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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Sallie | Brown | Domestic | African American | Female | 41 | Apoplexy | 1443 W Broad St | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia |
Joseph H. | Lovinggood | Painter | African American | Male | 45 | Heart | 540 Hancock Ave | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia |
Blanch | Jackson | Laundress | African American | Female | Natural causes | 243 Vine St | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia | |
Ray | African American | Female | 0 | Unknown, Natural Causes | 357 Lyndon Ave | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia | ||
Sallie | Jackson | Farmer | African American | Female | 78 | Nephritis | 165 Indale Ave | W. P. Hopson | Apalachee, Georgia |
Jennie | Colquitt | Lawyer | African American | Female | 39 | Heart | N Newton Street & Reese St | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia |
John | Gilmore | Farmer | African American | Male | 60 | Pneumonia | Athens, GA | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia |
Lula Ellis | Lampkin | Child | African American | Female | 47 | Nephritis | 1127 W Hancock Ave | W. P. Hopson | Cave Spring, Georgia |
Merriweather | African American | Male | Stillborn | 268 S Thomas St | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia | |||
Iaa B | Crosley | Student | African American | Female | 13 | Poisoning | 270 Savannah Ave | W. P. Hopson | Greensboro, Georgia |
Archa | Mckenley | Butler | African American | Male | 40 | Heart | 350 University Ave | W. P. Hopson | Lexington, Georgia |
Claud C. | Cox | Laborer | African American | Male | Suicide (drowning) | State St & Hoyt St | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia | |
Steward | African American | Female | Stillborn | 285 Cleveland Ave | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia | |||
Wm. Henry | Barnett | Laborer | African American | Male | 21 | Tuberculosis | Strong St & N Lumpkin St | W. P. Hopson | Clarke County, Georgia |
Charlie | Gardner | Public Work | African American | Male | 33 | Heart | 1760 W Hancock Ave | W. P. Hopson | Crawfordville, Georgia |
Catherine | Jackson | Maid | African American | Female | 35 | Heart | 524 Hancock Ave | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia |
Mamie B | Thrasher | Laundress | African American | Female | 17 | Cancer | 248 Arch St | W. P. Hopson | Clarke County, Georgia |
Bessie | Robinson | Laundress | African American | Female | 62 | Paralysis | Athens, GA | W. P. Hopson | Hutchins, Georgia |
Reese | Colquitt | Tailor | African American | Male | 42 | Heart | 294 Lyndon Ave | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia |
Alice | Lowe | Laundress | African American | Female | 55 | Gangrene, surgery | 437 Macon Hwy | W. P. Hopson | Oconee County, Georgia |
Willie | Judge | Cook | African American | Female | 50 | Heart | [Unknown Address] | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia |
Ellen L. | Robinson | Student | African American | Female | 10 | Rheumatism | 357 Athens Ave | W. P. Hopson | Clarke County, Georgia |
Wm | Brown | Steward | African American | Male | 54 | Apoplexy | 760 Chase St | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia |
Henry | Durham | Laborer | African American | Male | 32 | Heart | 1529 W Broad St | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia |
Henry | Jackson | Janitor | African American | Male | 83 | Cancer | 465 Reese St | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia |
Rosa B | Ray | Student | African American | Female | 17 | Influenza | 357 Lyndon Ave | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia |
Savannah | Bonds | Housewife | African American | Female | Heart | North Avenue & Spring Court | W. P. Hopson | Arnold Grove Baptist Church Cemetery | |
Ferdie | Cook | Waiter | African American | Male | 19 | Tuberculosis | Strong St & N Lumpkin St | W. P. Hopson | Barrow County, Georgia |
Hattie | Glen | Housewife | African American | Female | 44 | Nephritis, Heart | 659 W Hancock Ave | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia |
Binford | African American | Male | Stillborn | 750 Dearing St | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia | |||
Stone | African American | Male | Stillborn | 1253 W Broad St | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia | |||
Wm. | Brown | Ice Cream Worker | Caucasian | Male | 18 | Syphilis | 325 N Rocksprings St | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia |
Sidney | Griffith | Laborer | African American | Male | 25 | Tuberculosis | [Unknown Address] | W. P. Hopson | Putnam County, Georgia |
