Clay County, FL 1860 Mortality Census http://www.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/fl/clay/1860/ (File 1 of 1 for entire county) Handwritten page 1 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) 2025 by 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 1860 MORTALITY MICROFILM -- STATE FLORIDA COUNTY CLAY SCHEDULE 3.--Persons who DIED during the Year ending May 31, 1860 The 1860 Mortality census year begins June 1, 1859 and ends May 31, 1860 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 enumerated in the mortality schedules. ---------------------Begin Actual Transcription---------------------------- ==================================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1860 Mortality STATE: FL COUNTY: Clay DISTRICT: Not stated MICROFILM #: -- ENUMERATOR: Wm. Grothe FILE PAGE NO: 1 HW PAGE NO: 1 ==================================================================================================================================================== LINE LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE F/S M/W BIRTH PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS ==================================================================================================================================================== 1 Hendreks T. R. 2 M W . . Florida May . Drowning . . 2 Youngblood Wm 1 M W . . Florida July . Diarhea 3 . 3 Thombs Canfort 50 F B S . Florida March . Pneumonia 30 . 4 Roberts Rusel 5 M W . . Florida July . Pneumonia 40 . 5 Roberts Elizabeth 85 F W . M S.C. May . Head dropsey 21 . 6 Branning R. R. 19 M W . . Fla Feb'y . Typhoid fever 17 . 7 Branning Primas 38 M B S . Geo Feb'y . Drowned . . 8 Doyle Florida 2/12 F W . . Fla June . Salivation 42 . 9 Hardenbrook Martha 1 F W . . Fla July . Liver complaint 9 . 10 Wright Jerry 3 M W . . Fla Dec . Worms 2 . 11 Brantley Cha's L. 1/12 M W . . Fla Dec . Unknown 14 . 12 Florida Lucy 65 F B F . Fla April . Unknown 14 . 13 Bennefield C. 45 F W . M Geo July . Dropsey Year . 14 Smith Nathan 71 M W . M N.C. May Farming Cramp colic Sudden . 15 Hanchey Martha 8/12 F W . . Fla Aug . Unknown 21 . 16 Saunders McQueen 4/12 M W . . Fla Sept . Pneumonia 2 . 17 French Jno T. 1 M W . . Fla Oct . Unknown 90 . 18 Hearn Geo. O. 1 F W . . Fla June . Unknown 42 Gender as written 19 Smith Sam'l 3 M . . . Fla March . Croup 4 . 20 Buddington Frank 14 M B S . Fla April . Fever 4 . 21 Padgett Polly 35 F W . . Geo Feb . Pneumonia 13 . 22 Carter Elijah W. 16 M W . . Geo Feb . Pneumonia 5 . 23 Prescott R. D. 34 M W . . Geo Dec Farmer &c Typhoid fever 15 . 24 Barden Elizabeth 18 F W . . Fla . . Appoplexy 1 No death month written 25 Brown Nancy 53 F W . . S.C. Nov . Jaundice 90 . 26 Silcox Toney 40 M B F . Fla . . Palsey 1 year No death month written 27 Prescott Joseph 2 M W . . Fla July . Scalded 1 . 28 Silcox Barney 1 M W . . Fla Jan'y . Pneumonia 4 . 29 Chalker Joseis 13 M W . . S.C. Jan'y . Liver complaint 3 years . 30 Summerlin Carrie 8/12 F W . . S.C. June . Whooping cough 9 days . 31 Hugen Mary 4 F W . . . Dec . Burnt 1 No birthplace or visible ditto Ends Clay county ==================================================================================================================================================== 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/ ====================================================================================================================================================