Blount County, TN 1850 Mortality Census http://www.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/tn/blount/1850/ (File 1 of 1 for entire county) Handwritten page 37 This Mortality Census was transcribed by Russell Anderson and proofread by Linda Talbott for the USGenWeb Census Project®, http://www.us-census.org/ Copyright (c) 2026 by Russell Anderson ========================================================================== 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, Russell Anderson All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. ========================================================================== CENSUS-YEAR 1850 MORTALITY MICROFILM T655-26 STATE TENNESSEE COUNTY BLOUNT 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: TN COUNTY: Blount DISTRICT: Not stated MICROFILM #: T655-26 ENUMERATOR: B. M. Russell FILE PAGE NO: 1 HW PAGE NO: 37 ================================================================================================================================== LINE LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME AGE SEX CLR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ================================================================================================================================== 1 Cochran James 8/12 M . . . Tenn June . Fever 21 days . 2 Aiken Sarah 50 F . . . * May . Dropsy 9 Mo No visible birthplace 3 Orr Eliza'th 82 F . . . Pa Nov . Old Age 3 Mo . 4 Shanks Jane 84 F . . . Va Jan'y . Old Age 4 days . 5 Taylor Elin 30 F . . . Ten June . Consumption 1 year . 6 Black Cha's 10/12 M B S . . Sept'r . Croupe 2 days No birthplace written 7 Barker Geo W 11/12 M . . . No Car July . Diariaha 3 weeks . 8 Hamontree Hannah 27 F . . . Tenn June . Consump 3 Mo . 9 McGhee Olivia 4 F . . . . Mar . Fits 6 Days No birthplaces were 10 Bayless Sarah 38 F . . . . Dec . Dropsy 5 Years written lines 9-15 11 Greenway David 55 M . . . . June . Fever 7 days . 12 McCaslin Sam'l 20 M . . . . April Far Inf'l Bowels 2 days . 13 Humphreys Alex 55 M . . . . June . Pneumonia 4 days . 14 Humphreys John 5 M . . . . May . Croupe 3 days . 15 Humphreys Rob't 8/12 M . . . . May . Liver Aff 2 Mo . 16 Goodman Ruth 60 F . . . Va Sept . Apoplexy Suddenly . 17 Williams Joel 7/12 M B S . Ten Mar . Unknown 1 day . 18 Jones Lavina 37 F . . . . Jan'y . Fits 9 days No birthplaces were 19 Jones Delilah 26 F . . . . Aug . Fever 14 days written lines 18-22 20 Hicks Henry 26 M . . . . July . Cong Fever 12 days . 21 Malcome Mary 26 F . . . . May . Cold 2 mo . 22 Spate Chaney 44 F B S . . July . Fever 10 day . 23 Keyley Jacob 50 M . . . Va June . Typh'd Fever 4 week . 24 Keyley Kath'r 17 F . . . . June . Typh'd Fever 5 days . 25 Pugh W'm 77 M . . . Tennessee Jan'y . Fever 3 weeks . 26 Hockney Mary 1 F . . . . August Mechanic Flux 7 days Occupation as written 27 Sterling Malvina 43 F B F M . June Far Consumpt 3 mo No birthplaces were 28 Robinson Albert 22 M . . . . Oct . Typh'd Fever 7 weeks written lines 26-29 29 Saffell Sam'l 72 M . . . . Sept . Poison 5 days . 30 Aikman Tho's 26 M . . . Ala July School Teacher Consumpt 3 mo . 31 Hooper Moses 55 M . . . No Car July . Inf Brain 2 days . 32 McCall John 44 M . . . Ten Aug . Dropsy 3 Mo . 33 Stone Claiborn 19 M B S . . July . Cong Fever 8 days No birthplace written 34 Stone Tailor 1 M B S . . Mar . Inf Bowels 12 days No birthplace written ================================================================================================================================== 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/ ==================================================================================================================================