Bullitt County 1854 Deaths

The following list is transcribed from the 1854 Bullitt County Mortality Schedule. Possible corrections are welcome. Contact us using the link above.

Name	Age	Sex	Condition	Occupation	Residence	Place of Birth	Parents/Owners	Death Place	Death Date	Death Cause
Mary Simmons	75	female	widow		Shepherdsville	Maryland	Richard Simmons	Long Lick	Jul 7	cholera
Julia	30	female		servant	Long Lick	Long Lick	G. W. Bowman	Shepherdsville	Jul 5	cholera
Henry	30	male		servant	Long Lick	Long Lick	G. W. Bowman	Long Lick	Jul 11	cholera
Charles Hoskins	6	male		child	Salt River	Pitts Point	John Hoskins	Salt River	Jul 5	cholera
William Larkin	24	male	married	farmer	Salt River	Youngers Creek		Salt River	Jul 6	cholera
John Hoskins	5	male		child	Salt River	Pitts Point	John Hoskins	Salt River	Dec 11
William Larkin	20 months	male		child	Salt River	Bullitt County	Willliam Larkin	Salt River	Dec 20	not known
Aquilla Hoskins	60	male	married	farmer	Salt River	born in	Pansy Crawia	Rolling Fork	Jun 31	cholera
Margaret Hoskins	56	femaile	married		Rolling Fork	Bullitt County	Dragoo	Rolling Fork	Jul 4	cholera
no name given		male	servant	child	Rolling Fork	Bullitt County	Luke Howlett	Rolling Fork		not known
John S. Hibbs		male		child	Rolling Fork	Bullitt County	Isaac Hibbs	Rolling Fork	Oct 28	not known
Louise Hibbs		female		child	Rolling Fork	Bullitt County	Isaac Hibbs	Rolling Fork	Nov 6	not known
Margaret Haman		female	married		Pitts Point	Nelson County	R & Ann Greenwell	Pitts Point	Jul 25	typhoid fever
Matilda Hill		female	married		Rolling Fork	Cane Run	John Mayfield	Bullitt	Apr 3	Red Fever
J. T. Hill		male		child	Rolling Fork	Bullitt County	Edwin Hill	Bullitt
E. Windson	1	female			Cedar Creek	Bullitt County	Livey Pen	Bullitt	Mar 20
George W. Huffman	2	male		child	Cedar Creek	Bullitt County		Bullitt	Apr 25
Thomas Masden		male		child	Cane Run	Bullitt County	John S. Masden	Bullitt	Dec 25
Elijah McCormick		male		forgeman	Shepherdsville	Pennsylvania		Bullitt	Jun 30	cholera
Harriet McCormick		female			Shepherdsville	Pennsylvania	Mary Hume	Shepherdsville	Jul 7	cholera
Frances Mayfield	69	female			Cane Run	North Carolina		Cane Run	Oct 30	not known
Harrison		male		servant	Cedar Creek	Bullitt County	R. K. Summers	Cedar Creek	May 11	not known
L. M. Warren	4	female				Pitts Point	William Warren	Pitts Point	Sep	typhoid fever
Rena Cundiff		female			Long Lick	Bullitt County	Felise Cundiff	Long Lick	Mar 11	not known
Scott		male		servant	Long Lick	Bullitt County	T. J. Joyce	Shepherdsville	Jul 1	cholera
no name		female		servant	Long Lick	Bullitt County	T. J. Joyce	Long Lick		not known
Ellen Waters	30	female			Wilson Creek	Crooked Creek	J. L. Duvall	Wilson Creek	Apr 20
Melon Davison	23	male			Bullitt County				Jun 23	cholera
J. H. Williams		male		child	Crooked Creek	Big Sandy	Harriet	Belmont Furnace	Mar 16
Amanda Haste		female			Crooked Creek	Colinton KY	H. P. Dobbins	Belmont Furnace	Oct 20	born dead
no name		female		child	Belmont, Ky	Big Sandy	Ferd Troutwein	Belmont Furnace	Aug 3	croup
M. E. Troutman		female			Long Lick	Long Lick	J. V. Crenshaw	Belmont Furnace	Jul 6	typhoid fever
George		male		blacksmith	West Fork	Coxes Creek	Nelson Crenshaw	Belmont Furnace	Jun 24	cholera
Lewis	35	male		servant	West Fork	Coxes Creek	Nelson Crenshaw	Belmont Furnace	Sep 24	dropsy
Aaron	45	male		servant	West Fork	Coxes Creek	Sarah Thomas	Belmont Furnace	Mar 27
no name		male		servant	West Fork	Coxes Creek		Coxes Creek	Oct 15	consumption
Elistra Hile	49	male		blacksmith	West Fork	Coxes Creek
G. W. Rayman		male			West Fork	Coxes Creek	John Rayman	Coxes Creek	Aug 4	croup
Ann		female		servant	Salt River		Joseph Greenwell	Salt River		fever
Josephine	17	female		servant	Salt River	Coxes Creek	Joseph Greenwell	Salt River		fever
J. J. Hibbs		male		child	Cedar Creek	Cedar Creek	Martin Hibbs	Bullitt County	Sep 14	croup
Maria Voweles	33	female	single		Cedar Creek	Iowa	Cowles	Cedar Creek	Sep 25	??
