David R. Newton
David R. Newton Inquests
| Name | Deceased Description | Date | Inquest Location | County |
Death Type |
Death Method | Inquest Finding |
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| Martha G. Herring | October 27, 1857 | at the House of Chauncy Willard | Horry County, SC | Unknown |
upon their Oaths do say that the said Martha G Herring came to her death from natural causes |
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| Wilson M. Gilligan | July 25, 1855 | at the Jail of the Districtaforesaid in Conwayboro | Horry County, SC | Accident |
upon their oaths do say that the deceased came to his death by Dorwning, cause unknown |
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| Titus | July 19, 1857 | at the Thoroughfair landing | Horry County, SC | Accident |
upon their Oaths do say, that the said negro slave Titus came to his death by accidental drowning |
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| Jethro | July 27, 1857 | at the residence of Cornelius B. Sarvis | Horry County, SC | Accident |
upon their oaths do say that the said boy Jethro came to his death by accidental drowning |
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| unknown negro | unknown negro | April 24, 1855 | at Savannah Bluff | Horry County, SC | Accident |
upon their oaths do say tha the Said engro (to them unknown) came to his Death by Drowning |
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| W. H. Gordon | March 5, 1855 | at the house of Alex.r Hampton | Horry County, SC | Accident | buggy |
upon their Oaths do say. That by an unjury caused by a fall from his Buggy on the side of the road |
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| Fanny | July 22, 1856 | at "Gressetts Landing or Store Landing" on the Waccamaw River | Horry County, SC | Accident |
upon their Oaths do say that the said slave Fanny the porperty . . . of the said R. G. W. Grissett did on Sunday the 20.th Inst came to her death by Misfortune or accidental drowning |
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| Hollan | April 29, 1856 | at Conwayboro | Horry County, SC | Accident |
Upon their Oaths do say, tha the said Girl Hollan came to her Death by accidental Drowning |
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| unnamed infant | unnamed infant | September 8, 1855 | at the Plantation of the late William Montgomery | Horry County, SC | Natural Causes |
upon their Oaths do say That upon a Post-morten examination, that from the decomposed state of the Child, having been dead 8 days and buried 7 days, that we can not see any sign of violence or Poesen,--but from the emty state of the Childs Stomach and Bowels, believe that the death of the Child was caused by withholding the necessary nurishment, from its Mothers breast, or otherwise |
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| Silvia | October 10, 1857 | at the House of J.s. W. Holliday | Horry County, SC | Natural Causes |
upon their Oaths do say that the said Silvia a slave Came to her death by the Visitation of God |
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| Jim | April 26, 1856 | on the Public Road leading from Conwayboro, to Bull Creek Ferry | Horry County, SC | Homicide |
upon their Oaths do say, that the said slave Jim Came to his death from the effect of Gun shot wounds--discharged from a Gun in the hands of J.s W. Holiday, his (the said Slave imployer) said slave at the time being in a state of insubordiation, and we the Jurors, do say that the aforesaid Jo.s W. Holiday did in self defence and contrary to his will, Kill and slave the said boy Jim |
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| Irving Stallings | March 3, 1857 | at Court House | Horry County, SC | Homicide |
upon their Oaths aforesaid do say, that the aforesaid Jeremiah Benson, (Called J. M. Benson) in manner and form aforesaid Irving Stallings, then and there feloniously did Kill against the Peace and dignity of the same state aforesaid |
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| Michael Pertell | August 2, 1858 | at Conwayboro | Horry County, SC | Homicide | knife |
upon their oaths aforesaid do say that the aforesaid Joseph J. Rollins feloniously did Kill against the peace and dignity of the same state aforesaid |
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| Edward Faircloth | March 2, 1855 | at the house of Edward T. Richs | Horry County, SC | Homicide | ax |
upon their Oaths do say that at a negro House on the primises of the residence of Edward T. Ricks. Was struck one mortal blow with the edge of an ax, inflicting a wound six inches long and throuhg to his hollow on his left brest by the hands of one Tilson a slave belong to James F. Clark of North Carolina |
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| Elizabeth M. Skipper | June 5, 1857 | at the House of Abraham B. Skipper | Horry County, SC | Homicide |
upon their Oaths do say, That the said Elizabeth M. Skipper, was killed and murdered by some person or persons to the Jurors unknown |
