Benjamin Baird
Benjamin Baird Inquests
| Name | Deceased Description | Date | Inquest Location | County | Death Type | Death Method | Inquest Finding |
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| Andrew | negro man | October 6, 1855 | on the track of the South Carolina Rail Road | Edgefield County, SC | Accident | train |
upon their Oaths do say. . .that Andrew came to his death by being run over by the engine and passenger train |
| Chaney | negro woman | December 11, 1855 | at the dwelling house of Mrs Randall in the Town of Hamburg | Edgefield County, SC | Natural Causes |
upon their oaths do say, that Chaney, the woman now lying dead before them came to her death by the Visitation of God |
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| Dudley Roundtree | August 10, 1856 | at the dwelling house of the late Dudley Roundtree | Edgefield County, SC | Natural Causes |
the said Dudley Roundtree came to his death. . .that the said death was by the visitation of God, and so the jury sworn and [?] as aforesaid upon their oaths declare |
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| Harry | negro boy | September 9, 1858 | at the residence of the Rev. J. L. Brooks | Edgefield County, SC | Accident |
say upon their oaths, that. . .the said boy name Harry. . .while in the business of driving the mules to work the machinery of the Cotton gin by some careless action of his own he was caught by wheel or wheels of the machinery and crushed to death |
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| Isaac | negro man | December 1, 1856 | at a point on the South Carolina Rail Road [?] Brooks Mill creek | Edgefield County, SC | Accident | train |
upon their oaths do say and declare. . .that the said negro Isaac, as aforesaid came to his death, by having been Run over by the engine and train |
| John Randall | October 19, 1857 | at the dwelling house of John Randall | Edgefield County, SC | Suicide | razor |
upon their oaths do say that the said John Randall came to his death. . .from wounds inflicted upon his neck and throat. . .by a Razor in his own hand |
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| Joseph Riddle | April 10, 1856 | at Hamburg | Edgefield County, SC | Homicide |
upon their oaths do say, that the said Riddle came to his death by a wound or stab with some cutting instrument inflicted just under the left ear by some hand to this jury unknown |
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| Mary Grace Aldrich | infant child | August 11, 1856 | at Graniteville | Edgefield County, SC | Homicide |
upon their oaths do say. . .that said child came to her death at the time and place aforesaid by having large portions of laudaunum administered by a servant girl the nurse of the name of Clarissa. . .with felonious intent |
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| Mary Randall | October 19, 1857 | at the Residence of John Randall | Edgefield County, SC | Homicide | razor |
upon their Oaths do say, that the said Mart Randall came to her death from a large cut or gash across the throat made by a Razor in the hand of her husband John Randall |
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| Patrick Burns[?] | November 4, 1858 | at the residence of Richard Campbell | Edgefield County, SC | Natural Causes |
said Burns came to his death by visitation of God . . . that the immediate cause leading to sudden death, was the bursting of a blood vessel in or about the heart or lungs |
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| Peter | Negro man | December 30, 1859 | at the Plantation of Mr Wm Bunch | Edgefield County, SC | Accident |
upon there oaths do say that Peter. . .came to his death by the accidental falling of the top of a tree he appears himself to have cut down |
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| Sam | negro man | October 19, 1856 | on the track of the South Carolina Rail Road between the Paper Mill and Marsh's | Edgefield County, SC | Accident | train |
that said boy came to his death. . .by being Run over by the night express train |
