transcribed by Jan Monnin
Each of the U.S. Federal Censuses from 1850-1880 included a mortality schedule enumerating the individuals who had died in the year previous to the census year. Because each of the censuses from 1850-1880 began on June 1, “previous year” refers to the 12 months preceding June 1, or June 1 (of the previous year) to May 31 (of the census year).
From National Archives microfilm Series T655. 1850 roll 26, 1860 roll 27, 1870 does not exist, 1880 roll 30.
(Transcriber’s Notes – the schedules include birth places of parents and also the name of attending physician. I omitted these due to space constraints. Also, I did my best to transcribe the information, but sometimes the writing was hard to read. If a space is blank below, it means it was also blank on the original schedule. Also, the 2 pages below that I transcribed are page 601 and 604. These appear to be the entire 1850 mortality schedule for Perry County. Thank you, Jan Monnin).
Transcribed records – 1850 Perry County Tennessee. Unknown district, page 601
| Name | Age | Sex | Color | Free or slave | Md. or Wd. | Birth place | Month of death | Occupation | Cause of death | Number of days ill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Evans | 84 | F | W | Free | Md. | Virginia | Aug | Old age | 90 | |
| Thomas L. Lamberson | --- | M | W | Free | Tenn. | Aug | Infant | |||
| Malinda Lane | 12 | F | W | Free | Tenn. | May | Unknown | 3 | ||
| Infant | 21/365 | M | W | Free | Tenn | May | Hooping Cough | |||
| George Taylor | 3 | M | W | Free | Tenn | Aug | Fever | 35 | ||
| Richard Cragg | 78 | M | W | Free | Md. | NC | June | Farmer | Gravel? | 30 |
| Pleasant Murray | 22 | M | W | Free | Tenn | Apr | Farmer | Fever | 35 | |
| James (Manns?) | 63 | M | W | Free | Md | VA | Sept | Farmer | Fever & ague | 21 |
| Cristeane Compen | 2 | F | W | Free | France | Apr | Cholera | 2 | ||
| Wesley Daniel | 23 | M | W | Free | Tenn | Nov | D. (Shff?) | Cholera | 1 | |
| Elijah Dailey | 47 | M | W | Free | NC | Sept | Farmer | Fever | 10 | |
| Peggy Townsend | 40 | F | B | Slave | NC | Sept | Fever | 14 | ||
| Warren Nix | 46 | M | W | Free | Tenn | Dec | Farmer | Cholera | 1 | |
| James McGardner | 1 | M | W | Free | Tenn | July | Unknown | 15 | ||
| John Thompson | 35 | M | W | Free | KY | Apr | Blacksmith | Dropsy | 90 | |
| Lydia Morrison | 69 | F | W | Free | Md | NC | Nov | Dropsy | 8 Mo. | |
| Jane Campbell | 26 | F | W | Free | Tenn | Apr | Unknown | 6 yrs. | ||
| John | 23 | M | B | Slave | Tenn | Apr | Whipped to death | 6 | ||
| Marge J Cudo | 1 | F | W | Free | Tenn | May | Croup | 2 |
Transcribed records – 1850 Perry County Tennessee. Unknown district, page 604
| Name | Age | Sex | Color | Free or slave | Md. or Wd. | Birth place | Month of death | Occupation | Cause of death | Number of days ill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jasper Shepard | 2 | M | W | Free | Tenn. | June | Infant | Cholera & infection | 4 | |
| Infant not named | 2/365 | F | W | Free | Tenn. | Jan | Infant | Unknown | ||
| Infant not named | F | W | Free | Tenn | July | Infant | Unknown | |||
| Ann H Freeman | 41 | F | W | Free | Md | Tenn. | July | Tailoress | Weakness? | 2 |
| Jessi Cragg | 4 | M | W | Free | Tenn | July | Infant | Fever | 10 | |
| Rebecca Sullivan | 16 | F | W | Free | Tenn | Oct | Infant | Fever | 10 | |
| William (Groonys?) | 55 | M | W | Free | Md | Va. | March | Farmer | Drunkenness | 42 |
| Alexander Goodman | 61 | M | W | Free | Md | SC | July | Farmer | Fever | 18 |
| Minerva Ward | 17 | F | W | Free | Tenn. | July | Consumption | 150 | ||
| Elizabeth (Moon?) | 7/12 | F | W | Free | Tenn | June | Unknown | 10 | ||
| Thomas James | 1 | M | W | Free | Tenn | May | Croup | 1 | ||
| Robt Thompson | 12 | M | W | Free | Tenn | Nov | Unknown | 90 | ||
| Florence Adkinson | 1/12 | F | W | Free | Tenn | Jan | Infant | Unknown | 11 | |
| Levi Adkinson | 2/12 | M | W | Free | Tenn | Feb | Infant | (Rising?) | 14 | |
| James M. Sheeden | 1 | M | W | Free | Tenn | Aug | Infant | Fever | 9 | |
| James (Halmoth?) | 4 | M | W | Free | Tenn | Oct | Infant | Fever | 7 | |
| Samuel Turnbow | 51 | M | W | Free | Md | NC | Aug | Farmer | Fever | 10 |
| Joel Smith | (53?) | M | W | Free | Md | KY | March | Farmer | Consumption | 60 |
| John F Fowler | 1 | M | W | Free | Tenn. | July | Farmer | By a fall | 21 | |
| Haywood Nichol | 22 | M | W | Free | Tenn | March | Boatsman | Cholera | 6 | |
| Elizabeth J Alford | 1/12 | F | W | Free | Tenn | Aug | Unknown | |||
| Sarah Green | 28 | F | W | Free | Md | Tenn | July | Consumption | 30 | |
| Milly A Green | 18 | F | W | Free | Tenn | Jan | Inflamation of the (ba__?) | |||
| Mary Green | 30 | F | W | Free | C? | Tenn | Mar | Unknown | 200 | |
| Martha L Green | 10 | F | W | Free | Tenn | Oct | Fever | 12 | ||
| Mahala Armstrong | 48 | F | W | Free | Md | Tenn | Apr | Childbirth | 1 | |
| Mary A Anderson | 18 | F | W | Free | Md | Tenn | Feb | Cold | 2 | |
| Martha McCullough | 16 | F | W | Free | SC | July | Cholera | 2 | ||
| Sarah A Ary | 4/12 | F | W | Free | Tenn | Aug | Sl Anthonys Five? | 7 | ||
| John Kimble | 18 | F | W | Free | Tenn | Dec | Farmer | Consumption | 30 | |
| Hugh Whole | 2 | M | W | Free | Tenn | Oct | Inflamation of brain | 7 | ||
| Joel A White | 1 | M | W | Free | Tenn | Oct | Inflamation of brain | |||
| Elizabeth Bone | 11 | F | W | Free | Tenn | July | Fever | 3 | ||
| John Panny | 15 | M | W | Free | Tenn | Feb | Laborer | Unknown | 30 | |
| Jane Baker | 8 | F | W | Free | Tenn | Dec | Unknown | 32 |