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 Sexsort ascending Age at Death Cause of Death Address Funeral Home Cemetery
Tom B Winter Farmer Caucasian Male 70 Nephritis [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Winterville, Georgia
M. Slaton Farmer Caucasian Male 31 Stomach Lexington, Oglethorpe County, GA Bernstein Brothers Oglethorpe County, Georgia
Morton Hawkins Farmer African American Male 53 Influenza, Infection [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Jackson Caucasian Male 0 Premature birth 1075 S Lumpkin St Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
B. J. Moon Reverend African American Male 60 Heart [Unknown Address] W. P. Hopson Oconee Heights, Georgia
S. H. Beard Bakery Caucasian Male 20 Poisoning 663 Pulaski St Dunbar & Dunaway Danielsville, Georgia
Allen Luther Hill Student Caucasian Male 17 Cancer 175 Boulevard Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
John Robinson Laborer African American Male 88 Old Age 329 Dearing Rd. Mack and Payne Brooklyn Cemetery
Reese Thompson Caucasian Male 0 Neonatal [Unknown Address] B. Dunaway and Sons Salem Baptist Church Cemetery
Oscar E. Satterly Reverend Caucasian Male 75 Heart Athens, GA Dorsey Furniture Co. Tiffin, Ohio
Hilliary Wood Messenger Caucasian Male 13 Accident (wagon) North Ave & Madison Heights Dunbar & Dorsey Oconee Hill Cemetery
Isaac Gather African American Male Stillborn Strong St & College Ave W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Brown African American Male 0 Syphilis [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Sam Low Farmer African American Male 67 Paralysis N Newton St & W Broad St Mack and Payne Watkinsville, Georgia
Peter Hawkins Construction African American Male 36 Pneumonia 925 Oconee St Mack and Payne Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Arthur Jackson Janitor African American Male 20 Pneumonia Baxter St & S Milledge Ave Bernstein Brothers
Johnson African American Male Stillborn [Unknown Address] Parents [family] Clarke County, Georgia
J.W. Nixon Farmer Caucasian Male 34 Typhoid fever Winterville Rd & Lexington Rd B. Dunaway and Sons Prospect United Methodist Church Cemetery
June Moore Porter African American Male 42 Pellagra [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Elberton, Georgia
Minnie L Hill African American Male 19 Typhoid fever 160 Strickland Ave Dunbar & Dorsey Winterville, Georgia
Watkins Retired Caucasian Male 65 Pneumonia 1447 E Broad St Bernstein Brothers Maysville, Georgia
Frank Sims Laborer African American Male 62 Pneumonia Pittard Rd & Old Elberton Rd Dorsey Furniture Co. Spaulding Cemetery
D. P. Patrick Railroad Employee Caucasian Male 43 Syphilis [Unknown Address] Dorsey Furniture Co. Lavonia, Georgia
St. Johns Caucasian Male Stillborn, Unknown 731 Pulaski St Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
Cox African American Male Stillborn 426 N Billups St Buried by parents [family] Athens, Georgia
Alonza Stevens Laborer African American Male Nephritis, Dropsy W Broad St & S Milledge Ave W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Jimmie Lee Farmer African American Male 17 Tuberculosis Newton Bridge Rd & Paradise Blvd Mack and Payne New Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery
Ramp Jones Farmer African American Male 58 Heart Athens, GA [??]
