Inquests
Title | Inquest Location | County | Death Type | Date | COD Inquest Finding | COD |
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The State vs. the Dead Body of Robert Willingham |
at the residence of Mrs. L.E. Kirkland
|
Accident | October 6, 1876 |
upon their oaths do say that the said Robert Willingham in manner [?] from aforesaid, came to his death by Smothering in a bank of dried[or seed?] cotton |
Suffocation | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of Unknown |
at the residence of Thomas Mongomery Col'd on Capt. Hayne McMakens[?] Plantation
|
Unknown | January 20, 1877 |
upon their oath do say that the Infant came to its death by causes unknown to them |
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The State vs. the Dead Body of Isaac Miller |
at Thomas W. Rables[?]
|
Accident |
upon their oaths do say the deceased came to his death by a tree falling on him accidently. |
Injuries | ||
The State vs. the Dead Body of William Hopkins |
at J. Feaster Lyles' plantation
|
Accident |
upon their oaths do say that he came to his death by the accidental discharge of a shot gun in the hands of Robert Hopkins[.] |
Firearm | ||
The State vs. the Dead Body of Unknown |
at James McGill's
|
Accident | March 26, 1877 |
upon their oaths do say that the said child came to its death by being accidently overlain by its Mother, and was smothered to death. |
Suffocation | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of William Wallace |
at Beau's
|
Homicide |
upon their oaths do say: That the said William Wallace came to his death from a pistol shot fired in the hands of Jule[?] Tole[?] |
Firearm | ||
The State vs. the Dead Body of Jeff Bird |
at G.B. Pettigrews'
|
Accident | January 8, 1878 |
upon their oaths do say the deceased came to his death by the accidental discharge of a gun |
Firearm | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of Calline Crosby | Natural Causes |
up pon these oths do say that She came to her death from heart failure[.] |
Heart | |||
The State vs. the Dead Body of infant of Sam Coleman |
at the residence of Sam Coleman
|
Accident |
upon their oath do say that they believe the infant of Sam Coleman came to its death by asphyxia |
Suffocation | ||
The State vs. the Dead Body of Rock Pearson |
at G.B. Pearson's
|
Accident | January 15, 1878 |
upon their oaths do say the deceased came to his death by mischance. That Rock Pearson in manner and form aforesaid, caem to his death by misfortune or accident |
Exposure | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of Henrietta Brown |
at Thomas Blair's plantation
|
Accident | January 9, 1878 |
upon their oaths do say the deceased came to her death by her clothes taking fie, and was burned to death. |
Burns | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of Robert Gresham |
Chester Co., at Shelton Depot
|
Accident |
upon there oath do say that the said Robert Gresham was drowned at Fish Dam Ferry in Chester County on the [1]4 day of February A.D 1895 |
Drowning | ||
The State vs. the Dead Body of Daniel Fountain |
Unknown
|
Accident |
upon their oaths [do] say that he was shot accidentally by [a] pistol in the hands of his brother [?] Fountain about seven years old, about three Oclock yesterday evening and died [?] morning near Wallaceville[?]. |
Firearm | ||
The State vs. the Dead Body of Elenora Yongue |
near Struther[?]
|
Accident |
upon their oaths do say: That the said Elenora Yongue came to her death by accidental burning. |
Burns | ||
The State vs. the Dead Body of Lucilla S. Gresham |
Chester Co., at Shelton Depot
|
Accident |
upon their oaths do say, That L.S. Gresham in manner and form afresaid, came to her death by accident drown in broad river at Fish Dam Ferry on the 4th day of February 1895 |
Drowning | ||
The State vs. the Dead Body of Joe Coleman |
near Willing
|
Homicide |
upon their oaths do say: that the Said Joe Coleman came to his death by gun shot wounds, by the hands of person or persons unknown to the Jury, but suspicion and evidence points to William Woodward principal and we further think that he had accessories[.] |
Firearm | ||
The State vs. the Dead Body of George Fisher |
on the bank of the Broad River
|
Accident | March 14, 1826 |
[upon their oaths] do say that the said George Fisher going into a certain River] called Broad River to fish traps for fish of his own will at a late hour of the night it happened that accidentally, casually, and misfortunate [he] was in the water of the said river then suffocated and drowned...and there instantly died |
Drowning | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of Infant child of Amanda Williams |
at the residence of Alex Cockerell
|
Accident |
upon their oaths do say having viewed the dead body of Amanda Williams infant and heard the evidence of witnesses and this our verdict that it came to its death form congestion of the lungs. |
Head Trauma | ||
The State vs. the Dead Body of Infant of Albert Davis |
at Crosbyville
|
Accident |
upon their oaths do say the cause of death was suffocation |
Suffocation | ||
The State vs. the Dead Body of Proph[?] Fryday |
at Willson Fryday's
|
Accident |
I am satisfied that the deceased came to his death from a gunshot wound on the evening of the 29 of March at or near his fathers house and that the gun was fired accidentally. |
Firearm | ||
The State vs. the Dead Body of Ed Caldwell |
at Jas. McFir's[?] place
|
Natural Causes |
upon their Oaths do say that the deceased Ed Caldwell came to his death from heart dissease at his home[.] |
Heart | ||
The State vs. the Dead Body of Maria Powell |
at the Paggitt place
|
Natural Causes |
upon their Oaths do say that the deceased came to her death at her residence the 4 day of May A D 1891 from heart failure. |
Heart | ||
The State vs. the Dead Body of Oscar Matthews |
at C.H.[?] Matthews'
|
Accident | November 23, 1877 |
upon their oaths say that the aforesaid Oscar Mathews came to his death on the 22nd day of November 1877 at the Mill dam by the accidental falling from the pear[?] trial[?] of the grist mill or from drowning after the fall unknown to the jury[.] |
Drowning | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of Pauline Paulding[?] |
at Captain John Thomas' Place
|
Accident |
upon their oaths do say, that Pauline Pauling died of suffocation[?] |
Suffocation | ||
The State vs. the Dead Body of Caleb Campbell |
near Winnsboro
|
Homicide |
upon their oaths do say that the deceased Caleb Campbell was killed and murdered by hanging by some person or persons to the jury unknown[.] |
Suffocation |