Bolivar County, MS 1850 Mortality Census http://www.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/ms/bolivar/1850/ (File 1 of 1 for entire county) Handwritten pages 27-31 This Mortality Census was transcribed by Linda Talbott and proofread by Robert E. Lane 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, Robert E. Lane All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. ========================================================================== CENSUS-YEAR 1850 MORTALITY MICROFILM None STATE MISSISSIPPI COUNTY BOLIVAR 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---------------------------- TRANSCRIBER REMARKS: Bolivar County was established on February 9, 1836 It is named in honor of Simón Bolívar, early 19th-century leader of the independence of several South American territories from Spain. The land was originally Choctaw, and was taken for use in agriculture, with some of the most valued land in the state. ======================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: MS COUNTY: Bolivar MICROFILM #: None ENUMERATOR: D. B. Hudson FILE PAGE NO: 1 HW PAGE NO: 27 ======================================================================================================================================== LINE LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE F/S M/W BIRTH PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL REMARKS (1) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) ======================================================================================================================================== 1 . . 18 M B S . . June . Cholera 1 All entries on this 2 . . 19 F B S . . June . Cholera 1 page were unnamed slaves 3 . . 12 M B S . . June . Cholera 1 . 4 . . 8 M B S . . June . Cholera 1 . 5 . . 3 M B S . . June . Cholera 1 . 6 . . 1 M B S . . June . Cholera 1 . 7 . . 4 M B S . . June . Cholera 2 . 8 . . 2 F B S . . June . Cholera 1 . 9 . . 1/12 F B S . . June . Unknown . . 10 . . 30 F B S . . May . Cholera 2 . 11 . . 40 M B S . . May . Cholera 1 . 12 . . 40 F B S . . May . Cholera 1 . 13 . . 3 F B S . . May . Cholera 1/2 . 14 . . 4 F B S . . May . Cholera 1/2 . 15 . . 35 M B S . . May . Cholera 1 . 16 . . 5 F B S . . May . Cholera 1 . 17 . . 6 F B S . . May . Cholera 1 . 18 . . 12 M B S . . May . Cholera 1 . 19 . . 15 F B S . . June . Cholera 1 . 20 . . 1 F B S . . June . Cholera 2 . 21 . . 1 F B S . . June . Cholera 1 . 22 . . 1 F B S . . June . Cholera 1 . 23 . . 1 M B S . . June . Cholera 3 . 24 . . 30 F B S . . June . Cholera 1 . 25 . . 1 M B S . . June . Cholera 1 . 26 . . 18 M B S . . June . Bilious fever 14 . 27 . . 25 M B S . . July . Cholera 4 . 28 . . 40 M B S . . Dec . Cholera 3 . 29 . . 5 M B S . . June . Dropsy C . 30 . . 6/12 M B S . . Aug . Unknown 1 . 31 . . 2/12 F B S . . Aug . Unknown 1 . 32 . . 4/12 M B S . . Aug . Unknown 1 . 33 . . 2 F B S . . April . Cholera 2 . 34 . . 22 M B S . . Jan . Neumonia 1 . 35 . . 8 M B S . . July . Worms 2 . ======================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: MS COUNTY: Bolivar MICROFILM #: None ENUMERATOR: D. B. Hudson FILE PAGE NO: 2 HW PAGE NO: 29 ======================================================================================================================================== LINE LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE F/S M/W BIRTH PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL REMARKS (1) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) ======================================================================================================================================== 1 Golf Daniza 26 F . . M N.C. April . Inflamation C Danizer? 2 Price John 48 M . . M Ark March Farmer Typus fever 14 . 3 Doneyhoo Abraham 17 M . . . Ark *** Laborer Consumption C Death month ink splotched 4 Anderson John 25 M . . . Tenn Aug None Bilious fever 13 . 5 Arick Harmon 29 M . . . Miss Jan Farmer Cholera 6 . 6 Coffee Emily E. 30 F . . . Ky Aug . Congestive fever 4 . 7 . . 60 F B S . . April . Cholera 2 Unnamed slaves to 8 . . 25 M B S . . April . Cholera 2 end of page 9 . . 55 M B S . . April . Cholera 1 . 10 . . 16 M B S . . June . Cholera 1 . 11 . . 25 M B S . . March . Inflam liver ** Days ill ink blotched 12 . . 104 F B S . . April . Dropsy C . 13 . . 60 M B S . . March . Inflam lungs 8 . 14 . . 8 F B S . . Aug . Congestive fever 7 . 15 . . 18 F B S . . May . Drowned . . 16 . . 28 M B S . . April . Drowned . . 17 . . 30 F B S . . May . Cholera 1 . 18 . . 31 F B S . . May . Cholera 1 . 19 . . 1 F B S . . July . Worms 2 . 20 . . 2 M B S . . Sept . Worms 2 . 21 . . 4 F B S . . Aug . Unknown C . 22 . . 23 F B S . . Jan . Dropsy C . 23 . . 10 M B S . . July . Congestive fever 3 . 24 . . 28 M B S . . June . Drowned . . 25 . . 6/12 M B S . . Feb . Croup 1 . 26 . . 16 F B S . . Aug . Dropsy . . 27 . . 35 M B S . . June . Cholera 1 . 28 . . 25 F B S . . June . Cholera 1 . 29 . . 13 M B S . . June . Cholera 1 . 30 . . 3 M B S . . June . Cholera 1 . 31 . . 14 F B S . . June . Cholera 1 . 32 . . 16 M B S . . June . Cholera 1 . 33 . . 7 M B S . . June . Cholera 1 . 34 . . 2 M B S . . June . Cholera 1 . 35 . . 40 M B S . . June . Cholera 2 . ======================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: MS COUNTY: Bolivar MICROFILM #: None ENUMERATOR: D. B. Hudson FILE PAGE NO: 3 HW PAGE NO: 31 ======================================================================================================================================== LINE LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE F/S M/W BIRTH PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL REMARKS (1) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) ======================================================================================================================================== 1 . . 30 M B S . . Aug . Congestive fever 6 Unnamed slaves to 2 . . 10 M B S . . July . Bilious fever 9 end of county 3 . . 6/12 F B S . . July . Croup 1 . 4 . . 40 M B S . . May . Dropsy C . 5 . . 35 F B S . . March . Unknown C . 6 . . 30 F B S . . April . C. B. fever 14 . 7 . . 30 M B S . . May . Cholera 4 . 8 . . 35 F B S . . May . Cholera 2 . 9 . . 25 F B S . . May . Cholera 1 . 10 . . 28 F B S . . June . Cholera 1 . 11 . . 23 F B S . . June . Cholera 1 . 12 . . 32 F B S . . June . Cholera 1 . 13 . . 6/12 M B S . . June . Cholera 1 . ======================================================================================================================================== 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/ ========================================================================================================================================