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Darlington,Caroline, age 20, listed as an idiot on the 1850 Burke County Census.

Davis, John W., age 19, laborer. Asylum or Institution for Idiotic, Epileptic and Insane Persons, Milledgeville, Georgia, Household #587, 1850 Baldwin County Census.

Dean, Lafayette, age 21, "idiotic". Asylum or Institution for Idiotic, Epileptic and Insane Persons, Milledgeville, Georgia, Household #587, 1850 Baldwin County Census.

Dean, Morgan, age 29, "idiotic." Asylum or Institution for Idiotic, Epileptic and Insane Persons, Milledgeville, Georgia, Household #587, 1850 Baldwin County Census.

Dillingham, James became insane on account of religious excitement at a protracted meeting inthe Tennessee Valley, and was brought before the Ordinary of Rabun County. He was placed inthe county jail, where a physician did not examine him for some time. The Constitution,Atlanta 8/15/1886

Dorsy, Elizabeth, age 62, listed as idiotic on 1850 Washington County Census.

Dyke, Sarah, age 26, born in Alabama. Asylum or Institution for Idiotic, Epileptic and Insane Persons, Milledgeville, Georgia, Household #587, 1850 Baldwin County Census.