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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Edward Reginald | Hodgson | Capitalist | Caucasian | Male | 73 | Heart | 1001 Prince Ave | Dunbar & Dorsey | Athens, Georgia |
Will | Jackson | Laborer | African American | Male | 40 | Tuberculosis | 121 Trail Creek St | Mack and Payne | |
Allen | Johnson | Laborer | African American | Male | 55 | Paralysis | W Broad St & Hawthorne Ave | Mack and Payne | Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery |
Fred J. | Lewis | African American | Male | 13 | Paralysis | 390 N Milledge Ave | W. P. Hopson | Madison County, Georgia | |
Jas. | Oldham | Farmer | Caucasian | Male | 62 | Gun, Stomach | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Morgan County, Georgia |
Sam | Mcqueen | Barber | African American | Male | 72 | Nephritis | 656 Hill St | Mack and Payne | Gospel Pilgrim 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 |
Frank | Sims | Laborer | African American | Male | 62 | Pneumonia | Pittard Rd & Old Elberton Rd | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Spaulding Cemetery |
R?Y | Gardner | Housewife | African American | Male | 9 | Homicide | Commerce, GA | Dorsey Furniture Co. | New Grove Baptist Church Cemetery |
Jimmie | Lee | Farmer | African American | Male | 17 | Tuberculosis | Newton Bridge Rd & Paradise Blvd | Mack and Payne | New Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery |
Scott | Caucasian | Male | 0 | Premature | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Athens, Georgia | ||
James Thomas | Seargaves | Caucasian | Male | 0 | Pneumonia | 565 Nantahala St | B. Dunaway and Sons | Bradley Cemetery | |
Walker | Callahan | Carpenter | Caucasian | Male | 24 | Accident (car) | 360 N Milledge Ave | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Greensboro, Georgia |
James C. | Fuller | Real Estate | Caucasian | Male | 42 | Apoplexy | 523 Prince Ave | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Oconee Hill Cemetery |
Alonza | Stevens | Laborer | African American | Male | Nephritis, Dropsy | W Broad St & S Milledge Ave | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia | |
Dallas | Hayes | African American | Male | 80 | Apoplexy | [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 |
Wm. Alexander | Lewis | Farmer | Caucasian | Male | 3 | Infection | 236 W Dougherty St | Bernstein Brothers | Oconee Hill Cemetery |
Willie | Barnett | Student | African American | Male | 9 | Influenza | Clarke County, GA | Bernstein Brothers | Clarke County, Georgia |
Ramp | Jones | Farmer | African American | Male | 58 | Heart | Athens, GA | [??] | |
Oliver | Busch | Laborer | African American | Male | 31 | Heart, Nephritis | 1298 Oconee St | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Spalding County, Georgia |
John | Moore | Farmer | African American | Male | 70 | Heart | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Morton Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery |
George | Brittin | Carpenter | African American | Male | 50 | Cancer | 158 W Broad St | Mack and Payne | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery |
Enoch | Prather | Caucasian | Male | 70 | Heart | 380 Satula Ave | Bernstein Brothers | Oconee Hill Cemetery | |
William | Clark | Laborer | African American | Male | 52 | Injury | 270 China St | Mack and Payne | Oconee Hill Cemetery |
John | Brandon | Laborer | African American | Male | 60 | Stomach | Pearl St & Third St | Mack and Payne | Athens, Georgia |
Cortis | Williams | Caucasian | Male | 6 | Typhoid Fever | 298 Baldwin St | Bernstein Brothers | Pleasant Grove Cemetery | |
C. E. | Nicholson | Merchant | Caucasian | Male | 59 | Apoplexy | Statham, GA | Dunbar & Dorsey | Statham, Georgia |
Logan | Grisham | Cook | African American | Male | 65 | Hernia, Dropsy | 862 Reese St | Mack and Payne | Brooklyn Cemetery |
Alonzo C | Hancock | Real Estate | Caucasian | Male | 51 | Bright's Disease | Prince Ave & N Milledge Ave | Bernstein Brothers | Athens, Georgia |
Willie | Witcher | Farm Laborer | African American | Male | 16 | Brain | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Winterville, Georgia |
Helly | Caucasian | Male | Stillborn | [Unknown Address] | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Oconee Hill Cemetery | |||
Dock | Jackson | Laborer | African American | Male | 66 | Bright's Disease, Heart | Pulaski St & Cleveland Ave | Mack and Payne | Saint Mary's Baptist Church Cemetery |
