J. M. Elford
J. M. Elford Inquests
| Name | Deceased Description | Date | Inquest Location | County | Death Type | Death Method | Inquest Finding |
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| Hosea Jackson | free person of color | July 10, 1863 | upon the Rail Road of the Spartanburg & Union | Spartanburg County, SC | Accident | train |
herewith decide that the said boy Hosea Jackson came to his death by his own carelessness and from no carelessness whatever on the part of the engineer |
| Jane Soseby | January 2, 1859 | at or near John Soseby's residence | Spartanburg County, SC | Suicide | rope |
do say that Jane Soseby in manner and form aforesaid then and there voluntarily and feloniously herself did kill against the peace and dignifty of the same state aforesaid by hanging herself by the neck with a rope |
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| Judy Cook | August 9, 1861 | at or near the residence of Mary Ann Cook | Spartanburg County, SC | Suicide | hank of yarn |
upon their oaths do say that the said Miss Judy Cook came to her death by hanging herself with a hank of yarn tied around the neck |
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| Justin Turner | April 9, 1868 | Spartanburg County, SC | Accident |
upon their oaths do say that the said Jusin Turner. . .came to his death by mischance being exposed during a cold night without doors and from evidence quite intoxicated |
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| Lewis | slave | March 27, 1865 | at or near the residence of [?] Gossett | Spartanburg County, SC | Homicide |
that he came to his from a gun shot wound through the neck passing out at his jaw and the said show was from a gun in the hands of some person unknown |
