Inquests
| Title | Inquest Location | County | Death Type | Date | COD Inquest Finding | COD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Sam Burton | Accident | December 9, 1876 |
do say that Sam Burton came to his death by the voluntary use of laudanum taken by himself, and taken from the hands of his brother John Burton |
Overdose | ||
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Bill Reese |
at Pendleton
|
Homicide | December 12, 1872 |
do say that Bill Reese came to his death from a wound inflicted by a knife held in the hands of Sam Minse[?] |
Sharp Instrument | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Strather Freeman |
at Flat Rock Church
|
Natural Causes | March 2, 1876 |
do say deceased came to his death by disease of the heart. |
Heart | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Daily Thompson |
at Daniel Thompson's
|
Suicide | December 8, 1876 |
do say that the said Daily Thompson at about the hours of between . . . 10 and 12 oclock . . . deceased came to her death by her own hands by hanging herself by the neck until it was broken. |
Hanging | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of James Coleman |
at or near Mrs. Fantt's residence and one and 1/2 miles south east of Anderson
|
Natural Causes | September 16, 1873 |
do say that the deceased came to his death by the act of God. |
Unknown | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Lena Hutchinson | Accident | October 20, 1873 |
do say according to their knowledge and belief according to the evidence that she came to her death by accident by being burned to death |
Burns | ||
| The State vs. the Dead Body of John Maddox |
at Williamston
|
Accident | June 15, 1881 |
do say that the aforesaid John Madox came to his death by his own act of going into the Saluda in said county^ River and getting drowned. |
Drowning | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Peter Williford |
at Daniel Williford's
|
Natural Causes | May 2, 1876 |
do say that some time between the hours of 3 oclock on the 1st of May 1876 and 8oclock on the 2d day of may May 1876 that the deceased came to his death by the act of God |
Unknown | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of infant |
at residence of M. A. Snipes
|
Natural Causes | January 23, 1873 |
do say that it came to its death by the act of God |
Unknown | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of John Calhoun Clemson |
at Pendleton
|
Accident | August 11, 1871 |
do say that the deceased came to his death . . .by the unavoidable running of the lumber train of the G & C R Road into the passenger train of the Blue Ridge Railroad |
Transportation | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Nelson Right |
at or near...Darm Creek
|
Homicide | September 6, 1873 |
do say that the said Nelson Right . . . [came] to his death from a wound in left shoulder in . . .knife or some other sharp instrument. The wound was in between the sholder blade and in a downward direction towards the heart?the said wound was inflicted by the hand of Robert Robertson |
Sharp Instrument | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Caroline A. Kinnan |
at L. C. Neals[?]
|
Unknown | January 13, 1872 |
do say that said Caroline A. Kinnon . . .came to her death by the act of God |
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| The State vs. the Dead Body of George Hammond |
at Provosts Mill Pond
|
Accident | June 24, 1871 |
do say that the said . . .by accidental drowning |
Drowning | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of infant |
at Anderson Court House
|
Homicide | March 10, 1865 |
do say that it came to its death ^at the house of Wm Shanachans[?] in the town of Anderson^ by violence inflicted by its mother Adelia C. Parker |
Infanticide | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Ephraim Mayfield |
at the plantation of Ephraim Mayfield
|
Suicide | April 1, 1847 |
do say upon their oaths that the body of Ephraim Mayfield was found laying about two hundred and fifty yards from his dwelling within about seven feet of where a quantity of blood was discovered with his shirt collar unbuttoned and neatly rolled down. both hands very bloody with a wound across his throat some eight inches in length and two + half in depth having the appearance of four strokes. A small double bladed knife with the big blade open and was bloody....Our verdit is...that he purpetrated the dead himself. |
Sharp Instrument | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Eber B. Stevens |
at Pendleton
|
Natural Causes | March 5, 1873 |
do say . . . by a visitation of God |
Unknown | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Daniel Brown |
at the plantation of Willis Watkins
|
Natural Causes | October 8, 1881 |
do say that the said Daniel Brown died. . . in the cotton field on the plantation of Willis Watkins by no act of violence or foul means but by heart disease. |
Heart | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of John G. Gorley | Homicide | July 26, 1866 |
the said John G. Gorly came to his death?by having been hanged by the nexck until his body was dead, by means of a certain of a certain grass rope fastened to the limb of a certain oak sapling near to the spot where the bones then lay....and that Henry J. Knauff of Pendleton village...and John Baskins and Thompson Oliver...did there and there feloneously hang and murder the said John G. Gorly |
Hanging | ||
| The State vs. the Dead Body of colored |
at Dr. J. A. Todd's
|
Accident | April 24, 1874 |
do say that infant child came to its death by pressure on preroted[?] artery by stran of beads. . . by misfortune or accident |
Suffocation | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Jane Laniere |
at the residence of G. B. Whiton
|
Natural Causes | August 13, 1880 |
do say that the said Jane Lanier died in the woods near the public road leading from Pendleton to Williamston at the 4 mile post . . .by no foul means but by a disease of the heart |
Heart | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of George Norris |
at Anderson Courthouse
|
Natural Causes | November 23, 1876 |
do say that the said George Norris by act of God died (Consumption) |
Lungs | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Charity Bozeman |
at the house of Aby McAlister
|
Natural Causes | June 11, 1880 |
do say that Charity Bozeman came to her death by Harte Deaseas [sic] |
Heart | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Clara Burress |
at the house of Caty Burress on the plantation of Dr. A. G. Cook
|
Homicide | February 25, 1878 |
do say that she Clara Burriss came to her death by a pistol ball fired in the hands of William Pringle Cook fired at Caty Burress . . .do say William Pringle Cook did kill. |
Firearm | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Beller McAlester |
at house of deceased
|
Natural Causes | March 11, 1876 |
do say that she came to her death by the act of God in a applect fitt [sic] |
Brain | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Allen S. Barksdale |
at the house of Robert A. Gray
|
Homicide | June 23, 1876 |
do say that Allen S. Barksdale came ot his death by an axe in the hands of Mary A. Gray on the night of 22nd June 1876 in self-defense in her own house and yard with several wounds with a mortal wound inflicted with ^the edge of^ an axe upon the top of the head to length of 3 inches severing in the skull bone. |
Sharp Instrument |
