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It may be freely copied, but may not be sold. ******************************************************************* Format for first line: Line Number, Name in Full, Race (if colored, free or slave), Name of the Owner of Slave, Sex, Date of Death, Place of Death, Name of Disease or Cause of Death, Age, Format for second line: Names of Parents, Where Born, Occupation, Consort of or Unmarried, Name of Person giving information of Death, Designation of Informant (Phy., Surgeon, Coroner, Head of Family, Friend, etc.) An "x" has been used when the column is blank. Each column is divide with a comma, except for the name where a comma is used between surname and given name. Names on each page have been put in alphabetical order for easier reading. Original order of names can be obtained by putting lines in numerical order. Bk.1, pg.1 ---------------------------------- 2. ADKINS, Rachel, w, f, f, 2 January, Mud River, measles, 42y9m, George & Phebe Holten, x, x, not informed, Elizabeth Holten, sister to the decd ----- 1. ARTHUR, Katherine, w, f, f, Feby, Guyandotte, consumption, 55y, not known, x, house keeping, widow of Thos Arthur, Sanders Arther, son of decd ----- 8. ASHWORTH, Polly Boed, w, f, f, 26 June, Trace Fork of mud river, consumption, 22y, Wm & Sandil Becket, Cabell County, same, widow Ashworth, Sandil Becket, mother ----- 5. BECKLEHIMER, Margaret, w, f, f, 4 Janry, 14 Mile Creek, unknown, 3y2d, James A. & Polly Becklehimer, 14 Mile of Guyandotte, x, farmer, infant, Polly Becklehimer, mother ----- 6. BELLAMY, John U., w, f, m, 1 October, 4 Pole Ohio Bottom, Cramp of heart, 48y, Mathew & Nancy Bellamy, not known, x, Husband of Elenora V. Bellamy, Eleanor V. Bellamy, wife ----- 4. BIAS, No name, w, f, f, 30 July, Buffalo creek Mud, diarrhoer, 2m1d, Anderson & Nancy Bias, Buffaloe of Mud, farmer, infant, Nancy Bias, mother ----- 7. BILLUPS, Alexander, w, f, m, July, Teays Valley, Scarlet fever, 4y, Andrew & Mary Billups, Teays Vally, infant, infant, Andrew Billups, father ----- 11. BLACK, Mary Ann, w, f, f, Sept, Johns, Creek Mud, Scarlet fever, 6y, Andrew & Huldah Black, Mud River, child A. Black, Andrew Black, father ----- 3. BURNS, No name, w, f, f, 26 Aug, Andrew Burns in Guyandotte, not known, 1d, Andrew & Miram Burns, Andr Burns Guyandotte, farmer, infant, Andrew Burns, father ----- 9. BURNS, Cassa Bianka, e, f, f, 9 Oct, Mud river right fk, scarlet fever, 2y5m, David P & Isabel Burns, Mud River, infant, infant, David P. Burns, father ----- 10. BURNS, Frances Marion, w, f, m, 13 Oct, Mud river right fk, scarlet fever, 10m, David P. & Isabell Burns, Mud River, infant, infant, David P. Burns, father ----- 19. CHANDLER, No name, e, f, f, May, Boon county, not known, Thos & Lucy Chandler, Boon county, none, unmarried, Lucy Chandler, mother ----- 18. CHAPMAN, Milly w, f, f, 17 July, Mud river, dropsey, 69y, x, x, house keeper, John Chapman, Martha Chapman, daughter ----- 17. CHAPMAN, Warren, w, f, m, late in Aug, Cabell, Scarlet fever, 7y, Berry & Lucy Chapman, Cabell Mud waters, farmer, son of Berry Chapman, Lucy Chapman, mother ----- 27. Charles, s, John Everett, m, May, near Guyandotte, consumption, 26y, I don't know, not given, farming