Clay County, AL 1870 Mortality Census http://www.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/al/clay/1870/ (File 1 of 1 for entire county) This Mortality Census was transcribed by Linda Talbott and proofread by I. D. Talbott for the USGenWeb Census Project®, http://www.us-census.org/ Copyright (c) 2026 Linda Talbott ========================================================================== USGENWEB (US-CENSUS) NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization. Non-commercial organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the consent of the transcriber prior to use. Individuals desiring to use this material in their own research may do so. ========================================================================== Formatted by USGenWeb Census Project® File Manager, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. ========================================================================== CENSUS-YEAR 1870 MICROFILM# N/A STATE ALABAMA COUNTY CLAY SCHEDULE 3.--Persons who DIED during the Year ending May 31, 1870 The 1870 Mortality census year begins June 1, 1869 and ends May 31, 1870 Because death certificates were mostly unknown prior to 1902, enumerators were instructed to collect the name and information for every person who died during the twelve months preceding the official census date. These censuses were taken from 1850 to 1900, although not all have survived. By 1902, most states had implemented vital records laws and the mortality schedules were phased out. It is important to remember that the information is available only for the year immediately preceding the census. Those who died outside of this range were never enumerated. Even then, the information was under- reported. According to U.S. Public Health Service estimates, only about 60% of deaths were reported in the mortality schedules. ---------------------Begin Actual Transcription---------------------------- ================================================================================================================================================================ CENSUS YEAR: 1870 Mortality STATE: AL COUNTY: Clay TOWNSHIP; Township 18 MICROFILM#: n/a ENUMERATOR: L. C. DANNER FILE PAGE NO: 1 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 100 ================================================================================================================================================================ FOREIGN-BORN MONTH DISEASE-OR LN# FM# LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE M/W BIRTH-PLACE FATHER MOTHER DIED OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS (1) (2) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) ================================================================================================================================================================ 1 21 Smith J. H. 2 M W . Ala . . July . Hives . 2 72 McClintock Joseph 65 M B M S.C. . . Aug Farmer Hydrothorax . 3 75 Carter Nancy A. 69 F W W Ga . . Jan . Consumption . 4 94 Humphries Wm. E. 6/12 M W . Ala . . June . Congestive chills . 5 102 Mullally James 18 M W . Ala . . June Farmer Rheumatism . 6 139 Gay Jane L. 29 F W . N.C. . . May . Consumption . 7 182 McCullough Mariah 28 F W M Ala . . Jan . Congestive chills . 8 196 Smith infant 1 day F W . Ala . . Apr . Unknown Page blank below ================================================================================================================================================================ CENSUS YEAR: 1870 Mortality STATE: AL COUNTY: Clay TOWNSHIP; Township 19 MICROFILM#: n/a ENUMERATOR: L. C. DANNER FILE PAGE NO: 2 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 101 ================================================================================================================================================================ FOREIGN-BORN MONTH DISEASE-OR LN# FM# LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE M/W BIRTH-PLACE FATHER MOTHER DIED OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS (1) (2) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) ================================================================================================================================================================ 1 17 Powell John E. 50 M W M Ga . . Sept Farmer Consumption . 2 124 Bell Susan 1 F W . Ala . . July . Diarrhea . 3 127 Hurdy York 35 M B M S.C. . . July Farmer Inflamation of bowels . 4 132 Hester Wilson 1 M W . Ala . . July . Flux . 5 141 McCain Amanda E. 2 F W . Ala . . Aug . Flux . 6 147 McCain Seburn 1 M W . Ala . . June . Flux . 7 187 Stephens Solomon 2 M W . Ala . . June . Flux . 8 198 Burney Linsey 9/12 M B . Ala . . Dec . Liver inflam . 9 203 Burney Jesse 10 M B . Ala . . July . Inflamation of bowels . 