H. G. Gaffney
H. G. Gaffney Inquests
| Name | Deceased Description | Date | Inquest Location | County | Death Type | Death Method | Inquest Finding |
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| Cephas Palmer | March 31, 1879 | at W. G. Austell's Mill Pond | Spartanburg County, SC | Suicide |
upon their oaths do say that the said Cephas Palmer came to his death by drowning being his own act |
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| Edward Bridges | March 19, 1881 | Spartanburg County, SC | Homicide | ||||
| Gabe Wilky | November 29, 1880 | at Gaffney City | Spartanburg County, SC | Other |
upon their oaths do say that the said Gabe Wilky came to his death ... from his own impudence & excessive use of alcohol and the visitation of God |
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| J. H. McPherson | January 3, 1877 | at Gaffney City | Spartanburg County, SC | Suicide | pistol |
upon their oaths do say that he, the deceased, came to his death from the effects of a pistol shot wound in the head, inflicted by his own hand |
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| Kinley Green | February 2, 1878 | at Gaffney City | Spartanburg County, SC | Accident | train |
upon their oaths do say that the said Kinley Green came to his death ... from having been run over on the evening previous by a Freight train on the A&C Air ine Railrway near the 2/3 mile post |
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| Landrum Hopper | August 17, 1882 | at Truman S. Webber's | Spartanburg County, SC | Accident | lightning |
upon their oaths do say that the said Landrum Hopper came to his death from the effects of a stroke lightning in the field of Truman S. Weber where he had been ploughing |
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| Mary Hicks | May 10, 1881 | at the residence of Widow Lucy Clements | Spartanburg County, SC | Homicide |
upon their oaths do say that ... Mrs. Mary Hicks came to her death by a gun shot and a knife or some sharp tool in the hands of one B. Whitney Hicks, her husband |
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| Nancy Hawkins | March 13, 1864 | near the residence of Wm. Hawking | Spartanburg County, SC | Suicide | hank of cotton thread |
upon their oaths do say that the said Nancy Jawking came to her death. . .in the woods near the residence fo Wm. Hawkings near the North Carolina line by hanging herself with a hank of cotton thread |
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| Wilson Harris | February 12, 1876 | at Gaffney City | Spartanburg County, SC | Accident | horse |
upon their oaths do say that the said Wilson Harris came to his death by accident caused by being run over or against by a horse ridden by John W. Wright in a race being run on the old race track at Gaffney City ... said accident being caused by his (the deceased's) own carelessness |
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| Wyatt Harris | April 22, 1887 | at Limestone Springs | Spartanburg County, SC | Accident |
upon their oaths do say that the said Whay Harris was killed by accident at Limestone Springs ... by a rock thrown by a blast at Simon's works striking him on top of the head while he was at work at Richardson's kiln and killing his instantly |