John		male			Cedar Creek	Cedar Creek	James Combs	Cedar Creek	Apr
A. J. Robards	33	male	married	farmer	Cedar Creek	Cedar Creek	Lewis Robards	Cedar Creek	Jul 5	cholera
David (Black)	70	male		servant	Cedar Creek	Cedar Creek	Phil Lee	Cedar Creek	Jul 4	cholera
M. H. Ritchie		female			Salt River	J. R. Ritchie		Salt River	Oct 14	worms
Eliza Vergis		female	single		C. C. Creek		John Vergis	C. C. Creek	Jun 23	not known
Verilda Greenwell	18	female	married		Pitts Point	Louisville	Miss Hall	Pitts Point	Jun 26	typhoid fever
Sarah Hoglan	35	female	married	Long Lick	Cane Run		William Hibbs		Oct	typhoid fever
Killy Ash	27	female	married		Bardstown Road	Bullitt County	James & Mary Jones	Bullitt County	Jul 30	pulmonary consumption
Kasszam	15	female	single	servant	Bullitt County	Blue Lick	Ann Ball	Blue Lick		not known
America Clestine	7	female	single		Bullitt County	Blue Lick	John & Ann Chestine	Blue Lick		not known
Mary Quick	65	female	married		Blue Lick	Bullitt County		Blue Lick	Aug 11	typhoid fever
G. J. Barrall	27	male	single		Bullitt County	Knob Creek	Christian Barrall	Blue Lick	Dec 3	typhoid fever
no name		male	single		Shepherdsville	Ireland	John Brannon	Shepherdsville	Dec 18
M. J. Lagle		male	single		Knob Creek	Knob Creek	J. T. Lagle	Knob Creek
Colarissa Walker		female			Knob Creek	Knob Creek		Knob Creek	Jul 8	typhoid fever
J. A. Chappell		male	single		Knob Creek	Knob Creek	Naoma Chappell	Knob Creek	Jan 2
Elizabeth McNutt		female	married		Bullitt County	Brier Creek		Bullitt County		typhoid fever
G. W. McNutt		male	single		Bullitt County	Brier Creek	Joseph McNutt	Bullitt County		typhoid fever
G. W. Shoptaw		male	single		Bullitt County	Knob Creek	John Shoptaw	Bullitt County		not known
Joseph A. Welch	23	male	single		Bullitt County	Knob Creek	William Welch	Bullitt County	Mar 18	typhoid fever
Alexander King		male	single		Bullitt County	Brier Creek	M. F. King	Bullitt County	Dec 16
H. C. Moore		male	single		Bullitt County	Knob Creek	J. W. Moore	Bullitt County	Mar 11
Rebecca Ewing	81	female	widow		Bullitt County	Knob Creek		Bullitt County		not known
James B. Brid	40	male	married	farmer	Salt River	New Hampshire		Salt River	Dec 14	typhoid fever
M. L. Chappell		male	single		Salt River	Bullitt County	J. D. Chappell	Salt River	Sep 19	not known
T. Jennings		female	single		Bullitt County	Salt River	George Jennings	Louisville
Francis Jennings		male	single		Bullitt County	Salt River	John Jennings	Louisville
Maryann J. Goldsmith	17	female	single		Bullitt County	Salt River	John Goldsmith	Salt River		typhoid fever
Joseph Goldsmith	13	male	single		Bullitt County	Salt River	John Goldsmith	Salt River		typhoid fever
F. H. Goldsmith	26	male	single	farmer	Bullitt County	Salt River	Owen Goldsmith	Salt River	Oct 14
William C. Welch	25	male	married	farmer	Bullitt County	Salt River	William Welch	Salt River	Oct 30	typhoid fever
Margaret E. Applegate	23	female	married		Shepherdsville	Long Lick	James C. Hoglan	Shepherdsville	Jul 3	consumption
no name		female	infant		Shepherdsville	Shepherdsville	William T. Applegate	Shepherdsville	Jun 20	consumption
