Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Vitals.....Barnes, Elizabeth S., 1923 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ Mrs. Elizabeth S. BARNES, circa 1840 - 21 Jan 1923, death certificate abstract ______________________________________________________________________________ Certificate of Death, Vol. 672, No. 2984 Commonwealth of Virginia State Board of Health Bureau of Vital Statistics {BVS} Form No. 12. Place Of Death: County of Southampton; Magisterial District of Berlin & IVor Registration District No. 875A Registered No. 3 Full Name: Elithbeth S. Barns [sic*] ______________________________________________________________________________ Personal and Statistical Particulars Sex: Femail [sic] Color or Race: White Marital Status: Widowed Spouse of: [blank] Date of Birth: [blank] Age: 83 years Occupation: [blank] Birthplace: Va Father: -Name: [blank] -Birthplace: Va [code 46] Mother: -Maiden Name: [blank] -Birthplace: Va [code 46] Informant: James P. Raiford* (Address): [blank] Burial or Removal: Old Home Place*, Jan 23, 1923 Undertaker: E.N. Johnson IVor Va Filed: Jan 30, 1923 Registrar: J.Q. Hancock ______________________________________________________________________________ Medical Certificate of Death Date of Death: Jan 21, 1923 I Hereby Certify, That I attended deceased from [blank] to [blank] that I last h__ alive on [blank] and that death occurred, on date stated above, at _____ _.m. The Cause of Death was as follows: Old age [code 164] and wore out Duration: [blank] 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) [not signed] , M.D. ______________________________________________________________________________ The Library of Virginia, Richmond, VA Bureau Of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate 1923-672-2984 *Additional information: Cemetery not known (Dec 2013) to the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project. The informant is James Presley RAIFORD (1882-1965), buried in Millfield Baptist Church Cemetery. SCHS Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 1 (I-22): http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol1.txt The decedent seems likely his maternal grandmother, Sarah Elizabeth (Mrs. James C.) BARNES. Her daughter Martha J. "Mattie" BARNES m. 22 Dec 1881 "Vernie" RAIFORD and d. in childbirth 5 Nov 1889. James' & Sarah's marriage is not found in the Southampton Co. records. 1870 Census, Berlin & Ivor Twp, Southampton Co., VA (orig. p. 50; dwl/fam 411; all b. Virginia; enum. 21 Sep 1870) Barnes, James, 34MW, Farm Laborer, $200 personal estate, citizen; Sarah, 25FW, keeping house; Martha, 8FW, at home; Worrell, Martha E., 23FW, Farm Laborer, cannot write. (image at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/census/1870/0139b.gif) Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Matt Harris, zoobug64@aol.com (Dec 2013) [brackets mine] file size: 4 Kb file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/deaths/b652e1dc.txt