My great great grandmother Neelie/Nellie Johnson.Help find records!?

Question

Neelie might be her nickname cuz i cant find a death record with a Neelie Johnson who died in the early 1950s in Columbia,Richland,South Carolina.i've done some research and her name might be Ellen or Cornelia but every death record i can find want show me the info cuz the public cant see it.Daughter name Recell Johnson-Porterfield and son name Aurthur Johnson.

Answer 1

Could this be her??States Federal Census

Name: Cornelia Johnson

Home in 1920: Columbia Ward 4, Richland, South Carolina** (the original view says this was a "State Hospital for the Insane".)

Age: 31 years  

Estimated Birth Year: abt 1889

Birthplace: South Carolina

Relation to Head of House:** Inmate (see above for reason)

Father's Birth Place: South Carolina  

Mother's Birth Place: South Carolina  

Marital Status: Married  

Race: Black

s*x: Female

Able to read: No  

Able to Write: No  

Image: 520  

Could this be Arthur's WW1 draft info?? Was going by birth year. He'd have been 29 when US entered the war in 1917.

Name:Johnson  Arthur  

Birthdate26 Oct 1888  

Race:B  

Birth place: Greenville SC

Where Enlisted:Jacksonville  FL  

District :# 3

    (Or would this birthdate--28 Nov 1897--and that his mother lived in Charleston SC sound more logical?? He would have been 20 in 1917.)

www.familysearch.org--Social Security Death Index

Recell PORTERFIELD  

    Birth Date: 7 Dec 1919  

    Death Date: Oct 1984  

    Social Security Number:  248-40-6515  

    State or Territory Where Number Was Issued:  South Carolina

  Death Residence Localities

    ZIP Code: 29205  

    Localities:  Columbia, Richland, South Carolina

    Five Points, Richland, South Carolina

Answer 2

CJ, I privately sent you what I think is her death date from the SC death index, a while back, as well as what seems to be her in a census record. I didn't get a response so that I could directly email you the census image.

Much of the time, people can pick up the trail without the actual certificates, if there is enough info within the family as to names of parents, and that can be located in the census. It seems that Neely/Cornelia is probably one of those that you will have to purchase the death certificate itself.