1854 Grayson County Deaths
Transcribed by Jim Wooldridge
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| Name of deceased | Name of parents | ||||||||||||
| Surname | Given | Age | Sex | Condition | Occupation | Residence | Place of Birth | or Owners of Slaves | Place of Death | Time of Death | Cause of Death | Remarks | |
| Cook | Sylvester | 21 | Male | Single | Farmer | Grayson Co, Ky | Grayson Co, Ky | John & Sally Cook | Grayson Co, Ky | March | 27 | Typhoid fever | |
| Burnett | Mary E. | 1 | Female | " | " | " | " | John & Elizabeth Burnett | " | August | 23 | Flux | |
| Fuller | Dewit C. | 1yr-6 mo | Male | " | " | " | " | Harrison & Mary Fuller | " | August | 18 | Flux | |
| Abby | Thomas | 88 | " | Widower | " | " | State of New York | " " | " | August | 31 | Flux | County Charge |
| Kiper | Elizabeth | 44 | Female | Married | " | " | Bullitt Co, Ky | David & Sophia Allen | " | July | 7 | Consumption | |
| Day | Joseph | 86 | Male | " | " | " | Botetort Co, Va | Is ? & Sophia Allen | " | Jany | 16 | Hurt by a fall | |
| Miller | Mary Ann | 13 | Female | Single | " | " | Grayson Co, Ky | Israel & Leah A. Miller | " | Oct | 6 | Flux | |
| Quick | Hetty | 6 mo | " | " | " | " | " | Batha Quick | " | August | 5 | Flux | |
| Wilhelm | Ellis | 3 | Male | " | " | " | " | F. M. & Jane Wilhelm | " | April | 16 | Scarlet fever | |
| Wilhelm | Susan E. | 1 | Female | " | " | " | " | Francis M. & Jane Wilhelm | " | Apl | 19 | " | |
| Stone | Susan E. | 7 mo | " | " | " | " | " | William T. & Elizabeth Stone | " | August | 28 | Flux | |
| Haycraft | Ann Mary | 2 | " | " | " | " | " | Wm & Lucretia Haycraft | " | May | 8 | Drowned | |
| Butler | Mary Ann | 56 | " | Married | " | " | Iredell Co, NC | Henry & Elizabeth Clagett | " | May | 19 | Appoplexy | |
| Grace | 73 | " | " | " | Westmoreland Co, Va | John Eskridge | " | Dec | 21 | Old age | Marked 'B" | ||
| Bishop | Beall | 83 | Male | Widower | " | " | Maryland | James & Elizabeth Wilson ? | " | Nov | 25 | Palsy & Augue | |
| Wilson | Martin | 30 | " | Married | " | " | Grayson Co, Ky | James & Elizabeth Wilson | Breckenridge Co, Ky | Nov | 13 | Congestive Chill | |
| Letty | 82 | Female | " | " | Louisa Co, Va | Francis Lendrum | Grayson Co, Ky | June | 13 | Dropsy | Marked 'B" | ||
| Mary | 1 mo | " | " | Grayson Co, Ky | Francis Lendrum | " | Oct | 7 | Smothered | Marked 'B" | |||
| Gaither | Eliza Palestine | " | " | Single | " | " | " | Wiley & Mary Gaither | " | Decr | 15 | ||
| Smith | George W. | 5 mo | Male | " | " | Butler Co, Ky | Butler Co, Ky | Wm M. & Fenetta Smith | Butler Co, Ky | Apl 10 | 10 | Measles | |
| Porter | Sylvester | 5 mo | " | " | " | Grayson Co, Ky | Grayson Co, Ky | Richd M. & America Porter | Grayson Co, Ky | August | 3 | Worms | |
| Young | Tilford | 5yr-2 mo | " | " | " | " | " | Alexr & Lydia Young | " | Oct | 26 | Flux | |
| Green | Eliza Ellen | 30 | Female | Married | " | " | " | Walter & Frances Payton | " | August | 20 | Milk Sick | |
| Green | Joseph | 34 | Male | " | " | " | " | Thos & Levina Green | " | Nov | 26 | Liver Complains | |
| Decker | William T. | 1 day | " | " | " | " | " | John A. Decker | " | April | 5 | Croupe | |
| Duncan | Thomas | 1yr-10 mo | " | " | " | " | " | Saml & Lydia Duncan | " | April | 6 | Burned | |
