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Washington County Mortality Schedule for the Federal Census of 1860

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State Archives of Florida, Series S1201

Description

Mortality schedule for the United States Census of 1860 for Washington County documenting persons who died during the year ending June 1, 1860.

Date

1860

Creator

United States. Department of the Interior.

Contributors

McPherson, William

Format

Census Records

Coverage

Florida's Early Statehood Period (1845-1861)

Subjects

Census data
Death--Causes--Statistics
Mortality

Personal Subjects

Geographic Term

Washington County (Fla.)

Page	Line	Name	Age	Sex	Race	Listed as Slave	Cause of Death	Notes
1	1	Newberry, John	11 years				Pneumonia An infection of the lungs characterized by inflammation and a buildup of fluid that makes it difficult to breathe (Hooper, Lexicon Medicum, 1860).
1	2	Bryant, Mary F.	18 years				Quinsy Inflammation of the tonsils, which could proceed to an abscess (Dunglison, A Dictionary of Medical Science, 1893).
1	3	Miller, Mary F.	1 year				Unknown
1	4	Miller, William	2 years	Male	White		Hives Although hives are now generally defined as a rash of itchy red welts on the skin, in the 1800s the term was synonymous with cynanche trachealis, or the croup. The use of the term “hives” in this case is a corruption of the word “heaves,” which describes the patient’s spasmodic convulsions as they attempted to breathe (Mortality Statistics of the Seventh Census of the United States, 1855).
1	5	Miller, Susan	2 months	Female	White		Hives Although hives are now generally defined as a rash of itchy red welts on the skin, in the 1800s the term was synonymous with cynanche trachealis, or the croup. The use of the term “hives” in this case is a corruption of the word “heaves,” which describes the patient’s spasmodic convulsions as they attempted to breathe (Mortality Statistics of the Seventh Census of the United States, 1855).
1	6	Riley, Margaret	4 years	Female	White		Diarrhea Family members, census takers, and even medical professionals often gave this as a cause of death for any disease where the deceased had suffered from a prolonged intestinal complaint and a more specific diagnosis could not be made.
1	7	Lee, Isabella	1 year	Female			Spasms
1	8	Donalson, E.					Unknown
1	9	Donalson, Henry	1 year	Male			Scarlet fever
1	10	Norris, Ichabod					Unknown
1	11	Norris, Ferriby	35 years	Female			Fever
1	13	[Unnamed male]	80 years	Male	Black	Slave	Gravel	Enslaved by Nancy Sheffield
1	14	[Unnamed male]	1 day	Male	Black	Slave	Unknown	Enslaved by Nancy Sheffield
1	15	Bell, John	35 years	Male	White		Diarrhea Family members, census takers, and even medical professionals often gave this as a cause of death for any disease where the deceased had suffered from a prolonged intestinal complaint and a more specific diagnosis could not be made.
1	17	[Unnamed female]	1 month	Female	Black	Slave	Unknown	Enslaved by William Gilbert
1	18	[Unnamed male]	7 days	Male	Black	Slave	Cold	Enslaved by William Gilbert
1	19	Palmer, Daniel W.		Male	White		Unknown
1	20	Palmer, Susan	4 months	Female	White		Unknown
1	21	Parker, Ewen			White		Unknown
1	22	Turner, Martha	5 years	Female	White		Dropsy A general term meaning the accumulation of fluid in some part of the body. A diagnosis of “dropsy” often meant the condition was prevalent throughout the body, while a case in which the accumulation of fluid was more localized might receive a more specific diagnosis. Examples include dropsy of the belly (ascites), the brain (hydrocephalus), the chest (hydrothorax), or the skin (anasarca) (Hooper, Lexicon Medicum, 1860).
1	23	Miller, Nathaniel	1 day	Male	Black	Slave	Bleeding
1	24	Irwin, Caroline	23 years	Female	White		Pneumonia An infection of the lungs characterized by inflammation and a buildup of fluid that makes it difficult to breathe (Hooper, Lexicon Medicum, 1860).
1	25	Lanier, L. H.			White		Unknown
1	26	Lanier, James	1 day	Male	White		Unknown
1	27	Taylor, Carey		Female			Unknown
