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 |
