1860 Mortality Census of Clayton County, Georgia
Note:  I have included some of the diseases labeled by doctor's in the "olden times" below.

It would be helpful if we could identify more information about these people, if anyone has information
that can be included with them, please advise.  I did a brief search on a couple and came up empty,
but I am hopeful that someone out there is researching some of these and can provide some more
information on them. 

Name Age-Sex Married Born Died Month     Cause of Death

Morrow, M.A. 39 F X Ga. June Consumption
Morrow, 0 (Black Slave) 1 M Ga. April Serofula ?
Sears, L. M. 8 M Ga. Feb. Croop
Harrell, Joseph 69 M X Ga. May Dropsy
Hunt, N.C. 26 F X Ga. June Fever
Hartsfield, E.T. 6 NI Ga. Aug. Dropsy
Morris, A.A. I M Ga. Sept. Flux
Huie, M. R. 39 F X Ga. May Consumption
Burks. C.C. 7 F Ga. Aug. Scarlet Fever
Devaughn, R. (Black Slave) 25 M Ga. Dec. Pneumonia
McConnell, J.T. (Black S1ave~ 3/12 M Ga. May Fever
Hanes, NI. J. 30 F X Ga. Oct. Consumption
Farmer, A.A. 22 1 Ga. Jan. Consumption
Hutcheson. M. (Black Slave) 65 1 Ga. Feb. Dropsy
F itzgerald NI. (Black Slave) 21 F NC June kc~ver
Fayette, A. L. 51 F X NC June Cancer
McConnell. James 64 M X Ga. Nov Consumption
McConnell, Sarah (mulatto Slave) 2 M? Ga. Apr. Fever
Allen. M. H. (Black Slave 112 F Ga. Apr. Croop
Darsee, L. D. 12 F Ga. Aug. Flux
McCorde. M.S. (Black Slave) 4 M Ga. Jan. Croop
Rountree, Henry 25 M X Ga. May Disease of liver
Timmon, S. 5 F Ga. Nov. Epilepsy
McKown, MA. 10 F Ga. Oct. Rheumatism
Johnson, D. D. (Black Slave) 5 M Ga. Nov. Parcenet?
Johnson, D. D. (Black Slave) 1 NI Ga. June Parsenet
1.assetter, T. J. 47 M X Ga. May Disease unknown
Creel. W. G. 2 NI Ga. June Fever
Stephens, M. H. 24 F X Ga. Aug. Fever
Philips, W. A. (Black Slave) 30 M Ga. April Pneumonia
Moosley. F.A. 22 F N Ga. Jan. Rupture
Tanner, J. B. (Black Slave) 1 NI Ga. Ma'. Flux
Estes, Marea 65 F X SC Sept. Epilepsy
Fortson, T. H. 19 NI Ga. Mar. Fever
Glass. Manson (Black Slave) 12 M Ga. Mar. Typhoid Fever
Camp, A. (Black Slave) 20 NI Ga. Sept. Typhoid lever
Camp, A. (Black Slave) 15 F Ga. Sept. Typhoid Fever
Smith, J. C. (1 Negro Black Slave 1/12 F Ga. Feb. Typhoid Fever
Smith, J. C. (1 Negro Black Slave) 2 1" Ga. Feb. Prob, Typhoid Fever
*Smith. C. W. (Black Slave) 39 F Ga. Nov. Consumption
Smith, C. W. Negro Black Slave) 60 F Ga. Mar. Burn?

*Occupation. Doctor M/D

Note: Census Taker - J. H. Morrow All Northern District
This listing provided by D. H. Deci (2002) and used with permission from:
Ancestor's Unlimited, Inc.
 


