ALBEMARLE CO. – DEATH RECORDS: 1859

Contributed by: Joan Renfrow

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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repealed the recording provisions.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


Carr, Mildred      12/27/1859 Louisa Co.           Sore Throat 10     Albemarle
                   Father: King Mother: Sally  

Lindsay, Sarah W   12/31/1859 Louisa Co.           old age     80     Albemarle
                   Parents: Lindsay, Reuben & Mildred  Husband: Lindsay, James 

Moses              10/1859    Louisa Co.           Typhoid     30     Albemarle
                   Owner: Herring, Wilson  Mother: Amelia  

Sally              7/1859     Louisa Co.           old age     90     Albemarle
                   Owner: Ragland, William N.