Joseph Clarke Student African American Male 13 Heart [Unknown Address] B. Dunaway and Sons Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Mathews African American Male Premature [Unknown Address] None [family] Mount Sinai Baptist Church Cemetery
James Mote Caucasian Male 0 Stomach 196 Park Ave Bernstein Brothers Madison County, Georgia
Alex Ford Mill Employee Caucasian Male 54 Heart, Bright's Disease 163 Tibbetts Ave Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Wm. Alexander Lewis Farmer Caucasian Male 3 Infection 236 W Dougherty St Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
W. J. Cumley Farmer Caucasian Male 61 Heart [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Charlie Dean Farmer African American Male 60 Mitral, Nephritis 4180 Jefferson Rd. Mack and Payne Oconee Heights Cemetery
William Killian Drayman African American Male 56 Heart 145 Cain St W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
John Brandon Laborer African American Male 60 Stomach Pearl St & Third St Mack and Payne Athens, Georgia
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
William Johnson Laborer African American Male 26 Appendix 270 Atlanta Ave Mack and Payne Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
P. F. Curry Reverend African American Male 60 Cancer 1254 W Broad St W. P. Hopson Halcyondale, Georgia
Enoch Prather Caucasian Male 70 Heart 380 Satula Ave Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Jas. Oldham Farmer Caucasian Male 62 Gun, Stomach [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Morgan County, Georgia
C. E. Nicholson Merchant Caucasian Male 59 Apoplexy Statham, GA Dunbar & Dorsey Statham, Georgia
Giles Caucasian Male 0 Heart 173 Virginia Ave Dorsey Furniture Co. Linton, Georgia
George Stokely Laborer African American Male 58 Heart 368 N Chase St Mack and Payne Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Wyett Upson Carpenter African American Male 76 Poisoning 1140 W Hancock Ave W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Jake Griffeth Farmer African American Male 57 Dropsy 224 Cleveland Ave Dunbar & Dunaway Chestnut Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
Malcom Caucasian Male Stillborn Monroe, Walton County, GA Parents [family] Walton County, Georgia
Lucius Johonson Laborer African American Male 16 Uremia 162 Yonah Ave B. Dunaway and Sons Brooklyn Cemetery
R?Y Gardner Housewife African American Male 9 Homicide Commerce, GA Dorsey Furniture Co. New Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
Willie Witcher Farm Laborer African American Male 16 Brain [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Winterville, Georgia
S. L. Slaton Mill Employee Caucasian Male 48 Apoplexy Barnett Shoals Rd & Lexington Rd Bernstein Brothers Oglethorpe County, Georgia
Dallas Hayes African American Male 80 Apoplexy [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Andy Eugene Jackson Child African American Male 2 Accident (fire) Strong St & N Lumpkin St Lomax & Morton Athens, Georgia
Charlie Camp Farmer Caucasian Male 50 Accident (gun) Statham, GA Dorsey Furniture Co. Barrow County, Georgia
William H. Merck Retired Caucasian Male 74 Cancer 175 Childs St Dunbar & Dorsey Oconee Hill Cemetery
Andrew Aaron Caucasian Male 2 Nephritis [Unknown Address] B. Dunaway and Sons Oconee Hill Cemetery
J. P. Couch Mill Employee Caucasian Male 58 Pneumonia, Surgery 181 Hiawassee Ave B. Dunaway and Sons Princeton Factory
Wilson Brown Farmer African American Male 54 Infection [Unknown Address] Mack and Payne Cleveland, Georgia
Lee Roy Canitters Caucasian Male 0 Pneumonia, Diphtheria [Unknown Address] B. Dunaway and Sons Danielsville, 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
Sam Mcqueen Barber African American Male 72 Nephritis 656 Hill St Mack and Payne Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Will H. Robinson African American Male 0 Pneumonia 190 Bryan St B. Dunaway and Sons Brooklyn Cemetery
Claud Lemar Newson African American Male 0 Pneumonia 213 N Finley St Mack and Payne High Shoals, Georgia