Some of the diseases labeled by doctor's in the "olden times"
 

      • Acute Mania - severe insanity
      • Addison's Disease - a destructive disease marked by weakness, loss of weight, low blood pressure, gastrointestinal disturbances, and brownish pigmentation of the skin and mucous membranes.
      • Aphonia - laryngitis
      • Apoplexy - stroke
      • Ague - used to define the recurring fever & chills of malarial infection
      • Biliousness - jaundice or other symptoms associated with liver disease
      • Black Jaundice (Wiel's Disease) - Black jaundice is a common term for Wiel's Disease. It is quite common in northeast England near mines, farms and sewage and floats about in water. It is caused by a micro-organism and thus is a bacterial infection (of the liver) and not a virus, as in hepatitis. It is carried by rats and secreted in their urine. It is usually not fatal, in present time, to humans. It is, however, rapidly fatal to dogs and cats, who can eventually gain a resistance, but either way can pass it on.
      • Bright's Disease - Bright's Disease is a catch-all for kidney diseases/disorders
      • Camp Fever - typhus
      • Canine Madness - hydrophobia
      • Carditis - inflammation of the heart wall
      • Catarrh - inflammation of mucous membrane
      • Chlorosis - iron deficency anemia
      • Chorea (St. Vitus' Dance) - nervous disorder
      • Commotion - Concussion
      • Consumption - tuberculosis
      • Corruption - infection
      • Coryza - a cold
      • Costiveness - constipation
      • Cramp Colic - appendicitis
      • Croup - spasmodic laryngitis esp. of infants, marked by episodes of difficult breathing and hoarse metallic cough
      • Death from "teething" - tooth infections with inflammation and cellulitis were clearly important causes of illness and death before there was adequate dentistry.
      • Domestic Illness - polite way of saying mental breakdown, depression, Alzheimers, Parkinsons, or the after effects of a stroke or any illness that kept a person housebound and probably in need of nursing support.
      • Dropsy - edema (swelling), often caused by kidney or heart disease. Dropsy would be called congestive heart failure today. It is an accumulation of fluid around the heart, for a variety of complex reasons, and one treatment is administration of digitalis (foxglove leaves).
      • Dyspepsia - acid indigestion
      • Extravastaed blood - rupture of a blood vessel
      • Falling Sickness - epilepsy
      • Flux of Humour - circulation
      • French Pox - veneral disease
      • Gout - any inflammation, not just in a joint or extremity, caused by the formation of crystals of oxalic acid when it accumulates in the body. It most often occurs in joints where circulation is poor, and can even cause gallstones or kidney stones. Gout is a disease caused by a buildup of urate or uric acid in the body, which crystallizes out in areas without much rapid blood flow and can cause damage when, for example a toe is stubbed.
      • Green Sickness - anemia
      • Hip Gout - osteomylitis
      • Jail Fever - typhus
      • King's Evil (Scrofula) - tubercular infection of the throat lymph glands
      • La Grippe - flu
      • Lues - syphilis.
      • Lues Venera - veneral disease
      • Lumbago - back pain
      • Lung Fever - pneumonia
      • Lung Sickness - tuberculosis
      • Mania - insanity
      • Marasmus - progressive emaciation
      • Membranous Croup - hoarse cough
      • Milk Leg - a painful swelling of the leg beginning at the ankle and ascending, or at the groin and extending down the thigh. It's usual cause is infection after labor.
      • Mortification - infection
      • Neurasthenia - neurotic condition
      • Nostalgia - homesickness
      • Pott's Disease - tuberculosis of the spine with destruction of the bone resulting in curvature of the spine
      • Protein Disease - a once relatively common childhood kidney disease that causes the kidney to leak protien. This is a secondary allergic reaction to certain kinds of strep infections.
      • Putrid Fever - diptheria
      • Quinsy - tonsilitis
      • Remitting Fever - malaria
      • Sanguineous Crust - scab
      • Screws - rheumatism
      • Scrofula - see King's Evil
      • Septicemia - blood poisoning
      • Ship's Fever - typhus
      • Strangery - rupture
      • Summer Complaint - dysentry or baby diarrhea caused by spoiled milk
      • Venesection (Bleeding Venesection) - bleeding