A. M. Kennedy
A. M. Kennedy Inquests
| Name | Deceased Description | Date | Inquest Location | County | Death Type | Death Method | Inquest Finding |
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| Abram | slave | December 26, 1847 | at Brewer's Plantation | Kershaw County, SC | Unknown |
upon their oaths do say that he came to his death from cause or causes unknown |
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| Aleck | slave | July 18, 1848 | at Major J. Whitaker's plantation | Kershaw County, SC | Suicide |
that he came to his death by drowning in attempting to escape from Capt. Hale & Col. J. Chesnut's hands on the 10th inst |
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| Burke Chesnut | December 14, 1849 | near Boykin's T.O. | Kershaw County, SC | Accident |
upon their oaths do say that the deceased came to his death by falling from the cars and exposure while intoxicated |
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| Eleck | slave | May 30, 1850 | at the quarter of A.D. Jones Esq. | Kershaw County, SC | Homicide | shotgun |
do say that he came to his death by a shot gun wound inflicted by the hands of Thos. Mickle under justifiable circumstances. |
| J. J. Watts | April 17, 1848 | at the house of J.J. Watts | Kershaw County, SC | Accident |
upon their oaths do say that the deceased came to his death from the accidental discharge of a gun in the hands of Zack Gupple |
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| Jack | slave | November 19, 1848 | at McRae's Mill on the road to Darlington | Kershaw County, SC | Unknown |
upon their oaths do say that he came to his death by the visitation of God |
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| Jake | slave | July 24, 1852 | at the plantation of Mrs. Amelia Haile near the bridge crossing the Wateree River | Kershaw County, SC | Homicide | brick |
that the slave Jake came to his death from a blow or blows inflicted on his head by a brick in the hands of Ceily the nurse, a slave property of Charles Haile |
| James C. Wise | May 13, 1847 | at Camden | Kershaw County, SC | Accident |
upon their oaths do say that he came to his death by accidental drowning |
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| James Parker | February 4, 1852 | at James Parker's house | Kershaw County, SC | Accident | horse |
upon their oaths do say that deceased came to his death by a fall from his horse |
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| Jane Crowder | July 10, 1848 | at the jail of Kershaw District, town of Camden | Kershaw County, SC | Suicide |
upon their oaths do say that he deceased came to her death by suicide from hanging herself from the bar of her prison |
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| John | slave | November 13, 1849 | at the house of Mrs. J.S. McRae | Kershaw County, SC | Accident |
upon their oaths do say the deceased came to his death by the falling of a tree |
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| John Peagles | November 30, 1846 | at Camden | Kershaw County, SC | Homicide | pistol |
upon their oaths do say that the said John Peagles came ot his death from a pistol shot fired by the hands of Wm. B. Hamilton |
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| Micjah Ward | February 9, 1849 | at the house of M. Ward | Kershaw County, SC | Natural Causes |
upon their oaths do say that he came to his death by the visitation of God |
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| Nelson Pettifoot | free black | February 11, 1848 | at the edge of the town of Camden | Kershaw County, SC | Accident | wagon |
upon their oaths do say the deceased came t his death by the wagon running over him |
| R. J. Lester | March 19, 1851 | at Camden | Kershaw County, SC | Homicide | pistol |
upon their oaths do say that he came to his death from a ball shot from a pistol in the hands of Samuel I. Love and that Samuel Wilson Love was accessory to the act |
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| slave | slave | December 4, 1852 | at the plantation known as Stockton's | Kershaw County, SC | Accident |
upon their oaths do say that he came to his death by his appearance from privation and exposure |
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| Thomas Robinson | December 23, 1847 | at the house of William Clyburn | Kershaw County, SC | Accident | horse |
upon their oaths do say that the deceased Thos. Robinson came to his death by a fall from his horse |
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| William Pettifoot | free black | January 21, 1847 | at Camden | Kershaw County, SC | Accident |
upon their oaths do say that the deceased came to its death by being accidentally overlaid & smothered in the course fo the night by its mother |
