Rusk county, TX 1850 Federal Census - Mortality Schedule This Census was transcribed by Gloria Briley Mayfield and proofread by Briley M. Dailey for the USGenWeb Census Project, http://www.us-census.org/ Copyright 1999 by Gloria Briley Mayfield ************************************************************************ USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the written consent of the transcriber, or the legal representative of the transcriber, and contact the USGenWeb Census Project File Manager via the email address with proof of this consent. ************************************************************************ Thanks to S-K Publications for providing the census page photocopies from which this transcription was made. The complete original, handwritten census of this county is available in book form (including a typed index) from S-K Publications, PO Box 8173, Wichita KS 67208 (www.skpub.com/genie/census.html). ************************************************************************ 1850 RUSK COUNTY MORTALITY SCHEDULE The mortality schedule is considered a supplement to the census. It includes all people who died within 1 year prior to June 1, 1850. Last Name First Name Age Sex Month died Birth state Cause of death Occupation if applicable Ailstack John W. 1 m Aug. TX inflamation of the bowels . Armstrong Isabella 1 month f Sept. TX croup . Barton Sarah 26 f Jan. GA cholera . Bell Mary 16 f Jan. MS inflamation of the brain . Berry William 6 m May IL cholera . Blythe Thomas 8 m Jan. TN inflamation of the brain . Boyd John A. 22 m Jan. TN inflamation of the brain farmer Brown Anna 35 f May TN consumption . Cornelius John L. 13 m Aug. AL inflamation of the brain . Curtis Samuel Y 14 m June TX unknown . Ferguson Isaac Q. 3 m June TX inflamation of the brain . Gentry Eli 2 m Jan. GA cholera . Gibson John 33 m May GA pneumonia lawyer Gilkerson Robert 43 m July KY inflamation of the lungs clergyman Grant Eliza J. 2 f July MS bilious fever . Guthrie Leetha 50 f Sept. AL female disorder . Harrel F. M. 22 m Aug. AL bilious fever machinest Harris A. S. 33 m Aug. unknown inflamation of the brain clergyman Holloway John 40 m Jan. TN cholera farme Holt Harrison 29 m Mar. AL t. fever farmer Hudson Joshua 22 m Dec. AR inflamation of the brain . Johnson Stephen 49 m Jan. SC consumption farmer Lane Robert L. 57 m Feb. GA inflamation of the bowels farmer Lawson Francis S. 25 m Apr. GA diarreah student Lewis Charlotte 12 f Sept. TX worms . Lovell Sarah E. 3 f Oct. GA burn . McGuire Mary 10 f Aug. TX diarreah . Mullins Sarah 45 f Dec. KY female disorder . Oliver Thomas 76 m June NC dropsey farmer Parsons David 28 m Sept. LA congest. lungs . Parsons William B. 19 m Aug. LA congest. lungs . Pirtie George W. 36 m May TN consumption merchant Prothro Clavices J. 17 m Mar. AL pneumonia . Robinson Isaac D. 55 m Jan. unknown consumption farmer Ross Hugh 10 m Feb. TX scarlet fever . Ross Stephen 2 m Feb. TX scarlet fever . Sanders infant 1 f Oct. . croup . Sanders infant 3 months m July . chills . Savage Mary A. 28 f Jan. TN consumption . Simpson Martha 4 f July AR inflamation of the brain . Skedol Thomas W. 36 m May NY larygitis lawyer Smith Dewit E. 2 m Dec. TX bilious fever . Smith Newton 4 months m Apr. TX inflamation of the brain . Tatum Ida 2 f Feb. AL pneumonia . Tomlinson Leonard 43 m Aug. GA bilious fever farmer Turner infant . f July TX scofula dis. . Turner infant . f July TX scofula dis. . Turner Oliver H. 25 m Mar. TN inflamation of the bowels farmer Whetstone Georgia Ann 3 f Sept. LA bilious fever . Wood Solomon 50 m June GA dropsey . Yarbrough Lycurgus 4 m Feb. TX bilious fever .