1	28	Taylor, Abby	13 years	Female			Dropsy A general term meaning the accumulation of fluid in some part of the body. A diagnosis of “dropsy” often meant the condition was prevalent throughout the body, while a case in which the accumulation of fluid was more localized might receive a more specific diagnosis. Examples include dropsy of the belly (ascites), the brain (hydrocephalus), the chest (hydrothorax), or the skin (anasarca) (Hooper, Lexicon Medicum, 1860).
1	29	Taylor, Henry	11 years	Male			Dropsy A general term meaning the accumulation of fluid in some part of the body. A diagnosis of “dropsy” often meant the condition was prevalent throughout the body, while a case in which the accumulation of fluid was more localized might receive a more specific diagnosis. Examples include dropsy of the belly (ascites), the brain (hydrocephalus), the chest (hydrothorax), or the skin (anasarca) (Hooper, Lexicon Medicum, 1860).
1	31	[Unnamed male]	6 months	Male	Black	Slave	Unknown	Enslaved by William Gainer
1	32	Grant, Mary	45 years	Female	White
1	33	Gainer, Joseph		Male	White
1	34	Gainer, James	2 years	Male			Congestive chill
1	35	Hooey, James	56 years	Male	White		Pneumonia An infection of the lungs characterized by inflammation and a buildup of fluid that makes it difficult to breathe (Hooper, Lexicon Medicum, 1860).
2	1	McCormack, William	1 year	Male	White		Pneumonia An infection of the lungs characterized by inflammation and a buildup of fluid that makes it difficult to breathe (Hooper, Lexicon Medicum, 1860).
2	2	Ferguson, John	27 years	Male	White		Murdered
2	3	Gainer, Mary A.	3 years	Female	White		Pneumonia An infection of the lungs characterized by inflammation and a buildup of fluid that makes it difficult to breathe (Hooper, Lexicon Medicum, 1860).
2	4	Cyfrett, Elizabeth	1 year	Female	White		Diarrhea Family members, census takers, and even medical professionals often gave this as a cause of death for any disease where the deceased had suffered from a prolonged intestinal complaint and a more specific diagnosis could not be made.
2	5	Wells, Mary	12 years	Female	White		Unknown
2	6	Slay, William	60 years	Male	White		Cancer
2	8	[Unnamed male]	1 day	Male	Black	Slave	Unknown	Enslaved by Elizabeth Everett
2	10	[Unnamed male]	5 months	Male	Black	Slave	Trismus nascentium (lockjaw)	Enslaved by D. P. Everett
2	11	[Unnamed female]	5 months	Female	Black	Slave	Trismus nascentium (lockjaw)	Enslaved by D. P. Everett
2	12	Wood, William	9 years	Male	White		Unknown
2	13	Melvin, Daniel		Male	White		Unknown
2	14	Melvin, James	1 day	Male	White		Unknown
2	15	Cox, Sarah	30 years	Female	White		Fever
2	16	Abbitt, Roxa	11 years	Female	White		Dropsy A general term meaning the accumulation of fluid in some part of the body. A diagnosis of “dropsy” often meant the condition was prevalent throughout the body, while a case in which the accumulation of fluid was more localized might receive a more specific diagnosis. Examples include dropsy of the belly (ascites), the brain (hydrocephalus), the chest (hydrothorax), or the skin (anasarca) (Hooper, Lexicon Medicum, 1860).
2	17	Daniels, Eliza	21 years	Female	White		Unknown
2	19	[Unnamed male]	2 months	Male	Black	Slave	Fever	Enslaved by Stephen Daniels
2	21	[Unnamed male]	10 days	Male	Black	Slave	Infantile erysipelas	Enslaved by William Potter
2	22	Worthington, Martha	27 years	Female	White		Pneumonia An infection of the lungs characterized by inflammation and a buildup of fluid that makes it difficult to breathe (Hooper, Lexicon Medicum, 1860).
2	24	[Unnamed female]	6 months	Female	Black	Slave	Unknown	Enslaved by Springer S. Gibson
2	25	[Unnamed female]	8 months	Female	Black	Slave	Unknown	Enslaved by Springer S. Gibson
2	26	[Unnamed female]	1 day	Female	Black	Slave	Unknown	Enslaved by Springer S. Gibson
2	28	[Unnamed female]	3 days	Female	Black		Unknown	Enslaved by Charnick Gillstrap
2	29	Bronson, Daniel	56 years	Male	White		Pneumonia An infection of the lungs characterized by inflammation and a buildup of fluid that makes it difficult to breathe (Hooper, Lexicon Medicum, 1860).
2	30	Horne, William P.	8 days	Male	Black	Slave	Unknown

Title

Washington County Mortality Schedule for the Federal Census of 1860

Subject

Census data

Mortality

Death--Causes--Statistics

Description

Mortality schedule for the United States Census of 1860 for Washington County documenting persons who died during the year ending June 1, 1860.

