Inquests
| Title | Inquest Location | County | Death Type | Date | COD Inquest Finding | COD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The State vs. the Dead Body of H. C. Rudisail |
at Campobello
|
Accident | December 31, 1881 |
upon their oaths do say taht the said H. C. Rudisail deceased came to his death by apoplexy caused from over work by violent exertion of the body |
Exposure | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of infant |
at Isaac Young's on Pacolet River
|
Homicide | March 16, 1870 |
upon their oath do say that the said child came to its death by some means to the jurors unknown against the peace and dignity of the same state aforesaid |
Infanticide | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of John S. Collins |
at Mr. John S. Collin's residence
|
Natural Causes | May 29, 1870 |
upon their oaths do say that the sd. J.S. Collins came to his death by the hand of God |
Heart | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of John T. Wood |
at the house of Dr. B.F. Kilgore
|
Accident | August 14, 1865 |
upon their oaths do say that the aforesaid John T. Wood. . .was drowned in a hole of water near Dr. Kilgore's |
Drowning | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Alpha Wingo |
on North Pacolet River at Harry Wingo's
|
Unknown | May 7, 1869 |
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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| The State vs. the Dead Body of Edmund Cleveland |
at Spartanburg Court House
|
Accident | December 4, 1871 |
upon their oaths do say that sd. deceased came to his death by the falling of the wall of Duncan's new building in the town of Spartanburg |
Injuries | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Betsy Pilgram |
at Woodruff
|
Natural Causes | July 2, 1882 |
upon their oaths do say that the deceased ... came to her death by disease of the heart |
Heart | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Benjamin Clark |
at Benjamin Clark's
|
Suicide | April 22, 1872 |
upon their oaths do say that the sd' Benjamin Clark came to his death by his own hands by hanging himself by the neck in the horse lot to the limb of a white oak |
Hanging | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Nelly Grazier |
at Enora
|
Natural Causes | July 8, 1888 |
upon their oaths do say that thy are the believe that the said Nellie Grazier came to her death by the hand of providence |
Unknown | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Alexander Martin |
at the residence fo B.W. Knight
|
Accident | September 8, 1867 |
upon their oaths do say that the said Alexander L. Martin came to his death by the falloing of a tree some of the limbs striking dec'd on the back of the head neck and shoulders |
Head Trauma | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Lucy Gray |
in the house of John Brown
|
Suicide | December 27, 1867 |
upon their oaths do say that the said Lucy Gray came to her death [by] voluntarily & feloniously hanging herself by the neck in the house of John Brown aftoresaid to one of the joist of said house |
Hanging | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Isaac Greer |
at Vernonville
|
Natural Causes | December 29, 1879 |
upon their oaths do say that he came to his death by cause or causes unknown to them but in their opinion it was an act of God |
Unknown | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Martha M. Kerr |
at the house of Edward L. Kerr
|
Natural Causes | March 10, 1881 |
upon their oaths do say that the said Martha M. Kerr came to her death by the act of God: hemorage of the lungs |
Lungs | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of William Mauldin |
at Emoree Factory
|
Homicide | September 15, 1867 |
upon their oaths do say that the said William Mauldin came to his death. . .from a blow or blows inflicted with a rock or rocks from the hands of John Burgess |
Blunt Instrument | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Woodward |
on the road leading from Dantzler's Bridge on South Tyger River via G. W. Duncan's and R. T. McElvath's to Reidville
|
Homicide | June 9, 1879 |
upon their oaths do say that ... the deceased came to her death by gunshot wound in the Breast, and incised wound on the neck, which severed the carotid arteries, windpipe, and other vital organs, and that we believe the said wounds were inflicted by weapons in the hands of John J. Moore |
Firearm | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Jeremiah Morgan |
at or near the residence of
|
Accident | January 12, 1881 |
upon their oaths do say that the said Jerry Morgan came to his death ... by a fall from his horse |
Transportation | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Peter Moore |
at the residence of Mrs. Mary Dobson near Cedar Hill
|
Natural Causes | July 3, 1880 |
upon their oaths do say that he came to his death ... by an act of Almighty God |
Unknown | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of J. H. McPherson |
at Gaffney City
|
Suicide | January 3, 1877 |
upon their oaths do say that he, the deceased, came to his death from the effects of a pistol shot wound in the head, inflicted by his own hand |
Firearm | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Nancy | Unknown | November 11, 1857 |
after hearing the evidence do think that the dec'd came to her death by the act of God or mischance |
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| The State vs. the Dead Body of infant | Accident | November 29, 1860 | Other | |||
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Bartholomew Darby |
near Emanuel Allen's on the road between Willis Layton's & said Allen's
|
Accident | October 11, 1867 |
upon their oaths do say that his death was caused by his horses running with his waggon & throwing him from his saddle against a stump & the wheel of the waggon running over his head or neck & breaking his neck & deeply cutting him under the right ear |
Transportation | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of John Baswell |
at the plantation of Abner McVay
|
Accident | February 16, 1860 |
upon their oaths do say that John Baswell came to his death by misfortune or accident |
Injuries | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of John R. Edwards | Accident | March 24, 1858 |
find J.R. Edwards came to his death by fall or drowning |
Drowning | ||
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Ally Pollard |
on the farm of J.G. Mabury
|
Accident | February 5, 1868 |
upon their oaths do say that he froze to death while intoxicated in the public road near J.G. Mabury's |
Exposure | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of London Byard |
at [?] Byers[?]
|
Accident | October 8, 1870 |
upon their oaths do say that he came to his death by the hand of Providence by the falling of the earth on him in a ore[?] bank |
Suffocation |
