Freestone County, Texas Censuses 1870 Mortality Schedule for Freestone County, Texas by Eric Bonner Wood proof read by Wanda Willard Smith [Transcription Notes: The images were viewed on Ancestry. Unfortunately Ancestry images chop the first column and part of the final disease column. The Texas State Archives in Austin, Texas has the original Mortality Schedules for Texas for the years of 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880. Microfilm copies can be found in the Texas State Library in Austin. This census covers people who died between July 1, 1869 to June 1, 1870. I used modern postal abbreviations for states, such as "TN" for "Tennessee" to save space. Brackets [] signify that column was left blank. This blank column is usually foreign parents, occupation, or the marriage column (for kids and infants). Whether the deceased was (married or widowed) and (white or mulatto) is hard to tell. It is hard to tell the letter "W" from the letter "M" for this census taker. Fortunately the totals at the bottom really help. I went back and reconciled the numbers. Ages with "x/28", "x/30", or "x/31" where "x" is the age in number of days. Ages with "x/12" where "x" is the age in number of months. On diseases that were the same the census taker put "Do" for ditto and I have just repeated the disease. ] [Page 1] Schedule 2 - Persons who Died during the Year ending June 1, 1870 in ______ County of Freestone, State of Texas, enumerated by me, H M Majors [The columns are:] "Name" | "Age" | "Sex" | "Color" | "Married?/Widowed?" | "Birth Place" | "Foreign Father" | "Foreign Mother" | "Month Died" | "Occupation" | "Cause of Death" Walker, Jane 1 F B [] TX [] [] Feb [] Unknown Hancock, Elizabeth 50 F W M TN [] [] Dec Keeps House Dropsy Fantroy, M. J. 8/30 F M [] TX [] [] May [] Diptheria Bey, Richard 70 M B W VA [] [] Nov Farmer Dio[off page] David, Nancy 18 F B M AL [] [] Oct Keeps House Child -----, ------- 4/12 F B [] TX [] [] Feb [] Diarrea Peyton, Alford 21 M B [] TX [] [] Nov [] Diarrea Towlks, Levy 3 M W [] AL [] [] Aug [] Diptheria ------, Mary 1 F W [] TX [] [] Sep [] Diptheria Lane, A. T. 3/12 F W [] TX [] [] Oct [] Remitting Fever Prince, Willie 5 M W [] TX [] [] Jun [] Fall from Tab?? Reed, Nancy A. 34 F W W TN [] [] Feb [] Pneumonia Burrs, Robt 2/12 F M [] TX [] [] May [] Hives Odum, John 5 M W [] TX [] [] Dec [] Diptheria Stewart, Pleasant 1 M W [] TX [] [] Nov [] Diptheria Hanna, Mary 13 F W [] AL [] [] ??? [] Pneumonia Jackson, Victoria 6/12 F B [] TX [] [] May [] Intermitten? Abseby, Gilbert 33 F B W AL [] [] Feb [] Pneumonia Adams, Isabella 13 F B [] AL [] [] Oct [] Dropsy Ross, Lula 2 F B [] TX [] [] Apr [] Diptheria Colaman, Green 3 M B [] TX [] [] Dec [] Intermitten? Clark, Marry 80 M B M VA [] [] Apr [] Pneumonia Dickson, Jefferson 42 M B M AL [] [] Apr Works on Farm Typhoid Hunter, Alferd 1/12 M B [] TX [] [] Dec [] Hives? Keeton, ------ 11/30 M B [] TX [] [] Oct [] Hives? McCrory, ------ 8/30 F B [] TX [] [] Nov [] Hives? Keeton, Sarah 30 F B M AL [] [] Apr [] Pneumonia Lekers, Mary R 1 F B [] TX [] [] Mar [] ?????? ------, ----------- 8/30 F B [] TX [] [] May [] ?????? Bonner, Pompey 100 M B W Africa Y Y Jul [] Intermitten? Anderson, Truey 2 M W [] TX [] [] Jul [] Dyphoria? Belford, Perry 21 M W [] GA [] [] Apr Farmer ?????? Walters, A 19 F W M GA [] [] Jul Keeps House ?????? Walters, Kate 1/12 F W [] TX [] [] Sep [] Intermitten? Thomas, Sarah F. 35 F W W GA [] [] Nov [] Black ??? # Deaths: 35 # White Males: 6 # White Females: 8 # Black Males: 8 # Black Females: 11 # Mulatto Males: 0 # Mulatto Females: 2 # Married: 6 # Widowed: 5 Remarks: [blank] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Page 2] Schedule 2 - Persons who Died during the Year ending June 1, 1870 in ______ County of Freestone, State of Texas, enumerated by me, H M Majors [The columns are:] "Name" | "Age" | "Sex" | "Color" | "Married?