Jacksons County, IN 1850 Mortality Census http://us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/in/jackson/1850/ This Mortality Census was transcribed by Robert E. Lane and proofread by Linda Talbott for the USGenWeb Census Project®, http://www.us-census.org/ Copyright (c) 2024 by Robert E. Lane ========================================================================== 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, Robert E. Lane All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. ========================================================================== CENSUS-YEAR 1850 STATE INDIANA COUNTY JACKSON SCHEDULE 3.--Persons who DIED during the Year ending May 31, 1850 The 1850 Mortality census year begins June 1, 1849 and ends May 31, 1850 ---------------------Begin Actual Transcription---------------------------- TRANSCRIBER REMARKS: Pages had slits cut in them near the binder. This made the name field on once side of the page and days-ill field on the other side of the page difficult to read in many cases. Transcription was made where possible, but accuracy is not guaranteed where the slits went through the fields. Jackson County was formed in 1816. It was named after General Andrew Jackson. Jackson County was the site of the first recorded train robbery of a moving train in the United States. On October 6, 1866, the Reno Gang robbed an Ohio and Mississippi Railway train, making off with over $10,000. ==================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: IN COUNTY: Jackson TOWNSHIP: Jackson ENUMERATOR: Daniel W. Bower FILE PAGE NO: 1 HW PAGE NO: 520 ==================================================================================================================================== LN# LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTHPLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER REMARKS (1) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) ==================================================================================================================================== 1 Crane Isaac B. 41 M . . M New York Jun Farmer Pleuresy 14 . 2 Ulmer Druzilla E. 9/12 F . . . Indiana Jul . Croup 1 . 3 Ruddeck Huldah 35 F . . M N. Carolina May . Salivation 54 . 4 McClenashan William 83 M . . M Virginia Aug Shoe Maker Phithine 2 . 5 Cox Noah 19 M . . . Indiana Aug Farmer Fiver 76 . 6 Moore Ede 40 F . . M Kentucky Dec . Child Bed 1 . ENUMERATOR REMARKS: Water free and limestone rock scarce and sandstone. Timber Poplar, Oak, Birch, Sugar and Gum. Soil sand and Sugar Beech and a variety of other timber. ==================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: IN COUNTY: Jackson TOWNSHIP: Reading ENUMERATOR: Daniel W. Bower FILE PAGE NO: 2 HW PAGE NO: 521 ==================================================================================================================================== LN# LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTHPLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER REMARKS (1) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) ==================================================================================================================================== 1 Henry William 3/12 M . . . Indiana Aug . Cholera 1 . 2 Newby Andrew G. 1 M . . . Indiana Aug . Cholera 1 . 3 Morris Buford 38 M . . M Kentucky May Farmer Fever 21 . 4 Peters Elizabeth 7 F . . . Indiana Mar . Pneumonia 5 . 5 Peters John H. 1 M . . . Indiana May . Inf. Brain 8 . 6 Lockhart Elizabeth 28 F . . M Indiana Nov . Fever 14 . 7 McCammon Granville ? 34 M . . M Kentucky Oct Farmer Unknown 8 . 8 Williamson Leonidus H. 5 M . . . Ohio Jun . Congestion 1 . 9 Robinson Allen 22 F . . . Ohio Oct . Liver Compl. 365 . 10 Trihaffer Jacob 18 M . . . Switzerland Nov . Typhus Fever 12 . 11 Ramsey George 11 M . . . Indiana Feb . Encyplaus 5 . 12 Alsman Jerry ? 37 F . . M Kentucky May . Fever 90 . 13 Rapp Jasper 58 M . . . Switzerland Nov Farmer Cong. Fever 8 . 14 Coen Mary 20 F . . M Indiana Dec . Child Bed 7 . ENUMERATOR REMARKS: Water limestone, soil sandy, county level, no rocks. Timber Poplar, Oak, Hickory, Walnut, Buckey and clay. Sugar Beech and a variety of other timber. ==================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: IN COUNTY: Jackson TOWNSHIP: Hamilton ENUMERATOR: Daniel W. Bower FILE PAGE NO: 3 HW PAGE NO: 524 ==================================================================================================================================== LN# LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTHPLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER REMARKS (1) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) ==================================================================================================================================== 1 Thorp Lyman 35 M . . W New York Nov Physician Small Pox 13 . 2 Truce John W. 1/12 M . . . Indiana Aug . Cholera 7 . 3 Vermilya Ann M. 2 F . . . Indiana Dec . Small Pox * . 4 Vermilya Mary C. 4/12 F . . . Indiana Oct . Small Pox * . 5 Carter Thomas 69 M . . W Unknown Oct Farmer Small Pox * . 6 Wheeler James F. 1 M . . . Indiana Oct . Cong. Fever * . 7 Linder John R. 51 M . . M Kentucky Apr Bapt Preacher Chronic 63 . 8 Hamsley Isabeel 47 F . . M Ohio Apr . Consumption 12 . 9 Banks Elizabeth 27 F . . W Indiana Feb . Unknown 14 . 10 Day Elias 63 M . . M Virginia May Farmer Cong. Fever 61 . 11 Gilbert Mary 16 F . . . Indiana Jun . Cholera 3 . 