L. C. Foster	16	male	single	cooper	Bullitt County	Blue Lick	James Foster	Blue Lick		consumption
L. C. Ferguson	5	male	single		Bullitt County	Blue Lick	Levi Ferguson	Bullitt County
Josephine Saunders		female	single		Bullitt County	Brooks Run	G. W. Saunders	Brooks Run	Aug 29
William Ridgway	69	male	married	farmer	Bullitt County	Salt River		Salt River	Dec 29
Sarah Brashear	70	female	widow		Bullitt County				Mar 16	old age
Pierce Bogard		male	single		Bullitt County	Salt River	C. K. Bogard	Salt River
Reason Griffin	75	male	widower		Bullitt County	Spencer County		Dutchmans	May 20	old age
Pheobe Williams	55	female	married		Bullitt County	Mt. Washington		Plumb Creek	Aug 2	not known
M. F. Gentry		female	single		Bullitt County	Mt. Washington	Taylor Gentry	Mt. Washington	Feb 16
J. A. Gentry		male	single		Bullitt County	Mt. Washington	Taylor Gentry	Mt. Washington	Jan 27	not known
M. E. Tucker	9	female	single		Bullitt County	Floyds Fork	Caleb Tucker	Union County	Mar 9
A. G. Shackleford	52	male	married	farmer	Bullitt County			Salt River	Oct 10	typhoid fever
Tilford		male		??	Bullitt County				Nov 5	old age & typhoid fever
David Parris	80	male	widower	farmer	Bullitt County	Pennsylvania			Nov 5	old age
James D. Hall		male	single		Bullitt County		Sarah A. Hall	Salt River	Oct 15
Nancy A. Whitledge		female	single		Bullitt County	Salt River	John M. Whitledge	Salt River	Feb 7
B. B. Bass		male		child	Bullitt County	Floyds Fork	J. T. Bass	Floyds Fork
S. H. Smith		female	single		Bullitt County	Floyds Fork	William Smith	Floyds Fork
W. J. Brown	49	male	married	house carpenter & farmer	Bullitt County	Floyds Fork	Sebastian Brown	Floyds Fork	Nov 14	inflamation of the ??
J. F. Thornberry		female	single		Bullitt County	Cedar Creek	S. B. Thornberry	Cedar Creek	Jul
Elizabeth Thornberry		female	single		Bullitt County	Cedar Creek	S. B. Thornberry	Cedar Creek	Dec
Benjamin F. Summers	45	male	married	physician & farmer	Bullitt County	Cedar Creek	Benjamin Summers	Cedar Creek	Dec 8	consumption
Lucy C. Summers	15 months	female	single		Bullitt County	Cedar Creek	B. F. Summers	Cedar Creek
Anderson	30	male		slave	Bullitt County	Cedar Creek	B. F. Summers
Joanna	8	female		slave	Bullitt County	Cedar Creek	B. F. Summers	May 20
Larkin J. Sanders	30	male	single	plasterer	Bullitt County	Cedar Creek	Thomas Sanders	May 20	Dec 2	congestive chilis
Nathan Wilkerson		male	married	physician	Mt. Washington	Nelson County		Mt. Washington	Nov 20	typhoid fever
Samuel Ewing	10	male	single		Knob Creek	Knob Creek	A. C. & Martha Ewing	Knob Creek	Mar 15	relapse from typhoid fever
L. B. Boswell	2	male	single		Blue Lick	Salt River	T. J. & S. C. Boswell	Floyds Fork		dysentary
Christopher Harshfield	32	male	married	farmer & cooper	Knob Creek	Knob Creek	Martin Harshfield	Knob Creek	Mar 14	typhoid fever
W. W. Wade		male	single		Cedar Creek	Cedar Creek	W. O. & M. A. Wade	Cedar Creek	Jan 4
no name		female	single		Knob Creek	Knob Creek	B. F. & E. Chappell	Knob Creek	Feb 2
M. C. B. Chappell		female	single		Knob Creek	Knob Creek	B. F. & E. Chappell	Knob Creek	Feb 13	pneumonia
