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Unknown Inquests
| Name | Deceased Description | Date | Inquest Location |
Death Method |
Inquest Finding |
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| 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 |
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| Minda | negro girl | August 17, 1851 | at Mr Geo Robinsons, Edgefield County, SC |
upon their oaths do say that . . .the said negro girl Minda came to her death by congestion of the brain & spine |
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| 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. |
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| Isaac | May 9, 1865 | Laurens County, SC | |||
| William Belott | February 8, 1867 | near the house of Wm. Hunter, Spartanburg County, SC |
upon their oaths afores'd say that Wm Belott came to his death by mischance or the visitation of God |
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| John H. Megill | September 22, 1867 | at J. D. Tucker's, Anderson County, SC | |||
| Susan Churchwell | October 6, 1884 | at Allen Simkins House, Edgefield County, SC |
upon the oaths do say that Susan Churchwell Came to her death from dropsey[?] of the Chest |
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| Caesar | slave | August 29, 1861 | [at] S. D. Houg['s], Kershaw County, SC | ||
| Lavinia Rodgers | November 1, 1854 | at the House of Samuel McKnicks, Laurens County, SC |
upon their oaths do say that they believe the said Lavinia Rodgers Dropt dead on the road by appoplexy or some unknown cause to them. |
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| Moriah McIntire | November 21, 1889 | at or on H. Z. Taylor's place, Spartanburg County, SC |
upon there oaths do say that the said Moriah McIntire died from heart disease |
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| 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. |
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| Mac Adams | [no location given], Chesterfield County, SC |
"Missing at time of Filming" |
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| 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 |
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| Unknown | February 25, 1832 | at the house of Littleton Kelly, Fairfield County, SC | |||
| Aggy Latily[?] | negro woman slave | June 21, 1848 | at the plantation of N L Griffin, Edgefield County, SC |
opon their oaths do say, . . .that the said negro woman aggy, came to her death by excessive drafts of cold water that produced cramp in her stomach which was the cause of her death |
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| 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 |
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| Tucker R. Clarke | November 23, 1858 | in Winnsboro, Fairfield County, SC |
Tucker R. Clarke came to his death from Causes unknown |
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| Joseph Parham | February 10, 1867 | at an out house near Alexander Purcell's[?], Spartanburg County, SC |
upon their oaths afores'd do say that aforesaid Joseph Parnham came to his death by mischance by freezing or the visitation of God |
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| infant child | infant child | October 6, 1891 | at her Residence, Edgefield County, SC |
upon their oaths do Say that the Child Came to its death from Strangulation. |
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| 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 |
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| Susan Strain | May 18, 1858 | at Cross Hill, Laurens County, SC |
upon their oaths do say, that the sd. Decd. Susan Strain came to her death by cause, or causes unknown to this Inquest. |
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| Jane Burden | May 10, 1833 | at Selby Rogers grave yard, Union County, SC |
upon their oaths do say that Mrs. Jane Burden came to her death by the Will of God |
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| 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. |
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| J. F. Hunter | August 22, 1917 | at Will Hunter's, Chesterfield County, SC |
upon their oaths, do say: pistol shot wound in his own hands |
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| 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 |
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| Unknown | February 25, 1832 | at the house of Littleton Kelly, Fairfield County, SC | |||
| A. P. Shultz | January 9, 1850 | at or near Solomon Clickleys[?], Edgefield County, SC |
upon their oaths do say, that the deceased came to his death by means unknown to us |
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| 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 |
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| Martin Dunn | July 31, 1868 | at Samuel H. Stevenson's, Fairfield County, SC |
upon their oaths do that he came to his death by the hands of the Almighty |
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| black man | black man | March 13, 1867 | at Batesville, Spartanburg County, SC |
upon their oaths do say that they found said dead body lying dead near Batesville near the side of the big road within a few yards of the Rail Road supposed to have been dead saveral days [and that] the said dead body came to his death. . .by misfortune or accident or natural death |
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| 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. |
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| infant child | infant child | November 17, 1891 | at Mr M Toneys place, Edgefield County, SC |
upon their oaths do say that it Came to its death from suffocation |
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| Richard Williams | November 23, 1880 | Kershaw County, SC | |||
| James Barksdale | January 6, 1859 | at E.P. Francis, Laurens County, SC |
upon their oaths do say that the deceased came to his death from some unknown cause to the Jurors |
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| Gilderoy Chandler | January 27, 1837 | at the House of John [?], Union County, SC | |||
| Esther | slave | October 24, 1834 | at Camden, Kershaw County, SC |
upon inquiry find the decased came to her death by the visitation of God |
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| Unknown Unknown | [no location given], Chesterfield County, SC |
[No official declaration] |
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| 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. |
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| Sam | slave, boy | October 10, 1857 | at the Carolina Hotel, Edgefield C.H., Edgefield County, SC |
upon their oaths do say-that the deceased Sam came to his death by a sudden and unexpected disease or causes unknown |
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| 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 |
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| Abram Baker | March 8, 1875 | at April Russel's, Fairfield County, SC |
upon there oaths do say he came to his death on the knight of the 8th day of march from some cause unknown to the jurors and to the said jurors aforesaid[.] |
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| infant | April 21, 1869 | Spartanburg County, SC |
upon their oaths do say that it came to its death from causes unknown to the jury |
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| Mary Magdalene Saxton | December 6, 1876 | at the house of Enoch Saxton, Anderson County, SC | |||
| Anderson B. Branham | January 6, 1892 | at the plantation of M. C. Parker, Edgefield County, SC |
upon their oaths do say That the said AB Branham died from Heart failure |
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| Jim Cantey | July 20, 1900 | Kershaw County, SC | |||
| Pompey | January 8, 1859 | at L.N. Allisons, Laurens County, SC |
upon there oaths do say; that Pompy came to his Death on the 2nd Int near H R Shells by the act of god |
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| Gregory | infant child | January 28, 1861 | at the House of Starkes Gregory farmer, Union County, SC | ||
| 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 |
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| Richard Ellerbe | December 31, 1925 | at Cheraw, Chesterfield County, SC |
Richard Ellerbe came to unknown death |
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| Unknown body | Unknown body | August 5, 1908 | [at] Manburg in Chesterfield County, Chesterfield County, SC |
Upon their oaths do say that he came to his death from unknown causes |
