Robert Anderson
Robert Anderson Inquests
| Name | Deceased Description | Date | Inquest Location | County | Death Type | Death Method | Inquest Finding |
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| Blassingame Wise | April 27, 1848 | at or near the Negro quarter of Mrs Wiley Glover, on Savannah River | Edgefield County, SC | Suicide |
upon their Oaths do say, that . . .the decd Blassingame Wise, . . .came to his death by voluntarily drowing himself in Savannah River |
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| Charles | negro boy | November 14, 1842 | On Mr Thos Oliver's Plantation, at or near Said Oliver's residence | Edgefield County, SC | Accident |
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 |
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| Henry Goodman | May 4, 1851 | at or near to William H Adams on little horse Creek | Edgefield County, SC | Accident |
upon their Oaths do say that the aforesaid Henry Goodman in manner and form aforesaid came to his death by drowning in said little horse Creek |
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| John Butler | October 23, 1850 | at the House of Mr Seth Butler | Edgefield County, SC | Homicide | knife |
upon their Oaths do say that the said John A. Butler was killed & murdered by some person or persons to the Jurors unknown |
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| John Hester | May 13, 1846 | at Hamburg in the shop of J.J. Kenedy | Edgefield County, SC | Accident |
Upon their Oaths do say, He died in the said shop . . .while working at the bench in a fit . . .came to his death by misfortune or visitation of God |
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| John J. Cobb | July 23, 1843 | at William Elkins Mill Pond | Edgefield County, SC | Suicide |
upon their oaths do say, that Doct John S. Cobb, here lyind dead, came to his death by then & there being alone, in William Elkins mill Pond aforesaid, himself voluntarily and feloniously drowned . . . then and there himself, voluntarily & feloniously as a felon of himself Killed and murdered |
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| Kenneth Martor[?] | January 15, 1852 | at Thomas Samar's[?] Mills on horse creek | Edgefield County, SC | Accident |
Upon their oaths do say the decd came to his death . . .by becoming accidentaly entangled in, and with the running gear of Mr Thos G. Lamar's circular saw mill |
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| Lewis | negro man | March 20, 1846 | at & in the Revd Mr. Brooks Plantation | Edgefield County, SC | Accident |
upon their Oaths do say, that, he decd . . .the said Boy came to his death by & exposure to extreme hunger & Cold |
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| Milton Barter[?] | youth | August 24, 1849 | at Capt. Andrew J Hammonds Mills | Edgefield County, SC | Accident |
upon their Oaths do say . . .by accidental drowning in Mr Andrew Hammonds Mill Pond |
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| Minda | negro girl | August 17, 1851 | at Mr Geo Robinsons | Edgefield County, SC | Unknown |
upon their oaths do say that . . .the said negro girl Minda came to her death by congestion of the brain & spine |
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| Prince | negro boy | December 23, 1849 | at Thos G. Lamars Mills on little horse creek | Edgefield County, SC | Homicide | knife |
upon their Oaths do say, by a stab in the breast with a sharp pointed knife, held in the hands of a negro boy named Robert, about nine years old |
| Stepney | negro man | September 29, 1848 | at the Swamp Platation of Wiley Glover, decd on Savannah River | Edgefield County, SC | Suicide |
Upon their Oaths do say, that the said negro man Stepney came to his death by cruel treatment inflicted upon him by the hands of his master, Russel Harden |
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| Tephius[?] Cornwall | January 14, 1845 | on one of the Public Streets of the Town of Hamburg | Edgefield County, SC | Natural Causes |
Upon their oaths do say, that the decd Tephius[?] Cornwell came to his death as they believe by the visitation of God |
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| Thomas Rosseter[?] | August 30, 1852 | at Hamburg SC | Edgefield County, SC | Accident |
Upon their Oaths do say, that he, said Thos Rosseter came to his death by drowning . . .in the street in the town of Hamburg, during the high water Backed[?] out from the Savannah River |
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| Tom | negro boy | February 5, 1853 | at the late residence of Col Harling Quarles[?] deceased | Edgefield County, SC | Natural Causes |
upon their Oaths do say the said negro boy . . .died in some natural way unknown |
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| William M. Tredaway | March 27, 1851 | at the house of William M Tredaway at Beach Island | Edgefield County, SC | Homicide |
upon their oaths do say that he came to his death from a gun shot fired at him by William Wilson |
