MUSCOGEE COUNTY, GA - Deaths 1828 - 1864 Misc.

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From "The Making of a Modern City: Columbus Georgia, 1827-1865," by John H. MARTIN (1875, reprinted 1972):

DEATHS

From Vol. I:

1828

P. 13:  "The first person buried in the cemetery was a young man by the name of THOMAS – a son of Edward Lloyd THOMAS, the gentleman mentioned as the surveyor.  He was buried on the hill before the location [for the cemetery] was fully determined upon, but when determined it included the grave of young THOMAS.  He was buried in March of this year."  [This is Linwood Cemetery in Columbus.]

P. 16: 	July 26. – Elizabeth, infant child of Blake and Lucy ROBINSON.
	Aug. 30. – WILSON (an Irishman) drowned in the river.
	Sept. 16. – Mrs. DAVIS, a native of North Carolina.
	Oct. 18. – James B. CRAWFORD, aged 30 years.
	Nov. 13. – "Indian Boy," aged 12 years, from a stab in the forehead.


1829

P. 19:  "On the – of January, Mr. Elisha AVERY, a native of Connecticut, and four Negroes were drowned by the upsetting of a bateau in which they were making a trip from Columbus to Apalachicola.  The Mayor, Col. LEWIS, Mr. ROOT, and eight Negroes in all were in the boat, but all except those first mentioned escaped."

P. 20:  "W. A. SPALDING, of the firm of Fontaine & Spalding, was drowned in the Chattahoochee on the 1st of June.  He was a native of Maryland, and was only 21 years old."

P. 21:	June 1. – Matthew WELLS, aged 50.
Aug. 2. – Mrs. Judith W. THORNTON, consort [= wife] of Dr. Hudson A. 
	THORNTON.
Sept. 5. – Pleasant ROBINSON, Deputy Sheriff.
Oct. 18. – Wm. MARTIN, aged 27, a native of Georgia.
Dec. 18. – Benjamin JEPSON, Sr., a native of Boston, aged 63.

1830

P. 27:	Aug. 20. – Mrs. M[irabeau] B. LAMAR, aged 21.  [Per page 16, she "is buried in 
		the cemetery in this city."]
	
1831

P. 28:  "November 19 – Number of deaths that have occurred in the town of Columbus from the first day of June 1831, to this date, taken by order of the Commissioners: white adults 20; white children 20; black adults 8; black children 9; total 57.  Out of the above number, 40 have died of fever, three in childbed, and two from intemperance."

P. 30:  "John G. PRINCE, a late comer and merchant of Columbus, was drowned in the river, while bathing, on __th of July.  He was from Salem, Mass."

P. 31:	Jan. 25. – Wm. WALKER, Sr.
	May 7. – Garland JETER, infant son of Oliver JETER.
	June 5. – Mrs. Mary M. GRIFFIN, wife of A. B. GRIFFIN.
	Sept. 19. – Mrs. Eleanor JOHNSON, wife of Robt. G. JOHNSON.
	Sept. 24. – Mrs. Martha LUCAS, wife of Robert LUCAS.
	Sept. 29. – James M. HITCHCOCK.
	Oct. 1. – Edmund BUGG, Town Clerk.
	Oct. 4. – Adelia Maria LUCAS, daughter of Wm. D. & Mary H. LUCAS.
	Oct. 8. – Georgiana Adaline LUCAS, dau. of Wm. D. & Mary H. LUCAS.
	Oct. 9. – Mrs. Mary H. LUCAS, wife of William D. LUCAS.
	Oct. 10. – Martha CarolineWARREN, daughter of John & Sophia WARREN.
	Oct. 13. – Mrs. Clarissa ROCKWELL, wife of Stoddard ROCKWELL.
	Oct. 14. – Delia LUCAS, daughter of Wm. D. LUCAS.
	Oct. 14. – James THWEATT.
	Oct. 16. – Caroline Eliza LUCAS, daughter of Wm. D. LUCAS.
	Oct. 20. – Harris McCLESKY, son of John McCLESKY.

1832

PP. 32-33:  Gen. Sowell WOOLFOLK was killed in a duel.  "On Monday last, 23d instant [23 JAN 1832], an unfortunate meeting, commonly known by the name of an affair of honor, took place near Fort Mitchell, between Gen. Sowell WOOLFOLK and Major Joseph T. CAMP, which terminated in the death of the former.  Gen. WOOLFOLK was shot through the breast, and expired in a few seconds, and Major CAMP narrowly escaped [with his] life, being shot through the abdomen, but fortunately for him without entering the hollow.  The next day the body of Gen. WOOLFOLK was brought to this city and interred with military and Masonic honors…."

P. 38:	Feb. 5. – James BOSWORTH, formerly of Augusta.
	March 24. – Harvey H. SQUIRE, merchant, aged 23, formerly of Massachusetts.
	April 5. – Mrs. Margaret JETER, formerly of Lincoln County, aged 40 years.
	April 12. – Wm. A. HITCHCOCK, tax receiver, aged 32, son of Col. Jas. 
		HITCHCOCK.
	Oct. 20. – Nathaniel P. BOND, Esq., formerly of Savannah.
	Nov. 14. – James H. WESTMORELAND.

