Inquests

Title Inquest Location County Death Type Date COD Inquest Finding COD
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

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

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