Alachua County, FL 1860 Mortality Census http://www.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/fl/alachua/1860/ (File 1 of 1 for entire county) Handwritten pages 1-4 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) 2026 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 1860 MORTALITY MICROFILM -- STATE FLORIDA COUNTY ALACHUA SCHEDULE 3.--Persons who DIED during the Year ending May 31, 1860 The 1860 Mortality census year begins June 1, 1859 and ends May 31, 1860 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: 1860 Mortality STATE: FL COUNTY: Alachua DISTRICT: 17th Division MICROFILM #: -- ENUMERATOR: A. M. Andrews FILE PAGE NO: 1 HW PAGE NO: 1 ============================================================================================================================================================================== LINE LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE F/S M/W BIRTH PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ============================================================================================================================================================================== 1 Adams Henry 23 M . . M S.C. Nov Farmer Dropsy 33 days . 2 (Haynes') Ellen 1/24 F B S . Fla Oct . Thrush 2 days . 3 McRory Mary A. 7/12 F . . . S.C. Mch . Cholera infantum 3 days . 4 Sullivant Lucretia 6 F . . . Fla Oct . Worms 3 days . 5 Cheves James 27 M . . . S.C. June Farmer Hemorrhage 60 days . 6 Cheves John M. 21 M . . . S.C. Oct Farmer Killed 1 day . 7 Bonham Rob't J. 41 M . . M N.C. Dec'r Farmer Dyspepsia 6 years . 8 Jones Hilliard J. 7 M . . . S.C. May . Congestion of stomach 10 days . 9 (Higgenbotham's) Julia 2/12 F B S . Fla July . Unknown 12 hours . 10 O'Connor Ester P. 34 F . . M Geo Feb'y Tailoress Liver complaint 6 years . 11 O'Connor Robert 1 M . . . Fla May . Unknown 6 days . 12 (McPhifer's) Lizeat 60 F B S . N.C. Oct . Dropsy 21 days . 13 (E. King's) Albert 1 M B S . Fla Feb'y . Teething 21 days . 14 (E. King's) Alex'r 3/12 M B S . Fla Dec'r . Violent cold 3 wks . 15 (E. Lewis') Frances 6 F B S . Fla Feb'y . Burnt 4 days . 16 (E. Lewis') Osborn 2 F M S . Fla Jan'y . Teething 6 months Gender as written 17 Stafford Julia 25 F . . . Geo Mch . Pneumonia 6 days . 18 Leitner Cupid 67 M B S . S.C. Apl . Congestive chill Sudden . 19 Jordan Catharine E. 10 F . . . Tenn Mch . Congestion of lungs 5 days . 20 Johnson Queen Ann 34 F . . M Fla Oct . Consumption 3 mos . 21 (Bauknight's) Everett 35 M B S . S.C. Mch . Pneumonia 5 days . 22 (Bauknight's) Lena 50 F B S . S.C. Sept . Strangulation 2 days . 23 (Bauknight's) Jesse 6/12 M B S . Fla Jan'y . Not known 6 weeks . 24 (Bauknight's) Mary 6/12 F B S . Fla Apl . Mashed 4 dys . 25 Powell Caroline 4/12 F . . . Fla Apl . Cholera infantum 3 dys . 26 (Gieger's Estate) Mary 30 F B S . S.C. Mch . Abortion 2 mos . 27 Stewart Angelina 30 F . . M Tenn Mch . Congestion of brain 6 dys . 28 Stewart Mary C. 72 F . . W S.C. Mch . Congestion of brain 1 day . 29 (Stewart's) Sam 13 M B S . Fla May . Spinal irritation 15 dys . 30 (Johnston's) infant 6/12 M B S . Fla June . Teething 2 dys . 31 Stoughton Elizabeth 36 F . . M Con Jan'y . Consumption 2 years . 32 (Johnson's) Sidney 14 M B S . Va Jan'y . Dropsy 60 dys . 33 (Adamson's) Mary Ellen 1 F B S . Fla Jan'y . Burnt 2 mo's . 34 (J. Knight's) Nancy 11/12 F B S . Fla Mch . Burnt 3 wks . 