Inquests
Title | Inquest Location | County | Death Type | Date | COD Inquest Finding | COD |
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The State vs. the Dead Body of Willie Gooding |
at [?] Blair's
|
Accident |
upon their oaths do say: That the said Willie Gooding came to his death from accidental burning by fire |
Burns | ||
The State vs. the Dead Body of Sarilla Coleman |
at the residence of Henry Jeffares
|
Natural Causes | August 5, 1880 |
upon their oaths do say that in their opinion Savilla Coleman came to her death from apoplexy or congestion of the brain. |
Brain | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of James Sims |
at Lyles Ford
|
Accident | August 23, 1877 |
upon their oath do say that in their opinion James Sims came to his death by wounds received in a run away accident near Buck Head[.] |
Transportation | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of Addora Wallace | Accident |
we the undersigned Jurymen do hereby find the following verdict That Addora Wallace came to her death by drowning not Known to the Jury. |
Drowning | |||
The State vs. the Dead Body of Patrick Bell |
at Middlesex
|
Suicide |
upon their oaths do say that the said Patrick Bell came to his death by Felony of his own hands. That he killed himself in the same place he is now lying , Middlesex Plantation that he came to his death by a gun shot wound fired from a 38 calibre Wesson & Harrington pistolin his ownhand the ball entering the body between the third and fourth ribs to the right of the sternum. |
Firearm | ||
The State vs. the Dead Body of Arthur Ben |
at Jenkinsville
|
Accident |
upon oaths do say that George Bone the said Artur Ben, by misfortune and contrary to his will, in maner and form aforesaid, did kill and Slay Artur Ben by the accidental discharge of a gun. |
Firearm | ||
The State vs. the Dead Body of Infant son of Lee & Eliza Moore |
at the plantation of Mrs. N. Yongue
|
Accident |
upon their oaths do say this child came to his death from some natural cause unknown to the Jury |
Suffocation | ||
The State vs. the Dead Body of Glasco Ferly |
at the house of Glasco Ferly
|
Accident |
upon their oaths do say: That the said colored Ferly came to his death by a gunshot wound accidentily inflicted upon himself |
Firearm | ||
The State vs. the Dead Body of William Watson |
near the Harrison Ferry on the Wateree River
|
Accident |
upon their oaths do say that the aforesaid William Watson came to his death by the accidental discharge of a gun in his own hands, on the bank of the Wateree river on the afternoon of 30th day of Jan AD 1894[.] |
Firearm | ||
The State vs. the Dead Body of W. T. Reid |
at Ridgeway
|
Accident |
thinks that he came to his dath from extreme alcholism and exposure. |
Exposure | ||
The State vs. the Dead Body of Tom |
near the Catawba River
|
Unknown |
[came to his death] from causes unknown to this Jury being found in the Catawba River Mortuary Place may have come to his Death form drowning or other causes |
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The State vs. the Dead Body of Manuel Coleman |
at Manuel Coleman's
|
Natural Causes |
upon their oaths do say came to his death by congestion of the Stomach from drinking water. |
Stomach | ||
The State vs. the Dead Body of Wesley Smith |
at Winnsboro
|
Homicide |
upon their oaths do say, that the said Worley Smith came to his death on the sixteenth day of February A.D. 1900 from blows inflicted by one |
Blunt Instrument | ||
The State vs. the Dead Body of W. Bone[?] Durham |
at Winnsboro
|
Accident |
upon their oaths do say W. Bone[?] Durham came to his death by accidental killing of the Southern Railway Train No 33 controlled by J.A. Allison conductor and Enginer Price and that no blame attaches to any one[.] |
Transportation | ||
The State vs. the Dead Body of Nettie Frazier |
at the plantation of Mrs. Nancy Youngue
|
Natural Causes |
upon their oaths do say that the deceased came to its death from the effects of Whooping cough[.] |
Infection | ||
The State vs. the Dead Body of George Jefferis |
near Crosbyville
|
Natural Causes |
upon their oaths do say that in their opinion George Jefferis came to his death from appoplexy |
Brain | ||
The State vs. the Dead Body of William Rosborough |
at Winnsboro
|
Homicide |
upon their oaths do say, that that the said William Rosborough was willfully, unlawfully and maliciously killed by a gun shot wound and that he was willfully killed and murdered[.] |
Firearm | ||
The State vs. the Dead Body of Abe Dubose Jr. |
at the old[?] mill place of S.D. Dunn
|
Homicide |
upon their oaths do say that the said Abe Dubose Jr. came to his death by a gunshot wound at the hands of William Dubose and that Frances Dubose is accessory to the killing[.] |
Firearm | ||
The State vs. the Dead Body of Mary Belton |
at the Sylvia Brice Place
|
Homicide |
upon their Oaths do say, That she came to her death from causes unknown to the Jurors. |
Blunt Instrument | ||
The State vs. the Dead Body of Chas. Youngue |
at the plantation of Dr.[?] B. Estes
|
Accident |
upon their oaths do say that-Charles Youngue died from the effect of being drowned |
Drowning | ||
The State vs. the Dead Body of Joe Coleman |
near Buck Head
|
Accident |
upon their oaths do say, That Joe Coleman in manner and form aforsaid, came to his death 'from old age and freezing[.]" |
Exposure | ||
The State vs. the Dead Body of Abram Alston |
near Dawkins
|
Natural Causes |
upon their oaths do say that Abram Alston manner and form aforsaid came to his death from natural causes |
Unknown | ||
The State vs. the Dead Body of Sam Pratt |
at Woodward
|
Homicide |
upon their oaths do say that the said Sam Pratt came to his death from the effects of a gunshot wound, inflicted by one Sol[?] McElhenny on the 5th day of Jan 1894, and so the Jurors aforesaid, upon their oaths aforesaid, do say that the aforesaid Sol[?] McElhenny in manner and form aforesaid, Sam Pratt did feloniously kill[.] |
Firearm | ||
The State vs. the Dead Body of Cornelius Johnson |
at Samuel Johnson's Residence
|
Accident |
upon their Oaths do say that the deceased came to his death [at] his Fathers house, on the 15 [Dec] 1892 from burns frm Accidentaly catching on f[ire][.] |
Burns | ||
The State vs. the Dead Body of Hattie Smalls |
at C.B. Blair's
|
Accident |
upon their oaths do say, That Hattie Smalls, in manner and form aforsaid came to her death by having burned[?] to death accidently |
Burns |