1880 U. S. Federal Census Mortality Schedule
Hancock County, Georgia , Enumeration District 48
Militia District 116
Deaths occured June 1 1879- May 31, 1880
Family No. Name Age Sex Color S, M W, D Born Occup. Month Died Cause of Death No. Yrs 
in Co.		 Physician
275 Lora Simmons 2 F B S Ga - June Whooping Cough 2 Thomas Jones
275 Corneilus _______ 1 M B S Ga - June Whooping Cough 1 Thomas Jones
277 Ceily Simmons 2 F B S Ga - Jun Scrofula 2 None
297 Lula Wilson 22 F W S Ga - Jul Measles 3 mos John Courson
298 Willie Lattimore 8 mos M B S Ga - Jun Measles 8 mos None
325 ______ ______ - F W S Ga - Jan Stillbirth - None
339 Emma Davis 18 F B S Ga Farm Hand Aug Typhoid fever 18 John courson
352 ______ _______ 1 mo F B S Ga - Feb Croup 1 mo  None
355 Annie Mosely 3 F B S Ga - Oct Croup 3 None
357 Charlott Wallace 24 F B M Ga Farm Hand May Consumption 24 None
360 Charlotte Milliron 4 mos F B S Ga - Oct Croup 9 mos None
361 Laura Grandy 13 F B S Ga Farm Hand June Diptheria 13  John Courson
364 June Staunton 1 F W S Ga - Oct Teething - Wm. Alfriend
365 Willie Pinkston 3 mos M B S Ga - Apr Found Dead 3 mos None
383 Mary Haines 2 F B S Ga - Jan Diptheria 2 None
383 Ezela Thomas 1 F B S Ga - Sep Teething 1 John Courson
385 Charlotte Wells 35 F B M Ga Farm Hand May Consumption 35 William Rogers
388 _______ _______ - F B S Ga- Dec Still birth - John Courson
Remarks: I find that physicians have taken so little interest in recording deaths, that these statements will be of no interest to the census department - subsequently the blanks on left open  ___. No disease of a peculiar character in my district. ?
J. S. Lawrence
 
1880 U. S. Federal Census Mortality Schedule
Hancock County, Georgia , Enumeration District 48
Militia District 117
Deaths occured June 1 1879- May 31, 1880
Famly No. Name Age Sex Color S, M,
W, D		 Born Occup. Month Died Cause of Death No. Yrs in Co. Physician
46 Mary Barnes (31) F B M Ga Cook in family Sep
(died in Lexington)		 Tumor of ovaries  15 Butts __M.D.
49 Bettie Dickson 34 F B M Ga Work on farm Aug Childbirth 12 Wallace Buttts
49 Georgie Dickson 15 days F B S Ga - Apr ?Inanition - None
62 Seab Traywick 9 mos M B S Ga - Jan Measles 9 mos John Stone
65 Joe Temples 1 M B S Ga - Feb Measles 1 None
91 Ann Roberts 70 F W M Ga Keeping house Jan Pneumonia 45 Robert Stone
103 Willie Lewis 2 M B S Ga - Jun Unknown - None
113 Eulice Thomas 7 mos F B S Ga - Aug Cholera Infantum 7 mos John Courson
121 Oscelola Boyer 24 M W S Ga Farmer Sep Typhoid Fever 24
(died in Midville)		 William Gilmore
126 Thomas Reives 2 mos M B S Ga - Oct Measles 2 mos Robert Stone
125 Alice Speights 10 F B M Ga Laborer Nov Childbirth 19 John Stone
133 Adaline Simpson
(father born NC)		 20 F W S Ga Farm hand Jul Typhoid fever 20 Baker
135 Alice Harrison 9 F W S Ga - Oct Congestive chill 9 John Stone
136 John Peiler 5 days M B S Ga - Apr Croup - None
136  Ella ___ 1 F B S Ga - Sep Measles 1 None
141  Ben Lewis 1 M B S Ga - Sep Cholorea Infantum 1 None
142 Easter ___ 30 F B M Va Laborer Sep Consumption 30 John Stone
142 Claude Prescott 4 F B S GA - Jun Measles 4 John Courson
146 Liddy Traylor
(father born Ga)		 72 F B W Ms - Jul Dropsy of chest 68 None
151 Malinda Carr 75 F B W ga Midwife Oct Dropsy 75 None
156 John Reynolds
(mothe r born S.C.)		 18 M B S Ga Laborer Jun Typhoid fever 18 Robert Stone
160 Hill Roberts 1 M B S Ga - Jun Croup 1 None
186 Mary McCook 2 F W S Ga - Apr Croup 2 John Stone
190 Robert Rhodes 3 M W S Ga - Jun Burned 3 Thomas Jones
192 ___ ___ - F W S Ga - Sep Stillbirth - None
200 Fannie Williams 1 mo F B S Ga - Apr Unknown 1 mo None
204 Edward Pounds 1 mo M W S Ga - Mar Disease of throat - Thomas Jones
213 Mary Butts 19 F W S Ga At Home Aug measles 19 John Courson
213 Mattie Amos 18 F W S Ga At HOme Jul Measles 18 John Courson
220 James Reynolds
(father born S.C.)		 53 M W M Ga Farmer Oct Pneuomnia 3 mos None
231 Moses Grandy 3 days M B S Ga - May Croup 3 days None
270 Henny Thomas 2 F B S Ga - May Poisoned by laundum 2 Thomas Jones
270 Mary Thomas 1 F B S Ga - Nov Measles - Thomas Jones
271 Larkin Simmons 65 M B M Ga Farmer Dec Dropsy 65 Thomas Jones
271 Emily Simmons 60 F B M Ga Farm Hand Nov Dysentery 60 Thomas Jones
271 ___ ___ - F B S Ga - Oct Stillbirth - None
Source: United States Federal Mortality Census Schedules, 1880 (formerly in the custody of the Daughters of the American Revolution), and Related Indexes 1880. T655,  National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C

Transcribed by Eileen Babb McAdams Nov. 2005
 
 


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