Inquests
Title | Inquest Location | County | Death Type | Date | COD Inquest Finding | COD |
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The State vs. the Dead Body of James Graham |
at the place known as the public square in Logtown
|
Accident | June 8, 1858 |
upon their oaths do say that the said Jame Graham here lying dead came to his death from intemperance and exposure |
Exposure | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of W. F. Hunter |
at the residence of William Clyburn
|
Homicide | June 1, 1853 |
upon their oaths do say that the said William Ferdinand Hunter came to his death by wounds inflicted by a knife in the hands of John Love, Junior, in the woods near the residence of William Clyburn, about twelve miles north of Camden, on the road leading to Lancaster, on the thirty-first day of May A.D. 1853 |
Sharp Instrument | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of Jonathan Newman |
at the late residence of Jonathan C. Newman
|
Accident | October 9, 1869 |
upon their oaths do say said deceased came to his death by the accidental or providential caving of a well at his own residence |
Suffocation | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of slave |
at Wiley Kelly's
|
Accident | October 30, 1840 |
do say on their oaths that the slave infant came to her death by Accident |
Other | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of Cubiner |
at the residence of B. Haile
|
Suicide | October 27, 1844 |
upon their oaths do say that the said negro slave named Cubiner, the property of Capt. B. Hail, came to his death by shooting himself through the head with a double barrelled gun |
Firearm | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of Peggy |
at Mr. Adamson's plantation
|
Natural Causes | March 28, 1841 |
upon their oaths do say that we find upon examination that [the] negro woman called Peggy Adamson the property of Mrs. Adamson ... came to her death by the visitation of the Divine providence |
Unknown | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of Jane Archer |
in house of Alexander Archer on Brown[?] Creek
|
Natural Causes | January 13, 1813 |
do say upon their oaths that said Jane Archer came to her death on the night Sautrday the tenth of January Instant in a natural way in the house of Alexander Archer |
Unknown | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of John Ronnie | Accident | February 15, 1898 | Other | |||
The State vs. the Dead Body of slave |
at Thomas Holland's
|
Accident | June 24, 1843 |
upon their oaths do say that according to evidence believe the said child was strangled to death by its mother's milk |
Suffocation | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of David Griffin |
at T. H. Clark's plantation
|
Accident | July 28, 1873 |
upon their oaths do say that the said David Griffin came to his death by accidental drowning |
Drowning | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of Viny Davis |
at Camden
|
Homicide | June 1, 1872 |
upon their oaths do say that the deceased came to her death by foul means at the hands of parties unknown to the jurors |
Other | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of Emanuel Griffin |
at T. H. Clark's plantation
|
Accident | July 28, 1873 |
upon their oaths do say that the said Emanuel Griffin came to his death by accidental drowning |
Drowning | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of John McDonald |
at Daniel McDonalds
|
Natural Causes | April 15, 1839 |
do say upon their oaths that they believe the said John McDonald ... being a youth in the district aforesaid there & then died of the visitation of God |
Unknown | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of Willy Hall |
at Black River in the stage road
|
Natural Causes | February 19, 1845 |
upon their oaths do say that the said Willy Hall came to his death by the visitation of God |
Unknown | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of George Grice |
at Doby's Mill
|
Homicide | May 6, 1877 |
upon their oaths do say that George Grice came to his death by a stab wound in the left breast by a knife in the hands of George Philips[?] |
Sharp Instrument | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of infant |
at Tabitha Laird's
|
Homicide | March 29, 1842 |
upon their oaths do say according to evidence taken before us at this inquest do believe that the Tabitha Laird. . .did destroy her infant child against the peace and dignity of said state have no proof how the infant came to its death |
Infanticide | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of John McLeod |
at house of Widow McLeod in the fork of Lynches Creek
|
Accident | August 23, 1822 |
have unanimously agreed that the said John McLeod has received his Death by unavoidable accident as he was pouring liquor into a barrel or cask . . . which liquor caught on fire and busted the said cask and as we suppose one of the staves struck the said deceased by which which we think he rec'd his death together with the volume of flame which issued from s'd spirits as on examination we found his face mortally cut and his body much burnt |
Burns | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of Sarah Langley | Homicide | October 27, 1803 |
do say upon their oaths after due examination of witnesses and of the body of Sarah Langley deceas'd we find now certain proof that she was murdered |
Other | ||
The State vs. the Dead Body of Alfred Sowell | Accident | December 1, 1816 |
do say upon their oaths that the said Alfred Sowell came to his death by misfortune, that is to say, but accidental firing of a smooth bored gun, being at the same time charged, which drove her charge of shot into the breast of the said Alfred Sowell |
Firearm | ||
The State vs. the Dead Body of Henry B. Mathers |
at the house of Benjamin Nettles
|
Natural Causes | November 26, 1841 |
upon their oaths do say the believe it was by the visitation of God |
Unknown | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of Betsy Scott |
at Camden
|
Other | February 25, 1842 |
upon their oaths do say that Betsy Scott came to death from the effects of intemperance |
Alcoholism | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of Alexander Rogers |
lying in the home of F. Blair
|
Suicide | July 15, 1818 |
after said examination and due deliberation are of opinion that the said Alexander Rogers caused his death by cutting his throat with a razor, he being in a state of mental derangement at the time caused by fever |
Sharp Instrument | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of Anthony |
at Camden
|
Suicide | June 1, 1841 |
upon their oaths do say hat he came to his death by hanging himself with a rope in Camden on the 1st day of June instant |
Hanging | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of Scott |
near the mill pond of Duncan McRae, Esquire
|
Other | September 14, 1821 |
[do say] that from every circumstance that he came to his death by intemperance |
Alcoholism | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of slave |
in woods near Camden
|
Suicide | June 5, 1805 |
do say upon their oaths that in a certain wood near Camden with a certain check string which he then & there voluntarily hanged and suffocated [himself] |
Hanging |