Death Certificates

In Georgia, statewide issuing of death certificates began in 1919. While some death records exist for earlier decades (principally materials collected by the State Board of Health from 1914 to 1919), most Athens-Clarke County death records date from the post-1919 era. Death records from 1919 to 1930 are indexed and available online at the Georgia Archives in Morrow, Georgia. Building from this dataset, The Athens Death Project has transcribed and datafied 3,405 death certificates for Athens Clarke County from the years 1919 to 1927.

First Name Last Name Occupation Racesort descending Sex Age at Death Cause of Death Address Funeral Home Cemetery
Everline Wade African American Female 1 [Unknown Address] By Ben Walker D
Josie Jones Laundress African American Female 25 Tuberculosis 485 N Billups St W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Alaxandre Williams Laborer African American Male 48 Tuberculosis 185 Miller St Mack and Payne Brooklyn Cemetery
Anna Elizabeth Osborne African American Female 0 Birth North Avenue & Spring Ct Dunbar & Dorsey Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Dock Muckle Farmer African American Male 55 Nephritis [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Smith African American Male Stillborn 1755 E Broad St W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Harriett H. Harris Domestic African American Female 83 Stomach Indale Ave & Glenhaven Ave Lomax & Morton Elberton, Georgia
R. D. Lumpkin Student African American Male 13 Accident (gun) [Unknown Address] Dorsey Furniture Co. Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
Ella Bolton Domestic African American Female 34 Pneumonia Detroit, MI W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Susia May Maceer Farmer African American Female 17 Brain Clarke County, GA Mack and Payne
Rose Colsby Farmer African American Female 50 Brain, Hemmorhage, Paralysis [Unknown Address] Lomax & Morton Clarke County, Georgia
Walter P. Winkfield African American Male 1 Pneumonia 460 N Billups St W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Bush African American Male Stillborn [Unknown Address] Henry Bush [father] [family] Old Pittard Place Cemetery
Ora C. Buedon African American Male 0 Marasmus Dr Martin Luther King Jr Pkwy & Hobson Ave Dorsey Furniture Co. Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Jackson African American Male 0 Dysentery [Unknown Address] [Nothing Listed] Mount Sinai Baptist Church Cemetery
Bradford African American Male 0 Bronchitis 1127 Hancock Ave Mack and Payne Brooklyn Cemetery
John Huff Laborer African American Male 42 Homicide (knife) 876 Dr Martin Luther King Pkwy Mack and Payne Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Mary Lester Student African American Female 14 Tuberculosis Baxter St & S Rocksprings St W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Lucy Allen Stricklyn Housework African American Female 20 Female 483 Third St Mack and Payne Spaulding Cemetery
Lizziebeth Strickland Housework African American Female 80 Heart [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
John Howard Mechanic African American Male 23 Stomach Reese St & N Milledge Ave W. P. Hopson Clarke County, Georgia
Jennie B. Elie Housewife African American Female 18 Typhoid fever 4180 Jefferson Rd. Dunbar & Dorsey Oconee Heights Cemetery
Willie C. Poldo Farmer African American Female 16 Tuberculosis Allensville, GA Mack and Payne Allensville, Georgia
Eliza Griffith Domestic African American Female 24 Tuberculosis [Unknown Address] Lomax & Morton Jackson County, Georgia
Will Shaw Chauffer African American Male 38 Heart S Pope St & W Broad St Mack and Payne Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Elwin Terrell None African American Female 1 Pneumonia 169 E Broad St Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Willie Drinks Mill Employee African American Male 23 Pneumonia 1264 E Broad St Mack and Payne Uvalda, Georgia
Wesley Taylor Farmer African American Male 62 Heart [Unknown Address] Mack and Payne Oconee Hill Cemetery
Oscar Cannon Farmer African American Male 59 Heart 768 4th St Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Lethia Thornton Laborer African American Female 35 Pneumonia Clarke County, GA Mack and Payne Bishop, Georgia
