Jefferson County, FL 1850 Mortality Census http://www.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/fl/jefferson/1850/ (File 1 of 1 for entire county) Handwritten pages 745-749 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 JEFFERSON 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: Jefferson DISTRICT: 10th Division, N.D. Fla MICROFILM #: -- ENUMERATOR: William H. Andrews FILE PAGE NO: 1 HW PAGE NO: 745 ======================================================================================================================================================= LINE LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTHPLACE MONTH OCCUP. CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ======================================================================================================================================================= 1 . Francis 6/12 M B . . Florida October . Croup 6 days . 2 . Fanny 35 F B . . Georgia December . Influenza 2 weeks . 3 . Dick 6/12 M B . . Florida April . Dysentery 1 week . 4 . Patience 10/12 F B . . Florida September . Dysentery 2 weeks . 5 . Celia 1 F B . . Florida September . Congestive 2 days . 6 . Dixsey 1 F B . . Florida October . Worms 1 week . 7 . Frank 1 M B . . Florida June . Worms 8 weeks . 8 . William 70 M B . . Unknown February Farmer Old age 1 week . 9 . Mary 25 F B . . Unknown April . Typhoid fever 2 weeks . 10 . Wiley 5 M B . . Florida May . Croup 1 day . 11 . Amy 45 F B . . Unknown June . Infl'n of brain 10 days . 12 . Letty 4 F B . . Florida August . Dysentery 3 weeks . 13 . Lizzy 108 F B . . Africa September Farmer Old age Sudden . 14 . Clarissa 50 F B . . Africa May . Pnumonia 12 mo. . 15 . Cupid 1 M B . . Florida April . Teething 2 days . 16 . Nancy 7 F B . . Florida May . Lockjaw 2 days . 17 . Mary 1 F B . . Florida August . Worms 1 mo . 18 . Sarah 2 F B . . South Carolina December . Teething 2 mo . 19 . Mary 2 F B . . South Carolina January . Teething 2 mo . 20 Hennison Mary 100 F . . . South Carolina May . Old age 5 mo . 21 Sealy Catharine 1/12 F . . . Florida June . Croup 3 days . 22 Stephens Catherine 9 F . . . Florida December . Dropsey 2 mo . 23 Moffatt Martha A. 25 F . . . North Carolina December . Lockjaw 4 days . 24 Wooten William 45 M . . . North Carolina February Farmer Inflamation 2 days . 25 . Samuel 24 M B . . Georgia November Farmer Murdered . . 26 . Patience 2 F B . . Florida July . Unknown 8 mo . 27 Grantham Jessee 51 M . . . North Carolina January Farmer Suicide . . 28 . Isabella 5 F B . . Georgia February . Whooping cough 3 days . 29 . Unknown 11/12 F B . . Florida March . Unknown 1 day . 30 . Eliza 1 F B . . Florida November . Croup 1 week . 31 . Fanny 3 F M . . Florida August . Brain fever 3 days . 32 . Charles 2/12 M B . . Florida June . Whooping cough 1 day . 33 . Charles 9/12 M B . . Florida October . Worms 5 days . 34 . Ellen 4 F M . . Florida August . Brain fever 3 days . 35 . Lilly 5 F B . . Florida November . Burned 2 days . ======================================================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: FL COUNTY: Jefferson DISTRICT: 10th Division, N.D. Fla MICROFILM #: -- ENUMERATOR: William H. Andrews FILE PAGE NO: 2 HW PAGE NO: -- ======================================================================================================================================================= LINE LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTHPLACE MONTH OCCUP. CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ======================================================================================================================================================= 1 . Ishmael 1 M B . . Florida January . Whooping cough 3 weeks No written page number 2 . Judy 90 F B . . South Carolina November . Dropsey 1 mo . 3 . Genny 32 F B . . Georgia August . Pneumonia 2 weeks . 4 Scott Aaron B. C. 24 M . . . South Carolina June Farmer Homicide . . 5 Smith Felsom 4 M . . . Georgia December . Dropsey 5 days . 