Deaths 1860 Morality | McNairy County, TN History

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McNairy County, Tenn - 1860 Death Record

For the year ending June 30, 1860

Transcribed by Nancy Wardlow Kennedy

Not sure correct, very hard to read original document

Name	Age	Sex	Color	slave / free	Martial Status	Place of Birth	Month Died	Occupation	Cause of Death	No of Days Ill
Adams, Susan	22	F	b	S		Ga	Feb		Disease of lung	3 days
Anderson, Annette	7	F				Tenn	May		Tyfoyd Fever	5 weeks
Anderson, Mary E	1/12	F				Tenn	Sept		Cholic	1 day
Anderson, S A	4	M				Tenn	July		Dropsy & Inflamed Bowels	6 wks
Atkins, Rachel	9/12	F	B	S		Tenn	Sept		Scarlet fever	6 days
Barkwell, Dorcus	2/12	F	B	S		Tenn	Feb		Inflamed Brain	2 week
Barnet, Joseph	1	M					Sept		Tifoyd Fever	2 days
Barrat, Martha M ?	8/12	F				Tenn	Aug		Scarlet Fever	3 wk
Barret, Jackson ?	43	M			M	NC	Dec	Farmer	Abeep on Bowells ?	4 months
Bell, J T	36	M			M	Unk	Sept	Farmer	Congestive Fever	1 week
Bell, Phe ?	11/12	F	B	S		Tenn	May		Croup	1 day
Besil, Thomas F	1	M				Tenn	Sept		Croup	1 day
Black, W -- can't read	1	?	B	S		Tenn	March		Head unreadable	3 wks
Blankenship, J D	1	M				Miss	June		Cholera infantisson	9 weeks
Borough, Mary	77	?			M	NC	July	Farmer	Unknown	6 days
Bracken, John	80	M	B	S		NC	Nov	Field Hand	Burned to death	1 day
Brewer, Henry	20	M				NC	May		Disease of Hart	3 days
Brice, Mary J	1	F				Tenn	July		Inflamation of Brain	1 week
Brown, Infant	1/12	F				Tenn	Apr		Unknown	1 day
Brown, James	64	M			M	NC	May	Farmer	Can't read	5 weeks
Brown, Parilee	31	F				Tenn	Aug	Domestic	Consumption	6 months
Bryant, Mary A	16	F				NC	July		Inflamination of Brain	7 days
Burckehead, Henry ?	5/12	M	B	S		Tenn	Dec		Croup	1 day
Butler, H W	17	M				Tenn	Nov	Farm Labot	Pneumoney	8 days
Campbell, George W	1	M				Tenn	July		Disease of Liver	2 days
Carroll, Hannah	35	F				NC	May		Measles	16 days
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McNairy County, Tenn - 1860 Death Record

For the year ending June 30, 1860

Transcribed by Nancy Wardlow Kennedy

Not sure correct, very hard to read original document

Name	Age	Sex	Color	slave / free	Martial Status	Place of Birth	Month Died	Occupation	Cause of Death	No of Days Ill
Carter, Joplia ?	60	F			W	VA	Apr	Seamstress	Consumption	5 months
Chambers, M F	29	F			M	NC	Aug		Consumption	12 months
Chambers, Samuel	10	M				Tenn	Oct		Bronketius	1 day
Chambers, Servant	1	F	b	S		Tenn	Dec		Quinzy ?	1 month
Cheshier, Mary A	1/12	F				Tenn	Sept		Hives	2 mo
Cismons, James M ?	19	M				Tenn	May	Farmer	Liver Disease	7 months
Clark, William	60	M			M	NC	June	Farmer	Liver Disease	1 yr
Clement, Sarah	51	F			M	Va	May	Domestic	Inflamation liver	10 days
Coleman, Marthyu J	23	F			M	Tenn	July	Domestic	Congestive Chill	3 days
Combs, Infant	1/12	M				Tenn	May		Unknown	5 days
Cooper, Elbert T	5	M				Tenn	Aug		Croup	1 day
Cox, Sarah	3	F				Tenn	Sept		Tiford Fever	8 days
Dallis, Infant	1 da	M				Tenn	?		Unknown	1 day
Dallis, Nancy	28	F			M	Miss	Feb		Child bed	3 days
Davis, Infant	1/12	M				Tenn	Oct		croup	3 days
Davis, Wm	49	M			M	Tenn	March		Pneumoney	6 days
Dearing, Ann	38	F			W	Va	March		Consumption	8 months
Devenport, Sarah	1	F				Tenn	Nov		Dyorhea	4 weeks
Dickey, Washington	12	M				Miss	March		Scarlet Fever	7 days
Esra, Jas P ?	2/12	M				Tenn	Sept		Croup	1 week
Eves, Henry S	3	M				Tenn	Oct		croup	2 days
Farris, H A	1	F				Tenn	Apr		Unknown	2 wks
Findley, Yancey	10/12	M	B	S		Tenn	March		Croop	6 days
Floyd, Allin P	12	M				Tenn	Feb		?, maybe accident	2 days
Floyd, Infant of F Floyd	1/12	F				Tenn	Sept		Inflammed Stomach	9 days
Fry, Joseph F	1/12	M				Tenn	Sept		Croup	1 day
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McNairy County, Tenn - 1860 Death Record

