A. B. Addison
A. B. Addison Inquests
| Name | Deceased Description | Date | Inquest Location | County | Death Type | Death Method | Inquest Finding |
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| Ann | negro woman | December 8, 1848 | at the house of Benja F Landrum | Edgefield County, SC | Suicide | rope |
upon their oaths do say the said Decd came to her death in the Shop of B F Landrum by hanging herself with a rope around her neck |
| Apling | negro man | April 5, 1849 | in the woods in said district near the Lexington line on a branch of McGier Creek | Edgefield County, SC | Homicide |
do say upon their oaths do say that they believe the decd to be the remains of Ap or Apling . . .and that he came to death by a leaden ball shot from a gun[?] or pistol by the hands of some person or persons unknown |
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| Bartly | negro man | January 16, 1846 | in the woods near the plantation of Dr Wm M Bent | Edgefield County, SC | Unknown |
upon their oaths do say that the said Bartly came to his death by cause unknown |
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| Benjamin Cockroft | March 18, 1847 | in the woods near the house of Beryman[?] Bledsoe | Edgefield County, SC | Accident |
upon their oats do say that the said Benjamin Cockroft came to his death from the effects of being dissipation and lying on the cold ground |
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| Benjamin F. Jones | March 24, 1845 | at W B Griffins | Edgefield County, SC | Homicide | shotgun |
upon their oaths do say that the said B F Jones was wilfully Killed by one Charles Price in the Store house of the above name W B Griffin . . .by shooting him the said B F Jones with a gun commonly Known as a shot gun in the left side of chest below the left Nipple |
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| George W. Medlock | January 1, 1848 | at the house of Daniel Abby | Edgefield County, SC | Natural Causes |
upon their oaths do say that the said George W Medlock came to his death from a disease of the heart |
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| Henry | negro man | June 3, 1849 | at the house of Mrs Mary Harrison | Edgefield County, SC | Accident |
upon their oaths do say that the said Henry came to his death by injuries received in falling in & against the bank of a branch or deep gully while running from a patroll |
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| Infred Padgett | July 12, 1848 | at the Joal of Edgefield | Edgefield County, SC | Natural Causes |
upon their oaths do say that Decd came to his death by the act of God |
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| James Miller | March 29, 1847 | at the house of James Miller | Edgefield County, SC | Suicide | rope |
upon their oaths do say the said James Miller came to his death by hanging himself by the neck with a rope in his gin house while he was in a state of mental derangement |
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| Jesse Weatherford | September 4, 1849 | at the plantation of Mrs R Blaylock | Edgefield County, SC | Homicide | shotgun |
upon their oaths do say the said Jesse Weatherford was killed & murdered at the plantation of Mrs Rossita Blaylock . . .by a negro man named Jo the property of Mrs Rositta Blaylock by the said Jo shooting the said Jesse Weatherford in the left side and arm with a shot gun loaded with powder & leaden shot |
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| Joel Roper Sr. | August 30, 1845 | at the house of Joel Roper Sr | Edgefield County, SC | Suicide | rope |
upon their oaths do say the said Joel Roper Sr came to his death by hanging himself by a rope to the cotton beams of his own gin house on his own plantation . . .in a fit of patrial derangement |
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| Joseph Moore Jr. | April 19, 1846 | at the house of Dr John D. Nicholson | Edgefield County, SC | Natural Causes |
upon their oaths do say that the said Joseph Moore Jr came to his death by the rupture of a blood vessel of the lungs |
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| Joshua Hammond Jr. | September 6, 1849 | at a place belonging to John Bauskett[?] on little horse creek | Edgefield County, SC | Homicide | fence rail |
upon their oaths do say that the said Joshua Hammond Jr came to his death by Sunday[?] blows inflicted by the hands of John Green Jr & Julius Green with a gun[?] & fence rail and that John Green senior was aiding and abetting at the time at a place on the Hamburg Road belonging to John Baushkett[?] on little horse creek now occupied by Benjamin Davis |
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| Lewis Glanton | September 8, 1846 | near the church of Antioch | Edgefield County, SC | Accident | horse |
upon their oaths do say that the said Lewis Glanton came to his death by being thrown from his horse against a pine tree in a small[?] near Scotts road |
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| Lizzy | three negro children | October 2, 1846 | at the house of Philip Brogden | Edgefield County, SC | Homicide | axe |
upon their oaths do say the said Riller Lizzy and Rose were feloniously Killed and Murdered in the negro house of said Philip Brogden on the night of the 1st inst by breaking their sculls with an axe and cutting the throats of Riller & Lizza by the hands of their own Mother named Clarisy the property of said Brogden |
| Riller | three negro children | October 2, 1846 | at the house of Philip Brogden | Edgefield County, SC | Homicide |
upon their oaths do say the said Riller Lizzy and Rose were feloniously Killed and Murdered in the negro house of said Philip Brogden on the night of the 1st inst by breaking their sculls with an axe and cutting the throats of Riller & Lizza by the hands of their own Mother named Clarisy the property of said Brogden |
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| Robert Neid | free man of Colour | August 26, 1847 | at Vaudun[?] Factory | Edgefield County, SC | Homicide | dirk knife |
upon their oaths do say that the said Robert Neid Came to his death by a wound inflicted by one Zack Williams with a dirk Knife |
| Robert W. Kincade | December 27, 1845 | at the house of Baley[?] Corley | Edgefield County, SC | Natural Causes |
upon their oaths do say, that the said Robert W Kincde came to his death by a Stroke of Appoplexy in the house of Baley Corby |
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| Rose | three negro children | October 2, 1846 | at the house of Philip Brogden | Edgefield County, SC | Homicide |
upon their oaths do say the said Riller Lizzy and Rose were feloniously Killed and Murdered in the negro house of said Philip Brogden on the night of the 1st inst by breaking their sculls with an axe and cutting the throats of Riller & Lizza by the hands of their own Mother named Clarisy the property of said Brogden |
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| Thomas Prince | July 31, 1848 | at the Joal of Said District | Edgefield County, SC | Natural Causes |
upon their oaths do say that the said Thomas Prince came to his death by the act of God |
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| Uriah Koon | October 16, 1847 | at the house of Col John Hunt | Edgefield County, SC | Accident | wagon |
upon their oaths do say that the deceased came to his death by a wagon wheel runing over the breast of decd breaking the 6th-7th & 8th ribs of the left side and the probible rupture of some important blood vessels-on the Columbia Road |
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| white man | white man | October 21, 1849 | in the woods near Holsonbakers[?] old fields | Edgefield County, SC | Natural Causes |
upon their oaths do say the aforesaid Stranger came to his death from the act of God |
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| William Bailey | July 19, 1846 | at the House of Samuel C Scott | Edgefield County, SC | Homicide |
upon their oaths do say that the said William Bailey was feloniously Killed and Murdered by Thomas Prince at the house of Saml C. Scott . . .with a pocket Knife |
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| William L. Russell | September 6, 1849 | in the Hotel of H Jordon | Edgefield County, SC | Suicide | razor |
upon their oaths do say the said William L Russell came to his death . . .by cutting his own throat with a Razor while in a temporary state of insanity |
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| William Lundy | August 28, 1846 | at house of John Rainsford | Edgefield County, SC | Accident |
upon their oaths do say that decd came to his death by the accidental discharge of a shot gun that was in his hands the load entering his left temple and passing out of the top of his head carrying part of the brain & skull off |