Robert Holman Smith African American Male 0 Pneumonia Clarke County, GA B. Dunaway and Sons
Marie Collins African American Female 7 Diphtheria 228 Fairview St Bernstein Brothers Spaulding Cemetery
Eliza Morton Housework African American Female 37 Heart [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Oglethorpe County, Georgia
Annie Pope Farmer African American Female 50 Nephritis Mitchell Bridge Rd & Atlanta Highway Mack and Payne Pope Slave Cemetery
Boston Coleman Farmer African American Male 51 Dropsy [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers New Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
Anna Hunter Child African American Female 36 Premature birth 139 N Newton Sterling Hunter Father [father] [family] Athens, Georgia
Charllie Daniel African American Male 0 Pneumonia 161 Valley St Mack and Payne Madison, Georgia
James Mitchell Laborer African American Male 37 Stomach 985 College Ave B. Dunaway and Sons Brooklyn Cemetery
William Holbrooks Plumber African American Male 44 Surgery 1367 W Broad Mack and Payne Brooklyn Cemetery
Hannah Lyons Housework African American Female 56 Influenza, Infection 360 N Milledge Ave Mack and Payne Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
B. W. G. Mayfield Laborer African American Male 63 Pneumonia 270 Savannah Ave W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Fanny E Muckle Farmer African American Female 28 Tuberculosis 224 N Newton St Bernstein Brothers Stephens, Georgia
John Williams Farmer African American Male 55 Apoplexy [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Amandia Pitman Farmer African American Female 22 Tuberculosis [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Saint Mary's Baptist Church Cemetery
Charlie Shaw Laborer African American Male 45 Homicide (gun) 187 Odd St Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Luretta Hightower Housewife African American Female 27 Infection Athens, GA Dunbar & Dunaway Watkinsville, Georgia
Marguerite Johnson Housework African American Female 30 Nephritis, Dropsy [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Morton Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery
Eluice Thomas Child African American Male 1 Pneumonia 188 3rd St Mack and Payne Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Carter Daniel Farmer African American Male 80 Cancer [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Madison County, Georgia
Rudell Green African American Male Unknown 437 3rd St B. Dunaway and Sons Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Willis Lane Laborer African American Male 31 Tuberculosis 185 Derby St Bernstein Brothers Spaulding Cemetery
Willie G Terrell Painter African American Male 34 Tuberculosis 140 Dubose Ave W. P. Hopson Berkeley, Georgia
Jorden Young Farmer African American Male 52 Stomach Colbert, Madison County, GA W. P. Hopson Oglethorpe County, Georgia
Eliza Robertson Farmer African American Female 85 Cognitive [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Garfield Greg Child African American Male 3 Accident (fire) Clarke County, GA Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Louise Taylor Child African American Female 0 Bronchitis Old Will Hunter Rd & Macon Hwy Bernstein Brothers Oconee County, Georgia
Edward Wilson Farmer African American Male 50 Lungs [Unknown Address] No underaker in attendance [family]
Lucile Jones Domestic African American Female 22 Female [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Ethel Williams Housewife African American Female 33 Tuberculosis 1469 W Broad St Mack and Payne Brooklyn Cemetery
Emberly Owens Laborer African American Female 99 Heart 190 Rockspring St Mack and Payne Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Fannin Muckle Laborer African American Female 52 Pneumonia North Avenue & Spring Ct Mack and Payne Athens, Georgia
Smith African American Male Premature Ruth St & Lake St Parents [family] Athens, Georgia
Ambus Mckeever Laborer African American Male 46 Accident (dirt) Dr Martin Luther King Jr Pkwy & Hobson Ave Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Creasy Johnson Cook African American Female 25 Lungs Pulaski St & Cleveland Ave W. P. Hopson Elberton, Georgia
Butch Watson Laborer African American Male 39 Pellagra 131 Lyndon Ave Bernstein Brothers Maxeys, Georgia
