Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Vitals.....Britt, Victoria Horne, 1919 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ Victoria (HORNE; Mrs. Napoleon B.) BRITT, ca. 1857 - 24 Jan 1919, death certificate abstract ______________________________________________________________________________ Held for Form No. 12. blank Certificate of Death, Vol. 458, File No. 10246 Commonwealth of Virginia State Board of Health Bureau of Vital Statistics {BVS} Place Of Death: County of Southampton Magisterial District of Berlin & Ivor Registration District No. 875 Registered No. 11 Full Name: Victoria Britt ______________________________________________________________________________ Personal and Statistical Particulars Sex: Female Color or Race: White Marital Status: Married Spouse of: [blank*] Date of Birth: about 1857* Age: 62 yrs Occupation: Housekeeper Birthplace: Southampton Father: -Name: Goodman Horne -Birthplace: Southampton Mother: -Maiden Name: Martha Mercer -Birthplace: Southampton Informant: G.W. Horne (Address): Ivor, Va Filed: April 8, 1919 Local Registrar: F.P. Pulley ______________________________________________________________________________ Medical Certificate of Death Date of Death: Jany. 24, 1919 I Hereby Certify, That I attended deceased from Nov 1st, 1914, to Jan 23rd, 1919, that I last saw her alive on Jan 23rd, 1919, and that death occurred, on the date stated above, at 1 P.M. The Cause of Death was as follows: Tuberculosis Duration: 5 yrs., 6 mos. Contributory (Secondary): [blank] Where was disease contracted if not at place of death? [blank] Did an operation precede death? [blank] Was there an autopsy? [blank] What test confirmed diagnosis? [blank] (Signed) J.T. Doles, M.D. Jan 24, 1919 Ivor Va Burial or Removal: Southampton*, Jan. 26, 1919 Undertaker: E.N. Johnson Ivor, Va ______________________________________________________________________________ The Library of Virginia Bureau Of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate 1919-458-10246 *Additional information: Victoria's age varies widely in the records- 8 in 1860 Census (b. ca. 1852), 22 in 1880 Census (b. ca. 1858), m. @ 23 (b. ca. 1861). Burial site not known (Jan 2014) to the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project. Her son Percy Lee BRITT (1885-1964) is buried in Tucker Swamp Baptist Church Cemetery. SCHS Cemetery Project, Tucker Swamp list (TS-8): http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/tckrswp.txt His father's middle name was gleaned from the cemetery list; his first, from the 1870 Census. Image at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/census/1870/0124b.gif N.B. Britt, 24, single, b. & res. Southampton, sn/o Solomon & Lizzie Britt, Farmer Victoria Horne, 23, single, b. & res. Southampton, dt/o Goodman & Martha A. Horne m.lic. 11th March 1884 by clerk J.B. Prince m. 13 Mar 1884, at Brides Mothers, Southampton, by James E. Stephenson (Southampton Co. MB5:274) Victoria's parents - m. bond, 2 Feb 1847 - Goodman Horn, sec. John Britt consent - Martha (X) Mercer; mother Nancy (X) Cook, 18 Jan 1847 age 21 & upwards; wit: John Britt (Southampton Co. M.Bonds) Goodman Horn & Martha Mercer m.bond 2 Feb 1847 sec/wit: John Britt; Wm.W. Briggs, Mahlon E. Norsworthy m. 4 Feb 1847 on Thursday evening by Samuel H. Holmes, Baptist minister (Southampton Co. M.Reg. pp. 560, 724) Victoria's in-laws - Solomon Britt, 49, widowed, b. Southampton, sn/o Joseph & Elizabeth Britt, Farmer Elizabeth M. Washington, 36, widowed, b. Southampton, dt/o Jesse & Ann M. Stephenson m.lic. 6th October 1854 by deputy clerk Henry S. Howard m. 10 Oct 1854, Sussex, by Thomas W. Drumwright (returned Nov 7th) (Southampton Co. MB1:14; M.Reg. p. 1 #33) Elizabeth 1m. 6 Oct 1836 Stephen H. WASHINGTON (So.Co. M.Reg. pp. 467, 708). A granddaughter from this union married Victoria's bro James Harrison HORNE. Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Matt Harris, zoobug64@aol.com (Jan 2014) [brackets mine] file size: 5 Kb file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/deaths/b630v1dc.txt