Description from the Maryland State Archives' web site:

County Circuit Court Death Records 1865-1884

The next attempt by the Maryland General Assembly to make the registration of deaths a civil matter occurred in 1865 with the passage of An Act to provide for the Registration of Births, Marriages, and Deaths (Chapter 130, Acts of 1865). This law required that all deaths be registered at the county circuit court. According to the law, the court clerks were to record "the date of the death, the name of the deceased, the sex, the color, the condition, (whether single, widowed or married,) the age, the residence, the occupation, the place of death, the place of birth, the names and place of residence of the parents, the disease or cause of death, the place of burial and the date of record." (Chapter 130, Acts of 1865). The records were arranged alphabetically by the first letter of the surname and then chronologically.

A number of death registers were begun by the court clerks, but compliance with the law was poor. Very few Marylanders bothered to register burials with the circuit court, so present day researchers must still rely on church records for this time period. The Archives holds the following death record registers for the counties listed below, although many of them contain only scattered entries.

* NOTE ON TRANSCRIPTION:

The death register book is filled out very sparsely; only the pages listed below have any writing on them whatsoever.  The entries below comprise all of the deaths registered in Prince George's County under this law.

Pg

Date

Name

Sex

Color

Mar Cond

Age

Residence

Occupation

Place of Death

Place of Birth

Male Parent

Female Parent

Res. Of Parents

Cause

Place of Burial

Date of Record

9

16 Nov 1865

Brooke, Roger

M

W

S

6 yr 5 mo

Pr Geo Co

Pr Geo Co.

Pr Geo Co.

R. Walter Brooke

Sarah Jane Brooke

Pr Geo Co.

Typhoid Fever

20 Dec 1865

26

23 Jul 1865

Calvert, William

M

B

S

6 mo

J. B. Magruder's pltn.

none

J. B. Magruder's pltn.

J. B. Magruder's pltn.

William Calvert

Sophy Calvert

W. H. Hilleary's pltn. (father), J. B. Magruder's pltn. (mother)

W. H. Hilleary pltn.

14 Aug 1865

26

16 Aug 1865

Chase, Betty

F

B

S

106 yr

Alms House

none

Alms House, Pr Geo

Extreme old age

8 Sep 1865

26

12 Mar 1865

Campbell, Walter

M

B

S

2 yr

Jno. W. Bowie pltn.

none

Jno. W. Bowies place

Jno. W. Bowie's place

Walter Campbell

Mary Campbell

Jno. W. Bowie's place

Infantile unknown

Jno. W. Bowie's place

28 Mar 1865

26

15 Dec 1865

Clark, Pierson

M

S

8 yr 6 mo

Aquasco Dist.

none

Aquasco Dist.

Aquasco Dist.

Jno. T. Clark

Angelina Clark

Aquasco Dist.

Typhoid Fever

30 Mar 1866

26

7 Apr 1866

Cornick, William

M

S

71

Alms House

none

Alms House, Pr Geo

Pr Geo Co.

Heart Disease

12 Apr 1866

26

30 Jul 1865

Compton, Eliza F.

F

W

W

62 yr 7 mo

Woodville

none

Woodville

near Woodville

Jon T. Wood

Ann W. Wood

Chalk Point

Consumption

near Bryantown, Ch. Co.

20 Mar 1866

26

8 Aug 1865

Compton, Mary

F

W

S

1 yr 5 mo

Woodville

Woodville

Woodville

John W. Compton

Mary F. Compton

Woodville

Congestion of Brain

near Bryantown, Ch. Co.

20 Mar 1866

42

18 Jun 1866

Douglas, Benj. C.

M

B

S

3 yr

Pr Geo Co.

Pr Geo Co.

Pr Geo Co.

Jake Douglas

Jane Douglas

Pr Geo Co.

Typhoid Fever

Pr Geo Co.

25 Sep 1866

42

22 Oct 1866

Diebritsch, Henry Herman

M

W

S

62

24 Oct 1865

Farr, John Bladen

M

W

M

64 yr

Pr Geo Co.

Miller

Pr Geo Co.

Pr Geo Co.

Joshua Farr

[--?--] Farr

Pr Geo Co.

Affection of Brain

P. E. Ch. Yard, Upper Marlboro

4 Jan 1866

72

2 Jul 1865

Gooch, James

M

W

M

77 yr

Alms House

Alms House, Pr Geo

London, England

Appoplexy

29 Sep 1865

72

21 Sep 1865

Gross, Sarah

F

Colored

Unm

16 yr

Horsehead

unknown

near Horsehead

near Horsehead

unknown

Rachael Gross

near Horsehead

Typhoid Fever

unknown

11 Apr 1866

83

24 Oct 1865

Hardy, Mary Jane

F

W

S

7 y 6 m 10 d

Pr Geo Co.

none

Pr Geo Co.

Pr Geo Co.

William W. Hardy

Rebecca Ann Hardy

Pr Geo Co.

16 Nov 1865

83

29 Oct 1865

Hardy, Susan Matilda Ann

F

W

S

28 mo

Pr Geo Co.

none

Pr Geo Co.

Pr Geo Co.

