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 | Race | Sex | Age at Death | Cause of Death | Address | Funeral Home | Cemetery |
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Charles W. | Brandt | Bookkeeper | Caucasian | Male | 47 | Heart | N Hull St & N Lumpkin St | McDorman Bridges Co | Evergreen Cemetery |
John Thomas | Porter | Retired | Caucasian | Male | 76 | Uremia | Statham, GA | McDorman Bridges Co. | Barrow County, Georgia |
Ramp | Jones | Farmer | African American | Male | 58 | Heart | Athens, GA | [??] | |
Chas | Johnson | Farmer | African American | Male | 55 | Nephritis | Athens, GA | W. P. Hopson | Clarke County, Georgia |
Frank | Sims | Laborer | African American | Male | 62 | Pneumonia | Pittard Rd & Old Elberton Rd | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Spaulding Cemetery |
James | Patten | Farmer | African American | Male | 80 | Bronchitis | W Broad St & Hawthorne Ave | Mack and Payne | Brooklyn Cemetery |
Fred J. | Lewis | African American | Male | 13 | Paralysis | 390 N Milledge Ave | W. P. Hopson | Madison County, Georgia | |
James Thomas | Seargaves | Caucasian | Male | 0 | Pneumonia | 565 Nantahala St | B. Dunaway and Sons | Bradley Cemetery | |
Thomas | Crane | Gardener | African American | Male | 57 | Apoplexy | 1133 W Broad | Mack and Payne | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery |
John | Brandon | Laborer | African American | Male | 60 | Stomach | Pearl St & Third St | Mack and Payne | Athens, Georgia |
Rufus | Williams | Student | African American | Male | 9 | Influenza | Clarke County, GA | Bernstein Brothers | Clarke County, Georgia |
Wm. Alexander | Lewis | Farmer | Caucasian | Male | 3 | Infection | 236 W Dougherty St | Bernstein Brothers | Oconee Hill Cemetery |
Willie B. | Lesley | Laborer | African American | Male | 21 | Tuberculosis, Nephritis | 183 Lyndon Ave | Bernstein Brothers | Athens, Georgia |
Jim | Crawford | Farmer | African American | Male | 67 | Kidneys | Clarke County, GA | Mack and Payne | Mount Zion Cemetery |
Alex | Ford | Mill Employee | Caucasian | Male | 54 | Heart, Bright's Disease | 163 Tibbetts Ave | Bernstein Brothers | Clarke County, Georgia |
David | Conger | Engineer | Caucasian | Male | 52 | Diabetes | Maxeys, Clarke County, GA | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Ocone Hill Cemetery |
Oliver | Busch | Laborer | African American | Male | 31 | Heart, Nephritis | 1298 Oconee St | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Spalding County, Georgia |
Jerry G. | Gray | Farmer | Caucasian | Male | 83 | Heart | 797 Cobb St | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Oconee Hill Cemetery |
Edward | Devanport | None | African American | Male | 0 | Premature birth | Dr Martin Luther King Pkwy & Strickland Ave | Dunbar & Dunaway | Athens, Georgia |
Enoch | Prather | Caucasian | Male | 70 | Heart | 380 Satula Ave | Bernstein Brothers | Oconee Hill Cemetery | |
J. T. | Fitzpatrick | Merchant | Caucasian | Male | 75 | Influenza | 697 Barber St | B. Dunaway and Sons | Fitzpatrick Cemetery (Buchanan Cemetery) |
Jesse | Payne | Child | African American | Male | 1 | Pneumonia | 149 N Newton St | Lomax & Morton | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery |
Young | Latimer | Farmer | African American | Male | 17 | Tuberculosis | [Unknown Address] | B. Dunaway and Sons | Oconee Heights Cemetery |
C. E. | Nicholson | Merchant | Caucasian | Male | 59 | Apoplexy | Statham, GA | Dunbar & Dorsey | Statham, Georgia |
Willie | Wilson | Laborer | African American | Male | 50 | Bladder | [Unknown Address] | Dunbar & Dunaway | Brooklyn Cemetery |
Malcom | Caucasian | Male | Stillborn | Monroe, Walton County, GA | Parents [family] | Walton County, Georgia | |||
Cortis | Williams | Caucasian | Male | 6 | Typhoid Fever | 298 Baldwin St | Bernstein Brothers | Pleasant Grove Cemetery | |
Logan | Grisham | Cook | African American | Male | 65 | Hernia, Dropsy | 862 Reese St | Mack and Payne | Brooklyn Cemetery |
William | Clark | Laborer | African American | Male | 49 | Heart | 140 N Pope St | Mack and Payne | Morton Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery |
Willie | Witcher | Farm Laborer | African American | Male | 16 | Brain | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Winterville, Georgia |
Edward Stewart | Kirk | Caucasian | Male | 0 | Convulsions | 184 Willow St | B. Dunaway and Sons | Colbert, Georgia | |
Roy | Cooper | Farmer | African American | Male | 22 | Ulcer | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Clarke County, Georgia |
Dock | Jackson | Laborer | African American | Male | 66 | Bright's Disease, Heart | Pulaski St & Cleveland Ave | Mack and Payne | Saint Mary's Baptist Church Cemetery |