For the year ending June 30, 1860

Transcribed by Nancy Wardlow Kennedy

Not sure correct, very hard to read original document

Name	Age	Sex	Color	slave / free	Martial Status	Place of Birth	Month Died	Occupation	Cause of Death	No of Days Ill
Fry, Malbina	14	F	M	S		Tenn	Feb ?	Farm Hand	Disease of Heart	3 days
Fully, Kathy ?	11	F	M	S		Tenn	July	House girl	Consumption	8 wks
Gage, George W	5/12	M				Tenn	July		Inflamation of Brain	4 days
Gibson, Sarah A	20	F				NC	Aug	Domestic	Congestive Chill	8 days
Goad, Richard	46	M			M	Tenn	Aug	Farmer	Bilous Fever	12 months
Gooch, Martha A	5	F				Tenn	June		Bronkitis	11 days
Grant, Usley	79	F			W	NC	May		Unreadable	5 days
Green, Infant twin	1/12					Tenn	March		Inflamation of Brain	2 days
Green, Infant twin	1/12					Tenn	March		unknown	3 days
Halbrook, Caty	8/12	M				Tenn	Aug		Inflamation of Brain	8 days
Hardin, Analing ?	8	F				Tenn	March		Scarlet fever	5 days
Harris, Adaline	23	F	B	S		Tenn	Dec	House hand	Consumption	8 momths
Harwell, Ana	55	F	B	S		Va	March	House hand	Rheumatism	1 year
Harwell, Hennery ?	36	F	B	S		Va	Feb	househand	Cancer of Womb	1 year
Hatten, Nancy	2	F				Tenn	May		Fitts from Worms	1 day
Hearn, Robert N	1/12	M				Tenn	March		Croup	1 wk
Holoway, Infant	3/12	F				Tenn	Apr		Croup	3 days
Horner, Elizabeth	85	F			W	NC	March		Chronic ?	3 years
Hughes, Infant	1/12	M				Tenn	Jan		Unknown	no comment
Hurst, Thomas	6/12	M	B	S		Tenn	Sept		Congestive Chill	2 hours
Infant,	2 da	M				Tenn	Jan		Unknown	2 days
Irvin, Diannah	43	F			M	Tenn	Apr		Murdered by a Negro	Instantly
Irwin, John p ?	74	M			W	NC	May	Cabinet	Old Age	6 wls
Jackson, Rachal L	1/12	F				Tenn	July		Croup	2 days
Janes, Sarah ?	2	F	B	S		Tenn	July		Effection of lungs	?
Jenes, Jesse (Jeans ?)	49	M			M	SC	June	FArmer	Congestion of Brain	2 days
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McNairy County, Tenn - 1860 Death Record