Amanda | Walker | Janitor | African American | Female | 60 | Tuberculosis | 145 Pope St | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia |
Creasy | Johnson | Cook | African American | Female | 25 | Lungs | Pulaski St & Cleveland Ave | W. P. Hopson | Elberton, Georgia |
Margret | Mathews | Farmer | African American | Female | 80 | Pneumonia | Athens, GA | W. P. Hopson | Madison County, Georgia |
Sallie | Middlebrooks | Cook | African American | Female | 60 | Apoplexy | 290 Barber St | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia |
Creacues | African American | Female | Stillborn | E Dougherty St & N Lumpkin St | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia | |||
Fannie | Smith | Seamstress | African American | Female | 54 | Cancer | S Rocksprings St & W Broad St | W. P. Hopson | Bethel Methodist Church Cemetery |
Arthur T | Howard | Barber | African American | Male | 35 | Tuberculosis | 543 W Broad St | W. P. Hopson | Madison, Georgia |
Hill | African American | Female | Stillborn | 215 N Pope St | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia | |||
George | Dye | African American | Male | 80 | Natural causes | W Hancock Ave & N Franklin St | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia | |
Celia | Lymous | Laundress | African American | Female | 26 | Typhoid fever | North Billups St & Glenhaven Ave | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia |
Lonnie | James | Farmer | African American | Male | 41 | Hemmorhage, Brain | 131 Cain St | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia |
Taylor | Middlebrooks | Stableman | African American | Male | 41 | Heart | 290 Barber St | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia |
Fannie L. | Winfrey | Housewife | African American | Female | 26 | Hemorrhage | 588 Hancock Ave | W. P. Hopson | Clarke County, Georgia |
Cleavland | Williams | Laborer | African American | Male | 49 | Heart | Athens, GA | W. P. Hopson | Lexington, Georgia |
Emma | Kenney | Laundress | African American | Female | 55 | Paralysis, Diabetes | 1223 W Hancock Ave | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia |
Hill | African American | Female | Premature birth, Stillborn | 173 Pearl St | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia | |||
Allin | Eberhardt | African American | Male | 0 | Pneumonia, Whooping Cough | 385 N Billups St | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia | |
Ella F. | Jenkins | African American | Female | 0 | Premature | 145 N Rockspring St | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia | |
Sue | Winfrey | Farm Laborer | African American | Female | 93 | Dropsy | [Unknown Address] | W. P. Hopson | Arnoldsville, Georgia |
Will Henry | Graham | Porter | African American | Male | 47 | Heart | 542 W Broad St | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia |
Winfrey | Child | African American | Female | 0 | Delivery | 1365 W Hancock Ave | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia | |
George | Hutcherson | Farmer | African American | Male | 58 | Paralysis | W Broad St & Hawthorne Ave | W. P. Hopson | Watkinsville, Georgia |
Brown | African American | Female | Stillborn | 128 Odd St | W. P. Hopson | Oconee Heights Cemetery | |||
John | Lowe | Farmer | African American | Male | 77 | Nephritis, Heart | Athens, GA | W. P. Hopson | Clarke County, Georgia |
Katie | Cox | African American | Female | 49 | Mitral, Nephritis | 964 Baxter St | W. P. Hopson | Oglethorpe County, Georgia | |
Samantha | Lee | Laundress | African American | Female | 19 | Accident (fire) | 246 N Pope St | W. P. Hopson | Godfrey, Georgia |
Byrd | African American | Female | Stillborn | 187 Popler St | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia | |||
Carrie | Edwards | Laundress | African American | Female | 29 | Nephritis | S Finley St & Baxter St | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia |
Sewell | Walker | African American | Male | 0 | [??] | W Hancock Ave & N Milledge Ave | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia | |
Pinkney | Keulbrew | Domestic | African American | Female | 53 | Cancer | 137 Fairview St | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia |
Fannie A. | Hill | Domestic | African American | Female | 25 | Tuberculosis | W Broad St & N Chase St | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia |
Anderson | African American | Female | Stillborn | 150 S Newton St | W. P. Hopson | Shady Dale, Georgia | |||
Mary | Durham | Housewife | African American | Female | 33 | Tuberculosis | 180 Paris St | W. P. Hopson | Brooklyn Cemetery |
