H. G. Gaffney

First Name: H.
Middle Name(s): G.
Last Name: Gaffney

H. G. Gaffney Inquests

Displaying 1 - 10 of 10
Name Deceased Description Date Inquest Location County Death Type Death Method Inquest Finding
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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Source ID: 
589

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