Creator

United States. Department of the Interior.

Source

State Archives of Florida, Series S1201

Date

1860

Contributor

McPherson, William

Format

census records

Language

eng-US

Type

Text

Identifier

s1201_mortality_washington_1860

Coverage

Florida's Early Statehood Period (1845-1861)

Transcript

Page	Line	Name	Age	Sex	Race	Listed as Slave	Cause of Death	Notes
1	1	Newberry, John	11 years				Pneumonia
1	2	Bryant, Mary F.	18 years				Quinsy
1	3	Miller, Mary F.	1 year				Unknown
1	4	Miller, William	2 years	Male	White		Hives
1	5	Miller, Susan	2 months	Female	White		Hives
1	6	Riley, Margaret	4 years	Female	White		Diarrhea
1	7	Lee, Isabella	1 year	Female			Spasms
1	8	Donalson, E.					Unknown
1	9	Donalson, Henry	1 year	Male			Scarlet fever
1	10	Norris, Ichabod					Unknown
1	11	Norris, Ferriby	35 years	Female			Fever
1	13	[Unnamed male]	80 years	Male	Black	Slave	Gravel	Enslaved by Nancy Sheffield
1	14	[Unnamed male]	1 day	Male	Black	Slave	Unknown	Enslaved by Nancy Sheffield
1	15	Bell, John	35 years	Male	White		Diarrhea
1	17	[Unnamed female]	1 month	Female	Black	Slave	Unknown	Enslaved by William Gilbert
1	18	[Unnamed male]	7 days	Male	Black	Slave	Cold	Enslaved by William Gilbert
1	19	Palmer, Daniel W.		Male	White		Unknown
1	20	Palmer, Susan	4 months	Female	White		Unknown
1	21	Parker, Ewen			White		Unknown
1	22	Turner, Martha	5 years	Female	White		Dropsy
1	23	Miller, Nathaniel	1 day	Male	Black	Slave	Bleeding
1	24	Irwin, Caroline	23 years	Female	White		Pneumonia
1	25	Lanier, L. H.			White		Unknown
1	26	Lanier, James	1 day	Male	White		Unknown
1	27	Taylor, Carey		Female			Unknown
1	28	Taylor, Abby	13 years	Female			Dropsy
1	29	Taylor, Henry	11 years	Male			Dropsy
1	31	[Unnamed male]	6 months	Male	Black	Slave	Unknown	Enslaved by William Gainer
1	32	Grant, Mary	45 years	Female	White
1	33	Gainer, Joseph		Male	White
1	34	Gainer, James	2 years	Male			Congestive chill
1	35	Hooey, James	56 years	Male	White		Pneumonia
2	1	McCormack, William	1 year	Male	White		Pneumonia
2	2	Ferguson, John	27 years	Male	White		Murdered
2	3	Gainer, Mary A.	3 years	Female	White		Pneumonia
2	4	Cyfrett, Elizabeth	1 year	Female	White		Diarrhea
2	5	Wells, Mary	12 years	Female	White		Unknown
2	6	Slay, William	60 years	Male	White		Cancer
2	8	[Unnamed male]	1 day	Male	Black	Slave	Unknown	Enslaved by Elizabeth Everett
2	10	[Unnamed male]	5 months	Male	Black	Slave	Trismus nascentium (lockjaw)	Enslaved by D. P. Everett
2	11	[Unnamed female]	5 months	Female	Black	Slave	Trismus nascentium (lockjaw)	Enslaved by D. P. Everett
2	12	Wood, William	9 years	Male	White		Unknown
2	13	Melvin, Daniel		Male	White		Unknown
2	14	Melvin, James	1 day	Male	White		Unknown
2	15	Cox, Sarah	30 years	Female	White		Fever
2	16	Abbitt, Roxa	11 years	Female	White		Dropsy
2	17	Daniels, Eliza	21 years	Female	White		Unknown
2	19	[Unnamed male]	2 months	Male	Black	Slave	Fever	Enslaved by Stephen Daniels
2	21	[Unnamed male]	10 days	Male	Black	Slave	Infantile erysipelas	Enslaved by William Potter
2	22	Worthington, Martha	27 years	Female	White		Pneumonia
2	24	[Unnamed female]	6 months	Female	Black	Slave	Unknown	Enslaved by Springer S. Gibson
2	25	[Unnamed female]	8 months	Female	Black	Slave	Unknown	Enslaved by Springer S. Gibson
2	26	[Unnamed female]	1 day	Female	Black	Slave	Unknown	Enslaved by Springer S. Gibson
2	28	[Unnamed female]	3 days	Female	Black		Unknown	Enslaved by Charnick Gillstrap
2	29	Bronson, Daniel	56 years	Male	White		Pneumonia
2	30	Horne, William P.	8 days	Male	Black	Slave	Unknown

