Houston County, TX 1860 Mortality Census https://www.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/tx/houston/1860/ 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 1860 MICROFILM-#: T1134-54 STATE TEXAS COUNTY HOUSTON SCHEDULE 3.--Persons who DIED during the Year ending May 31, 1860 The 1860 Mortality census year begins June 1, 1859 and ends May 31, 1860 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: 1860 STATE: TX COUNTY: Houston DISTRICT: Beat 1 ENUMERATOR: W. E. Moore FILE PAGE: 1 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 1 ===================================================================================================================================================================================== 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 Wall W. F. 30 M . . M Tenn Nov Merchant Hemmorhage of lungs 25 ds . 2 Lynch Mrs. 31 F . . M Mo Oct . Typoid fever 40 ds . 3 . Alex 10 M B Slave . Va June . Congestion 2 ds . 4 . Duke 28 M B Slave . Tenn Nov . Pneumonia 4 ds . 5 . Peter 35 M B Slave . Ala Dec . Pneumonia 6 ds . 6 . Henry 21 M B Slave . Ala Jan . Pneumonia 10 ds . 7 . Infant 3/4 F B Slave . Tex June . Teething 21 ds . 8 . Infant 1/2 M B Slave . Tex Aug . Teething 25 ds . 9 . Infant 1/3 M B Slave . Tex Dec . Bowell desease 27 ds . 10 . Infant 1/2 F B Slave . Tex Jan . Bowell desease 30 ds . 11 . Infant 1/4 M B Slave . Tex Feb'y . Bowell desease 20 ds . 12 . Infant 1/2 F B Slave . Tex Mar . Bowell desease 21 ds . 13 Long Jno, Snr 70 M . . M Tenn Dec Hotel Keeper Accidental fall 1/2 d . 14 . Infant 1/24 F M Slave . Tex Sept . Unknown 3 ds . 15 . Infant 1/16 M M Slave . Tex Jan . Unknown 5 ds . 16 Lipscomb J. A. 3/24 M . . . Tex Dec . Brain fever 20 ds . 17 Lacy Tho's 4 M . . . Tex June . Typoid fever 21 ds . 18 Gossett S. B. 1 M . . . Tex Dec . Putrid sore throat 4 ds . 19 Gossett Margaret 10 F . . . Tex Feb'y . Typoid fever 21 ds . 20 Wortham Dick 24 M . . M Tenn Jan Miller Typoid fever 23 ds . 21 Marchison E. J. 24 F . . . Ala Nov . Typoid fever 23 ds . 22 McAferty E. A. 14 F . . . Tex May . Typoid fever 23 ds . 23 Dougherty Frank 3 M . . . Tex Aug . Flux 15 ds . 24 Swillar Andre B. 25 M M Mex . Mexico Jan Well digger Fall in a well Sudden . 25 Manus J. B. 11 M . . . Tex Jan . Typoid fever 23 ds . 26 Roundtree P. 85 F . . W N.C. June . Old age 5 months . 27 . Willis 1/6 M B Slave . Tex Sept . Severe cold 4 ds . 28 Cockran J. 30 M . . . Penn May Painter Consumption 3 months . 29 Perine Fred 22 M . . M Conn July Farmer Desease of kidney 5 months . 30 . Dan 55 M B Slave . La Feb'y . Typhoid fever 8 ds . 31 . Angeline 22 F B Slave . Tex Feb'y . Typhoid fever 23 ds . 32 . Green 2 M B Slave . Tex Feb'y . Typhoid fever 10 ds . 33 Calhoun Laura C. 3/6 F . . . Tex Apr . Childs desease 14 ds . 34 . Clary 18 F B Slave . Ala Dec . Burned 4 ds . 35 . Reuben 1/4 M B Slave . Tex May . Bowell desease 2 ds . ===================================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1860 STATE: TX COUNTY: Houston DISTRICT: Beat 2 ENUMERATOR: W. E. Moore FILE PAGE: 2 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 2 ===================================================================================================================================================================================== 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 Ramsdale Frank 1/2 M . . . Tex Aug . Pneumonia . Enumerator stops recording 2 Witherspoon C. F. 35 F . . M Ala Jan . Typhoid fever . number of days ill 3 Bynum Asa 23 M . . M Ala Jan Farmer Typhoid fever . . 