Inquests
| Title | Inquest Location | County | Death Type | Date | COD Inquest Finding | COD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Hanah |
at Cooperville
|
Accident | November 2, 1861 |
upon their oaths do say . . .the child was found dead . . .from bieng overlaid by its parents or some other unknown means to them in bed |
Suffocation | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of James Petty |
at an out House of the plantation of John Norman
|
Other | June 19, 1825 |
upon there Oaths do Say that from the Effects of Intoxication that the Said James did Come to his death |
Alcoholism | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Amos Lee |
at Amos Lee's
|
Natural Causes | July 10, 1852 |
upon ther oaths do say . . .that the said Amos Lee Come to his death by the act of God |
Unknown | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Louisa Jane Low | Accident | November 3, 1842 |
the Decd came to her death . . .by accidently falling from a horse |
Transportation | ||
| The State vs. the Dead Body of negro woman |
at John Garrotts
|
Homicide | March 26, 1840 |
upon their oaths do say that . . .they believe she the said negro woman come to her death by drinking too great a quantity of water which they believe caused inward pain and perhaps spasm |
Other | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of John Garrett |
at House of John Garrett
|
Accident | October 22, 1822 |
do say upon their oaths . . .Came to his death by being accid Draunded |
Drowning | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Joseph Prince | Natural Causes | April 13, 1842 |
came to his death by the visitation of God |
Unknown | ||
| The State vs. the Dead Body of James Johnson |
at James Johnson's farm
|
Natural Causes | October 13, 1852 |
he came to his death by some caus unknown to us |
Unknown | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Patrick Keenan |
at Union Court House
|
Natural Causes | June 18, 1869 |
upon their oaths do say that the said P. H. Keenan came to his death by the hand of Providence |
Unknown | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Jake |
at William Brownings old field
|
Unknown | November 10, 1855 |
upon their oaths do say that . . .it appears that Jake was on Saturday the 3rd Instant laboring under slight mental derangement, that he left home without his permission or Knowledge, and that he had been complaining for about one month before he left home, and was under the medical care of Doct Jesse Lamb, ... the deceased Jake was laboring under an attack of Typhoyd Fever, and had been for several weeks and that he was laboring under a fit of mental derangement when he left home, and that he must have died at [?] in a day or less after leaving home |
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| The State vs. the Dead Body of Charles |
at J Greens
|
Accident | May 2, 1847 |
do say upon their oaths. . . that he came to his death by the visitation of God in sending a Streak of lightning which said lightning caused the instant death of the said Charles |
Act of God | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Hancock Porter |
at Hancock Porters
|
Suicide | May 29, 1852 |
uppon their oaths doo say that . . .the deceast Hancock Porter took his musket went to his Blacksmith shop and took the barrel out of the stock made a fire in his forge put the brick in the fire held the muzel to his throat and the gun went off then and therefore voluntarily and feloniously him self did kill |
Firearm | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of James Keenan |
at Union Court House
|
Homicide | February 21, 1865 |
upon their oaths do say that the deceased was killed by a bullet discharged from a pistol in the house of Dr. John P. Thomas . . .in the Jail of Union District |
Firearm | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Joseph Howard |
at the house of Johnnathon Hawkens
|
Suicide | April 21, 1821 | Other | ||
| The State vs. the Dead Body of H. C. Rice |
at the house of HC Rice
|
Suicide | December 29, 1859 |
upon their oaths do say - that the deceased came to his death by the the discharge of a double Barrell shotgun which the deceased contrived to discharge he receiving[?] the contents of one Barrell in the left breast to [?] to the right of the left nipple and that the [?] the decd was committed Having a [?] of mania |
Firearm | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Carles Ford |
at Thomas Hay[?]
|
Accident | March 12, 1821 | Other | ||
| The State vs. the Dead Body of William Fisher |
at the home of Sarah Vanderford
|
Natural Causes | September 12, 1855 |
upon their oaths do say . . .that they are of opinion that the Said William Fisher died a natural death by [?] and by the act of God |
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| The State vs. the Dead Body of Benjamin Bishop |
taken one mile and a half south of the [?] on the main road leading to Jones' ford on Enoree[?] river
|
Natural Causes | November 26, 1840 |
do say upon their oaths that the said Benjamin Bishop. . . at a place in the woods near the main road. . . died by the visitation of God in a natural way |
Unknown | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Loverberry B. Musgrove |
at the residence of Ms. James, Widow, near the Court House
|
Natural Causes | October 9, 1866 |
upon their oaths do say that the said Loveberry B. Musgrove, at the residence of Mrs. James, Widow, . . .did die by visitation of Almight God |
Heart | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Peter |
at John Gibbes
|
Unknown | December 22, 1851 |
upon there oaths do say that the said Peter came to his Death from causes unknown to us |
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| The State vs. the Dead Body of James McCannon |
at Joseph Hughes
|
Accident | May 1, 1821 |
say on our oths that the said James McCannon did come to his death by the act of God . . .by attmting to Crose a Creek by the name of Hughs Creek and was forthwith drownded |
Drowning | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Peter |
at the Corman Gaal[?]
|
Unknown | February 16, 1865 |
do Say . . .did came to his death by causes unknown |
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| The State vs. the Dead Body of Sarah Hardy |
at William Page's
|
Homicide | October 4, 1865 |
We the Jurors can [?] deceasd came to her death by gun shot wound inflicted by some person unknown |
Firearm | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of James Robison |
at the hous of John Birds
|
Other | December 17, 1820 |
do say upon his oath that the said James Robison did Come to his death by Drinking of Sherriouts Liqur . . .Com to his death by Entockacation |
Alcoholism | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Oliver Neely |
at Thomas Hughs Senors[?]
|
Accident | March 5, 1821 |
came to his death by act of God |
Transportation |