Henry Straney	40	male	single	teamster	Shepherdsville	Bullitt County	James & Elizabeth Staney	Long Lick	Jul 3	cholera
N. W. Hall		male			Mt. Washington	Mt. Washington	J. Q. A. & M. J. Hall	Mt. Washington	Mar 8
Sarah E. Reeple	46	female	single	seamstress	Mt. Washington	Salt River		Mt. Washington	Jul 4	consumption
Josephine Snapp	12	female	single		Mt. Washington	Whitakers Run	L. H. & M. J. Snapp	Mt. Washington	Dec 1	typhoid fever
Columbus		male		slave	Mt. Washington	Mt. Washington	N. J. Barnes	Mt. Washington	Jun 28
John Langsdon	66	male		farmer	Floyds Fork			Floyds Fork	Jun 28	cholera
Jacob Troutman	54	male	married	shoemaker	Shepherdsville	Bullitt County	Michael Troutman	Shepherdsville	Jun 28	cholera
U. A. Troutman		female	single		Shepherdsville	Shepherdsville	Jacob & M. A. Troutman	Shepherdsville	Nov 30	ulcerated mouth
Christopher O'Bryan		male	married	shoemaker	Shepherdsville	Bullitt County		Shepherdsville	Jun 30	cholera
John S. Smith		male	married	tavern keeper	Shepherdsville	Bullitt County	Peter Smith	Shepherdsville	Dec 19	inflammation of brain
David	70	male		slave	Bullitt County		Phil Lee	Bullitt County	Jul 3	cholera
Gabriel		male		slave	Bullitt County		J. T. Rogers	Bullitt County		typhoid fever
L. K. Samuels		female			Shepherdsville	Shepherdsville	Charles & Mary Samuels	Shepherdsville	Oct 17
William Jacobs	8	male	single		Shepherdsville	Shepherdsville	William & Eliza Jacobs	Shepherdsville	Jun 21	cholera
Julian A. Foster		female	married		Blue Lick	Blue Lick		Blue Lick		cholera
James T. Foster		male			Blue Lick	Blue Lick	David & J. A. Foster	Blue Lick
Sarah A. Quigg	35	female	married		Blue Lick	Maryland	Robert & Patsy Amoss	Blue Lick		consumption
John F. Quigg	20	male	single	wagon wright	Blue Lick	Mt. Washington	B. F. & Sarah A. Quigg	Blue Lick		cholera
Frederick Travis	50	male	married	taylor	Shepherdsville	Salt River		Shepherdsville	Jun 28	cholera
Robert Hardesty	71	male	married	farmer	Salt River			Salt River	Jul 7	typhoid fever
John Lyons	45	male	married	day laborer	Shepherdsville	Ireland		Shepherdsville	Jul 14	delirium tremens
Mrs. Lyons	30	female	married		Shepherdsville	Ireland		Shepherdsville	Jun 21	cholera
Matthew Conley	30	male	single	day laborer	Shepherdsville	Ireland		Shepherdsville	Jun 21	cholera
William B. Holsclaw	50	male	married	police judge	Shepherdsville	Nelson County	Henry & E. Holsclaw	Shepherdsville	Jun 21	cholera
Daniel W. Holsclaw	20	male	single	law student	Shepherdsville	Bullitt County	W. B. & L. Holsclaw	Shepherdsville	Jun 24	cholera
Lazarus Holsclaw	3	male	single		Shepherdsville	Bullitt County	W. B. & L. Holsclaw	Shepherdsville	Jun 23	cholera
Henry Holsclaw	6	male	single		Shepherdsville	Bullitt County	W. B. & L. Holsclaw	Shepherdsville	Jul 7	cholera
Sarah Hogland	48	female	married		Shepherdsville	Jefferson County	Benes & wife	Shepherdsville	Jun 28	cholera
Thomas H. Applegate	25	male	single	merchant	Shepherdsville	Jefferson County	Jesse & Sarah Applegate	Shepherdsville	Jun 28	cholera
Fanny	50	female		slave	Shepherdsville	Washington County	Lorenzo Hogland	Shepherdsville	Jun 28	cholera
