Terrell Co. Georgia
1870 Mortality Records
There were 12 items to be filled in, not all were completed. I spelled each item as it
was on the original copy so it is subject to my own interpretation.
1. Number of the Family as given in the 2d column of Schedule 1
2. Name of every person who died during the year ending June 1, 1870,
whose place of abode at the time of death was in this family.
3. Age Last birthday. If under one year, give months in fractions, as 3/12
4. Sex - Males (M) Females (F)
5. Color - White (W), Black (B), Mulatto (M), Chinese (Ch.), Indian (I.)
6. Married (M) or Widowed (W)
7. Place of Birth, naming the State or Territory of the US, or the country,
if of foreign birth.
8. Father of foreign birth
9. Mother of foreign birth
10. The month in which the person died.
11. Profession, Occupation, or Trade
12. Disease or Cause of Death
Terrell Co. GA, 1870 page 288a
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
17 Daniel Butler 42 M B M NC - - Jan Farmer Typhoid Pneumonia
18 Daniel Butler 10 M B - GA - - Mar - Worms
105 Bealah Rogers 2 F B - GA - - Mar - Pneumonia
227 Harrison Ruffin 25 M B M GA - - Feb Farm Laborer Typhoid Pneumonia
84 Carrie Whitfield 1 F B - GA - - Jan - Pneumonia
354 William Bentley 6 M B - GA - - Jan - Inflammation of Brain
354 Melissa Bentley 2/12 F B - GA - - Feb - Congestion of Brain
354 Narcissa Bentley 2/12 F B - GA - - Feb - Congestion of Brain
354 Babe Bentley 1 M B - GA - - Mar - Inflamation of Brain
362 Richardson May 65 M B M VA - - Apr Farmer Dropsy of Chest
383 William Bishop 8 M W - GA - - Sep - Spinal Meningitis?
420 Charley Billington 2/12 M B - GA - - Dec - Spasmodic Fits?
463 Mary Lucy Oxford 26 F W M GA - - Apr Keeping House Typhoid Pneumonia
484 Phillis Parker 33 F B M GA - - Dec Keeping House Child Birth
484 Nancy (NLN*) 2 F B - GA - - Nov - Dropsy of chest
516 William Ellenberg 1 M W - AL - - Sep - Congestion of Brain
522 Katy Marshall 1 F B - GA - - Mar - Typhoid Pneumonia
538 Ellen Crapps 36 F W M SC - - Jul Keeping House Consumption
534 George P. Jennings 1 M W - GA - - Dec - Teething
549 Sarah Dale 53 F W M GA - - Jan Keeping House Typhoid Pneumonia
556 Mary Rebecca Lundy 1 F W - GA - - Jul - Bilious Typhoid Fever
557 Dilcey Ann Josey 30 F B M GA - - Nov Keeping House Childbirth
604 Sarah E. Ramsey 20 F W M GA - - Jul Keeping House Inflamation of Bowel
NN* Babe Oliver 1/12 M B - GA - - Mar Infant Smothered by Mother
642 Lucy Waller 60 F B W SC - - Oct Keeping House Bilious Fever
668 John Lee Marshall 4 M W - GA - - Sep - Congestive Fever
681 William H. Washington 3/12 M B - GA - - Apr - Convulsion
749 Mary Odum 32 F B M GA - - Jan Keeping House Inflamation of Bowel
817 Parthenia Paris 78 F W W NC - - --- Keeping House Old age
843 Lou Wyatt 6 F W - GA - - Jul - Congestion of Brain
849 Daniel Kennedy 76 M W M NC - - Nov Farmer Asthma
897 Francis Smith 1 F B - GA - - May - Intermittent Fever
910 Jane Griffin 35 F B M GA - - May Keeping House Bilious Fever
913 George Byrd 23 M B - GA - - Feb Farm Laborer Apoplexy
NN* Benjamin Kelly 3 M B - GA - - May Dropsy Dropsy
*NLN-No last Name
*NN- No Number
Some of the listings had cause also in the Occupation column (mostly childrens).
Total # of deaths, 35
No of white males, 5
No of white females, 7
No of black males, 11
No of black females, 12
No of mulatto males 0
No of mulatto females, 0
No of married, 11 (12)
No of widowed, 2
Total foreign born, 0
Remarks: It is almost impossible or quite so to ascertain the number of deaths amongst the
Infants. Some of the whites & mostly amongst the colors have moved off and left no family
name of child, time of death, nor disease, one white & two colors have been reported to me
of the above class.
