Lunacy Records

Copies of lunacy records may be obtained for a fee of $10.00 each from the Camden Archives and Museum, Att: Lunacy Records, 1314 Broad Street, Camden SC, 29020, or by visiting the Archives and Museum.

Dates listed represent the date of admission to the state mental institution. The Letter "W" designates records marked "White", the letter "C" designates records marked "Colored".

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A

Adams, Alfred, c, 31 Nov 1911
Adamson, Eliza, c, 26 June 1918
Adamson, Ulivia, c, 8 Dec 1921
Addison, Hepran H., w, 12 June 1916
Alexander, Mrs W.S., w, 14 Oct 1916
Alexander, Rosa, c, 21 Mar 1916
Arlathon, John, c, 16 Feb 1900
Arledge, Mary, c, 2 July 1920
Armstrong, Amy Blair, c, 9 May 1911
Arrants, Jessie, w, 16 Oct 1913
Arrants, Margaret Rodgers, w, 26 Oct 1899
Atkin, Stepney, c, 18 Oct 1916
Atkins, Mary Salmond, c, 5 Nov 1907
Atkinson, Manuel, w, 21 Mar 1914

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B

Bailey, Benjamin G., w, 17 Feb 1906
Bailey, Elise L., c, 9 May 19, 1911
Bailey, Janie, ?, 13 Oct 1916
Baker, William James, w, 30 Oct 1905
Ballard, Lang, c, 11 May 1900
Ballard, Martha, c, 17 May 1900
Barnes, Duncan, w, 17 May 1900
Barnes, Elizabeth Cunningham, w, 1 Oct 1900
Belk, John, w, 6 Mar 1916
Bell, West, c, 3 July 1916
Belton, C. S., c, 10 May 1920
Belton, Cornelilus, b, 5 July 1921
Benson, Elizabeth Brunson, c, 16 Sept 1899
Biddle, Evalina, c, 26 Apr 1909
Bishop, Francis, Boykin, c, 24 Sept 1910
Blythe, Harriett, c, 15 Apr 1927
Boone, John Alexander, w, 3 Jun 1921
Bowen, Burrell A., w, 22 Sept 1902
Boyd, Mittie Pickney, c, 4 Jan 1912
Boykin, Edward Mortimer, w, 24 Dec 1915
Boykin, Jesse, c, 13 Jul 1913
Boykin, John Lee, c, 15 Nov 1915
Boykin, Wesley, c, 15 Mar 1921
Bracy, John, w, 18 July 1921
Bracy, Rose, c, 5 Sept 1913
Bradley, Mary Morgan, w, 1 July 1913
Bradley, Samuel P., w, 21 June 1898
Bradley, Willie W., w, 9 Feb 1914
Branham, Jerry, w, 8 Dec 1902
Brasington, Annie Truesdell, c, 10 Nov 1910
Brasington, Eliza Shiver, w, 7 July 1905
Brazell, Naomi, w, 8 Sept 1930
Brevard, David, c, 5 July 1912
Brown, Anna, ?, 10 Oct 1895
Brown, Carrie,c, 9 Aug 1897
Brown, Eugene, c, 19 Feb 1915
Brown, Eugene, c, 19 Feb 1915
Brown, Hattie Ross, w, 3 Feb 1919
Brown, Mahalie Addison, c, 2 Dec 1909
Brown, Mary Alexander, c, 8 Jan 1914
Brown, Mary, c, 30 Sept. 1912
Brown, Mrs. Susan, w, 26 Aug 1921
Brown, Rebecca Jackson, c, 14 Sept 1918
Brown, Wallace, c, 12 Dec 1905
Brown, William, c, 20 Nov 1916
Brown, William, c, 26 Jan 1914
Brown, William, c, 28 Nov 1910
Brunson, Janette Truesdell, c, 21 Apr 1913
Busch, Mary Elizabeth Youngblood, w, 12 Nov 1918
Butler, John, c, 11 Jan 1912

