Inquests

Title Inquest Location County Death Type Date COD Inquest Finding COD
The State vs. the Dead Body of Robert H. Pettigrew
at James H. Wiles house
Homicide December 27, 1872

do say from a wound on his left side between the second and eight ribs penetrating to the. . .by a knife

Sharp Instrument
The State vs. the Dead Body of infant
at Silas Kay's
Unknown March 30, 1874

do say that the said child came to its death by injurys [sic]?by violence or otherwise unknown to us.

The State vs. the Dead Body of Freedwoman
at Anderson Court House
Homicide October 23, 1867

do say that the said infant came to its death by strangulation by the hands of its mother Clary Williams, a freed woman in the town of Anderson . . .immediately after its birth

Infanticide
The State vs. the Dead Body of Robert H. Holliday
at Calhoun
Homicide January 20, 1874

do say that?Robert Holliday was wounded by a pistol shot, inflicted by a pistol in the hands of John Henry Vermillion; of which wound said Robert Holliday did die?John Henry Vermillion then and there maliciously did kill.

Firearm
The State vs. the Dead Body of Eli David Junkins
at or near the hosue of John Martin (colored) near Richard Robinson Mill
Accident July 24, 1871

do say that the said Eli David Jenkins came to his death by being shot with a small single barrelled shot gun in the hands of Leslie Martin a colored boy some 16 or 17 years old. . .the said Leslie Martin did not intend or had any idea of the gun going off or doing the boy any injury whatever and believe it was entirely accidental

Firearm
The State vs. the Dead Body of Giles Guess
at the hosue of John Smith
Homicide February 2, 1882

do say that the deceased was willfully killed by the hand of one Isaac Putnam by shooting deceased with a pistol and that Silas Putnam was accessory to the killing about seven or eight oclock in the afternoon at the house of one John Smith

Firearm
The State vs. the Dead Body of Willis Watson
at the river bank on Saulda one mile above Gambell old Bridge
Accident June 14, 1876

do say that said decd came to his death by accidental drowning in the River of Saluda.

Drowning
The State vs. the Dead Body of John Seawright
on the public road leading from Craytonville to Anderson Court House
Natural Causes October 22, 1881

do say the said came to dis death from disease of the heart. . .the deceased came to his death by some providence of God.

Heart
The State vs. the Dead Body of Henry Cobb
at Warnock's Crossing on the Anderson Branch of the Greenville & Columbia Rail Road
Other December 16, 1868

do say that he came to his death by intoxication with spiritous liquours.

Alcoholism
The State vs. the Dead Body of John Saylor
at or near the Ridge road near E. R. Cobb's residence
Natural Causes August 6, 1870

do say that said John Saylor. . .died we think and believe from some disease of the heart or an appoplectic [apoplectic] fit.

Brain
The State vs. the Dead Body of Franklin A. Ragsdale
at the house of Franklin A. Ragsdale
Unknown July 23, 1867
The State vs. the Dead Body of John W. Meeks
at Brown & Rice's Mill
Homicide May 4, 1872

do say that. . .the said John W. Meeks was killed by gun-shot wound, and violent battery with gun on the back of his neck

Firearm
The State vs. the Dead Body of Lila Gambrell
at the house of Ran Duckworth
Natural Causes October 21, 1875

do say that the said Lila Gambrell came to her death by mischance produced by personal epolepsy [sic].

Brain
The State vs. the Dead Body of Adeline Agnew
near the residence of Ephraim R. Cobb
Homicide May 14, 1871

do say that. . .the said Adeline Agnew was killed and murdered by a knife in the hands of Shadrack Webster.

Sharp Instrument
The State vs. the Dead Body of Mary Magdalene Saxton
at the house of Enoch Saxton
Unknown December 6, 1876
The State vs. the Dead Body of John Williams
at the house of Newton Perry [?] on the plantation of Thomas Cox
Natural Causes February 9, 1879

do say, that deceased [John Williams] came to his death by dropsical affiction.

Other
The State vs. the Dead Body of William McCode
at Luke McCoy's [?]
Accident January 20, 1870

do say that he came to his death . . . from exposure in the rain & cold on the roadside . . . and came to his death by accident.

Exposure
The State vs. the Dead Body of Samuel A. Geer
at David Geer's House
Homicide January 15, 1866

do say that the said S. A. Geer was killed by blows over the head producing five separate fractures of the skull, near the residence of David Geer. . .by some metalic instrument in the hands of some person or persons unknown.

Blunt Instrument
The State vs. the Dead Body of Sally Williams
n.a.
Natural Causes July 19, 1880

find her lungs badly affected and diseased came to her death from consumption & had consumption badly.

Lungs
The State vs. the Dead Body of P. W. Morris
at Anderson Court House
Suicide April 27, 1872

do say that the deceased came to his death by his own act to wit by drowning himself in the well in the Hotel yard at the Wavesly House?after first having made several attempts to destroy his life by stabbing himself upopn the neck, and left-side, under temporary insanity.

Drowning
The State vs. the Dead Body of Nancy Drake
at Mrs. Elizabeth's Anne Keaton's
Suicide August 21, 1872

say that the deceased came to her death by her own act. . .by drowning herself in the well of Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Keaton. . .in a fit of derangement

Drowning
The State vs. the Dead Body of George C. Mitchell
at residence of Marion Mtchell
Suicide September 19, 1874

do say that George C. Mitchell came to his death by his own act..either falling or by jumping from the house top into the yard while laboring under derangeme

Other
The State vs. the Dead Body of Smith
near R. H. Anderson's Tanyard
Accident June 9, 1876

do say that . . .the said Smith was accidentally drowned in a race dith; that is to say the said Smith in manner and form aforesaid, came to his death by misfortune or accident.

Drowning
The State vs. the Dead Body of infant
at Anderson Court House
Natural Causes January 13, 1868

do say that the infant was a premature birth and born dead

Other
The State vs. the Dead Body of Major Crawford
at Anderson Court House
Accident July 21, 1880

do say that Major Crawford came to his death by accidentally falling from the trestle at Rocky River while in a state of intoxication

Fall

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