Inquests
Title | Inquest Location | County | Death Type | Date | COD Inquest Finding | COD |
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The State vs. the Dead Body of Robert W. Kincade |
at the house of Baley[?] Corley
|
Natural Causes | December 27, 1845 |
upon their oaths do say, that the said Robert W Kincde came to his death by a Stroke of Appoplexy in the house of Baley Corby |
Brain | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of Benjamin F. Jones |
at W B Griffins
|
Homicide | March 24, 1845 |
upon their oaths do say that the said B F Jones was wilfully Killed by one Charles Price in the Store house of the above name W B Griffin . . .by shooting him the said B F Jones with a gun commonly Known as a shot gun in the left side of chest below the left Nipple |
Firearm | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of Joel Roper Sr. |
at the house of Joel Roper Sr
|
Suicide | August 30, 1845 |
upon their oaths do say the said Joel Roper Sr came to his death by hanging himself by a rope to the cotton beams of his own gin house on his own plantation . . .in a fit of patrial derangement |
Hanging | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of Robert Neid |
at Vaudun[?] Factory
|
Homicide | August 26, 1847 |
upon their oaths do say that the said Robert Neid Came to his death by a wound inflicted by one Zack Williams with a dirk Knife |
Sharp Instrument | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of Bartly |
in the woods near the plantation of Dr Wm M Bent
|
Unknown | January 16, 1846 |
upon their oaths do say that the said Bartly came to his death by cause unknown |
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The State vs. the Dead Body of Lewis |
at S. H. Roggers
|
Suicide | May 21, 1861 |
upon there oaths do say that Lewis came to his death by his own hands. . .then and there voluntarily and feloniously did hang and him self did kill |
Hanging | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of Uriah Koon |
at the house of Col John Hunt
|
Accident | October 16, 1847 |
upon their oaths do say that the deceased came to his death by a wagon wheel runing over the breast of decd breaking the 6th-7th & 8th ribs of the left side and the probible rupture of some important blood vessels-on the Columbia Road |
Transportation | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of Joshua Hammond Jr. |
at a place belonging to John Bauskett[?] on little horse creek
|
Homicide | September 6, 1849 |
upon their oaths do say that the said Joshua Hammond Jr came to his death by Sunday[?] blows inflicted by the hands of John Green Jr & Julius Green with a gun[?] & fence rail and that John Green senior was aiding and abetting at the time at a place on the Hamburg Road belonging to John Baushkett[?] on little horse creek now occupied by Benjamin Davis |
Blunt Instrument | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of Clara Bell, Milledge Denny |
at Rev. H.T. Baitleys
|
Homicide | June 23, 1868 |
upon their oaths do say: . . . the elder Child was conscious before it died and did say that a black man, and others say that she (the child) said that it was a yellow man that set fire to the house which burnt her & the other child to death hence we find that the Children were burnt to death but unknown by whom, and if it shall appear that the deceased were wilfully killed by another |
Other | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of Clara Bell, Milledge Denny |
at Rev. H.T. Baitleys
|
Homicide | June 23, 1868 |
upon their oaths do say:. . .the elder Child was conscious before it died and did say that a black man, and others say that she (the child) said that it was a yellow man that set fire to the house which burnt her & the other child to death hence we find that the Children were burnt to death but unknown by whom, and if it shall appear that the deceased were wilfully killed by another |
Other | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of Simon C. Wood[?] |
at Wm Calelaziers[?]
|
Natural Causes | December 26, 1857 |
upon their oaths do say, that the said Simon C Nood came to his death by some unknown cause or rather by the visitation of Providence |
Unknown | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of Wilson Griffin |
at Luke Rodgers
|
Homicide | February 13, 1867 |
upon their oaths do say that the said Wilson Griffin freedman came to his death from a gun or pistole shot wound in the hands of some person or persons to the jurors unknown |
Firearm | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of Benjamin Cockroft |
in the woods near the house of Beryman[?] Bledsoe
|
Accident | March 18, 1847 |
upon their oats do say that the said Benjamin Cockroft came to his death from the effects of being dissipation and lying on the cold ground |
Exposure | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of James Miller |
at the house of James Miller
|
Suicide | March 29, 1847 |
upon their oaths do say the said James Miller came to his death by hanging himself by the neck with a rope in his gin house while he was in a state of mental derangement |
Hanging | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of Apling |
in the woods in said district near the Lexington line on a branch of McGier Creek
|
Homicide | April 5, 1849 |
do say upon their oaths do say that they believe the decd to be the remains of Ap or Apling . . .and that he came to death by a leaden ball shot from a gun[?] or pistol by the hands of some person or persons unknown |
Firearm | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of William L. Russell |
in the Hotel of H Jordon
|
Suicide | September 6, 1849 |
upon their oaths do say the said William L Russell came to his death . . .by cutting his own throat with a Razor while in a temporary state of insanity |
Sharp Instrument | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of Ann |
at the house of Benja F Landrum
|
Suicide | December 8, 1848 |
upon their oaths do say the said Decd came to her death in the Shop of B F Landrum by hanging herself with a rope around her neck |
Hanging | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of Abram |
at Henry L Maysons
|
Accident | August 21, 1850 |
upon their oaths do say that the negro man Abram came to his death from being accidentally drowned in the savanah river |
Drowning | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of Tom |
at H. L. Maysons in Beach island
|
Accident | August 21, 1850 |
upon their oaths do say that the negro man Tom came to his death from being accidentally drowned in savanah river |
Drowning | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of Lizzy, Riller, Rose |
at the house of Philip Brogden
|
Homicide | October 2, 1846 |
upon their oaths do say the said Riller Lizzy and Rose were feloniously Killed and Murdered in the negro house of said Philip Brogden on the night of the 1st inst by breaking their sculls with an axe and cutting the throats of Riller & Lizza by the hands of their own Mother named Clarisy the property of said Brogden |
Sharp Instrument | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of Lizzy, Riller, Rose |
at the house of Philip Brogden
|
Homicide | October 2, 1846 |
upon their oaths do say the said Riller Lizzy and Rose were feloniously Killed and Murdered in the negro house of said Philip Brogden on the night of the 1st inst by breaking their sculls with an axe and cutting the throats of Riller & Lizza by the hands of their own Mother named Clarisy the property of said Brogden |
Sharp Instrument | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of Lizzy, Riller, Rose |
at the house of Philip Brogden
|
Homicide | October 2, 1846 |
upon their oaths do say the said Riller Lizzy and Rose were feloniously Killed and Murdered in the negro house of said Philip Brogden on the night of the 1st inst by breaking their sculls with an axe and cutting the throats of Riller & Lizza by the hands of their own Mother named Clarisy the property of said Brogden |
Sharp Instrument | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of Henry |
at New Savannah in beach Island
|
Accident | August 21, 1850 |
upon their oaths Say that the negro man Henry came to his death from being accidentally drowned in the Savannah river |
Drowning | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of John Butler |
at the House of Mr Seth Butler
|
Homicide | October 23, 1850 |
upon their Oaths do say that the said John A. Butler was killed & murdered by some person or persons to the Jurors unknown |
Sharp Instrument | |
The State vs. the Dead Body of William Lundy |
at house of John Rainsford
|
Accident | August 28, 1846 |
upon their oaths do say that decd came to his death by the accidental discharge of a shot gun that was in his hands the load entering his left temple and passing out of the top of his head carrying part of the brain & skull off |
Firearm |