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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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 |