Inquests
Title | Inquest Location | County | Death Type | Date | COD Inquest Finding | COD |
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The State vs. the Dead Body of Bailey Redman |
at Brockman's Mill
|
Accident | June 28, 1817 |
do say upon there [sic] oaths. . .that his death was caused by [swimming] over the dam |
Drowning | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of Benjamin Wood |
at the house of Benjamin Wood
|
Natural Causes | May 8, 1829 |
do say upon their oaths that he the said Benjamin Wood came to his death by visition of God |
Unknown | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of James B. Brawly, Thomas Linder |
at Spartanburgh Court House
|
Homicide | November 2, 1842 |
upon their oaths do say that the sd. J.B. Brawly came to his death by a stab wound from a common packet kinfe inflicted on his left side opposite his navel and about 4 inches from the same by the hand of John Davis |
Sharp Instrument | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of James B. Brawly, Thomas Linder |
at Spartanburgh Court House
|
Homicide | November 2, 1842 |
upon there [sic] oaths do say that the said T.Linder came to his death by a stab from a common pocket knife inflicted on his left breast about two inches from his left nipple by the hand of John Davis |
Sharp Instrument | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of Elizabeth Low, Emeline Low | Unknown | June 19, 1828 | ||||
The State vs. the Dead Body of Elizabeth Low, Emeline Low | Unknown | June 19, 1828 | ||||
The State vs. the Dead Body of Dave |
at James Brockman's Mill
|
Accident | February 6, 1830 |
upon their oaths do say that they think that he [died] with [?] in James Brockman's cotton gin |
Injuries | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of T. Clark Singleton |
at Spartanburgh Court House
|
Accident | August 27, 1841 |
upon their oaths do say that the said T. Clark Singleton infant did come to his death by the administration of an over portion of laudnum given to him by his mother Margaret |
Overdose | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of infant |
at the house of Henry Alley
|
Unknown | November 20, 1844 |
we found on examining the body a tumor on the sacram with some deformations near the fundament, that these appeared to us sufficient to produce death |
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The State vs. the Dead Body of John Stafford | Accident | December 16, 1831 |
do say upon their oaths he came to his death by accidentally drowning in a state of intoxication |
Drowning | ||
The State vs. the Dead Body of Leanora M. Cannon | Natural Causes | February 25, 1879 |
upon their oaths do say that ... the said Leonora M. Cannon died from the rupture of a blood vessel which caused a rush of blood into the lungs and instant death ensued |
Other | ||
The State vs. the Dead Body of Elijah M. Cooper |
at the residence of Elijah M. Cooper
|
Natural Causes | August 25, 1877 |
upon their oaths do say that the said E.M. Cooper came to his death. . .while engaged at work on his fieds near his residence from some cause which the jury believes to have been disease of the heart |
Heart | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of Robert E. Tuck |
at the residence of L M. Gentry
|
Accident | December 14, 1879 |
upon their oaths do say that the said Rob't E. Tuck came to his death at the residence of L M. Gentry ... from exposure tot he rain and cold ... while in a state of intoxication |
Exposure | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of Rachail Langley |
in Spartanburg Co.
|
Accident | December 30, 1878 |
upon their oaths do say ... the said Rachail Langley came to her death from indigestion caused by eating too much heartily of unwholesome diet |
Other | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of Eddie Summer | Accident | August 6, 1881 |
upon their oaths ... do say that the said Eddie Summer came to his death ... from gun shot wounds received in the right side discharged accidentally |
Firearm | ||
The State vs. the Dead Body of Sherman Bowden |
at Spartanburg
|
Accident | May 7, 1878 |
upon their oaths do say that ... the said Sherman Bowden while bathing in the Lawson's Fork Creek ... accidentally fell into water over his head and was drowned |
Drowning | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of J. H. Vandike |
at Crawfordville
|
Natural Causes | May 20, 1877 |
upon their oaths do say that they are satisfied that the aforesaid Col. J.H. Vandike came to his death from apoplexy while riding along the road |
Brain | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of Mariah Pincy | Natural Causes | July 10, 1881 |
upon their oaths aforesaid do say that said Mariah Princey ... came to her death from heart disease |
Heart | ||
The State vs. the Dead Body of Reuben Brewton |
near Switzer's Bridge
|
Natural Causes | January 3, 1880 |
upon their oaths do say that the said Reuben Brewton came to his death ... from disease unknown to them inflicted by the hand of God |
Unknown | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of infant |
at the house of Mrs. Mary Smith
|
Accident | April 15, 1879 |
upon their oaths do say that the infant aforesaid came to its death ... from the ignorant neglect of said child by Sarah D. Smith, the mother of said child without intent to murder the child upon her part |
Suffocation | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of Charles Young |
at Anderson's Mills
|
Natural Causes | July 16, 1885 |
upon their oaths do say that Charles Young came to his death from Apoplexy near Anderson's Mills |
Brain | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of William Rose |
at Welford in Spartanburg
|
Accident | July 11, 1877 |
upon their oaths do say that the aforesaid Wm. Rose came to his death by the accidental falling of[f] the side of a rail road cut three miles east of Welford, S.C. . . .while loading the gravel train with ballast |
Transportation | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of Jacob Scott | Unknown | January 21, 1882 |
upon their oaths do say that said Jacob Scott ... came to his death from hemorrhage of the lungs |
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The State vs. the Dead Body of Violet Gray |
at the house of Violet Gray
|
Accident | February 25, 1877 |
upon their oaths do say that the said Violet Gray came to her death by accidentally falling into the fire and burning to death at her own home |
Burns | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of Lewis Littlejohn | Accident | May 12, 1881 |
upon their oaths do say that said Lewis Littlejohn came to his death on the A&C Air Line |
Transportation |