Hugh Hartley | Carithers | Caucasian | Male | 0 | Malnutrition | 694 Boulevard | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Madison County, Georgia | |
Watkins | Retired | Caucasian | Male | 65 | Pneumonia | 1447 E Broad St | Bernstein Brothers | Maysville, Georgia | |
William | Johnson | Laborer | African American | Male | 26 | Appendix | 270 Atlanta Ave | Mack and Payne | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery |
Willie B. | Lesley | Laborer | African American | Male | 21 | Tuberculosis, Nephritis | 183 Lyndon Ave | Bernstein Brothers | Athens, Georgia |
Wyett | Upson | Carpenter | African American | Male | 76 | Poisoning | 1140 W Hancock Ave | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia |
Chas | Johnson | Farmer | African American | Male | 55 | Nephritis | Athens, GA | W. P. Hopson | Clarke County, Georgia |
Coleman | Caucasian | Male | Stillborn | Park Ave & Easy St | Bernstein Brothers | Farmington, Georgia | |||
Andrew | Aaron | Caucasian | Male | 2 | Nephritis | [Unknown Address] | B. Dunaway and Sons | Oconee Hill Cemetery | |
William H. | Merck | Retired | Caucasian | Male | 74 | Cancer | 175 Childs St | Dunbar & Dorsey | Oconee Hill Cemetery |
Alarnza | Johnson | Laborer | African American | Male | 15 | Tuberculosis | 1032 W Reese St | Mack and Payne | Spaulding Cemetery |
Mathews | African American | Male | Premature | [Unknown Address] | None [family] | Mount Sinai Baptist Church Cemetery | |||
George | Stokely | Laborer | African American | Male | 58 | Heart | 368 N Chase St | Mack and Payne | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery |
Charlie | Camp | Farmer | Caucasian | Male | 50 | Accident (gun) | Statham, GA | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Barrow County, Georgia |
Dorkus Lee | Shelton | Student | Caucasian | Male | 9 | Accident (drowning) | 748 Oconee St | Bernstein Brothers | Oconee Hill Cemetery |
Macauloy | Walker | African American | Male | 0 | Stomach | S Church St & W Broad St | Mack and Payne | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery | |
M | Ector | Janitor | African American | Male | 49 | Heart | 293 S Finley St | Mack and Payne | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery |
Lewis | Littleton | Laborer | African American | Male | 19 | Pneumonia | 145 Valley St | Bernstein Brothers | Tignall, Georgia |
Clark | African American | Male | Stillborn | Strong St & Foundry St | Bernstein Brothers | Winterville, Georgia | |||
David | Johnson | African American | Male | 0 | Premature | [unknown Address] | Dunbar & Dorsey | ||
Tom | Johnson | Laborer | African American | Male | 33 | Accident (drowning) | Broad St & Paris St | Mack and Payne | Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery |
Nelson O. | Little | Laborer | African American | Male | 74 | Uremia | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Madison County, Georgia |
Albert | Boykin | African American | Male | 80 | Apoplexy | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Oglethorpe County, Georgia | |
Mose | Matthews | Laborer | African American | Male | 75 | Rheumatism | 1365 W Hancock St | Bernstein Brothers | Athens, Georgia |
George M. | Booth | Farmer | Caucasian | Male | 70 | Kidneys, Heart, Bright's | 445 Meigs St | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Oconee Hill Cemetery |
Austin | African American | Male | Stillborn | 170 N Finley St | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia | |||
O. L. | Deadwyler | Physician | Caucasian | Male | 51 | Accident (car) | Carlton, GA | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Old Fork Cemetery |
Duson | Smith | Child | African American | Male | 0 | Pneumonia | Winterville, GA | Mack and Payne | Spaulding Cemetery |
Nick | Gear | Farmer | African American | Male | 80 | Old Age | [Unknown Address] | W. P. Hopson | New Grove Baptist Church Cemetery |
Cerll | Strickland | Farmer | African American | Male | 50 | Cancer | 158 Strickland Ave | Bernstein Brothers | Clarke County, Georgia |
Henry | Scott | African American | Male | 0 | Stillborn | 137 Odd St | Mack and Payne | Athens, Georgia | |
Wm | Smith | Railroad Employee | Caucasian | Male | 38 | Appendicitis | 180 Hiawassee Ave | Bernstein Brothers | Braselton, Georgia |
Eddie | Mills | Painter | African American | Male | 40 | Heart | 140 Rockspring St | Mack and Payne | Brooklyn Cemetery |
Willie | Finley | Porter | African American | Male | 20 | Tuberculosis | Winterville, GA | Bernstein Brothers | Athens, Georgia |
