Inquests
| Title | Inquest Location | County | Death Type | Date | COD Inquest Finding | COD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The State vs. the Dead Body of slave |
on the river bank at the plantation of Edward Brevard
|
Accident | March 12, 1824 |
do say upon their oaths that the said Negro man came to his death by (as we suppose) from the evidence profused the falling out of a Batteaux accidently and drowning |
Transportation | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Timothy Spann |
two miles below Camden
|
Homicide | April 24, 1812 |
do say upon their oaths that they believe that said Timothy Spann came to his death in consequence of a wound received by a shot in a duel with a certain ---- Lowell |
Firearm | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Judith Berry |
near Swift Creek ... [at] home of James Berry
|
Accident | December 17, 1811 |
do say upon their oaths that the said Berry to came to her death by a violent burn which she received from her clothes taking fire at the fireplace in the house of James Berry . . . of which she instantly died. |
Burns | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Goodall |
at the boatyard near Camden on the Wateree
|
Suicide | September 15, 1823 |
do say upon their oaths that the said Goodall not having the fear of God before his eyes, but being moved and seduced by the instigation of the Devil at the boat yard near Camden . . . then and there himself voluntarily and feloniously downed [himself] |
Drowning | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of John Bryce |
in the town of Camden
|
Natural Causes | March 7, 1815 |
do say upon their oaths that the said John Bryce came to his death in the Town of Camden aforesaid, on the night of the sixth Instant of a visitation of God. |
Unknown | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Robert Anderson |
at the camp near the Wateree Canal
|
Accident | January 31, 1825 |
do say upon their oaths that the said Robert Anderson came to his death by a gun going accidentally off as William Forten was laying it up, the cock of said gun striking against the place where it was to be laid, which caused it to go off and the load was lodged in the neck of said Robert Anderson |
Firearm | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of John McDaniel |
at McCaskill's graveyard
|
Natural Causes | May 31, 1839 |
upon their oaths do say we found upon examination of the body of John McDaniel no cause nor have heard any testimony to lead us to believe that he cam eto his death otherwise than by 'a visitiation of God' |
Unknown | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Sylvia |
at John Brown plantation
|
Homicide | May 21, 1822 |
do say upon their oaths that the said Negro woman Sylvia came to her death by two strokes which she received with a large switch, one across her arm and the other over her breast and shoulder from the hand of Gabiel Coats on the 14th Instant which seems to have been done without intention to kill or maim ... and what most men would have done in such a case and not otherwise |
Blunt Instrument | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of John Cotton |
at the river bank in Mr. Jno. Nelson's field
|
Accident | March 15, 1826 |
do say upon their oaths that on the second day January last that the said John Cotton came to his death by attempting to go to the shore from a boat that was lodged in the shoal near Jones Mills within said district and was drowned accidentally and not otherwise |
Drowning | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Elizabeth Bowing |
at the residence of Mrs. Ann Bowing
|
Homicide | May 30, 1831 |
do say upon their oaths that they believe the said Elizabeth Bowing came to her death by abuse inflicted on her by the hand of Priscilla Robertson |
Other | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Avery |
at a fording place of Singleton's Creek in the plantation of Jacob Champion
|
Accident | November 14, 1831 |
do say upon their oaths that. . .the boy Avery came to his Death by Drowning by being Intoxicated |
Drowning | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Ambrose |
at the house of [?] Duke
|
Homicide | September 25, 1828 |
do say upon their oaths that the said Negro man slave Ambrose came to his death early in the morning of the twenty-forth of September instant by buck shot discharged from a gun presented at him by Kirkland Harmon ... [the shot] entering his back loins & hips |
Firearm | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of infant |
at Cassy[?] Branch at Eleander[?] More's
|
Unknown | June 10, 1840 |
upon their oaths do say that the said child came to his death by means un noun to us |
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| The State vs. the Dead Body of slave |
at the Wateree River in Camden
|
Unknown | January 8, 1838 |
upon their oaths do say that the body here found is a negro woman the property of J.C. Doby Esq. and came to her death by drowning on the 23 Decb. last in the crossing the ferry over the Wateree River at Camden |
Drowning | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Unknown | Unknown | February 17, 1854 | ||||
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Unknown |
at a spot near the Wateree River and on or near the Road leading to Chesnut's Ferry
|
Accident | June 26, 1856 |
upon their oaths do say that after such examination as was in their power to make they are clearly of opinion that the decased came to his death by falling into the ditch leading from Bolton's[?] Branch while in a state of intoxication and being unable to help himself was drowned |
Drowning | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Miley |
at a house near the jail in York Street, Camden
|
Unknown | April 5, 1858 |
opon their oaths do say that the said negro woman died from exhaustion consequent upon hysterical mania in the jail |
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| The State vs. the Dead Body of William |
near Prospect Church near the line of Richland and on the waters of Wayland's Creek
|
Homicide | November 10, 1856 |
do say that the said negro man William came to his death from a wound in the back caused by a shot gun in the hands of some person or persons to the jurors unknown |
Firearm | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of James Tiller |
at the Mansion House in the Town of Camden
|
Unknown | March 9, 1854 |
upon their oaths do say that the said James Tiller came to his death by a visitation of God |
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| The State vs. the Dead Body of Jim |
at the plantation of A.H. Boykin
|
Homicide | June 19, 1858 |
upon their oaths do say that the said negro Jim came to his death. . .from three wounds inflicted on and across the face by some weapon or instrument to the jury unknown in the hands of Dick a slave of William Sanders |
Other | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Amos |
at the plantation of John McRae on the banks of the Wateree
|
Suicide | March 15, 1856 |
upon their oaths do say that the said negro Amos came to his death by jumping into the Wateree River where he was drowned |
Drowning | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of colored |
at a house on Rutledge Street in the town of Camden and occupied by one John Strickling
|
Natural Causes | June 12, 1856 |
upon their oaths do say that from the evidence before the jury the child came to its death naturally having had severe convulstions at several times during the two previous days |
Unknown | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Fanny |
at the plantation of Edward A. Salmond about four miles from Camden
|
Homicide | November 4, 1855 |
do say that that the Negro woman came to her death by a fit of apoplexy on the morning of the fourth day of November 1855 in her own house. |
Other | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Jerry |
at the residence of Rev. J.K. Mendenhall on Lyttleton Street within the bounds of the Town of Camden
|
Homicide | June 6, 1857 |
upon their oaths do say that the said negro boy Jerry came to his death from a blow on the left side of the head ... inflicted by a jug in the hands of Bob a slave of Thomas E. Shannon |
Blunt Instrument | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Martha Adamson |
at Camden
|
Other | April 10, 1877 |
upon their oaths do say that the said Martha Adamson came to her death from excessive intoxication or apoplexy |
Alcoholism |