| Bratcher | William | 88 | " | Widower | " | " | South Carolina | William & Margaret Bratcher | " | Nov | 1 | Old age | |
| McDaniel | Mary | 15 | Female | Single | " | " | Grayson Co, Ky | John & Cassy McDaniel | " | Nov | 20 | Flux | |
| Bratcher | George W. | 29 | Male | " | " | " | " | William & Susan Bratcher | " | Nov | 19 | Winter fever | |
| Higdon | Elexius | 8 day | " | " | " | " | " | Electius & Mary A. Higdon | " | June | 18 | Croupe | |
| Whitfill | Martin | 54 | " | Married | " | " | Washington Co, Ky | Joseph & Elizabeth Whitfill | " | October | 14 | Flux & Typhoid fever | |
| Doran | Finis E. | 10 mo | Female | Single | " | " | Grayson Co, Ky | Saml & Eliza Doran | " | Oct | 31 | Flux Croupe | |
| --- | ----- | 1 day | " | --- | " | " | Breckenridge Co, Ky | Moses R. J. & Susan A. Mercer | " | March | 13 | ||
| Jones | Hanberry | 52 | Male | Married | " | " | Montgomery Co, M? | Montgomery Co, Md | Oct | 25 | Dyspepsia & Fatigue | ||
| Woosley | Thomas | 2 | " | Single | " | " | Grayson Co, Ky | Saml & Polly Woosley | Grayson Co, Ky | Nov | 12 | Flux | |
| Higgs | Abraham | 29 | " | Married | " | " | Edmonson Co, Ky | Isaac & Rebecca Higgs | " | July | 28 | Inflammation of brains | |
| --- | ----- | 1 day | " | --- | " | " | Grayson Co, Ky | W. T. & Catharine Bratcher | " | Sept | 3 | ||
| Renfro | Sarilda | 7 | Female | Single | " | " | " | Killen & Emily Renfro | " | Oct | 10 | Appolexy | |
| McClure | James W. | 53 mo | Male | " | " | " | " | J. D. & Sarah F. McClure | " | August | 31 | Flux | |
| McClure | John W. | 3yr-5 mo | " | " | " | " | " | " " | " | August | 27 | " | |
| Gary | Paulina | 25 | Female | Married | " | " | " | Thos & Susann D. Bratcher | " | Nov | 11 | Milk Sick | |
| Gary | Amanda | 7 | " | Single | " | " | " | Lloyd & Paulina Gary | " | Nov | 6 | " | |
| Gary | Eveline | 3 | " | " | " | " | " | " " | " | Nov | 12 | " | |
| Wilson | Martha | 2 | " | " | " | " | " | Mason & Eliza Wilson | " | June | 25 | Croupe | |
| Mitchell | Mariah | 26 | Female | Widow | " | " | " | " | Sept | 5 | Consumption | ||
| Swift | Martalia | 1yr-4 mo | " | --- | " | " | " | McNary & Tibbedea Swift | " | Oct | 16 | Flux | |
| Elder | Robert | 43 | Male | Married | " | " | " | Thomas & Mary Elder | " | Sept | 30 | Consumption | |
| Anderson | William M. | 2yr-3 mo | " | Single | " | " | " | Reasin & Susan J. Anderson | " | April | 21 | Pneumonia fever | |
| --- | ----- | 1 day | " | " | " | " | " | Allen & Elizabeth ???? | " | Nov | 22 | ||
| Toms | James | 56 | " | Widower | " | " | Virginia | Thomas & Sarah Toms | " | March | 26 | Appoplexy | |
| Hayse | James W. | 6 mo | " | Single | " | " | Grayson Co, Ky | James & Permelia Hayse | " | Nov | 10 | Flux | |
| Whobery | James | 39 | " | Married | " | " | " | Wm & Nancy Whobery | " | April | 7 | Cold | |
| Tom | 22 | " | --- | " | " | " | Rebecca Shea ?Mrs | " | May | 2 | Cold | Marked 'B" | |
| Decker | Harvey | 22 | " | Single | " | " | " | John & Rachel Decker | " | Sept | 12 | Consumption | |
| Hayse | Sarah Ann | 7 | Female | " | " | " | " | Malinda Hayse | " | Sept | 5 | Worms | |
| Cook | Mary Ellen | 7 | " | " | " | " | " | Wm B. & Betsey Ann Cook | " | July | Typhoid fever | ||
| McDonald | Joshua B. | 3 | Male | " | " | " | " | Wm B. & Martha J. McDonald | " | Oct | 7 | Flux | |
| Whooberry | Jacob | 6 | " | " | " | " | " | Washington & E. Whooberry | " | Sept | " | ||