for Masse, x, John Everett, owner ----- 14. CHILDERS, Thomas, w, f, m, 3 Jan, Merritts Creek, Old age, 87y, not known, not known, farming, Elizabeth Childers, Elizabeth Childers, wife of decd ----- 15. COBOURN, No name, w, f, f, 7 May, Cabell, not known, stillborn, John & Sarah Louisa Cobourn, Cabell, x, x, John Cobourn, father ----- 13. COOK, Solomon Jackson, w, f, m, 23 Nov, Waters of 4 Pole, Scarlet fever, 1y6m, Solomon J. & Elizabeth Ann Cook, Waters of 4 Pole I believe or Rupell Creek, x, infant, Solomon J. Cook, father ----- 16. CYRUS, Nancy, w, f, f, 5 Feby, Cabell, fever & claps, 19y, James & Sarah Cyrus, Toms Creek of Mud, farming, single woman, James Cyrus, father ----- 21. DEAL, No name, w, f, f, 11 October, waters of Mud river, Scarlet fever, 1y14d, Henry & Ruthy Deal, Mill Creek Mud, none, infant, Henry Deal, father ----- 22. DEATS, Charles, w, f, m, 7 January, Guyandotte, congestion of Brain, 36y, Margaret Deats, Germany, laborer, unmarried, Margaret Deats, mother ----- 20. DEFOE, Mary, w, f, f, 15 Aug, Mud River, consumption, 37y10m, no Given in, not known, house keeping, Harrison Defoe, Harrison Defoe, husband ----- 29. DIAL, John Anderson, w, f, m, 19 Oct, 4 Mile creek, flux or disintary, 83y5m, James & Nancy Dial, not known, farming, Polly Dial, John M. Dial, son of decd ----- 30. DIAL, George Washington, w,f, m, 10 Oct, 4 Mile creek, flux or disintary, 6y, John M. & Carolina Dial, 4 Mile of Guyandotte, x, unmarried, John M. Dial, same ----- 23. DONNET?, No name, w, f, f, 22 March, 9 Mile of Ohio R., cold or cramp, 1m, Joseph Frances F Donnett, 9 Mile Creek of Ohio, x, infant, Joseph Donnet?, father ----- 24. DUNKLE, Emmour, w, f, f, 6 August, Pats Branch Guyandotte, consumption, 22y, Daniel & Eliza Dunkle, Pats Branch Guyan, single woman, unmarried, Daniel Dunkle, father ----- 25. DUNKLE, ______, w, f, f, 22 Oct, Pats Branch Guyandotte, consumption, 20, Daniel & Eliza Dunkle, Pats Branch Guyan, single woman, unmarried, Daniel Dunkle, father ----- 31. ELKINS, Hannah, w, f, f, 23 July, 4 Pole creek, flux or disintary, 62y4m12d, John & Phebe Stephenson, not given in, house wife, Archabald Elkins, Archabald Elkins, husband of decd ----- 28. EPLIN, Angelina, w, f, f, 12 Oct, 9 Miile of Guyandotte R., disease from infancy, 1y 4m, John & Juliann Eplin, 9 Mile Guyandotte, x, x, John Eplin, father ----- 26. EVERETT, Samuel E. Moore, w, f, m, 1 July, Widow Everett Turnpike, inflamation of brain, 6y3m, Martin & Sarah Moore, Guyandotte frying pan, infant, infant, Charles Everett, uncle ----- 33. FIELDER, No name, w, f, m, May, Near E Turley Merritts Ck, dead born, Wm & Sipporah Fielder, near head of Merritts Ck, x, infant, Emberson Turley, grandfather ----- 32. FLOWERS, No name, w, f, f, 28 March, Guyandotte, dead born, E. H. & Ellen Flowers, Guyandotte, x, infant, E. H. Flowers, father ----- 34. GRIMES, James Knox Polk, w, f, m, 4 April, Ohio River, measles, 5y, George & Harriet Grimes, Ohio River, none, unmarried, Geroge Grimes, father ----- 39. HARLESS, George William, w, f, m, 23 Jany, 4 Mile, lung fever, 14y4m, Wm R. & nancy Harless, 4 Mile, none, unmarried, Wm R. Harless, father ----- 41. HARMAN, Alexander, w, f, n, Sept, Mud River Vally, Scarlet fever, 10m, Eli & Lucinda Jane