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
Francis Magnolia Smith African American Female 0 Brain Athens, GA [Nothing Listed] Morton Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery
Bush African American Male Stillborn [Unknown Address] [Nothing Listed] Saint Mary's Baptist Church Cemetery
Henry Stephens Farmer African American Male 16 Bronchitis Tallassee Rd. & Whitehead Rd [Nothing Listed] Morton Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery
George D. Daniel Caucasian Male 0 Unknown [Unknown Address] [Nothing Listed] Daniell-Freeman Cemetery
Susie Hopkins African American Female Stillborn Athens, GA [Nothing Listed] Mt. Zion Baptist Church Cemetery
Marget. Derricotte Laundress African American Female 25 Gun 385 Barber Street [Nothing Listed]
Powell Caucasian Male Stillborn [Unknown Address] [Nothing Listed]
Daisey Brown Caucasian Female 0 Pneumonia [Unknown Address] [Nothing Listed] Clarke County, Georgia
Hopkins Farmer African American Female Stillborn [Unknown Address] [Nothing Listed] None
Cornelia Powell Caucasian Female 0 Infection, Dropsy [Unknown Address] [Nothing Listed]
Peter Vincent Farmer African American Male 35 Tuberculosis 1055 Prince Ave [Nothing Listed] Barber's Creek Cemetery
Moseman Caucasian Male 0 Neonatal [Unknown Address] [Nothing Listed] Clarke County, Georgia
Jackson African American Male 0 Dysentery [Unknown Address] [Nothing Listed] Mount Sinai Baptist Church Cemetery
Willie Barnett African American Male 0 Unknown [Unknown Address] [Nothing Listed] New Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery
Whitehead Farmer Caucasian Male Premature Bogart, GA [Nothing Listed] Bethabara Baptist Church Cemetery
Oglesby African American Female 40 Nephritis [Unknown Address] [??]
Caleb Jones Janitor African American Male 42 Heart 170 Paris St [??]
Ramp Jones Farmer African American Male 58 Heart Athens, GA [??]
Meriweather African American Female Stillborn, Premature 268 S Thomas St Wm Meriweather parent [family] Athens, Georgia
Mamie Smith African American Female 0 Malnutrition [Unknown Address] Will Williams [individual] Oglethorpe County, Georgia
Rhew May Hawkins African American Female 0 Premature birth [Unknown Address] Will Roberson [individual] Family Burial Ground
Thelma Hopkins African American Female 0 Unknown [Unknown Address] Will Neal [individual] Saint Mary's Baptist Church Cemetery
Hudson African American Female Stillborn Athens, GA Will Horton [individual] Clarke County, Georgia
Hester African American Male 0 Stomach [Unknown Address] Will Hester [family] Mount Sinai Baptist Church Cemetery
Curtis Flanagan African American Male 0 Unknown [Unknown Address] Will Flanagan [father] [family] Mount Sinai Baptist Church Cemetery
Viola Clevland Farmer African American Female 48 Apoplexy Woodstock, GA Wiley P. Dibbs [individual] Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery
Ruth Milwood Farmer Caucasian Female 0 Spine [Unknown Address] Wiley P. Dibbs [individual] Canon, Georgia
Joe Tumlin Farmer Caucasian Male 74 Heart [Unknown Address] Weatherly & Brock [Weatherly Funeral Home] Hull Cemetery
Drake Caucasian Female Stillborn [Unknown Address] W.F. Drake [father] [family] Athens, Georgia
Chas. Walton Drayman African American Male 55 Heart, Nephritis 267 Atlanta Ave W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Harriatt Colquitt Domestic African American Female 50 Nephritis 445 Ruth St W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Luck Amos Johnson Butler African American Male 38 Bright's disease 298 Prince Ave W. P. Hopson Clarke County, Georgia
Fannie A. Hill Domestic African American Female 25 Tuberculosis W Broad St & N Chase St W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Anna Hutcheson Laundress African American Female Nephritis 190 Newton St W. P. Hopson Watkinsville, Georgia
Dinah Pinkard Housewife African American Female 41 Paralysis 264 Billups St W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Johnson African American Male Stillborn 270 Atlanta Ave W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Robt. Brown Cook African American Male 70 Brain 825 W Hancock Ave W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Angeline Blackwell Housework African American Female 47 Tuberculosis Athens, GA W. P. Hopson Elberton, Georgia
Jennie Matthews Laundress African American Female 79 Apoplexy 1423 W Broad St W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Henry Gresham Farmer African American Male 57 Tuberculosis 523 Vine St W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Sallie Jackson Farmer African American Female 78 Nephritis 165 Indale Ave W. P. Hopson Apalachee, Georgia
John Ware Laborer African American Male 22 Heart 185 Macon Ave W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Jennie Colquitt Lawyer African American Female 39 Heart N Newton Street & Reese St W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Mattie Sue Morten Maid African American Female 15 Tuberculosis Athens Ave & Augusta Ave W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Jutson Elder Railroad Employee African American Male 18 Stomach 482 Cleveland Ave W. P. Hopson Oconee County, Georgia
Lollie Winfrey Cook African American Female 36 Apoplexy 116 S Rockspring St W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Janie B Lester African American Female 0 Influenza Athens, GA W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Alonza Johnson African American Male 1 Stomach 140 Rockspring St W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Sallie Brown Domestic African American Female 41 Apoplexy 1443 W Broad St W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Courtney Thomas Tailor African American Male 53 Brain, Hemorrhage Athens, GA W. P. Hopson Newberry, South Carolina