| Harrel | Moses | 6 mo | " | " | " | " | " | Danl & Polly Harrel | " | Sept | 9 | " | |
| Lasley | Phebe Jane | 2 | Female | " | " | " | " | Peter & Susan H. Lasley | " | Oct | 5 | Thrush | |
| Webb | Mary | 73 | " | Widow | " | " | " | " | Decr | 14 | Old age | ||
| Probus | Andrew J. | 1yr-2 mo | Male | Single | " | " | " | Simon & Sarah R. Probus | " | August | 12 | Flux | |
| Weedman | James W. | 7 | " | " | " | " | " | John & Elizabeth Weedman | " | August | 17 | " | |
| Stone | Rosannah | 65 | Female | Married | " | " | " | Ichabod & Elizabeth Hannah | " | Sept | 3 | Intermitting fever | |
| Davison | James W. | 1 | Male | Single | " | " | " | Elijah & Phebe Davison | " | ||||
| Carter | John H. | 9 | " | " | " | " | " | John & Elizabeth Carter | " | April | 25 | By fall of tree | |
| Houk | Jantha E. | 1yr-2 mo | Female | " | " | " | " | Gideon & Sarah J. Houk | " | August | Flux | ||
| Conklin | Susannah E. | 9 mo | " | " | " | " | " | David & Nancy B. Conklin | " | June | |||
| Stone | Moses W. | 19 mo | Male | " | " | " | " | Moses & Martha Stone | " | Decr | 2 | " | |
| Conklin | Huntley | 5 mo | " | " | " | " | " | J. W. & Matilda C. Conklin | " | August | 13 | Flux | |
| Milner | Mary M. | 2 mo | Female | " | " | " | " | John G. & Eliza J. Milner | " | January | 10 | Scarlet fever | |
| Portman | Nancy | 3 | " | " | " | " | " | Jacob & Elenor Portman | " | Sept | 14 | Flux | |
| Kerr | Martha Frances | 6 | " | " | " | " | " | Henry & Margaret Kerr | " | Sept | 14 | Worms | |
| Kelly | Amy C. | 5 | " | " | " | " | " | Alexr & Charlotta Kelly | " | July | 25 | Flux | |
| Cole | Rebecca | 11 | " | " | " | " | " | James H. & Minerva Cole | " | July | 28 | " | |
| Smallwood | Thomas T. | 1yr-1 mo | Male | " | " | " | " | Wm & Elenor R. Smallwood | " | August | 10 | " | |
| Harry | 85 | " | " | " | " | " | John Hayden | " | Sept | 1 | Flux & Typhoid fever | Marked 'B" | |
| 1 | Female | " | " | " | " | Thos & Emaline Witten | " | Nov | 24 | ||||
| Grayham | Elizabeth | 75 | " | Widow | " | " | " | " | Nov | 25 | Fever | ||
| Baker | Nancy Ann | 14 | " | Single | " | " | " | Wm & Eliza J. Baker | " | Oct | 16 | " | |
| Wortham | Charles T. | 26 | Male | " | Clerk to merchant | " | " | Charles & Nancy Wortham | " | Sept | 29 | Typhoid fever | |
| Fulkerson | William H. | 1 mo | " | " | " | " | " | Bird F. & Amanda M. Fulkerson | " | Sept | 7 | Consumption | |
| Fulkerson | Amanda M. | 24 | Female | Married | Wife of Blacksmith | " | " | Miles & Monica Kessinger | " | August | 20 | Consumption | |
| White | Ann | 74 | " | Widow | Farmer | " | " | Benjamin & Catharine Burtle | " | January | 10 | Breast Complaint | |
| White | George B. | 18 | Male | Single | " | " | " | Charles & Mary White | " | Feby | 15 | Pneumonia | |
| Goldsberry | Mary | 73 | Female | Widow | " | " | " | Andrew & Susan Burtle | " | May | 6 | Dead Palsy | |
| Fulkerson | Sarah | 84 | " | Widow | " | " | " | Wm & Sarah Harris | " | Nov | 18 | Old age & Cold | |
| Bruner | Sally G. | 14 | " | Single | " | " | " | O. H. P. & Margaret B. Bruner | " | Oct | 29 | Inflammation of the brain | |
| John | 17 | Male | " | " | " | " | Sarah P. Ray Mrs. | " | Decr | 22 | Scarlet fever | Marked 'B" | |
| Hazlewood | George W. | 9 | " | " | " | " | " | Jas & Susannah Hazlewood | " | July | 11 | Flux | |