4 Albright Susan 2 F . . . Tex Nov . Unknown . . 5 Albright Martha 4 F . . . Tex Nov . Typhoid fever . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . "Concluded" 7 . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Sadwhite Tho's 32 M . . M Geo Oct Farmer Yellow fever (contracted in Houston) . Written Saddiwhite but "di" struck out. 9 Flanagan Eliza 25 F . . M Geo June . Pneumonia . . 10 . Charles 2 M B Slave . Tex Dec . Croup . . 11 . Margaret 1 F B Slave . Tex July . Hoopen cough . . 12 Johnson Cha's 40 M . . . Fla July . Smothered . . 13 . Henry 29 M B Slave . Tex July . Pneumonia . . 14 . Tinah 37 F B Slave . Tenn Jan . Typhoid fever . . 15 . Joe 2 M B Slave . Tex Apr . Typhoid fever . . 16 . Infant 6 ds M . . . Tex Feb'y . Unknown . No surname written 17 . Frank 16 M M Slave . Tex Mar . Typhoid fever . . 18 . Julia 19 F M Slave . Ala Apr . Typhoid fever . . 19 . Henrietta 1/2 F M Slave . Tex Oct . Smothered . . 20 Farres Missouri 17 F . . M Ala Jan . Congestion of brain . . 21 . Hariet 1 F B Slave . Tex Sept . Teething . . 22 . Emily 1/3 F B Slave . Tex Sept . Teething . . 23 . Infant 10 ds M B Slave . Tex June . Unknown . . 24 . Infant 3 ds M B Slave . Tex June . Unknown . . 25 . Maria 1 F B Slave . Tex Oct . Croup . . 26 . Charity 1/6 F B Slave . Tex Aug . Cold . . 27 . London 1 M B Slave . Tex May . Inflamatin of brain . . 28 . Fred 25 M B Slave . Geo Jan . Crushed by gin wheel . . 29 . Jno. 3 M B Slave . Tex Oct . Worms . . 30 . Caroline 15 F B Slave . Tex Jan . Typhoid fever . . 31 . Syntha 24 F B Slave . S.C. July . Typhoid fever . . 32 . Hiram 21 M B Slave . Ala Dec . Typhoid fever . . 33 . Infant 1 M B Slave . Tex Nov . Pneumonia . . ===================================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1860 STATE: TX COUNTY: Houston DISTRICT: Beat 3 ENUMERATOR: W. E. Moore FILE PAGE: 3 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 3 ===================================================================================================================================================================================== 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 Sides Margaret 7 F . . . Tex May . Infantile convulsions 5 ds . 2 Rymes Wm. 50 M . . M Geo Nov Farmer Typoid fever 35 ds . 3 Conner Hannah 35 F . . M S.C. Aug . Congestion 8 ds . 4 Higgenbothem Elizabeth 31 F . . M Ala Sept . Pneumonia 9 ds . 5 . Infant 1/20 F . . . Tex Sept . Pneumonia 1 d No surname written 6 Williams Margaret 7 F . . . Tex May . Pneumonia 10 ds . 7 . Infant . F . . . Tex Nov . Born dead Unknown No surname written 8 Gregg Rhoda L. 1 F . . . Tex June . Pneumonia 5 wks . 9 Gregg T. R. 1/2 M . . . Tex July . Teething 3 ds . 10 Westbrook Joshua 30 M . . M S.C. Apr . Pneumonia 5 ds . 11 Hagar Alex 14 M . . . Ky Mar . Pneumonia 7 ds . 12 . Infant 5 ds M . . . Tex June . Croup 1 d No surname written 13 Brunstam M. F. 4 F . . . Miss Sept . Congestion 3 ds . 14 . Jane 35 F B Slave . Ala Nov . Unknown 8 ds . 15 Barton Robert 65 M . . W Geo May . Consumption 3 yrs . 16 Dodson Amanda 47 F . . M Tenn July . Pneumonia 11 ds . 17 Mason Edmond 2 M . . . Tex Oct . Flux & fever 3 ds Blank below ===================================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1860 STATE: TX COUNTY: Houston DISTRICT: Beat 4 ENUMERATOR: W. E. Moore FILE PAGE: 4 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 4 ===================================================================================================================================================================================== 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 . Infant 1 F B Slave . Tex Jan . Pneumonia 6 ds . 