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C

Caldwell, Eliza Clark, c, 5 Jan 1917
Campbell, Lizzie, w, 30 May 1904
Campbell, Marie L. DeKay, w, 4 Aug 1920
Campbell, Mary A., w, 2 Jan 1906
Campbell, Mrs. Marie L., w, 25 Oct 1921
Capers, Tillie, c, 30 Sept 1916
Carlos, Blaine, c, 4 June 1918
Carlos, Ethel Lowry, c, 19 May 1916
Carolina, Willie, c, 16, Aug 1914
Carter, Charles,c, 13 Dec 1902
Carter, Jane Perkins, c, 11 Jan 1919
Carter, John Nelson, ?, preacher, Methodist
Cassady, Mrs Carrie Hall, w, 6 Apr 1914
Catoe, Elizabeth, w, 7 Nov 1921
Catoe, Mrs. Nannie Clark, w, 3 May 1921
Champion, Martisha, c, 18 May 1904
Clarke, Mary Mickle, c, 15 Oct 1901
Clifton, Frank, c, 6 May 1897
Clyburn, Aggie Deas, c, 13 Mar 1912
Clyburn, Roderick, c, 26 Nov 1902
Collins, Mack Dunlap, c, 26 apr 1920
Cook, Henry, c, ????
Cooper, Maggie Davis, c, 24 June 1897
Copeland, Mary Jane, w, 17 July 1905
Craft, Lavinia Richardson, w, 12 Apr 1917
Croft, Sallie, w, 29 Sept 1905
Cunningham, Annie B., w, 26 June 1912
Cureton, Lewis, c, 9 Mar 1912

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D

Davis, A.L.,w, 16 Dec 1908
Davis, Lenah Hayes, c, 18 Jul 1910
Davis, Thomas H., w, 16 Jan 1919
Deas, Jane Thompson, c, 26 Feb 1919
DeBar, Martha, c, 17 June 1902
DeSaussure, Mrs S. A. Gamewell, w, 20 Feb 1907
Dinkins, Seisin,?, 21 Dec 1894 male, farmer
Dixon, Leonard, w, 26 May 1902
Doby, Sam, c, 16 Nov 1900
Dority, Minnie Moore, w, 6 May 1912
Dow, Mary McLeod, c, 13 Mar 1921
DuBose, Lizzie Brunson, c, 24 Feb 1905
DuBose, Thomas, c, 28 Aug 1911
Duren, Adam, c, 28 Oct 1916
Dye, Moses,c, 10 Apr 1909

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E

English, James, w, 16 Feb 1917
Evans, Leila, w, 4 Oct 1909

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F

Faulkenberry, Jesse E., w, 20 May 1919
Fleming, Julius, c, 25 May 1907
Flowers, Lilla Carnish, c, 9 Oct 1914
Floyd, Lester, c, 7 Nov 1918
Ford, Bessie Belton, c, 6 Jan 1916
Ford, Bessie Doby, c, 6 Nov 1911
Fortune, Hester, Williams, c, 26 June 1913
Francis, William, w, 21 July 1900

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G

Galloway, Lillie James, w, 22 Aug 1915
Gardner, Tom, c, 23 Jan 1913
Gary, Stephen, c, 7 Feb 1918
Gaskins, Ezekiel, w, 18 Feb 1913
Gaskins, Leander,c,21 Oct 1903
George, Henry, b, 1903
Gerald, Miss Alice, w, 2 Jan 1917
Gibbs, Susan A., w, 5 June 1916
Goff, Arthur,c, 3 Jul 1897
Goff, Jesse, w, 12 Apr 1912
Goff, Lula Hammond, w, 11 July 1912
Goodale, Charles B., w, 28 May 1904
Grantham, Jesse, ?, 7 Nov 1895
Green, Agnes, c, 14 Oct 1927
Green, Louisa, c, 5 Sept 1905
Green, Lucy Kennedy, c, ????
Gripper, Sip, c, 17 June 1917

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H

Hales, Ellen Stokes, w, 27 Feb 1899
Hall, Lucindia English, c, 30 Mar 1904
Hall, William Wiley, w, Sept 1896
Hammond, Geo., ?, 8 June 1898
Hollis, Dave, c, 17 Jan 1914
Horton, Elizabeth Jane, w, 3 Dec 1917
Horton, Ellison, c, 24 Aug 1912
Horton, Lewis,c, 5 June 1901
Horton, Lizzie, w, 14 Feb 1913
Hough, Amos, c, 8 Mar 1901
Hough, Ben, w, 12 Sept 1919
Hough, J. H., w, 15 Nov 1913
Houser, Mrs. C.E., w, 20 Jul 1906
Howard, Adaline, c, 12 July 1921
Howard, Alice, c, 10 Sept 1920
Huckabee, Lillie James,w, 26 Aug 1915
Huckabee, Robert L., w, 25 Feb 1899
Hughes, Sallie E.Lyles, w, 22 Feb 1904
Hunter, Jesse, w, 4 Mar 1912
Hunter,Martha Elizabeth Baker, w, 7 Oct 1913
Hurst, Mrs. Ella McGrady, w, 24 Oct 1927

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I

Ingram, Hannah Conners, c, 10 Mar 1915

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J

Jackson, Daphne, w, 14 June 1903
Jackson, Mrs Mariah Bethany, w, 27 Aug 1919
Jackson, William, Sr.,c, 29 Oct 1916
Jacobs, B. Z., w, 4 Oct 1902
James, Bina, c, 22 Mar 1919
James, Ed, c, 2 June 1913
James, Randal, c, 3 May 1920
James, Reuben,c, 24 Aug 1909
Jeffers, Sallie Frances, w, 12 Feb 1918
Jefferson, Margaret Carter, c, 10 Apr 1901
Jenkins, John, c, 24 May 1918
Jennings, Ransom, c, 13 July 1916
Johnson, Alice Vaughn, c, 29 May 1906
Johnson, Beatrice, w ,4 Aug 1917
Johnson, Beckie B., c, 18 Apr 1912
Johnson, Catherine,?, 20 Apr 1881
Johnson, Francis, c, 29 June 1916
Johnson, Mary ,?, 30 May 1881
Johnson, Thomas, ?, 8 Mar 1912
Jones, Ada Maud, w, 21 Jul 1901
Jones, Elsie Davis, c, 20 Apr 1914
Jones, John W., w, 9 Apr 1918
Jones, Rosa, c, 26 June 1916
Jones, Silvy, c, 20 Sept 1928

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K

Keels, Marie, w, 1 Jan 1921
Kelly, Joe, c, 1917
Kelly, Joe. c, 25 Aug 1913
Kelly, John, c, 27 June 1918
Kennedy, Francis (Fannie), c, 17 Dec 1908
Kershaw, Hannah Richardson, c, 21 May 1920
King, R.H., c, 30 June 1881
Kirby, L. R., w, 12 Sept 1918
Kirkland, Maggie Brown, c, 26 Nov 1918
Kirkland, William R., w, 28 Jul 1896
Knox, Burrell, c, 1 Nov 1897

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L

Lang, Carrie, c, 1 July 1915
Lang, Louise C. Salmond, w, 28 Jan 1918
Lang, Thos. W., w, 9 Aug 1915
Latham, Douglas M., w, 27 June 1912
Latham, William T., w, 14 Dec 1903
Lenix, RebeccaClarkson,c, 26 Apr 1902
Lenix,Bertha, c, 20 Aug 1915
Lewis, Minnie, c, 30 Oct 1908
Lineberger, Maydell, w, 1901
Little, Samuel Harvey, w, 3 Aug 1915
Livingston, George S., w,21 Aug 1909
Loning, Gus, c, 17 Sept 1906
Lorick, Solomon, w, 17 Jun 1894

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M

Mackey, Eliza Jane, w, 21 Aug 1903
Mackey, Henry J., w, 10 Dec 1916
Manning, Colin Clark, w, 28 Apr 1899
Maree, Isabel Carlock, w, 24 Feb 1916
Maree, Laura Roberts, w, 4 Nov 1913
Martin, London, c, 23 Apr 1919
McClendon, Alfred, c, 10 Nov 1915
McClester, Elizabeth, c, 27 Apr 1914
McCormic, Willie, c, Feb 19 1918
McCoy, Margaret, c, 10 Jul 1911
McDonald, Dorcas M. Haile. c, 7 Oct 1915
McLauchlin, Isaac,mul, 28 July 1900
McLeod, Henry, c, 11 May 1900
McNeil, Perry Austin, c, 20 Nov 1909
McQueen, Kate, w, 19 Sept 1911
Mickle, Ed, c, 5 July 1913
Mickle, Robert English, w, 20 Aug 1910
Miles, Josephine, c, 4 Sept 1914
Miles, Margaret, c, 31 May 1919
Miller, Carrie, c, 29 May 1916
Miller, Dennis, c, 25 Sept 1916
Miller, Hattie, c, 5 Dec 1913
Miller, Melissa Wise, w, 14 Apr 1913
Miller, Sebron, w, 27 June1921
Mills, Frank, c, 20 Jan 1902
Mobley, Martha A., w, 2, Jan 1904
Mobley, William C., w, 22 Aug 1917
Moore, Duncan, Patrick, w, 20 Sept 1913
Moore, John A., w, 16 May 1903
Moore, John,c, 23 Sept 1914
Moseley, E., w, 15 Dec 1911
Motley, Artie L., w, 20 May 1904
Mungo, Boyan Cash, c, 17 Nov 1920
Munn, A.J., w, 29 Aug 1919
Murphy, Lydia, c, 17 Sept 1901

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N

Nicholson, James, w, 4 Mar 1910
Nicholson, Sallie, w, 18 Dec 1912
Norris, Jesse B., w, 9 Aug 1915
Northcutt, Mrs. Mary Jane Kelly, 22 Jun 1902

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O

Oliver, Pretty Reaves, c, 27 Mar 1912
Outlaw, Rozier, w, 26 Apr 1905

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P

Patterson, Irene, c, 20 July 1916
Peay, Ann Wheeler,c, 7 July 1910
Pegues, Margerite L. Williams, w, 23 Feb 1906
Pemberton, Clarisa, ?, 5 January 1895
Perry, William, c, 25 Aug 1913
Peterson, Lizzie, c, 8 September 1910
Pierson, Louisa, w, 30 July 1910
Porter, Theodore A., w, 28 Nov 1916
Posey, Alfred, c, 21 Feb 1917
Powell, Alfred, ?, 25 Feb. 1881
Pursley, Cora Cooksy, w, 28 Jan 1905

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Q

At this time, we have no lunacy records beginning with this letter.

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R

Raley, Joe, c, 19 Mar 1905
Raley, Sandy Sowell, c, 9 Jan 1919
Reed, Christine, w, 21 June 1920
Reed, Louise, c, 12 Nsov 1921
Reynolds, Minnie, w, 16 Feb 1900
Richardson, Ancrum, c, 11 Apr 1905
Richardson, Bertha, w, 10 Aug 1930
Riles, Evans V., w, 25 Aug 1927
Roberts, Peter M., w, 18 July 1923
Robinson, Celia, c, 21 Feb 1921
Robinson, Jimmie, c, 28 Sept
Robinson, Mary, c, 20 Dec 1904
Robinson, Warren, c, 17 July 1920
Rodgers, Vermelle, w, 20 Oct 1898
Ross, Celia Jackson, c, 18 Dec 1916
Rush, John Jason, w, 11 July 1901
Rush, Sam, Jr.,c, 29 May 1912
Rutledge, Robert, c, 22 Jan 1917
Rutledge, Sam, c, 29 Jan 1914

