Inquests
| Title | Inquest Location | County | Death Type | Date | COD Inquest Finding | COD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The State vs. the Dead Body of John Crawford |
at the house of John Crawford
|
Suicide | June 25, 1853 |
upon their oaths do say, that he came to his death. . .by cutting his throat with a pocket knife |
Sharp Instrument | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Dick |
at Ted Scurrys residence
|
Accident | July 13, 1859 |
upon there oaths do say. . .that he came to his death by going in to the Saluda River and got in Deep water an drowned |
Drowning | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Joseph Shaw |
at the residence of John H Shaw near Edgefield C.H.
|
Accident | July 26, 1858 |
upon their oaths do say that Joseph Shaw bathing in the Mill pond of Col H. H. Pickens. . .came to his death by accidental drowing |
Drowning | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of A. G. Howard |
at Grannet Ville Depot
|
Accident | February 28, 1860 |
upon their oaths do say that. . .he came to his death by accident that is by being struck a falling pine tree which stood by the side of the road where he was passing which tree was burned down having caught fire from the burning of the woods around it |
Burns | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Henry |
at Edgefield C.H.
|
Homicide | July 15, 1858 |
upon their oaths do say that the said male salve, came to his death from a blow upon the left side of the head, from a hickory stick in the hands of a negro slave name Elbert (said to be the property of Evans Permenter[?]) |
Blunt Instrument | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of David West |
at Graniteville
|
Accident | January 30, 1862 |
upon there oaths do say that it was by accidently drowning in the Graniteville Factory canel |
Drowning | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Richard J. Barton |
at Mrs Lucinda Bartons
|
Accident | December 28, 1866 |
upon there oaths do say that the aforesaid R.J. Barton came to his death by the accidental discharg of a Gun in his own hands |
Firearm | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Stanmore B. Chappell |
at S.B. Chappells Residence
|
Homicide | January 19, 1867 |
upon there oaths do say. . .he came to his death by means of a Pistol shot through head done in and affray with B.F. Payne |
Firearm | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Warren Kirkland |
at Benjamin Bartons
|
Homicide | November 16, 1858 |
upon their oaths do say that the aforesaid Warren Kirkland did come to his death by means unknown |
Other | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Charles |
at Archy Clark residence
|
Accident | March 7, 1857 |
upon their Oaths do say. . .he came to his death by lying down and going to sleep on the wet and cold ground and the Rain and water running over him |
Exposure | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Britton McClendon |
near the residence of Henry C. Turner
|
Homicide | November 11, 1850 |
upon their oaths do say, that Britton McClendon Came to his death by a wound inflicted by the hands of Felix Hubbard at the house of deceased . . .Said wound was caused by a large Hunting knife |
Sharp Instrument | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Keal Johnson |
at J.M. Proctors Residence
|
Homicide | October 20, 1866 |
upon there Oaths do say that he came to his death. . .by a Pistol shot from the hands of G.J. Smith entering the left side of the mouth and came out at the back side of his head |
Firearm | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Tom |
at Chlo Watsons
|
Homicide | December 18, 1858 |
upon their oaths do say that the aforesaid Jim in manner and form aforesaid, Tom then and there feloniously did kill |
Other | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Allen Smith |
at S.B. Chappells Residence
|
Homicide | January 19, 1867 |
upon there Oath do say. . .he came to his death by means of a Pistol shot through the head inflicted by some person or persons unknown |
Firearm | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of A. G. Leek |
at A. G. Leeks Residence
|
Other | February 23, 1859 |
upon there oaths do say. . .he came to his Death by Excessive hard Drink |
Alcoholism | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of John |
at the residence of Johnson A Bland
|
Accident | September 27, 1863 |
upon there oaths do say that the said slave John came to his by wounds in flicted by the discharge of a shot Gun in the hand of John A Bland accidentally or unintentionally |
Firearm | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Victor |
at A. L. Dearing Plantation
|
Natural Causes | April 24, 1859 |
upon there oaths do say that the said Victor came to his death by a providential occurance |
Unknown | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Tilman Attaway |
at the corner of the Oharer[?] old field
|
Accident | April 14, 1849 |
Upon their oaths do say, that the said Tillman Attaway. . .was shot with a load of buck shot discharged from a gun, or pistol, and ... that he the said Samuel Webb Shot the said Tilman Attaway, with a doble barrel Shot gun accidently through a mistake for a Turkey |
Firearm | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Michael Long |
at the house of Michael Long
|
Homicide | April 17, 1849 |
upon their Oaths do say, that Michael Long was shot with a double barrel shot gun in the forehead. . .by some person or persons to the Jurors unknown |
Firearm | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Dinah |
at Allen Griffith
|
Natural Causes | May 22, 1849 |
upon their oaths do say, that the said Dinah came to her death by miscarriage and inflamation of the womb at the plantation of Master Michael Long |
Childbirth | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Thomas Welheu[?] |
at Benjamin Better[?] wheat field on the Columbia & Augusta Rail Road
|
Accident | June 19, 1868 |
upon their oaths do say that he came to his death by a pistol shot accidentally discharged by his own hands |
Firearm | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of John E. Elsmore |
at the house of John E. Elsmore
|
Homicide | November 28, 1869 |
upon their oaths do say That he came to his death from the effect of a blow or blows on his head inflicted by the hands of Wm Pickens Elsmore with a Pistol |
Blunt Instrument | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Richard |
at Thomas Garretts
|
Accident | September 9, 1850 |
Upon their Oaths do say, that. . .we believe the deceased came to his death by accident |
Injuries | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Rose |
at Michael Longs
|
Homicide | March 14, 1846 |
Upon their Oaths do say that the aforesaid Rose being chained in the Meat house of said M. Long, around the neck with a common chain trace with one ened and the Other end of said chain aforesaid to the Joist broke her neck either by design or by accident |
Suffocation | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Charles |
On Mr Thos Oliver's Plantation, at or near Said Oliver's residence
|
Accident | November 14, 1842 |
Upon their oaths do say, that the boy Charles . . .came to his death by being burnt to death in an old house, accidently caught fire in some unknown or misterious way to us |
Burns |
