Slave Names Extracted From 1850 and 1860 Mortality Schedules

ASHE, ALLEGHANY, WATAUGA AND WILKES COUNTIES, NC

SLAVE NAMES EXTRACTED FROM 1850 AND 1860 MORTALITY SCHEDULES
From: National Archives Census microfilm, 1850 and 1860 Mortality Schedules

Mortality schedules include all persons who died from June of the year preceding the census year up to June first of the census year. Although enumerators had specific guidelines as to what data was to be entered, some entered more data than was required, and others, less. In the case of slaves, some enumerators listed the slaves under their own names, and others listed only the slave owner's name. Some enumerators entered both the slave's name and the owner's name (the "best case scenario!"). I have included all information given for each of these entries and have no additional information on them. If there is confusion over whether the name listed is that of the slave or the slave owner, researchers should consult the 1850 and 1860 NC Slave Schedules.

Original spelling has been preserved for all names, diseases, etc.

Ashe County, NC, 1850

Ann Stengel's slave	37	female	black	married	born NC	died October	sick for 60 days	Dropsy
A.S. Wyatt's slave	2 mos.	male	black	-	born NC	died March	sick for 20 days	Hives
Ned Perkins' slave	20	male	black	-	born NC	died January	-	Suicide
Nancy Green's slave	1 month	female	black	-	born NC	died March	sick for 2 days	Croup

Ashe County, NC, 1860

Simon [no last name]	8	male	black	slave	-	born NC	died August	sick 12 days	"Cramb"
John [no last name]	33	male	black	slave	-	born NC	died February	sick 30 days	Fever
Morris Worth	40	male	black	slave	married	born TN	died October	sick 7 days	Disease of heart

Alleghany County, NC, 1850

Since Alleghany County formed from Ashe in 1859, there is no 1850 Alleghany Co. mortality schedule.

Alleghany County, NC, 1860

Jane

female

black

slave

married

born VA

died Feb.

Domestic

Rhumatism

ill for 30 days

Watauga County, NC, 1850

The enumerator did not list race in this mortality census. Every person has a given name and a surname. No one is listed as either slave or free.

Watauga County, NC, 1860

David Green	slave	1/12 (one month old)	male	black	born NC	died Feb.	Diseas not Known	ill for one day
David Green	slave	1/12 (one month old)	female	black	born NC	died Feb.	Diseas not Known	ill for one day
Amos Green's Cato	slave	53	male	black	born NC	died Nov.	Servant	accidently shot

Wilkes County, NC, 1850

Patrick	-	male	black	slave	birthplace blank	died Nov.	Debility	ill for 180 days
Emala (Emada?)	13	female	black	slave	born Wilkes Co., NC	died Sept.	*Fluding(?)	ill for 30 days
Tom	38	male	black	slave	birthplace blank	died April	Consumption	ill for 120 days
Susanah	3	female	black	slave	birthplace blank	died May	Hooping Cough	ill for 16 days

*NOTE: Another deceased woman in the county died of "Fluding of the womb;" this would appear to involve the female reproductive system, possibly hemorrhage; I have not seen this term used anywhere else.

Wilkes County, NC, 1860

Al Vin	8	male	mulatto	-	slave	born NC	died June	-	Dropsy	ill 3 months
Evaline	34	female	black	-	slave	born NC	died Feb.	-	Cause Unknown	ill 8 days
Negro slave	3 mos. old	male	mulatto	-	slave	born NC	died April	-	Cause Unknown	ill for 2 mos.
Martial	8/12 (8 months old)	male	black	-	slave	born NC	died Feb.	-	Cause Unknown	ill for one day
Joseph	10/12 (10 months old)	male	black	-	slave	born NC	died Oct.	-	Croup	ill for 1 hour
H. Bery slave	42	male	-	married	slave	born NC	died Dec.	-	Fevor	ill for 25 days
Ann Parks	40	female	black	married	slave	born NC	died Feb.	Laborer on farm	Rheumatism	ill for 5 months
[no first name] Parks	1 day old	male	black	-	slave	born NC	died March	-	Cause Unknown	sudden death
Richard Blackburn	80	male	black	-	slave	born NC	died Oct.	laborer on farm	Dropsy	ill for 15 days
Ned Foster	10	male	black	-	slave	born NC	died Oct.	farm hand	Hemorhage of Lungs	ill for 7 days
[no first name] Walker	1 day old	male	black	-	slave	born NC	died May	-	Cause Unknown	sudden death
Charles Hunt	5 mos.	male	black	-	slave	born NC	died Feb.	-	Cause Unknown	sudden death
Thomas Sales	45	male	black	married	slave	born NC	died Aug.	farm hand	Typhoid Fever	ill for 25 days
Sarah Sales	18	female	black	married	slave	born NC	died Sept.	farm hand	Typhoid Fever	ill for 15 days
Vincent Sales	18	male	black	-	slave	born NC	died Nov.	farm hand	Typhoid Fever	ill for 15 days
Lena Finley	28	female	black	married	slave	born NC	died July	Laborer	Typhoid Fever	ill for 15 days

NOTE: White farmer James Sales, 55, married, born NC, farmer, died in May, also of typhoid fever, which seems to have run rampant through the area among both slaveowners and slaves in 1859-60.

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