1833

P. 41:  From the Columbus "Enquirer" of Friday, 10 AUG 1833:  "On Monday morning last Maj. Joseph T. CAMP of this place was killed by Col. John MILTON."

P. 44:  "On the 5th of July, Hillery TRIPLETT (whose name was associated with several personal quarrels during the first year or two of the town) was killed by ----- COGBILL, at the public house of George W. ELLIOTT, in the vicinity of the locality on which the town of Crockettsville (afterwards Crawford) was built."  [Per p. 41, this area in Alabama had become Russell County in December of 1832.  Note that the term for a tavern,"pub," in British English is a shortened form of "public house."  It is not known if the term "public house" as used here had the meaning "tavern," or something else, such as "lodge" or "inn."  Hillery TRILPLETT is most likely a male.]

	"Col. Hardeman OWENS, previously of Columbus, was killed at his residence in the Creek territory, on the 31st of July, by a party of United States soldiers."

P. 45:	Jan. 18. – Mrs. Mary IVEY, wife of McGirt IVEY.
	Feb. 15. – Mrs. Catharine ALFORD.
	Feb. 23. – Samuel GOODALL.
	March 4. – Mrs. Catherine MAHONE.
	July 26. – Dr. Gabriel FISHER, dentist.

[Author’s note for 1833 – "The files for the months of September and October, as well as occasional numbers in other months of this year, being missing, some incidents worthy of note in the history of the town are no doubt lost to us."]

1834

P. 49:  "B. A. G. LUCAS, a former citizen of Columbus, was shot in his house, in the Creek nation, by an Indian, and killed, on the 29th May…."

PP. 40-41:	April 2. – Mrs. Jane ODOM, consort [= wife] of John ODOM.
	April 27. – Samuel, infant son of Dr. BILLING.
	May 3. – Joseph F. MURRAY, a native of North Carolina.
	June 9. – Mrs. Ann Elizabeth WYNN, wife of Wm. L. WYNN.
	June 12. – Mrs. Martha HUDSON, wife of Jonathan A. HUDSON.
	July 5. – Samuel SULLY, merchant.
	July 11. – George S. SHIVERS, Esq.
	July 29. – Isaac A. SMITH, a native of Connecticut.
	Aug. 14. – John W. STAPLER.
	Aug. 20. – Geo. W. DILLINGHAM, a prominent merchant and citizen, formerly 
		of Massachusetts.
	Aug. 20. – Mrs. Martha Ann, wife of Moses JONES.
	Sept. 1. – Miss Mary Ann TARVER, daughter of the last Rev. Elijah TARVER.
	Sept. 4. – Henry P. GARRISON.
	Sept. 9. – Mrs. Mary VINSON, wife of Peyton VINSON.
	Nov. 5. – (In Rutherford, N.C.) Mrs. Harriet CAMP, widow of Maj. Joseph T. 
		CAMP.
	Nov. 19. – Mrs. Elizabeth WATSON, wife of Gen. James C. WATSON.

1835

P. 52:  "’But a few weeks ago (said the ‘Enquirer’ of January 10) an innocent child, son of a respectable farmer of Russell county, was shot and inhumanly butchered by one of these merciless savages [e.g. local natives]….’"

P. 55:  "This must have been a winter of unusual severity, as we find that on the 9th of January, a man named BLALOCK was found dead near the bridge, having frozen to death during a snow storm the night previous, and on the same night two Indians, in a state of intoxication, were frozen to death near Columbus."

[Author’s note regarding 1835 & 1836:  "As the files for this year and 1836 are missing from the ‘Enquirer’ office, and we can find only three numbers (Jan. 10 to Jan. 23, 1835, inclusive), our report of minor incidents and personal intelligence must needs be meagre.  We have a file of the Macon ‘Messenger’ for the year 1835, from which we obtain some news of Columbus, and we presume that it would have made some mention of anything important during that year."]

1836

P. 58:  From the Macon ‘Messenger’ of 04 FEB 1836: "On Thursday of last week it was understood that 500 Indians had crossed the Chattahoochee at Bryant’s ferry, fifteen miles below Columbus.  A detachment of twenty-two men, headed by Mr. John WATSON, proceeded to the place to ascertain particulars.  They there found forty armed Indians, who were returning to the ferry, who took cover and commenced firing.  After some firing on both sides, two white men, Mr. Josiah JOHNSON and Mr. ____ McBRIDE, were killed, and two wounded…"  (This exchange is sometimes called the "battle of Hitchity.")

P. 58:  "They [Creek Indians] commenced their general work of slaughter on Monday, the 10th inst[ant].  Previous to this, on the 5th of May, Major Wm. B. FLOURNOY, late of Putnam county, in this State, was killed and scalped a few miles below Fort Mitchell.  A letter from Col. CROWELL, the Agent at Fort Mitchell, dated the 9th says that ‘four persons have been killed and many negroes taken off within a few days.’…Another company of about one hundred men, on Tuesday, went into the Nation eight miles to the Uchee bridge, on the Federal Road, and brought in some straggling settlers, but did not see any Indians.  Fifteen dead bodies were seen by the flying inhabitants, who had been shot by the Indians and were lying in the road, five of which were brought into Columbus."

