Inquests
| Title | Inquest Location | County | Death Type | Date | COD Inquest Finding | COD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The State vs. the Dead Body of John Brown |
at Andrew Graham's plantation, near Beaver[?] Creek
|
Other | September 16, 1804 |
do say upon their oaths . . .they do believe that he died on Saturday evening the 15th ... by excessive drinking of ardent spirits |
Alcoholism | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Harry |
at McRae & Cantey's Merchant (grist) mill
|
Accident | August 13, 1807 |
do say upon their oaths that the said negro slave came to his death by misfortune |
Other | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of William Arledge |
near Sander's[?] Creek
|
Accident | December 1, 1813 |
do say upon their oaths that they found William Arledge . . . lying . . . in the middle of the road and upon examination believe his neck to be broken and from other marks and evidence suppose it arose from his having fallen from his horse |
Transportation | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Frank |
at the house of Charles M. Breaker
|
Homicide | July 16, 1840 |
upon their oaths do say we suppose he came to his death by the evidence before us by being stabbed in the thigh with a deadly weapon and that done by the hands of a negro man slave by the name of Titus the property of Samuel A.B. Shannon in or near the main road leading from Camden to Salisbury |
Sharp Instrument | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Tom |
at plantation of John Chesnut, Esquire
|
Accident | May 5, 1805 |
do say upon their oaths. . . that the said negro in escaping from him [the overseer] attempted to swim the river, and was drowned |
Drowning | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Angus McQueen |
at home of Kelly McDermit
|
Accident | January 17, 1816 |
do say upon their oaths that the deceased came to his Death by the combined effects of Cold, Intoxication, and the falls he had therefrom. |
Exposure | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of slave |
at the plantation of Daniel L. Desaushore[?]
|
Accident | January 25, 1836 |
do say upon their oaths that he came to his death by being intoxicated, falling in a rut or gully and thereby the storm[?] rain & sleet has drowned or frose [sic] to Death |
Exposure | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Lydia Parish |
at the house of Mrs. L. Parrish on Rutledge Street in the town of Camden
|
Natural Causes | December 6, 1835 |
find no reason to suppose the deceased came to her death otherwise than by the act of God or in the course of nature from diesease the particular character of which is unknown to us |
Unknown | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Esther |
at Camden
|
Unknown | October 24, 1834 |
upon inquiry find the decased came to her death by the visitation of God |
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| The State vs. the Dead Body of Kate |
at the house of Mrs. Jane Love
|
Accident | December 5, 1847 |
upon their oaths do say that they believe from the testimony of Jas. Love son that she came to her death by the falling of a tree accidentally upon her body |
Injuries | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Jenny | Natural Causes | April 28, 1836 |
do on their oath say that they believe she died of an apoplectic fit, the visitation of God |
Brain | ||
| The State vs. the Dead Body of negro |
at the big Raft, the body lodged in the river Wateree
|
Unknown | March 16, 1834 |
do say that the said negro came to his death by drowning[?] from [?] mischance unknown. The body was clothed with two pair of pantaloons -- outside wool & cotton with one leather[?] coarse cotton shirt, patched round coat filled with white wool |
Drowning | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Frankey |
at the Maj. R. Gibson Plantation on the Wateree
|
Suicide | May 23, 1835 |
The jury are of an opinion from the evidence before them that the deceased came to her death by drowning whether accidental or intentional they are unable to determine |
Drowning | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Venus |
on the side of the public road leading from the Charleston Road to McCallum's fairy
|
Unknown | March 20, 1842 |
upon their oaths do say that the said negro woman died from causes unknown to the jury but from appearances and from the situation of the body the jury are of opinion that she died elswhere and that the body was placed where found by some person or persons unknown |
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| The State vs. the Dead Body of H. McKnight |
at the house of Thomas Tegues, Esq in the Town of Camden ... upon the view of the dead body of Henry McKnight who was found dead in the Wateree River near the bank of said river & raised by means of a hoop
|
Accident | April 14, 1842 |
upon their oaths do say that the said Henry McKnight came to his death by the visitation of God having fallen into the river supposed to have been in a fit and alone |
Drowning | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Isaac |
at Col. Wm. J. Taylor's plantation
|
Natural Causes | March 4, 1841 |
on their oaths due say that it was according to their belief and the evidence before them that Isaac came to his Death by the visitation of God |
Unknown | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of J. F. Brewer |
at Camden
|
Other | September 16, 1841 |
upon their oaths do say that the said J.F. Brewer died between the hours of 12 & 5 o'clk this morning, caused by intemperance |
Alcoholism | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Marcus |
at Gibson's Neck on the Wateree River
|
Homicide | April 12, 1836 |
we find that the negro is Marcus the property of D. A. Brevard but are unable to say whether his death was caused by certain blows inflicted on the head & drowning or by drowning alone |
Drowning | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Thomas Gaskin |
at an old field in the district of Kershaw
|
Suicide | February 26, 1842 |
upon their oaths [do say] Thomas M. Gaskin came [to his] death by shooting himself [with] a rifle |
Firearm | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Benjamin Dixon | Other | November 4, 1836 |
believe that the deceased Mr. Benj. Dixon came to his death by intemperance |
Alcoholism | ||
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Robert Blair |
at the mill of James Cunningham ... on a branch of Shingeton's[?] Creek
|
Suicide | March 25, 1828 |
do say upon their oaths. . . that the s'd Robert Blair came to his death by drownding himelf in the Mill pond of James Cunningham's |
Drowning | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of James Goodson | Natural Causes | September 28, 1807 |
upon their oaths do say that the said James Goodson . . .was found dead, that he had no such marks of violence on his body as would have occasioned his death & died by the visitation of God & not otherwise |
Unknown | ||
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Redding Summerville | Unknown | January 9, 1826 |
do say upon their oaths that he came to his death by the visitation of God |
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| The State vs. the Dead Body of infant |
in Camden on the lot on which Mr. Thomas Welsh[?] resided
|
Homicide | November 28, 1829 |
do say upon their oaths that the remains of an infant born at "full time" were found in a smoke house, suspiciuosly concealed in a jar with lime on the lot on which Mr. Thomas Welch[?] resided; but how, or when the infant came to its death we know not. |
Infanticide | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Somerset | Accident | March 24, 1824 |
do say upon their oaths that the said Somerset came to his death by accident arising from a fall from a horse |
Transportation |
