Hi Kathy, In 1852 I have listed a 'Nationwide Yellow fever epidemic.' Although Nationwide, it says that 8,000 people died in summer in New Orleans.(may have been hardest hit region??) Quarantines were common for households in those days with any highly contagious illnesses or unknown illnesses, and possibly someone else could speak to whether there were common grave yard sights for victims of highly contagious and deadly diseases. Regards, Barbara Going back a little further on the epidemics in Jackson County.........What information is available about the 'fever epidemic" of ca. 1852. I have been searching for a James F. or John Jackson Roberson (married to an Eastwood) ;death date ca. August 1852, who supposedly died of the fever around the Jacksonport area. Anyone with any information about this epidemic? Could there have possibly been a common burial ground for victims of this epidemic? Thanks, Kathy Roberson Hart