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Vital Records 1
Submitter: Alice Blevins -
Surname: BIXTER Given Name: Will
Sex: Male Color: Black Marital Status: Single
Born: Unknown in Alabama Died: April 16, 1919 Age: 28
Parents: Unknown Cause: Gunshot wound of chest and right arm knife
            wounds of head, face and hands
 
Submitter: Alice Blevins  
Surname: ALLEN  

Given Name: Lizzie 

Sex: Female

Race: Black  

 Marital Status: Married 

Born: Aug 15, 1890 

Place of Birth: North Carolina  Died:  Mar 20, 1918
Age: 27 yrs 7 mo 5 days 

Place of Death:  Blount Co., Tn.

 Father:   Sam Reed Mother:   Unknown

Born: USA

Buried:   Tapoca, NC

 Cause:   Etopic Pregnancy
 
Submitter: Charles Mills Swaggerty Jackson File / Register: 14/8
Surname: McCRAW Given Name: Marinda (Rindy)
Sex: Female Color: Colored Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Gloss Mills Occupation: Domestic Servant
Born: 1846 Place of Birth: South Carolina
Place of Death: Newport Cocke Co., TN Date of Death: Jan 18, 1918 Age: 72
Place of Burial: Jaybird Cemetery Occupation: Domestic Servant
Father's Name: John Henry McCraw Father's Birth Place: South Carolina
Mother's Name: Cumba (Sindie) Stokley Mother's Birth Place: South Carolina
Informant: William (Budd) Mills, son Date Record Filed: Jan 22, 1918
 
Submitter: Sharon Sutton File / Register No.: 2343
Surname: PORTER Given Name: Elizabeth
Sex: Female Color: Colored Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Name: unknown Occupation: Housework
Date of Birth: abt 1842 Place of Birth: Virginia
Date of Death: Jan 17, 1917 Place of Death: Halletsville, Texas, Lavaca County
Place of Burial: Halletsville, Texas, Lavaca County Cause of Death: Senile, Gangrene of Foot
No. of Children: 9 Date Filed:April 2, 1917
Parent's Names: Unknown Informant: Willie Porter Date Filed: April 2, 1917

Submitter:  Carla P. Sims

 

File/Register No.:   14723

Surname of Deceased:   WALKER

Given Name:   Richmond

Date of Death:   24 March 1933

Date of Death:  74

County of Death:   Milam

State of Death:   Texas

Race or Color:   M

Sex:   M

Residence:   Rockdale, Milam County, Texas

Date of Birth:  1859

Place of Birth:   Arkansas

Occupation:   Sharecropper

Father's Surname/Given Name:   unk

Father's Place of Birth:   Arkansas

Mother's Surname/Given Name:   Walker, Tamar

Mother's Maiden Name:   unk

Mother's Place of Birth:   Alabama

Date Record Filed:   unk

Place of Burial:   Milam County, Texas

Spouse:   Patsy Conner Walker

Death Certificate submitted:   N

Comments:   Information from 1903-1940 Texas Death Index. Copy to be obtained from Milam County Clerk's Office in Cameron, Texas.

 

Submitter:  Carla P. Sims

 

File/Register No.:    unk

Surname of Groom:    WALKER

Given Name of Groom:    Richmond

Surname of Bride:    CONNER

Given Name of Bride:    Patsey

Maiden Name of Bride:    CONNER

County of Marriage:    Washington

State of Marriage:    Texas

Date of Marriage:    09 August 1879

Groom's Date of Birth or Age:    1859

Groom's Place of Birth:    Arkansas

Groom's Parents:    Tamar Walker

Bride's Date of Birth or Age:    1862

Bride's Place of Birth:   North Carolina

Bride's Parents:    John H. and Emily Conner

Married By:    unk

Witness to Marriage:    unk

Witness to Marriage:   unk

File/Register No.:   unk

Surname of Groom:   Walker

Given Name of Groom:    Richmond

Surname of Bride:   Walker

Given Name of Bride:   Patsey

Maiden Name of Bride:    Conner

County of Marriage:    Washington

State of Marriage:   Texas

Date of Marriage:    09 August 1879 

Groom's Date of Birth or Age:   1859

Groom's Place of Birth:   Arkansas

Groom's Parents:   Tamar Walker

Bride's Date of Birth or Age:   1862

Bride's Place of Birth:   North Carolina

Bride's Parents:   John H. and Emily Conner

Married By:   unk

Witness to Marriage:   unk

Witness to Marriage:   unk

Source of Marriage Record:   Washington County Clerk

Location of Certificate:   Washington County, Tx

Children from Marriage:    13

Are you submitting a marriage certificate?:    N

Comments:  Tamar Walker, former slave, birthdate and place of birth is taken from the 1880 Census, Milam County, Texas. More information is being collected on this family.

