Inquests
| Title | Inquest Location | County | Death Type | Date | COD Inquest Finding | COD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The State vs. the Dead Body of John McDavid |
at the late residence of John McDavid
|
Suicide | April 18, 1854 |
upon their oaths do say that he hung himself |
Hanging | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of John Pike |
at William Pike's
|
Accident | November 15, 1856 |
upon their oaths do say that he came to his death . . . by some means to the jurors unknown |
Other | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Andrew |
at Greenville CH
|
Homicide | March 13, 1866 |
upon their oaths do say that by a pistol shot on th Pendleton Road . . . fired from a pistol in the hands of a United States Soldier |
Firearm | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Joseph Smith |
at Benjamin Vaughn's
|
Natural Causes | July 25, 1866 |
upon their oaths do say that he came to his death . . .by some means unknown to the jurors |
Unknown | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Sarah Bressey |
at [?] Village
|
Natural Causes | September 14, 1857 |
upon their oaths do say that . . . she came to her death . . . by a natural death. |
Unknown | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of West Myers |
on Washington [?]
|
Accident | August 8, 1866 |
upon their aoths do say that sd West Myers was accidentally drowned by Cicero Caveton[?] |
Drowning | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of infant female |
at T. H. Long
|
Accident | November 25, 1880 |
upon their oaths do say that . . . the said infant came to its death by being smothered by its Mother accidentally while she was asleep in bed |
Suffocation | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of J. B. Benson |
at John Benson's
|
Accident | June 21, 1857 |
upon their oaths do say the said John B Benson came to his death by the running away of a yoke of oxen and the wheel of the cart running[?] over the head |
Transportation | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of John Pedeu[Peden?] |
at the house of John S. Pedeu[?]
|
Homicide | February 11, 1851 |
upon their oaths do say. . . came to his death. . . in consequence of a wound received on the sixth instance from a rifle ball |
Firearm | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of George |
at W.B. family[?] plantation
|
Natural Causes | June 24, 1857 |
upon their oaths do say that the said George came to his death by the [?] of Almighty God. |
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| The State vs. the Dead Body of Abram McJunkin |
at the [??]
|
Accident | March 14, 1867 |
upon their oaths do say . . .by drowning came to his death by accident |
Drowning | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Sally Foster |
at Flora[?] Manwell[?]
|
Natural Causes | April 14, 1876 |
upon their oaths do say that Sally Foster died of Epileptic Convulsion or as is more commonly called Fitts |
Brain | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of infant child |
at the residence of Mrs. Elizabeth Campbell
|
Homicide | July 21, 1851 |
upon their oaths do say that . . . said infant cause to its death by misfortune or accident either in the act of being born or short time after its birth |
Infanticide | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of John Stokes |
at [?] Stokes
|
Suicide | May 25, 1856 |
upon their oaths do say, by hanging himself with a cotton cord [?] a plow line tied to the fork of a dogwood tree. |
Hanging | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Elijah Pike |
at the residence of Elijah Pike
|
Other | December 28, 1856 |
upon their oaths do say that he came to his death at his Residence . . . by excessive use of ardent spirits |
Alcoholism | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of William Cooper |
at Greenville
|
Natural Causes | September 22, 1882 |
upon their oaths do say that . . .Wm T. Cooper came to his death from heart disease |
Heart | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of William Barrett |
at Telephone Exchange in the City of Greenville
|
Suicide | March 15, 1884 |
by their oaths do say that . . . the said William T Barrett came to his death from the effects of an over dose of morphine administered by himself |
Overdose | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Elizabeth Cook |
at Greenville
|
Natural Causes | May 27, 1881 |
upon their oaths do say that. . . the said Elizabeth came to her death from heart disease |
Heart | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Zilpha Fisher |
at Greenville CH
|
Accident | July 19, 1882 |
upon their oaths do say that. . . the said Zilpha Fisher came to her death from sun stroke |
Exposure | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of R. Davis |
at Grove Station
|
Accident | May 1, 1881 |
upon their oaths do say that the deceasd R J. Davis came to his death ... from mischance or accident by being knocked off a freight Train |
Transportation | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of George Martin |
at Greenville
|
Accident | November 30, 1880 |
upon their oaths do say that. . . the said George W. Martin was accidentally struck and killed by passenger train No 42 of the Atlanta and Charlotte [?] Line Rail Road |
Transportation | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of J. McGee |
at Greenville
|
Accident | September 4, 1879 |
upon their oaths do say that . . .the said J. H. McGee came to his death from a fall from a scaffold by misfortune or accident |
Fall | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of infant male child |
at the Reedy River Factory
|
Homicide | October 28, 1851 |
upon their oaths do say that the said infant male child was killed and homicideed by some person or persons (or by some means) to the jurors unknown |
Infanticide | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of John Goodlett |
at Greenville CH
|
Homicide | December 28, 1880 |
upon their oaths do say that the deceased John H. Goodlett came to his death from a wound on the head how caused the Jury are unable to say |
Blunt Instrument | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Elkanon Wells |
taken in Greenville Dist
|
Suicide | July 20, 1854 |
upon their oaths do say that the said Elkanon Wells in manner and form aforesaid they and there voluntarily and feloniously did himself kill or so wound himself |
Other |
