Davis Moore
Davis Moore Inquests
Name | Deceased Description | Date | Inquest Location | County | Death Type | Death Method | Inquest Finding |
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Holman Smith | May 28, 1855 | at the late residence of Holman Smith | Spartanburg County, SC | Homicide | ax |
upon their oaths do say [deceased] was wilfully, maliciously, & feloniously murdered at his own residence. . .by Phillis and John, slaves of the deceased, by beating him with an Axe and a stick. . .and that Charley, a slave of dec's'd, was accessory to the murder being present and making no effort to prevent the murder |
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Mary George | November 1, 1857 | at the late residence of Mary George | Spartanburg County, SC | Unknown |
upon their oaths do say that the dec'd came to her death through the dispensation of Providence |
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Rowland Cash | March 11, 1853 | at the residence of Ephraim Jackson | Spartanburg County, SC | Accident |
do say upon their oaths [deceased] came to his death by misfortune or accident |
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Asa Lipscomb | freedman | December 24, 1866 | at Mrs. Jinetta Shippy's | Spartanburg County, SC | Accident |
upon their oaths do say that the said Asa Lipscomb was shot with a paper wad by Sam'l Shippy, Norris Shippy, or Frank Shippy ... by accident |