Unknown
Unknown Inquests
Name | Deceased Description | Date | Inquest Location | Death Method | Inquest Finding |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Westmorland | August 1, 1847 | at James Hopkins's, Spartanburg County, SC |
do say upon their oaths that it was by the act of God |
||
Nelson | slave | March 4, 1846 | at a plantation of Col Wm H Gist, Union County, SC |
upon their oaths do say that they believe he the said Nelson came to his death by first drinking too much whiskey and being out on Sunday night or that his being out from whatever cause produced his death |
|
Unknown male | Unknown male | August 28, 1866 | at the old tool house, Chesterfield County, SC |
upon [???] says of the body of a [calico?] [person?] there by [???] dead and how he came to his death Foul [page rip] [????] as yor'e well aware the [Consequences?] of your peril |
|
Unknown | July 27, 1864 | in and Old garden where Mrs Hariett[?] lived, Fairfield County, SC |
The Jury after making an investigation, with out any Evidence come to the conclusion that the said death of said infant was from causes unknown to the Jurors |
||
Friday | slave | September 10, 1840 | at Thomas [?] plantation, Kershaw County, SC |
we the jurors are of opinoin that the said negro Fry Day came to his Death by Drowning. |
|
Moses | free person of color | December 8, 1850 | at the house of Robert McCurley[?], Spartanburg County, SC |
upon their oaths do say that the said Moses came to his death by no means of violence byt being old and infirm frozed [sic] to death |
|
Pete | slave | October 31, 1864 | at Liberty hill, Edgefield County, SC |
upon there oaths do say that the said Pete was killed and murdered by some person or persons (or by some means) to the Jurors unknown |
|
John H. Megill | September 22, 1867 | at J. D. Tucker's, Anderson County, SC | |||
Martin Armstrong | at Bethel Church, Fairfield County, SC |
upon their Oaths do say that he deceased Martin Armstrong came to his death on Saturday the 5th of March 1887 at W.M Curlee's Store from some cause or causes unknown to the Jury[.] |
|||
Caesar | slave | August 29, 1861 | [at] S. D. Houg['s], Kershaw County, SC | ||
Thomas P. Benson | October 10, 1880 | Spartanburg County, SC | |||
Wade Medlock | July 12, 1894 | at Benjamin Boatwrights Plantation, Edgefield County, SC |
upon their oaths, do say: that we the jurors, find that Wade Medlock, aforesaid, came to his death from the effects of Typhoid fevor |
||
infant | May 26, 1829 | Kershaw County, SC |
do say upon their oaths . . .that upon the examination of the dead body [it] was found in such decayed state that nothing could be seen to satisfy us. |
||
Lavinia Young | June 23, 1867 | at Margarett Williams, Laurens County, SC |
upon their oaths do say that the deceeased came to her death between the hours of 4 and 6 Oclock A.M. Sunday the 23 June A.D. 1867 from cause unknown |
||
John Covington | October 26, 1849 | at the house of John Covington, Spartanburg County, SC |
upon their oaths do say that the deceased came to his death by the hands of God with an Apoplectic fit |
||
Peter | Male Slave | December 22, 1851 | at John Gibbes, Union County, SC |
upon there oaths do say that the said Peter came to his Death from causes unknown to us |
|
Unknown | February 25, 1832 | at the house of Littleton Kelly, Fairfield County, SC | |||
Unknown | February 14, 1874 | at Thos Watt's, Fairfield County, SC |
upon their oaths do say that it came to its death from some caus unknown to the jury |
||
Venus | slave | March 20, 1842 | on the side of the public road leading from the Charleston Road to McCallum's fairy, Kershaw County, SC |
upon their oaths do say that the said negro woman died from causes unknown to the jury but from appearances and from the situation of the body the jury are of opinion that she died elswhere and that the body was placed where found by some person or persons unknown |
|
Mary George | November 1, 1857 | at the late residence of Mary George, Spartanburg County, SC |
upon their oaths do say that the dec'd came to her death through the dispensation of Providence |
||
Unknown | August 30, 1866 | at Fosity[?] Creek ford, Edgefield County, SC |
upon there Oaths do say from all circumstances he came to his death by the Visitation of God as the body had bin dead some time and the flesh was consumed or decayed from the skeleton the bones was all hole[?] |
||
Charles Manigo | at Jackson Duncan's House, Fairfield County, SC |
upon their oaths do say that Charles Manigo did come to his death by Reasons unknown to the Jury. |
|||
slave | slave | November 1, 1864 | at the depot in Camden, Kershaw County, SC |
upon their oaths do say that he died from causes unknown to the jury |
|
Jacob Scott | January 21, 1882 | Spartanburg County, SC |