| Hazlewood | Juliann | 14 | Female | " | " | " | " | " " " | " | July | 15 | " | |
| Johnson | Margaret E. | 1yr-2 mo | " | " | " | " | " | David & Lucinda Johnson | " | Sept | 14 | " | |
| Knott | Sarah E. | 5 | " | " | " | " | Breckenridge Co, Ky | Wm & Mary Jane Knott | " | Oct | 8 | " | |
| Knott | Nancy | 3 | " | " | " | " | " | " " " | " | Oct | 4 | " | |
| Minton | James F. | 1yr-1 mo | Male | " | " | " | Grayson Co, Ky | Wm & Margaret A. Minton | " | Nov | 24 | " | |
| Clark | James W. | 3yr-8 mo | " | " | " | " | " | Thos & Mahala A. Clark | " | Oct | 3 | " | |
| Barns | John U. L. | 33 | " | Married | " | " | " | James & Elizabeth Barns | " | Nov | 19 | Milk Sick | |
| Barns | Jane | 30 | Female | " | " | " | " | Henry & Edsey Mattingly | " | Nov | 17 | " | |
| Barns | Sarah F. | 10 | " | Single | " | " | " | John U. L. & Jane Barns | " | Nov | 25 | " | |
| Barns | William | 2 mo | Male | " | " | " | " | " " " | " | Nov | 22 | " | |
| Fulkerson | George W. | 11 mo | " | " | " | " | " | Ben O. & Mary A. Fulkerson | " | Nov | 15 | Flux | |
| Akers | Tempa Jane | 1yr-1 mo | Female | " | " | " | " | Fleming & Rhoda Akers | Hardin Co, Ky | August | 23 | " | |
| Cleaver | Charles C. | 48 | Male | Married | " | " | Nelson Co, Ky | Benjamin & Elizabeth Cleaver | Grayson Co, Ky | March | 24 | Disease of Lungs | |
| Hicks | James | 34 | " | " | Merchant | Hardin Co, Ky | Hardin Co, Ky | Walker & Susan Hicks | " | June | 1 | Dyspepsia | |
| McGrew | Hannah | 62 | Female | Widow | Farmer | Grayson Co, Ky | Nelson Co, Ky | William Cleaver | " | Decr | 27 | Pneuvalgia | |
| Akers | Sarah Jane | 4 | " | Single | " | " | Grayson Co, Ky | James & Martha Akers | " | July | 18 | Scarlet fever | |
| Pearl | Robert H. | 4 | Male | " | " | " | " | Robert H. & Mary Ann Pearl | " | Sept | 16 | " | |
| Nally | Sarah Amanda | 3 | Female | " | " | " | " | Jas & Juliann Pearl | " | June | 5 | " | |
| Burks | Joney L. | 9 mo | Male | " | " | " | Hardin Co, Ky | Ewing W. & Margaret Burks | " | July | 13 | Flux | |
| Clark | Zephaniah | 10 | " | " | " | " | Grayson Co, Ky | Richd M. & Teresa Clark | " | Oct | " | ||
| Casey | Mary Ann | 11 | Female | " | " | " | " | Henry & Mary Casey | Perry Co, Ind | August | 1 | " | |
| Johnson | Mary A. | 7 | " | " | " | " | Ohio Co, Ky | James J. & Marcilla Johnson | Grayson Co, Ky | Sept | 2 | " | |
| Litsey | James | 74 | Male | Widower | Farmer | Grayson Co, Ky | Washington Co, Ky | Grayson Co, Ky | Nov | 2 | Flux | ||
| Clark | Wilford A. | 5 | " | " | " | Grayson Co, Ky | Leo & Juliann Clark | " | Sept | 11 | " | ||
| Beatty | John W. | 1yr-9 mo | " | " | " | " | Francis M. & Sarah Beatty | " | Decr | 4 | " | ||
| Drury | Mary E. | 9 | Female | Single | " | " | Hardin Co, Ky | Elias & Jane Drury | " | Sept | 5 | " | |
| Drury | Charles F. | 4 | Male | " | " | " | " " " | " | Oct | 5 | " | ||
| Beatty | William | 77 | " | Married | " | " | Pennsylvania | --------------- | " | Feby | 22 | Gravel | |
| Deckard | John P. | 6 | " | " | " | Grayson Co, Ky | Josiah R. & Mary E. Deckard | " | Nov | 13 | Flux | ||
| Hatfield | Caroline | 9 mo | Female | " | " | " | Chs & Margaret Hatfield | " | June | 2 | Eradypeles | ||
| Cook | John R. | 11 mo | Male | " | " | " | James & Eliza Ann Cook | " | June | 10 | Fits | ||
| Wells | Ruth | 77 | Female | Widow | " | " | Ky | --------------- | " | Nov | 13 | Flux | |
