Inquests
| Title | Inquest Location | County | Death Type | Date | COD Inquest Finding | COD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Willie Thackston | Accident | June 26, 1882 |
upon their oaths do say that the said Willie Thackston came to his death near his father's residence . . . from the effect of being thrown from a mule and dragged for considerable distance |
Transportation | ||
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Samuel Kilpatrick |
at Jackson Grove Church
|
Unknown | July 28, 1882 |
upon their oaths aforesaid do say that the aforesaid Samuel Kilpatric came to his death by natural causes |
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| The State vs. the Dead Body of Willie Sizemore | Accident | August 7, 1882 |
upon their oaths aforesaid do say that the said Willie Sizemore ... came to his death by misfortune or accident |
Injuries | ||
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Dock F. Miller | Accident | March 16, 1883 |
upon their oaths aforesaid do say that the aforesaid Dec'd ... came to his death by misfortune or accident |
Other | ||
| The State vs. the Dead Body of A. L. Lattimore |
at Pacolet Cotton Factory
|
Accident | July 2, 1883 |
upon their oaths do say that the aforesaid A. L. Lattimore ... came to his death by misfortune or accident |
Drowning | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Edward Fuller |
at Spartanburg C.H.
|
Natural Causes | July 30, 1880 |
upon their oaths do say that the said Edw. O Fuller ... came to his death from conjestion of the brain or other natural cause |
Brain | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Reuben Johnson | Natural Causes | March 11, 1881 |
upon their oaths ... do say that the said Reuben Johnson ... came to his death from natural causes |
Unknown | ||
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Jackson Byars |
at Boiling Springs
|
Accident | December 13, 1877 |
upon their oaths do say that the said Jackson Byars came to his death beside the Mills Gap Road nine miles from Spartanburg C.H. in the County and State aforesaid ... from appoplexy or effusion of blood upon the brain |
Other | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of M. E. Mason |
at Cowpens
|
Accident | June 16, 1880 |
upon their oaths do say that the deceased came to his death at Cowpens on the A&C Air Line ... from the effects of being caught between the train on said road and the wood track, in which condition he was crushed and from which he almost instantly died |
Transportation | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of J. Mand Elford |
at Spartanburg Court House
|
Suicide | September 25, 1877 |
upon their oaths do say that the said J. Mand Elford came to his death from a pistol shot wound entering the mouth and ranging upward in his head, penetrating the brain, said sistol shot being fired from a pistol in his own hand |
Firearm | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Munroe Rabb |
at Spartanburg C.H.
|
Accident | January 10, 1880 | Other | ||
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Sidney Rhinehart |
at Spartanburg
|
Natural Causes | December 26, 1883 |
upon their oaths do say that ... Sidney Rhinehart died of Cerebral Apoplexy |
Brain | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Sallie McDowell | Natural Causes | August 12, 1882 |
upon their oaths do say that ... Sallie McDowell died of indigestion |
Stomach | ||
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Thomas Phearby |
on the Mill's Gap Road
|
Homicide | September 1, 1882 |
upon their oaths do say that said Thomas Phearby ... came to his death from Pistol show wound in the back of his head received from a pistol in the hand of John H. Foster |
Firearm | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of George W. Moose | Accident | June 7, 1882 |
upon their oaths do say that said J. W. Moore ... came to his death from heart disease or from a fall consequent upon disease of the heart |
Fall | ||
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Rosa M. Smith |
at Spartanburg C.H.
|
Accident | October 11, 1877 |
upon their oaths do say that the said Rosa M. Smith came to her death by means of accidental burning |
Burns | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of John H. Kelley |
on the [?] Road near the city of Spartanburg
|
Homicide | December 21, 1882 |
upon their oaths do say that said ... came to his death from a cut or stab in the left breast with a knife in the hands of Patrick Henry |
Sharp Instrument | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Jame N. Coleman |
at the house of James N. Coleman
|
Suicide | May 17, 1879 |
upon their oaths do say that the said Jas. N. Coleman in a small house near the residence of said deceased ... hanged himself by the neck with a small rope |
Hanging | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Thomas P. Benson | Unknown | October 10, 1880 | ||||
| The State vs. the Dead Body of infant |
at Chester Scruggs well
|
Homicide | September 12, 1882 |
upon their oaths do say that the said infant was murdered by being thrown into an unused well by some person or persons to the jurors unknown |
Infanticide | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Ben |
at a spring near the plantation fo said Farrow
|
Unknown | July 7, 1843 | |||
| The State vs. the Dead Body of William Gowan | Homicide | December 12, 1880 | Other | |||
| The State vs. the Dead Body of William Potter |
in Spartanburg County, Cherokee Township
|
Accident | February 14, 1875 |
upon their oaths do say that William came to his death by the mischance or accident of being drowned |
Drowning | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of John Hinson | Accident | July 20, 1882 |
upon their oaths aforesaid do say that the the aforesaid John Hinson ... came to his death by misfortune or accident |
Drowning | ||
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Henry Rush | Natural Causes | June 22, 1875 |
return our verdict that the deceased, Henry Rush, died from an attack of epilepsy |
Brain |