Ella Morton Laundress African American Female 67 Pellagra 272 N Newton St Mack and Payne Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
Loula Bostick Cook African American Female 42 Mitral x 155 Parris St W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Betsey Conyers Housework African American Female 80 Old Age [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Matilda Ann Eberhardt Domestic African American Female 60 Heart, Bright's Disease, Arteries 390 N Chase St Mack and Payne Oglethorpe County, Georgia
Lula Bunkley Laborer African American Female 54 Mitral, Nephritis [Unknown Address] Mack and Payne Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Janice Jackson Housework African American Female 40 Cancer [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Mount Sinai Baptist Church Cemetery
Alice Harvey Domestic African American Female 75 Mitral 213 Trail Creek St Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Margret Mathews Farmer African American Female 80 Pneumonia Athens, GA W. P. Hopson Madison County, Georgia
Marrion Bradford Laborer African American Male 40 Nephritis 1127 Hancock Ave Mack and Payne Brooklyn Cemetery
Sebe Hunter Merchant African American Male 35 Tuberculosis 226 Chase St Mack and Payne Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
William Thomas Contractor African American Male 72 Nephritis [Unknown Address] Mack and Payne Spaulding Cemetery
Caroline Stroud Housework African American Female 73 Uremia [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Roy Howard Laborer African American Male 44 Apoplexy 757 Waddell St W. P. Hopson Clarke County, Georgia
Rufus Gaines African American Male 1 Diphtheria 139 Yonah Ave B. Dunaway and Sons Oconee Heights Cemetery
Jean Robinson Laborer African American Male 78 Apoplexy, Brain, Hemorrhage Woodlawn Ave & Stanton Way Bernstein Brothers Allensville, Georgia
Powers African American Male Stillborn 1001 Dearing St Mack and Payne Winterville, Georgia
Carrie Shenault Housework African American Female 53 Heart 348 Reese St Mack and Payne Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Pittard African American Male 0 Premature 246 N Pope St W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Fred B. Terrell Laborer African American Male 17 Tuberculosis 428 1st St Lomax & Morton Athens, Georgia
Eugene Pope Student African American Male 8 Pneumonia, Tonsilitis [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Pinkie Cannon Child African American Female 0 Whooping cough 768 4th St Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
Mabell Watkins Student African American Female 12 Influenza 253 Reese St Mack and Payne Lexington, Georgia
Walter Collins Laborer African American Male 38 Dropsy 1486 W Broad St Bernstein Brothers Spaulding Cemetery
Gertrude Pope Laborer African American Female 32 Tuberculosis 320 Glenhaven Ave Mack and Payne Pope Slave Cemetery
Murry Eberhart African American Male 0 Unknown [Unknown Address] James Eberhart [father] [family] New Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
Peter Hutchenson Gardener African American Male 80 Pneumonia 159 Barnett Shoals Rd. W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Jeroline Brown African American Female 0 Pneumonia 128 Odd St Mack and Payne Handy Cemetery
Arthur T Howard Barber African American Male 35 Tuberculosis 543 W Broad St W. P. Hopson Madison, Georgia
Emma Moore Domestic African American Female 65 Heart, Bright's Disease 127 W Dearing St Bernstein Brothers Brooklyn Cemetery
Elena Horton Laundress African American Female 19 Abscess, Liver Miller St & W Broad St Mack and Payne Brooklyn Cemetery
John Lyons Mason African American Male 56 Tuberculosis 1390 W Broad St Mack and Payne Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Andrew Owens Laborer African American Male 72 Stomach N Billups St & W Broad St W. P. Hopson Stephens, Georgia
Lavonia Williams Farmer African American Female 19 Influenza [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Amanda Jones Laundress African American Female 45 Nephritis Athens, GA W. P. Hopson Clarke County, Georgia
Earnest Simmons African American Male 2 Diphtheria [Unknown Address] B. Dunaway and Sons Saint Mary's Baptist Church Cemetery

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