Harman, Midle fork of mud, infant, Alexander Griffith, grandfather ----- 35. HATFIELD, Martha Elizabeth, w, f, f, 24 Sept, Barboursville, Scarlet fever, 7y, Thos & Amanna Hatfield, Barboursville, none, unmarried, Thos Hatfield, father ----- 40. HATFIELD, Mary Ellen, w, f, f, 23 Dec, Guyandotte river, consumption & ?, 31y10m, Edward & Christena Franklin, Edward Franklins CC, house keeping, Fernandes Hatfield, Fernandes Hatfiled, husband ----- 45. HILL, Benjamin, w, f, m, 10 Sept, Guyandotte river, scarlet fever, 8m, Ipha Hill widow, Boone county, x, infant, Ipha Hill, mother ----- 37. HITE, James William, w, f, m, 27 Feby, Guyandotte, inflamation brain, 1y, John B. & Elizabeth Hite, Guyandotte, Guyandotte, none, infant, John B. Hite, father ----- 36. HITE, William, w, f, m, not recollected, Guyandotte, consumption, 76y, Wm & Susan Hite, not known, had been farmer, widower, John B. Hite, son ----- 38. (name is blank), s, Susan Holderby, m, October, Guyandotte river, not known, 1d, x, Guyandotte River, x, x, Susan Holderby, owner ----- 42. HUGHS, Elizabeth, w, f, f, 2 July, little Guyan, inflamation stomick, 45y, Reuben & Elizabeth Hughs, not given in, single woman, unmarried, Tho Rigg, brother in law ----- 43. Jane, s, John Harmon, f, Feby, Greenbottom, Scrafula, 55y, Dont know, not known, house woman, slave, John Harmon, owner ----- 44. JOY, Chapman Wright, w. f. m. 20 March, 7 Mile, Scarlet fever, 3y, Wm & Minevia Joy, mouth of 7 Mile, infant, son of Wm Joy, Wm Joy, father ----- 47. KITTS, Jacob, w, f, m, 2 Sept, Ohio Bottom, fever, 5m, Philip & Deborah Kitts, Ohio River, x, x, Philip Kitts, father ----- 48. LETULLE, Victor, w, f, m, 31 Jan, Guyandotte, newmonia, 67y, Lawrence & Mary Ann Letulle, France, Grocery & Bakery, Nancy Letulle, Nancy Letulle, wife of dec ----- 46. Reuben, s, Wm Jenkins, m, 16 Feb, Green Bottom, old age, 96, not known, not known, Slave on farm, x, Wm Jenkins, owner ----- 12. SMITH, Lanner?, w, f, f, 24 Jun, waters of Madison & Smith ck, Child Bed, 23y, Polly Cartis, basket maker, wife of Peter Smith, Polly Cartis, mother ---------------------------------- POSSIBLE ERRORS: #12 - unable to read first name, #23 - unable to read surname, #26 - surname should be Moore according to parent's name, #47 - could be Kilts, ---------------------------------- pg.2 ----- 1. LUCAS, Daniel David, w, f, m, 9 August, 4 Mile Waters, not known, 21y, Calvin & Rebecca Rece, not given in, farming, unmarried, Rebecca Lucas, mother ----- 2. MURRAY, Susan, s, Daniel Love, f, 17 March, Turnpike Road 6 M E, winter fever, 12y10m, Not given, Turnpike 6 Mile E, x, x, Daniel Love, owner ----- 3. Betty Bonlen?, s, Daniel Love, f, 15 June, Turnpike Road 6 M E, old age, 71y, not known, not given, house servent, x, Daniel Love, owner ----- 4. McMAHON, Lucy Eliza, w, f, f, 21 Feby, Guyandotte, measles, 10y, Wayne & Mary McMahon, Barboursville, under age, unmarried, Wayne McMahon, father ----- ?5. MEYER, Justus Joseph, w, f, m, 18 Aug, Fudges Creek, Flux, 6m, Charles & Eliza Meyer, Fudge Creek, x, x, Charles Meyer, father ----- 6. Samuel, s, Charles K. Morris, m, 1 March, Guyandotte Mills, not known 5y, Mothers name Lucy, Chas K. Morris, x, x, Chas K. Morris, owner ----- 7. MORRIS, Martha Allace, w, f, f, 23 