Inquests
| Title | Inquest Location | County | Death Type | Date | COD Inquest Finding | COD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Samuel Bates |
at McBride's Hotel
|
Suicide | July 9, 1851 |
upon their oaths do say that the said Samuel W. Bates cause to his death from drinking and taking into his stomach on yesterday morning a quantity of laudanum |
Overdose | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Berry |
near the Residence of Richard Hay on the Greenville & Columbia Railroad
|
Accident | October 8, 1859 |
upon their oaths say, that the boy Berry a slave . . . came to his death from injuries received from the cart[?] of the down train . . . the cart[?] in their opinion having passed over his body |
Transportation | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Abemolie[?] Gilreath[?] |
at the residence of A. M. Gilreath
|
Suicide | April 20, 1876 |
upon their oaths do say that the said A M Gilreath in his own house . . .with Colts [?] (5 shooter) Pistol did them and there voluntarily and feloniously shoot himself with 2 Pistol Balls |
Firearm | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of James Mayes |
taken [???]
|
Homicide | March 24, 1870 |
upon their oaths do say that the said James Mays came to his death at A. M. Gilreaths . . .cause unknown . . .misfortune or accident |
Infanticide | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Baylis Edwards |
at the residence of Franis Edwards
|
Homicide | May 30, 1864 |
upon their oaths do say ... that he came to his death by a blow from a [?] on the throat from an unknown hand |
Other | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Harry McBee |
at Alexander McBee's
|
Natural Causes | May 31, 1876 |
upon their oaths, do say that Harry McBee came to his . . . in the woods near the Premasis of Mr Alexander McBee . . . by the visitation of God |
Unknown | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of John Groce |
at John Groce's
|
Accident | June 12, 1876 |
upon their oaths do say that he John P. Groce came to his death . . . by accidental drowning in the mill pond of W J Bates while bathing in company with P D Bates, Morgan Flynn and Benjame Cannon[?] |
Drowning | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of William Smith |
at Stephen C. Smith residence
|
Natural Causes | January 20, 1869 |
upon their oaths do say that he came to his death by some means or disease to the jurors unknown |
Unknown | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of James Edwards |
at Enoree Church
|
Accident | January 14, 1876 |
upon their oaths do say that the aforesaid James Edwards came to his death by being accidentally burnt by his clothers taken on fire |
Burns | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Moriah Scott |
at Ness[?] Scott's
|
Natural Causes | September 26, 1875 |
upon their oaths, do say that Moriah L. Scott infant child . . .came to her death from cold |
Other | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of M. Harrison |
at John Harrison's residence
|
Accident | December 16, 1876 |
upon their oaths do say that he came to his death . . .by accident gun shot wound at his own hands |
Firearm | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of infant child. Male. |
at Solomon Scott's
|
Natural Causes | January 25, 1874 |
upon their oaths do say that said child was born on the twenty second inst and was dead |
Other | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Catharine Rodgers |
at Greenville
|
Natural Causes | September 30, 1879 |
upon their oaths do say that . . . the deceased came to her death from congestion of the Lungs |
Lungs | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Rufus Springs |
at Greenville
|
Homicide | April 20, 1878 |
upon their oaths do say that the said Rufus H Springs came to his death . . . from a gun shot wound in the hands of a party[?] to this jury unknown |
Firearm | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Stephen Yeargin |
at Greenville
|
Accident | March 5, 1880 |
upon their oaths do say that . . .the said Stephen Yaergin came to his death by misfortune or accident |
Sharp Instrument | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Fayet Walter |
at Greenville
|
Natural Causes | January 20, 1877 |
upont their oaths do say that the dec'd Fayet Walter came to his death from a disease known as congestion of the lungs caused from severe cold |
Lungs | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Jasper Deal |
at Greenville
|
Homicide | January 18, 1880 |
upon their oaths do say that . . .the said Jasper Deal came to his death from the effect of a pistol shot wound in the hands of Henry Townsend. The ball entering the head just below the left eyebrow and passing directly through the brain to the back of the head. |
Firearm | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Rebecca Sherman |
at Greenville
|
Accident | January 4, 1879 |
upon their oaths do say that . . .the deceased Rebeccas Sherman came to her death . . .from the effects of an accedental burn |
Burns | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Newton Cox |
at Robert Thomson's
|
Homicide | October 30, 1875 |
upon their oaths do say Newton Cox . . .came to his death. . . from a blow struck on his head [?] an axe in the hands of one Charlie Sulivan at the house of one Joycy Batson |
Sharp Instrument | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of female child |
at Greenville
|
Accident | May 19, 1879 |
upon their oaths do say that the unknown female child . . . came to her death. . . by mischance or accident or from causes to this jury unknown |
Other | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Eva Lyons |
at Greenville
|
Natural Causes | February 9, 1880 |
upon their oaths do say that. . . the Dec'd came to her death from Laranges[?] Tracheitis or inflamation of the wind pipe. |
Throat | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of infant |
at Orange Goodlet'ts
|
Natural Causes | June 6, 1876 |
upon their oaths do say . . .the jury is not able to say whether the child was born alive or not. |
Unknown | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of John Thomas |
at Line Creek
|
Accident | October 6, 1852 |
do say upon their oaths that they think he much intoxicated, and in attempting to crop[?] the River fell off on a rock under the Bridge broke his skull and so stunned him that he was immediately drowned |
Drowning | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Mose |
near Joseph McCullough's
|
Suicide | August 28, 1851 |
do say upon their oaths that Mose, not having God before his Eyes, but being moved and seduced by the instigation of the Devil. . . in a certain wood . . .with a certain hempen Cord . . .as a felon of himself, feloniously, voluntarily and of his malice aforethought himself killed, strangled and homicideed |
Hanging | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of negro woman |
at David Mill
|
Homicide | January 11, 1867 |
upon their oaths do say that the said unknwon person came to her death by some means unknown to the jury |
Other |