6 Walker William H. 1/12 M . . . Florida October . Inflamation 1 day . 7 . Simon 30 M B . . South Carolina February Farmer Pleurisy 1 week . 8 Henry Cyrus 62 M . . . North Carolina October Farmer Congestive fever 2 weeks . 9 Kinsey Richard 10 M . . . Florida June . Dropsey 3 weeks . 10 Grubbs Benjamin 75 M . . . South Carolina Feb'y Farmer Dropsey 3 mo . 11 . William 8/12 M B . . Florida June . Unknown 3 days . 12 . Robert 23 M B . . Virginia February Farmer Pneumonia 1 week . 13 . Solomon 15 M B . . South Carolina November Farmer Pneumonia 3 days . 14 Lingo John F. 1 M . . . Florida June . Diahrea 4 days Bracket to indicate twins 15 Lingo Henry G. 1 M . . . Florida June . Diahrea 4 days Bracket to indicate twins 16 Morris William 6/12 M . . . Florida July . Diahrea 1 week . 17 Scott John E. 44 M . . . Georgia April Farmer Dropsey 1 week . 18 Sarles David 6 M . . . Florida November . Pneumonia 4 days . 19 Cone Fereby 75 F . . . North Carolina March . Unknown 6 mo . 20 Yeomans Serenna 35 F . . . Georgia April . Consumption 7 weeks . 21 Fennell Nicholas 40 M . . . North Carolina April Farmer Typhoid fever 2 weeks . 22 Fennell Maria 15 F . . . North Carolina April . Typhoid fever 2 weeks . 23 . Peggy 20 F B . . North Carolina February . Typhus fever 3 weeks . 24 . Tom 6/12 M B . . Florida March . Dropsey 1 mo . 25 . Sarah 6 F B . . North Carolina August . Dropsey 1 mo . 26 Umphrey Celia 53 F . . . Georgia April . Inflamation of womb 2 mo . 27 Cooper Charles 1/12 M . . . Florida August . Croup 4 days . 28 . Thomas 4 M B . . Georgia October . Worms 1 week . 29 . Edward 60 M B . . South Carolina January . Consumption 2 weeks . 30 Taylor Susan E. 1 F . . . Florida February . Fever 1 week . 31 Cunnigin Wesley 12 M . . . Alabama December . Dropsey 2 weeks . 32 . Isaac 5 M B . . Florida February . Pneumonia 4 days . 33 Hewett Ferney 58 M . . . North Carolina February Farmer Dropsey 2 mo . 34 Hewett William 50 M B . . Georgia December Farmer Murdered . Ditto mark for surname 35 Ramsey Caroline 4 F . . . Florida October . Fever 1 mo . ======================================================================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: FL COUNTY: Jefferson DISTRICT: 10th Division, N.D. Fla MICROFILM #: -- ENUMERATOR: William H. Andrews FILE PAGE NO: 3 HW PAGE NO: 749 ======================================================================================================================================================= LINE LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTHPLACE MONTH OCCUP. CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ======================================================================================================================================================= 1 Davis Edmund 7/12 M . . . Florida December . Fever 1 day Bracket to indicate twins 2 Davis William 7/12 M . . . Florida December . Fever 1 day Bracket to indicate twins 3 . Augusta A. 9/12 F B . . Florida April . Fever 1 day . 4 Brooks John M. 40 M . . . Georgia June Farmer Pneumonia 1 week . 5 Brooks Susannah 2 F . . . Florida October . Worms 4 days . 6 Fuquay William J. 2 M . . . Florida October . Brain fever 9 days . 7 . Charlotte 35 F B . . South Carolina May . Inflamation of lungs 2 weeks . 8 . Charles 12 M B . . Florida May . Pneumonia 2 weeks . 9 Bird Sarah Oliver 19 F . . . South Carolina June . Burned 5 mo . 10 . Unknown 6/12 M B . . Florida March . Croup 4 days . 11 . Unknown 3/12 M B . . Florida March . Fever 2 days . 12 . Unknown 2/12 F B . . Florida April . Fever 2 days . 13 . Andrew 1/12 M B . . Florida May . Croup 2 days . 14 . Benjamin 14 M B . . South Carolina April . Dropsey 2 mo . 15 Call John L. 30 M . . . Kentucky May . Inflamation of chest 3 days Ends Jefferson 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/ =======================================================================================================================================================