Anderson County, SC
Total population (1850): 32,318
Enslaved population (1850): 19,262
Percent enslaved: 60%
Extant nineteenth-century inquests: 153
Date range: 1830-1883
Percentage of violent crimes in county sample: 32% (49/153)
Anderson County was named for Robert Anderson, a Revolutionary War hero who helped wrest the land away from the Cherokee in 1777. The resulting cession was then broken into Pickens and Anderson Counties (technically Pickens and Anderson Districts) in 1826. Lacking a central county seat, Anderson Courthouse was built, which gradually became the town of Anderson, now known as 'The Electricity City' because it was the first in the country to have continuous power thanks to a water mill located in the high shoals. Like many counties in the area, Anderson became heavily invested in cotton and textile mills as the nineteenth century progressed.
Anderson County, SC Inquests
Name | Deceased Description | Date | Inquest Location | Death Type | Death Method |
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Charity Bozeman | June 11, 1880 | at the house of Aby McAlister | Natural Causes | ||
Mary Magdalene Saxton | December 6, 1876 | at the house of Enoch Saxton | Unknown | ||
James Robinson | May 20, 1883 | n.a. | Natural Causes | ||
Lena Hutchinson | October 20, 1873 | Accident | |||
Henry Davis | October 30, 1857 | at Anderson Courthouse | Accident | ||
James Jenkins | May 30, 1875 | at Robert Spence's [?] Mill | Accident | ||
Samuel McCulley | December 29, 1839 | in Broadway Creek | Accident | ||
John Williams | February 9, 1879 | at the house of Newton Perry [?] on the plantation of Thomas Cox | Natural Causes | ||
Peter Knox | July 23, 1878 | near Calrandellers[?] Ferry on Tugalo River | Accident | ||
John Maddox | June 15, 1881 | at Williamston | Accident | ||
Alfred | runaway slave | June 16, 1862 | At Williamston | Homicide | |
Hewlet Swangum | July 21, 1883 | at Pelzer, SC | Accident | ||
Beller McAlester | March 11, 1876 | at house of deceased | Natural Causes | ||
William McCode | January 20, 1870 | at Luke McCoy's [?] | Accident | ||
Elias Smith | August 24, 1869 | in the county of Anderson | Natural Causes | ||
James Wilson | March 27, 1846 | at the house of Alexander Moorehead | Natural Causes | ||
Peter Williford | May 2, 1876 | at Daniel Williford's | Natural Causes | ||
Morriss unknown | free man of color | January 7, 1858 | at Grief Tater's residence | Natural Causes | |
infant | March 30, 1874 | at Silas Kay's | Unknown | ||
James Drake | December 7, 1854 | at residence of James Drake | Natural Causes | ||
Meredith Crawford | July 3, 1861 | At the residence of Meredith Crawford | Unknown | ||
infant | January 23, 1873 | at residence of M. A. Snipes | Natural Causes | ||
Freedwoman | Freedwoman | October 23, 1867 | at Anderson Court House | Homicide | |
Sophia Hall | March 19, 1859 | at or near Samuel Martin's residence | Natural Causes | ||
Hardy McKinney | freedman | July 28, 1867 | at an old field near F. Wyne's | Natural Causes | |
Sally Williams | July 19, 1880 | n.a. | Natural Causes | ||
Joseph Poor | December 17, 1857 | at William Holand's residence | Other | ||
infant | November 27, 1870 | at William Stuart's residence | Natural Causes | ||
Sam Williams | May 30, 1876 | in the streets of Pendleton | Homicide | ||
Minnie Cason | June 9, 1883 | at Williamston | Accident | ||
Frances Pagett | April 15, 1853 | at William Pagett's | Natural Causes | ||
Jack | slave [runaway] | November 21, 1835 | at Andersonville | Accident | |
P. W. Morris | April 27, 1872 | at Anderson Court House | Suicide | ||
Abram Clement | October 6, 1868 | at Martin Williamston's residence | Accident | ||
Aaron Hardin | June 24, 1845 | at plantation of Mr. Moses Chambles | Accident | ||
white child | white child | January 20, 1871 | at Wilson's Bridge | Homicide | |
Thomas Dalton | February 8, 1882 | at Williamston | Accident | ||
Robert L. Elmore | at sawmill | Homicide | |||
Mary Thompson | June 12, 1878 | Accident | |||
Nancy Drake | August 21, 1872 | at Mrs. Elizabeth's Anne Keaton's | Suicide | ||
Sarah Martin | July 14, 1844 | at residence of Mrs. Sarah Martin | Natural Causes | ||
John H. Megill | September 22, 1867 | at J. D. Tucker's | Unknown | ||
Thomas D. Cook | April 10, 1854 | at Stover's Ferry on Savannah River | Accident | ||
Martha Morris | January 9, 1881 | at the residence of Warren Morris | Natural Causes | ||
Bessie Gambrell | Suicide | ||||
Gabriel Hill | Colored | April 28, 1868 | on the plantation of John N. Wilson | Suicide | |
Joe Jenkins | October 8, 1881 | at the residence of Matilda Rud | Natural Causes | ||
George C. Mitchell | September 19, 1874 | at residence of Marion Mtchell | Suicide | ||
Thomas J. Geer | November 23, 1860 | Thomas J. Geer's residence | Accident | ||
John M. Bonds | December 16, 1850 | at Isom R. Bond's | Natural Causes |