For the year ending June 30, 1860

Transcribed by Nancy Wardlow Kennedy

Not sure correct, very hard to read original document

Name	Age	Sex	Color	slave / free	Martial Status	Place of Birth	Month Died	Occupation	Cause of Death	No of Days Ill
Jines, George W	2	M				Va	Apr		Inflamation of Brain	8 days
Johnson, America	42	F			M	Tenn	Feb		Consumption	3 months
Johnson, Ceile	26	F				Tenn	Oct		Dropsy	4 wks
Johnson, Charlie	80	M	B	S		NC	Dec		Old Age	1 day
Johnson, Edmon	65	M	B	S		NC	July	Farm Hand	Consumption	3 yrs
Johnson, Jane	9/12	F	B	S		Tenn	Dec		Congestion of brain	3
Johnson, Martin P	36	M			M	NC	Aug	Tanner	Bilious Fever	2 wks
Johnson, Milton H	1	M				Tenn	Dec		Whooping Cough	can't read
Johnson, W A	21	M				Tenn	Nov	Deputy Sh	Consumption	4 years
Jones, W F	1 da	M				Tenn	Oct		Unknown	1 day
Joplin, Nancy	49	F	B	S		NC	Feb	Field hand	Fitts	3 days
Julin, Evan (unreadable)	67	M			W	NC	Dec	Farmer	Consumption	7 mo
Kidd, George	88	M				SC	Aug	Farmer	Old Age	4 days
Kinchen, Nancy	20	F			M	Tenn	July		Bilous Fever	3 weeks
Kindle, Martha A	39	F			M	Tenn	Apr		Tumor	4 weeks
King, Luticia A	3	F				Tenn	Sept		Scarlet Fever	5 days
Lane, Cintha	3 da	F				Tenn	Apr		Unknown	3 hours
Lawson, Thomas J	1/12	M				Tenn	March		Hives	1 day
Ledford, A H	68	F			M	NC	March		Dropsy	5 mo
Ledford, Jane	26	F			M	Tenn	Oct		Tifoyd Fever	2 k
Lipford, Booker	42	M	B	S		Va	Sept	Farm Hand	Unreadable	6 months
Lock, Georg	8/12	M	B	S		Tenn	Oct		Pneumoney	1 week
Lock, Martha	6	F	B	S		Tenn	Oct		Croup	7 days
Lock, Sarah F	3	F				Tenn	Aug		Scarlet Fever	7 days
Locke, Martha	4	F				Tenn	Sept		Scarlet Fever	9 days
Long, Rebecca	1/12	F				Tenn	Nov		Unknown	1 day
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McNairy County, Tenn - 1860 Death Record

For the year ending June 30, 1860

Transcribed by Nancy Wardlow Kennedy

Not sure correct, very hard to read original document

Name	Age	Sex	Color	slave / free	Martial Status	Place of Birth	Month Died	Occupation	Cause of Death	No of Days Ill
Maness, Marshall P	1	M				Tenn	Sept		Flux	1 wk
Masengill, Samuel	7	M	M	S		Tenn	Nov		Scarlet fever	3 days
Mason, A ?	11	F	B	S		Tenn	May		Tyfoyed Fever	4 weeks
Mason, Rick	5	M	B	S		Tenn	Apr		Tyfoyed Fever	weeks
Maxwell, Elizabeth	2	F					June		Flux	3 wk
McCare, Cintha ?	1	F				Tenn	Aug		unknown	5 days
McCew, Elizabeth ?	24	F			M	Tenn	Jan		Consumption	6 months
McCew, John A	1					Tenn	Feb		Inflamation of bowels	4 mo
McClintock, Sarah	28	F			M	Tenn	March		dropsey	4 weeks
McColor, Eliza E	1/12	F				Tenn	Nov		Croup	4 days
McColor, Winfield	6	M				Tenn	Sept		Quinzy ?	7 days
McHughes, E	23	F			M	Tenn	Jan		Consumption	3 years
McMurry, Andrew Johnson ?	5	M				Tenn	March		overdose morphine	10 or 16 hrs
Merael, Gilbert	68	F	M	S		NC	July	Waggoner	Consumption	7 months
Moore, Mary Jane	4	F				Tenn	Feb		Accidential Choking	instantly
Moore, Mary M	7	F				Tenn	July		Congestive Chill	2 days
Moore, Newton	1/12	M				Tenn	Sept		Hives	3 days
Morris, Isaiah	55	M			W	Tenn	Oct	Farmer	Lung Disease	14 months
Morrison, Eljah	20	M				Tenn	July	Farmer	Stabea ?	10 mo
Moser, Henry C	22	F				KY	Aug	Farmer	Consumption	12 months
Nolen, Robert	20	M				Tenn	Apr	Farm Labor	Pneumoney	2 weeks
Noomen, Catherine ?	22	F				?	Dec		Child Bed	2 days
Ourke, Calvin ?	1	M				Tenn	Feb		Unknown	4 mo
Outlaw, Mary A ?	17	F				Tenn	Dec	Domestic	Pneumoney 2 dayd
Parker, E D	65	M			M	GA	Oct	Farmer	Flux	3 weeks
Patrick, Martha J ?	2	F				Tenn	May		Scarlet fever	12 days
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McNairy County, Tenn - 1860 Death Record

