Anderson County, SC
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
Name | Deceased Description | Date | Inquest Location | Death Type | Death Method |
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Sam Williams | May 30, 1876 | in the streets of Pendleton | Homicide | ||
Sally Williams | July 19, 1880 | n.a. | Natural Causes | ||
infant | November 27, 1870 | at William Stuart's residence | Natural Causes | ||
Sophia Hall | March 19, 1859 | at or near Samuel Martin's residence | Natural Causes | ||
Jack | slave [runaway] | November 21, 1835 | at Andersonville | Accident | |
Frances Pagett | April 15, 1853 | at William Pagett's | Natural Causes | ||
Aaron Hardin | June 24, 1845 | at plantation of Mr. Moses Chambles | Accident | ||
P. W. Morris | April 27, 1872 | at Anderson Court House | Suicide | ||
white child | white child | January 20, 1871 | at Wilson's Bridge | Homicide | |
Abram Clement | October 6, 1868 | at Martin Williamston's residence | Accident | ||
Minnie Cason | June 9, 1883 | at Williamston | Accident | ||
Robert L. Elmore | at sawmill | Homicide | |||
Sarah Martin | July 14, 1844 | at residence of Mrs. Sarah Martin | Natural Causes | ||
Mary Thompson | June 12, 1878 | Accident | |||
Thomas D. Cook | April 10, 1854 | at Stover's Ferry on Savannah River | Accident | ||
Nancy Drake | August 21, 1872 | at Mrs. Elizabeth's Anne Keaton's | Suicide | ||
Thomas Dalton | February 8, 1882 | at Williamston | Accident | ||
John H. Megill | September 22, 1867 | at J. D. Tucker's | Unknown | ||
Bessie Gambrell | Suicide | ||||
George Hammond | June 24, 1871 | at Provosts Mill Pond | Accident | ||
Joe Jenkins | October 8, 1881 | at the residence of Matilda Rud | Natural Causes | ||
Thomas J. Geer | November 23, 1860 | Thomas J. Geer's residence | Accident | ||
Gabriel Hill | Colored | April 28, 1868 | on the plantation of John N. Wilson | Suicide | |
John M. Bonds | December 16, 1850 | at Isom R. Bond's | Natural Causes | ||
George C. Mitchell | September 19, 1874 | at residence of Marion Mtchell | Suicide | ||
Martha Morris | January 9, 1881 | at the residence of Warren Morris | Natural Causes | ||
Anna G. Cason | June 10, 1883 | at Williamston | Natural Causes | ||
infant | March 10, 1865 | at Anderson Court House | Homicide | ||
Jim Mason | free man of color | January 9, 1850 | near the residence of William Poole | Accident | |
Willis Watson | June 14, 1876 | at the river bank on Saulda one mile above Gambell old Bridge | Accident | ||
Barbary Havard | wife of Mark Havard | November 5, 1840 | in the house of Mark Havard | Suicide | |
Jane | slave | March 10, 1863 | at Anderson Court House | Homicide | |
Patsy Wilson | colored free woman | June 17, 1857 | at the residence of Robert Wilson | Suicide | |
Smith | June 9, 1876 | near R. H. Anderson's Tanyard | Accident | ||
infant | June 12, 1872 | Homicide | |||
John Edmonson | July 26, 1854 | near the road leading from Anderson Court House to the Double Branches. | Other | ||
Mary Waters | March 20, 1883 | at or near the residence of Thomas J. Reynolds | Unknown | ||
John Seawright | October 22, 1881 | on the public road leading from Craytonville to Anderson Court House | Natural Causes | ||
Sarah McCulley | wife of Barney McCulley | September 1, 1841 | at the house of Barney McCulley | Accident | |
Sloan | freedman | November 19, 1866 | At Williamston | Accident | |
Mary May | April 14, 1854 | at J. W. May's | Natural Causes | ||
infant | January 13, 1868 | at Anderson Court House | Natural Causes | ||
Harry | slave | December 17, 1855 | at Jesse Gray's residence | Natural Causes | |
Eber B. Stevens | March 5, 1873 | at Pendleton | Natural Causes | ||
Henry Cobb | December 16, 1868 | at Warnock's Crossing on the Anderson Branch of the Greenville & Columbia Rail Road | Other | ||
female daughter of | female daughter of | November 28, 1841 | at graveyard at Hammonds Old Field | Homicide | |
David McClellan | November 27, 1857 | at residence of David McClellan | Accident | ||
Sam | slave | October 5, 1854 | at the plantation of James W. Harrison | Suicide | |
Major Crawford | July 21, 1880 | at Anderson Court House | Accident | ||
Robert Brownlee | July 26, 1883 | at Seneca River | Accident |