Inquests
| Title | Inquest Location | County | Death Type | Date | COD Inquest Finding | COD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Eli Givings |
at the late residence of Eli Givings
|
Suicide | July 15, 1850 |
upon the evidence submitted on oath before us that Eli Givings came to his death by his own hand by hanging himself with a rope not worth more that 12 cts. |
Hanging | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Peter |
at or near Calum Foster's[?]
|
Homicide | March 31, 1848 |
upon their oaths do say that he came to his death by the hands of C. Alexander being shot with a rifle ball through the head |
Firearm | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Joseph Page |
at James Page's
|
Suicide | March 18, 1846 |
upon their oaths do say that the said Joseph Page did hang himself by the neck with a rope in the blacksmith shop of James Page |
Hanging | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Wilson Sosbee |
near G.B. Bishop's
|
Homicide | June 19, 1845 |
upon their oaths do say that the said Wilson Sosbee came to his death by being shot wilfully with a shot gun by the hands of Joseph Hughes[?] |
Firearm | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Willis |
at James Burnett's
|
Homicide | October 5, 1847 |
upon their oaths do say he came to his death by a wound with a rock in the forehead at the camp meeting at Prospect[?] by the hands of Dave belonging to John Liles of Polk County, N.C. |
Blunt Instrument | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Nathaniel Miller | Natural Causes | September 2, 1825 |
do say upon their oaths aforesaid that he came to his death by an act of God |
Unknown | ||
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Bob |
at the residence of Capt. R. Smith
|
Suicide | November 19, 1850 |
upon their oaths do say that the aforesaid boy came to his death by hanging himself with a rope attached to a small white oak sapling |
Hanging | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of James McCravy |
at the house of Amos Holmes
|
Accident | January 4, 1851 |
upon their oaths do say that the said James McCravy being intoxicated and out in the snow frozed [sic] to death |
Exposure | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Nancy Smith |
at the resident of Elijah Smith
|
Accident | February 10, 1847 |
upon their oaths do say that they believe that the sd. Nancy Smith. . .died by a visitation of God by a stroke of lightning |
Act of God | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Sarah Shacleford |
at the house of Richard Shacleford
|
Suicide | September 3, 1849 |
upon there [sic] oaths do say that she did hang herself voluntarily with a small silk handkerchief suspended from the limb of a post oak on this day about 9 o'clock A.M. |
Hanging | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of William Belott |
near the house of Wm. Hunter
|
Unknown | February 8, 1867 |
upon their oaths afores'd say that Wm Belott came to his death by mischance or the visitation of God |
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| The State vs. the Dead Body of Joseph Parham |
at an out house near Alexander Purcell's[?]
|
Unknown | February 10, 1867 |
upon their oaths afores'd do say that aforesaid Joseph Parnham came to his death by mischance by freezing or the visitation of God |
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| The State vs. the Dead Body of Allen |
at Samson Bobo's
|
Homicide | September 19, 1843 |
upon their oaths do say that the said Allen. . . was killed and murdered by some person or persons to the jurors unknown with two hickory clubs |
Blunt Instrument | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of William Foster |
at Bishop's old field
|
Accident | December 20, 1845 |
upon their oaths do say that he came to his death by freezing to death from being intoxicated |
Exposure | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of John Inlow |
at Hill's Factory
|
Homicide | October 1, 1852 |
upon their oaths do say that they believe John Broughton did kill him the sd. Inlow. . .with a stick about five feet long & about 2 1/4 inches in diameter |
Blunt Instrument | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Moses |
at the house of Robert McCurley[?]
|
Unknown | December 8, 1850 |
upon their oaths do say that the said Moses came to his death by no means of violence byt being old and infirm frozed [sic] to death |
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| The State vs. the Dead Body of Dick |
at the plantation of Margaret Montgomery's near Sedar [sic] Shoal Creek
|
Suicide | May 25, 1845 |
do say upon their oaths that the above named Dick not having the fear of God before his eyes but being moved and seduced by the instigation fo the Devil did voluntarily hang himself with a small rope on a limb of a walnut tree |
Hanging | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Chanya |
at A.G.W. Gordon's
|
Natural Causes | December 31, 1849 |
upon their oaths do say that she came to her death by infirmity and old age |
Other | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of infant |
at the late residence of Samuel Trollinger
|
Unknown | February 15, 1845 |
upon their oaths do say that their deliberate opinions are that the infant was still born & that it came to its death from causes unknown |
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| The State vs. the Dead Body of William Abernathy | Suicide | July 12, 1855 |
from the examination of witnesses and other circumstances we the jury return a verdict of death by his own hands produced from mental deragement. . .which he did by hanging himself with a rope |
Hanging | ||
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Giles Summer |
at Palmer A. Higgins'
|
Suicide | April 24, 1827 |
doth say upon their oaths that the said Palmer A. Higgins . . .not having God before his eyes but being seduced by the Devil on the 24th day April inst. with force and [?] in his own yard ... did with a rifle gun feloniously shoot a ball at the said Giles Summer ehich entered at the upper part of the wind pipe, passing through the easophegus and penetrating the third or fourth cervical vertebrae thereby destroying the spinal marrow |
Firearm | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Thomas Smith |
at George Born's[?]
|
Homicide | January 16, 1838 |
upon their oaths do say that after examining the Body of the sd. Smith they believe that he came to his death by a wound in the throat which appears to have been done by the hand of some person with a knife |
Sharp Instrument | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Henry Heavener |
at Thomas Lynch's
|
Homicide | March 5, 1853 |
upon their oaths do say that to the satisfaction of the jury he came to his death by violence. . .by some person or persons to the jurors unknown, by, the jurors suppose, an axe |
Sharp Instrument | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Roster |
at Fielden Clayton's
|
Natural Causes | July 27, 1844 |
upon thear [sic] oathes [sic] that the said Roster. . .was found dead, that she had no marks of violence upon her, and died by the visitation of God |
Unknown | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of John Jones |
at John Jones's
|
Natural Causes | December 16, 1817 |
do say upon their oaths. . .that the said John Jones did die a natural death |
Unknown |
