Inquests

Title Inquest Location County Death Type Date COD Inquest Finding COD
The State vs. the Dead Body of Norman Cameron
at Mr. John McGoogan's
Accident March 28, 1850

upon their oaths do say that the said Norman Cameron came to his death by misfortune or accidentally falling off his horse

Transportation
The State vs. the Dead Body of John Adamson Homicide August 23, 1825

do find [that] John Adamson came to his death by a gun shot in the right side before the right rib which shot penetrated the body through the intestines and the shot lodged in the left side of the body . . .but who discharged the gun. . . the jurors. . . cannot report

Firearm
The State vs. the Dead Body of Belfast
on the plantation of John Damson Esqr
Suicide January 18, 1813

do say upon their oaths that the said Belfast [did] voluntarily & feloniously ... kill and murder himself with a knife by stabbing himself in the neck

Sharp Instrument
The State vs. the Dead Body of Elizabeth Mathers
at Mathers' house
Homicide April 18, 1851

upon their oaths do say that they believe Charles Kimball Brewer with a knife or some sharp instrument did feloniously kill the aforesaid Elizabeth Mathers alias Stapleton

Sharp Instrument
The State vs. the Dead Body of infant Other November 12, 1811

do say upon their oaths that the infant female child came to its death by injury received before its birth. . . and they are of opinion. . . that the injury which said infant child received. . . was done to it by its mother while it was yet in her womb

Abortion
The State vs. the Dead Body of infant
house of Jessee Husk
Accident June 8, 1828

do say upon their oaths. . . that after carefully examining the dead body of the s'd male child of the s'd Martha Gibson ... are all agreed that the s'd child died by the visitation of God but by the blood being [?]led in large spots to be seen through the skin all on his left side from his face to his foot they thought it was probable s'd child might have eat some poisonous herbs or berries of the woods as s'd Husk had settled in the woods

Poison
The State vs. the Dead Body of Thomas Clark
at plantation on Little Lynches Creek
Homicide September 14, 1811

do say upon their oaths that the said Thomas Clark came to his death by a blow received with a stick above his left temple struck by the hand of Stephen Carter of which he died in about four hours afterward

Blunt Instrument
The State vs. the Dead Body of Jane Young
at the late residence of Mrs. Jane D. Young
Homicide February 11, 1853

upon their oaths do say that Mrs. Jane D. Young came her death by [being] shotint he left breast feloniously, wilfully & maliciously by a gun in the hands of Hiram a negro slave the property of L.W.R. Blair

Firearm
The State vs. the Dead Body of Hetty McRa
at L.B. Stephen's plantation
Accident December 26, 1869

upon their oaths do say that the said Hetty McRa came to her death ... from a wound in the left side inflicted by a [?] fired from a gun in the hands of Moses Stephens

Firearm
The State vs. the Dead Body of Patt
at the residence of Mrs. Mary Mathis in Camden
Suicide October 10, 1825

do say upon their oaths that the said negro slave Pat came to her death by voluntarity & feloniously hanging herself by the neck

Hanging
The State vs. the Dead Body of Tom
at the plantation of Mr. Wm. W. Lang
Homicide July 10, 1824

do say upon their oaths that William R. Young . . . did by shooting with buckshot kill the said negro man named Tom and we the jury aforesaid find that the said William R. Young was justifiable in shooting and killing the said negro man Tom

Firearm
The State vs. the Dead Body of William Wages, Edmond Wages
two and a half miles from the residence of G .E. Doby
Homicide March 12, 1863

upon their oaths do say that [they] came to [their] death by wounds received upon his person with buck shot discharged from a gun of some sort in the hands of a person or persons unknown

Firearm
The State vs. the Dead Body of William Wages, Edmond Wages
two and a half miles from the residence of G .E. Doby
Homicide March 12, 1863

upon their oaths do say that [they] came to [their] death by wounds received upon his person with buck shot discharged from a gun of some sort in the hands of a person or persons unknown

Firearm
The State vs. the Dead Body of John
on the Bank of the Wateree River at the plantation of Col. James Shesnut
Unknown November 20, 1829

do say that from every information they can obtain the said black or coloured man to have been the slave of a Mr. Chappell of Charleston who was a boat hand in the employ of Mr. Thomas J. Kerr by the name of John and that he came to his death by drowning from cause to them unknown.

Transportation
The State vs. the Dead Body of Frank
[at] Liberty Hill
Accident December 11, 1866

upon their oaths do say that the said Boy Frank came to his death by a shot from a pistol accidentally fired by his brother named Lee

Firearm
The State vs. the Dead Body of Margaret Scanlon
at Margaret Scanlon's residence
Other April 12, 1872

upon their oaths do say that the said Margaret Scanlon came to her death at her residence ... by the excessive use on her part of spiritous liquors

Alcoholism
The State vs. the Dead Body of William Johnson
at William Johnson's residence in Camden
Accident January 20, 1871

upon their oaths do say that the said William Johnson came to his death ... from a sudden attack of illness occasioned by his having eaten oysters which were probably tainted

Poison
The State vs. the Dead Body of Mary Champion
at Camden
Natural Causes November 10, 1870

upon their oaths do say that [the] deceased came to her death by a visitation or the act of God

Unknown
The State vs. the Dead Body of Eisex Brown
at John Canty's plantation
Homicide February 12, 1869

upon their oaths do say that the said Eisex Brown came to his death from two blows upon the head inflicted with a stick in the hands of Friendly Gowdin [?]

Blunt Instrument
The State vs. the Dead Body of Joseph B. Hughes
at the late residence of Joseph B. Hughes in Flat Rock Township
Accident August 6, 1869

upon their oaths do say that the said Joseph B. Hughes came to his death ... from a wound in the back of the right shoulder ... by a falling tree

Injuries
The State vs. the Dead Body of Summer
at the plantation of Burwell Boykin
Homicide November 7, 1864

do say that the san Summer a slave came to his deth [sic] by blow or blows inflicted over his left temple and over the nasal bone, which caused inflamation of the brain. . .the blow or blows supposed to have been inflicted by Monroe, a slave the property of T.L. Boykin

Blunt Instrument
The State vs. the Dead Body of Joseph D. Reasonover
at a place four miles south of Camden
Accident January 21, 1871

upon their oaths do say that the said Joseph D. Reasonover came to his death from a kick received from a horse on his breast or stomach

Animal
The State vs. the Dead Body of Unknown
at plantation of Col. James Chesnut
Unknown February 3, 1827

[no finding in file]

The State vs. the Dead Body of Thomas C. Reaves Natural Causes May 25, 1899
The State vs. the Dead Body of Henry Clarkson
at Antiark Church
Natural Causes May 10, 1871

upon their oaths do say ... that the aforesaid Henry Clarkson ... came to his death disease of the heart

Heart

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