Inquests
| Title | Inquest Location | County | Death Type | Date | COD Inquest Finding | COD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Samuel H. Young |
at Boykin's Mill
|
Accident | May 5, 1860 | Drowning | ||
| The State vs. the Dead Body of John |
at the house of Mrs. J.S. McRae
|
Accident | November 13, 1849 |
upon their oaths do say the deceased came to his death by the falling of a tree |
Injuries | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Selena Crosby |
at Boykin's Mill
|
Accident | May 5, 1860 | Drowning | ||
| The State vs. the Dead Body of John Myers |
at the big hill east of McRae's Mill on the road from Camden to Darlington Court House
|
Unknown | July 24, 1845 |
upon their oaths do say that the deceased came to his death by causes unknown to them |
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| The State vs. the Dead Body of Jim Cantey | Unknown | July 20, 1900 | ||||
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Friday |
at Thomas [?] plantation
|
Unknown | September 10, 1840 |
we the jurors are of opinoin that the said negro Fry Day came to his Death by Drowning. |
Drowning | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of James Hall |
in town of Camden
|
Natural Causes | September 25, 1818 |
do say upon a view of the body of the deceased . . . that he came to his death by the visitation of God. |
Unknown | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Soloman Hilliard | Accident | February 11, 1829 |
do say upon their oaths that he . . . shot gun, property of John Barnes[?] & [?] which was the occasion of his death supposed to be [?] 30 or 40 shot lodged in his head. |
Firearm | ||
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Jefferson |
at the plantation of H.R. Cook
|
Accident | July 27, 1840 |
upon their oaths do say that the said boy Jefferson came to his death by a gun shot wound inflicted upon him accidentally by a boy named Isaac belonging to Capt. B. Haile. |
Firearm | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Milly Roler | Natural Causes | November 2, 1819 |
do say upon their oaths [that] the said Milley Roler came to her Death by the act of God as far we know |
Unknown | ||
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Eldridge Brown |
in Camden
|
Homicide | August 5, 1837 |
do say upon their oath that the said Eldridge Brown came to his death by a ball or balls shot from a pistol by Mr. F. S. Bronson in a encounter with that gentleman |
Firearm | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Alexander McKee |
in the woods near William Gardner's
|
Accident | January 4, 1817 |
do say upon their oaths from the testimony given ... that from his insanity and exposition to the inclemency of the weather together with the infirmity of body was the cause of his death. |
Exposure | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Bethel Ogelsby |
cotton fields belonging to John Doby Esq.
|
Unknown | August 21, 1823 |
do say upon their oaths that they believe he came to his death by the visitation of God, no marks of violence appearing to us upon him |
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| The State vs. the Dead Body of John Pitts |
at Elias Ford's
|
Homicide | June 11, 1842 |
by their oaths do say that the said John Pitts was willfully and feloniously shot by Elias Ford with a long shotgun loaded with powder & large shot and ball somewhere near the residence of Elias Ford |
Firearm | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of infant |
at the palntation of Mr. Richard Shotford[?]
|
Homicide | July 28, 1836 |
do say upon their oaths that Nancy Owens of. . .district is living at the house of sd district is the mother and murderer of sd. Child which they have examined but how killed they could not tell. |
Infanticide | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of James Spradley |
near Sander's Creek
|
Accident | August 19, 1808 |
do say upon their oaths that ... the said James Spradley happening to be close behind the said George Nettles looking at the dogs afighting received the contents of the said gun consisting of a load of powder and buck shot in his forehead just over his left eye which shot shot away a considerable part of his skull and brains [and] in one hour after his receiving the said wound, [he] died of the same |
Firearm | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Bob |
near Captain James W. Lang's Mills
|
Accident | February 18, 1823 |
do say upon their oaths that the said Bob a Negro man slave came to his death by being exposed & was frozen to death on the night of the sixteenth Instant which exposure was probably produced by intoxication in the woods near Captain Lang's Mills |
Exposure | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Christopher Campbell | Homicide | April 16, 1835 |
after hearing the evidence together with the opinion of Doctors DeLeon and Young are of opinion that the deceased came to his death from a disease of the brain hastened by blows on his head inflicted by some person or persons unknown |
Blunt Instrument | ||
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Paul Williams | Homicide | August 23, 1869 |
upon their oaths do say that the said Paul Williams came to his death from a blow inflicted with a brick upon the right side of the stomach ... the said brick having been thrown at the deceased by Robert Nixon |
Blunt Instrument | ||
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Alford Pendleton | Unknown | December 14, 1911 | ||||
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Mary Williams |
at the residence of Mary Williams
|
Unknown | September 23, 1843 | |||
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Richard Williams | Unknown | November 23, 1880 | ||||
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Patterson | Homicide | June 2, 1855 |
agreed that the deceased came to his death by a wound inflicted with a knife by the hands of Daniel |
Sharp Instrument | ||
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Warren |
at Camden at the residence of John Workman
|
Homicide | July 13, 1859 |
upon their oaths do say that Warren. . .came to his death from Lock jaw produced by a gun shot wound in the inner side of the right thigh discharged by John Workman and from his own impudence & exposure afterward |
Firearm | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of infant |
at the house of entertainment kept by H.J. Wilson known as the Camden Hotel
|
Unknown | March 2, 1852 |
upon their oaths do say she came to her death from causes to the jury unknown |
