Anderson County, SC
County Name:
Anderson
State:
South Carolina
Total population (1850): 32,318
Enslaved population (1850): 19,262
Percent enslaved: 60%
Extant nineteenth-century inquests: 153
Date range: 1830-1883
Percentage of violent crimes in county sample: 32% (49/153)
Anderson County was named for Robert Anderson, a Revolutionary War hero who helped wrest the land away from the Cherokee in 1777. The resulting cession was then broken into Pickens and Anderson Counties (technically Pickens and Anderson Districts) in 1826. Lacking a central county seat, Anderson Courthouse was built, which gradually became the town of Anderson, now known as 'The Electricity City' because it was the first in the country to have continuous power thanks to a water mill located in the high shoals. Like many counties in the area, Anderson became heavily invested in cotton and textile mills as the nineteenth century progressed.
Anderson County, SC Inquests
Displaying 1 - 50 of 153
| Name | Deceased Description | Date | Inquest Location | Death Type | Death Method |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Hardin | June 24, 1845 | at plantation of Mr. Moses Chambles | Accident | ||
| Abram Clement | October 6, 1868 | at Martin Williamston's residence | Accident | ||
| Adeline Agnew | May 14, 1871 | near the residence of Ephraim R. Cobb | Homicide | knife | |
| Alfred | runaway slave | June 16, 1862 | At Williamston | Homicide | |
| Allen Johnson | June 17, 1876 | at Broadway trestle on the line of the Greenville and Columbia Railroad | Accident | train | |
| Allen S. Barksdale | June 23, 1876 | at the house of Robert A. Gray | Homicide | axe | |
| Amaziah Payton | colored man of New York | July 20, 1866 | at the house of Richmond Payton | Homicide | pistol |
| Anna G. Cason | June 10, 1883 | at Williamston | Natural Causes | ||
| Anna G. Goodrich | November 10, 1881 | at Pelzer, SC | Accident | train | |
| Anthony | slave | July 2, 1853 | at Samuel J. Hannond's plantation | Accident | |
| Barbary Havard | wife of Mark Havard | November 5, 1840 | in the house of Mark Havard | Suicide | |
| Beller McAlester | March 11, 1876 | at house of deceased | Natural Causes | ||
| Bessie Gambrell | Suicide | ||||
| Bill Reese | December 12, 1872 | at Pendleton | Homicide | knife | |
| Bonaparte Bates | March 26, 1856 | at the Fuller old field | Accident | ||
| Caleb Chappell | January 22, 1835 | at or near house of John Ledbetter | Other | ||
| Caroline A. Kinnan | January 13, 1872 | at L. C. Neals[?] | Unknown | arsenic | |
| Celia King | September 8, 1857 | at Peter King's residence | Suicide | hank of cotton thread | |
| Charity Bozeman | June 11, 1880 | at the house of Aby McAlister | Natural Causes | ||
| Charity Norris | May 29, 1869 | at B. F. McGee's residence | Homicide | ||
| Charles Kelly | August 14, 1866 | at the town of Anderson | Homicide | razor | |
| Clara Burress | February 25, 1878 | at the house of Caty Burress on the plantation of Dr. A. G. Cook | Homicide | pistol | |
| Clarissa Campbell | freedwoman | March 29, 1867 | at the residence of Sarah Campbell | Natural Causes | |
| colored | colored | April 24, 1874 | at Dr. J. A. Todd's | Accident | |
| Cyrus | slave | September 15, 1860 | at the shanty [?] upon the grounds of the Blue Ridge Rail Road Company at Anderson | Accident | train |
| Daily Thompson | December 8, 1876 | at Daniel Thompson's | Suicide | ||
| Daniel Brown | October 8, 1881 | at the plantation of Willis Watkins | Natural Causes | ||
| David McClellan | November 27, 1857 | at residence of David McClellan | Accident | ||
| Eber B. Stevens | March 5, 1873 | at Pendleton | Natural Causes | ||
| Edward Lawrence | March 29, 1856 | at Pendleton village | Accident | wagon | |
| Edward Whitt | March 1, 1846 | near John Baurman's | Accident | horse | |
| Eli David Junkins | July 24, 1871 | at or near the hosue of John Martin (colored) near Richard Robinson Mill | Accident | shotgun | |
| Elias Smith | August 24, 1869 | in the county of Anderson | Natural Causes | ||
| Elizabeth McHolister | August 16, 1855 | at the house of Elijah McHolister | Natural Causes | ||
| Ephraim Mayfield | April 1, 1847 | at the plantation of Ephraim Mayfield | Suicide | knife | |
| Fanny Payton | colored woman, free from birth | June 20, 1870 | at residence of Harry Gallard[?] | Natural Causes | |
| female daughter of | female daughter of | November 28, 1841 | at graveyard at Hammonds Old Field | Homicide | |
| Frances Pagett | April 15, 1853 | at William Pagett's | Natural Causes | ||
| Franklin A. Ragsdale | July 23, 1867 | at the house of Franklin A. Ragsdale | Unknown | ||
| Freedwoman | Freedwoman | October 23, 1867 | at Anderson Court House | Homicide | |
| Gabriel Hill | Colored | April 28, 1868 | on the plantation of John N. Wilson | Suicide | |
| George C. Mitchell | September 19, 1874 | at residence of Marion Mtchell | Suicide | ||
| George Hammond | June 24, 1871 | at Provosts Mill Pond | Accident | ||
| George Norris | November 23, 1876 | at Anderson Courthouse | Natural Causes | ||
| Giles Guess | colored | February 2, 1882 | at the hosue of John Smith | Homicide | pistol |
| Hardy McKinney | freedman | July 28, 1867 | at an old field near F. Wyne's | Natural Causes | |
| Harry | slave | December 17, 1855 | at Jesse Gray's residence | Natural Causes | |
| Harry | slave | July 7, 1855 | at Pendleton village | Natural Causes | |
| Henry | slave | December 25, 1830 | on public highway from Pendleton to Pickensville [modern-day Easley] | Accident | |
| Henry Cobb | December 16, 1868 | at Warnock's Crossing on the Anderson Branch of the Greenville & Columbia Rail Road | Other |
