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1853 Deaths

Submitted by:
Wanda Reis

These records were taken from a very poor quality microfilm and some of it was quite unreadable. I transcribed it to the best of my ability and felt that whatever I salvaged would be better than nothing. - Wanda

Deaths

Name Age Sex Marital Status Occupation Date of death Cause of Death Place of Birth Parents Place of Death
Amanda B. (Slave) 14 Female Unlisted Suicide Estill Co. Owner, David Blanton Estill Co.
Mary M. (Slave) 21 Female May 16 Consumption Estill Co. Owner, Jesse Benton Estill Co.
Elizabeth Abney 68 Female Married (Wife of Benjamin Abney) June 16 Cancer Amherst Co., Virginia William & Elizabeth Abney Estill Co.
William Abney 3 months October 6 Fever & ague Madison Co. William & Nancy Abney Arkansas
James William Barnett 2 1/4 Male August 2 Flu Red River John & Jemima (?) Ann Barnette Red River
Samuel Brandenburgh 14 Male June 7 Pneumonia Kentucky River Joseph & Sarah Brandenburgh Estill Co.
Sarah Ann Barnett 6 Female January 25 Clark Co. John & J. Barnett
Mary McKay Blanton 6 yrs. 8 mths. Female October 18 Flu Estill Co. David & Taby Blanton Estill Co.
Elizabeth Bellis 67 Female Married September 16 Flu and Fever Betatort Co., Virginia Estill Co.
Hentsin(?) Becknell 38 Male Widower Farmer September 1 Colora Morbus Estill Co. Linfield & Mary Becknell Estill Co.
Elizabeth Brinegar 9 Female Unlisted Measles Cow Creek Jacob & Elizabeth Brinegar Cow Creek
Elizabeth Brinegar 50 Female Married Unlisted Measles N. Carolina Samuel & Elinor Hughes Cow Creek
William H. Brinegar 11 Male Unlisted Measles Cow Creek Jacob & Elizabeth Brinegar Cow Creek
Isam(?) Burton 33 Male Married Farmer June 26 Colora Morbus Madison Co. Isam & Agnes Burton Kentucky River
Isam Burton 1 Male September 6 Colora Morbus Kentucky River Isam & Per_____ Burton Kentucky River
George Cooper 11 Male Unlisted Red River George & Sarah Cooper Red River
_________ Combs 11 November 13 Flu Hardwick’s Creek, Estill Co. Cuthbert & Lydia Combs Hardwick’s Creek
Joseph Collins 12 Male Farming August Flu Estill Co. Joseph & Elizabeth Collins Estill Co.
Elizabeth Cobb 3 1/2 Female September Flu Kentucky River Jesse & Elizabeth Cobb Kentucky River
Elizabeth Cos 9 1/2 Female August Flu Estill Co. Benj. & Margaret Cos Estill Co.
Thomas Cos 3 months Male August 8 Flu Station Camp Benj. & Elizabeth Cos. Estill Co.
William Cos 21 Male Single Farmer September 26 Flu Estill Co. Charles & Francis Cos Estill Co.
Mary Elizabeth Carson 2 Female September 10 Flu Station Camp Thomas & Sarah Carson Irvine
John Durbin 14 Male Unlisted Measles Station Camp Edward & Patience Durbin Station Camp
Susan Dickerson 64 Female Widow January 20 Measles N. Carolina Robert & Sarah Shipton Noland’s Creek, Estill Co.
Hannah H. Dunbar 1 Female July 25 Flu Estill Co. John & Permelia Dunbar Estill Co.
Ransom Fluty 21 Male Single Farmer Unlisted Flu Estill Co. John & Katharine Fluty Estill Co.
Francis (Mulatto Slave) 8 September 10 Measles Virginia Owner, Jesse Benton Estill Co.
Mary Garrett 8 Female August 18 Estill Co. Andrew & Deborah Garrett Estill Co.
Greenberry (Slave) Unlisted Station Co. Owner, Ebenezer Wilson Estill Co.
John P. Gum 30 Male Married Tavernkeeper September 7 Measles Clay Co., KY Hiram & Susannah Gum Irvine
Mary Jane Harris 3 Female July 26 Measles and Flu Estill Co. ________ & Elizabeth Harris Estill Co.
John Wiley Harris 11(?) Male August 15 Measles Estill Co. __________ & Elizabeth Harris Estill Co.
Catherine Hall 51 Female Married December 24 Bilious Fever Estill Co.
Mary Hill 80 Female Married August Flu S. Carolina Estill Co.
Nancy Hall 37 Female Married June 3 Measles Kentucky River William & Rhoda Alexander Station Camp
Henry Hill 16 Male August 15 Flu Estill Co. Emily Stephens Estill Co.
William Hopper Male September 7 Estill Co. John & Julia Ann Hopper Noland’s Creek
Nancy Howard 53 Female Married June 15 Colora Morbus Madison Co. William & Sibby Noland Red River