35 Newman Dan'l 20 M . . . Geo Dec'r Farmer Typhoid fever 2 wks . ============================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1860 Mortality STATE: FL COUNTY: Alachua DISTRICT: 17th Division MICROFILM #: -- ENUMERATOR: A. M. Andrews FILE PAGE NO: 2 HW PAGE NO: 2 ============================================================================================================================================================================== LINE LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE F/S M/W BIRTH PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ============================================================================================================================================================================== 1 Newmans Ch's 50 M . . M Geo Dec'r Farmer Typhoid fever 3 weeks . 2 (J. A. Scotts) Garreck 11 M B S . Fla Mch . Rickets Lingering . 3 (H. Stuckey's) Edward 11 M B S . S.C. Oct . Worms 4 days . 4 Chesser David 13 M . . . Geo Apl . Pain in side & head 3 wkd . 5 Chesser Warren 9 M . . . Geo Apl . Pain in side & head 3 wkd . 6 Davis Louisa A. 17 F . . . Geo Dec'r . Consumption 4 mo's . 7 Richard John C. 62 M . . M S.C. July Farmer White swelling 5 mo's . 8 Cason Isham 6 M . . . Fla Sept . Rush of blood from a fall 2 days . 9 Gavin Martha E. 34 F . . . S.C. Dec'r . Diarrhea 4 mo's . 10 Gavin Jane F. 2/12 F . . . Fla Dec'r . Diarrhea 3 wks . 11 Arledge Richard 38 M . . . S.C. Mch Farmer Typhoid pneumonia 17 dys . 12 Dell Mina F. 7/12 F . . . Fla July . Int. fever 3 wks . 13 (J. Rucker's) Mark 48 M B S . S.C. Oct . Apoplexy 1 day . 14 Parish Jos. 9 M . . . Fla Apl . Congestive chill 4 days . 15 Brown Jane 28 F . . . Geo Apl . Chest dropsy 2 wks . 16 Smith Georgia Ann 4 F . . . Fla Oct . Billious fever 15 days . 17 Hagin John H. 32 M . . M Geo Jan'y Farmer Billious cholera 6 days . 18 Gay Theophilius N. 25 M . . . Geo July Farmer Consumption 12 mo's . 19 Lewis Sarah A. 1 F . . . Fla Oct . Worms 1 day . 20 Miller Isabella J. 17 F . . . N.C. June . Consumption 5 wks . 21 (C. Brice's) infant 6/12 M B S . Fla Sept . Dropsy of the heart 1 day Enumerator noted twins 22 (C. Brice's) infant 2/12 F B S . Fla Nov . Dropsy of the heart 1 day Enumerator noted twins 23 (C. Brice's) infant 2/52 F B S . Fla May . Unknown 1 day Enumerator noted twins 24 (C. Brice's) infant 2/52 F B S . Fla May . Unknown 1 day Enumerator noted twins 25 (J. Smith's) Vina 25 F B S . S.C. Apl . Billious fever 8 dys . 26 (J. Smith's) George 1 M B S . Fla Nov . Teething a few hours . 27 Tison James 48 M . . M Geo Feb'y Farmer Pneumonia 7 days . 28 McKinney Francis M. 15 M . . . Geo Feb'y Farm laborer Congestive chill 1 day . 29 (J. Young's) Winnie 1 F B S . Fla June . Croup 2 days . 30 (Dr. James Harrison's) infant 6/52 F B S . Fla Mch . Smothered Sudden . 31 Harris Margaret E. 10 F . . . Fla Jan'y . Pneumonia 12 days . 32 (L. J. Patterson's) Betsy 2 F B S . Fla Sept . Teething 6 days . 33 (T. W. Chestnut's) Ceasar 3 M B S . Fla Dec'r . Burnt 6 days . 34 (D. R. Williams') Jack 53 M B S . S.C. Oct . Congestive chill 3 days . 35 (D. R. Williams') Tina 1 F B S . Fla Sept . Worms 6 days . ============================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1860 Mortality STATE: FL COUNTY: Alachua DISTRICT: 17th Division MICROFILM #: -- ENUMERATOR: A. M. Andrews FILE PAGE NO: 3 HW PAGE NO: 3 ============================================================================================================================================================================== LINE LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE F/S M/W BIRTH PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ============================================================================================================================================================================== 1 (T. E. Haile's) Leatha 16 F B S . S.C. Aug . Billious fever 15 days . 2 (T. E. Haile's) March 8 M B S . S.C. Aug . Worms 2 days . 3 (T. Whitaker's) Emily 1 F B S . S.C. May . Diarrhea 2 mo's . 