1860 Mortality Schedule Index

FAYETTE COUNTY, TEXAS

Fayette County residents who died during the year before the census was taken in June 1860--so June 1859 to May 1860. The first names of African-American slaves who died during this period are given at the beginning of the list with their owner's name in parentheses. This list was transcribed 3/24/2025 from original handwritten documents.

Name Age Sex Race Married? Birthplace Month of Death Occupation Cause of Death Days Ill
(?) Dick 3 months M B Texas Sept Croup 4
(Breeding) Dan  6 months M B Texas Oct Unknown 5
(Brown) Fanny 2 F B Texas April Croup Sudden
(Brown) Mary   3 months  F B Texas May Smothered Sudden
(DeGraffenried) Soloman  22 M B NC June Apoplexy Sudden
(Doxy) Mary  10 months F B Texas August Hives 10
(Fisher) John 1 month M B Texas July Convulsion 7
(Fulton) Mary  40 F B SC April Blood vessel [illegible] brain Sudden
(Gates A. R.) Caroline 33 F B SC Febru Disease of lungs 21
(Gay) Carsen [sp?]  50 M B SC June Enlargement heart 42
(Gay) Fil  2 M B Texas Jan Inflamation of bowels 42
(Gay) Georgeann [sp?] 3 months F B Texas June Over laid Sudden
(Giles) Sarah  50 F B Ala March Unknown Sudden
(Hama?) Jane 5 F B Texas August Congestion of brain 7
(Hama?) John M B Texas October Congestion of brain 8
(Hama?) Sallie 4 F B Texas September Congestion of brain 8
(Hama?) Sarah  12 F B Texas July Congestion of brain 7
(Harrington) Plesant 1 F B Ala May Measles 7
(Harrington) Yelverton 32 M M GA June Mortification leg 4
(Jarmon) Sam 7 days M B Texas Oct Unknown 3
(Levesin R. H.) Clarah  70 F B NC May Dropsy 90
(Ligon W. W.) John 1 M B Texas Dec Measles 21
(Ligon W. W.) Nameless  1 F B Texas Nov Measles 21
(Ligon) John  1 M B Texas April Inflamation of Bowels 31
(Manton) Nameless  1 month M B Texas August Unknown 14
(McClatchy) Susan  23 F B Unknown Jan Child bed fever 1
(McDow Eliza  20 F B Ala Feb Softening of Brain 90
(Moore) Sallie  4 F B Miss March Worms 40
(Mullins) Daniel  80 M B Miss April Unknown Sudden
(Mullins) Jip [?]  7 months M B Texas April Hives 4
(Neril) Fil Z.  1 M M Texas May Unknown 2
(Norris) Robert  8 days M B Texas Novem Unknown 8
(Penick) Charles  60 M B GA April Disease of the Lungs 14
(Penick) Nameless  6 months F B Texas Decem Unknown 5
(Pollard) Daniel  3 months M B Texas Feb Smothered Sudden
(Pope) Allice [Alex?]  1 M B Texas May Unknown 150
(Pope) Samuel  2 months M B Texas Febru Unknown 3
(Read or Reed?) Arch  18 M B GA April Lock Jaw Sudden
(Robison) Nameless   6 months M B Texas June Inflamation of  bowels 30
(Robison) Nameless   1 M B Texas Novem Inflamation of  Bowels 150
(Shaw) David  75 M B Unknown May Disease of Kidneys 21
(Shers?) Armsted  4 months M B Texas May Flux 7
(Shropshire) Nameless  3 months F B Texas Nov Smothered Sudden
(Sutton) Henry  4 months M B Texas May Penumonia 8
(Sutton) John  5 months M B Texas April Pneumonia 28
(Tate W.) Charlotte  70 F B Unknown Nov Female complains 40
(Taylor C.) Julia 65 F B GA June Old Age 100
(Vincent) Mary  18 B B GA Jan Typoid fever 14
(Whittington) Arch  2 M B Texas July Croup Sudden
(William W. A.) Ester  75 F B Maryland Jan Kidnies Effected 90
Alford, J. C. 46 M M GA July Carpenter Stabbed Sudden
Anderson, David  3 M Miss Dec Flux 15
Blackwell, William S. 27 M M VA May Farmer  Consumption 365