/Widowed?" | "Birth Place" | "Foreign Father" | "Foreign Mother" | "Month Died" | "Occupation" | "Cause of Death" Pickren, Eveline 25 F W M IL [] [] Nov [] Pneumonia -------, Mary F 25 F W M GA [] [] Dec [] Pneumonia Crockett, William 10/12 M W [] TX [] [] Aug [] Remittent? Driver, Mary 36 F W M AL [] [] May Keeps House Child Madaris, Mary Ann 1 F W [] TX [] [] Aug [] Intermitten? Eskridge, S. C. 33 M W [] TN [] [] Jun Idiot Typhoid Paterson, Norman 1 F W [] TX [] [] Jun [] Flux Bennett, M. G. 22 F W M AL [] [] Jul Keeps House Typhoid Day, Florence 7 F W [] TX [] [] Jun [] Osea? Day, Wm. W. 6/12 M W [] TX [] [] Jul [] Osea? Logan, Ann 63 F W M SC [] [] Oct [] Pneumonia Moffett, Georgia 2 F W [] ARK [] [] Aug [] Remitting Fever Briles, Miles 1 M B [] TX [] [] Aug [] Flux ------, ----- 1/12 M B [] TX [] [] Feb [] Hives Chancelor, D. 21 M W [] AL [] [] Aug [] Consumption Winstone, Robt 3 M W [] NC [] [] Jan [] Measles Allen, Wade 2 M B [] TX [] [] Jun [] Bruise Strickland, Jessie 19 M W [] GA [] [] Jan Farmer Killed Jefferson, Henry 27 M B [] GA [] [] Jul Farmer Consumption ---------, Laura 23 F B [] AL [] [] Jul Keeps House Pneumonia Martins, L. D. 33 M W [] ARK [] [] Jan Farmer Brain ? -------, Elizabeth 28 F W [] ARK [] [] Nov Keeps House Typhoid McInis, Chas 50 M B [] AL [] [] Apr Farmer Typhoid Shepard, George 3 M B [] TX [] [] Aug [] Consumption Manning, Terry 3/12 F B [] TX [] [] Mar [] Typhoid Ganett, Geo A 52 M W [] GA [] [] Mar Farmer Typhoid Ivey, Elizabeth 7 F W [] GA [] [] Aug [] Typhoid Allen, D 2/12 M W B TX [] [] Oct [] Typhoid Crowder, Jim 4 M B [] TX [] [] Mar [] Pneumonia Janes, Robt 3 M W [] MS [] [] Jan [] Brain ? Mobly, Sarah L. 20 F W [] AL [] [] Aug [] Brain ? Erons, M. B. 17 M W [] TX [] [] Feb [] Pneumonia Waldrum, M. E. 13 F W [] TX [] [] Feb [] Brain ? Perry, J. F. 6/12 M W [] TX [] [] Jan [] Brain ? Grayham, D. P. 34 F W [] TX [] [] Apr [] Consumption # Deaths: 35 # White Males: 12 # White Females: 14 # Black Males: 7 # Black Females: 2 # Mulatto Males: 0 # Mulatto Females: 0 # Married: 3 # Widowed: 0 Remarks: [blank] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Page 3] Schedule 2 - Persons who Died during the Year ending June 1, 1870 in ______ County of Freestone, State of Texas, enumerated by me, H M Majors [The columns are:] "Name" | "Age" | "Sex" | "Color" | "Married?/Widowed?" | "Birth Place" | "Foreign Father" | "Foreign Mother" | "Month Died" | "Occupation" | "Cause of Death" [i.e., Newel, Jane?] Jane, Newel 1 F M [] TX [] [] Mar [] Consumption Calhoon, John 45 M W W LA [] [] Jun Farmer Diptheria Clark, Sarah 30 F W W MA [] [] May [] Tyfus? ? Wallace, Sarah 37 F W M NC [] [] Apr Keeps House Pneumonia Wilson, Lewis 70 M B M VA [] [] Aug Worked on farm Pneumonia Mims, James 4 M M [] TX [] [] May [] Typhiod Lynch, George 3 M W [] LA [] [] Aug [] Remittent? Ida, Indemmer[?] 11/12 M W [] TX [] [] Jun [] Crones Disease Sneed, Samuel 20 M W [] GA [] [] Oct Drugist Suicide Adams, S J 21 F W [] TX [] [] Jun [] Hydrof? Lindon, James 23 M M [] AL [] [] Mar Farmer Homicide McInnes[?], D 20 F W [] MS [] [] Aug Keeps House Disease of ? Watchall, C 10 M W [] AL [] [] Jun Works on farm Kicked by ? Kelly, Thomas 9/12 M B [] TX [] [] Jan [] Croup Cassman, John 23 M B [] TN [] [] Jun Works on farm Homicide Richards, W E 27 M W [] AL [] [] Apr Farmer Pneumonia Nickelberry, Jane 20 F W [] GA [] [] Jan Keeps House Pneumonia Porter, Alex 18 M W [] TN [] [] Mar Works on farm Pneumonia Gilion[?] 