Harvey Wofford
Harvey Wofford Inquests
| Name | Deceased Description | Date | Inquest Location | County | Death Type | Death Method | Inquest Finding |
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| Coleman | slave | September 30, 1849 | at the house of A.M. Smith | Spartanburg County, SC | Homicide | large stick |
upon there [sic] oaths do say that the deceased child Coleman was filfully murdered on the 29th September 1847 in the woods with a large stick about 4 feet long by divers[?] blows being inflicted on its head & body by some person or persons unknown |
| John Inlow | October 1, 1852 | at Hill's Factory | Spartanburg County, SC | Homicide | stick |
upon their oaths do say that they believe John Broughton did kill him the sd. Inlow. . .with a stick about five feet long & about 2 1/4 inches in diameter |
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| Joseph Parham | February 10, 1867 | at an out house near Alexander Purcell's[?] | Spartanburg County, SC | Unknown |
upon their oaths afores'd do say that aforesaid Joseph Parnham came to his death by mischance by freezing or the visitation of God |
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| Nancy Smith | February 10, 1847 | at the resident of Elijah Smith | Spartanburg County, SC | Accident | lightning |
upon their oaths do say that they believe that the sd. Nancy Smith. . .died by a visitation of God by a stroke of lightning |
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| Sarah Shacleford | September 3, 1849 | at the house of Richard Shacleford | Spartanburg County, SC | Suicide | handkerchief |
upon there [sic] oaths do say that she did hang herself voluntarily with a small silk handkerchief suspended from the limb of a post oak on this day about 9 o'clock A.M. |
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| William Belott | February 8, 1867 | near the house of Wm. Hunter | Spartanburg County, SC | Unknown |
upon their oaths afores'd say that Wm Belott came to his death by mischance or the visitation of God |
