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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John | Smith | Laborer | African American | Male | 60 | Nephritis | 280 Fairview St | Mack and Payne | Spaulding Cemetery |
John | Huff | Laborer | African American | Male | 42 | Homicide (knife) | 876 Dr Martin Luther King Pkwy | Mack and Payne | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery |
Sebe | Hunter | Merchant | African American | Male | 35 | Tuberculosis | 226 Chase St | Mack and Payne | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery |
Carrie | Shenault | Housework | African American | Female | 53 | Heart | 348 Reese St | Mack and Payne | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery |
Carrie | Williams | Cook | African American | Female | 55 | Stomach | Waddell St & S Milledge Ave | Mack and Payne | Farmington, Georgia |
Rosa J. | Barnett | Student | African American | Female | 8 | Pneumonia | Clarke County, GA | Mack and Payne | Spaulding Cemetery |
Marrion | Bradford | Laborer | African American | Male | 40 | Nephritis | 1127 Hancock Ave | Mack and Payne | Brooklyn Cemetery |
Wayman | Thomas | Laborer | African American | Male | 45 | Pneumonia | [Unknown Address] | Mack and Payne | Winterville, Georgia |
Fannin | Muckle | Laborer | African American | Female | 52 | Pneumonia | North Avenue & Spring Ct | Mack and Payne | Athens, Georgia |
Gertrude | Pope | Laborer | African American | Female | 32 | Tuberculosis | 320 Glenhaven Ave | Mack and Payne | Pope Slave Cemetery |
Ephraim | Marcey | Laborer | African American | Male | 43 | Gun | [Unknown Address] | Mack and Payne | Allensville, Georgia |
Emma | Johnson | Housework | African American | Female | 70 | Paralysis | 882 Dr Martin Luther King Pkwy | Mack and Payne | Maxeys, Georgia |
John | Lyons | Mason | African American | Male | 56 | Tuberculosis | 1390 W Broad St | Mack and Payne | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery |
Orange | Wade | Laborer | African American | Female | 52 | Pneumonia | Strong St & N Jackson St | Mack and Payne | Oconee Heights Cemetery |
Ethel | Williams | Housewife | African American | Female | 33 | Tuberculosis | 1469 W Broad St | Mack and Payne | Brooklyn Cemetery |
J. W. | Anderson | Painter | African American | Male | 60 | Heart | N Hull St & N Lumpkin St | Mack and Payne | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery |
Lizzie Ellene | Williams | Housewife | African American | Female | 22 | Pellagra | 176 Billups St | Mack and Payne | Atlanta, Georgia |
Elena | Horton | Laundress | African American | Female | 19 | Abscess, Liver | Miller St & 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 |
Ella | Morton | Laundress | African American | Female | 67 | Pellagra | 272 N Newton St | Mack and Payne | Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery |
Loucious | Cole | Laborer | African American | Male | 20 | Mitral, Nephritis | Lyndon St & Dubose Ave | Mack and Payne | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery |
Matilda Ann | Eberhardt | Domestic | African American | Female | 60 | Heart, Bright's Disease, Arteries | 390 N Chase St | Mack and Payne | Oglethorpe County, Georgia |
John Lewis | Smith | Child | African American | Male | 2 | Pneumonia | Oconee St & Grove St | Mack and Payne | Spaulding Cemetery |
Francis | Hurt | Laborer | African American | Female | 75 | Uremia | North Ave & Madison Heights | Mack and Payne | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery |
Ruby Lee | Binson | African American | Female | 0 | Asthma | 168 Pope St | Mack and Payne | Lexington, Georgia | |
Effie | Jones | Housewife | African American | Female | 23 | Nephritis | E Broad St & Hickory St | Mack and Payne | Royston, Georgia |
Joe | Watson | Laborer | African American | Male | 45 | Nephritis | Church St & Peabody St | Mack and Payne | Bethabara Baptist Church Cemetery |
Turner | Hillyer | African American | Male | 88 | Old Age | Athens, GA | Mack and Payne | Morton Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery | |
Bobie | Shortey | Cook | African American | Female | 35 | Syphilis | 145 N Chase St | Mack and Payne | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery |
Earnest | Beigths | Laborer | African American | Male | 21 | Accident (car) | 520 N Peter St | Mack and Payne | Spaulding Cemetery |
Dave | Brown | Laborer | African American | Male | 50 | Nephritis | Reese St & N Milledge Ave | Mack and Payne | Brooklyn Cemetery |
Mattie | Maus | Laborer | African American | Female | 58 | Scleroderma | 440 N Finley St | Mack and Payne | Allensville, Georgia |
Claudie | Mack | Housework | African American | Female | 41 | Stomach | 220 N Harris St | Mack and Payne | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery |
Mary E. | Sullivan | Housework | African American | Female | 46 | Stomach | 694 Dr Martin Luther King Pkwy | Mack and Payne | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery |
Julia | Williams | Laborer | African American | Female | 70 | Apoplexy | 187 S Miller St | Mack and Payne | Brooklyn Cemetery |
Julia | Arnold | Laborer | African American | Female | 65 | Tuberculosis | N Harris St & W Hancock Ave | Mack and Payne | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery |
Mack | Johnson | Laborer | African American | Male | 67 | Heart, Dropsy | Strong St & Foundry St | Mack and Payne | Spaulding Cemetery |
Ora | Ebberhart | Farmer | African American | Female | 30 | Heart | [Unknown Address] | Mack and Payne | Attica, Georgia |
Elizzibeth | Horton | African American | Female | 0 | Pneumonia | 1444 W Broad St | Mack and Payne | Brooklyn Cemetery | |
Thomas | Griffen | African American | Male | 26 | Abscess | 515 Reese St | Mack and Payne | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | |
Alice | Fragier | Laborer | African American | Female | 39 | Accident (car) | 123 Indale Ave | Mack and Payne | |
Obiellia | Christler | Laborer | African American | Female | 50 | Heart | 270 Glenhaven Ave | Mack and Payne | Jefferson, Georgia |
Isibella | Owens | Laundress | African American | Female | 65 | Infection, Nephritis | N Hull St & N Lumpkin St | Mack and Payne | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery |
Milas | Irving | Farmer | African American | Male | 81 | Infleuenza | Athens, GA | Mack and Payne | Athens, Georgia |
Eva | Collins | Cook | African American | Female | 70 | Cancer | [Unknown Address] | Mack and Payne | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery |
Francis | Smithe | Laborer | African American | Female | 45 | Diabetes | Athens, GA | Mack and Payne | Spaulding Cemetery |
Lucile | Brooks | Laundress | African American | Female | 21 | Tuberculosis | Lyndon St & Dubose Ave | Mack and Payne | Barnett Shoals Cemetery |
Mary | Jacks | Laborer | African American | Female | 70 | Pneumonia | 1551 E Broad St | Mack and Payne | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery |
Rittie B | Horton | Housework | African American | Female | 45 | Apoplexy | 257 Finley St | Mack and Payne | Morton Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery |
Harett | Simmons | Laborer | African American | Female | 95 | Apoplexy | 163 Prince Ave | Mack and Payne | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery |
Allen | Clarke | Laborer | African American | Male | 86 | Heart, Dropsy | Clarke County, GA | Mack and Payne | Spaulding Cemetery |
Lizzie | Byrd | Laundress | African American | Female | 55 | Nephritis | 666 W Broad St | Mack and Payne | Brooklyn Cemetery |
Elie | Mitchel | Farmer | African American | Male | 76 | Stomach | Allensville, Ga | Mack and Payne | Allensville, Georgia |
Cynthia | Mack | Housework | African American | Female | Heart | S Harris St & W Broad St | Mack and Payne | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | |
Robert | Burden | Laborer | African American | Male | 25 | Tuberculosis | Tibbetts St & Pulaski St | Mack and Payne | Athens, Georgia |
Samul B | Taylor | Chauffer | African American | Male | 31 | Tuberculosis | Clarke County, GA | Mack and Payne | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery |
Edward | Bakin | African American | Male | 0 | Indigestion | [Unknown Address] | Mack and Payne | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | |
Mollie | Johnson | Laborer | African American | Female | 52 | Nephritis, Heart | Clarke County, GA | Mack and Payne | Spaulding Cemetery |
Robert | Horton | African American | Male | 0 | Malnutrition | 1349 Hancock Ave | Mack and Payne | Brooklyn Cemetery | |
Mayfield | Griffieth | Student | African American | Female | 16 | Tuberculosis | 337 Reese St | Mack and Payne | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery |
Julia | Wilkins | Laundress | African American | Female | 73 | Anemia | 224 N Miller St | Mack and Payne | Elberton, Georgia |
Nora | Hawkins | Laborer | African American | Female | 80 | Paralysis | 243 Reese St | Mack and Payne | Winterville, Georgia |
Susie | Williams | Housewife | African American | Female | 19 | Pneumonia | Athens, GA | Mack and Payne | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery |
Mary | Cook | Laborer | African American | Female | 60 | Cancer, Hemmorhage | [Unknown Address] | Mack and Payne | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery |
Essie | Steed | Cook | African American | Female | Tuberculosis | 125 Green St | Mack and Payne | Spaulding Cemetery | |
Hattie Lou | Jackson | Child | African American | Female | 2 | Whooping cough | 437 Reese St | Mack and Payne | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery |
Joe | Collins | Farmer | African American | Male | 18 | Paralysis | 360 N Milledge Ave | Mack and Payne | Lexington, Georgia |