4 (W. H. Stringfellow's) William 3 M B S . Fla July . Dropsy 4 wks . 5 (W. H. Stringfellow's) Lafayette 1 M B S . Fla July . Dropsy 5 wks . 6 (W. H. Stringfellow's) Dennis 1 M B S . Fla July . Dropsy 1 wk . 7 (A. Haile's) Spencer 1 M B S . S.C. July . Colds 1 wk . 8 (A. Haile's) Stephen 6/12 M B S . Fla July . Colds 1 wk . 9 (A. Haile's) Charlotte 2 F B S . S.C. Dec'r . Violent spasms 1 wk . 10 (M. E. Stewart's) Ann 28 F B S . S.C. Aug . Dyspepsia 2 mo's . 11 (M. E. Stewart's) Peggy 12 F B S . Fla Dec'r . Inflamation of brain 4 days . 12 (M. E. Stewart's) Louisa 2 F B S . Fla May . Worms 3 days . 13 Brown Ellen 3 F . . . Fla Sept . Inflamation of stomach 2 wks . 14 (E. C. Breward's) Anna 85 F B S . Va June . Old age 8 da . 15 (C. Rains') John 9 M B S . S.C. Sept . Dropsy Sudden . 16 (C. Rains') infant 1 F B S . Fla July . Unknown 2 mo's . 17 (C. Rains') infant 3/12 F B S . Fla Nov . Smothered Sudden . 18 (W. C. Cunningham's) Tony 40 M B S . S.C. July . Cholic 2 days . 19 (W. C. Cunningham's) infant 4/12 F B S . Fla Aug . Teething 2 wks . 20 (Andrw Robbs) George 36 M B S . S.C. April . Unknown 3 mo's . 21 Lyles Sissy 6 F . . . S.C. April . Rheumatism 24 days . 22 (D. Junis) Phebe 2 F B S . Fla July . Croup 1 day . 23 (D. Junis) Jake 3/52 M B S . Fla May . Croup 2 days . 24 (W. W. Lewis') Cresa 35 F B S . Va Dec'r . Dropsy of the heart 12 days . 25 (J. Matthew's) Tina 20 F B S . S.C. Aug . Child bed 3 hours . 26 May Catharine 17 F . . M S.C. Oct . Billious fever 3 wks . 27 Colson Leonidas W. 7 M . . . Fla Nov . Fever 1 wk . 28 (W. S. Campbell's) Joe 12 M B S . Ala July . Worms 2 dys . 29 (W. S. Campbell's) Hidley 35 M B S . Ala Mch . Dropsy 2 yrs . 30 (J. B. Thomas') John 1/12 M B S . Fla Mch . Smothered Sudden . 31 Canthen J. K. 21 M . . . S.C. May Overseer Shot Instant . 32 Jackson Henry S. 1 M . . . Fla May . Worms 2 days . 33 Bryant Fred A. 7/12 M . . . Fla Mch . Unknown 4 wke . 34 (T. Ingram's) Henry 35 M B S . S.C. May . Pneumonia 13 days . 35 (T. Ingram's) Jerry 35 M B S . S.C. July . Killed Sudden . ENUMERATOR REMARKS: No 31 shot, in bed, cause jealousy No 35 Tree fell on him whilst at his work in the field ============================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1860 Mortality STATE: FL COUNTY: Alachua DISTRICT: 17th Division MICROFILM #: -- ENUMERATOR: A. M. Andrews FILE PAGE NO: 4 HW PAGE NO: 4 ============================================================================================================================================================================== LINE LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE F/S M/W BIRTH PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ============================================================================================================================================================================== 1 (A. Matthison's) Dick 6/12 M B S . Fla Mch . Teething 1 day . 2 (J. Richardson's) Toby 3 F B S . Fla June . Dropsy 3 mo's . 3 (J. Richardson's) Nancy 24 F B S . S.C. Aug . Child bed 3 days . 4 (J. Richardson's) Milus 7 M B S . Miss May . Burnt 10 hours . 5 (S. McCalls) Aaron 34 M B S . Geo Dec'r . Pneumonia 1 day . 6 (S. McCalls) Henry 2 M B S . Geo Mch . Dropsy 2 mo's . 7 (F. H. Kennedy's) Daniel 22 M B S . S.C. Apl . Killed by log Sudden . 8 Colson Ab. 22 M . . . Geo Oct Farmer Congestive chill 1 day Ends Alachua county ============================================================================================================================================================================== ==============================================================================================================================================================================