10 240 Shadin John W. 5/12 M W . Ala . . June . Hives . 11 251 Shadin C. M. 1 M W . Ala . . March . Hives . 12 278 Burton infant 2/12 M W . Ala . . Apr . Hives . 13 302 Mitchel infant 4/12 M W . Ala . . Feb . Cause of unknown . 14 308 Moore Tobitha 8 F W . Ala . . Aug . Flux . 15 308 Moore William 3 M W . Ala . . Aug . Flux . 16 325 Pettus Daniel W. 14 M W . Ala . . Aug . Intermittent fever . 17 327 Burgess Sarah 68 F W M S.C. . . Aug . Dropsy of chest Page blank below ENUMERATOR REMARKS: No 302 died suddenly parents were unable to give any cause. ================================================================================================================================================================ CENSUS YEAR: 1870 Mortality STATE: AL COUNTY: Clay TOWNSHIP; Ashland Township 20 MICROFILM#: n/a ENUMERATOR: L. C. DANNER FILE PAGE NO: 3 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 102 ================================================================================================================================================================ FOREIGN-BORN MONTH DISEASE-OR LN# FM# LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE M/W BIRTH-PLACE FATHER MOTHER DIED OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS (1) (2) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) ================================================================================================================================================================ 1 6 Stansel F. P. 4 F W . Ala . . June . Flux . 2 12 Caldwell F. E. 23 F W M Ala . . Aug . Child bed fever . 3 12 Caldwell infant . M W . Ala . . July . Died at birth . 4 14 Taylor Amanda 38 F W M Ga . . May . Shot with pistol by her husband Page blank below ================================================================================================================================================================ CENSUS YEAR: 1870 Mortality STATE: AL COUNTY: Clay TOWNSHIP; Township 20 MICROFILM#: n/a ENUMERATOR: L. C. DANNER FILE PAGE NO: 4 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 103 ================================================================================================================================================================ FOREIGN-BORN MONTH DISEASE-OR LN# FM# LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE M/W BIRTH-PLACE FATHER MOTHER DIED OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS (1) (2) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) ================================================================================================================================================================ 1 21 Price William H. 1 M W . Ala . . Nov . Inflamation of the brain . 2 31 McCrarie Irven H. 36 M W M S.C. . . Feb Farmer Consumption . 3 31 McCrarie Tho's M. 1 M W . Ala . . Sept . Phthisic . 4 58 Minter Martha L. 1 F W . Ala . . Sept . Iracipalous . 5 66 McCain Sarah 63 F W M S.C. . . July . Flux . 6 66 Beck Sarah 1 F W . Ala . . July . Flux . 7 73 Powel Elizabeth 78 F W W N.C. . . Apr . Epelipsy . 8 96 Thomaston infant 8/12 F W . Ala . . Oct . Died sudden of cause unknown . 9 136 Eubanks Susan 1 F W . Ala . . Apr . Hives . 10 152 Peoples infant 5 days M W . Ala . . Apr . Unknown . 11 178 Harbison Jane 71 F W M S.C. X . Jan . Dropsy of chest . 12 198 McCain Margarett 44 F W M Tenn . . July . Consumption . 13 204 Edmondson Sarah 29 F W . Ala . . July . Derangement of brain . 14 207 Duly Elizabeth 83 F W W Ala . . Dec . Disease of heart . 15 215 Stephens Laura A. 1 F B . Ala . . Dec . Thrush . 16 235 Brown Dorinda 7 F W . Ala . . Feb . Hives . 17 246 Brooks Eliza L. 5/12 F W . Ala . . Jan . Hives . 18 302 Mitchel Eliza 61 F W M Ga . . Apr . Palpitation of the womb . 19 387 Cummins infant . M W . Ala . . Oct . Still born . 20 409 Bryant Owen K. 10 M W . Ala . . Feb . Dropsy of the heart . 21 428 Jones infant 7/12 F W . Ala . . Dec . Pneumonia . 22 429 Walker Julia 23 F B M Ga . . Feb . Hydrothorax . 23 429 Walker George W. 6/12 M B . Ala . . March . Pneumonia . 24 439 Dicen J. H. 39 F W M Tenn . . Apr . Consumption . 25 443 Campbell M. A. 50 F W W Ga . . Apr . Consumption . 26 457 Porter E. W. 51 M W M Ala . . Jan Farmer Pneumonia . 27 473 Whatley infant 1/12 M W . Ala . . June . Hives Page blank below ENUMERATOR REMARKS: No 152 can't ascertain cause of death ================================================================================================================================================================ CENSUS YEAR: 1870 Mortality STATE: AL COUNTY: Clay TOWNSHIP; Township 21 MICROFILM#: n/a ENUMERATOR: L. C. DANNER FILE PAGE NO: 5 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 104 ================================================================================================================================================================ FOREIGN-BORN MONTH DISEASE-OR LN# FM# LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE M/W BIRTH-PLACE FATHER MOTHER DIED OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS (1) (2) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) ================================================================================================================================================================ 1 56 Scott Dellah C. 1 F W . Ala . . Dec . Enlargement of the head . 