Mary Susan | Davenport | Farmer | African American | Female | 67 | Brain | Tallassee Rd. & Whitehead Rd | Mack and Payne | Oconee Heights Cemetery |
Lucinda | Sloan | Laborer | African American | Female | 80 | Arteries | 1132 W Broad St | Mack and Payne | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery |
Catherne William | Shepard | Seamtress | African American | Female | 45 | Cancer | 733 Dearing St | Mack and Payne | Madison County, Georgia |
Annie | Clarke | Cook | African American | Female | 38 | Nephritis | North Ave & Willow St | Mack and Payne | Spaulding Cemetery |
Ben | Coffer | Laborer | African American | Male | 35 | Tuberculosis | Prince Ave & Oglethorpe Ave | Mack and Payne | Brooklyn Cemetery |
Ransome | Mitchel | Farmer | African American | Male | 60 | Unknown | [Unknown Address] | Mack and Payne | Allensville, Georgia |
Richard | Lumpkin | Farmer | African American | Male | 55 | Hernia | [Unknown Address] | Mack and Payne | Stephens, Georgia |
Loucinda | Marble | Laborer | African American | Female | 102 | Old Age | 224 N Finley St | Mack and Payne | Maxeys, Georgia |
Bettie Neel | Thomas | Clerk | African American | Female | 3 | Diphtheria | Clarke County, GA | Mack and Payne | |
Mary An | Stricklyn | Laborer | African American | Female | 54 | Heart, Nephritis | 150 Strickland St | Mack and Payne | Saint Mary's Baptist Church Cemetery |
Walter | Teasly | Laborer | African American | Male | 34 | Homicide (knife) | First St & Trail Creek St | Mack and Payne | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery |
Ben | Jones | Laborer | African American | Male | 55 | Paralysis | 243 Cleveland Ave | Mack and Payne | Spaulding Cemetery |
Carrie M. | Griffin | Housewife | African American | Female | 48 | Tuberculosis | 337 Reese St | Mack and Payne | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery |
Sam | Low | Farmer | African American | Male | 67 | Paralysis | N Newton St & W Broad St | Mack and Payne | Watkinsville, Georgia |
Jeorge | Wilson | Laborer | African American | Male | 46 | Nephritis | 135 Dr Martin Luther King Pkwy | Mack and Payne | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery |
Annie Mack | Wilson | African American | Female | 20 | Tuberculosis | 145 N Rocksprings St | Mack and Payne | Penfield Cemetery | |
Sallie | Jackson | Farmer | African American | Female | 23 | Paralysis | [Unknown Address] | Mack and Payne | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery |
George | Shropshire | Farmer | African American | Male | 70 | Hepatitis | 1683 S Milledge Ave | Mack and Payne | Athens, Georgia |
Zedekiah | Eberhart | Teacher | African American | Male | 44 | Rheumatism, Apoplexy | 1199 W Broad St | Mack and Payne | Lexington, Georgia |
Charlie | Dean | Farmer | African American | Male | 60 | Mitral, Nephritis | 4180 Jefferson Rd. | Mack and Payne | Oconee Heights Cemetery |
Annie | Johnson | Housework | African American | Female | 62 | Paralysis | Athens, GA | Mack and Payne | Morton Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery |
Betney | Smith | Cook | African American | Male | 71 | Nephritis | 1163 Hancock Ave | Mack and Payne | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery |
James | Patten | Farmer | African American | Male | 80 | Bronchitis | W Broad St & Hawthorne Ave | Mack and Payne | Brooklyn Cemetery |
Emanuel | Cole | Carpenter | African American | Male | 70 | Old Age | 1536 W Broad St | Mack and Payne | Brooklyn Cemetery |
William | Clark | Laborer | African American | Male | 52 | Injury | 270 China St | Mack and Payne | Oconee Hill Cemetery |
David | Mitchell | Laborer | African American | Male | 50 | Paralysis | Milledge Avenue Extension & East Campus Road | Mack and Payne | Allensville, Georgia |
Mariah | Mitchel | Farmer | African American | Female | 112 | Paralysis | Athens, GA | Mack and Payne | Maxeys, Georgia |
Nannie | Marshall | Housework | African American | Female | 80 | Paralysis | N Hull St & N Lumpkin St | Mack and Payne | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery |
Lee | Thomas | Farmer | African American | Male | 20 | Accident (transportation) | Clarke County, GA | Mack and Payne | |
William | Stricklyn | Farmer | African American | Male | 56 | Old Age, Stomach | 157 Strickland St | Mack and Payne | Saint Mary's Baptist Church Cemetery |
Lucy | Jones | Laborer | African American | Female | 47 | Pellagra | 183 John St | Mack and Payne | Spaulding Cemetery |
Mary | Harden | African American | Female | 95 | Heart | 540 Reese St | Mack and Payne | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | |
Jimmie | Lee | Farmer | African American | Male | 17 | Tuberculosis | Newton Bridge Rd & Paradise Blvd | Mack and Payne | New Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery |