Inquests
Title | Inquest Location | County | Death Type | Date | COD Inquest Finding | COD |
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The State vs. the Dead Body of Samuel McCulley |
in Broadway Creek
|
Accident | December 29, 1839 |
do say that sd, Samuel McCulley on the 28th day of December 1839 was found dead in Broadway Creek . . . and had no marks of violence on him and died of the [?] of God partly by intemperance partly by cold and partly by drowning |
Drowning | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of Edward Lawrence |
at Pendleton village
|
Accident | March 29, 1856 |
do say that he came to his death by accidentally falling from a wagon heavily loaded with stone, and one of the wheels running over him inflicted severe injuries, which caused his death in a few minutes |
Transportation | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of William Davis |
at Mr. Jeb Davis's residence
|
Suicide | June 11, 1881 |
do say that the deceased came to his death by a pistol shot fired by his own hands. |
Firearm | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of John King |
at plantation of the deceased John King
|
Suicide | May 1, 1833 |
do say upon thare [sic] oaths they do say. . . Sd John King cut his own [throat/wrist?] with a sharp pocket knife held in his Rite hand as he lay on his face on the ground with the knifes edge to his arm |
Sharp Instrument | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of Jack |
at Andersonville
|
Accident | November 21, 1835 |
do say that Elias E. Harrison ... a certain gun of the value of seven dollars then and there charged with gun powder and leaden buck shot, which he the said Elias E. Harrison then and there had and held in both is hands, then and there accidently and by misfortune and against the will of him the said Elias E. Harrison discharged and....and shot out of the said gun him the said negro man in and upon the right arm, shoulder and back of the head....ten wounds with said shot, which were mortal wounds |
Firearm | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of Julia Long |
at the residence of David Long
|
Homicide | November 22, 1883 |
do say that the deceased Julia Long came to her death by natural causes. |
Blunt Instrument | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of Joe Jenkins |
at the residence of Matilda Rud
|
Natural Causes | October 8, 1881 |
do say that the deceased came to his death upon hart [sic] disease |
Heart | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of Jim Mason |
near the residence of William Poole
|
Accident | January 9, 1850 |
do say that he was of extremely intermperate habits, and altho there is no positive proof that he was drunk when last seen, the jury and unanimously of opinion before all the circumstances, that he was laboring under the influence of drink, and came to his death from the effect of his habits and exposure to the weather, during the rain and storm of Sunday night and monday last. |
Exposure | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of John Vandiver |
at residence of Daniel Gentry
|
Accident | March 28, 1845 |
do say that the Deceased came to his death by accidentaly falling from his horse which produced an extensive fracture of skull about an inch and a half above the year [ear] on the left side and copious affusion on the same side within the cranium thereby producing fatal compressions of the brain. |
Transportation | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of Moses |
at Clayton Webb's Plantation...near the Spring Branch
|
Homicide | April 10, 1844 |
do say that Moses died?we are of the opinion that Sd Moses came to his death by a wound that we have seen below the back bone of the rightshoulder inclining to the right nipple rather downward made by a leaden ball or buck shot shot out of a double barrell gun...by Clayton Webb the owner of Moses |
Firearm | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of Israel |
on the plantation of David Gentry
|
Natural Causes | November 3, 1845 |
do say that the said Israel came to his death by mischance, and not from any injury inflicted by the hand of another, but by the act of God. |
Unknown | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of Henry Thompson, Allen Johnson, N. W. Lafoy, M. J. Wilson, Jefferson Kitsinger |
at Broadway trestle on the line of the Greenville and Columbia Railroad
|
Accident | June 17, 1876 |
do say that their deaths were caused by accident by an engine and car falling through a defective trestle over Broadway Creek |
Transportation | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of Henry Thompson, Allen Johnson, N. W. Lafoy, M. J. Wilson, Jefferson Kitsinger |
at Broadway trestle on the line of the Greenville and Columbia Railroad
|
Accident | June 17, 1876 |
do say that their deaths were caused by accident by an engine and car falling through a defective trestle over Broadway Creek |
Transportation | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of Henry Thompson, Allen Johnson, N. W. Lafoy, M. J. Wilson, Jefferson Kitsinger |
at Broadway trestle on the line of the Greenville and Columbia Railroad
|
Accident | June 17, 1876 |
do say that their deaths were caused by accident by an engine and car falling through a defective trestle over Broadway Creek |
Transportation | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of Henry Thompson, Allen Johnson, N. W. Lafoy, M. J. Wilson, Jefferson Kitsinger |
at Broadway trestle on the line of the Greenville and Columbia Railroad
|
Accident | June 17, 1876 |
do say that their deaths were caused by accident by an engine and car falling through a defective trestle over Broadway Creek |
Transportation | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of Henry Thompson, Allen Johnson, N. W. Lafoy, M. J. Wilson, Jefferson Kitsinger |
at Broadway trestle on the line of the Greenville and Columbia Railroad
|
Accident | June 17, 1876 |
do say that their deaths were caused by accident by an engine and car falling through a defective trestle over Broadway Creek |
Transportation | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of Peter Knox |
near Calrandellers[?] Ferry on Tugalo River
|
Accident | July 23, 1878 |
do say that Peter Knox . . . in Tugaloo River came to his death accidentally by drowning in attempting to cross said river |
Drowning | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of James Wilson |
at the house of Alexander Moorehead
|
Natural Causes | March 27, 1846 |
do say that the said James Wilson came to his death by the hands of Providence causes unknown to the jury. |
Unknown | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of Nancy Steele |
at the Poor House
|
Suicide | December 11, 1842 |
do say upon oaths that the said Nancy Steele . . . at the Poor House of said District was found dead that she had no marks of violence upon her except what was caused by the rope around her neck by which she was hanging from a limb of a tree about half a mile from the house & that she evidently came to her death by her own hands. |
Hanging | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of Sam Williams |
in the streets of Pendleton
|
Homicide | May 30, 1876 | Other | ||
The State vs. the Dead Body of Aaron Hardin |
at plantation of Mr. Moses Chambles
|
Accident | June 24, 1845 |
do say that they believe the said Aaron Hardin came to his death by mischance and accident by the hand of God, the body being in such a state of putrifaction and mutilation as to prevent a discovery of any marks of violence or other causes of death. |
Other | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of Thomas D. Cook |
at Stover's Ferry on Savannah River
|
Accident | April 10, 1854 |
do say that Thomas D. Cook came to his death by accidental drowning |
Drowning | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of John M. Bonds |
at Isom R. Bond's
|
Natural Causes | December 16, 1850 |
do say having understood that the said John M. Bonds died very suddenly on the mornign of the 15th of this Instant while going as a boat hand on Savannah River. . . .we the jury report that we fully concur in the opinion of the said doctors as reported by them to the coroner...that is to say that John M. Bonds came to his death by a diseased action in the Larynx producing or giving rise to suffocation. |
Throat | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of Patsy Wilson |
at the residence of Robert Wilson
|
Suicide | June 17, 1857 |
we do find that she came to her death, by hanging herself that the said Patsy Wilson in manner made from aforesaid, then and there voluntarily and feloniously herself did hang and kill, against the peace and dignity of the same State aforesaid. |
Hanging | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of Mary May |
at J. W. May's
|
Natural Causes | April 14, 1854 |
believe came to her death by the hand of Providence. |
Unknown |