| Gragsdon | Henry | 2 mo | Male | " | " | Grayson Co, Ky | John B. & Rebecca A. Gragsdon | " | July | 21 | Bold Hives | ||
| Fulkerson | Elizabeth A. | 8 mo | Female | " | " | " | James & Phebe Fulkerson | " | May | 20 | Fits | ||
| Richardson | Sarah J. | 15 | " | Single | " | " | " | Thomas & Huldah Richardson | " | Feby | 12 | Typhoid fever | |
| Abell | Samuel A. | 1 mo | Male | " | " | " | Edmund & Margaret Abell | " | March | 18 | Croupe | ||
| Higdon | Augustin D. | 11yr-6 mo | " | " | " | " | " | Thomas & Harriet Higdon | " | Oct | 21 | Scarlet fever | |
| Higdon | Zachaniah A. | 8 | " | " | " | " | " | " " " | " | Nov | 5 | " | |
| Higdon | Teresa E. | 3 | Female | " | " | " | " | " " " | " | Nov | 10 | " | |
| Grayham | David W. | 5 mo | Male | " | " | " | " | James M. & Mary Grayham | " | Decr | 24 | --- | |
| Logsdon | Monica | 34 | Female | Married | " | " | " | Henry & Elizabeth Fenwick | " | March | 15 | Cold on lungs | |
| Pearman | Sarah Eliza | 23 | " | " | " | " | Washington Co, Ky | Thos & Sarah Elliott | " | Feby | 12 | In Child birth | |
| Butler | Lucretia | 1 mo | " | " | " | Grayson Co, Ky | James & Minerva Butler | " | Sept | 1 | Bold Hives | ||
| Miller | Horace | 2yr-5 mo | Male | " | " | " | Charles & Elizabeth Miller | " | Oct | 26 | Croupe | ||
| Hannah | 20 | Female | Single | " | " | Cumberland Co, Ky | William B. Stuteville | " | Decr | 19 | Poison by self | Marked 'B" | |
| George | 18 | Male | " | " | " | Grayson Co, Ky | William Heyson | " | April | 15 | Drowned | Suicide Slave | |
| Nichols | Squire H. T. | 15 days | " | " | " | " | Jeptha & Margaret Nichols | " | March | 11 | Whooping cough | ||
| Jane | 37 | Female | Widow | " | " | " | Zachaniah Higdon | " | April | 9 | Apoplexy | Marked 'B" | |
| Shively | Elenor | 52 | " | Married | " | " | Washington Co, Ky | John B. & Jane Speak | " | Oct | 20 | Typhoid fever | |
| Higdon | Mary F. | 3 | " | " | " | Grayson Co, Ky | Francis & Mary Higdon | " | Oct | 29 | Flux | ||
| Parris | Phebe | 53 | " | Married | " | " | Washington Co, Ky | William & Susan Cleaver | " | Augst | 28 | Congestive chill | |
| McGrew | James M. | 1yr-5 mo | Male | " | " | Grayson Co, Ky | Wm R. & Sarah McGrew | " | Feby | 25 | Croupe | ||
| 1 day | " | " | " | " | " " " | " | April | 17 | |||||
| Rogers | Catharine G. | 1yr-3 mo | Female | " | " | " | M. T. & Catherine Rogers | " | Nov | 8 | Flux | ||
| Layman | Mary E. | 5 | " | " | " | " | Wm & Rebecca Layman | " | Sept | 20 | " | ||
| Dinwiddie | Mary | 1yr-6 mo | " | " | " | " | William & Mary Denwiddie | " | Nov | 3 | " | ||
| Byers | Gene Marion | 9 mo | Male | " | " | " | John N. & Jane Byers | " | Feby | 8 | Bold Hives | ||
| Larkin | William | 43 | " | Married | " | " | Hardin Co, Ky | William & Elizabeth Larkin | Hardin Co, Ky | April | 4 | Bronchetas | |
| Hendrick | Adeline | 1 day | Female | Child of merchant | " | Grayson Co, Ky | Wm C. & Mary Hendricks | Grayson Co, Ky | April | 1 | |||
| Hendrick | Apelina | 1 day | " | " | " | " | " " " | " | " | 1 | |||
| Thomas | Isaac | 63 | Male | Married | Tanner | " | Hardin Co, Ky | Hardin & Mahetible Thomas | " | Augst | 2 | ||
| Thurman | John J. | " | " | Lawyer | " | Washington Co, Ky | " | Augst | Typhoid fever | ||||
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