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.

Last Name	First Name	Sex	Age	State Born	Month Died	Cause of Death	Occupation
Aiken	Sarah	Female	50	TN	May	Dropsy
Aikman	Thomas	Male	26	Al	July	Consumption	Teacher
Barker	George W.	Male	11 mos.	NC	July	Diarrhea
Bayless	Sarah	Female	38	TN	December	Dropsy
Black	Charles	Male	10 mos.	TN	September	Croup
Cochran	James	Male	8 mos.	TN	June	Fever
Goodman	Ruth	Female	60	VA	September	Apoplexy
Greenway	David	Male	55	TN	June	Fever
Hackney	Mary	Female	1	TN	August	Flux
Hicks	Henry	Male	21	TN	July	Congestive Fever
Hooper	Moses	Male	55	NC	July	Brain Inflamation
Hamontree	Hannah	Female	27	TN	June	Consumption
Humphreys	Alex	Male	55	TN	June	Pneumonia
Humphreys	John	Male	5	TN	May	Croup
Humphreys	Robert	Male	8 mos.	TN	May	Liver Aflection
Jones	Delilah	Female	21	TN	August	Fever
Jones	Lavinia	Female	37	TN	January	Fits
Kegley	Jacob	Male	40	VA	June	Typhoid Fever
Kegley	Kathrine	Female	17	VA	June	Typhoid Fever
Malcoms	Mary	Female	26	TN	May	Cold
McCall	John	Male	44	TN	August	Dropsy
McCaslin	Samuel	Male	20	TN	April	Inflamed Bowels	Farmer
McGhee	Elvira	Female	4	TN	March	Fits
Orr	Elijah	Male	82	PA	November	Old Age
Pugh	William	Male	77	TN	January	Fever	Mechanic
Robinson	Albert	Male	22	TN	October	Typhoid Fever
Saffell	Samuel	Male	72	TN	September	Poison
Shanks	Jane	Female	84	VA	January	Old Age
Spate	Chaney	Female	44	TN	July	Fever
Sterling	Malsina	Female	43	TN	June	Consumption	Farmer
Stone	Claiborn	Male	19	TN	July	Congestive Fever
Stone	Tailor	Male	1	TN	March	Inflamed Bowels
Taylor	Elim	Female	30	TN	June	Consumption
Williams	Joel	Male	7 mos.	TN	March	Unknown