Gaddis | Caucasian | Male | Premature birth, Stillborn | Strong St & N Jackson St | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Oconee Hill Cemetery | |||
Archa | Mckenley | Butler | African American | Male | 40 | Heart | 350 University Ave | W. P. Hopson | Lexington, Georgia |
Horston | Haynes | Farmer | African American | Male | 75 | Pneumonia | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Clarke County, Georgia |
Ivan Wright | Hale | Caucasian | Male | 2 | Dysentery | Athens, GA | Bernstein Brothers | Cord Mill Cemetery / Hale-Couch Cemetery | |
H. S. | Burch | Merchant | Caucasian | Male | 47 | Abscess | 360 N Milledge Ave | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Elberton, Georgia |
Kenneth | Lilly | Mason | Caucasian | Male | 27 | Carbolic poisoning | 225 Barrow St | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Oconee Hill Cemetery |
Wm. Henry | Barnett | Laborer | African American | Male | 21 | Tuberculosis | Strong St & N Lumpkin St | W. P. Hopson | Clarke County, Georgia |
Will | Johnson | Laborer | African American | Male | 50 | Tuberculosis | North Avenue & Spring Ct | Bernstein Brothers | Athens, Georgia |
Alsa F. | Reddling | Guard | Caucasian | Male | 58 | Aarteries, Heart, Bright's Disease | Whitehall, GA | Dorsey Furniture Co. | |
Will | Williams | Fireman | African American | Male | 34 | [??] | Athens, GA | Mack and Payne | Madison County, Georgia |
Bolton M | Crocker | Driver | Caucasian | Male | 64 | Apoplexy | Spartanburg, SC | Bernstein Brothers | Spartanburg, South Carolina |
Morton | Caucasian | Male | Stillborn | Clarke County, GA | Bernstein Brothers | Morton Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery | |||
Edward G | Oglitry | Retired | Caucasian | Male | 79 | Pneumonia | 145 Mulberry St | B. Dunaway and Sons | Attica, Georgia |
Will | Brittin | City Employee | African American | Male | 57 | Apoplexy | 140 Glenhaven Ave | Mack and Payne | Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery |
James Zockrich | Prairie | Caucasian | Male | 0 | [??] | Strong St & N Lumpkin St | Bernstein Brothers | Vineyards Creek Baptist Church Cemetery | |
James D. | Price | Railroad Employee | Caucasian | Male | 65 | Heart | 248 Springdale St | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Oconee Hill Cemetery |
L. L. | Brandon | Proprietor | Caucasian | Male | 33 | Appendix | [Unknown Address] | Dunbar & Dorsey | Athens, Georgia |
J.N. | Woods | Farmer | Caucasian | Male | 81 | Influenza | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Pleasant Grove Cemetery |
Franklin H. | Williams | Merchant | Caucasian | Male | 61 | Cancer | 601 N Thomas St | Bernstein Brothers | Clarke County, Georgia |
Jutson | Elder | Railroad Employee | African American | Male | 18 | Stomach | 482 Cleveland Ave | W. P. Hopson | Oconee County, Georgia |
Sam | Hamilton | Laborer | African American | Male | 49 | Nephritis, Heart | 297 N Finley St | Mack and Payne | Brooklyn Cemetery |
Erwin | Harper | Carpenter | African American | Male | 56 | Heart, Dropsy | 452 W Broad St | W. P. Hopson | Athens, Georgia |
Calvin | Nilson | Laborer | African American | Male | 19 | Tuberculosis | 183 Miller St | Mack and Payne | Woodville, Georgia |
Clarnce | Chuck | Caucasian | Male | 0 | Colitis | E Cloverhurst Ave & S Church St | Bernstein Brothers | High Shoals, Georgia | |
Emery S*S | Waters | Caucasian | Male | 0 | Meningitis | [Unknown Address] | Bernstein Brothers | Oconee Hill Cemetery | |
Carl Adolphus | Von Der Lieth | Accountant | Caucasian | Male | 57 | Asthma | Strong St & N Lumpkin St | Bernstein Brothers | Athens, Georgia |
Fred Lucas | Johnson | African American | Male | 0 | [??] | Grove St & Oconee St | Bernstein Brothers | Clarke County, Georgia | |
James | Aaron | Caucasian | Male | 0 | Pneumonia | Georgia Drive & Kent St | Bernstein Brothers | Oconee Hill Cemetery | |
E. K. | Collins | Caucasian | Male | 0 | Meningitis | Athens, GA | Bernstein Brothers | Clarke County, Georgia | |
Augustus G. | Johnson | Laborer | African American | Male | 63 | Old Age, Heart | 473 Oak St | Bernstein Brothers | Spaulding Cemetery |
Otis Sims | Camp | Student | Caucasian | Male | 18 | Accident (airplane) | [Unknown Address] | C. M. Ferguson [individual] | Barrow County, Georgia |
Charles W. | Heard | Police | Caucasian | Male | 64 | Paralysis | 585 Barber St | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Bogart, Georgia |
James H. | Sheppard | Retired | Caucasian | Male | 88 | Nephritis | [Unknown Address] | Dorsey Furniture Co. | Oconee Hill Cemetery |