William W. Hardy

Rebecca Ann Hardy

Pr Geo Co.

16 Nov 1865

83

29 May 1866

Hodgkin, Mrs. Henrietta

F

W

W

73 yr

Pr Geo Co.

J. E. S. Hollyday

7 Jun 1866

99

25 Oct 1865

Jackson, Rachael

F

B

M

25

Bladensburg

Laborer

Bladensburg

Bladensburg

James Lewis

Sophia Lewis

Bladensburg

Cholera Marbus

near Bladensburg

8 Nov 1865

99

30 Dec 1865

Jones, Erasmus Warren

M

W

S

2 mo

Pr Geo Co.

Pr Geo Co.

Pr Geo Co.

Charles Jones

Mary E. Jones

Pr Geo Co.

Pr Geo Co.

2 May 1866

110

6 Sep 1865

Kerby, Maria L.

F

W

M

42 y 2 m

Hart Park, Pr Geo Co.

Lady

Hart Park

Dropsy

Broad Creek

20 Sep 1865

110

5 Dec 1865

Kerby, Julia Ann

F

W

M

40

Hart Park, Pr Geo Co.

Lady

Hart Park

both dead

Paralysis

St. Ignatius Ch.

19 Apr 1866

121

22 Jul 1865

Lanham, William

M

B

S

18 yr

Upper Marlboro

Labourer

Upper Marlboro, Md.

Upper Marlboro

William Lanham

Betsy Lanham

Upper Marlboro

24 Jul 1865

121

11 Jul 1865

Lewis, Sophia

F

B

W

50 yr

Bladensburg

Labourer

Bladensburg

Bladensburg

John Boone

Rose Boone

Bladensburg

Dropsy

near Bladensburg

8 Nov 1865

132

20 Apr 1866

Maynard, Charles

M

B

M

80 yr

J. W. Bowie's place

none

J. W. Bowie's place

J. W. Bowie's place

unknown

unknown

unknown

Paralysis

J. W. Bowie's place

28 May 1866

132

18 Nov 1865

Mackubin, Richd. C.

M

W

M

51 yr

A. A. Co.

Physician & Farmer

Warington, P. G. Co.

Annapolis, Md.

MacKubin, George

MacKubin, Eleanor

Annapolis, Md.

Gont[?] in Stomach

Annapolis, Md.

12 Jan 1867

168

31 Jul 1865

Pinkney, Emily

F

Colored

22 yr

1 Mar 1866

168

18 Nov 1866

Page, Townshend Warren

W

S

1 y 4 mo 24 d

near Collington

none

near Collington

near Collington

R. Virgil Page

Addie Page

near Collington

Bronchitis

Holy Trinity Ch.

24 Nov 1866

178

20 Jul 1865

Quander, Aaron

M

B

S

William Quander

Juliana Quander

10 May 1866

189

13 Jul 1865

Simpson, Emma Ann Virg'a.

F

W

S

11 mo 23 da

Bladensburg Dist.

none

Bladensburg Dist.

Bladensburg Dist.

Simpson, Henry T.

Simpson, Elizabeth Ann

Bladensburg Dist.

Diarrhea &c.

Bladensburg Chapel

16 Aug 1865

189

5 Aug 1865

Smith, Catherine

F

W

S

73 yr

Pr Geo Co.

none

Pr Geo Co.

Pr Geo Co.

Smith, Dr. Clement

Smith Ellen

both dead

Congestion of Brain

Washington, DC

22 Aug 1865

189

Stark, Col. Henry

M

W

Pr Geo Co.

Pr Geo Co.

Inflammation of the stomach, Erysipelas & chronic infn. Of the liver

29 Oct 1865

189

4 May 1866

Slayman, Martha E. H.

F

W

S

1 m 27 d

Up. Marlboro

none

Upper Marlboro, Md.

Upper Marlboro

Slayman, Michael I.

Slayman, Sallie A.

Upper Marlboro

Up. Marlboro

5 May 1866

206

23 Jul 1865

Tresy

F

B

65 yr

Alms House

Alms House, Pr Geo

Disease of Bowels

29 Dec 1865

230

9 Dec 1865

Walker, John W.

M

B

North Carolina

Pr Geo Co.

Accident

20 Dec 1865

230

28 Dec 1866

Waring, James

M

W

S

4 yr

Warrington, Pr Geo Co.

Farmer

Warington, P. G. Co.

Pr Geo Co.

Waring, Marsham

Violetta L. Waring

Warrington, Pr Geo Co.

Disease of the Heart

Warrington, Md.

12 Jan 1867

230

29 Oct 1866

Watson, Priscilla

F

W

6 y 11 m 14 d

Aquasco Dist.

none

Pr Geo Co.

James Watson

Catherine Watson

Aquasco Dist.

Inflammatory Rheumatism

Aquasco Dist.

1 Jan 1866[sic]

247

20 Jul 1865

Young, John F.

M

W

S

23 yr

Upper Marlboro

Wheelwright

Upper Marlboro, Md.

Upper Marlboro

Levi Young

Ann Young

both dead

Consumption

P. E. Ch. Yard, Upper Marlboro

24 Jul 1865

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