 

Submitter:  Lora Hutsell Washington

 

File/Register No.:  27222

State of Death:   Illinois

County of Death:   Massac

Surname of Deceased:   SIMS

Given Name of Deceased:   Wilbur

Date of Death:   20 Dec 1917

Age at Death:   3 months

Race or Color:   C

Sex:   M

Residence:   Brookport, Illinois

Date of Birth:   10 Sep 1917

Place of Birth:   Brookport, Illinois

Father's Surname/Given Name:   Hiram SIMS

Father's Place of Birth:   Brookport, Illinois

Mother's Surname/Given Name:  Myrtle

Mother's Maiden Name:   LANG

Mother's Place of Birth:   Metropolis, Illinois

Date Record Filed:   21 Dec 1917

Informant:   Laura LANG

Are you submitting a death certificate?:   No

 

Submitter: Lora Hutsell Washington

 

File/Register No.:   20153

State of Death:   Illinois

County of Death:   Massac

Surname of Deceased:   TURLEY

Given Name of Deceased:   Biddie

Date of Death:   27 May 1934

Age at Death:   59

Race or Color:   C

Sex:  F

Residence:   Brookport, Illinois

Date of Birth:   1875

Place of Birth:   Smithland, Kentucky

Occupation:   Housewife

Father's Surname/Given Name:   Hardy SILVERS

Father's Place of Birth:   Smithland, Kentucky

Mother's Surname/Given:   Name: Mary

Mother's Maiden Name:   Parker

Mother's Place of Birth:   Smithland, Kentucky

Date Record Filed:   28 May 1934

Spouse:   Cull TURLEY

Informant:  Cull TURLEY

# of Children?:   8

Are you submitting a death certificate?:   No

 

Submitter: Lora Hutsell Washington

 

File/Register No.: 11520

State of Death:   Illinois

County of Death:   Massac

Surname of Deceased:   TURLEY

Given Name of Deceased:   Cull

Date of Death:   17 Feb 1938

Age at Death:   63 ?

Race or Color:   M

Sex:   M

Residence:   Brookport, Illinois

Date of Birth:   9 Aug 1880

Place of Birth:   Dycusburg, Kentucky

Occupation:   Laborer

Father's Surname/Given Name:   Phillip TURLEY

Father's Place of Birth:   Tenneessee

Mother's Surname/Given Name:   Nancy

Mother's Maiden Name:   BERRY

Mother's Place of Birth:   North Carolina

Date Record Filed:   19 Feb 1938

Spouse:   Biddie SILVERS TURLEY

Informant:   Lenus Turley

# of Children?:   8

Are you submitting a death certificate?:   No

 

Submitter:   Aaron Robinson

 

File/Register:   Certificate #036442   Vol. 31533

Given Name:   James Henry (Jr.)

Surname:   BROWN

Date of Death:   04 May 1998

Place of Death:   Ohio

Race or Color:   Non-Hispanic

Sex:   M

Marital Status:   Widowed

Date of Birth:   29 Oct 1914

Birth Place:   Indiana

Age at death:   83

Father's Name:   Brown

Mother's Name:   Butler

Informant:   Ohio Death Index 1958 - 2000

Are you submitting a death certificate?:   N

 

Submitter:   Aaron Robinson

 

File/Register:   D.C. Health Dept.

Given Name:   Lucy

Surname:   BROWN

Date of Death:   21 Jan 1881

Place of Death:   not given

Race or Color:   C

Sex:   F

Marital Status:   Widow

Cause of Death:   not given

Place of Burial:   Harmony

Date of Birth:   1816

Birth Place:   Virginia

Age at death:   65

Informant:   Health Department

Date Record Filed:   26 July 1882

Are you submitting a death certificate?:   Y

Comments:  This document was obtained from Freedman's Savings & Trust

                     Washington, D.C. Branch Roll #5 Microcopy  816

 

Submitter:  Alice Blevins

 

Given Name:  THOMAS 

Surname:  JOHNSON

Sex:  Male

Color:  Black

Marital Status:  Single

Born:   Unknown in Alabama

Died:   4 Feb 1919

Age:   22

Father:   Walter Johnson

Born:   Unknown

Mother:   Unknown

Cause:   Amputation of leg after railroad trauma

 

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