Inquests
| Title | Inquest Location | County | Death Type | Date | COD Inquest Finding | COD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Chaney Pilgrim |
at the plantation of James Anderson
|
Accident | August 12, 1877 |
upon their oaths do say that the aforesaid Chaney Pilgrim came to her death while in the bed with her mother Julia Pilrim. . .from some cause or causes unknown to the jury |
Other | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of infant |
at Jerry Frey's House
|
Accident | March 20, 1883 |
upon their oaths do say that at Jerry Frey's House ... said infant child came to its death by being miscarried at a stage too early for it to possibly survive |
Other | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Watson Jackson |
at Jackson Grove Church
|
Natural Causes | June 5, 1880 |
upon their oaths do say that at his mother's house of the plantation of Mr. A. Smith ... Watson Jackson came to his death by Malarial Fever |
Other | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Julius Metskie |
at Valley Falls
|
Homicide | June 27, 1887 |
upon their oaths do say that Julius Metskie came to his death by a gun shot would inflicted in the head by George S. Turner at Valley Falls |
Firearm | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Will Smith |
at Reidville
|
Accident | December 9, 1882 |
upon their oaths do say by pistol shot accidentally & falling from the mantel piece ... that the said Will Smith ... came to his death by accident |
Firearm | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of T. N. Owens |
near Reidville
|
Suicide | April 1, 1887 |
upon their oaths do say taht the said T. W. Owens ... voluntarily and feloniously himself did kill by shooting himself through the head with a pistol |
Firearm | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Hannah Eves |
at D.J. Turt[?]'s
|
Unknown | July 23, 1872 |
upon their oaths do say that she came to her death from cause unknown to the jury |
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| The State vs. the Dead Body of infant |
near Pelham
|
Unknown | May 7, 1887 |
upon their oaths do say that the said infant came to his death by means to the jurors unknown |
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| The State vs. the Dead Body of Tip Jackson |
near New Prospect
|
Accident | November 29, 1885 |
upon their oaths do say that Tip Jackson came to his death by accidentally falling down a steep bank about fourteen feet, his neck falling across a log causing suffocation new New Prospect on the Mills Gap Road about midnight |
Suffocation | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of colored |
at Ja's Turner's
|
Accident | May 9, 1872 |
upon their oaths do say that the said infant. . .came to its death by misfortunte or accident |
Other | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Silas McKinney |
at the Parrish
|
Suicide | July 8, 1871 |
upon their oaths do say that the sd. Silas McKinney did voluntarily hang himself by the neck and took his own life against the peace and dignity fo the same state aforesaid |
Hanging | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of infant | Unknown | April 21, 1869 |
upon their oaths do say that it came to its death from causes unknown to the jury |
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| The State vs. the Dead Body of Pleasant T. Gossett | Suicide | November 18, 1870 |
upon their oaths do say that the said P.T. Gossett came to his death by hanging himself by the neck between the cribs at home |
Hanging | ||
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Absalom McAbee |
at Almarine Willis
|
Accident | January 6, 1883 |
upon their oaths do say he came to his death by mischange by being partially paralised and falling into water and strangled or drowned being a man of 80 years or more and very feeble |
Drowning | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Elizabeth Tillatson |
at Frances Turner's
|
Accident | January 17, 1878 |
upon their oaths do say that the said P. Elizabeth Tillatson came to her death at the house of Frances Turner ... from fire, occurring in the house where she lived |
Burns | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of M. A. Lipscomb |
at late residence of David Lipscomb
|
Accident | March 11, 1880 |
upon their oaths do say that the said deceased came to her death from hemorhage caused by premature labor, said labor produced by diarhea |
Other | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of James Owens |
at James Owens's house
|
Accident | March 13, 1885 |
upon their oaths aforesaid do say that ... James Owens came to his death by misfortunte or accident |
Burns | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of D. M. Richards |
at Wm. Waters'
|
Suicide | October 9, 1873 |
upon their oaths do say that the said D.M. Richards voluntarily & feloniously himself did kill being of unsound mind |
Other | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Toney Clawson |
at Spartanburg
|
Accident | February 16, 1873 |
upon their oaths do say that the said Toney Clawson came to his death by accidental drowning while attempting to cross a small streamunusually swollen from heavy rains |
Drowning | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Angus Jefferson Smith, John L. Thorton Smith |
at Spartanburg
|
Accident | June 4, 1874 |
upon their oaths do say that the said Angus Jefferson Smith came to his death by accidental drowning in a water course known as Lawson's Fork 1 /12 miles distant from Spartangburg C.H. |
Drowning | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Angus Jefferson Smith, John L. Thorton Smith |
at Spartanburg
|
Accident | June 4, 1874 |
upon their oaths do say that the said John. L. Thornton Smith came to his death by accidental drownign in a water-course known as Lawson's Fork 1 1/2 miles distant from Spartanburg |
Drowning | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Miles Pryor |
at Hobby's Mill
|
Accident | July 6, 1878 |
upon their oaths do say he caused his death by accident, the accidental discharging of a gun, emptying its contents in the head |
Firearm | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Thomas Bryant |
at Rich Hill
|
Accident | August 16, 1887 |
upon their oaths do say that Thomas Bryant here lying dead did come to his death ... by the Spartanburg & Union Road cars unavoidably passing over him |
Transportation | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of James Hindman | Accident | February 11, 1875 |
upon their oaths do say that in their opinion the said James Hindman came to his death by misfortune caused by fits or convulsions producing derangment ina high degree being found drowned in James Creek |
Drowning | ||
| The State vs. the Dead Body of James M. D'young |
at John J. Moore's
|
Homicide | February 16, 1879 | Other |