Dorkus Lee Shelton Student Caucasian Male 9 Accident (drowning) 748 Oconee St Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Henry R. Thrasher Student Caucasian Male 6 Meningitis 1253 Prince Ave Dorsey Furniture Co. Salem, Georgia
Ulysses Gaither Farmer African American Male 26 Stomach Loganville, GA W. P. Hopson Good Hope, Georgia
William Preston Phillips Machinist Caucasian Male 85 Pneumonia Jefferson Rd & Trinity Pl Dorsey Furniture Co. Boggs Chapel Cemetery
John Moore Farmer African American Male 70 Heart [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Morton Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery
Rastus Ford Williams Child African American Male 0 Premature 797 Cobb St  Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
John T. Anderson Real Estate Caucasian Male 70 Cancer Prince Ave & N Milledge Ave Bernstein Brothers Athens, Georgia
William W. Edwards Merchant Caucasian Male 45 Tuberculosis 875 Chase St B. Dunaway and Sons Oconee Hill Cemetery
Will Jackson Laborer African American Male 40 Tuberculosis 121 Trail Creek St Mack and Payne
Chas Johnson Farmer African American Male 55 Nephritis Athens, GA W. P. Hopson Clarke County, Georgia
Boyd Wilburn Laborer African American Male 21 Typhoid Fever 143 3rd Ave Bernstein Brothers Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Fred Lucas Johnson African American Male 0 [??] Grove St & Oconee St Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
Ivan Wright Hale Caucasian Male 2 Dysentery Athens, GA Bernstein Brothers Cord Mill Cemetery / Hale-Couch Cemetery
C. P. Payton Caucasian Male 65 Accident (railroad train) [Unknown Address] Dorsey Furniture Co. Elberton, Georgia
Huff African American Male 0 Stillborn [Unknown Address] D. W. Pittard [individual] Winterville, Georgia
Mitchell African American Male Stillborn 1494 E Broad St HB Mitchell parent [family] Athens, Georgia
Joseph A Landrum Farmer Caucasian Male 70 Paralysis Whitehall, GA Dorsey Furniture Co. Big Creek Church Cemetery
Duson Smith Child African American Male 0 Pneumonia Winterville, GA Mack and Payne Spaulding Cemetery
Leroy Parks Caucasian Male 1 Colitis [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Lawrencevile, Georgia
Steve Stanley Caucasian Male 0 Pneumonia Washington D.C. Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Claud C. Cox Laborer African American Male Suicide (drowning) State St & Hoyt St W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Barnett Caucasian Male 0 [Nothing Listed] [Unknown Address] Bernstein Brothers Jackson County, Georgia
J. H. Cleveland Student African American Male 18 Tuberculosis 820 W Waddell St Mack and Payne Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery
Wade Hampton Dyre Laborer African American Male 36 Apoplexy 195 Lyndon Ave Mack and Payne Brooklyn Cemetery
Edward G Oglitry Retired Caucasian Male 79 Pneumonia 145 Mulberry St B. Dunaway and Sons Attica, Georgia
Kenneth Lilly Mason Caucasian Male 27 Carbolic poisoning 225 Barrow St Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery
James Shearer Veteran Caucasian Male 26 [Nothing Listed] [Unknown Address] S.E McGowan [individual] Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Franklin H. Williams Merchant Caucasian Male 61 Cancer 601 N Thomas St Bernstein Brothers Clarke County, Georgia
R. L. Hammond Caucasian Male 0 Marasmus, Stomach Whitehall, GA Bernstein Brothers White Hall Cemetery
L. L. Brandon Proprietor Caucasian Male 33 Appendix [Unknown Address] Dunbar & Dorsey Athens, Georgia
Bolton M Crocker Driver Caucasian Male 64 Apoplexy Spartanburg, SC Bernstein Brothers Spartanburg, South Carolina
Richard B. Gray Telephone Company Caucasian Male 50 Infection 175 Nacoochee Ave Bernstein Brothers Oconee Hill Cemetery
Alsa F. Reddling Guard Caucasian Male 58 Aarteries, Heart, Bright's Disease Whitehall, GA Dorsey Furniture Co.
James D. Price Railroad Employee Caucasian Male 65 Heart 248 Springdale St Dorsey Furniture Co. Oconee Hill Cemetery

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