florida, Series S1201

Date

1860

Contributor

Simms, H.K.

Format

census records

Language

eng-US

Type

Text

Identifier

s1201_mortality_franklin_1860

Coverage

Florida's Early Statehood Period (1845-1861)

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Page	Line	Name	Age	Sex	Race	Listed as Slave	Cause of Death
1	1	Simmons, Irvin	20 years	Male	Black	Slave	Pneumonia
1	2	Abell, Hattie	4 years	Female			Consumption
1	3	Abell, Susan R.	4 months	Female			[none given]
1	4	Crawford, Leander	23 years	Male			Scalded
1	5	Maclay, Amanda	30 years	Female	Mulatto	Slave	Diarrhea
1	6	Orman, Maria	26 years	Female	Mulatto	Slave	Consumption
1	7	Orman, Charity	7 years	Female	Black	Slave	Fall
1	8	Effries, Louisa	19 years	Female	Mulatto	Slave	Pneumonia
1	9	Hope, Jacob	19 years	Male			Typhoid fever
1	10	Lovell, John, Jr.	22 years	Male			Burned to death
1	11	Wyrn, William	23 years	Male	Mulatto	Slave	Burned to death
1	12	Long, Louis	32 years	Male			Lockjaw
1	13	McDonald, D.	37 years	Male			Dropsy
1	14	Brogan, Bridget	27 years	Female			Drunkenness
1	15	Sinclair, Candice	28 years	Female	Mulatto	Slave	Childbirth
1	16	Bullon, Sallie	44 years	Female	Black	Slave	Childbirth
1	17	Hancock, Rachel	40 years	Female	Black	Slave	Pleurisy
1	18	Hancock, Anson	5 years	Male	Black	Slave
1	19	Aiken, James, L.	3 months	Male			Marasmus
1	20	Dunham, Marshall	6 months	Male	Black	Slave
1	21	Matter, James	25 years	Male			Bilious fever
1	22	Creadon, Pierce	42 years	Female			Fits
1	23	Myers, Henry	38 years	Male	Mulatto	Slave	Scrofula

Collection ID

Subject - Person

Simmons, Irvin, ca.1840-ca.1860 (enslaved person)

Abell, Hattie, ca.1856-ca.1860

Abell, Susan R., ca.1860-ca.1860

Crawford, Leander, ca.1837-ca.1860

Maclay, Amanda, ca.1830-ca.1860 (enslaved person)

Orman, Maria, ca.1834-ca.1860 (enslaved person)

Orman, Charity, ca.1853-ca.1860 (enslaved person)

Effries, Louisa, ca.1841-ca.1860 (enslaved person)

Hope, Jacob, ca.1841-ca.1860

Lovell, John, Jr., ca.1838-ca.1860

Wyrn, William, ca.1837-ca.1860 (enslaved person)

Long, Louis, ca.1828-ca.1860

McDonald, D., ca.1823-ca.1860

Brogan, Bridget, ca.1833-ca.1860

Sinclair, Candice, ca.1832-ca.1860 (enslaved person)

Bullon, Sallie, ca.1816-ca.1860 (enslaved person)

Hancock, Rachel, ca.1820-ca.1860 (enslaved person)

Hancock, Anson, ca.1855-ca.1860 (enslaved person)

Aiken, James, L., ca.1860-ca.1860

Dunham, Marshall, ca.1860-ca.1860 (enslaved person)

Matter, James, ca.1835-ca.1860

Creadon, Pierce, ca.1818-ca.1860

Myers, Henry, ca.1822-ca.1860 (enslaved person)

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Franklin County (Fla.)

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There has been no disease prevalent in this city [Apalachicola] in epidemic form during the year.

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