For the year ending June 30, 1860

Transcribed by Nancy Wardlow Kennedy

Not sure correct, very hard to read original document

Name	Age	Sex	Color	slave / free	Martial Status	Place of Birth	Month Died	Occupation	Cause of Death	No of Days Ill
Patterson, Mary	36	F			M	NC	July		Consumption	8 months
Pearson, Monne	23	F	B	S		Tenn	Feb		Tifod Fever	3 weeks
Pearson, Thomas	1 wk	M				Tenn	Aug		Meales	5 days
Peck, Nancy	56	F			W	KY	Nov		dropsey	1 year
Perkins, Henry	18	M	B	S		Tenn	Aug	Field Hand	Consumption	2 years
Petigrew, Thomas	6/12	M				Tenn	Sept		Cholera infantisson	1 week
Pickett, Israel ?	3/12	M				Tenn	Oct		Hives	4 weeks
Pickles, Infant	9/12	F				Tenn	May		Hives	3 days
Pickles, Levy A	26	F			M	NC	March		Consumption	2 months
Pipkina, Dolly	24	F			M	Tenn	July		Pneumoney	3 wks
Plunk, Infant	1/12	F				Tenn	Apr		Hives	2 days
Plunk, Infant	1/12	F				Tenn	Jan		Unknown	2 days
Pratt, Dianah	1	F	M	S		Tenn	Apr		Inflamation of Brain	4 weeks
Preston, Jas W	1/12	M				Miss	Aug		Unknown	1 week
Preston, Martha A	1	F				Tenn	Feb		whooping cough	3 days
Rains, Mary A	3	F				Tenn	Aug		Whooping Cough	6 wks
Randolph, Margaret E	2/12	F				Tenn	Feb		Whooping Cough	7 days
Reynolds, Susan	95	F			W	NC	Oct		Old Age	linguering
Richards, James	40	M				NC	Aug	Farmer	fell in a well?	Instantly
Riggs, John	72	M			W	NC	Dec	Shoe Maker	Consumption	4 weeks
Rimmer, Eliza	46	F			M	NC	Sept		Consumption	2 years
Rinehart, Mary	13 ?	F				Mo	July		conjestion of Brain	5 days
Robbins, Mary J	8/12	F				Tenn	Aug		Flux	6 days
Roberson, J W	5	M				Tenn	Sept		Congestion of Brain	2 days
Rogers, Mary	46	F			M	Tenn	Apr		Neuralza	6 days
Roland, James M	3	M				Tenn	Dec		?	1 day
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McNairy County, Tenn - 1860 Death Record

For the year ending June 30, 1860

Transcribed by Nancy Wardlow Kennedy

Not sure correct, very hard to read original document

Name	Age	Sex	Color	slave / free	Martial Status	Place of Birth	Month Died	Occupation	Cause of Death	No of Days Ill
Romaine, Mary	57	F				Ga	Feb		Interminent Fever	?
Runnels, Wm O B	7	M				Tenn	Jan		Scarlet Fever	6 days
Russel, Lewis	23	M				Tenn	Apr		Unknown	5 weeks
Russom, George	4 da	M	B	S		Tenn	Sept		Unknown	1 day
Sanders, B L	17	M				Tenn	Aug	Farm Hand	Consumption	4 months
Sanders, Daniel	7/12	M				Tenn	Nov		Inflamation of Brain	2 wks
Sanders, Diana	73	F	b	S		SC	Dec	field hand	Dropsy	12 months
Sanders, William	25	M			W	Tenn	Sept	wheel wright	Accidential	Instantly
Sheffield, Catherine	80	F			M	NC	Oct	Domestic	Old Age	unreadable
Shelton, Salom	69	M			M	NC	Oct	Farmer	Pneuomey	5 days
Shull, John	86	M			M	Va	May	Farmer	Old Age	5 months
Shull, Margaret	1	F				Tenn	July		Flux	2 wks
Simpson, Susannah	1	F				Tenn	Oct		Quinzy ?	5 days
Simpson, Mary	76	F			W	NC	Oct		Inflammed Rheumatism	9 weeks
Smith, A A-- E ?	1	M				Tenn	Sept		Scarlet Fever	7 days
Smith, Edward	1	M	B	S		Tenn	Oct		Accidential Poison	1 week
Smith, Flora	2/12	F	M	S		Tenn	Nov		smothered	Instantly
Smith, Infant	1/12	F				Tenn	Dec		Worms	4 days
Smith, Margaret	76	F			M	Va	Apr		Drospy of heart	10 weeks
Smith, Sarah	1/12	F				Tenn	July		Hives	2 days
Sparks, Mary A	1	F				Tenn	May		Flux	5 days
Springer, Dennis	53	M			M	SC	Sept	Farmer	Congestion Brain	2 days
Stancil, Martha M	8	F				Tenn	Jan		Tyfoyd Fever	25 days
Stanley, Joel M	4	M				Tenn	Jan		Jandice	3 months
Stewart, H L	4	M				Tenn	Apr		Scarlet Fever	4 wks
Stewart, Jimmy	7/12	?	B	S		Tenn	Oct		Teething	4 days
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McNairy County, Tenn - 1860 Death Record