16 F W [] TN [] [] Apr [] Disease of ? Long, Sarah[?] 13 F W [] MS [] [] Jan [] Intermittent ? Brewer, Mary S 10 F W [] AL [] [] Mar [] Intermittent ? Buchl, Peter M 8 M W [] MS [] [] Apr [] Measles Grissate, William T 13 M W [] TN [] [] May Works farm Disease ? Miller[*A*], Mary 10 F W [] TX [] [] Feb [] Unknown Miller[*B*], Samuel 8 M W [] TX [] [] Feb [] Unknown Owens, John 1 M W [] MS [] [] Apr [] Scars ? Nanly[?], S 9 F W [] TN [] [] May [] Disease Beaver, Champ 14 M W [] MO [] [] Jan [] Liver Disease Renfrow, Ella 9 M W [] TN [] [] Feb [] Not Known [Note - there are some blank lines on this page] [*A* = Metten or Milton or Miller] [*B* = Milton or Miller] # Deaths: 29 # White Males: 13 # White Females: 10 # Black Males: 3 # Black Females: 0 # Mulatto Males: 2 # Mulatto Females: 1 # Married: 2 # Widowed: 2 Remarks: [blank] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Page 4] Schedule 2 - Persons who Died during the Year ending June 1, 1870 in ______ County of Freestone, State of Texas, enumerated by me, H M Majors [The columns are:] "Name" | "Age" | "Sex" | "Color" | "Married?/Widowed?" | "Birth Place" | "Foreign Father" | "Foreign Mother" | "Month Died" | "Occupation" | "Cause of Death" Lucus, Jr. Solomon 1/12 F W [] TX [] [] Sep [] Unknown Carter, William 9 M W [] AR [] [] Jul [] Branise? Demoss, E L 43 M W M TX [] [] Feb Farmer Pneumonia Demoss, James H 21 M W [] LA [] [] Dec [] Pneumonia Reed, Robert 2 M W [] MS [] [] Nov [] Typhoid Wright, William 2 M W [] TX [] [] Jul [] Flux? Beall, Nancy 29 F W M MS [] [] Mar [] Child Birth? Dillard, Emma 12 F W [] TX [] [] Apr [] Remitten? Hanna, Joseph 15 M W [] TX [] [] Jul [] Consumption Whitter [*A*], Lula 5/12 F W [] TX [] [] Sep [] Consumption Smith, C 24 F W M MS [] [] May [] Consumption Carter, David L 43 M W M AL [] [] Apr [] Pneumonia Ray, Jones[?] A 16 M W [] TN [] [] Jan [] Disease England, Jas H 24 M W [] AL [] [] Dec Monnise? Disease Lamb, Thomas 63 M W M KY [] [] Jun Farmer Consumption Thomas, Lewis 26 M B M AL [] [] Jan Farmer Unknown Thomas, L 3/12 M B [] TX [] [] Aug [] Unknown Dunn, James 3/12 M W [] TX [] [] Mar [] Flu/Flux Manning, Emily G 14 F W [] TX [] [] Sep [] Typhoid Campbell, Mary J 70 F W M VA [] [] Sep [] Typhoid Boyd, M 3 M W [] TX [] [] Jul [] Flux Stubbs, John 1/12 F W [] TX [] [] Jan [] Flux Lamb, Mary 3/12 F B [] TX [] [] Aug [] Intermittent ? Madison, Shirley 4/12 M B [] TX [] [] Jun [] Flux Wortham, John H 8/12 M B [] TX [] [] Aug [] Disease Blakely, Lewis 3 M B [] TX [] [] Jul [] Pneumonia Paterson, Emily 3/12 F W [] TX [] [] Nov [] Pneumonia Thomas, Aggie 3/12 F B [] TX [] [] Aug [] Intermittent ? Beasley, Johathan 18 F B [] AL [] [] Nov [] Pneumonia Harris, Davy 3 M B [] TX [] [] Apr [] Flux Davies, Nancy 2 F W [] TX [] [] May [] Flux Darberry, John 5/12 F W [] TX [] [] Apr [] Disease Akerson, Seba 28 F B [] AL [] [] Apr [] Pneumonia Jackson, Thomas 6 M B [] TX [] [] May [] Flux Demass, Jacob 3 M B [] TX [] [] Jan [] Pneumonia [*A* = or Whitler] # Deaths: 35 # White Males: 11 # White Females: 11 # Black Males: 8 # Black Females: 5 # Mulatto Males: 0 # Mulatto Females: 0 # Married: 7 # Widowed: 0 Remarks: I H. M. Majaris certify that the returns of this schedule has been well and truly made according to ??? of the oath of my office. Oct 4, 1870 H. M. Majors Asst V S Marshall Freestone Co. W.D. Texas