Blount County, Tennessee, 1850 Mortality Schedule

Mortality schedules list people who died during the previous 12 months. Mortality schedules were taken along with population schedules during the 1850 census. These schedules include persons who died between June 1st through May 31st in the year prior to the 1850 federal census. The 1850 mortality schedule lists the dead person’s name; age, sex, color (white, black, or mulatto), free or slave, married or widowed; place of birth; month of death; profession, occupation, or trade; cause of death; and number of days ill. Though part of the federal censuses, mortality schedules are separate from the population schedules.

The following is an alphabetical index of those listed on the mortality schedule for Blount County for 1850. Additional information can be found on the image attached to this post which is a copy of the original. All told 34 people died in Blount County Tennessee aged from Joel Williams at 7 months to 84 years old Jane Shank. The most common affliction was fever (attributed to 8 deaths) to include 3 cases of Typhoid fever.