Ulysses | Gaither | Farmer | African American | Male | 26 | Stomach | Loganville, GA | W. P. Hopson | Good Hope, Georgia |
Mary E. | Byrd | None | African American | Female | 0 | Heart | 669 W Hancock Ave | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia |
Chas. | Walton | Drayman | African American | Male | 55 | Heart, Nephritis | 267 Atlanta Ave | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia |
Johnson | African American | Male | Stillborn | 270 Atlanta Ave | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia | |||
Mattie | Swanson | Farmer | African American | Female | 36 | Dropsy | Athens, GA | W. P. Hopson | Oconee Heights Cemetery |
Milners | African American | Female | Stillborn | 136 Trail Creek St | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia | |||
Chas | Johnson | Farmer | African American | Male | 55 | Nephritis | Athens, GA | W. P. Hopson | Clarke County, Georgia |
P. F. | Curry | Reverend | African American | Male | 60 | Cancer | 1254 W Broad St | W. P. Hopson | Halcyondale, Georgia |
Anna | Hutcheson | Laundress | African American | Female | Nephritis | 190 Newton St | W. P. Hopson | Watkinsville, Georgia | |
William | Killian | Drayman | African American | Male | 56 | Heart | 145 Cain St | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia |
Mattie | Anderson | Laundress | African American | Female | 26 | Uremia | 150 S Newton St | W. P. Hopson | Shady Dale, Georgia |
Henry | Shaw | African American | Male | 34 | Heart, Nephritis | Athens, GA | W. P. Hopson | Clarke County, Georgia | |
Wm. | Paul | Hotel Waiter | African American | Male | 51 | Pneumonia | 286 4th St | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia |
Bonnie | Calaway | African American | Female | 5 | Accident (fire) | 516 N Billups St | W. P. Hopson | Oconee Heights Cemetery | |
John | Ware | Laborer | African American | Male | 22 | Heart | 185 Macon Ave | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia |
Alonza | Johnson | African American | Male | 1 | Stomach | 140 Rockspring St | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia | |
Adams | African American | Male | Stillborn | 200 Glenhaven Ave | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia | |||
J. T. | Richards | Reverend | African American | Male | Nephritis | 175 N Billups St | W. P. Hopson | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | |
Henry | Gresham | Farmer | African American | Male | 57 | Tuberculosis | 523 Vine St | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia |
Lollie | Winfrey | Cook | African American | Female | 36 | Apoplexy | 116 S Rockspring St | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia |
Malinda | Heard | African American | Female | 80 | Paralysis | 695 Vine St | W. P. Hopson | Spaulding Cemetery | |
Nick | Gear | Farmer | African American | Male | 80 | Old Age | [Unknown Address] | W. P. Hopson | New Grove Baptist Church Cemetery |
Jessie | Burden | Cook | African American | Unknown | 20 | Stomach | [Unknown Address] | W. P. Hopson | Comer, Georgia |
Parthenia | Martin | Domestic | African American | Female | 38 | Influenza | 1540 E Broad St | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia |
C H | Watson | Reverend | African American | Male | 57 | Pneumonia | Athens, GA | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia |
Susie | Aker | Disability | African American | Female | 23 | Pneumonia | [Unknown Address] | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia |
Smith | African American | Male | Stillborn | 1755 E Broad St | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia | |||
Robert | Pearson | African American | Male | 0 | Premature | 150 Rockspring St | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia | |
Eva | Thornton | Student | African American | Female | 18 | Tuberculosis | 291 Athens Ave | W. P. Hopson | Elberton, Georgia |
Harry | Huff | Farmer | African American | Male | 65 | Cancer | Lexington, Oglethorpe County, GA | W. P. Hopson | Berkeley, Georgia |
Smith | African American | Male | Stillborn | 1755 E Broad St | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia | |||
George Clarke | Heard | Farmer | African American | Male | 59 | Typhoid fever | [Unknown Address] | W. P. Hopson | Saint Mary's Baptist Church Cemetery |
Walter P. | Winkfield | African American | Male | 1 | Pneumonia | 460 N Billups St | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia | |
Ella | Bolton | Domestic | African American | Female | 34 | Pneumonia | Detroit, MI | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia |