Inquests
| Title | Inquest Location | County | Death Type | Date | COD Inquest Finding | COD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Bonnie Redfern |
at Chesterfield
|
Homicide | December 18, 1939 |
upon their oaths do say that Bonnie Redfern received in Chesterfield County a mortal wound by Shot Gun Wounds in the hands of Rob Williams |
Firearm | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of John Jefferson |
at Chesterfield
|
Homicide | March 17, 1936 |
upon their oaths do say that John Jefferson received in Chesterfield County a mortal wound by Draarn in the hands of Aiken Jefferson |
Drowning | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of James Sellers |
at Cheraw, S.C.
|
Accident | May 12, 1939 |
upon their oaths do say that James Sellers received in Chesterfield County a mortal wound by Seaboard Train #2 in the hands of W. W. Shoemaker |
Transportation | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Enoch Stevens |
at Stephens Mill
|
Homicide | August 2, 1859 |
upon their oaths do say that the said Enoch Stevens came to his dith by the wound received from James Huggins and Samuel Taylor one wound on the head the skull bone broke, one wound on the leg and the bone ruptured then and there feloniously did kill the said Stevens |
Sharp Instrument | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Nancy Suggs |
at Seth Belleme's . . .and continued by adjournment and taken at M.r J. J. Worthams
|
Homicide | September 15, 1863 |
upon their oaths do say that she came to her death by Arsenic and that the same was administered by Arthur Suggs at his own residence |
Poison | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Bookey |
at Conwayboro
|
Homicide | January 26, 1863 |
upon their oaths do say that the slave Bookey came to his death by a State of General Congestion through the internal organs caused bya whipping at the hands of Henry Mardy, Murphy Hughes N. A. McLeod and R G W Grissett Instruments a Strap & Paddle Justifiable in the punishment they inflicted |
Blunt Instrument | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Wilson M. Gilligan |
at the Jail of the Districtaforesaid in Conwayboro
|
Accident | July 25, 1855 |
upon their oaths do say that the deceased came to his death by Dorwning, cause unknown |
Drowning | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of John G. Tyler |
at M.r Allens Store
|
Accident | January 28, 1868 |
upon their oaths do Say the Deceased came to Death from the effects of ardent Sperits administered of himself by his own act |
Overdose | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of unnamed infant |
at Conwayboro
|
Homicide | January 21, 1868 |
upon their oaths do Say,--That they find the Said Infant to have dead some two or three weeks--that from the evidence before them they belie vethe Said Infant to be the offstriping of Emma Gallard a colored woman now in the Jail . . . and that they believe that the said Infant came to its death by Violence at the hands of the Said Emma Gaillard |
Infanticide | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Titus |
at the Thoroughfair landing
|
Accident | July 19, 1857 |
upon their Oaths do say, that the said negro slave Titus came to his death by accidental drowning |
Drowning | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Jim |
on the Public Road leading from Conwayboro, to Bull Creek Ferry
|
Homicide | April 26, 1856 |
upon their Oaths do say, that the said slave Jim Came to his death from the effect of Gun shot wounds--discharged from a Gun in the hands of J.s W. Holiday, his (the said Slave imployer) said slave at the time being in a state of insubordiation, and we the Jurors, do say that the aforesaid Jo.s W. Holiday did in self defence and contrary to his will, Kill and slave the said boy Jim |
Firearm | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Toney Moore |
at Conwayboro
|
Accident | November 29, 1865 |
upon their oaths do say That the said Toney Moore came to his death by Mischance from the accidental explosion of a Steam Boiler |
Explosion | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Ebby |
at Cooperville
|
Unknown | September 7, 1867 |
upon their oaths they say that on the Sixth of Sept 1867 that the deceased came to his death by drown or accident or misfortune |
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| The State vs. the Dead Body of Gilbert Grissett |
at Snow Hill
|
Accident | December 20, 1867 |
upon there oaths do Say. That he the Said Grissett came to his death on the 20.th day of December A. D. 1867 by accidental drowning |
Transportation | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of unnamed infant |
at the Plantation of the late William Montgomery
|
Natural Causes | September 8, 1855 |
upon their Oaths do say That upon a Post-morten examination, that from the decomposed state of the Child, having been dead 8 days and buried 7 days, that we can not see any sign of violence or Poesen,--but from the emty state of the Childs Stomach and Bowels, believe that the death of the Child was caused by withholding the necessary nurishment, from its Mothers breast, or otherwise |
Childbirth | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Charlotte |
at Conwayboro
|
Homicide | February 22, 1862 |
Upon their oaths do say that Charlotte a slavey here lying dead before us came to her death by a wound inflicted by a six Barreled repeater in the hands of James J. Wortham on the 20th of February 1862 |
Firearm | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Gabriel Rabon |
at Turf Camp Bay
|
Homicide | October 9, 1862 |
upon their oaths do Say he came to death by wounds inflicted by shot penetrating the heart by some means to the Jurors unknown . . . But according to evidence we believe that Johnathan J Carroll did kill the said Gabrell Rabon |
Firearm | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Allagood Suggs |
at the house of Alfred Jernigan
|
Accident | April 4, 1860 |
upon there oaths do say that the said Allagood Suggs came to his death by misfortune or accident |
Unknown | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Polly |
at Darlings Lake
|
Accident | December 25, 1866 |
upon their oaths do Say that She came to her death by accident or mischance |
Drowning | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Elijah |
at the house of D.r J. H. Norman
|
Accident | February 8, 1860 |
upon their oaths do say that the said Infant Slave "Elijah" the property of Eliza Jane Hughes (A Mintor) came to its death by accident by being overlain either by its mother or another child of hers |
Suffocation | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Ludley |
at Conwayboro in Horry District (near the River Landing)
|
Accident | February 8, 1860 |
upon their oaths do say tha the said Slave "Ludley" the property of D. W. Jordan came to his death by accidentally falling from a Flat the property of his master into the Reiver and was drowned |
Drowning | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Eli Thompkins |
at Conwayboro near the residence of Samuel Bell
|
Homicide | September 5, 1860 |
upon their oaths do say That Eli Thompkins came to his death by a wound inflicted from a knife in the hands of William P. Hughes |
Sharp Instrument | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Jethro |
at the residence of Cornelius B. Sarvis
|
Accident | July 27, 1857 |
upon their oaths do say that the said boy Jethro came to his death by accidental drowning |
Drowning | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Jack |
at Big Bay
|
Homicide | December 30, 1851 |
upon their Oaths do say, that when and where they Know not, nor by what instrument the deceast was Kild, But that the said Jack was feloniously by Beeting, that the said Jack was Killed and murdered by some person or persons by some means to the Jurors unknown |
Blunt Instrument | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of William Milligan |
at Conway borough
|
Homicide | June 7, 1852 |
upon their oaths do say that we believe he came to his death by wounds inflicted in the throat, and in the Stomach by a Knife in the hands of Absalom Causey |
Sharp Instrument |