Collection ID

Subject - Person

Newberry, John, ca.1849-ca.1860

Bryant, Mary F., ca.1842-ca.1860

Miller, Mary F., ca.1859-ca.1860

Miller, William, ca.1858-ca.1860

Miller, Susan, ca.1860-ca.1860

Riley, Margaret, ca.1856-ca.1860

Lee, Isabella, ca.1859-ca.1860

Donalson, E., d. ca.1860

Donalson, Henry, ca.1859-ca.1860

Norris, Ichabod, d. ca.1860

Norris, Ferriby, ca.1825-ca.1860

[Unnamed male], ca.1780-ca.1860 (enslaved by Nancy Sheffield)

[Unnamed male], ca.1860-ca.1860 (enslaved by Nancy Sheffield)

Bell, John, ca.1825-ca.1860

[Unnamed female], ca.1860-ca.1860 (enslaved by William Gilbert)

[Unnamed male], ca.1860-ca.1860 (enslaved by William Gilbert)

Palmer, Daniel W., d. ca.1860

Palmer, Susan, ca.1860-ca.1860

Parker, Ewen, d. ca.1860

Turner, Martha, ca.1855-ca.1860

Miller, Nathaniel, ca.1860-ca.1860 (enslaved person)

Irwin, Caroline, ca.1837-ca.1860

Lanier, L. H., d. ca.1860

Lanier, James, ca.1860-ca.1860

Taylor, Carey, d. ca.1860

Taylor, Abby, ca.1847-ca.1860

Taylor, Henry, ca.1849-ca.1860

[Unnamed male], ca.1860-ca.1860 (enslaved by William Gainer)

Grant, Mary, ca.1815-ca.1860

Gainer, Joseph, d. ca.1860

Gainer, James, ca.1858-ca.1860

Hooey, James, ca.1804-ca.1860

McCormack, William, ca.1859-ca.1860

Ferguson, John, ca.1833-ca.1860

Gainer, Mary A., ca.1857-ca.1860

Cyfrett, Elizabeth, ca.1859-ca.1860

Wells, Mary, ca.1848-ca.1860

Slay, William, ca.1800-ca.1860

[Unnamed male], ca.1860-ca.1860 (enslaved by Elizabeth Everett)

[Unnamed male], ca.1860-ca.1860 (enslaved by D. P. Everett)

[Unnamed female], ca.1860-ca.1860 (enslaved by D. P. Everett)

Wood, William, ca.1851-ca.1860

Melvin, Daniel, d. ca.1860

Melvin, James, ca.1860-ca.1860

Cox, Sarah, ca.1830-ca.1860

Abbitt, Roxa, ca.1849-ca.1860

Daniels, Eliza, ca.1839-ca.1860

[Unnamed male], ca.1860-ca.1860 (enslaved by Stephen Daniels)

[Unnamed male], ca.1860-ca.1860 (enslaved by William Potter)

Worthington, Martha, ca.1833-ca.1860

[Unnamed female], ca.1860-ca.1860 (enslaved by Springer S. Gibson)

[Unnamed female], ca.1860-ca.1860 (enslaved by Charnick Gillstrap)

Bronson, Daniel, ca.1804-ca.1860

Horne, William P., ca.1860-ca.1860 (enslaved person)

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Washington County (Fla.)

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United States. Department of the Interior. Washington County Mortality Schedule for the Federal Census of 1860. 1860. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/345709>, accessed 28 December 2024.

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United States. Department of the Interior. Washington County Mortality Schedule for the Federal Census of 1860. 1860. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 28 Dec. 2024.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/345709>

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