Inquests
| Title | Inquest Location | County | Death Type | Date | COD Inquest Finding | COD |
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| The State vs. the Dead Body of John Harry |
at the House of John Harry
|
Accident | February 2, 1827 |
Do say upon their oathes that they are of opinion that the deceased came to his death by falling from his hors [sic] when he was driving his waggon in his own plantation |
Fall | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of John Wilson |
at Laurens Court House
|
Homicide | July 26, 1817 |
do say upon their oaths & affirmations that the said John Wilson decsd. Son John came to his death on the twenty sixth day of July in the year aforesaid by a stroke or strokes with a part of a fence rail or stake on the forehead of the said John above the left Eye and the Jurors aforesaid upon their oaths and affirmations aforesaid do say that from the Evidence... before them that a certain John Wilson decsd. son of James then and there with the fence rail or stake aforesaid did Kill and murder against the peace of the said state. |
Blunt Instrument | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of William Leak |
at Brant Leaks
|
Homicide | October 11, 1812 |
do say upon our oathes that the said William Leak came to his death on the sixteenth day of October one thousand eight hundred and twelve when on his way home from his Fathers House to shoot near the House of Lewis D Yancys he then and there recivd a stab in his left thight with a large Knife by Samuel Yancy of which wound he instantly Deceased and we do further say that the aforesaid Samuel Yancy did notoriously and willfully perpetrate the said murder on the body of the said Decd against the peace of this state. |
Sharp Instrument | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Mat |
on Hugh Mahoffeys Plantation
|
Suicide | April 13, 1815 |
do say upon their Oaths, that on the night of the 11th of this Instant he hanged himself with a piece of hickory bark |
Hanging | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Saul Bates |
at James Johnsons mill
|
Natural Causes | January 24, 1815 |
do say on their oaths are of the opinion that the sd. Saul Betts on the 24th of Jany. 1815 Came to his death by the Act of God at James Johnsons mill in the district afore sd. |
Other | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of George |
at the plantation of Daniel Brag
|
Accident | February 6, 1815 |
doth say upon their oaths saith that on the 5th of this instant in crossing Enoree River got wash. Off his horse and got drowned. |
Drowning | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Harry |
at Alexander Wilkinsons
|
Homicide | May 13, 1822 |
do say upon their oaths; So the Jurors aforesaid, upon their oaths aforesaid, Say that the aforesaid Negro man Harry (the servant of the said Alexander Wilinson) that he (Harry) came to his death by the means of and with the abuse that he received (on Sunday Last past being the twelth day of this instant (May))from his master Alexander Wilkinson and by his order, and not otherwise... |
Blunt Instrument | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of George |
at John Williams
|
Suicide | October 9, 1822 |
do say upon their oaths, and so the Jurors aforesaid upon their oaths aforesaid, say that the aforesaid infant Child the aforesaid Susannah Finny, then and there feloniously Did kill and murder, against the peace of this State. |
Hanging | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Infant child of Susanah Finny |
at the House of Mary Holland
|
Homicide | June 8, 1821 |
do say upon their oaths, and so the Jurors aforesaid upon their oaths aforesaid, say that the aforesaid infant Child the aforesaid Susannah Finny, then and there feloniously Did kill and murder, against the peace of this State. |
Infanticide | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Infant Child of Caroline Hunter |
at Samuel J. Bryson plantion
|
Accident | January 13, 1872 |
upon their oaths d say We Jurors afforesaid did examine the dead body of the said infant do say that the dead infant came to its death by accidental Smothering. . . |
Suffocation | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Dr. E. C. Shell |
at Henry Shell's
|
Homicide | November 5, 1868 |
upon their oaths do say that they do believe from the evidence given that from the evidence given that Jess Woody, Rich Dial, Nathan Crews, Bill Bryson, Samuel Allison Sr., Daniel Allison Jr., Harry Shell Jr. and Mar Williams either as principals or accessories did willfully and feloniously kill and Murder Dr. E.C. Shell by a shot gun or musket shot on the second day of Nov 1868 near the residence of his father H R Shell against the peace and dignity of the State afore said. |
Firearm | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Charmes |
at Levison Fowlers
|
Natural Causes | October 7, 1865 |
upon their oaths do say that the Freedman Charmes came to his death by the act of God |