Laura Neely Seamstress African American Female 21 Tuberculosis Atlanta, GA W. P. Hopson
C H Watson Reverend African American Male 57 Pneumonia Athens, GA W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Reese Colquitt Tailor African American Male 42 Heart 294 Lyndon Ave W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Janie Pettus Nurse African American Female 36 Surgery Washington, GA W. P. Hopson Oglethorpe County, Georgia
Smith African American Male Stillborn 1755 E Broad St W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Charlie Gardner Public Work African American Male 33 Heart 1760 W Hancock Ave W. P. Hopson Crawfordville, Georgia
Sallie Mcwhorten Domestic African American Female Paralysis Athens, GA W. P. Hopson New Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
Lewis Lester Drayman African American Male 52 Apoplexy 599 W Hancock Ave W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
B. W. G. Mayfield Laborer African American Male 63 Pneumonia 270 Savannah Ave W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Emma Green Housework African American Female 46 Dropsy Athens, GA W. P. Hopson Oglethorpe County, Georgia
Savannah Bonds Housewife African American Female Heart North Avenue & Spring Court W. P. Hopson Arnold Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
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
Binford African American Male Stillborn 750 Dearing St W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Walter P. Winkfield African American Male 1 Pneumonia 460 N Billups St W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Melvin Green Drayman African American Male 49 Nephritis 140 Savannah Ave W. P. Hopson Clarke County, Georgia
Mary Lester Student African American Female 14 Tuberculosis Baxter St & S Rocksprings St W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Winnie Smith Farmer African American Female 45 Apoplexy [Unknown Address] W. P. Hopson Oconee County, Georgia
Wm Brown Steward African American Male 54 Apoplexy 760 Chase St W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
John Howard Mechanic African American Male 23 Stomach Reese St & N Milledge Ave W. P. Hopson Clarke County, Georgia
Fannie Hane Cook African American Female 40 Apoplexy 269 Broad St W. P. Hopson Oglethorpe County, Georgia
Minnie Carter Cook African American Female 39 Apoplexy 550 Odd St W. P. Hopson Crawford, Georgia
Fannie Smith Seamstress African American Female 54 Cancer S Rocksprings St & W Broad St W. P. Hopson Bethel Methodist Church Cemetery
Danner African American Male Stillborn Athens, GA W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Willie G Terrell Painter African American Male 34 Tuberculosis 140 Dubose Ave W. P. Hopson Berkeley, Georgia
Amanda Jones Laundress African American Female 45 Nephritis Athens, GA W. P. Hopson Clarke County, Georgia
Phoebe Brown Housework African American Female 60 Heart 850 Waddell St W. P. Hopson Clarke, Georgia
Robert Baynes Railroad Employee African American Male 38 Heart 1260 W Hancock Ave W. P. Hopson Madison County, Georgia
Iralene Epps Cook African American Female 37 Tuberculosis Athens, GA W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Pittard African American Male 0 Premature 246 N Pope St W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Wm. Brown Ice Cream Worker Caucasian Male 18 Syphilis 325 N Rocksprings St W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Creasy Johnson Cook African American Female 25 Lungs Pulaski St & Cleveland Ave W. P. Hopson Elberton, Georgia
Roy Howard Laborer African American Male 44 Apoplexy 757 Waddell St W. P. Hopson Clarke County, Georgia
Sidney Griffith Laborer African American Male 25 Tuberculosis [Unknown Address] W. P. Hopson Putnam County, Georgia
Nancy Mccrary Laundress African American Female 56 Heart 759 Waddell St W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Mary J. Hopkins Domestic African American Female 27 Nephritis 245 Buena Vista Ave W. P. Hopson Jackson County, Georgia
Emma Hamplon Laundress African American Female Heart Prince Ave & Oglethorpe Ave W. P. Hopson Mt. Zion Baptist Church Cemetery
Smith African American Male 0 Premature Ruth St & Lake St W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Jos Solomon Laborer African American Male 49 Fire Athens, GA W. P. Hopson Clarke County, Georgia
Loutha Mae Johnson Student African American Female 6 Diphtheria Athens, GA W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Florida Thomas Cook African American Female 35 Heart, Nephritis 143 Morton Ave W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Joseph Hardeman Farmer African American Male 31 Tuberculosis Indale Ave & Glenhaven Ave W. P. Hopson Oglethorpe County, Georgia
Sue Winfrey Farm Laborer African American Female 93 Dropsy [Unknown Address] W. P. Hopson Arnoldsville, Georgia
Eugene Shepherd Laborer African American Male 60 Cognitive [Unknown Address] W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Jarden Nearloud Farmer African American Male 102 Old Age 708 W Broad St W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Etta Boswell Housewife African American Female Childbirth, Female Hendrix Ave & Pulaski Heights W. P. Hopson Madison County, Georgia
Myles Johnson Dyer African American Male 81 Heart 250 N Newton St W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
J.J. Thomas Shoemaker African American Male 49 Tuberculosis S Hull St & Waddell St W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia
Steve Hill Laborer African American Male 25 Tuberculosis 134 N Church St W. P. Hopson Madison County, Georgia
Boyd Smith Farmer African American Male 74 Malaria Ciro, GA W. P. Hopson Athens, Georgia

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