Inquests

Title Inquest Location County Death Type Date COD Inquest Finding COD
The State vs. the Dead Body of Jerry R. McLeod
at Boykin's Mill
Accident May 5, 1860 Drowning
The State vs. the Dead Body of Pinder
at Boykin's Mill
Accident May 5, 1860 Drowning
The State vs. the Dead Body of infant
at Capt. J.D. Jakell's plantation
Homicide April 14, 1869

upon their oaths do say that the said male infant child was killed by its mother Peggy Bedenbaugh [and] after she was delivered of it ... that she buried it about thirty yards back of the house in which she resides on Capt. J.D. Jakell's plantation

Infanticide
The State vs. the Dead Body of Wesley Murrell
at Col. W. J. Reynolds plantation
Homicide January 6, 1869

upon their oaths do say that said Wesley Murrell came to his death by [?] spade inflicted by the hands of Morris[?] Corbert[?]

Blunt Instrument
The State vs. the Dead Body of Tamar Clark
at Henry L. Hunter's resident at Liberty Hill
Homicide November 9, 1871

upon their oaths do say that ... Tamar Clark came to her death from gun shot wounds, the said gun having been fired from the hands of Henry L. Hunter and having inflicted between ninety and one hundred wounds on the right breast, right shoulder and right fore arm ... with squirrel shot

Firearm
The State vs. the Dead Body of John D. Player
at Camden
Accident February 24, 1870

upon their oaths do say that the aforesaid John D. Player came to his death from [?] of the Glottis

Other
The State vs. the Dead Body of Thomas Waters
on the plantation of Daniel McCaskill on Lynches Creek
Homicide April 7, 1866

upon their oaths do say ... they do believe that the said Thomas Waters was killed ... by a gun shot in the head & that the said gun was in the hands of Elias McLandon

Firearm
The State vs. the Dead Body of Jane Kelly
at Boykin's Mill
Accident May 5, 1860 Drowning
The State vs. the Dead Body of John Roe
at William Elliott's
Homicide September 11, 1868

upon their oaths do say that John Roe was killed ... by a gun shot on the right side of the back & that the said gun was fired by William Elliott & that he was excusable in firing the said gun at & killing the said Roe

Firearm
The State vs. the Dead Body of Caesar
[at] S. D. Houg['s]
Unknown August 29, 1861
The State vs. the Dead Body of Tom
at the residence of Joseph Murphy
Accident October 25, 1859

upon their oaths do say that the said Tom [a] slave of Joseph Murphy came to his death by a fall from a log and broke his neck

Fall
The State vs. the Dead Body of Stephen
at Mr. M. Mungo
Accident December 18, 1860

upon their oaths do say that Stephen came to his death from a fall and which caused his neck to break

Fall
The State vs. the Dead Body of S. G. W. Dill, Nestor Ellison
at the house of S.G.W. Dill
Homicide June 5, 1868

upon their oaths do say that the above named S.G.W. Dill and Nestor Eillison ... about half an hour after dark on the evening of the 4th day of June 1868 came to their deaths from gun shot wounds in the hands of some parties to the jury unknown

Firearm
The State vs. the Dead Body of S. G. W. Dill, Nestor Ellison
at the house of S.G.W. Dill
Homicide June 5, 1868

upon their oaths do say that the above named S.G.W. Dill and Nestor Eillison ... about half an hour after dark on the evening of the 4th day of June 1868 came to their deaths from gun shot wounds in the hands of some parties to the jury unknown

Firearm
The State vs. the Dead Body of George West
at the plantation of William Jesse Taylor
Accident August 26, 1855

do say that the aforesaid George West came to his death by wounds inflicted by the tusks of an Elephant

Animal
The State vs. the Dead Body of Briant King
at the resident of W. D. H. McHaughton
Natural Causes May 16, 1861

upon their oaths do say that on the 16th day of May 1861 in the field at home while at work [Briant] came to his death by none other than a visition of providence

Unknown
The State vs. the Dead Body of infant
in the town of Camden
Homicide July 16, 1868

the jury ... were lead to believe that Lula Collins (alias Deas) was the mother of the dead child, and that Louisa Deas in trying to conceal the body of said child in the well leads the jury to suspect that she had knowledge of the manner by which it came there. How the child come to its death, the jury are unable to determine.

Infanticide
The State vs. the Dead Body of Henry Jones Accident September 21, 1855

the said Henry Jones came to his death by an Apoplectick fit

Other
The State vs. the Dead Body of Hampton Reynolds
at J.W. Reynolds Plantation
Accident July 30, 1892

upon their oaths do say Hampton Reynolds Came to his death from burns received by Explostion from Engine

Burns
The State vs. the Dead Body of Sallie Busch
at Lewis Beans plantation
Natural Causes August 21, 1892

upon their oaths do say That she came to her death from heart failure

Heart
The State vs. the Dead Body of infant child
at Promised Land School house
Unknown July 24, 1892

upon their oaths do Say From Strangerlation due to the accumulation of Phlegm in the throat

Suffocation
The State vs. the Dead Body of Amanda Glover
at Mr Pofse[?] Lotts Plantation
Natural Causes August 30, 1892

upon their oaths do Say That Amanda Glover came to her death from hart Failure

Heart
The State vs. the Dead Body of Berry Butler
at J. H Lagroons[?] plantation
Accident October 9, 1892

upon their Oaths do Say that he Bearry Butler Came to his death by a pistol in the hands of John Gamillion

Firearm
The State vs. the Dead Body of Willie Glover
at Lark Glovers Plantation
Accident July 26, 1892

upon their oaths do say that the said Willie Glover came to his death from concussion of the brain caused by being drug in the gear of a mule for 100 or 200 yds upon the ground and rocks

Transportation
The State vs. the Dead Body of Seware[?] Stuart
at J.[?] E. Griffiths
Accident November 4, 1893

upon their oaths do say that the said Seware Stuart Came to his death by the accidental discharge of a 38 caliber Pistol, in the hands of William Griffith, holding by the brick[?] and seware Stuart carelessly playing with it, and said Pistol fired. . .it was intirely accidental

Firearm

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