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S

Salmond, Mariah, c, 16 Oct 1897
Saxton, Katie, c, 21 Sept 1898
Scott, Relia, c, 24 Jan 1907
Segars, w, 22 Aug 1898
Shannon, Allison E., ?, 19 Sept 18831883
Shields, Willie Mena, c, 26 July 1912
Shipley, M. F., w, 14 Nov 1906
Simmons, Monroe, c, 13 Sept 1917
Singleton, Coney, c, 29 Aug 1902
Small, Martha Moseley, w, 20 Feb 1912
Smith, Eugenia Truesdell, w, 6 May 1913
Smith, Neill Achibald, w, 30 Oct 1903
Smith, T.F., w, 8 Nov 1909
Smith, Thomas Burnett, w, 3 Mar 1920
Smyrl, Peter, c, 28 Apr 1899
Sowell, Mrs. Willine Britton, w, 18 Jan 1927
Spradley, Mrs Margaret E. Smith, w, 6 Sept 1915
Stepney, Amy, c,10 Apr 1918,
Stewart, Emma w, 29 Apr 1918
Storey, Ty, c, 7 Feb 1920
Stratford, Ellen Bolder, ? 29 Aug 1919
Sutton, Ellie,c, 30 Oct 1916
Sutton, Jack, w, 10 Feb 1913

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T

Taylor, Julia, c, 4 Sept 1897
Taylor, Maggie, c, 26 Apr 1906
Taylor, Robert L., w, 23 Mar 1912
Thomas, Margaret, w, 22 Sept 1903
Thompson, Charlotte, c, 22 Apr 1905
Thompson, Lelia, c, 23 Nov 1906
Thompson, Mahalie Brown, c, 4 Nov 1911
Tidwell, S.J., w, 3 Oct 1930
Timbers, John, c, 27 Sept 1917
Tobias, Pauline, w, 15 Sept 1894
Trantham, W.D., w, 28 Apr 1908
Trapp, Ida, w, 27 Sept 1915
Trapp, William James, w, 27 Sept 1915
Truesdale, Kathleen, Sanders, w, 11 Mar 1918
Truesdell, Celia, c, 29 May 1905
Tucker, Emma, c, 2 July 1908
Twitty, Sara E. Falkenberry, w, 2 Apr 1917

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U

At this time, we have no lunacy records beginning with this letter.

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V

Vincent, Henry, c, 1 May 1911

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W

Wages, Henrietta Cook, w, 29 Jan 1914
Waldon, Mrs. Donnie, w, 18 Feb 1921
Watkins, Henrietta Massey, c, 20 Apr 1901
Watkins, Jane Cornelious, c, 14 July 1998
West, Amos A., w, 28 May 1919
West, Benjamin, w,27 Dec 1900
West, Lee, w, 17 Oct 1918
West, Mary E. Mangum, w, 24 Apr 1902
Wheeler, Charity, c, 9 Sept 1916
Wheeler, Ella Moore, c, 26 Dec 1918
Wheeler, Ella, c, 26 July 1921
Wheeler, Henry,c, 27 June 1905
Whistler, Kermin Garrard, w, 8 Jan 1918
Whitaker, Edward H., c, 14 May 1915
Whitaker, John C., w, 28 Aug 1917
Whitaker, Seifo, c, 10 Sept 1915
Whitaker, William, w, 21 Apr 1920
White, Della, c, 12 Dec 1898
Whithowsky, Henry Leroy, w, 11 Mar 1920
Williams, James, c, 10 Oct 1910
Williams, John C.P., w, 14 Mar 1900
Williams, Nazarine Harris, c, 16 June 1913
Williams, Nellie, w, 16 Nov 1915
Wilson, Isiah, c, 7 July 1923
Wilson, John Wesley, w, 19 June 1914
Wilson, Martha, w, 28 July 1913
Wingate, Andrew J., w, 25 Sept 1901
Wingate, W. M. D., w, 28 Aug 1901
Wolst, Margaret Thompson, c, 21 Aug 1919
Workman, Katrina Oatwood, w, 29 Apr 1896
Workman, Virginia, w, 5 Jul 1919

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X

At this time, we have no lunacy records beginning with this letter.

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Y

Yarborough, Martha, w, 15 Nov 1898
Yarborough, Mary Bethune, w, 29 Jul 1915
Young, John, c, 25 Sept 1920
Young, Mattie Douglas, w, 28 Apr 1906

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Z

At this time, we have no lunacy records beginning with this letter.

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