Inquests

Title Inquest Location County Death Type Date COD Inquest Finding COD
The State vs. the Dead Body of Columbus Dempsey
at the parish
Unknown August 2, 1858

upon their oaths do say that the said Columbus Dempsey came to his [death] by cause unknown but suppose from an attack of fits to which he was almost daily subject

The State vs. the Dead Body of Wesley McCombs
at Martin M. Comb's
Suicide July 11, 1858

upon their oaths do say from the evidences & appearances that they think he must have killedhimself by shooting himself with a rifle gun in the forehead near his father's house about sunrise

Firearm
The State vs. the Dead Body of Rolen Hutcheson
at the dwelling house of William Davis
Homicide January 3, 1803

upon their oaths. . .say that the aforesaid Wm. Davis . . .did with a large wooden shovel strike the sd. Rolen Hutcheson on the head which did brake the skull

Blunt Instrument
The State vs. the Dead Body of Lewis
at or near the residence of [?] Gossett
Homicide March 27, 1865

that he came to his from a gun shot wound through the neck passing out at his jaw and the said show was from a gun in the hands of some person unknown

Firearm
The State vs. the Dead Body of Burrel Evins
at the dwelling house of Daniel Evins
Unknown November 23, 1814
The State vs. the Dead Body of Dorcas Henderson
at Jackson Henderson's
Homicide November 11, 1855

upon their oaths do say that from the best information that they could gather that they think the child. . .Dorcas Henderson came to its death on account of having had an excessive portion of spiritous liquor given to it by a free boy of color named Tobe

Other
The State vs. the Dead Body of infant
at Asail Littlefield's
Unknown November 13, 1857

upon their oaths do say that from an examination of the dead body of the child and from the testimony produced and examined before us we have no cause to believe that any violence was used upon the body of the child to cause its death but that it came to its death from some cause or causes unknown

The State vs. the Dead Body of Benjamin Farmer
at the dwelling house of Benjamin Farmer
Homicide April 9, 1804

do say upon their oaths [that] a certain Denis Crain with volence and force of arms ... did attack, wound & kill ... Benj'n Farmer

Other
The State vs. the Dead Body of infant
at the plantation of James Leatherwood
Homicide January 8, 1815 Infanticide
The State vs. the Dead Body of James M. Rhodes
at the residence of James M. Rhodes
Homicide August 27, 1862

upon their oaths do say that. . .J. William M. Brown ... then and there [did] inflict three severe blows upon the head of deceased fracturing his skull in two places

Blunt Instrument
The State vs. the Dead Body of Mary George
at the late residence of Mary George
Unknown November 1, 1857

upon their oaths do say that the dec'd came to her death through the dispensation of Providence

The State vs. the Dead Body of negro
at or near Pacolet Springs
Homicide February 27, 1868

upon their oaths do say ... that Catherine, a black woman living at Col. R.C. Poole's at Pacolet Spring, called by some Berry, did have and was delivered of said child and that she throwed [sic] it in the river ... feloniously drownding said child against the peace and dignity of the same state aforesaid

Infanticide
The State vs. the Dead Body of Judy Cook
at or near the residence of Mary Ann Cook
Suicide August 9, 1861

upon their oaths do say that the said Miss Judy Cook came to her death by hanging herself with a hank of yarn tied around the neck

Hanging
The State vs. the Dead Body of Holman Smith
at the late residence of Holman Smith
Homicide May 28, 1855

upon their oaths do say [deceased] was wilfully, maliciously, & feloniously murdered at his own residence. . .by Phillis and John, slaves of the deceased, by beating him with an Axe and a stick. . .and that Charley, a slave of dec's'd, was accessory to the murder being present and making no effort to prevent the murder

Sharp Instrument
The State vs. the Dead Body of Justin Turner Accident April 9, 1868

upon their oaths do say that the said Jusin Turner. . .came to his death by mischance being exposed during a cold night without doors and from evidence quite intoxicated

Exposure
The State vs. the Dead Body of black man
at Batesville
Unknown March 13, 1867

upon their oaths do say that they found said dead body lying dead near Batesville near the side of the big road within a few yards of the Rail Road supposed to have been dead saveral days [and that] the said dead body came to his death. . .by misfortune or accident or natural death

The State vs. the Dead Body of Rowland Cash
at the residence of Ephraim Jackson
Accident March 11, 1853

do say upon their oaths [deceased] came to his death by misfortune or accident

Other
The State vs. the Dead Body of Caroline Rhodes
at Burnt Factory
Accident April 17, 1865

upon their oaths do say that she came to her death by accidental drowning in Tyger River just below A. Floyd's mill dam

Drowning
The State vs. the Dead Body of Bob
near David Holcomb's
Unknown October 10, 1865
The State vs. the Dead Body of infant
near Hobbysville
Homicide April 6, 1865

upon their oaths do say that after a most careful investigation of the whole matter ... that the said child, we are satisfied, came to its death by having the posterior part of its head crushed, wilfully and violently, by the hands of Martha Robinson, the mother of said child, or Elizabeth Robinson, the grandmother of said child, later in the evening of Tuesday the 4th day of April

Infanticide
The State vs. the Dead Body of Asa Lipscomb
at Mrs. Jinetta Shippy's
Accident December 24, 1866

upon their oaths do say that the said Asa Lipscomb was shot with a paper wad by Sam'l Shippy, Norris Shippy, or Frank Shippy ... by accident

Firearm
The State vs. the Dead Body of Aaron Hughes
at the residence of Aaron Hughes
Homicide October 15, 1865

upon their oaths do say that said Aaron Hughes ... was feloniously killed and murdered by being shot in the mouth with a small ball and being struck a severe blow across the nose and ... then dragged across the road into the woods. . .by some person or persons to the jurors unknown

Firearm
The State vs. the Dead Body of William Mahan Suicide November 20, 1810

upon the oaths . . .do say that the Sd Wm Mahan for want of the Grace of God & the instagation of the Divel Came to his Death by forcing a small hemp rope Round his neck to a Beam of the house in his own BeadRoom where with he hangd himd Self Dead

Hanging
The State vs. the Dead Body of Thomas Henry
at the Dweling Hous of Samuel
Accident October 20, 1817

do Say on their oaths tha Said Thomas Came to his Death By a [?] fall that Nathan[?] Howard [?] him By throwing him [?] his hous[?] in a [????]

Fall
The State vs. the Dead Body of Mary Tottey Accident January 3, 1814

do upon their oaths say that the said Mary Came to her Death By the act of God By Droning

Drowning

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