PP. 78-79:  "The Columbus ‘Sentinel’ of Feb. 26th, reports the killing of Mr. James HILL, confectioner of Columbus, by Mrs. BERRY, living a few miles from the city, where Mr. H[ILL] and friend stopped and asked the woman to lend them a tumbler from which to drink some champagne which they had along.  She refused, and a quarrel ensued between HILL and her, resulting in his shooting into the upper part of the door, and her shooting him with a shot gun.  HILL’s body was interred with Masonic honors."

"The steamer Ohioan was burned on the Chattahoochee, eight miles below Ocheesee, early in May….One servant girl was lost…."

"The following Indians were convicted at the fall term of the Russell Circuit Court:  Chilancha, alias John, for the murder of FANNIN; Tuscoona FIXICO and four others for the murder of GREEN, the stage driver.  They were sentenced to be hung on the 25th of November…The six condemned Indians, mentioned above, were hung at the appointed time in Girard [Russell County, Alabama]."

P.79:  "Judge Eli S. SHORTER, one of the most gifted lawyers in Georgia, died in Columbus on the 13th of December."

1837

P. 86:  "A. M. GREGORY, a citizen, was found in a dying condition on the streets on the morning of the 13th of March, and died the next day.  He was evidently murdered, but the case was involved in mystery."

P. 88:	Jan. 12. – David C. GRIGGS.
	May 30. – Mrs. Ellen Emeline WALKER.
	June 27. – Mrs. Winnifred, consort [= wife] of Wiley WILLIAMS.
	July 6. – Henry L. RICHARDSON.
	Aug. 2. – Mrs. Elizabeth R., consort [=wife] of Dr. H. A. THONRTON.	
Aug. 10. – Robt. A. JONES.
Sept. 23. – Alfred SMITH, a native of New York.
Sept. 24. – Mrs. Elizabeth S., consort [=wife] of Thos. C. McKEEN.
Sept. 28. – Miss Clara Cornelia HARDEN.
Oct. 24. – Mrs. Sarah Jane REDMON.
	
1838

P. 95:  "Augustus OWENS, of Girard, was killed near the entrance of the race course in Columbus, in February, by a man named FOX."

P. 96:  "An event which shocked the city, on the 30th of May, was the suicide of Mr. E. Sigourney NORTON, mentioned in preceding pages.  He cut his throat with a razor – being, it was supposed, under the influence of liquor."

"A young man named KERNIN was drowned, in June, in the river opposite the city."
"By the caving in of a sewer near the market-house, upon which a number of men were at work, one white laborer and two negroes were smothered to death."

P. 99:	May 7. – Mrs. Sarah McGEHEE.
	June 15. – Mrs. Matilda BROOKS.
	July 10. – At Auburn, Ala., W. H. HARPER, Esq., formerly of Columbus.

1839

P. 101:  "The Sexton reported on the 4th of May, that there had been but one interment in the [Linwood] Cemetery during the month of April, and that one was a child."

P. 102:  "The Sexton, at the last meeting in December, reported the number of interments during the year 44, of which 21 were children under ten years of age."

"On the first Monday, in March, in Girard [AL], Jonathan EDWARDS was killed by Franklin WORD, in an affray."  

"On the first Monday in May three boys were drowned in [p. 103] the river while bathing.  They were sons of George REESE, Mrs. REESE, and Mr. NORRIS; and later in the month a little son of Mr. ROUND was drowned in the falls.  Hamilton DUKE, a citizen of Talbot county, was fatally stabbed on the 17th of June, in Girard, by Monroe LYNCH…Harrison, eldest son of Wm. P. YONGE, was killed on the 18th December, by the falling of a piece of timber."

P. 105:	May 28—In Girard, Malcolm CAMERON, a native of Virginia.
	June 21—Hon. Augustine CLAYTON, a distinguished lawyer, who had 
		represented the State in Congress and filled other high public positions.
	Aug. 21—Mrs. Elizabeth J. JONES.
	Sept.—Miss Sarah Amanda BENNING.

[Vol. I continues through 1845 – some of the following mentioned incidentally in Volume I]

1856

P. 27:  Ulysses LEWIS, for a number of years Judge of the Ordinary Court of Russell 
County, AL, died in August, 1856.

1859

P. 43:  John GODWIN "died in February, 1859, at the age of 61 years."

1862

P. 42:  Samuel R. ANDREWS "died in 1862, at a good old age."

1863

Vol. II, p. 164:  Two children of W. T. SMITH died on March 18, 1863.

	  Patrick DUFFY died on April 16, 1863.

	  A child of Thomas SUMMERSGILL died on May 23, 1863.

1864

P. 43:  Seaborn JONES died March 18, 1864.

Vol. II, p. 172: A child of Z. PIKE died on June 29, 1864

Joseph ECHOLS died July 20, 1864.