Inquests
| Title | Inquest Location | County | Death Type | Date | COD Inquest Finding | COD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Perry Cox |
at Mrs. Ellen Goldsmiths Place
|
Homicide | October 30, 1880 |
upon their oaths do say that Perry Cox here lying dead in our view came to his death . . .from gun or pistol shots from the hands of unknown parties |
Firearm | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of John Moore | Homicide | November 19, 1880 | Other | |||
| The State vs. the Dead Body of G. Heath |
at S. G. Chapman's
|
Suicide | December 14, 1877 |
upon their oaths do say by a pistol shot from his own hands on the west side of Reedy River below fork Shoals Factory |
Firearm | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of William Hampton |
at T. J. [?]
|
Accident | July 3, 1877 |
upon their oaths do say that the said Wm A Hampton came to his death by the accidental discharge of his gun in his own hands |
Firearm | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of George Center |
at George W. Centers
|
Natural Causes | October 28, 1880 |
upon their oaths do say that the said George W Center came to his death by heart disease |
Heart | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Dick Keith |
at George Lound's
|
Accident | January 6, 1877 |
upon their oaths do say that the said Dick Keith came to his death by freezing to his death from exposure to the cold |
Exposure | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Poole Croft |
at Barksdale Church
|
Homicide | September 9, 1880 |
upon their oaths do say that the said Poole Croft came to his death . . . by means of a pistol in the hands of Jefferson D. Gilreath by misfortune and contrary[?] [?] will in manner and found aforesaid did kill & slay |
Firearm | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Jacob Pruitt |
at the residence of the late Jacob Pruitts
|
Suicide | March 15, 1878 |
upon their oaths do say that at his own residence . . . said deceased did feloniously shoot him self in the abdomen with a rifle gun inflicting a wound of which he died |
Firearm | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Howard Birdsong |
at Greenville
|
Suicide | August 4, 1863 |
upon their oaths do say that he came to his death by his own hands by "Hanging" |
Hanging | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Unknown | Unknown | January 27, 1862 | ||||
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Rinna Trammell |
at Massena Pruitt's
|
Unknown | March 24, 1880 |
upon their oaths do say that the said Rinna Trammell died a natural Death from old age hastened by laying out all night . . .undergoing the chills of the cold night |
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| The State vs. the Dead Body of Joe | Homicide | March 5, 1865 |
who came to his death from a gun shot wound in the breast at the hands of Midleton Patterson |
Firearm | ||
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Henry |
at Ephraim Few's
|
Accident | May 24, 1852 |
upon their oaths do say that the deceased was killed by lightening |
Act of God | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Eloise Bird |
at Greenville
|
Accident | April 23, 1879 |
upon their oaths do say that Eloise Bird . . .came to her death . . .by misfortune or accident |
Suffocation | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of negro woman slave |
at Jackson Pattison's
|
Homicide | July 12, 1851 |
upon their oaths do say. . . are inclined to the belief that there might have been violence inflicted which might have caused death upon the head or throat. Those parts being in so [?] a state of decomposition that it was impossible to determine whether there had been injuries inflicted on those parts or not. |
Other | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of John Haskell |
at Greenville
|
Accident | March 11, 1878 |
upon their oaths do say that the said John Haskell in manner and for aforesaid come to his death by the accidental falling from a train on the Charlotte and Atlanta [?] Line Rail Raod while in motion |
Transportation | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of L. O'Brien |
at Greenville CH
|
Natural Causes | August 5, 1877 |
upon their oaths do say that the said Mrs. L. B. O'Brien came to her death from a natural cuase to[?] with[?] by a disease known as paralasis of the brain |
Brain | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of David Garison |
[?] the house of David Garison
|
Accident | February 23, 1823 |
upon their oaths do say that they suppose the said David Garison get chilled to death from the inclemency of the weather and exposure. |
Exposure | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Lansford Mosley |
at Greenville
|
Natural Causes | June 19, 1879 |
upon their oaths do say. . . the said Lansford Moseley came to his death from disease unknown to the Jury |
Unknown | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Matilda Tippins |
at Greenville
|
Accident | March 28, 1879 |
upon their aoths do say that the said Matilda Tippins came to her death by accidental burnings |
Burns | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Wilson Stanley |
at Peter Gosnels[?]
|
Accident | December 19, 1853 |
upon their oaths do say that the said Wilson B. Stanley came to his death by a fall from his horse into the branch [?] the road near Hodges Mills |
Transportation | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Tench Henson |
at Josepth Moor's
|
Natural Causes | June 8, 1868 |
upon there oaths do say that it was the act of Providence |
Unknown | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Milton Ponder |
at Milton Ponder's
|
Natural Causes | January 19, 1867 |
upon their oaths do say that the said Milton Ponder came to his death . . . by the hand of Providence |
Unknown | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of George Franklin |
at Hush[?] Creek
|
Homicide | December 4, 1866 |
upon their oaths do say that. . . he came to his death by means of a gun shot which entered about five inches below the right nipple & passed out just above the left [?] bone at Thor[?] Callaway's still house |
Firearm | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Thomas Wynn |
at William Bousar's
|
Natural Causes | October 31, 1868 |
upon their oaths do say that the dec'd died a natural death in his bed |
Unknown |