12 Kelly Martha M. 2 F . . . Indiana Sep . Whooping Cough 3 . 13 Montgomery Annabelle 8/12 F . . . Indiana Nov . Croup 2 . 14 Lee Richard 8/12 M . . . Indiana Aug . Whooping Cough 3 . 15 Brown Hannah 10 F . . . Indiana Jun . Dropsey 90 . 16 Brown Margaret 19 F . . . Indiana Dec . Cong. Fever 2 . 17 Lewis Cansly M. 49 M . . M Virginia May Carpenter Cholera 4 Causly? 18 Lewis John J. 17 M . . . Indiana May . Cholera * . 19 Turk Elizabeth 1/12 F . . . Indiana Sep . Unknown * . ENUMERATOR REMARKS: Water lime and free stone, soil very productive, sandy and clay, country level. Timber Oak, Poplar, Walnut, Hickory & Buckeye, but little rock in *** township ne***y sandstone, one boulder of granit in which ****. ==================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: IN COUNTY: Jackson TOWNSHIP: Fall Creek ENUMERATOR: Daniel W. Bower FILE PAGE NO: 4 HW PAGE NO: 525 ==================================================================================================================================== LN# LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTHPLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER REMARKS (1) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) ==================================================================================================================================== 1 Brock James F. 12 M . . . Indiana Jun . Scarlet Fever 1 . 2 Brock Tahale 4 F . . . Indiana Jun . Scarlet Fever 3 . 3 McMelon Elizabeth 42 F . . M Kentucky Oct . Chronic 3 yr . 4 Cross Lafayette 1 M . . . Indiana Dec . Ensypelas 289 . 5 Hanner Alexander B. 41 M . . M Tennessee Apr Farmer Consumption 14 . 6 Malleckt Lucilla E. 3 F . . . Indiana Jun . Infl. Braind 28 . 7 Dale Mary A. 1 F . . . Indiana Jun . Scarlet Fever 40 . 8 Findley Hugh D. 63 M . . M Pennsylvania Jan Gunsmith Rheumatism 3 . 9 Mitchmer Lewis M. 2 M . . . Indiana Oct . Croup 60 . 10 Thompson John U. 3/12 M . . . Indiana May . Unknown . . ENUMERATOR REMARKS: Water lime and free stone, rocks sandstone chiefly and plenty. The county broken, timber Buck Poplar, Oak and Sugar, soil not generally very productive. Gold found in very small particles but unprefferable from its variety in **** salt and sulpher waters. ==================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: IN COUNTY: Jackson TOWNSHIP: Washington ENUMERATOR: Daniel W. Bower FILE PAGE NO: 5 HW PAGE NO: 528 ==================================================================================================================================== LN# LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTHPLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER REMARKS (1) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) ==================================================================================================================================== 1 Marshall Eliza 27 F . . M Indiana Jan . Winter Fever 14 . 2 Johnson Midy 9/12 M . . . Indiana Jan . Fever 10 . 3 Frisher Mary A. 81 F . . W Germany Dec . Old Age 9 mo . 4 Cross Henry 28 M . . M Germany Jul Farmer Appoplexy . . 5 Toney Frederick 39 M . . M Germany Nov Farmer Accident . . 6 Funka Henry 38 M . . M Germany Jun Laborer Cholera 1 . ENUMERATOR REMARKS: Water lime and free stone, soil generally clay and wet. Country level. Timber Poplar, Oak,and Beech, and some Chestnut. ==================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: IN COUNTY: Jackson TOWNSHIP: Vernon ENUMERATOR: Daniel W. Bower FILE PAGE NO: 6 HW PAGE NO: 529 ==================================================================================================================================== LN# LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTHPLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER REMARKS (1) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) ==================================================================================================================================== 1 Rider James L. 1 M . . . Indiana Sep . Ensiplas 9 . 2 McCrary John 19 M . . . Ohio May Farmer Dropsey 7 mo . 3 Louis William E. 1/12 M . . . Indiana Nov . Unknown 24 . 4 Fackenbush Nancy 10/12 F . . . Indiana Jul . Unknown 10 mo . 5 Lanedon Sarah 44 F . . M Kentucky Mar . Consumption 125 . 6 Thomas Martha 38 F . . M Indiana May . Consumption 100 . ENUMERATOR REMARKS: Water limestone, free and slate. Soil Clay and Web. Country level. Timber Poplar, Oak and Beech. ==================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: IN COUNTY: Jackson TOWNSHIP: Carr ENUMERATOR: Jeremiah S. Tanner FILE PAGE NO: 7 HW PAGE NO: 532 ==================================================================================================================================== LN# LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTHPLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER REMARKS (1) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) ==================================================================================================================================== 1 Beem Lanning 32 M . . M Indiana Feb Farmer Pneumonia 20 . 2 Ramey Sarah A. 10 F . . . Indiana Oct . Consumption C . 3 Reynolds John 6 M . . . Indiana May . Fever 7 . 4 Hall Elisabeth 17 F . . . Indiana Apr . Typhoid Fever 14 . 5 Jackson John U. 12 M . . . Indiana Jun . Fever 3 . 6 Erwine David 1 M . . . Indiana Sep . Diarrhea 31 . 7 Erwine Serrelda 1 F . . . Indiana Sep . Diarrhea 46 . 