TAYLOR COUNTY, GA - CENSUS MORTALITY 1860 ***************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm *********************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Virginia Crilley varcsix@hot.rr.com 1870 Mortality Index Enumerating the individuals who had died in the previous year. Because the 1870 Census year began on June 1, "previous year" refers to the 12 months preceding June 1, or June 1 (of the 1859) to May 31 (of the census year 1860). Unless noted, all are born in GA Family # on Census, Name, Age, Gender/color month-died disease SOUTHERN DIVISION Serreno H. Dwight 1. Eller 1/12 f w accidental found by Rhody Morris unknown birth June 1859 Dysentery 10 days ill 2. Downing, Rebecca Jane 2/12 f w Apr 1860 Whooping Coug 21 days 3. Knight, infant of Geo. & M.E. Knight m w Sept 1859 Caused by Delivery 4 hours 4. Day, William Riley 1 m w Jan 1860 pneumonia 3 days 5. Infant not named, belonging to Rhody Morris 24 hrs m, M {mulato] S [Slave] Native born [Indian?] Jan 1860 unknown 24 hrs 6. Jackson, Frances R. 64 days Jun 1859 Croup 5 days 7. Gabrel 45 m b Slave VA Apl 1860 farm hand typhoid fever 6 wks 8. Caroline 21 f B Slave May 1860 farm hand Pneumonia 10 days 9. Mary Jane 6/12 f b Slave Dec 1859 Pneumonia 2 months 10. Mangham Henry H. 55 m w married Aug 1859 farmer bilious fever 9 days [NOTE: Aug 26, 1859. Carsonville. Spouse: Elizabeth P. Thweatt; married July 1825] 11. McKinney, Elizabeth 27 f w married Feb 1859 domestic Spasm 6 days 12. Thompson, John D. 12 m w Aug 1859 pneumonia 5 days [Son of Jacob and Marinda] 13. Joe 1 m b Slave June 1859 Teething 21 days 14. Gassett, Allen B. 6/12 m w July 1859 unknown 1 day 16. Scisno?, James R. 8/12 ? m w Jun 1859 St. Anthony fire 46 days 17. Barfield, Nancy 70 f w widow S? June 1859 Domestic Dropsey 4 months 18. Lester 1 m b Slave Oct 1859 Worms 2 weeks 19. Elizabeth Millirons 65 f w widow June 1859/60 domestic 9 months [Living with Sinclair Streetman in 1860 Census] 20. Herricks, Mary B. 23 f w married Oct 1859 Domestic Inflammatory fever 5 days 21. Boland, Henry F. 3/12 m w July 1859 unknown sudden 22. Shepherd, Wiley B 45 m w married March 1859 Farmer tumor 5 years 23. Corbitt, William W. 44 VA Apr 1860 Ordained Minister of Gospel & Attorney Liver Disease 40 days 24. Daniel, John 60 m w widower Aug 1859 Farmer self suicide with a razor Sudden 25. Peggy 90 f b Slave Native Sept 1859 farm laborer Dropsey 42 days 26. Jack 1/12 m b Slave Native Aug 1859 Bold Hives 2 days 27. Hobbs, Josephine 1 f Sept 1859 Flux 4 days 28. July 60 m b Slave African Apr 1860 farm hand Pneumonia 30 days 29. Daniel 16 m b Slave Native Aug 1859 farm hand Bilious fever 5 days 30 Davis, Joseph E. 46 m w married Mar 1859 farmer Pneumonia 6 days 31. Rhody 1 f b Slave Aug 1859 Croup 7 days 31. Goodwin, Frederick 22 m w Jul 1859 farmer Typhoid Fever 28 days 32. Helland 65 m b Slave Native Sept 1859 farm hand Congestive Chill 3 days 33. Infant not named 4 days m B Slave Native Dec 1859 unknown 2 days 34. Branham 8 m b Slave Native June 1859/60 consumption 4 months COMMENTS: The most prevalent and fatal diseases among the people are Typhoid Fever and pneumonia. The two diseases seem to have an affinity to each other. Among Livestock the yellow murrain, commonly called Cow Pox, and the Cholera among the Hogs, this diseas seem to be most fatal among fat hogs . The Crops enumerated are about average crops. Serreno H. Dwight, Ast Marshall