Inquests
| Title | Inquest Location | County | Death Type | Date | COD Inquest Finding | COD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Hardy McKinney |
at an old field near F. Wyne's
|
Natural Causes | July 28, 1867 |
do say that said decd being diseased came to his death by the visitation of God |
Unknown | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Frances Pagett |
at William Pagett's
|
Natural Causes | April 15, 1853 |
do say that the deceased came to her death by the act of God? |
Unknown | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Mary Thompson | Accident | June 12, 1878 |
find that the child has been burnt on the spinal [?] a place as large as a [?] also burnt on the [?] and near mostly all over its body as pieces between [?] as to the cause of her death is from constriction of the brain. |
Burns | ||
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Gabriel Hill |
on the plantation of John N. Wilson
|
Suicide | April 28, 1868 |
give our verdict as follows, that the deceased came to his death by his own act, that of drowning himself. |
Drowning | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Jane |
at Anderson Court House
|
Homicide | March 10, 1863 |
do say that she came to her death on sabath the eighth day of March?at the residence of her master A. A. Morse, of deceased hastened or made premature by the maltreatment of her Master A. A. Morse and his mistress Mrs. C. T. [?] Morse, and more particularly on the part of the latter, and....that the said slave Jain the said A. A. Morse & C. T. Morse, by misfortune, and contrary to their will |
Other | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Sloan |
At Williamston
|
Accident | November 19, 1866 |
do say upon their oaths that [Sloan] came to his death by being burnt to death by the accidental burning of the Gin house of Major A. M. Hamilton. . .as the jury could ascertain in cause of the fire the presumption being that It was through matches, in the possession of the said Sloan |
Burns | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of David McClellan |
at residence of David McClellan
|
Accident | November 27, 1857 |
do say that by the evidence of his wife & daughter that he was hunting a cow & found her mired was found dead near the cow lying across a pole from apperion[?] he had been trying to prize the cow out and we come to the conclusion that he came to his death by the fall |
Fall | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Amaziah Payton |
at the house of Richmond Payton
|
Homicide | July 20, 1866 |
do say that the aforesaid Amaziah Payton came to his death. . . from the effects of a wound a little above the left groin, suppose to have been made by a pistol ball?.which ball was shot from a pistol which one Reuben L. Golding then and there had and held |
Firearm | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Fanny Payton |
at residence of Harry Gallard[?]
|
Natural Causes | June 20, 1870 |
do say that the deceased came to her death in her bed in the room she usually slept and from disease of the heart |
Heart | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Samuel Ward |
at Church Cross Roads
|
Natural Causes | July 19, 1859 |
do say that he came to his death by the visitation of providence him being an old man between 75 & 80 years of age. |
Other | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Charles Kelly |
at the town of Anderson
|
Homicide | August 14, 1866 |
do say that the said Charles Kelly came to his death?.from the effects of one mortal wound across the throat of him the said Kelly which wound was inflicted by means of a certain razor which one Thomas Berry, private of Company (I) 8th U.S. Infantry--then & there in his hand had and held and of which wound the said kelly did instantly die. |
Sharp Instrument | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Clarissa Campbell |
at the residence of Sarah Campbell
|
Natural Causes | March 29, 1867 |
that the said Clarissa Campbell a freedwoman came to her death natural by the act of God |
Unknown | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Will |
at William Nevitt's
|
Homicide | November 18, 1854 |
do say that the said deceased came to his death?from wounds inflicted on the 6th day of said month with the end of a rail in the hands of Robert C. Nevitt that Robert C. Nevitt the said slave [unkown word] misfortune and in self defense & contrary to his will in manner & form aforesaid did kill & slay |
Blunt Instrument | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of W. A. McConnell |
at Belton
|
Suicide | January 30, 1867 |
do say that the said W. A. McConnell came to his death by cutting his own throat with a small pocket knife on the cars. . . .in a manner and form afore said then and there voluntarily and feloneously himself did kill. |
Sharp Instrument | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Elias Smith |
in the county of Anderson
|
Natural Causes | August 24, 1869 |
do say that while from the evidence before the jury there was serious grounds for suspicion that the said Elias Smith had come to his death by some in-proper means, the evidence of the dissecting physician relieves the jury of the disagreeable necessity of prosecuting the investigation further, and so the jurors aforesaid, upon their oaths do say that the aforesaid Elias Smith came to his death by apopsy of the chest and diseased liver |
Unknown | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Jacob Cromer |
at the residence of Jacob Cromer
|
Accident | December 4, 1867 |
do say that the deceased came to his death by the hand of Providence, the true cause being unknown. |
Transportation | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of infant |
at William Stuart's residence
|
Natural Causes | November 27, 1870 |
do say that. . .said child was dead born |
Other | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Abram Clement |
at Martin Williamston's residence
|
Accident | October 6, 1868 |
do say that the said deceased was killed by the falling of a limb from a tree which he had cut down near the old school house. |
Injuries | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of John H. Megill |
at J. D. Tucker's
|
Unknown | September 22, 1867 |
