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 Homesort ascending Cemetery
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

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