Leon County Genealogy Project
1885 Mortality Schedule For Leon County
KEY:
1 - Name of the person deceased
2 - Age at last birthday
3 - Sex: Male (m), Female (f)
4 - Color: White (w), Black (b), Mulatto (m), Chinese (ch), Indian (I)
5 - Single (s), Married (m), Widowed (w), Divorced (d)
6 - Place of birth of this person - Father's place of birth - Mother's place of birth
7 - Profession, occupation or trade (not to be asked if under 10 years of age)
8 - Month in which the person died
9 - Disease or cause of death
10 - Length of time that this person lived in this county
[X = blank]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Adams, Martha |
19 | f | w | m | FL-GA-GA | X | Jan | childbirth | 19 |
| Adams, Mathew | 14 | m | b | s | FL-FL-FL | laborer | Jan | don't know | 14 |
| Aldrich, Mary |
17 | f | b | s | FL-FL-FL | laborer | Nov | hemmorrhage | 17 |
| Baby | 1day | m | w | s | FL-FL-FL | X | Sep | X | 1day |
| Banks, Margaret |
4 | f | b | X | FL-FL-FL | X | Mar | dropsy | 4 |
| Barney, Clara |
43 | f | b | m | FL-FL-FL | laborer | Mar | pneumonia | 43 |
| Barrs, Arthur |
1 | m | w | s | FL-GA-FL | X | Sep | complication of diseases | 1 |
| Barrs, John A. |
15 | m | w | s | FL-GA-FL | laborer | Feb | complication of diseases | 3 |
| Barrs, L. E. |
26 | f | w | m | FL-NY-FL | housekeeper | Feb | congestive pneumonia | 15 |
| Beatie, Allice |
25 | f | b | m | FL-FL-FL | laborer | Mar | hemmorrhage | 25 |
| Boatwright, J.L. |
50 | m | w | m | FL | butcher | Jul | pneumonia | 50 |
| Boatwright, Mary |
45 | f | w | m | FL | X | Mar | pneumonia | 45 |
| Brainleft, Misouri |
17 | f | w | X | FL-FL-FL | X | May | dropsy | 2 |
| *Bryant, Elizabeth |
1 | f | b | s | FL-FL-FL | X | May | pneumonia | 3mo |
| Bryant, Homer |
70 | m | b | m | NC-NC-NC | minister | Dec | pneumonia | 1 |
| Bull, Dalceida |
83 | f | w | w | Fr-Fr-Fr | X | Nov | Decay | 50 |
| Burgess, Nazareth |
1 | m | b | X | FL-FL-FL | X | Jun | convulsions | 1 |
| Burny, Infant |
2mo | f | b | X | FL-FL-FL | X | Feb | whooping cough | 2mo |
| Byrd, W.P. |
26 | m | w | m | FL-FL-NC | lawyer | Aug | malarial hemog. fever | 26 |
| Campbell, Hannah |
70 | f | b | d | GA-GA-GA | cook | May | paralytic stroke | 35 |
| Chairs, Douglass |
2 | m | w | X | FL-FL-GA | X | Nov | congestion | 2 |
| Chairs, Green |
69 | f | w | m | GA-GA-GA | farmer | Feb | urinary infection | 50 |
| Chandler, John |
1 | m | b | X | FL-GA-FL | X | Jan | diphtheria | 1 |
| Child | 1day | m | b | s | FL -X-FL | X | Mar | debility | 1day |
| Christmas, Alice |
17 | f | m | s | NC-NC-NC | seamstress | Feb | hemmorrhage | 6 |
| Cofield, Victoria |
3 | f | b | X | FL-FL-FL | X | Jun | drowned in a well | 3 |
| Cook, Henry |
11mo | m | w | s | FL-FL-FL | X | Sep | inflammation of bowels | 11mo |
| Cooper, Ephraim |
47 | m | b | m | FL-NC-NC | Carpenter | Mar | pneumonia | 47 |
| Craig, John A. |
48 | m | w | m | MD-MD-MD | farmer | Feb | pneumonia | 27 |
| Crawley, Rebecca |
11 | f | b | X | FL-FL-FL | X | May | convulsions | 19 |
| Cricklow, Amanda |
47 | f | w | w | FL-TN-SC | housekeeper | May | consumption | 47 |
| Dantzler, James | 2mo | m | b | X | FL-FL-FL | X | Feb | whooping cough | 2mo |
| Decorcie, Mini |
68 | f | w | 1 | Fr-Fr-Fr | farmer | Apr | pneumonia | 48 |
| Delphi Nix |
2 | f | b | s | FL-FL-FL | X | Jul | poisoned | 2 |
| Demilt, A.P. |
53 | m | w | X | NY-NY-NY | comm. trav. | Sep | bowel disease | 3 |
| Dent, Julia |
25 | f | m | m | FL-SC-FL | cook | Dec | typhoid malarial fever | 24 |
| Dorsey, John Wes. | m | b | s | FL-FL-FL | X | Jun | brain disease | 4mo | |
| Dorsey, Starling | 2 | m | b | s | FL-FL-FL | X | Oct | brain disease | 2 |
| Duhart, James |
87 | m | b | w | VA-VA-VA | laborer | May | disentery | 20 |
| Evans, Robert | 37 | m | m | m | FL-GA-GA | Painter | Sep | typhoid malarial fever | 4 |
| *Fairbanks, Andrew | 35 | m | w | s | FL-ME-FL | conductor | Dec | meningitis & paralysis | 34 |
| Fleming, Celeste | 23 | f | w | s | FL-SC-SC | X | Dec | pneumonia | 23 |
| Footman, Julia A. |
26 | f | w | m | SC-SC-SC | X | Sep | malerial fever | 5 |
| Footman, Nettie B. |
1day | f | w | X | FL-FL-FL | X | Aug | cholera infantuus | 1 day |
| Frierson, Wilson |
44 | m | b | m | AL-AL-AL | laborer | Dec | effects of broken leg | 30 |
| Fulsum, Hessee |
30 | f | b | 1 | FL | laborer | Mar | childbirth | 30 |
| *Gallic, Alex |
1 | m | w | s | GA-TN-FL | X | Apr | membranous croup | X |
| Gibbons, Nancy C. |
5 | f | w | X | FL-GA-FL | X | Aug | brain fever | 5 |
| Giles, Josephine |
7mo | f | b | s | FL-FL-FL | X | Aug | chronic diarrhea | 7mo |
| Gipson, James |
27 | m | b | m | FL-FL-FL | laborer | Mar | pneumonia | 27 |
| Hale, R. L. |
48 | m | w | m | FL-NC-NC | farmer | Jan | dropsy | 48 |
| Hammond, Ann |
3mo | f | b | X | FL-FL-FL | X | Apr | whooping cough | 3mo |
| Harrison, Clarissa |
3 | f | b | s | FL-FL-FL | X | Oct | kidney disease | 3 |
| *Hawkins, Wm. Henry |
29 | m | b | s | FL-NC-KY | cook | Aug | drowned | 28 |
| Hendon, Baby |
2 | m | b | s | FL-FL-FL | X | Jun | X | 2 |
| Hill, Richard |
35 | m | b | m | FL-VA-VA | laborer | Sep | pneumonia | 35 |
| Hogan, Pearl |
1 | f | b | X | FL-FL-FL | X | Aug | dropsy | 1 |
| Holloway, Abram |
65 | m | b | m | NC-NC-NC | laborer | Jan | general debility | 27 |
| Holloway, Allice | f | m | m | FL-NC-FL | laborer | Feb | pneumonia | 19 | |
| Holms, Celia |
39 | f | b | X | FL-FL-FL | laborer | Jan | dropped dead | 39 |
| Hopkins, Green D. |
50 | m | w | m | FL-GA-GA | farmer | Jan | pneumonia | 50 |
| Hopkins, Jesse |
3mo | m | b | s | FL-FL-FL | X | May | pneumonia | 3mo |
| Horger, W. T. |
40 | m | w | s | FL-FL-FL | farmer | Jul | congestion of the brain | 40 |
| Humphers, Daniel |
2 | m | b | X | FL-FL-FL | X | Apr | pneumonia | 2 |
| Hunter, Ann |
43 | f | b | m | FL-FL-FL | laborer | Sep | congestive fever | 43 |
| Hurst, Martha |
16 | f | b | s | FL-FL-FL | laborer | Jan | pneumonia | 16 |
| Hutto, Ola Bell |
4 | f | w | X | FL-FL-FL | X | Jun | congestion of the brain | 4 |
| *Jackson, Henry |
23 | m | b | s | AL-NC-NC | farmhand | Jul | crushed to death | 22 |
| Jackson, Lewis |
18 | m | b | s | FL-FL-FL | laborer | May | congestion | 18 |
| Jackson, Selim | 6mo | m | b | s | FL-FL-GA | X | Jun | brain fever | 6mo |
| Johnson, Louisa | 1 | f | b | X | FL-FL-FL | X | Aug | congestion of bowels | 1 |
| Jones, Eve |
105 | f | b | w | NC-NC-NC | laborer | Apr | affection of the heart | 6 |
| Jones, George H. |
24 | m | b | s | FL-NC-NC | waiter | May | crushed to death | 24 |
| Jones, Mary |
73 | f | b | w | GA-GA-GA | laborer | Jan | decay | 46 |
| Kelley, Lillian |
1 | f | w | X | FL-FL-FL | X | Apr | cholera infection | 1 |
| Kelly, Angus H. |
3 | m | w | X | FL-FL-FL | X | Jan | billious fever | 3 |
| Knight, Adeline | 55 | f | b | m | FL-SC-NC | housekeeper | Sep | dropsy of the heart | ? |
| *Kwilecki, M. |
32 | m | w | s | Ge-Ge-Ge | merchant | Nov | brain fever | 1 |
| Leon, Robert |
45 | m | b | m | NC-NC-NC | laborer | Feb | pneumonia | 40 |
| Levy, H.C. |
44 | m | w | m | FL-NC-FL | farmer | Mar | pneumonia | 44 |
| Lindsey, Mariah | 35 | f | b | m | FL-VA-FL | laborer | Apr | dropsy | 35 |
| Mitchell, Goodie E. | 21 | f | w | m | GA-FL-GA | X | Jul | malerial blood poison | 20 |
| Mitchell, Richard H. | 2 | m | w | X | FL-FL-FL | X | Aug | congestion | 2 |
| Moore, Alex |
33 | m | b | m | FL-VA-VA | barber | Feb | X | 33 |
| Nix, Barney |
8mo | m | b | s | FL-FL-FL | X | Jul | poisoned | 8mo |
| Norman, Amanda | 24 | f | b | s | FL-FL-FL | laborer | Apr | childbirth | 24 |
| Not Named, Christine | 1mo | f | w | X | FL-FL-FL | X | Feb | cholera infantuus | 1mo |
| Oliver, Hattie | 43 | f | b | d | FL-NC-NC | cook | Sep | ulceration of stomach | ?? |
| O'Neal, Jesse | 1 | m | b | X | FL-FL-FL | X | Jul | congestive fever | 1 |
| Pepper, James D. | 37 | m | w | m | GA-GA-GA | butcher | May | pneumonia | 10 |
| Pratorius, J. |
69 | m | w | w | Ge-Ge-Ge | tailor | Aug | chronic asthma | 50 |
| Randall, Abbie | 68 | f | b | m | NC-NC-NC | cook | Jul | decay | 45 |
| Randolph, A. L. |
36 | m | w | m | FL-NC-NC | physician | Jul | consumption | 36 |
| Rhodes, Amy |
38 | f | b | m | SC-SC-SC | laborer | Jun | syphelitic fever | 20 |
| *Robertson, Edmond | 44 | m | b | m | FL-VA-VA | minister | May | lung disease | 6 |
| Robertson, W. F. | 72 | m | w | m | VA-VA-VA | Physcian | Jan | pneumonia | 40 |
| Ruffin, John |
50 | m | b | w | NC-NC-NC | laborer | Jul | syphelus | 30 |
| Sheffer, Elizabeth | 63 | f | m | w | FL | laborer | Jun | pneumonia | 63 |
| *Shine, John H. |
27 | m | w | s | FL-FL-FL | lawyer | May | dysentery | 27 |
| Smith, Lydia G. |
63 | f | m | m | FL-X-SC | teacher | Aug | abscess of stomach | 32 |
| Smith, Noah H. |
