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Wakulla County Mortality Schedule for the Federal Census of 1850

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State Archives of Florida, Series S1200

Description

Mortality schedule for the United States Census of 1850 for Wakulla County documenting persons who died during the year ending June 1, 1850.

Date

1850

Census Taker's Remarks

The water is generally limestone. The soil is light & sandy and in many places filled or bedded with lime rock. Long leaf or yellow pine is the general growth. Only in hammocks where the white oak & hickory and the Magnolia Bay are very plentiful and swamp abounds in the spontaneous growth of cabbage palmetto. Lime & marl are the natural fertilizers in this county.

Creator

United States. Department of the Interior.

Contributors

Braswell, Simeon A.

Format

Census Records

Coverage

Florida's Early Statehood Period (1845-1861)

Subjects

Census data
Death--Causes--Statistics
Mortality

Personal Subjects

Geographic Term

Wakulla County (Fla.)

Page	Line	Name	Age	Sex	Race	Listed as Slave	Cause of Death
1	1	Daughtry, Sarah W.	43 years	Female	White		Erysipelas A bacterial infection of the skin that sometimes spread to internal organs and the bloodstream. The disease was sometimes confused with shingles. Some cases were very mild and only caused localized symptoms and discomfort, but the condition could quickly turn more serious in the absence of modern antibiotics (Hooper, Lexicon Medicum, 1860).
1	2	Elvira	7 years	Female	Mulatto	Slave	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	3	Moses	80 years	Male	Black	Slave	Apoplexy Sudden incapacitation, loss of sensation and cessation of motion caused by a stroke or hemorrhaging in the brain (Dunglison, A Dictionary of Medical Science, 1893).
1	4	Spencer	9 years	Male	Black	Slave	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	5	Bateman, Charles	40 years	Male	Black	Slave	Pleurisy Inflammation of the pleura, two membranes separating the lungs from the walls of the chest cavity (Dunglison, A Dictionary of Medical Science, 1893).
1	6	Williams, William	27 years	Male	White		Fever
1	7	Page, Samuel M.	4 months	Male	White		Fever
1	8	Smith	1 month	Male	Black	Slave	Worms This could refer to any of a number of intestinal infections involving hookworms, roundworms, or similar parasites.
1	9	Lewis, Tabitha	35 years	Female	White		Congestive fever
1	10	Rose	25 years	Female	Black	Slave	Lungs [?]
1	11	Giles, Ansel R. [?]	3 years	Male	White		Inflamation of bowels
1	12	Frank	2 months	Male	Black	Slave	Smothered
1	13	Roberts, Sarah	7 years	Female	White		Worms This could refer to any of a number of intestinal infections involving hookworms, roundworms, or similar parasites.
1	14	Roberts, Julia	1 year	Female	White		Fever
1	15	Roddenberry, Sarah	32 years	Female	White		Peuric fever [?]
1	16	Reeves, Solomon	50 years	Male	White		Piles
1	17	Theophilus	17 years	Male	Black	Slave	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	18	Richmond	6 months	Male	Black	Slave	Teething Another name for dentition, the eruption of new teeth in an infant. This process sometimes caused an infection that triggered a fever. In the absence of modern fever reducers or antiseptic agents these infections could sometimes cause serious symptoms and even death (Dunglison, A Dictionary of Medical Science, 1893).

Title

Wakulla County Mortality Schedule for the Federal Census of 1850

Subject

Census data

Mortality

Death--Causes--Statistics

Description

Mortality schedule for the United States Census of 1850 for Wakulla County documenting persons who died during the year ending June 1, 1850.

Creator

United States. Department of the Interior.

Source

State Archives of Florida, Series S1200

Date

1850

Contributor

Braswell, Simeon A.

Format

census records

Language

eng-US

Type

Text

Identifier

s1200_mortality_wakulla_1850

Coverage

Florida's Early Statehood Period (1845-1861)

Transcript

Page	Line	Name	Age	Sex	Race	Listed as Slave	Cause of Death
1	1	Daughtry, Sarah W.	43 years	Female	White		Erysipelas
1	2	Elvira	7 years	Female	Mulatto	Slave	Diarrhea
1	3	Moses	80 years	Male	Black	Slave	Apoplexy
1	4	Spencer	9 years	Male	Black	Slave	Dropsy
1	5	Bateman, Charles	40 years	Male	Black	Slave	Pleurisy
1	6	Williams, William	27 years	Male	White		Fever
1	7	Page, Samuel M.	4 months	Male	White		Fever
1	8	Smith	1 month	Male	Black	Slave	Worms
1	9	Lewis, Tabitha	35 years	Female	White		Congestive fever
1	10	Rose	25 years	Female	Black	Slave	Lungs [?]
1	11	Giles, Ansel R. [?]	3 years	Male	White		Inflamation of bowels
1	12	Frank	2 months	Male	Black	Slave	Smothered
1	13	Roberts, Sarah	7 years	Female	White		Worms
1	14	Roberts, Julia	1 year	Female	White		Fever
1	15	Roddenberry, Sarah	32 years	Female	White		Peuric fever [?]
1	16	Reeves, Solomon	50 years	Male	White		Piles
1	17	Theophilus	17 years	Male	Black	Slave	Dropsy
1	18	Richmond	6 months	Male	Black	Slave	Teething

Collection ID

Subject - Person

Daughtry, Sarah W., ca.1807-ca.1850

Elvira, ca.1843-ca.1850 (enslaved person)

Moses, ca.1770-ca.1850 (enslaved person)

Spencer, ca.1841-ca.1850 (enslaved person)

Bateman, Charles, ca.1810-ca.1850 (enslaved person)

Williams, William, ca.1823-ca.1850

Page, Samuel M., ca.1850-ca.1850

Smith, ca.1850-ca.1850 (enslaved person)

Lewis, Tabitha, ca.1815-ca.1850

Rose, ca.1825-ca.1850 (enslaved person)

Giles, Ansel R. [?], ca.1847-ca.1850

Frank, ca.1850-ca.1850 (enslaved person)

Roberts, Sarah, ca.1843-ca.1850

Roberts, Julia, ca.1849-ca.1850

Roddenberry, Sarah, ca.1818-ca.1850

Reeves, Solomon, ca.1800-ca.1850

Theophilus, ca.1833-ca.1850 (enslaved person)

Richmond, ca.1850-ca.1850 (enslaved person)

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Geographic Term

Wakulla County (Fla.)

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United States. Department of the Interior. Wakulla County Mortality Schedule for the Federal Census of 1850. 1850. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/345672>, accessed 30 November 2024.

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United States. Department of the Interior. Wakulla County Mortality Schedule for the Federal Census of 1850. 1850. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/345672>

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Wakulla County Mortality Schedule for the Federal Census of 1850

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