Inquests

Title Inquest Location County Death Type Date COD Inquest Finding COD
The State vs. the Dead Body of William Gathings
at Pageland Township
Homicide August 16, 1932

upon their oaths, do say: William Gathings came to his death by Pistol Shot wounds in the hands of Guy Watts

Firearm
The State vs. the Dead Body of Finley Hall
at Ansleydale
Natural Causes November 30, 1912

upon theire oaths do say that the Said Finley Hall come to his death by Natural causes

Unknown
The State vs. the Dead Body of Robert Jordan
at Mount Croghan
Natural Causes December 3, 1900

from the verdict of witness I do note deem it necsary to hold an inquest but from such witnesses find that the Sed Robrt Jordan came to his ath from natural causes Decmbr 3 1900

Unknown
The State vs. the Dead Body of Elsie Williams
at Cheraw
Accident June 28, 1886

upon their oaths do say: That the said Elsie Williams did on this place on the 29th day of June 1886-accidentally receive in her abdomen a pistol shot which caused her death on the 1st day of July 1886

Firearm
The State vs. the Dead Body of John Madison Winburn
at J. C. Winburn's
Accident April 21, 1887

upon their oaths do say that the said John Madison Winburn came to his death by Accidental drowning at J. C. Winburns Still

Drowning
The State vs. the Dead Body of John Ellerbe
at McKays Station at Cheraw
Accident March 2, 1885

upon their oaths do say: That the said John Ellerbe in manner and form aforesaid came to his death by misfortune or accident.

Transportation
The State vs. the Dead Body of Elizabeth Knight
at Joseph Knight's residence
Accident June 27, 1885

upon their oaths do say: That Elizabeth Knight in Manner and form aforesaid Came to her death by misfortune or accident By a gunshot wound on the right side of the Forehead which was caused by the careless handling of a gun in the hands of her little Brother

Firearm
The State vs. the Dead Body of Frank Little
at G. J. Malloy's Residence
Suicide May 16, 1886

upon their oaths do say: That the said Frank Little, being of unsound mind, did upon the 16th day of May A D 1886 in his house, with a gun, did then and there himself voluntarily and feloniously kill

Firearm
The State vs. the Dead Body of Dora Woods
at Cheraw
Accident May 3, 1885

upon their oaths do say: "By accident or mishap by a fall from the banister or shelf of the piazza while playing there."

Fall
The State vs. the Dead Body of Unknown male
at the old tool house
Unknown August 28, 1866

upon [???] says of the body of a [calico?] [person?] there by [???] dead and how he came to his death Foul [page rip] [????] as yor'e well aware the [Consequences?] of your peril

Unknown
The State vs. the Dead Body of Allen Melton
at the residence of Mr. James Cottege
Natural Causes January 6, 1893

upon their oaths do says that it is their belief that Allen Melton came to his death from natural causes - in all probability - form failure of the heart to perform its proper functions

Heart
The State vs. the Dead Body of Walden C. Sullivan
at the house of Mr. John A. Sullivan
Accident September 12, 1893

upon their oaths do say that the said Walden C. Sullivan came to his death by accidental smothering at the Residence of John A. Sullivan

Unknown
The State vs. the Dead Body of Henry Blakeny
at Ana Deason
Homicide June 6, 1893

upon their oaths do say that Henry Blakeney came to his death by a Pistol ball in the heands of Thos ingram at the residence of Ana Deason on the 6th June A.D. 1893.

Firearm
The State vs. the Dead Body of Lee Roy Almond
at R. J. Almond's
Natural Causes November 18, 1893

upon their oaths do say that the aforesaid Lee Roy Almond came to his death from natural causes

Lungs
The State vs. the Dead Body of Augusta Sullivan
at Chesterfield County, South Carolina
Accident August 4, 1896

from the best information could be gathered came to his death by misschance or by accidental drowning in the mill pond of J. A. McMillan

Drowning
The State vs. the Dead Body of Clement D. Wallace
at Gopher Hill
Homicide November 28, 1867

upon their oaths do say: that the said Clement D Wallace was disabled or killed with some instrument unknown or by the burning of his dwelling house

Blunt Instrument
The State vs. the Dead Body of Major McGraw
at the House of J. W. Mathews
Unknown December 6, 1881

upon their oaths do say that the said Major McGraw did come to his death, at the house of said J. W. Mathews on the night of the fifth day of December A.D. 1881, from some cause to them unknown

Unknown
The State vs. the Dead Body of James W. Steene
at the Residence of Deceased James W. Steene
Natural Causes August 22, 1898

upon their oaths do say...we find that The deceased came to his death from Heart Falure

Heart
The State vs. the Dead Body of Barbra Franklin
near Swift Creek Colored Baptist Church
Natural Causes June 6, 1898

upon their oaths do say that the said barbra Franklin of the said county and said state on the Evening of the fifth day of June 1898 Did come to her death from natural causes

Heart
The State vs. the Dead Body of Janice Parsons
[no location given]
Natural Causes October 8, 1899

[No official declaration]

Unknown
The State vs. the Dead Body of Unknown Infant
[no location given]
Natural Causes

[No official declaration]

Unknown
The State vs. the Dead Body of Loucille Pate Cassidy
at Chesterfield
Accident June 19, 1939

upon their oaths do say that Loucille Pate Cassidy received in Chesterfield County a mortal wound by a pistol

Firearm
The State vs. the Dead Body of Willie Ford
[no location given]
Accident July 1, 1935

[No official declaration]

Blunt Instrument
The State vs. the Dead Body of Sam Malloy
at Chesterfield County, South Carolina
Accident May 30, 1899

From the evidence I got from the party's there the deceased was accidentaly drowned

Drowning
The State vs. the Dead Body of Rena McFarlow
[no location given]
Suicide

We the under signed Find that Rena McFarlow Came to Her deth By a pistol Shot By Her own Hands

Firearm

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