Brazoria County, TX 1860 Mortality Census https://www.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/tx/brazoria/1860/ This Mortality Census was transcribed by Linda Talbott and proofread by Russell Anderson for the USGenWeb Census Project®, http://www.us-census.org/ Copyright (c) 2024 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 BRAZORIA 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---------------------------- Transriber's Note: Deaths of Whites were recorded on Page 1. Deaths of Blacks were recorded on the remaining pages. Negroes did not have surnames in the State of Texas at this time. The surnames recorded on the "Black" pages were found within brackets and were noted as being the surname of the slave owner. =========================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1860 STATE: TX COUNTY: Brazoria DISTRICT: All ENUMERATOR: W. F. Swain FILE PAGE: 1 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LINE LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME/MI/title AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS =========================================================================================================================================================================== 1 Veasy Sam'l 45 M . . . Penn Oct Oysterman Accidental drowning Sudden . 2 Wilson William 3 M . . . Tex Aug . Congestion 2 days . 3 Ahrens Fredricka 64 F . . M Germany May . Dropsy 6 days . 4 Cowan James 40 M . . . Ala Nov Farmer Rheumatism 6 days . 5 Anders Alfred 40 M M F . Mexico May Laborer Shot Sudden . 6 Winter Agabus 45 M . . . Alabama Sept Overseer Typhoid fever 37 days . 7 Wallis Mary A. 5 F . . . Cal Sept . Congestive chill 4 days . 8 Wallis Franklin 2 M . . . Cal Dec . Congestive chill 6 days . 9 Compton Elizabeth G. 54 F . . M Miss June . Asthma 2 years . 10 Compton Ann E. 3 F . . . Tex July . Brain fever 2 days . 11 Hanson Geo. 55 M . . . Eng. July Mason Fever 2 months . 12 Baily Celestia 10 F . . . Tex Apr . Fever 1 day . 13 Holt James 6 M . . . Tex June . Dropsy 3 days . 14 Harrison Catharine 41 F . . M Ala July . Fever 1 month . 15 Louis J. W. 33 M . . . Ala Aug Farmer Dropsy 5 days . 16 Caldwell Abby A. 27 F . . M S.C. Mar . Dropsy 1 month . 17 Bell Alice 1/12 F . . . Tex Feb . Cholera morbus 1 day . 18 Davis Fran's 17 M . . . Tex Feb . Fits 6 months . 19 Dunlap Geo. W. 55 M . . M S.C. Oct Physician Rheumatism 3 months . 20 Davis Sarah L. 53 F . . . S.C. Dec . Flux 8 days . 21 Cayce Augustus 3 M . . . Tex Dec . Cholera morbus 1 day . 22 Flower Eliza E. 72 F . . M N.Y. Oct . Consumption 7 weeks . 23 Bowers Geo. 35 M . . M Mass Dec Merchant Congestive fever 1 week . 24 Coburn Timothy D. 5* M . . M Mass Apr Merchant Flux 2 weeks . 25 Roberts Eleanor 40 F . . M Wales Nov . Fever 2 weeks . 26 Herndon Boswell H. 15 M . . . Tex July . Shot accidentally Sudden . 27 Sanders Wm. T. 8/12 M . . . Tex Aug . Unknown 1 week . 28 Wilkes Ja's R. 35 M . . . N.C. Sept Merchant Consumption 6 months . 29 Brooks Jno. 8/12 M . . . Tex Oct . Fever 1 week . 30 Edwards R. M. 28 M . . . Tenn Nov Overseer Congestive fever 5 weeks . =========================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1860 STATE: TX COUNTY: Brazoria DISTRICT: All ENUMERATOR: W. F. Swain FILE PAGE: 2 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: (blank page) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LINE LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME/MI/title AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS =========================================================================================================================================================================== 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . Blank Page =========================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1860 STATE: TX COUNTY: Brazoria DISTRICT: All ENUMERATOR: W. F. Swain FILE PAGE: 3 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 2 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LINE LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME/MI/title AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS =========================================================================================================================================================================== 1 (Wharton) Nancy 55 F M S . S.C. June House Serv't Unknown 3 months . 2 (Wharton) Fredonia 1/12 F B S . Tex Jan . Croup 1 day . 3 (Jackson) Morris 30 M B S . S.C. July Field hand Dropsy 3 months . 4 (Jackson) Delia 5 F B S . Tex May . Worms 3 days . 