In the 1860's Maryland started to keep records of births and deaths. It only lasted a while as the state had difficulty getting the counties to comply.
Date of Death
5 Sept 1865 - ADAMS, George W. - male - white - single - aged 7 yrs,
5 mos & 10 days - Died Lakesville - Father Lorenzo
ADAMS - Mother Rose Ann ADAMS - Residence of parents
Dorchester Co. - Cause of death Inflamation of the
brain - Buried District #5 - Born Dorchester Co.
Date of record 27 Nov 1865
2 Aug 1865 - ADAMS, John L. S. - male - white - single - aged 19 yrs
11 mos & 8 days - Laborer - Died Dorchester Co.
Born Dorchester Co., Md
Father - Lorenzo D. ADAMS - Mother - Rebecca ADAMS
Residence of parents Dorchester Co - Cause of death
Dysentary - Buried Dorchester Co. - Date of record 27
Nov 1865
3 Sept 1865 - ADAMS, Lorenzo D - male - white - married - aged ca 59
yrs. Residence Dorchester Co. - Farmer - Born Dor. Co
Died Lakesville - Father Levin ADAMS - Mother Elizabeth
ADAMS - Residence of parents Dorchester Co.
Cause of death Dysentary - Buried in District #5
Date of record 27 Nov 1865
5 Aug 1865 - COLLISON, Mrs Leah - female - white - widow - aged 50 yrs
Residence Dorchester Co - Lady - Died Middeltown
Born Dorchester Co. - Father Joseph TWILLEY - Mother
Mary TWILLEY - Residence of parents Dorchester Co.
Cause of death dropsy - Buried Little Mills
Date of record 17 Aug 1865
15 Feb 1868 - DEAN, Sarah Jane - female - white - married - aged 49
yrs - Residence Hicksboro - Farmer - Died Dorchester
Co - Place of birth (cannot read) - Father Nimrod
NEWTON - Mother Temperance NEWTON - Residence of
parents East New Market - Cause of death Consumption
Burial East New Market - Date of record 2 Mar 1868
20 Jun 1871 - DILLIHAY - Robert - male - white - married - aged 68 yrs
Residence near Vienna - Farmer - Died Dorchester Co.
Place of birth Dorchester Co. - No parents given -
Residence of parents near Hicksburg - Cause of death
cholera morbus - Buried near East New Market
9 Sept 1865 - FLOWERS, Perry - male - white - married - aged 65 yrs
Residence near Federalsburg - Farmer - Died at home -
Born Caroline Co. - Father Perry Flowers - Mother Lilly
FLOWERS - Residence of parents Caroline Co. - Cause of
death Typhoid fever - Buried Caroline Co. - Date of
record 9 Oct 1865
19 Sept 1868 - HANDY, Irving - male - white - single - aged 12 yrs
Residence, born & died in Cambridge - Father Thomas H
HANDY, Jr - Mother Maria A. HANDY - Residence of
parents Cambridge - Cause of death typoid fever
Buried Cambridge
22 Oct 1865 - HANDY, Milcah S. - female - white - single - aged 2 yrs
& 8 mos - Residence Cambridge - Died Cambridge
Born Pascaloosa, Ala - Father Thomas H HANDY, Jr -
Mother Maria A. HANDY - Residence of parents Cambridge
Cause of death Croup - Buried Cambridge - Date of
record 26 Feb 1866
7 July 1865 - HELSBY, Thomas - male - white - married - aged 49 yrs
Residence near East New Market - Farmer - Died near
East New Market - Born Bucktown - Parents not known
Residence of parents Bucktown - Cause of death
Consumption - Buried East New Market - Date of record
17 July 1865
16 Aug 1866 - HICKS, Thomas P. - male - white - single - aged 21 yrs
& 6 mos - Residence Cambridge - Died near East New
Market - Born Cambridge - Father - Thomas H. HICKS
Mother - Leah A. HICKS - Residence of Parents Cambridge
Cause of death Typoid fever - Buried Cambridge
Date of record 26 Sept 1866
23 Feb 1867 - HURLEY, female - white - single - aged 1 day - Residence
& born & died at Hurley's Neck - Father George W. HURLEY
Mother Mary HURLEY - Residence of parents Hurley's Neck
Cause of death not known - Buried Hurleys Neck
15 Aug 1865 - Ara A. HURLEY - female - white - single - aged 2 yrs &
5 mos - Residence Henry's X Roads - Died at Henrys X
Roads - Born at Henry's X Roads - Father Handy HURLEY
Mother - Hester A.R. HURLEY - Residence of parents
Henry's X Roads - Cause of death cold - Buried at
Steele's Neck - Date of record 30 Oct 1865
15 Nov 1866 - HURLEY, George Washington - male - white - single
aged 14 mos - Residence Hurley's Neck - Died Hurley's
Neck - Born Hurley's Neck - Father George W. HURLEY -
Mother Mary HURLEY - Residence of parents Hurley's Neck
Cause of death not known - Buried Hurley Neck
17 Jan 1866 - JAMES, Samuel L. - male - white - single - Aged 5 yrs
Residence, born & died in Cambridge - Father Daniel N.