upon their oaths do say that said Jacob Scott ... came to his death from hemorrhage of the lungs |
||
Infant | Infant | December 18, 1894 | at the Rinheart Grave yard, Edgefield County, SC |
upon their oaths do say, that the said Infant came to his death by carelessness and mismanagement by some one unknown |
|
John | slave | November 20, 1829 | on the Bank of the Wateree River at the plantation of Col. James Shesnut, Kershaw County, SC |
do say that from every information they can obtain the said black or coloured man to have been the slave of a Mr. Chappell of Charleston who was a boat hand in the employ of Mr. Thomas J. Kerr by the name of John and that he came to his death by drowning from cause to them unknown. |
|
James Sloan | July 18, 1867 | at Solomon Jones, Laurens County, SC |
upon their oaths do say that deceased came to his death from cause unknown. |
||
James Walker | August 9, 1867 | at the home of J.P. May, Laurens County, SC | |||
Peter | slave | February 16, 1865 | at the Corman Gaal[?], Union County, SC |
do Say . . .did came to his death by causes unknown |
|
Unknown | February 25, 1832 | at the house of Littleton Kelly, Fairfield County, SC | |||
John Goff | April 4, 1843 | at the house of Holly Goff, Kershaw County, SC |
upon their oaths do saythat the deceased John Goff came to his death by natural causes |
||
Nancy | slave | November 11, 1857 | Spartanburg County, SC |
after hearing the evidence do think that the dec'd came to her death by the act of God or mischance |
|
Ansabelle Brown | October 21, 1866 | near the Tambor[?] Soba[?] Rail Road, Edgefield County, SC |
upon there oaths do say that the said deceased Ansabelle Brown came to her death by the hands of some person or persons unknown to the Jurors that [? Rest illegible] |
||
infant | March 30, 1874 | at Silas Kay's, Anderson County, SC |
do say that the said child came to its death by injurys [sic]?by violence or otherwise unknown to us. |
||
Tom | near the Catawba River, Fairfield County, SC |
[came to his death] from causes unknown to this Jury being found in the Catawba River Mortuary Place may have come to his Death form drowning or other causes |
|||
Richard Williams | November 23, 1880 | Kershaw County, SC | |||
infant | May 10, 1882 | on the Howard Gap road, Spartanburg County, SC |
upon their oaths do say taht the said child came to its death ... from causes unknown to the jury |
||
Fed Martin | convict | September 1, 1895 | at Poor House and CH, Edgefield County, SC |
upon their oaths do say the said Fed Martin came to his death. . .working on county chain gang. . .from causes unknown |
|
Esther | slave | October 24, 1834 | at Camden, Kershaw County, SC |
upon inquiry find the decased came to her death by the visitation of God |
|
Elliott Allan Walker | August 9, 1867 | at the home of J.P. May, Laurens County, SC | |||
William Thompson | May 5, 1835 | at the house of Mrs Rochester, Union County, SC |
[no inquest in file] |
||
Unknown Infant | Unknown Infant | June 5, 1893 | at C. B. Collins, Chesterfield County, SC |
upon there oaths do say that the Infant came to its deth By means unto the Jurors and that it was deposited where it was found By Sum person. |
|
Ned | slave | April 22, 1843 | at Chesnut's Ferry, Kershaw County, SC |
upon their oaths do say that the said negro slave Ned the property of the estate of John Chesnut came to his death by drowning about six weeks ago |
|
infant | November 13, 1857 | at Asail Littlefield's, Spartanburg County, SC |
upon their oaths do say that from an examination of the dead body of the child and from the testimony produced and examined before us we have no cause to believe that any violence was used upon the body of the child to cause its death but that it came to its death from some cause or causes unknown |
||
Mary Bright Hanpt[?] | October 6, 1881 | at Bright Hanpt[?], Edgefield County, SC |
Came to Her death from accute [?]fermation of the Womb |
||
Mary Magdalene Saxton | December 6, 1876 | at the house of Enoch Saxton, Anderson County, SC | |||
Mary Brooks | near Bells[?] Bridge, Fairfield County, SC |
upon their oaths do say: That Mary Brooks in manner and form aforsaid came to her death by some unknown cause to us[.] |
|||
Jim Cantey | July 20, 1900 | Kershaw County, SC | |||
Samuel Kilpatrick | July 28, 1882 | at Jackson Grove Church, Spartanburg County, SC |
upon their oaths aforesaid do say that the aforesaid Samuel Kilpatric came to his death by natural causes |
||
negro | negro | March 16, 1834 | at the big Raft, the body lodged in the river Wateree, Kershaw County, SC |
do say that the said negro came to his death by drowning[?] from [?] mischance unknown. The body was clothed with two pair of pantaloons -- outside wool & cotton with one leather[?] coarse cotton shirt, patched round coat filled with white wool |