John C. Whitfield
John C. Whitfield Inquests
| Name | Deceased Description | Date | Inquest Location | County |
Death Type |
Death Method | Inquest Finding |
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| Sam Burton | December 9, 1876 | Anderson County, SC | Accident | laudanum |
do say that Sam Burton came to his death by the voluntary use of laudanum taken by himself, and taken from the hands of his brother John Burton |
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| John Calhoun Clemson | August 11, 1871 | at Pendleton | Anderson County, SC | Accident | train |
do say that the deceased came to his death . . .by the unavoidable running of the lumber train of the G & C R Road into the passenger train of the Blue Ridge Railroad |
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| William McCode | January 20, 1870 | at Luke McCoy's [?] | Anderson County, SC | Accident |
do say that he came to his death . . . from exposure in the rain & cold on the roadside . . . and came to his death by accident. |
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| Major Crawford | July 21, 1880 | at Anderson Court House | Anderson County, SC | Accident |
do say that Major Crawford came to his death by accidentally falling from the trestle at Rocky River while in a state of intoxication |
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| infant | January 23, 1873 | at residence of M. A. Snipes | Anderson County, SC | Natural Causes |
do say that it came to its death by the act of God |
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| Sally Williams | July 19, 1880 | n.a. | Anderson County, SC | Natural Causes |
find her lungs badly affected and diseased came to her death from consumption & had consumption badly. |
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| infant | January 13, 1868 | at Anderson Court House | Anderson County, SC | Natural Causes |
do say that the infant was a premature birth and born dead |
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| Bill Reese | December 12, 1872 | at Pendleton | Anderson County, SC | Homicide | knife |
do say that Bill Reese came to his death from a wound inflicted by a knife held in the hands of Sam Minse[?] |
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| Samuel A. Geer | January 15, 1866 | at David Geer's House | Anderson County, SC | Homicide | metallic instrument |
do say that the said S. A. Geer was killed by blows over the head producing five separate fractures of the skull, near the residence of David Geer. . .by some metalic instrument in the hands of some person or persons unknown. |
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| P. W. Morris | April 27, 1872 | at Anderson Court House | Anderson County, SC | Suicide |
do say that the deceased came to his death by his own act to wit by drowning himself in the well in the Hotel yard at the Wavesly House?after first having made several attempts to destroy his life by stabbing himself upopn the neck, and left-side, under temporary insanity. |
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| Nancy Drake | August 21, 1872 | at Mrs. Elizabeth's Anne Keaton's | Anderson County, SC | Suicide |
say that the deceased came to her death by her own act. . .by drowning herself in the well of Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Keaton. . .in a fit of derangement |
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| George C. Mitchell | September 19, 1874 | at residence of Marion Mtchell | Anderson County, SC | Suicide |
do say that George C. Mitchell came to his death by his own act..either falling or by jumping from the house top into the yard while laboring under derangeme |