41 | m | b | m | FL-MD-VA | farmer | Apr | pneumonia | 30 |
| Smith, Patrick | 82 | m | w | w | GA-GA-GA | farmer | Aug | internal injury by fall | 54 |
| Spencer, Edward | 4 | m | b | X | FL-FL-FL | X | Mar | pneumonia | 4 |
| *Stafford, Isaac | 35 | m | b | m | AL-AL-AL | farmer | Aug | dropsy | 20 |
| *Stewart, Fanny | 24 | f | b | m | FL-FL-FL | Laundress | Mar | pneumonia | 20 |
| Stewart, Malinda | 3mo | f | b | X | FL-FL-FL | X | Mar | don't know | 3mo |
| Stringer, W. T. |
46 | m | w | m | GA-GA-GA | farmer | Feb | pneumonia | 7 |
| Stubbs, Elizabeth | 49 | f | b | m | FL | laborer | Dec | don't know | 49 |
| Switzer, Charity | 65 | f | b | m | NC-NC-NC | laborer | Sep | throat disease | 50 |
| Thompson, Austin | 63 | m | b | m | AL-AL-AL | laborer | Dec | congestion of the brain | 35 |
| Thompson, Daniel | 7mo | m | b | X | FL-FL-FL | X | Jul | convulsions | 7mo |
| Thompson, Irena | 60 | f | b | m | AL-AL-AL | laborer | Mar | heart disease | 35 |
| Turner, George | 3 | m | b | s | FL-FL-FL | X | Mar | debility * | 1day |
| Turner, Lucien | 4mo | m | b | X | FL-FL-FL | X | May | pneumonia | 4mo |
| Verson, John |
29 | m | b | m | FL | laborer | Apr | don't know | 13 |
| Whitfield, R. A., Jr. |
25 | m | w | s | NC-NC-AL | farmer | Mar | pneumonia | 22 |
| Williams, Laura | 24 | f | w | s | GA-GA-GA | seamstress | Feb | typhoid pneumonia | 23 |
| Williams, David | 7 | m | b | X | FL-FL-FL | X | Jan | pneumonia | 7 |
| Williams, Eliza | 68 | f | b | m | VA-VA-VA | laborer | Mar | congestion of the brain | 50 |
| Williams, Frank | 60 | m | b | m | SC-SC-SC | laborer | May | dropsy of the heart | 50 |
| Williams, Priscilla | 45 | f | b | w | GA-GA-GA | cook | Mar | decay | 30 |
| Williams, Rachel | 24 | f | b | m | NC-NC-NC | cook | Jan | childbirth | 25 |
| Williams, Robert | 3day | m | m | s | FL-FL-FL | X | Jul | X | 3day |
| Willis, Billie |
25 | f | m | s | FL-FL-FL | seamstress | Aug | X | 25 |
| Wilson, Charity | 2 | f | b | X | FL-FL-FL | X | Aug | worms | 2 |
| Wilson, Clifford | 7mo | m | w | s | FL-FL-FL | X | Aug | X | 7mo |
| Woodward, Mack | 2 | m | b | s | FL-FL-FL | X | Aug | congestion of brain | 2 |
| Yeoman, Susanna | 50 | f | b | m | FL-FL-FL | laborer | Feb | asthma | 50 |
[Notes at end of schedule - names denoted with an asterisk in table]
Of the deaths reported above, the following occurred in this enumeration district, but the families to which the deceased belonged, resided June 1, 1885, out of enumeration district as follows:
Bryant, Elizabeth - Madison, Madison Co
Fairbanks, Andrew - Birmingham, AL
Gallic, Alex - Thomasville, Thomas Co, GA
Hawkins, W. Henry - Jacksonville, Deval Co, FL
Jackson, Henry - Lake City, Columbia, FL
Kwilecki, M. - Bainbridge, Decatur Co, GA
Robertson, Edmund - Gadsden
Shine, John H. - Orlando, Orange Co
Stafford, Isaac - Bull Pl, Leon, FL
Stewart, Fanny - Sanford, Orange Co, FL
[Transcribed by Gail Vickrey]