5 (Darington) Simeon 73 M B S . Africa March Cooper Old age 1 week . 6 (Bell) Child 7 days M B S . Tex Nov . Tetanus 2 days . 7 (Black) Antony 40 M B S . Tenn March Field hand Accidentally shot Sudden . 8 (Black) Child 8 days F B S . Texas Apr . Tetanus 3 days . 9 (Bingham) Charles 25 M B S . La May Field hand Fitts 3 years . 10 (Morris) Child 10 days M B S . Tex June . Trismus 2 days . 11 (Morris) Child 10 days M B S . Tex June . Trismus 2 days . 12 (Morris) Child 10 days F B S . Tex Sept . Trismus 2 days . 13 (Morris) Child 10 days F M S . Tex Feb . Trismus 2 days . 14 (Tillman) Child 9 days F B S . Tex Aug . Bleeding ***** 2 days . 15 (Jordan) LaFayette 8 M B S . Tex Sept . Inflamation brain 1 week . 16 (Rome) Reuben 34 M B S . Ala Nov Field hand Spasms 5 days . 17 (Winston) Child 10 days M M S . Texas Dec . Trismus 10 days . 18 (Winston) Child 5 days F B S . Texas June . Congestive fever 2 days . 19 (Winston) Mary 6 days F B S . Texas Dec . Catarrh 3 days . 20 (Hines) Mary 40 F B S . Unknown Mar House Serv't Dropsy 3 months . 21 (Jamison) Dora 7 M B S . La July . Fever 3 days Sex is as written 22 (Ward) Archibald 1 M B S . Tex Dec . Worms 2 months . 23 (Ward) Ned 6 M B S . Tex Jan . Pneumonia 1 week . 24 (Durant) Mary 60 F B S . S.C. Jan . Quinzy 2 days . 25 (Kyle) Peter 8 M B S . Tex May . Trismus 2 days . 26 (Kyle) Margerette 1 F B S . Tex May . Diarhea 3 weeks . 27 (Arrington) Mills 25 F B S . Ala June . Dropsy 6 months . 28 (Kenedy) Julius 60 M B S . S.C. July Field hand Abscess 3 weeks . 29 (Kenedy) Lydia 17 F B S . S.C. Aug Field hand Peritonitis 9 days . 30 (Kenedy) Anna 50 F B S . S.C. Aug Field hand Found dead Unknown . 31 (Kenedy) Child 2/12 F B S . Tex Jan . Pleurisy 5 days . 32 (Kenedy) Child 4/12 M B S . Tex May . Smothered Sudden . 33 (Drayton) Rebecca 10 F B S . S.C. Aug . Unknown Unknown . 34 (Drayton) Peter 30 M B S . S.C. Sept Field hand Unknown Unknown . 35 (Drayton) Kate 8 F B S . S.C. Sept Field hand Unknown Unknown . =========================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1860 STATE: TX COUNTY: Brazoria DISTRICT: All ENUMERATOR: W. F. Swain FILE PAGE: 4 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 3 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LINE LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME/MI/title AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS =========================================================================================================================================================================== 1 (Drayton) Prince 30 M B S . S.C. Oct Field hand Inflamation bowels 3 months . 2 (Drayton) Lizzie 40 F B S . S.C. Dec Field hand Dropsy 3 months . 3 (Drayton) Sam 2 M B S . S.C. Feb Field hand Bowel Compl. 1 week occupation is ditto mark 4 (Drayton) Kit 5 M B S . S.C. May Field hand Bowel Complaint 1 week occupation is ditto mark 5 (Drayton) Miller 40 M B S . S.C. Jan Field hand Pneumonia 10 days . 6 (Drayton) Richard 5 M B S . S.C. Apr Field hand Bowel Complaint 1 week occupation is ditto mark 7 (Drayton) Phillis 2 F B S . S.C. Apr Field hand Bowel Complaint 8 days occupation is ditto mark 8 (Drayton) Sophia 2 F B S . S.C. Apr Field hand Bowel Complaint 6 days occupation is ditto mark 9 (Drayton) Rob't 1 M B S . S.C. Apr Field hand Bowel Complaint 4 days occupation is ditto mark 10 (Drayton) Nancy 6/12 F B S . S.C. May Field hand Bowel Complaint 3 days occupation is ditto mark 11 (Drayton) Amos 6/12 M B S . S.C. Jan Field hand Bowel Complaint 2 weeks occupation is ditto mark 12 (Kyle) Jno. 5 days F B S . Tex Apr . Trismus 4 days Sex is as written 13 (Kyle) Lu* 5 days M B S . Tex Jan . Trismus 2 days . 14 (Coffee) Margarette 28 F B S . Va Nov Field hand Dropsy 4 months . 15 (Coffee) Child 4 days M B S . Tex Dec . Trismus 3 days . 16 (Coffee) Child 6 days F B S . Tex Mar . Trismus 3 days . 17 (Coffee) Child 7 days M B S . Tex June . Trismus 4 days . 18 (Burney) Frank 2 M B S . Tex Apr . Heart disease Sudden . 19 (Burney) Lewis 2/12 M B S . Tex Nov . Smothered Sudden . 20 (Tankersley) Moses 40 M B S . Ala Aug Field hand Fever 3 weeks . 21 (Tankersley) Ann 18 F B S . Va July House Serv't Sun Stroke 3 days . 22 (Tankersley) Lewis 12 M B S . Ala Aug Field hand Congestive chill 1 day . 23 (Tankersley) Trou* 40 M B S . Geo June Field hand Bil. Fever 10 days . 24 (Tankersley) Margarette 2 F B S . Tex Apr . Bil. Fever 6 days . 25 (Cecil) Wm 35 M B S . Va Oct Field hand Unknown 1 month . 26 (Terry) Bob 27 M B S . La Aug Field hand Pneumonia 1 week . 27 (Terry) Isaac 28 M B S . Unknown Feb Field hand Typhoid fever 2 weeks . 