Inquests

Title Inquest Location County Death Type Date COD Inquest Finding COD
The State vs. the Dead Body of Alex Black
at Philadelphia in Spartanburg County
Natural Causes October 27, 1884

upon their oaths do say that he came to his death from disease of the brain in his field some two hundred yards from his house

Brain
The State vs. the Dead Body of infant
at Cannon's Old Grave yard
Accident January 28, 1863

upon their oaths do say that said deceased child came to its or her death by carelessness or mismanagement or misfortune at the house of Jefferson Saterfield

Exposure
The State vs. the Dead Body of Emma Alexander Natural Causes July 2, 1885

upon their oaths say that from the evidence before them that the said Emma Alexander died from congestion of the lungs

Lungs
The State vs. the Dead Body of Booker
at the plantation called Flint Hill[?]
Accident March 30, 1823

do say upon their oaths that. . .the sd. negro. . .was axacery [sic] to his own death by drinking to [sic] much spirits and being exposed to the inclemency of the weather

Exposure
The State vs. the Dead Body of William Brice
at the house of Jesse Wakefield
Accident July 11, 1830

do say upon their oaths that in the dusk of the evening of the 10th day of said month as he was returning from muster in the yard or about a distance of 25 steps from the dwelling house of Jesse Wakefield in sd' district by an act of God he was killed by a stroke of Lightning

Act of God
The State vs. the Dead Body of S. B. Layton
at S. B. Layton's Store near S. S. Johnson's residence
Suicide March 11, 1885

upon their oaths do say that the said S. B. Layton came to his death by a gun shot wound ... and that the said S. B. Layton ... voluntarily and feloniously himself did kill against the pease and dignity of the state

Firearm
The State vs. the Dead Body of Caleb Woodruff
at Bethel Meeting House
Accident February 5, 1831

do say upon their oaths that. . .he came to his death by a fall from his horse and the abuse of said horse his foot hanging by the stirrup

Transportation
The State vs. the Dead Body of Willie Senteel
at Clifton
Accident August 9, 1885

upon their oaths do say that Willie Senteel came to his death by accidental drowning at Clifton

Drowning
The State vs. the Dead Body of Laban Johnson
at Clifton
Natural Causes May 15, 1889

do say that the said Laban Johnson came to his death from heart troubles brought on by natural causes

Heart
The State vs. the Dead Body of Noah Wesley Dawkins
at home of John Dawkins
Accident June 18, 1888

upon their oaths do say that the deceased came to his death by accidental drowning while in swimming

Drowning
The State vs. the Dead Body of William Rogers, J. M. Higgins
at Clifton
Accident March 16, 1889

upon their oaths do say that J. M. Miggins and William Rodgers came to their death ... by injuries received in a wreck on the D.R.R. A&C Division at Clifton ... and that said wreck was caused by the second section of Freight train No. 20 running into first section

Transportation
The State vs. the Dead Body of William Rogers, J. M. Higgins
at Clifton
Accident March 16, 1889

upon their oaths do say that J. M. Miggins and William Rodgers came to their death ... by injuries received in a wreck on the D.R.R. A&C Division at Clifton ... and that said wreck was caused by the second section of Freight train No. 20 running into first section

Transportation
The State vs. the Dead Body of infant
at Spartanburg
Homicide August 23, 1888

upon their oaths do say that the said unknown child came to his death by being killed and murdered by some person or persons to the jurors unknown

Infanticide
The State vs. the Dead Body of George F. Farmer
at Thicketty Station
Accident December 3, 1886

upon their oaths do say taht the said George F. Farmer came to his death by jumping from the cars while they were crossing the Trestle over Big Thickety Creek near Thickety Station and by falling on timbers below ... the said fall caused by accident on the part of the deceased being the result of drunkenness

Transportation
The State vs. the Dead Body of Charles Moore
at Charles Moor
Accident November 29, 1889

upon there oaths do say that Charles Moore came to his death by being struck by an engine on the Spartanburg Union and Columbia Railroad ... and that the occurrance was purely accidental

Transportation
The State vs. the Dead Body of Adolphus Littlejohn
at Gaffney City
Accident May 31, 1888

upon their oaths do say that Adolphus Littlejohn came to his death by being run over by the Ballast Train of the Richmond and Danville Roilroad about the incorporate limits of Gaffney City

Transportation
The State vs. the Dead Body of infant
at the residence of Miss Mary Bridges
Natural Causes December 24, 1882
The State vs. the Dead Body of William Belcher
at or near Duncans
Suicide December 2, 1888

uppon the oaths do say we the jurors do say that Mr. Wm. Belcher ... came to his death by taking poison of some kind unknown to the jurors

Poison
The State vs. the Dead Body of infant
at Spartanburg C.H.
Unknown January 29, 1888

upon their oaths do say that there has been no evidence brought out that the said infant was alive at its birth

The State vs. the Dead Body of George Wilkins Accident January 7, 1886

upon their oaths do say taht George Wilkins came to his death by misfortune or accident from a gun shot in the hands of Jack Lewis

Firearm
The State vs. the Dead Body of James Robertson
at Calvin Brewton's
Natural Causes September 13, 1885

upon their oaths do say that the aforesaid James Robertson came to his death by disease of the heart

Heart
The State vs. the Dead Body of Daniel W. Willis
at the residence of the deceased Daniel Willis
Natural Causes September 27, 1887

upon their oaths do say that the [said] Daniel Willis came to his death of heart disease

Heart
The State vs. the Dead Body of John Webster
at Gaffney City
Suicide November 21, 1885

upon their oaths do say by a pistol shot in the alley between L. G. Byars lumber house and Dr. W. A. Forte's stables ... caused by the hands of the deceased John H. Webster

Firearm
The State vs. the Dead Body of Betsey Wingo Natural Causes June 9, 1886

upon their oaths aforesaid do say that the said Betsey Wingo came to her death by the rupture of an aneurism in the right subclavian artery

Other
The State vs. the Dead Body of Hezehiah Gulledge
at Clifton
Natural Causes January 14, 1889

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