Inquests
| Title | Inquest Location | County | Death Type | Date | COD Inquest Finding | COD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Henry Purse |
at Camden, on the corner of Market & York Streets
|
Homicide | September 23, 1838 |
upon their oaths do say we found upon examination that the Boddy is that of H. W. Purse who came to his death by the discharging fo a gun supposed to be loaded with shot by Franklin Ray. The wound inflicted was mortal, the load having passed into the right breast. |
Firearm | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of William Pettifoot |
at Camden
|
Accident | January 21, 1847 |
upon their oaths do say that the deceased came to its death by being accidentally overlaid & smothered in the course fo the night by its mother |
Suffocation | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of J. J. Watts |
at the house of J.J. Watts
|
Accident | April 17, 1848 |
upon their oaths do say that the deceased came to his death from the accidental discharge of a gun in the hands of Zack Gupple |
Firearm | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Thomas Robinson |
at the house of William Clyburn
|
Accident | December 23, 1847 |
upon their oaths do say that the deceased Thos. Robinson came to his death by a fall from his horse |
Transportation | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of slave |
at the plantation known as Stockton's
|
Accident | December 4, 1852 |
upon their oaths do say that he came to his death by his appearance from privation and exposure |
Exposure | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of James Parker |
at James Parker's house
|
Accident | February 4, 1852 |
upon their oaths do say that deceased came to his death by a fall from his horse |
Transportation | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of R. J. Lester |
at Camden
|
Homicide | March 19, 1851 |
upon their oaths do say that he came to his death from a ball shot from a pistol in the hands of Samuel I. Love and that Samuel Wilson Love was accessory to the act |
Firearm | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Abram |
at Brewer's Plantation
|
Unknown | December 26, 1847 |
upon their oaths do say that he came to his death from cause or causes unknown |
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| The State vs. the Dead Body of Henry Shaw |
at the place of R. W. Humphries
|
Natural Causes | April 14, 1899 | |||
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Burke Chesnut |
near Boykin's T.O.
|
Accident | December 14, 1849 |
upon their oaths do say that the deceased came to his death by falling from the cars and exposure while intoxicated |
Exposure | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Micjah Ward |
at the house of M. Ward
|
Natural Causes | February 9, 1849 |
upon their oaths do say that he came to his death by the visitation of God |
Unknown | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Eleck |
at the quarter of A.D. Jones Esq.
|
Homicide | May 30, 1850 |
do say that he came to his death by a shot gun wound inflicted by the hands of Thos. Mickle under justifiable circumstances. |
Firearm | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Jane Crowder |
at the jail of Kershaw District, town of Camden
|
Suicide | July 10, 1848 |
upon their oaths do say that he deceased came to her death by suicide from hanging herself from the bar of her prison |
Hanging | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of John Peagles |
at Camden
|
Homicide | November 30, 1846 |
upon their oaths do say that the said John Peagles came ot his death from a pistol shot fired by the hands of Wm. B. Hamilton |
Firearm | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Mary Jenkins |
at Boykin's Mill
|
Accident | May 5, 1860 | Drowning | ||
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Lucius LeGrand |
at Boykin's Mill
|
Accident | May 5, 1860 | Drowning | ||
| The State vs. the Dead Body of John Oaks |
at Boykin's Mill
|
Accident | May 5, 1860 | Drowning | ||
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Sarah Ann Howell |
at Boykin's Mill
|
Accident | May 5, 1860 | Drowning | ||
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Mary Hinson |
at Boykin's Mill
|
Accident | May 5, 1860 | Drowning | ||
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Amelia A. Alexander |
at Boykin's Mill
|
Accident | May 5, 1860 |
upon their oaths do say that the said Amelia A. Alexander came to her death by accidental drowning in the millpond of A.H. Boykin. . .by sinking of a Flat caused by the weight of between fifty-three & fifty-six persons |
Drowning | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Benjamin Franklin Hocott |
at Boykin's Mill
|
Accident | May 5, 1860 | Drowning | ||
| The State vs. the Dead Body of James C. Wise |
at Camden
|
Accident | May 13, 1847 |
upon their oaths do say that he came to his death by accidental drowning |
Drowning | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Aleck |
at Major J. Whitaker's plantation
|
Suicide | July 18, 1848 |
that he came to his death by drowning in attempting to escape from Capt. Hale & Col. J. Chesnut's hands on the 10th inst |
Drowning | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Jack |
at McRae's Mill on the road to Darlington
|
Unknown | November 19, 1848 |
upon their oaths do say that he came to his death by the visitation of God |
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| The State vs. the Dead Body of Nelson Pettifoot |
at the edge of the town of Camden
|
Accident | February 11, 1848 |
upon their oaths do say the deceased came t his death by the wagon running over him |
Transportation |
