Inquests
Title | Inquest Location | County | Death Type | Date | COD Inquest Finding | COD |
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The State vs. the Dead Body of negro child |
at T. C. Lesters
|
Natural Causes | October 11, 1857 |
upon their oaths do say that she came to her death by strangling or choking with phlegm |
Other | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of Henry |
at the house of Wm M. Hawkins
|
Homicide | July 8, 1856 |
upon their oaths do say that the said Slave Henry was killed by Jr.[?] a slave of the said Wm M. Hawkins . . . with a hoe held by the said slave Jr.[?] [?] in self defense |
Blunt Instrument | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of Alexander Black |
at the house of A. W. Black
|
Natural Causes | November 14, 1863 |
upon their oaths do say that the said decd came to his death . . . by the act of God unknown to them |
Unknown | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of Bill | Unknown | September 30, 1860 |
upon their oaths do say that he came to his death by some means to the jurors unknown |
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The State vs. the Dead Body of James Rivan |
at the forks of the Rutherfordton[?] Road
|
Accident | November 3, 1856 |
upon their oaths do say that he came to his death . . . by a loaded wagon accidentally running over him |
Transportation | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of Robert Butler |
at Robert Butler's
|
Accident | July 12, 1868 |
upon their oaths do say that he came to his death accidentally by being cought in the gearney of a thrashing[?] [?] |
Injuries | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of Caroline Batson |
at Reedy River Church
|
Natural Causes | November 21, 1866 |
upon their oaths do say that she came to her death by exposing herself while sick with fever |
Other | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of Van Hendrix |
at John Garmany's
|
Homicide | February 14, 1877 |
upon their oaths do say that the said Van B Hendrix came to his death from a gun shot wound made in his right breast[?] from a gun then and there fired from the hands of Herbert Garmany |
Firearm | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of infant child |
at Greenville CH
|
Natural Causes | February 28, 1877 |
upon their oaths do say that the said infant child of Ella Mitchell came to his death caused by congestion of the liver stomach & bowels |
Stomach | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of Walter Pegg |
at Greenville
|
Suicide | January 12, 1879 |
upon their oaths do say . . .the deceased Walter W Pegg came to his death . . . by misfortune or accident |
Other | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of William Jones |
at Greenville CH
|
Accident | September 8, 1877 |
upon their oaths do say that Wm Jones came to his death by being accidentally run over by the Train on the Atlanta and Charlotte Line Rial Road |
Transportation | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of infant male child |
at Greenville
|
Homicide | March 27, 1879 |
upon their oaths do say that the aforesaid unknown male child came to his death from causes to this jury unknown |
Infanticide | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of John Southern |
at Greenville
|
Suicide | February 29, 1880 |
upon their oaths do say that the said John L Southern came to his death by willfully shooting himself with a Pistol fired by his own hand |
Firearm | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of black child |
at Morton's old place
|
Homicide | July 31, 1849 |
upon their oaths aforesaid do say that the aforesaid Harriot and Amy and Jenny did then and there feloniously cause the death of the said chile contrary to the peace and dignity of the state. |
Infanticide | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of Dolly Young |
at Greenville
|
Accident | March 12, 1879 |
upont their oaths do say that the said Dolly Young . . . came to her death by accident or smuthering or by misclued[?] |
Suffocation | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of John Day |
at the Guard house
|
Natural Causes | January 28, 1878 |
upon their oaths do say that the said John Day came to his death from the natural cause to wit[?] congestion of the brain |
Brain | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of John Prince |
at Miles[?] Southerns[?]
|
Accident | July 15, 1856 |
upon their oaths do say that he came to his death . . . by the excessive use of [?] liquors and lying in the hot sun. |
Exposure | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of Can Abrahams |
at the house of Austin Scott
|
Homicide | July 28, 1883 |
upon their oaths do say that said Can Abraham came to his death by the visitation of God |
Blunt Instrument | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of Loucinda Alexander |
at the house of Camel Alexander
|
Natural Causes | December 7, 1883 |
upon their oaths do say that the deceased came to her death by the acts of Providence unknown to us |
Heart | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of Wesley Holiday |
at Joseph P. Nabor's
|
Accident | September 14, 1883 |
upon their oaths do say that the deceased came to its death by its mother turning over on it in bed, which was as we believe an accident |
Suffocation | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of Richard Stenhouse |
at the house of Richard Stenhouse
|
Accident | November 1, 1857 |
upon their oaths do say that the deceased Richard Stenhouse was killed . . . by the accidental falling of a tree near his own house. |
Injuries | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of Henry Blassingham |
at Greenville
|
Homicide | July 10, 1880 |
upon their oaths do say that . . .the said Henry Blassingham came to his death from the effects of a gun shot wound. The gun being in the hands of Frank Nelson. The ball entering the body to the left and a little above the left nipple and ranging[?] upwards |
Firearm | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of Jacob Belue |
at Jacob Belues
|
Natural Causes | July 31, 1882 |
upon their oaths do say that the said Jacob Belue came to his death from congestion of the lungs |
Lungs | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of female child |
at Greenville CH
|
Unknown | July 17, 1881 |
came to her death do say that. . .Sallie Turner was delivered of a female child and that said female child is the one here by us dead. And the Jurors further say that said female child was still born never having having breathed |
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The State vs. the Dead Body of James Pinson |
at Greenville CH
|
Homicide | December 5, 1864 |
upon their oaths do say that . . .was killed and homicideed by some person or persons (by a gun shot (in the breast on the morng of the 4th inst) to) the jurors unknown |
Firearm |