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Unknown Inquests
Name | Deceased Description | Date | Inquest Location | Death Method | Inquest Finding |
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Griffin Mays | November 20, 1897 | at W. H. Pordew, Edgefield County, SC | pistol |
upon their oaths, do Say: That Griffin Mays came to his death by a pistol Shot in the hand of John Mays |
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Caroline A. Kinnan | January 13, 1872 | at L. C. Neals[?], Anderson County, SC | arsenic |
do say that said Caroline A. Kinnon . . .came to her death by the act of God |
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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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Patsy Ervin | April 14, 1869 | Spartanburg County, SC |
after making all the enquiry. . .come fully to the opinion that she came to her death by the hand of Providence |
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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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Edmond Price | April 30, 1892 | at Kennys Graveyard, Edgefield County, SC |
upon their Oaths do Say that he Came to his death from Natural Cause |
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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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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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child | child | November 12, 1824 | Union County, SC | ||
John H. Megill | September 22, 1867 | at J. D. Tucker's, Anderson County, SC | |||
Woodroe Wallace | February 22, 1931 | at Cheraw, Chesterfield County, SC |
upon their oaths, do say: by misfortune or accident |
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Caesar | slave | August 29, 1861 | [at] S. D. Houg['s], Kershaw County, SC | ||
Caroline | Free negro | August 26, 1858 | four miles from Hamburg, Edgefield County, SC |
came to her death from a blow from the sweep[?] of a carry[?] log, the property of A J Rambo |
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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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Isaac | May 9, 1865 | Laurens County, SC | |||
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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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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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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Alpha Wingo | May 7, 1869 | on North Pacolet River at Harry Wingo's, Spartanburg County, SC |
upon their oaths do say that the sd. Alpha Wingo came to her death by providential means, unknown to the jury |
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Unknown | February 25, 1832 | at the house of Littleton Kelly, Fairfield County, SC | |||
infant child | infant child | July 24, 1892 | at Promised Land School house, Edgefield County, SC |
upon their oaths do Say From Strangerlation due to the accumulation of Phlegm in the throat |
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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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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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Miles Hart | Union County, SC | ||||
W. L. Tolson | June 22, 1938 | [no location given], Chesterfield County, SC |
[No official declaration] |
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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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Unknown | April 11, 1860 | at or near W.J. Walkers, Edgefield County, SC |
upon there oaths do say The person above refered to came to his death by some cause unknown |
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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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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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Hannah Eves | colored | July 23, 1872 | at D.J. Turt[?]'s, Spartanburg County, SC |
upon their oaths do say that she came to her death from cause unknown to the jury |
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Unknown | February 25, 1832 | at the house of Littleton Kelly, Fairfield County, SC | |||
Edward Johnston | December 26, 1892 | at William Bushes, Edgefield County, SC |
upon their oaths do say aforesaid do say that the aforesaid Edward Johnston. . .came to his death by a cause unknown |
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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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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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Jake | slave | November 10, 1855 | at William Brownings old field, Union County, SC |
upon their oaths do say that . . .it appears that Jake was on Saturday the 3rd Instant laboring under slight mental derangement, that he left home without his permission or Knowledge, and that he had been complaining for about one month before he left home, and was under the medical care of Doct Jesse Lamb, ... the deceased Jake was laboring under an attack of Typhoyd Fever, and had been for several weeks and that he was laboring under a fit of mental derangement when he left home, and that he must have died at [?] in a day or less after leaving home |
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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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James Banfield | February 27, 1939 | near Patrick, S. C., Chesterfield County, SC |
upon their oaths do say that James Banfield received in Chesterfield County a mortal wound by Shot Gun Wounds in the hands of own hands by accidental means |
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Richard Williams | November 23, 1880 | Kershaw County, SC | |||
Joshua | negro man slave | June 26, 1860 | at Harmon Gallman, Edgefield County, SC |
upon there oaths do say that. . .Joshua a negro man slave of Harmons Gallmans came to his death very sudenly by some internal disease unknwon |
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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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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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Viney Miller | November 23, 1874 | at the house of Daniel Swinney, Spartanburg County, SC |
upon their oath do say that in their opinion she came to her death from causes unknown |
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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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Joel Etheridge | November 29, 1893 | at Joel Etheridge Residence, Edgefield County, SC |
upon their oaths do say, that the said Joel Etheridge came to his death from gun shot wounds, from the evidence before us with in his own hands |
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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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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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James | infant | October 31, 1855 | on Col Tho. Dawkins[?] Plantation in his field, Union County, SC |
upon their oaths do say that they believe the Sd Infant came to his fall[?] & Came to its death by some means to the Jury unknown |
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Mary Magdalene Saxton | December 6, 1876 | at the house of Enoch Saxton, Anderson County, SC | |||
Benjamin Frank | April 13, 1943 | at Pageland, Chesterfield County, SC |
upon their oaths do say that Benjamin Frank Laney received in Chesterfield County a mortal wound by 32 pistol in the hands of Gus Gruggs |
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Jim Cantey | July 20, 1900 | Kershaw County, SC |