8 Bryan John 46 M . . M Tennessee Dec Farmer Pneumonia 16 . ENUMERATOR REMARKS: In this township the water is generally limestone rocks - sand and limestone, clay soil. Timber Poplar, Ash, Oak, Hickory, Walnut and Chestnut principally. ==================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: IN COUNTY: Jackson TOWNSHIP: Driftwood ENUMERATOR: Jeremiah S. Tanner FILE PAGE NO: 8 HW PAGE NO: 535 ==================================================================================================================================== LN# LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTHPLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER REMARKS (1) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) ==================================================================================================================================== 1 Hunsuckeer Racheal 12 F . . . Indiana Dec . Infl. Brain . . 2 Berkey Samuel C. 1 M . . . Indiana Sep . Infl. Brain . . 3 Henell John W. 4/12 M . . . Indiana May . Erycepalas . . ENUMERATOR REMARKS: Water limestone, rocks, sandstone but scarce. Soil sandy but firtle. Timber Poplar, Ash, Oak, Hickory and Walnut. ==================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: IN COUNTY: Jackson TOWNSHIP: Jackson ENUMERATOR: Jeremiah S. Tanner FILE PAGE NO: 9 HW PAGE NO: 536 ==================================================================================================================================== LN# LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTHPLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER REMARKS (1) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) ==================================================================================================================================== 1 Allen Leonard D. 15 M . . . Indiana May . Erysipelas 15 . 2 George Thomas 1 M . . . Indiana Sep . Infl. Brain 18 . 3 Smith Dorothy 2 F . . . Indiana Aug . Diarrhea 4 . 4 Weddle John W. 5/12 M . . . Indiana Feb . Hemorrhage 14 . 5 Nelson William 46 M . . M Virginia Jul Farmer Fever 10 . 6 Nelson Eleanor 70 F . . M N. Carolina May . Consumption Chronic . ENUMERATOR REMARKS: Water free stone, rocks sandstone. Timber Poplar, Oak (different varieties), Ash, Sugar and Hickory. Soil clay. ==================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: IN COUNTY: Jackson TOWNSHIP: Brownstown ENUMERATOR: Jeremiah S. Tanner FILE PAGE NO: 10 HW PAGE NO: 537 ==================================================================================================================================== LN# LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTHPLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER REMARKS (1) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) ==================================================================================================================================== 1 Durand Merit K. 55 M . . M Connecticut Dec Farmer Winter Fever 8 . 2 Hatfield William 2 M . . . Indiana May . Whooping Cough 150 . 3 McIntyre John S. 6/12 M . . . Indiana Jul . Cholera Inf. 3 . 4 Douglass James 78 M . . M Connecticut Feb Farmer Fever 8 . 5 Tilford Jane 21 F . . M Indiana Sep . Consumption 9 mo . 6 Shevine Elizabeth 41 F . . M Germany Jan . Consumption Chronic . 7 Miller Elizabeth 10 F . . . Indiana Oct . Infl. Brain 17 . 8 Spurgeon Isaac B. 6 M . . . Indiana Apr . Jaundice 14 . 9 Cocherhane Nancy 44 F . . M Kentucky Jan . Winter Fever 8 . 10 Rush Hannah 35 F . . M Indiana May . Hemorrhage 14 . 11 Grant James 52 M . . W New York May Physician *** Burst Sudden . 12 Sunnail Frederick 16 M . . . Germany Dec Farmer Unknown 2 . ENUMERATOR REMARKS: Water lime and free stone, rocks limestone, sandstone, slate and soap stone. Timber Poplar, Oak (varieties), Sugar, Ash, Walnut, Hickory and Gum. Soil sandy and clay. ==================================================================================================================================== CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: IN COUNTY: Jackson TOWNSHIP: Grassy Fork ENUMERATOR: Jeremiah S. Tanner FILE PAGE NO: 11 HW PAGE NO: 538 ==================================================================================================================================== LN# LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME AGE SEX COLOR F/S M/W BIRTHPLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL TRANSCRIBER REMARKS (1) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) ==================================================================================================================================== 1 Denton **yer 55 M . . M Maryland Mar Farmer Consumption 3 mo . 2 Denton Elizabeth 17 F . . . Indiana Sep . Fever 3 . 3 Moore Henry Q. 10/12 F . . . Indiana May . Whooping Cough 7 . 4 Perry Matthew 52 M . . M Indiana Mar Farmer Consumption 3 mo . 5 Russel Elizabeth 53 F . . M Virginia Sep . Dropsey 10 mo . 6 Rucher * 28 M . . M Indiana Feb Farmer Consumption 3 mo Fst name illegible ENUMERATOR REMARKS: Water free stone, soil clay, rocks none. Timber Ash, Walnut, Poplar, Oak (variety), Hickory, Sugar and Chestnut. ================================================================================================================================================================ 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/ ================================================================================================================================================================