28 (Maclin) Louisa 35 F B S . Va Aug Field hand Congestive chill 1 week . 29 (Maclin) Indiana 7 B B S . Ga Aug . Fitts 3 days . 30 (Potts) Green 19 M B S . La July Field hand Congestion 1 day . 31 (Potts) Jane 12 F B S . Miss May Field hand Typhoid Dysentery 4 days . 32 (Young) Albert 57 M B S . Tex May Field hand Dropsy 4 weeks . 33 (Spencer) Charles 35 M B S . Tex May Field hand Consumption 5 months . 34 (Spencer) Child 6/12 M B S . Tex May . Unknown 1 day . 35 (Spencer) Child 1/12 M B S . Tex Nov . Trismus 1 day . =========================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1860 STATE: TX COUNTY: Brazoria DISTRICT: All ENUMERATOR: W. F. Swain FILE PAGE: 5 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 4 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LINE LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME/MI/title AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS =========================================================================================================================================================================== 1 (Munson) Sam 100 M B S . Africa Feb Field hand Old age 1 week . 2 (Munson) Adeline 48 F B S . Texas March Field hand Dysentery 10 days . 3 (Munson) Child 4/12 F B S . Texas Apr . Dysentery 1 week . 4 (Mills) Edmon 20 M B S . Miss Oct Field hand Inflamation brain 2 weeks . 5 (Mills) Ned 4/12 M B S . Tex Apr . Inflamation bowels 2 days . 6 (Mills) Wm 35 M B S . Africa May Field hand Colic 1 day . 7 (Mills) Child 1/12 M B S . Texas Nov . Trismus 1 day . 8 (Mills) Child 6/12 F B S . Texas July . Spasms 1 week . 9 (Mills) Child 1 F B S . Texas Oct . Fever 1 week . 10 (Mills) Child 9/12 M B S . Texas Mar . Spasms 1 week . 11 (Mills) Child 1 M B S . Texas May . Unknown 1 week . 12 (McNeil) Cudjoe 56 M B S . Africa Aug Field hand Chronic Diarrhea 3 months . 13 (McNeil) Ellen 40 F B S . Africa May Field hand Inflamation bowels 3 weeks . 14 (McNeil) Malinda 27 F B S . Texas July Field hand Fever 1 week . 15 (McNeil) Henry 18 M B S . Texas Aug Field hand Fever 2 weeks . 16 (McNeil) Child 11/12 F B S . Texas July . Teething 3 months . 17 (McNeil) Child 1/12 F B S . Texas Aug . Trismus 4 days . 18 (McNeil) Child 1/12 F B S . Texas Jan . Convulsion 10 days . 19 (McNeil) Child 1/12 M B S . Texas Feb . Malformation 6 days . 20 (McNeil) Child 1/12 M B S . Texas Jan . Fever 1 week . 21 (McNeil) Child 1/12 M B S . Texas May . Trismus 2 days . 22 (McNeil) Child 6/12 F B S . Texas Apr . Inflamation bowels 10 days . 23 (McNeil) Fanny 45 F B S . Va Apr Nurse Rheumatism 4 years . 24 (Westall) Willis 17 M B S . Tex June Field hand Fever 2 months . 25 (Perry) Simon 55 M B S . Ga June Carpenter Fever 10 days . 26 (Ryan) Jane 30 F B S . Unknown Dec Field hand Pneumonia 3 weeks . 27 (Ryan) Child 8 days M B S . Texas May . Trismus 8 days . 28 (Ryan) Child 8 days F B S . Texas Apr . Trismus 1 day . 29 (Brown) Sarah 23 F B S . Ga Nov House Serv't Consumption 6 months . 30 (Brown) Willis 27 M B S . Tex June Field hand Consumption 2 months . 31 (Lewis) Toby 16 M B S . Tex Oct Field hand Fever 1 week . 32 (Sweeney) Child 7 days M B S . Tex Mar . Trismus 6 days . 33 (McGrew) Jno. 14 M B S . La Aug Field hand Congestion brain 1 day . 34 (T. F. Sweeney) Jim 50 M B S . La Jan Field hand Pneumonia 6 days . 35 (T. F. Sweeney) Emily 25 F B S . Tex Jan Field hand Child bed 1 week . =========================================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1860 STATE: TX COUNTY: Brazoria DISTRICT: All ENUMERATOR: W. F. Swain FILE PAGE: 6 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 5 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LINE LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME/MI/title AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS =========================================================================================================================================================================== 1 (S. P. Sweeney) Harriet 1 F B S . Tex Dec . Dropsy 90 days . 2 (S. P. Sweeney) Prince 1 M B S . Tex Feb . Dropsy 90 days . 3 (S. P. Sweeney) Caroline 3 F B S . May May . Dropsy 6 days . 4 (Armstrong) Shadrich 20 M B S . Tenn Jan Field hand Congestion brain 1 day . =========================================================================================================================================================================== 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/ ===========================================================================================================================================================================