Inquests
| Title | Inquest Location | County | Death Type | Date | COD Inquest Finding | COD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Eliza Jane Huckaby |
at the house of Jane Littlefield in Cross Anchor township
|
Suicide | April 24, 1874 |
upon their oaths do say that. . .the said Eliza Jane Juckaby came to her death by her own hands by hanging herself with a rope in a rather mysterious way |
Hanging | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of William Blanton |
at the house of Langdon Blanton
|
Natural Causes | January 14, 1884 |
upon their oaths do say that William Blanton came to his death by heart disease |
Heart | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Joshua Clark |
on a rode leading from B. B. Martin's to John Champions
|
Natural Causes | January 26, 1885 |
upon their oaths do say that said deceased came to his death by an organic disease of the Heart |
Heart | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of D. Searey |
near Martinsville
|
Natural Causes | November 17, 1882 |
upon their oaths do say that ... the said D. Seary died from Epileptic fit or other causes to which mortal man is heir |
Brain | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of A. J. Means |
at Sam'l Means
|
Accident | March 1, 1875 |
upon their oaths . . .do say that the aforesaid Means came to his death by the accidental discharge fo a gun in the hands of Pinkney Brewton [?] |
Firearm | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of William Godfrey |
near Leaterwood's Mills
|
Accident | October 19, 1873 |
open [sic] their oaths do say that [deceased] did fall into a gully and being unable to get out did then and there die |
Fall | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Patsey Blanton |
at L. Blanton's residence
|
Natural Causes | May 5, 1886 |
upon their oaths do say that they consider the said Patsey Blanton came to her death by the providence of God |
Unknown | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Viney Miller |
at the house of Daniel Swinney
|
Unknown | November 23, 1874 |
upon their oath do say that in their opinion she came to her death from causes unknown |
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| The State vs. the Dead Body of Joel W. Miller |
at Gen'l J.W. Miller's
|
Suicide | February 2, 1874 |
upon their oaths they do say from the evidence and circumstances connected that said Gen'l J.W. Miller came to his death from a pistol ball discharged from a pistol held in his one hand |
Firearm | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Amanda Lester |
near Pelham
|
Natural Causes | December 13, 1884 |
upon their oaths do say Amanda Lester came to her death from heart disease |
Heart | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of infant |
at the residence of W. A. Reed
|
Natural Causes | September 30, 1884 |
upon their oaths do say that the said infant came to its death resulting from scarlett fever or whatever the disease might have been |
Other | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Carna Blackwood |
at the residence of William Blackwood
|
Suicide | June 23, 1879 |
upon their oaths do say that the said Carna Blackwood came to her death voluntarily and feloniously herself, did kill by hanging herself with a bridal within the dwelling of William B. Blackwood |
Hanging | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Leander Pack |
at the residence of Elias Atkins
|
Accident | August 14, 1883 |
upon their oaths do say that the said Leander Pack came to his death ... by a blow of a fallen tree of which the decased were cutting |
Injuries | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Elizabeth Rudisail |
at the late residence of John N. Rudisail
|
Suicide | July 14, 1872 |
upon their oaths do say that the said Elizabeth Rudisail was at the time of her death suffering from a mental derangement [and] upon the second floor of the late resident of John N. Rudisail. . .did feloniously bring about her own death by hanging herself |
Hanging | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of T. G. Cooper |
at the late residence of T. G. Cooper
|
Natural Causes | June 5, 1886 |
upon their oaths do say that the said T. G. Cooper came to his death in his own house we suppose by heart disease |
Heart | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Frank Burnett |
at Spartanburg Court House
|
Homicide | September 15, 1869 |
upon their oaths do say that Frank Burnett colored was killed at Spartanburg Courhouse in the rear of Thomson's blacksmith shop. . .by a pistol or gun shot wound in the heart given by the hand or hands of Henry Jones colored and Moses Young colored |
Firearm | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Spartin L. Gaddis |
near John O. [?]
|
Accident | August 30, 1876 |
upon their oaths do say that. . .Gaddis came to his death. . .by misfortunte cutting a [?] tree and the said tree falling on the said Spartin |
Injuries | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Lou Terry | Natural Causes | November 25, 1884 |
upon their oaths do say that [she] came to her death from natural causes |
Unknown | ||
| The State vs. the Dead Body of William H. Lancaster |
at the residence of Jas. Giddes
|
Natural Causes | September 19, 1883 |
upon their oaths aforesaid do say that the aforesaid William H. Lancaster ... came to his death from disease of the heart |
Heart | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Lewis Denham | Natural Causes | December 6, 1883 |
upon their oaths do say that said Lewis Denham ... in the field near his house died of natural causes |
Unknown | ||
| The State vs. the Dead Body of infant |
in the City of Spartanburg
|
Homicide | March 6, 1884 |
upon their oaths do say that ... the said child . . .came to its death from injuries received at the hands of Mary McKeys, Lizzie Mills, Paul Mills, and Alexander Mills, all of whom we deem cognizant of and accessory to the death |
Infanticide | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of James Brooks |
near where Ferguson Creek enters South Tyger River
|
Accident | March 28, 1884 |
upon their oaths aforesaid do say that in said Ferguson Creek ... said James Brooks came to his death by accidental drowning |
Drowning | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Harriet Hill | Natural Causes | May 27, 1884 |
upon their oaths aforesaid do say that the aforesaid Harriet Hill ... came to her death the hand of God |
Unknown | ||
| The State vs. the Dead Body of James Gregory |
at Geo. W. Turner's
|
Accident | August 28, 1880 |
upon their oaths do say that James Gregory came to his death by the fall from his Horse caused by the Horse falling down near George W. Hurner's farm |
Transportation | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Sylvester Robins | Accident | September 20, 1883 |
upon their oaths do say that said Sylvester Robbins came to his death ... from the effect of falling behind the bed and being caught by the chin and head between the railing of the bed and the wall of the house |
Suffocation |
