Tennessee Mortality Schedules 1850, 1860, and 1880. Byron Sistler and Barbara Sistler. Paperback, (1984), repr. 2006, 2011, Index, 363 pp.

This is a statewide index to the mortality schedules for these three census years combined. The information contained in these schedules are not only helpful with your genealogical research, it also potentially provides genetic clues with symptoms and disease. Almost all data on the schedules is included. The order in which each entry is set forth is as follows: name of deceased, age, sex, race, free or slave (1850 & 1860 schedules only), marital status, place of birth of deceased, place of birth of deceased's parents (1880 schedules only), occupation (usually omitted by enumerator), month of death, cause of death, county and census year. For example, here is a typical entry:

ADAMS, Benjamin 30, M, TN, painter, Jul, yellow fever, Sh-80.

This entry means that Benjamin Adams died at age 30 in Shelby County in 1880. The "M" after his age means that he was married. After that, the "TN" means that he was born in Tennessee. "Jul" means that he died in July. He died of yellow fever.

Note that each census year was the year ended June 1, so the only deaths recorded on these schedules were those occurring in the twelve month periods ended June 1 of 1850, 1860, and 1880.

Book #: J-SA1040 
ISBN: 9781596410404