2 . Infant 1/3 M B Slave . Tex July . Smothered Sudden . 3 Winfrey Isaac 53 M . . W La Aug Farmer Neuralgia 4 wks . 4 . Mary 1/2 F B Slave . Ala May . Pneumonia 2 wks . 5 Catenhead Jno. H. 4 M . . . Tex Oct . Typhoid fever 6 ds . 6 . Sam 8 M B Slave . Tex Apr . Typhoid fever 10 ds . 7 Mallmark Eliza 16 F . . . Tex Nov . Typhoid fever 4 wks . 8 . Elizabeth 19 F B Slave . Tex Nov . Typhoid fever 7 ds . 9 Ross T. H. 1/4 M . . . Tex July . Typhoid fever 5 ds . 10 Winslow Charlotte 6 wks F . . . Tex Mar . Unknown 2 wks . 11 Harrison Vincent 3 ds M . . . Tex Feb'y . Unknown 3 ds . 12 . Laura 1 F B Slave . Tex May . Flux 5 ds . 13 . Alice 3/4 F B Slave . Tex Oct . Unknown Sudden . 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . "Concluded" 15 Stelts Davy 50 M . . W Germany May Basket maker Unknown 2 ds . 16 Holcombe Geo 69 M . . M Penn July School teacher Congestion 7 ds . 17 Tonsy James 2 M . . . Tex Aug . Unknown Sudden . 18 . Robert 1/4 M B Slave . Tex Apr . Scrofula 3 wks . 19 Smith Stephen 45 M . . M Tenn Apr Farmer Pneumonia 4 ds . 20 Hayes James 9 M . . . Tex Mar . Pneumonia 2 ds . 21 . Emaline 1 F B Slave . Tex Nov . Flux 3 ds . 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . "Concluded" 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Soule Seaborn 22 M . . M Miss Nov Farmer Typhoid fever 3 wks . 25 Soule S. E. 14 M . . . Miss Dec . Typhoid fever 5 wks . 26 Soule W. H. 17 M . . . Miss Mar . Typhoid fever 1 wk . 27 Willingham Tho's 7 M . . . Geo Aug . Inflamation of liver 3 ds . 28 . Infant 5 ds F . . . Tex June . Unknown 5 ds No surname written 29 . Anna 55 F B Slave . Va June . Dropsy 6 mos . 30 Christee Asa 5 M . . . Tex July . Typhoid fever 10 ds . 31 Sanders Mary 2 F . . . Tex . . Unknown 19 ds No death month written 32 Sanders Stanford 59 M . . . N.C. . . Palpitation of heart 9 ds No death month written 33 Sanders Catherine 17 F . . . Tenn . . Typoid fever 18 ds No death month written 34 . . . . . . . . . . . . "Concluded" ===================================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1860 STATE: TX COUNTY: Houston DISTRICT: Beat 7 ENUMERATOR: W. E. Moore FILE PAGE: 5 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 5 ===================================================================================================================================================================================== 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 Tarlow James M. 3 M . . . Tex Oct . Croup 8 ds . 2 Robertson Robert 27 M . . . Miss May Farmer Shot Sudden . 3 Tabbot Isam 23 M . . M Miss May Farmer Blows on the head Sudden . 4 Robertson W. H. 38 M . . M Miss Nov Farmer Typhoid fever 9 ds . 5 . Infant 1/2 F . . . Tex Nov . Typoid fever 3 ds No surname written 6 . Infant 1/6 F . . . Tex Nov . Croup 7 ds No surname written 7 . Infant 1/4 M . . . Tex July . Cold 4 ds No surname written 8 . Infant 1/3 F . . . Tex Apr . Unknown 2 ds No surname written 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . "Concluded" 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . Lucy 3 F B Slave . Tex March . Typoid fever 12 ds . 12 . Adeline 3 F B Slave . Tex March . Typoid fever 12 ds . 13 Reviere L. F. 65 F . . W Geo March . Pneumonia 6 ds . 14 Smith E. G. 33 F . . M Geo March . Unknown 5 ds . 15 Smith Ada B. 14 F . . . Geo March . Congestion of brain 4 ds . 