Terrell Co. GA 1870 page 288b
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
833 Abigail Johnson 21 F B - GA - - Apr Farm Laborer Congestive Fever
1013 Lucinda Hood 53 F W M GA - - Nov Keeping House Inflamation of Stomach
1016 Mattie Price 1 F W - GA - - Jun - Teething
1018 Sarah Pope 2 F B - GA - - Jul - Teething
1019 Mary Richards 1 F B - GA - - Dec - Pneumonia
1049 Sarah Awtry 2/12 F B - GA - - Dec - Convulsion
1048 Lucy Brown 60 F B W SC - - Sep Keeping House Bilious Fever
1046 Mittie Waller 2 F B - GA - - Sep - Bilious ? Fever
1105 Elizabeth Gardner 20 F B M GA - - Aug Keeping House Child-Birth
1141 Sallie Parish 3 F W - GA - - Aug - Congestion of Brain
1144 Mildred Register 48 F W W SC - - Mar Keeping House Dropsy of chest
1196 Vandalia Bowen 1 F W - GA - - Feb - Cholera Infantism
1306 Hezekiah Bozeman 4/12 M W - GA - - Feb - Inflamation of Bowel
1394 Austin Whittick 2 M B - GA - - May - Congestion of Bowels
1577 Ida Bostwick 4 F B - GA - - Feb - Pneumonia
1577 Manes Bostwick 2 F B - GA - - Mar - Typhoid Fever
1580 Paralee Stubbs 1 F B - GA - - May - Teething
1583 Lucy Williams 70 F B W NC - - Feb Keeping House Typhoid Pneumonia
1583 Judge Williams 1 M B - GA - - Feb - Pneumonia
1610 King Holt 50 M M W GA - - May Farm Laborer Typhoid Fever
1632 Margaret Burton 20 F B M SC - - Mar Keeping House Dropsy of chest
1632 Benjamin Burton 1 M B - GA - - Apr - Bilious Fever
1665 Harriet Bynum 53 F W W SC - - Nov Keeping House Pneumonia
1756 Mary Pratt 1 F B - GA - - May - Pneumonia
1821 Luke Boston 2 M B - GA - - Apr - Typhoid Pneumonia
1830 Samuel Pall 60 M B M NC - - Mar Farm Laborer Meningitis
1904 Mary Crapp 65 F B W SC - - Jan Keeping House Dropsy of chest
1934 Stephen Cavalier 1 M B - GA - - Dec - Intermittent Fever
1935 Rose Kendrick 20 F B M GA - - Mar Keeping House Child Birth
2043 Abram Mound 1 M W - GA - - Mar - Flux
2045 Silas Knott 10 M B - GA - - Feb Idiot Burnt to Death
2808 Sarah Johnson 22 F B M GA - - Jan Keeping House Childbirth
2165 Samuel Asbury 1 M B - GA - - Mar - Typhoid Pneumonia
2155 Peter Handy 2 M B - GA - - Nov - Intermittent Bilious Fever
2200 Polk Richards 25 M B - GA - - --- Mill Hand Dropsy of chest
Total # of deaths, 70, 35
No of white males, 8 (2)
No of white females, 13 (6)
No of black males, 22 (10)
No of black females, 28 (16)
No of mulatto males, 1
No of mulatto females, 0
No of married, 17 (6)
No of widowed, 8 (6)
Total foreign born, 0
Remarks: Henry Arthur Cold. was murdered in April by Perry Kitchens no family to report
R. Fletcher white was murdered in August by John Lee no family to report
Jno. Lee white was assasainated in Jail by unknown Persons, no family to report
Terrell Co. GA 1870 page 289a
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
12 Daniel L. D. Perryman 30 M W M GA - - Dec Physician Typhoid Pneumonia
13 Chauncey Botsford 36 M W M CT - - Jan Farmer Typhoid Pneumonia
42 Ella Former 1 F B - GA - - Jan - Pneumonia
333 Louisa Whitby 32 F W M GA - - Dec - Pneumonia
Total # of deaths, 4
No of white males, 2
No of white females, 1
No of black males, 0
No of black females, 1
No of mulatto males 0
No of mulatto females, 0
No of married, 3
No of widowed, 0
Total foreign born, 0
Georgia Terrell County
I do hereby certify the forgoing to be correct
of all the deaths reported to me in Sub Division No 121 Terrell County Georgia
No of pages 3
August the 18, 1870 L. Bryan Asst. Marshal
Transcribed from microfilm copies of original mortality
schedule by Betty Johnson October 1998.