June, Charles K Morris Guyan, paralasis of the Brain, 8y, Charles K. & Martha Morris, Guyandotte River, farming, infant, Chas K. Morris, father ----- 8. McCOMAS, Mary M., w, f, f, 15 Oct, Cabell, Flux & croup, 7m, James & Elizabeth McComas, Guyandotte River, x, unmarried, Elizabeth McComas, mother ----- 9. MILLER, William Chapman, w, f, m, 27 April, Guyandotte, Flux, 4y, Henry H. & Eliza Ann Miller, Guyandotte, merchant, son of Henry H. Miller, Henry H. Miller, father ----- 10. MAUPIN, John Handley, w, f, m, 11 July, Mud river, Flux, x, Beverly W. Maupin, Mud Waters, farmer, unmarried, Beverly W. Maupin, father ----- 11. Marriah, s, John Morris, f, 8 August, Reays Valley, newmonia, 55 about, Dont know not given, not given in, x, x, by John Morris, owner ----- 12. MILLER, David Andrew, w, f, m, 13 Nov, Fudges Creek, not known, 9m12d, David & Sarah Miller, not given, x, x, by David & Sarah Miller, father & mother ----- 13. MEYER, Eliza, w, f, f, 20 August, Fudges Creek, Flux, 38y, x, x, house keeping, Charles Meyers, Charles Meyers, husband ----- 14. McCOMAS, Mildred, w, f, f, 3 August, Mulberry Grove, Flux, 56y, Thom & Mildred Ward, not given, x, William McComas, William McComas, husband ----- 15. McCLASKEY, John Henry, w, f, m, 29 Feby, Mill Creek, Bold hives or croup, 5d, John & Emeline McClaskey, Mill Creek Mud, x, infant, John McClaskey, father ----- 16. McCLASKEY, America Frances, w, f, f, 9 Aug, Mill Creek, Scarlet fever, 3y9m, John & Emaline McClaskey, x, x, x, John McClaskey, father ----- 17. MIDKIFF, America, w, f, f, 18 Sept, Solomon Midkiffs house, scarlet fever, 5y, Solomon & Sarah Midkiff, Solomon Midkiff CC, x, x, Solomon Midkiff, father ----- 18. McCOMAS, Elisha Kemper, w, f, m, 4 July, James McComas on Guyan river, Flux, 16y, James & Emily McComas, Jas McComas Guyan, x, unmarried, James McComas, father ----- 19. McCOMAS, Emily, , f, f, 10 July, James McComas on Guyan river, Flux, 43y, Jepe & Judith McComas, Guyandotte river, x, James McComas, James McComas, husband ----- 20. OTT, Elizabeth, w, f, f, 4 Oct, Kanawha, desease of lung, 45y, Michael & Catharine Ott, not given, house keeping, unmarried, Simeon Ott, brother ----- 21. ONG, Georgia Cass, w, f, f, not recollected, Guyandotte, not known, 1y, Isaac & Susan Ong, Guyandotte town, tailor, infant, Isaac Ong, father ----- 22. PAINE, Polly, w, f, f, 23 Feby, 9 Mile of Guyandotte river, Child Bed, 40y, Ransom & Nancy Dial, Guyandotte River, House keeping, Simeon Paine, Simeon Paine, husband ----- 23. PAINE, Sarah Jane, w, f, f, August, Cabell county, Flux, 2y, Simeon & Polly Paine, Guyandotte river, x, x, Simeon Paine, father ----- 24. PARISH, Martha Ann, w, f, f, 18 October, Teays Vally, Scarlet fever, 11m, James & Julia Ann Parish, not given, x, x, Julia Ann Parish, mother ----- 25. PARISH, Sarah Amanda, w, f, f, 29 Oct, Teays Vally, Scarlet fever, 2y5m James & Julia Parish, not given, x, x, Julia Ann Parish, mother ----- 26. PEARSON, Cosbey, w, f, f, Dec, Mud River, Scarlet fever, 11m, William & Malinda Pearson, Mud river, x, child Wm Pearsons, Elizabeth Adkins, Aunt ----- 27. PINNELL, James, w, f, m, 5 Jany, Barboursville, Diabetes, 76y8m, James & Elizabeth Pinnell, not certainly known, x, Phebe Pinnell, Phebe Pinnell, his wife now