Blanton, Sanford C.  39 M M Tenn March Atty [written on line above] Consumption 600
Bollmeyer, Henry  52 M Prussia Dec Farmer  Frozen Sudden
Brewin [Roawin?], C. G.  24 M M Tenn Jan Farmer Shot & Stabbed one half
Busing [Duning?], Melzena  35 F W Ohio March Consumption 90
Cadwell, C. 1 day M TX Jan Unknown Sudden
Cadwell, John  1 day M TX Jan Unknown Sudden
Danton, H. 5 months M Texas Sept Croup 7
Derice [?], Ardea  6 months F Texas July Unknown 30
Dobbin, E. C.  17 M Ala Oct Typhoid Pneumonia 7
Dodson, Alen 8 M Texas June Dropsy 20
Duelberg, William  30 M Hanover Dec Farmer Billious fever 8
Eby [?], C. 8 months M Texas March Hives Sudden
Ford, Spencer 19 M Miss Sept Farmer Disease 3
Foster, Ann J.  1 F Texas April Cold 12
Frosch, Carel  7 M Texas April Scarlet fever 5
Gates, Elizabeth  33 F M SC Nov Hemorage of Lungs 42
Goodman, Hiram  10 M Texas June Inflamation Brain Sudden
Gray, A. N.  5 days M Texas Sept Congestive fever 46 [?]
Gregory, C. W.  1 M Texas Feb Flux 14
Gros, Carlena  36 F W Baden Decem Bronchitis 100
Grover, Mary E.  4 F Texas Oct Horse kicked Sudden
Hackebeil [?], Christina  35 F M Baden Decem Flow of blood to the head Sudden
Hamilton, Milam 3 M Texas Oct Croup 3
Harper, John  50 M England Dec Farmer Unknown Sudden
Harrell, James R.  61 M M NC April Farmer  Disease of Heart 1
Harrington, Birt  70 M SC April Farmer Congestive Chill 2
Hopkins, Joseph [?]  23 F Tenn July Billious fever 5
Hudson, Julia  4 months [?] F Texas March Burned 45
Janes, Lucy  10 months F Texas Sept Hooping cough 60
Janssen. Gert [Gerhard?] 45 M M Oldenburg Feb Blacksmith Hemorage 7
Jarmon, Tabitha 47 F M Tenn Sept Typoid fever 20
Lambert, C. B.  34 F M SC Jan Child bed fever 6
Lambert, Carline  1 month F Texas Febru Congestion of Lungs 30
McAshan, William  45 M Ala Feb Raftsman Pneumonia 60
Melcher, H. 15 M Texas March Drowned Sudden
Moore, William 2 M Texas June Unknown 7
Noulstee [Noulton?], Thomas 15 M Miss Feb Consumption 1095
Peck, Otis 40 M M (freed) M Mo Feb Farmer Inflamation of Brain 10
Peom, Mary F.  25 F VA July Consumption 500
Pullen, Bird  34 M M Tenn Novem Innkeeper Yellow fever 5
Rhem, W. B.  52 M M NC August M. D. Shot Sudden
Roberts, A. S.  44 M M Tenn August Farmer Disease of Kidneys 14
Robertson, William  45 M Unknown June Carpenter Typhoid fever unknown
Ruland, Francis  1 month M Austria Sept Consumption 30
Ruthger [?], Charles  5 days M Texas Oct Croup 5
Satterfield, Henry  4 M Texas Jan Penumonia 21
Satterfield, John N. 46 M W VA April Farmer  Consumption 720
Shrefr [Shup?], Mary  5 F Texas Sept Congestion of Brain 7
Smith, Mattie  1 F Texas Oct Disease of the Brain 28
Sneer [?], Laura  46 F Nassau March Congestion 3
Sorens, W. H.  1 month M Texas Jan Unknown 30
Sower, Mary  7 months M [?] Texas April Teething 7
Stagner, Henry [?]  109 M Unknown June Farmer Old age 42
Stiehl, Friedrica 73 F Saxony Jan Old Age 120
Stiehl, Stephana 1 F Texas July Teething 60
Strong, Samuel 9 M NC Jan Unknown 8
Trousdale, B. F. 15 M Miss Dec Disease of Heart 600
Walker, G. W.  30 M M Tenn Oct Phneumonia 7
Walters, J.  40 M Germany May Farmer Unknown 10
Williams, Hiram 5 months M Texas April Unknown 150
Wolters, August  38 M Prussia April Farmer Inflammation of bowels 3
Zachary, P. 2 F Texas Jan Burn 5

 

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