Other | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Samuel D. Owings | Homicide | November 12, 1869 | Firearm | |||
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Mary Peck |
in the District aforesaid
|
Suicide | February 23, 1828 |
do say upon their Paths, "That the said Mark Peck, came to her death, hanging herself with a hank of spun cotton, to the end one of the logs of the Chimney, while in a state mental derangement. |
Hanging | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Charles Hobbs |
on the highway near John Blacks
|
Accident | October 1, 1817 |
Do say uppon there oaths after hearing all the Evidence that cold [sic] be obtained that it is there oppinion that through Intoxication he fell from his hors [sic] and Sufficated [sic] in the mud and watter as it was a Night of Very hard Rain and he was found in a hollow and partly covered with mud and the same. |
Fall | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Answorth Middleton |
at James Boyds
|
Natural Causes | December 3, 1816 |
Do say that he the said Answorth Middleton came to his Ende by the hand of god. |
Other | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of George |
at Dr J G Tragham's
|
Natural Causes | April 21, 1858 |
upon their oaths do say that the deceased came to his death by the act of God. |
Brain | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Phil |
at Laurens Court House
|
Suicide | July 29, 1821 |
do say upon their oaths that the said Phil not having God before his eyes, but being seduced and moved by the instigation of the Devil in the gaol of Laurens District aforesaid, being then & there alone with a certain piece of blanket which he then & their had one end of which was tied round his neck, and the other end thereof tied to the grate of the door of the dungeon, and himself then & there with the piece of blanket aforesaid volunarily & feloniously and of his malice aforethought, hanged & suffocated: And so the jurors aforesaid, upon their oaths aforesaid, say that as a felon of himself, feloniously, voluntarily & of his malice aforethought himself killed, strangled & murdered against the peace of the said State. |
Hanging | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Sambo |
at the house of Stephen Garretts
|
Suicide | August 1, 1821 |
do say upon their oaths dc not having God before his eyes but being seduced and moved by the instigation of the Devil at the place & time aforesaid in a certain house occupied by sd negro being then and there hanging alone by a joint of the house with a plough line around his neck - voluntarily and feloniously and of his malice aforethought hung and suffocated himself... |
Hanging | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Bart | Unknown | October 30, 1822 |
do say upon their oaths, that the aforesaid Negro Bart, was killed, or came to his death, either by an accidential fall from a horse, or some other misfortune. |
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| The State vs. the Dead Body of Infant Child |
at the house of John Brysons
|
Homicide | July 27, 1809 |
upon there oaths aforesaid say that the aforesaid female Child came to its death by a Stroke on the head by the Reputed Mother Jean Bryson. . . |
Infanticide | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Negro woman | Unknown | March 6, 1826 |
We. . .above mentioned to make inquisition on the decsd. Body of this negroe woman. . .who was found dead by the spring and being sworn according to law have made a strict inquiry into all matters. . .that the sd. Decsd. Came to to death by an act of Providence, but what was the immediate cause of her death we cannot tell unless it was by drinking to much water or by a Act of some kind. |
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| The State vs. the Dead Body of Samuel Whillow | Accident | December 17, 1818 |
We the Jurors after having been lawfully summoned, & sworn by James Watts having examined the body of decsd. Give it as our opinion that sd. Whillow came to his death by reason of his being very much intoxicated with ardent spirits & in attempting to go home some time about dark forced his young horse in saluda river at Childs' Ferry & drowned... |
Drowning | ||
| The State vs. the Dead Body of John |
at the Residence of Dr. D A Richardson
|
Accident | April 23, 1859 |
upon there oaths do say. That the said slave John at the Residence of Daniel A Richardson on the 12th day of April in the afternoon came to his death, By accident the result of a fall producing a dislocation of the neck |
Fall | |
| The State vs. the Dead Body of Infant Male Child of Mariah Owings |
at J.C. Rason's
|
Accident | July 8, 1883 |
upon their oaths do say, That the said child came to its death on Friday 6th day of July in its mothers house from Suffocation, And so the Jurors aforesaid upon their oaths aforesaid, do say that the aforesaid child came to his death by misfortune or accident. |
Suffocation |
