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The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net ******************************************************************************** The Library of Virginia “The Virginia General Assembly on April 11, 1853, passed a law requiring the systematic statewide recording of births and deaths. The law required every commissioner of revenue to make an annual registration of births and deaths in his district at the same time personal property subject to taxation was ascertained. The commissioner was to record births and deaths that occurred prior to December 31 of the preceding year and return the record to the clerk of court by June 1. Information was obtained from heads of family, physicians, surgeons or coroners, and the law imposed penalties for failing to furnish or collect the information. The clerk of court in each locality was directed to enter the information supplied by the commissioner into registers. A copy of each register was forwarded to the Virginia Auditor of Public Accounts. The law went into effect on July 1,1853, and continued until 1896, when an economy-conscious legislature repealed the recording provisions. NOTE: not all deaths were recorded during the period 1853-1896. NOTE: the Library of Virginia does not have death records for the period 1896- 1912. Information found on death registers changed little between 1853 and 1896. Death registers contain the name of the deceased; the race and sex; the date and place of death; notations regarding slaves and the names of slave owners; name of the disease or cause of death; age at death (years, months and days); place of birth; occupation; marital status; name of parents of the deceased; name of person giving the information; and description of the informant (whether a physician, consort, head of the family or friend). It is not unusual to find information missing from the records. If an infant had not yet been named at the time of death, the entry would record only the surname or note "Smith, Infant." The terms "Unnamed," "No name," and "Not named" are also used. Only the given name of a slave is recorded. Only the month appears for the date of death in some instances. The names of parents of the deceased are frequently omitted or unreliable since the person giving the information may not have known the names. Causes of death frequently are not known.” Albemarle County (1853-1887) Reel 1 http://ajax.lva.lib.va.us/F/?func=file&file_name=find-b-clas29&local_base=CLAS29 Death Death Birth Name Date Place Cause Age Place Carter, Walker Sr. 1/19/1855 Dan River Palsey 75 Albemarle son: Walker Dalton, Robert 4/1/1855 Cold 88 Albemarle son: Julius Kemper, Henrietta 10/1855 Near Carter's Bridge 8mo Albemarle Father: Jefferson Mother: Susan Killian, Gertrude 10/21/1855 Green Mountain Diptheria 1y1mo Augusta Father: George Mother: Sally Kinney, John 7/15/1855 suddenly 22 Albemarle Father: Joab Mother: Mourning Leake, Shelton 5/1855 Near Scottsville Comsumption 20 Albemarle Father: Lot Mother: Betsey Lewis, Isaac 4/1855 Near Scottsville Pneumonia 10mo Albemarle Mother: Betsey Lewis, Abraham 4/1855 Near Scottsville Pneumonia Albemarle Mother: Betsey Lindsay 4/1855 Mechum's River Pneumonia 30 Madison, William 12/1855 Greenwood Pneumonia 8mo Albemarle Father: Jordan Mother: Harriet Maxwell, Mary 6/7/1855 Covesville Cancer 70 Nelson Co. Father: Charles Mother: Ann Consort: Cuz ?,M.M. Mayo, Mahala B. 10/14/1855 Scottsville Pneumonia 33 Fluvanna Husband: J. McCord, Jane 5/24/1855 Brownsville Cancer 75 Albemarle Father: Samuel Mother: Mary Moon, Mary 5/1855 Buery Creek suddenly 17 Fluvanna Father: Daniel Mother: Mary R. Morin, Martha A. 7/19/1855 North Garden Typhoid 50 Albemarle Father: Richard Mother: Martha Husband: Mann, J.P. Morris, James T. 12/1855 Near Howardsville Cold 2 Albemarle Father: Peyton Mother: Catharine Morris, Nat. 4/1855 Mechum's River Pneumonia Albemarle Father: Anthony Mother: Maria Mosby, Ann 12/1855 Near Charlottesville Diptheria 2 Albemarle Father: Austin Mother: Martha Mosby, Lewis 11/1855 Near Charlottesville Diptheria 3 Albemarle Father: Austin Mother: Martha Nelson, Louisa 12/24/1855 Green Mountain 17 Albemarle Father: Billy Mother: Nancy none given 10/1855 Buck Island 1mo Albemarle Father: Dick Mother: Betsey none given 4/1855 Warren Co. 5mo Albemarle Father: James Mother: Victoria Oaks, Patrick H. 4/30/1855 Batesville 26 Albemarle Father: Hudson Mother: Lucy Parragory, James 7/1855 University Dysentery 10 Albemarle Powell 8/1/1855 Green Mountain Albemarle Father: Gilbert M. Mother: Ann Randolph, Maria 1/1855 Near Milton Pneumonia 12 Albemarle Father: Macon, L.S. Mother: Betsey Robinson, Alice 8/1855 Brownsville Diptheria 3 Albemarle Father: Richard W. Mother: Eliza Robinson, Colby C. 7/3/1855 Near Mechum's River Cancer 55 Albemarle Father: Archie Mother: Mary Wife: Sally Rose, Mary 11/15/1855 Scottsville Diptheria 2 Albemarle Father: Arthur Mother: Jane Ryan, Jackson A. 7/9/1855 Green Mountain Typhoid 2y10mo Albemarle Father: John M. Mother: Maria Samuels, Thomas W. 7/28/1855 North Garden Wounded by a Yankee 75 Albemarle Father: Sampson Mother: Patience Wife: H. Scott, Ron. 7/1855 Laurel Spring Fever 5mo Albemarle Father: John Mother: Lucy Scott, William L. 5/1855 North Garden Consumption 15 Albemarle Father: York Mother: Evaline Shackleford, James 3/6/1855 Charlottesville Pneumonia 8 Albemarle Father: A.J. Mother: Virginia Shepherd, Bettie 4/1855 Near Milton Diptheria 2 Albemarle Father: John Mother: Cornelia Slaughter, Sarah 6/15/1855 Green Mountain Consumption 14 Albemarle Father: Madison Mother: Francis Smith 8/20/1855 Near Milton 2 Albemarle Father: Nelson Mother: Caroline Smith, Abraham 9/1855 Near Carter's Bridge Consumption 68 Delaware Father: William Mother: Eliza Wife: Spicey Smith, Kesiah 12/1855 Buck Island Croup 2 Albemarle Mother: Mary Smith, Summerfield 6/1855 Howardsville Desentery 21 Father: Frank H. Mother: Mary Snyder, Charles B. 10/1855 Green Mountain Dyarrhea 21 Culpeper Father: George Mother: Eliz Spicer, Lewis 6/22/1855 University Dyarrhea 10 Albemarle Stark, Mary F. 4/15/1855 Near Charlottesville Dyarrhea 47 Essex Co. Father: Macon, F.M. Mother: P. Husband: G.W. Strange, Franklin 11/1855 Briery Creek Measles 17 Albemarle Father: Callum H. Mother: Sarah Strange, George 10/1855 North Garden Dropsy 75 Albemarle Father: Davy Mother: Betsey son: James Suddarth, Martha 5/9/1855 Hillsboro old age 82 Albemarle Father: Hugh R. Mother: Nancy Husband: R.P. Timberlake 1855 Charlottesville Albemarle Father: Horacio J. Mother: Gillie Tucker, Emily 10/1855 Charlottesville Consumption 40 Turner, Ned. 5/1855 Charlottesville Pneumonia 22 Father: Robert Mother: Rebecca Tyler, Pryrena 1855 Charlottesville Asthma 40 Husband: R.