Henry M. Smith
Henry M. Smith Inquests
Name | Deceased Description | Date | Inquest Location | County | Death Type | Death Method | Inquest Finding |
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Bill | slave | September 30, 1860 | Greenville County, SC | Unknown |
upon their oaths do say that he came to his death by some means to the jurors unknown |
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John Prince | July 15, 1856 | at Miles[?] Southerns[?] | Greenville County, SC | Accident |
upon their oaths do say that he came to his death . . . by the excessive use of [?] liquors and lying in the hot sun. |
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William Johnson | July 31, 1866 | at David Gunter's | Greenville County, SC | Accident |
upon their oaths do say that he came to his death . . . in John L. Southern's mill pond by being drowned accidentally while bathing |
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John Pinson | September 2, 1858 | at [?] Pinson residence | Greenville County, SC | Accident |
upon their oaths do say that he came to his death by accidental drowning . . . near McBees Mills in Reedy River |
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John Pike | November 15, 1856 | at William Pike's | Greenville County, SC | Accident |
upon their oaths do say that he came to his death . . . by some means to the jurors unknown |
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James Rivan | November 3, 1856 | at the forks of the Rutherfordton[?] Road | Greenville County, SC | Accident | wagon |
upon their oaths do say that he came to his death . . . by a loaded wagon accidentally running over him |
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Robert Butler | boy | July 12, 1868 | at Robert Butler's | Greenville County, SC | Accident |
upon their oaths do say that he came to his death accidentally by being cought in the gearney of a thrashing[?] [?] |
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Elijah Pike | December 28, 1856 | at the residence of Elijah Pike | Greenville County, SC | Other |
upon their oaths do say that he came to his death at his Residence . . . by excessive use of ardent spirits |
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M. M. Oneall | December 1, 1870 | at the residence of Elias E. Roberts | Greenville County, SC | Natural Causes |
upon their oaths do say that the said Mrs. M.M. Oneall came to her death from disease of the heart |
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William Smith | infant | January 20, 1869 | at Stephen C. Smith residence | Greenville County, SC | Natural Causes |
upon their oaths do say that he came to his death by some means or disease to the jurors unknown |
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Joseph Smith | freeman | July 25, 1866 | at Benjamin Vaughn's | Greenville County, SC | Natural Causes |
upon their oaths do say that he came to his death . . .by some means unknown to the jurors |
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Elizabeth Pinnel | February 27, 1851 | at the late residence of Elizabeth Pinnel | Greenville County, SC | Natural Causes |
upon their oaths do say that Elizabeth Pinnel in maner[?] and form aforesaid came to her death by the providence of God |
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Sarah Bressey | September 14, 1857 | at [?] Village | Greenville County, SC | Natural Causes |
upon their oaths do say that . . . she came to her death . . . by a natural death. |
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negro child | negro child | October 11, 1857 | at T. C. Lesters | Greenville County, SC | Natural Causes |
upon their oaths do say that she came to her death by strangling or choking with phlegm |
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Caroline Batson | freed woman | November 21, 1866 | at Reedy River Church | Greenville County, SC | Natural Causes |
upon their oaths do say that she came to her death by exposing herself while sick with fever |
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black child | black child | July 31, 1849 | at Morton's old place | Greenville County, SC | Homicide |
upon their oaths aforesaid do say that the aforesaid Harriot and Amy and Jenny did then and there feloniously cause the death of the said chile contrary to the peace and dignity of the state. |
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Andrew Lynch | August 22, 1868 | at or near Gosmills Mill's | Greenville County, SC | Homicide |
upon their oaths do say that he came to his death by a gun shot taken affect in his abodomen discharged near his spine fired by some person inward[?] |
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James Duckett | November 9, 1859 | at James Sutton's | Greenville County, SC | Homicide |
upon their oaths do say that he came to his death by a wound inflicted by a sharp instrument held in the hands of Boy named Abe the property of H. J. Gilreath |
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Henry | slave | July 8, 1856 | at the house of Wm M. Hawkins | Greenville County, SC | Homicide | hoe |
upon their oaths do say that the said Slave Henry was killed by Jr.[?] a slave of the said Wm M. Hawkins . . . with a hoe held by the said slave Jr.[?] [?] in self defense |
John Autery | March 26, 1858 | in the district aforesaid | Greenville County, SC | Suicide | rifle |
upon their oaths do say that the deceased came to his death by shooting himself with a rifle gun, the ball sticking in the forehead and penetrating into the skull which caused instant death, his big toe placed on the trigger, the gun lying lengthwise on the body |
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Allen | negro man | September 4, 1858 | at Mrs. Moor's | Greenville County, SC | Suicide | rifle |
upon their oaths do say that the deceased came to his death by ball shot from a rifle gun into his forehead causing instant death, the gun lying by his side, the ram rod drawn out and lying on the ground, a long forked stick lying lengthwise on the body |