Covington County, MS 1850 Mortality Census http://www.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/ms/covington/1850/ (File 1 of 1 for entire county) Handwritten page 125 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 None STATE MISSISSIPPI COUNTY COVINGTON 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: MS COUNTY: Covington MICROFILM #: None ENUMERATOR: Martin McNair FILE PAGE NO: 1 HW PAGE NO: 125 ================================================================================================================================================ LN# LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE F/S M/W BIRTH PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS (1) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) ================================================================================================================================================ 1 Brown Sarah 83 F . . W Virginia Dec'r . Unknown 4 weeks . 2 McLeod Neill 1/12 M . . . Miss Oct'r . Unknown 15 . 3 Lee Elizabeth 1 F . . . Miss Feb'y . Scarlatina 9 . 4 McDonald Hugh 11 M . . . Miss January . Dropsey 15 . 5 Short John 45 M . . M Virginia January Farmer Consumption C . 6 Bolware Rebecca 60 F . . M Georgia Dec'r . Unknown C . 7 Stewart James 52 M . . M S. Carolina Feb'y Farmer Pneumonia 8 . 8 Leggett Joseph 19 M . . . Miss Aug Student Stabed 32 . 9 McCraney Alexander 32 M . . M N. Carolina June Farmer Ha*moptisis 30 . 10 Johnson Parmelia 19 F . . . Miss Aug . In labor Suddenly . 11 Lee Mildred 6 F . . . Miss Nov . Catarh 2 . 12 . Infant . M B S . Miss Feb'y . Unknown Suddenly . 13 Altman Mary 28 F . . . Miss Aug . Fall from horse Suddenly . 14 Norris Ellender 69 F . . M S. Carolina April . Dropsey 42 . 15 Stucky William 14 M . . . Miss Aug . Unknown 6 . 16 Sanders John 4 M . . . Miss Jan'y . Colera infantum 4 . 17 Jordan Edmond 27 M . . W Ala July Farmer Cancer Cronic . 18 . Albert 3 M B S . Miss Jan'y . Inflamatory rheumatism 20 . 19 Worthy Emeline 10 F . . . Miss Nov . Dropsey 15 . 20 Norris George W. 6/12 M . . . Miss May . Unknown 40 . 21 Atwood Sarah 80 F . . . Virginia Sept . Consumption C . 22 Storm John 77 M . . W Germany Oct None Congestive fever 8 . 23 . Infant 7/12 F B S . Miss Jan'y . Scarlatina 6 . 24 Edmonson unnamed 1 M . . . Miss Aug . Unknown 10 Ends Covington 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/ ================================================================================================================================================