JAMES - Mother Sophia R. JAMES - Residence of parents
Cambridge - Cause of death Croup - Buried Cambridge
22 Sept 1866 - JOHNSON, Sarah - female - col'd - single - Aged 18 yrs
Residence, born & died East New Market - Laborer -
Father - William JOHNSON - Mother Harriet JOHNSON
Residence of parents Dorchester Co. - Cause of death
Typhoid fever - Buried Locust Grove
12 Jan 1867 - JONES, George of John - male - white - widower - Aged
65 yrs -Residence, born & died at Tobaccostick -
Carpenter - Father John JONES - Mother Elizabeth JONES
Residence of parents Tobaccostick - Cause of death
Cancer - Buried at Ezekial JONES'
26 Feb 1866 - JONES, Olin W. - male - white - single - 10 months
Residence, born & died at Church Creek - Father Thomas
J. JONES - Mother Angeline JONES - Residence of parents
Church Creek - Cause of death "Fits" - Buried Church
Creek
30 Dec 1866 - JONES, Wilbur Fletcher - male - white (crossed out)
4 Mar 1866 - KEYS, Amanda - female - white - single - aged 54 yrs
Residence & died Vienna - Seamstress - Born near Bucktown
Father - Charles KEYS - Mother Priscilla KEYS - Residence
of parents Bucktown - Cause of death not known - Buried
Vienna
25 Jan 1867 - LARIMORE, Louisa C. - female - white (no other info)
18 May 1866 - LECOMPTE, Lake - male - white (crossed out)
5 Jan 1866 - LECOMPTE, Robert P - male - white - married - aged 45 yrs
Residence & place of death Cambridge - Born Dorchester Co
Merchant - Father Joseph LECOMPTE - Mother Leah LECOMPTE
Cause of death consumption - Buried Cambridge
13 Dec 1867 - LINTHICUM, James - male - white - aged 29 yrs -
Residence Dorchester Co. - No other info
10 Nov 1865 - LOWE, John - male - white - married - Aged 69 yrs
Shoemaker - Residence & place of death Cambridge
Born Talbot Co., Md - Father William LOWE - Mother
Mary LOWE - Residence of parents Talbot Co. - Cause of
death Inflamation of bowel - Buried Cambridge
14 July 1865 - MOBRAY, Infant - female - white - Aged 3 days -
Residence, born & died at Choptank - Father R.B. MOBRAY
Mother Sallie E. MOBRAY - Residence of parents Choptank
Cause of death "Head Fale" Buried Aireys
NEWTON, Eisley (?) - Male - White - single - aged 24 - residence
East New Market - Merchant - Died 3 Aug 1867 East New Market
Born East New Market - Parents Nimrod & Ann NEWTON of East New
Market - Died of Typhoid fever - Burial near Hicksburg
ROBINSON, Amanda J. - female - white - single - aged 11 mos & 4 days
Residence Vienna - Born Vienna - Died 8 Mar 1866 Vienna
Parents Isaac W. & Amanda J. ROBINSON of Vienna
No cause given - Burial Vienna
ROBINSON, Isaac W. - male - white - married - aged 52 yrs of Vienna
Carpenter - Died 15 Nov 1865 Vienna (No other info)
SLACUM, Margaret Jane - female - white - single - Aged 1 yr 1 mo &
3 days - Resided in Dorchester Co. - Died 24 Sept 1867 in
Church Creek - Father William K SLACUM - Mother Margaret
Jane SLACUM - Parents residence Church Creek - No cause of
death - Burial - Church Creek
SLACUM, Martha A.F. - female - white - single - aged 6 yr & 1 mo
Resided at Church Creek - Died 23 Dec 1868 at Church Creek
Born Church Creek - Father - William K. SLACUM - Mother
Margaret J. SLACUM - Parents resided at Church Creek -
Cause of death measles - Burial at Church Creek
SLACUM, W.R.C. - male - white - single - aged 4 mos & 17 days -
Parents William K & Margaret I SLACUM of Church Creek
Cause of death Cholera Infantum - Died 23 July 1865
SMYTHERS, Dr. Edward F. - male - white - married - aged 44 yrs - Lived
at Vienna - Doctor - Died 28 Feb 1866 at Vienna - Born
Delaware - Father - Nathaniel SMYTHERS - Mother not given
Parents lived in Delaware - No cause given - Burial at
Vienna
STAPLEFORT, John C. - male - white - single - aged 26 yrs - Lived
Dorchester Co. - no occupation - Died 8 May 1867 Church