16 . Infant 1 F B Slave . Tex March . Typoid fever 8 ds . 17 . Isaac 20 M B Slave . Geo March . Drowned Sudden . 18 Smith J. W. 43 M . . M Tenn Apr Farmer Typoid fever 6 ds . 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . "Concluded" 20 Dixon Willie 3 F . . . Tex Nov . Pneumonia 2 ds . 21 Smith Jno. H. 51 M . . M Va Mar Farmer Appoplexy Sudden . 22 Cundiff W. H. 1/2 M . . . Tex July . Flux 17 ds . 23 Cundiff Jesse L. 1/3 M . . . Tex July . Flux 12 ds . 24 Bracken Mat 19 M . . . Tex Apr Clerk Typhoid fever 10 ds . 25 Wall Cha's 4 F . . . Tex June . Unknown Sudden CHARLIE OPHELIA WALL, bur. Augusta Cem. 26 Lewis James 1/2 M . . . Tex Feb'y . Disentery 8 ds . 27 . Bob 37 M B Slave . Va Oct . Burned 4 ds . 28 . French 2 M B Slave . Tex Feb'y . Unknown 3 wks . 29 . Infant 1/2 F B Slave . Tex Aug . Unknown 5 ds . 30 . Infant 1/2 F B Slave . Tex Mar . Smothered Sudden . 31 Blair Olive 41 F . . M Tenn Mar . Burned Sudden . 32 . Fanny 125 F B Slave . Africa Jan . Old age Unknown Age clearly written 125 33 Long Lucinda 1 F . . . Tex Sept . Poisoned Sudden . 34 . Infant 1/3 M B Slave . Tex Mar . Unknown Sudden . 35 . . . . . . . . . . . . "Concluded" ===================================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1860 STATE: TX COUNTY: Houston DISTRICT: Beat 10 ENUMERATOR: W. E. Moore FILE PAGE: 6 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 6 ===================================================================================================================================================================================== 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 Pierson Walter 4 M . . . Ala July . Intermittent fever 3 wks . 2 Pierson Kate 1 F . . . Ala June . Bowell desease 1 wk . 3 . Infant 10 ds F B Slave . Tex June . Unknown 10 ds . 4 Ross Isaac 75 M . . W S.C. Jan Farmer Palsy Sudden . 5 . Infant . F . . . Tex June . Born dead Unknown No surname written 6 . Allen 1/2 M B Slave . Tex Aug . Unknown 3 wks . 7 Johnson Anderson 1/2 M . . . Tex June . Unknown Sudden . 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . "Concluded" 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Kyle Malinda 33 F . . M S.C. Nov . Typoid fever 14 ds . 11 Kyle Jno. R. 1/2 M . . . Tex Feb'y . Croup 4 ds . 12 Fry Wm. A. 2 M . . . Tex July . Croup 2 ds . 13 . Stephen 5 M B Slave . Tex July . Sun stroke 1 ds . 14 Dailley Behethear 50 F . . M S.C. Dec . Flux 15 ds BETHETHLA DAILEY bur. Old Dailey Fam. Cem. 15 . Wash 40 M B Slave . S.C. Apr . Typoid fever 1 month . 16 Diggs Garland 53 M . . M N.C. Sept Farmer Typoid fever 24 ds . 17 Wells Elizabeth 36 F . . M Tenn June . Pneumonia 21 ds . 18 Wilkins Laura 40 F . . M Ala May . Typoid fever 5 ds . 19 Brant Armisted 19 M . . . Tex Nov Farmer Congestion of brain 10 ds . 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . "Concluded" 21 Stell Dr. 36 M . . . Geo Dec M.D. Shot Sudden . 22 Herndon R. B. 27 M . . . Va Dec Merchant Shot Sudden . 23 . Jane 25 F B Slave . Cherokee Nation Apr . Typoid fever 23 ds . 24 . Henry 31 M B Slave . Tenn Feb'y . Drowned Sudden . 25 Marchison Lucy 1 F . . . Tex Nov . Cholera infantum 3 ds . 26 . Bob 1/2 M M Slave . Tex Nov . Burned 5 ds . 27 . Caroline 19 F B Slave . Tex Feb'y . Pneumonia 7 ds Ends Houston 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/ =====================================================================================================================================================================================