2 108 Walker James A. 82 M W M S.C. . . May Farmer Stricture . 3 150 Ashcraft Catharine 1/12 F W . Ala . . Dec . Disease not known . 4 165 McGuire F. M. 20 M W M Ala . . March Farmer Inflamation of brain . 5 182 Howel Mary 38 F W M S.C. . . Sept Kept house Billious fever . 6 184 Brown Mary A. 12 F W . Ala . . May . Typhoid fever . 7 185 Whited Davis 70 M W W Ga . . Sept Farmer Typhoid fever . 8 185 Whited Mary A. 1 F W . Ala . . June . Poisoned . 9 209 England Josep E. 4/12 M W . Ala . . Apr . Hives . 10 220 Danley John 67 M W . Ga . . Apr Farmer Pneumonia . 11 222 McCain Mary A. 20 F W M Ga . . July . Epilepsy . 12 258 Willingham Jesse 68 M W M Ga . . June Farmer Dead palsy . 13 259 Jones James S. 2/12 M W . Ala . . Feb . Hives . 14 288 Porter Solon C. 1 M W . Ala . . June . Fitts . 15 305 Webb Ervin A. 62 M W . Ga . . July Farmer Dropsy of the heart . 16 319 Clayton Elijah 47 M W . Ga . . Apr Millwright Death caused by fall . 17 354 Baird Ann 38 F W M Ga . . Oct Kept house Unknown . 18 356 Street Sarah A. 32 F B M Ga . . May Kept house Pneumonia . 19 368 Cummins Isabella 66 F W M S.C. . . July Kept house Consumption . 20 394 Adair Martha L. 9/12 F B . Ala . . Jan . Croup . 21 389 Sumners John 29 M W M Ala . . Feb Farmer Hepatitis . 22 401 Williamson infant . F W . Ala . . Aug . Born dead . 23 422 Matchen John 2 M W . Ala . . Nov . Hives . 24 435 Crayton infant 1/12 F B . Ala . . Oct . Hives . 25 484 Carmichael Frances 11/12 F B . Ala . . Apr . Pneumonia . 26 485 McConathy S. G. 40 F W M N.C. . . March Kept house Congestion of lungs . 27 488 Kelley J. G. 28 M W M Ala . . Jan Farmer Consumption . 28 489 McDiarmid infant . F W . Ala . . Apr . Still born . 29 455 Ward infant 1/12 M W . Ala . . July . Enlargement of the head . 30 480 Leach James O. 9/12 M W . Ala . . July . Unknown . 31 482 Brown Jesse 1/12 F B . Ala . . May . Typhoid fever Page blank below ENUMERATOR REMARKS: Physicians were unable to give cause of death opposite 354. No. 480 apeared healthy at night was dead in the morning ================================================================================================================================================================ CENSUS YEAR: 1870 Mortality STATE: AL COUNTY: Clay TOWNSHIP; Fractional T 22 MICROFILM#: n/a ENUMERATOR: L. C. DANNER FILE PAGE NO: 6 HANDWRITTEN PAGE: 105 ================================================================================================================================================================ FOREIGN-BORN MONTH DISEASE-OR LN# FM# LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE M/W BIRTH-PLACE FATHER MOTHER DIED OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS (1) (2) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) ================================================================================================================================================================ 1 26 Sincle Sarah 55 F W M N.C. . . March Kept house Rheumatism . 2 62 Homes infant . M W . Ala . . Dec . Born dead . 3 102 Huckaby Wm 76 M W M Ga . . Jan Farmer Gravel . 4 129 Phillips E. M. 9/12 M W . Ala . . Dec . Typhoid fever . 5 39 Burnes James C. 7/12 M W . Ala . . Oct . Premature birth . 6 56 Saxon Wm 76 M W M S.C. . . Nov . Stricture . 7 117 Fields Joshua 72 M W M Va . . Dec Farmer Epilepsy . 8 120 Saxon infant . F W . Ala . . Jan . Still born . 9 153 Evans Jesse 83 M W . Ga . . July Farmer Unknown . 10 144 Fuller Emma E. 3 F W . Ala . . June . Typhoid fever . 11 181 Wilkinson William 35 F W M Ga . . Feb . Consumption Gender as written. ENUMERATOR REMARKS: No. (not written) Died with pains in his arms and back. A short time before death he complaint not attended by Physician deci** any disease. ================================================================================================================================================================ If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access the rest of our growing collection of FREE online census transcriptions by going to the following URL: http://www.us-census.org/ ================================================================================================================================================================ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ends Clay County