Deaths on Highland Plantation - West Feleciana Parish Louisiana
1831 - 1837

Submitted by: S.K. Martin-Quiatte - redstick4@uswest.net


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This information is presented in the following format: Slave name, year of death, age at death, cause of death.

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Old Pat		1831 	80 years
Old Jack 	1834 	85 years
Old Rheuben 	1836 	60 years
Old Betty 	1836 	65 years 	Found dead, cripple for five years
Billy 		1836	????		Died of worms, six hours after taken
Nelly 		1837 	26 years 	Died 24 hours after seen.  Received some injury.  In the family way.
Easter 		1837 	50 years 	Pleurisy, drinking....Great loss
William 	1837 	3 years 		Worms
Hanover 	1837 	6 years 		Worms
George 		1837 	30 years 	Died attempting to cross creek in very heavy storm.  Irreparable loss
					In every respect.
Marcus 		1840 	6 years 	Taken with spasms at one o'clock, died at eleven.
Kitty 		1840 	2 years 	Can't account for death.
Sidney's infant	1840 	????
Old Lucy 	1841	49 years 	Fill's wife.  Dropsy of the chest.
Monita 		1842 	????		Sick and then died.
Horrace 	1842	????		Had dropsy for 12 months. Took the scarlet fever.
Robert 		1843 	3 years 	Worms and inflammation
Bartley 	1844	????		Died of Epidemic here
Essex 		1844 	????		Killed by falling off cotton house shed.
Atean 		1844 	16 mons. 	Sick
Maria 		1844 	????		Whiskey killed her.
Sidney's child 	1844 	7 mons.		Died from fall and neglect.
Jane's child 	????	8 weeks 	Lockjaw
Hetty's child 	????	2 weeks 	Lockjaw
Frank 		1845	????		Drowned