Betsy	45	female		slave	Shepherdsville	Bullitt County	Creustian (?)	Shepherdsville	Jun 27	cholera
Catharine Constantine	25	female	married		Shepherdsville	Ireland		Shepherdsville	Jun 28	cholera
Joseph Constantine	5	male	single		Shepherdsville		Timothy & C. Constanine	Shepherdsville	Jun 28	cholera
Mary Constantine	7	female	single		Shepherdsville		Timothy & C. Constanine	Shepherdsville	Jun 28	cholera
James Laugin	25	male		stone cutter	Shepherdsville	Ireland		Shepherdsville	Jun 28	cholera
Jerry	40	male		slave	Shepherdsville	Nelson County	John Ferguson	Shepherdsville	Jun 21	cholera
Nelson	40	male		slave	Shepherdsville	Bullitt County	A. H. Field	Shepherdsville	Jun 28	cholera
George Ellithorpe	63	male	widower	blacksmith	Shepherdsville	Vermont		Shepherdsville	Jun 21	cholera
James Ellithorpe	9	male	single		Shepherdsville	Ohio	David Ellithorpe	Shepherdsville	Jun 21	cholera
Gemian Debienes (?)	60	male	single	clerk	Shepherdsville	Germany		Shepherdsville	Jun 21	cholera
Fred Miller	32	male	single	shoemaker	Shepherdsville	Germany		Shepherdsville	Jul 1	cholera
John Nusz	35	male	married	shoemaker	Shepherdsville	Germany		Shepherdsville	Jul 4	cholera
Mrs. Nusz	30	female	married		Shepherdsville	Germany		Shepherdsville	Jul 4	cholera
Charles G. Douglass	45	male	married	carpenter	Gap Knob			Gap Knob	May	consumption
Charles Wilson	35	male	single	day laborer	Shepherdsville	France		Shepherdsville	Jun 27	cholera
W. J. Brooks	40	male	married	farmer	Brooks Run	Bullitt County	Joseph A. & Nelly Brooks	Brooks Run	Jun 26	cholera
Mary J. Brooks	26	female	married		Brooks Run	Newport, Kentucky	John Davison	Brooks Run	Jun 26	cholera
William Brooks	7	male	single		Brooks Run	Bullitt County	W. S. & M. J. Brooks	Brooks Run	Jun 26	cholera
Sarah Jane	25	female	single	slave	Brooks Run	Bullitt County	W. S. Brooks	Brooks Run	Jun 26	cholera
Michael Brown	25	male	single	day laborer	Brooks Run	Ireland		Brooks Run	Jun 16	cholera
Peter Farley	40	male	single	day laborer	Brooks Run	Ireland		Brooks Run	Jun 16	cholera
Martin Morin	26	male	single	railroad boss	Brooks Run	Ireland		Brooks Run	Jun 17	cholera
James Gallagan	60	male	single	day laborer	Brooks Run	Ireland		Brooks Run	Jun 17	cholera
Robert Travis	50	male	single	farmer	Bullitt County	Bullitt County		Long Lick	Dec 16	apoplexy
Col. Joseph Bowman	54	male	single	farmer	Bullitt County	Bullitt County	Jacob & Eleanor Bowman	Long Lick	Jul 16	cholera
Caleb Quartermous (free man of color)	60	male	married	farmer	Bullitt County	Virginia		Long Lick	Jun 24	cholera
Dick Tinker (free man of color)	75	male	single	laborer	Bullitt County	Virginia		Long Lick	Jun 27	cholera
Celia (woman of color)	35	female	married	slave	Bullitt County	Bullitt County	Joseph Bowman	Long Lick	Jun 28	cholera
Dafucy (woman of color)	35	female	single	slave	Bullitt County	Bullitt County	George M. Bowman	Long Lick	Jul 7	cholera
Burr (man of color)	25	male	married	slave	Bullitt County	Bullitt County	Joseph Bowman	Long Lick	Jul 3	cholera
Mary (female of color)	13	female	single	slave	Bullitt County	Bullitt County	Heirs of Will Harris	Cedar Creek	Jul 4	cholera

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