dead ----- 28. RUNNION, William Hite, w, m, 23 July, Trace Creek Guyandotte, Flux, 4y, Adron & Hester Runnion, Sandy River, x, Child of A. Runnion, Adron Runnion, Father ----- 29. Amy Adaline R??els, w, f, 28 Jany, Mud River, desease in the head, 3y, Ezekiel & Ann R??els, Mud River, x, x, Ezekiel & Ann R?nels. Father & Mother ----- 30. ROBERTS, Rhoda, w, f, 18 July, Vally, Old age, 88y6m, Not given or known, Not given, x, Wm Roberts, Bartholomew & Henry Roberts, her Sons ----- 31. RECE, Menena? Angeline, w, f, 3 Oct, Mud River, Not known, 2y5d, Joseph & Rebecca Rece, Mud River, x, infant, Joseph H. Rece, Father ----- 32. James Alexander, w, m, 11 Feby, Mud River, Not known, 4m, John & Mary Ann, Mud River, farmer, Child of John Roberts, John Roberts, Father ----- 33. ROBERTS, Mary Ann, w, f, 14 Oct, Mud River, Child Bed, 20y, James B & Nanct Snodgrass, Mud River, house keeper, John Roberts, John Roberts, Husband ----- 34. SMALLRIDGE,John, w, m, Teays Vally, Inflamation of Bowels, 62y, Not given, not known, tanner & farmer, widower, Elizabeth Smallridge, Daughter Single ----- 35. BEECH, Mary Jane, w, f, 14 March, Lower Two Mile of Guyan, consumption, 36y, William & Celia Steel, not known, house wife, Walden Beach, Walden Beach, Husband ----- 36. SULLIVAN, James Clement, w, m, 18 Sept, little Guyandotte, Inflamation of Brain, 1or 7y, Jas & Martha Sullivan, little Guyandott CC, house carpenter, single of course, James M. Sullivan, Father ----- 37. No name, w, m, 19 Feb, little Guyandotte, Not Known, 0m, James M. & Martha Sullivan, Lance?, house carpenter, single, James M. Sullivan, Father ----- 38. No Name, slave, Susan Shelton, m, Nov, Guyandotte, Croup, 9m, Not given, Guyandotte, farmer, single, Susan Shelton, Owner ----- 39. Mary Ann, w, f, 1 Dec, Waters of Mud, Scarlet fever, 9y, Abel & Juliaantes Sansom, Logan, farmer, single, Abel Sanson, Father ----- 40. SHELTON, Albert, w, m, Nov, lower 2 Mile of Guyan, inflamation lungs, 1y11m, Jerome & Malinda Shelton, lower 2 Mile Gn, Grocery Keeper, single, Malinda Shelton, Mother ----- 41. SUITER, William, w, m, 31 Oct, Ohio River, Croup Supposed, 3y2m15d, Jacob & Caroline Suiter, Ohio, farmer son, single, Jacob Suiter, Father ----- 42. TEAT, Lucy, w, f, 27 Sept, Adam Kelley Pea ridge, Cholie, 80y, x, not given, none, Philip Teat, Adam Kelly, Soninlaw ----- 43. THOMAS, Nelson, w, m, Sept, Big Cabell, Cramp Cholie, 43y, x, not given, farmer, Susan Thomas, Susan Thomas, Wife ----- 44. Eliza Frances, w, f, 13 Dec, near turnpike road (6 M east), Inflamation Brain, 1y7m, Math Zerilda Turner, Cabell, none, infant, Nath Turner, father ----- 45. TURNER, Joseph, w, m, 18 June, Guyandotte R5MNW, Consumption, 77y, Not given in, not known, farmer, Lucinda Turner, Thos Turner, Son ----- 46. DUNKLE, Mary Frances, w, f, 14 July, Guyandotte River, Consumption, 24y, Joseph & Lucinda Turner, not given in, house Keeping, Andrew Dunkle, Thos Turner, Brother ----- 47. WHITE, Overten, w, m, 31 Oct, near Mount Vernon, Consumption, 47y, Not known, not given in, School Teacher, Metilda White, Metilda White, Wife ----- 48. Mary Virginia, w, f, 18 oct, Guyandotte, Newmonia & ??, 11m, Joseph C. & Mary Wheeler, Guyandotte, none, child of Jos C. Wheeler, Joseph C. Wheeler, father