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

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