For the year ending June 30, 1860

Transcribed by Nancy Wardlow Kennedy

Not sure correct, very hard to read original document

Name	Age	Sex	Color	slave / free	Martial Status	Place of Birth	Month Died	Occupation	Cause of Death	No of Days Ill
Styles, William	5/12	M				Tenn	Sept		Inflamation of Brain	4 days
Surratt, Ann	11/12	F	B	S		Tenn	March		Pneumoney	2 weeks
Surratt, Infant ?	1/12	M				Tenn	Aug		Whooping Cough	6 wks
Swain, A R	5/12	M				Tenn	May		Scarlet fever	10 days
Swain, George E	0/12	M				Tenn	July		Hives	6 days
Swain, Kizziah	4	F				Tenn	May		Scarlet fever	6 days
Swain, Rufus W	2	M				Tenn	May		Scarlet fever	6 days
Swain, Wm O	2	M				Tenn	Oct		Liver Disease	5 weeks
Sweat, Lorry S	1	M				Tenn	Sept		Worms	2 months
Thomason, Harriett	19	F				Tenn	March		Consumption	7 months
Thompson, Mary E	23	F			M	NC	Oct	Domestic	Pneumoney and ?	22 mo
Thorton, Augustus	32	M			M	NC	Feb	Farmer	Pneuomey	15 days
Tidwell, Sarah A	5	F				Tenn	Septt		Intermitting Fever	2 weeks
Treece, Wm	21	M				Tenn	Dec	Farm laborer	Murdered	8 days
Tucker, J F	2	M				Tenn	June		Inflamination of Brain	1 day
Tuly, Margaret ? Fuly?	2/12	F				Tenn	June		Inflamation of Stomach	3 days
Turner, cant read ?	1/12	M				Tenn	March		Hives	3 days
Wade, Jef	11/12	M	M	S		Tenn	May		Head Disease	3 days
Walker, A J	1	M				Tenn	June		Flux	3 weeks
Walker, Martha	45	F			M	VA	July		Congestion Brain	5 days
Wardlow, David	30	M				NC	Feb	Farmer	Consumption	8 months
Weaver, James	23	M			M	Tenn	July	Farm Labor	Pneumoney	1 week
Weaver, John	69	M			M	NC	June	Farm Labor	Pneumoney	2 weeks
Whorton, Eliza J	9/12	F				Tenn	July		Inflamation of Brain	3 days
Wilkerson, Mary L	1	F				Va	July		Inflamation of Bowels	5 days
Wilson, George	55	M			M	NC	March	Farmer	Pneumony	2 months
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McNairy County, Tenn - 1860 Death Record

For the year ending June 30, 1860

Transcribed by Nancy Wardlow Kennedy

Not sure correct, very hard to read original document

Name	Age	Sex	Color	slave / free	Martial Status	Place of Birth	Month Died	Occupation	Cause of Death	No of Days Ill
Wilson, J Q	1/12	M				Tenn	Oct		Scarlet Fever	5 days
Wilson, Thomas	9/12	M				Tenn	Dec		Inflamed Bowels	4 wks
Wisdom, Larkin	2	M	M	S		Tenn	July		Worms	4 weeks
Woods, Rebecca	1	F				Tenn	Feb		Cholera infantisson	5 days
Woolf, Evan ?	2	M				Tenn	March		Scarlet Fever	9 days
Wright, Benjamin	73	M			W	Ga	Feb	Register	Dropsy	6 months
Wright, David W	32	M			M	Tenn	Aug	Field Hand	Stabed	Instantly
Wynn, Agness	24	F	B	S		Tenn	Nov	Horse Hand	Tifoyed F\ever	3 months
Yarbrough, Sarah	40	F			M	Tenn	March		Liver Disease	3 years
Young, Sarah J	1	F				Tenn	Apr		Hoop Cough	3 months
There are probably many errors in	this transcription,			since	it was	very hard to	read.
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