Alachua County, FL 1850 Mortality Census http://www.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/fl/alachua/1850/ (File 1 of 1 for entire county) Handwritten page 705 This Mortality Census was transcribed by Linda Talbott and proofread by I. D. Talbott for the USGenWeb Census Project®, http://www.us-census.org/ Copyright (c) 2025 by Linda Talbott ========================================================================== USGENWEB (US-CENSUS) NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization. Non-commercial organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the consent of the transcriber prior to use. Individuals desiring to use this material in their own research may do so. ========================================================================== Formatted by USGenWeb Census Project® File Manager, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. ========================================================================== CENSUS-YEAR 1850 MORTALITY MICROFILM -- STATE FLORIDA COUNTY ALACHUA SCHEDULE 3.--Persons who DIED during the Year ending May 31, 1850 The 1850 Mortality census year begins June 1, 1849 and ends May 31, 1850 Because death certificates were mostly unknown prior to 1902, enumerators were instructed to collect the name and information for every person who died during the twelve months preceding the official census date. These censuses were taken from 1850 to 1900, although not all have survived. By 1902, most states had implemented vital records laws and the mortality schedules were phased out. It is important to remember that the information is available only for the year immediately preceding the census. Those who died outside of this range were never enumerated. Even then, the information was under- reported. According to U.S. Public Health Service estimates, only about 60% of deaths were enumerated in the mortality schedules. ---------------------Begin Actual Transcription---------------------------- ================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: FL COUNTY: Alachua DISTRICT: Not stated MICROFILM #: -- ENUMERATOR: not written FILE PAGE NO: 1 HW PAGE NO: 705 ================================================================================================================================================== LINE LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTHPLACE MONTH OCCUP. CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ================================================================================================================================================== 1 Child James 31 M . . . Virginia June Lawyer Consumption 4 years . 2 Mills Zachary T. 1 M . . . Florida September . Brain fever 3 . 3 Chamberlin Susan E. 4 F . . . Florida February . Inflamation of lungs 15 . 4 Weeks Hester 25 F . . M Florida April . Disease of the liver 90 . 5 Snoden Bernette 1 F . . . Florida December . Quinsy 4 . 6 . John 1 M B S . Florida March . Unknown 60 . 7 Jones William 12 M . . . Florida November . Dropsy of the heart 365 . 8 . Patsy 14 F B S . North Carolina February . Child bed 2 . 9 Newman James 18 M . . . Georgia January . Fall from horse . . 10 . Leah 45 F B S . Georgia February . Consumption 365 . 11 Wiggins John, Sen. 81 M . . M South Carolina May . Old age 4 . 12 Colson Joel 3/12 M . . . Florida September . Unknown 60 . 13 . Leah 50 F B S . Unknown March . Fever 365 . 14 . Minta 2 F B S . Florida November . Burn 1 . 15 . Nelly 1/12 F B S . Florida October . Fever 4 . 16 . Jim 9/12 M M S . Florida October . Worms 30 . 17 . Easter 9/12 F M S . Florida May . Worms 3 . 18 . Mary 23 F B S . Florida October . Dropsy 30 . 19 . Jim 3/12 M B S . Florida February . Cold 2 . 20 . Isaac 3/12 M B S . Florida February . Dropsy 4 . 21 . Julia Ann 4 F B S . Florida February . Hooping cough 5 . 22 . Hester 1 F B S . Florida February . Hooping cough 7 . 23 . Livingston 6/12 M B S . Florida February . Fever 10 . 24 Davis John H. 11 M . . . North Carolina July . Dropsy 2 years . 25 Davis Martha A. 10 F . . . North Carolina September . Fever 50 . 26 . Esther 18 F B S . Florida January . Burn 60 . 27 . Bill 7 M B S . Georgia January . Brain fever 2 . 28 . Lucy 3/12 F B S . Florida May . Diareah 1 Ends Alachua county ================================================================================================================================================== If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access the rest of our growing collection of FREE online census transcriptions by going to the following URL: http://www.us-census.org/ ==================================================================================================================================================