William Emery | Wooten | Mill Employee | Caucasian | Male | 44 | Natural Causes, Unknown | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Hall County, Georgia |
William H. | Merck | Retired | Caucasian | Male | 74 | Cancer | 175 Childs St | Dunbar & Dorsey | Oconee Hill Cemetery |
Wm. A. | Haralsen | Clerk | Caucasian | Male | 45 | Diabetes | Danielsville, GA | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Dawsonville, Georgia |
Elisha | Caldwell | Farmer | Caucasian | Male | 70 | Stomach | 177 Miles St | Dunbar & Dorsey | Bairdstown, Georgia |
Dallas | Hayes | African American | Male | 80 | Apoplexy | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Clarke County, Georgia | |
Alarnza | Johnson | Laborer | African American | Male | 15 | Tuberculosis | 1032 W Reese St | Mack and Payne | Spaulding Cemetery |
Malory L. | Hill | Caucasian | Male | Stillborn | 1264 E Broad St | B. Dunaway and Sons | Oconee Hill Cemetery | ||
Hugh Hartley | Carithers | Caucasian | Male | 0 | Malnutrition | 694 Boulevard | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Madison County, Georgia | |
B. Cornelious | Freeman | Student | African American | Male | 16 | Stomach | 237 Church St | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia |
Dorkus Lee | Shelton | Student | Caucasian | Male | 9 | Accident (drowning) | 748 Oconee St | Bernstein Brothers | Oconee Hill Cemetery |
William | Barnett | Driver | African American | Male | 38 | Heart | 1324 Hancock Ave | Dunbar & Dorsey | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery |
Betney | Smith | Cook | African American | Male | 71 | Nephritis | 1163 Hancock Ave | Mack and Payne | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery |
Scott | Caucasian | Male | 0 | Premature | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Athens, Georgia | ||
John T. | Anderson | Real Estate | Caucasian | Male | 70 | Cancer | Prince Ave & N Milledge Ave | Bernstein Brothers | Athens, Georgia |
Daniel | Thomas | African American | Male | 0 | Unknown | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Clarke County, Georgia | |
Harry E. | White | Hotel | Caucasian | Male | 64 | Heart | 134 Prince Ave | Bernstein Brothers | Chattanooga, Tennessee |
George | Terrell | Laborer | African American | Male | 37 | Hemorrhage, Lungs | North Ave & Madison Heights | B. Dunaway and Sons | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery |
Chas. | Walton | Drayman | African American | Male | 55 | Heart, Nephritis | 267 Atlanta Ave | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia |
Oscar | Thomas | Reverend | African American | Male | 69 | Heart | N Chase St & Hill St | Dorsey Furniture Co. | New Grove Baptist Church Cemetery |
David | Johnson | African American | Male | 0 | Premature | [unknown Address] | Dunbar & Dorsey | ||
Albert | Boykin | African American | Male | 80 | Apoplexy | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Oglethorpe County, Georgia | |
Huff | African American | Male | 0 | Stillborn | [Unknown Address] | D. W. Pittard [individual] | Winterville, Georgia | ||
Tom | Johnson | Laborer | African American | Male | 33 | Accident (drowning) | Broad St & Paris St | Mack and Payne | Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery |
Sebo | Jordan | Farmer | African American | Male | 20 | Tuberculosis | Athens, GA | Mack and Payne | Horton Cemetery |
James G. | Herring | Road Work | Caucasian | Male | 30 | Stomach | Rutledge, GA | Bernstein Brothers | Fairplay, Georgia |
Martin C. | Mige | Merchant | Caucasian | Male | 64 | Cancer | 340 Boulevard | B. Dunaway and Sons | Beaver Dam Church Cemetery |
Fred Lucas | Johnson | African American | Male | 0 | [??] | Grove St & Oconee St | Bernstein Brothers | Clarke County, Georgia | |
Duson | Smith | Child | African American | Male | 0 | Pneumonia | Winterville, GA | Mack and Payne | Spaulding Cemetery |
Joe | Payne | African American | Male | 70 | Apoplexy | S Rocksprings St & W Broad St | B. Dunaway and Sons | Brooklyn Cemetery | |
O. L. | Deadwyler | Physician | Caucasian | Male | 51 | Accident (car) | Carlton, GA | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Old Fork Cemetery |
Nelson O. | Little | Laborer | African American | Male | 74 | Uremia | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Madison County, Georgia |
Wm | Smith | Railroad Employee | Caucasian | Male | 38 | Appendicitis | 180 Hiawassee Ave | Bernstein Brothers | Braselton, Georgia |
John L. | Gholson | Sales | Caucasian | Male | 19 | Diabetes | 360 N Milledge Ave | Bernstein Brothers | Milledgesville, Georgia |
Henry | Credell | Laborer | African American | Male | 80 | Insanity, Nephritis | Lyndon St & Dubose Ave | Mack and Payne | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery |
