Telfair County, GA 1850 Mortality Census https://www.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/ga/telfair/1850/ This Mortality Census was transcribed by Linda Talbott and proofread by C. Talbott for the USGenWeb Census Project®, http://www.us-census.org/ Copyright (c) 2024 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 MICROFILM-#: T655-7 STATE GEORGIA COUNTY TELFAIR 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 reported in the mortality schedules. ---------------------Begin Actual Transcription---------------------------- ===================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 STATE: GA COUNTY: Telfair DISTRICT: 437th, 338th & 339th ENUMERATOR: W. W. Paine FILE PAGE: 1 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 601 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LINE LAST-NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ===================================================================================================================================================== 1 Brooker Nicey 22 F . . M Irwin Co. Ga. Unknown . Child bed 8 . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Pagget William 35 M . . M England Unknown Tailor Consumption 14 . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Moore Tomlinson F. 25 M . . . Baldwin Co. Ga. Sept Physician Shot 2 . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Dopson Thomas 22 M . . . Scriven Co. Ga. Nov Farmer Fever 10 . 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Cobb David 9 M . . . Cherokee Co. Ga. April . Unknown 7 . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Raycroft Franklin 1 M . . . Telfair Co. Ga. Oct . Unknown 10 . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Roberts John 5/12 M . . . Telfair Co. Ga. Feb . Unknown 21 . 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Ryalls Susan 8 days F . . . Telfair Co. Ga. Nov . Unknown 8 . 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Mixen Nelly 10 F . . . Telfair Co. Ga. Jan . Dropsy 20 End Telfair ===================================================================================================================================================== 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/ =====================================================================================================================================================