1860 Mortality Schedule Gumm District

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1860 Mortality Schedule
Gumm District, Baldwin County, GA
Name	Age	Sex	Color	Free or Slave	Married or Widowed	Place of Birth	Month Died	Occupation	Cause of Death	Number Days Ill
1. Infant	1 mo	M	B	Slave	-	Ga	June	-	Unknown	1 1/2 days
2. Lenora	22	F	B	Slave	-	GA	Nov	Farm Laborer	Typhoid Fever	21 days
2. Infant	1 mo	M	-	-	-	GA	Apr	-	Spasms	Sudden
4. John T. Grimes	31	M	-	-	-	GA	May	-	Dyarrhoea	17 days
5. James L. Grimes	23	M	-	-	-	GA	Oct	Farm Laborer	Stabbing	Sudden
6. Infant	3 mos	M	M	Slave	-	GA	Dec	-	Unknown	3 days
7. Sarah Gumm	29	F	-	-	Married	GA	Jan	-	Consumption	10 mons
8. Andron D Harper	1	M	-	-	-	GA	Aug	-	Teething	18 days

Remarks: No. 5 Died from the effects of stab in the left breast near the heart made by parties unknown. A negro was tried for the murder but the jury returned a Verdict of Not Guilty. This District is remarkable for it's Springs of pure cold water. I may also add for the number and size of it's Rattle Snakes. Non call for information in regard to Disease among stock. "Hog Cholera" has prevailed to a great extent in this and Salem District.
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1860 Mortality Schedule
Salem District, Baldwin County, GA
Name	Age	Sex	Color	Free or Slave	Married or Widowed	Place of Birth	Month Died	Occup.	Cause of Death	Number Days Ill
1. Mary Moss	45	F	B	Free	Married	GA	Dec	Farm Laborer	Pneumonia	8 days
2. Ellen Simpson	61F	-	-	-	Married	GA	Oct	-	Constipation of Bowels	6 days
3. Kane	7 mos	M	M	Slave	-	GA	May	-	Unknown	3 days
4. Infant	1 mo	M	-	-	-	GA	May	-	Scarlet Fever	14 days
5. Jessee Brundage	16	M	-	-	-	GA	-	Student	Pneumona	15 days
6. Infant	1 mo	M	B	Slave	-	GA	-	-	Hives	3 days
7. Adam	8 mos	M	B	Slave	-	GA	-	-	Dyarrhoea	3 mos
8. John L. Robinson	37	M	-	-	-	GA	-	Farmer	Inflam. of Lungs	3 yrs.
9. Jessee Crooms	29	M	-	-	-	GA	-	Farmer	Concussion of Brain	Sudden
10. William Tompkins	16	M	-	-	-	GA	-	Farm Laborr	Fall of Tree Concussion	Sudden
11. Joshua	32	M	B	Slave	-	GA	-	Field Hand	Typhoid Pneumonia	9 days
12. Bill Anderson	4	M	B	Slave	-	GA	-	-	Whooping Cough	30 days
14. Tabitha A. Kirkpatrick	47	F	-	-	Married	NC	-	-	Consumption	7 years
14. Anderson	17	M	B	Slave	-	GA	-	Field Hand	Stabbing ( to the heart)	Sudden
15. Catherine	6 mos	F	B	Slave	-	GA	-	-	Spasms	2 days
16. Infant	1 mo	F	B	Slave	-	GA	-	-	Hookworm	Sudden
17. Infant	1	M	B	Slave	-	GA	-	-	Whooping Cough	21 days
18. Banks	3 mos	M	B	Slave	-	GA	-	-	Accidentaly Suffocated	Sudden
19. Racher	2 mos	M	B	Slave	-	GA	-	-	Whooping Cough	20 days
20. Legan	4 mos	M	B	Slave	-	GA	-	-	Accidentaly Suffocated	Sudden
21. Sam	1 mo	M	B	Slave	-	GA	-	-	Pneumonia	4 days
22. Infant	2 mos	M	B	Slave	-	GA	-	-	Dyarrhoea	23 days
23. Jessee Daniel	65	M	-	-	Married	GA	May	Planter	Liver complaint	18 mons
24. Infant	3 mos	F	B	Slave	-	GA	Feb	-	Whooping Cough	30 days
25. Emmet Singleton	11 mos	M	-	-	-	GA	May	-	Cholera Infantum	14 days

Remarks: No. 9 died from the effects of blow on the skull with a common Plantation Hoe, in a fight. No. 14 died from the effects a stab given by another slave in a fight. No. 10. Died from the effects of the fall of a tree crushing his skull and killing him instantly. Pneumonia has prevailed to a limited extent. The Geology of the district very similar to that of Gumm's District. It is of the Primary formation, granite substratum, very much broken, fine springs and very healthy.

Source: United States. Federal Mortality Census Schedules, 1850-1880 (formerly in the custody of the Daughters of the American Revolution), and Related Indexes, 1850-1880. T655, 30 rolls. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C.