Creek - Born Church Creek - Father William T. STAPLEFORT
Mother Eliza STAPLEFORT - Parents reside in Church Creek
Cause of death Consumption - Burial at Bridge Farm
STEWART, Thomas - male - white - married - aged 74 yrs - Lived near
Aireys - Farmer - Died near Aireys - Born Cambridge
Father - Thomas STEWART - Mother Dorothy STEWART - Parents
lived in Cambridge - Cause of death Cronic Diarrhra - Place
of burial Joseph STEWART's - Died 7 Sept 1865
STEWART, Francis Henry - male - white - single - aged 3 & 19 (does not
say years, months, days) Lived near Cambridge - Died near
Cambridge - Born near Cambridge - Father - Joseph R. STEWART
Mother Catherine STEWART - Parents live near Cambridge
Cause of death Croup - Burial at Joseph STEWARTS - Died 14
Feb 1866
THOMAS, Daniel J. - male - white - single - aged 2 yr - 6 mos & 20
days - Residence Wrights Mill - Died 16 Aug 1865 at Wrights
Mill - Born Wrights Mill - Father Richard K. THOMAS - Mother
Elizabeth THOMAS - Residence of parents Wrights Mill - No
cause of death given - Burial - Crotchers Ferry
THOMAS, John H - male - white - single - aged 7 mo & 13 days - Resided
Wright's Mill - Died 15 July 1865 at Wrights Mill - Born
Wrights Mill - Father Richard K. THOMAS - Mother Elizabeth
THOMAS - Residence of parents Wrights Mill - Cause of death
Summer Complaint - Burial at Crotchers Ferry
TODD, James L. - male - white - single - aged 3 days - Residence
Lakes District - Died in Lakes district 25 Mar 1867 - Born
Lakes Dist. - Parents Solomon E & Mary L. TODD of Lakes Dist
No cause of death - Burial Mr WROTENS
TWILLEY, Leah E. - female - white - single - aged 3 - Residence
Middletown - Died Oct 1866 at Middletown - Born at Middletown
Parents Thomas H & Sarah S. TWILLEY - Residence of parents
Middletown - Cause of death Scarlet fever - Burial at Little
Mill
WADDELL, Joseph - Male - white - married - aged 69 of near Cambridge
Carpenter - Died near Cambridge 27 Aug 1865 - Born Caroline
Co. - Parents Thomas WADDELL - mother not known - Residence
of parents Caroline Co. - Cause of death diarrhara
Burial at Joseph STEWARDS
WEBB, May R. - female - white - single - aged 66 yrs 2 mo & 4 days
of (East) New Market - Died New Market 20 July 1866 - Born
Talbot Co. - Parents John W. & Sophia HARRISON of Talbot
Co - Cause of death Cancer - Burial at New Market
(Please note that is does list her as being single)
WILLIS, Mary E. - female - white - married - aged 35 yrs of East New
Market - Housekeeping - Died East New Market 24 Jan 1867
Born Somerset Co. - Parents John T. & Henrietta E. FOUNTAIN
0f Somerset Co. - Cause of death consumption - Burial at
Cabin Creek
WINGATE, Mary M. - female - white - single - aged 14 yrs, 1 mo & 24
days - Residence Dorchester Co. - Died in Dorchester Co.
20 July 1865 - Born Dorchester Co. - Parents Garretson &
Rose Ann WINGATE of Dorchester Co. - Cause of death
Dysentary - Burial in Dorchester Co
WOOLFORD, Eliza B. - female - white - married - aged 68 yrs & 10 mos
Residence Milton - Farmer wife - Died at Milton 30 Jan 1866
Born Parson Creek - Parents John & Mary BROHAWN of Parsons
Creek - Cause of death Pneumonia - Burial at Milton
WOOLFORD, Louisa M - female - white - single - aged 5 yrs, 7 mos & 11
days - Residence Loom Town - Died Loom Town 2 July 1865
Born Loom Town - Parents S.B. & Sarah A. WOOLFORD of Loom
Town - Cause of death Typhoid fever - Burial Loom Town
WOOLFORD, Mary Lee - female - white - infant aged 9 mos. - Born Milton
Died Milton 9 Apr 1866 - Parents Stephen B. & Eliza G.
WOOLFORD of Milton - Cause of death Bronchitis - Burial at
Milton
WOOLFORD, Thomas - male - white - married - aged 79 yrs - Residence
Tobbacostick - Farmer - Died at Tobacco Stick 3 July 1866
Born Tobacco Stick - Parents Thomas & Elizabeth WOOLFORD
of Tobacco Stick - Cause of death Sore throat - Burial at
Tobacco Stick