L. L. | Brandon | Proprietor | Caucasian | Male | 33 | Appendix | [Unknown Address] | Dunbar & Dorsey | Athens, Georgia |
Thomas Norman | Williams | Retired | Caucasian | Male | 52 | Uremia, Heart, Nephritis, Arteries | 234 Peter St | Bernstein Brothers | Clarke County, Georgia |
R. L. | Hammond | Caucasian | Male | 0 | Marasmus, Stomach | Whitehall, GA | Bernstein Brothers | White Hall Cemetery | |
L C | Wise | Child | African American | Male | 1 | Pneumonia | 137 Strickland Ave | Mack and Payne | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery |
Kenneth | Lilly | Mason | Caucasian | Male | 27 | Carbolic poisoning | 225 Barrow St | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Oconee Hill Cemetery |
Bolton M | Crocker | Driver | Caucasian | Male | 64 | Apoplexy | Spartanburg, SC | Bernstein Brothers | Spartanburg, South Carolina |
Alsa F. | Reddling | Guard | Caucasian | Male | 58 | Aarteries, Heart, Bright's Disease | Whitehall, GA | Dorsey Furniture Co. | |
Richard B. | Gray | Telephone Company | Caucasian | Male | 50 | Infection | 175 Nacoochee Ave | Bernstein Brothers | Oconee Hill Cemetery |
Archa | Mckenley | Butler | African American | Male | 40 | Heart | 350 University Ave | W. P. Hopson | Lexington, Georgia |
Ben | Dillard | Laborer | African American | Male | 43 | Tuberculosis | 440 N Finley St | Bernstein Brothers | Athens, Georgia |
Filmore | Dailey | Caucasian | Male | 2 | Pneumonia | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Jackson County, Georgia | |
James D. | Price | Railroad Employee | Caucasian | Male | 65 | Heart | 248 Springdale St | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Oconee Hill Cemetery |
Jessie | Payne | Laborer | African American | Male | 22 | Tuberculosis | Finley St & W Broad St | Mack and Payne | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery |
Wm | Robertson | Student | African American | Male | 14 | Tuberculosis | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Clarke County, Georgia |
Elb. | Lerricotte | Farmer | African American | Male | 56 | Heart | Clarke County, GA | Mack and Payne | Oconee Heights Cemetery |
Jamison F. | Baldwin | Merchant | Caucasian | Male | 72 | Heart, Surgery | 1150 S Milledge Ave | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Washington, Georgia |
J.N. | Woods | Farmer | Caucasian | Male | 81 | Influenza | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Pleasant Grove Cemetery |
Will | Williams | Fireman | African American | Male | 34 | [??] | Athens, GA | Mack and Payne | Madison County, Georgia |
Sam | Hamilton | Laborer | African American | Male | 49 | Nephritis, Heart | 297 N Finley St | Mack and Payne | Brooklyn Cemetery |
Calvin | Nilson | Laborer | African American | Male | 19 | Tuberculosis | 183 Miller St | Mack and Payne | Woodville, Georgia |
George | Colley | Mill Employee | Caucasian | Male | 28 | Tuberculosis | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Oconee Hill Cemetery |
Emery S*S | Waters | Caucasian | Male | 0 | Meningitis | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Oconee Hill Cemetery | |
Berry J. | Porterfield | Retired | Caucasian | Male | 74 | Cognitive | 122 Normal Ave | Bernstein Brothers | Colbert, Georgia |
John Thos. | Stanley | Railroad Employee | Caucasian | Male | 45 | Heart | 207 Franklin St | Bernstein Brothers | Hampton, Georgia |
Minor | Jerby | Farmer | African American | Male | 49 | Pneumonia | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery |
Mose | Matthews | Laborer | African American | Male | 75 | Rheumatism | 1365 W Hancock St | Bernstein Brothers | Athens, Georgia |
Will | Mckinney | Farmer | African American | Male | 50 | Heart | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | New Grove Baptist Church Cemetery |
Horston | Haynes | Farmer | African American | Male | 75 | Pneumonia | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Clarke County, Georgia |
Augustus G. | Johnson | Laborer | African American | Male | 63 | Old Age, Heart | 473 Oak St | Bernstein Brothers | Spaulding Cemetery |
Charles W. | Heard | Police | Caucasian | Male | 64 | Paralysis | 585 Barber St | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Bogart, Georgia |
James H. | Sheppard | Retired | Caucasian | Male | 88 | Nephritis | [Unknown Address] | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Oconee Hill Cemetery |
Luther Harbin | Barrett | Laborer | African American | Male | 5 | Tuberculosis | Lyndon St & Dubose Ave | Bernstein Brothers | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery |
Henry | Scott | African American | Male | 0 | Stillborn | 137 Odd St | Mack and Payne | Athens, Georgia |