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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Charity Norris | May 29, 1869 | at B. F. McGee's residence | Homicide | ||
Charity Bozeman | June 11, 1880 | at the house of Aby McAlister | Natural Causes | ||
Anthony | slave | July 2, 1853 | at Samuel J. Hannond's plantation | Accident | |
Mary Magdalene Saxton | December 6, 1876 | at the house of Enoch Saxton | Unknown | ||
Harry | slave | July 7, 1855 | at Pendleton village | Natural Causes | |
Lena Hutchinson | October 20, 1873 | Accident | |||
James Jenkins | May 30, 1875 | at Robert Spence's [?] Mill | Accident | ||
Mary M. Williams | March 20, 1860 | at William William's residence | Suicide | ||
John Dean | December 29, 1848 | on the publick [sic] road leading from William McMurry's, Esq to J. L. Kenedy's | Accident | ||
John Williams | February 9, 1879 | at the house of Newton Perry [?] on the plantation of Thomas Cox | Natural Causes | ||
Caleb Chappell | January 22, 1835 | at or near house of John Ledbetter | Other | ||
Samuel | Negro Man | Accident | |||
John Maddox | June 15, 1881 | at Williamston | Accident | ||
John Brownlee | June 7, 1863 | at Williamston | Natural Causes | ||
Beller McAlester | March 11, 1876 | at house of deceased | Natural Causes | ||
William McCode | January 20, 1870 | at Luke McCoy's [?] | Accident | ||
Henry | slave | December 25, 1830 | on public highway from Pendleton to Pickensville [modern-day Easley] | Accident | |
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 | ||
Peter Williford | May 2, 1876 | at Daniel Williford's | Natural Causes | ||
infant | March 30, 1874 | at Silas Kay's | Unknown | ||
Bonaparte Bates | March 26, 1856 | at the Fuller old field | Accident | ||
Truman Miles | October 22, 1839 | at Anderson Courthouse | Accident | ||
Olin Smith | Natural Causes | ||||
infant | January 23, 1873 | at residence of M. A. Snipes | Natural Causes | ||
Freedwoman | Freedwoman | October 23, 1867 | at Anderson Court House | Homicide | |
Henry Davis | October 30, 1857 | at Anderson Courthouse | Accident | ||
Hardy McKinney | freedman | July 28, 1867 | at an old field near F. Wyne's | Natural Causes | |
Sally Williams | July 19, 1880 | n.a. | Natural Causes | ||
infant | November 27, 1870 | at William Stuart's residence | Natural Causes | ||
James Robinson | May 20, 1883 | n.a. | Natural Causes | ||
Peter Knox | July 23, 1878 | near Calrandellers[?] Ferry on Tugalo River | Accident | ||
Alfred | runaway slave | June 16, 1862 | At Williamston | Homicide | |
Frances Pagett | April 15, 1853 | at William Pagett's | Natural Causes | ||
P. W. Morris | April 27, 1872 | at Anderson Court House | Suicide | ||
Samuel McCulley | December 29, 1839 | in Broadway Creek | Accident | ||
Abram Clement | October 6, 1868 | at Martin Williamston's residence | Accident | ||
James Wilson | March 27, 1846 | at the house of Alexander Moorehead | Natural Causes | ||
Morriss unknown | free man of color | January 7, 1858 | at Grief Tater's residence | Natural Causes | |
Mary Thompson | June 12, 1878 | Accident | |||
Hewlet Swangum | July 21, 1883 | at Pelzer, SC | Accident | ||
Nancy Drake | August 21, 1872 | at Mrs. Elizabeth's Anne Keaton's | Suicide | ||
John H. Megill | September 22, 1867 | at J. D. Tucker's | Unknown | ||
Gabriel Hill | Colored | April 28, 1868 | on the plantation of John N. Wilson | Suicide | |
James Drake | December 7, 1854 | at residence of James Drake | Natural Causes | ||
George C. Mitchell | September 19, 1874 | at residence of Marion Mtchell | Suicide | ||
Meredith Crawford | July 3, 1861 | At the residence of Meredith Crawford | Unknown | ||
George Hammond | June 24, 1871 | at Provosts Mill Pond | Accident | ||
infant | March 10, 1865 | at Anderson Court House | Homicide | ||
Sam Williams | May 30, 1876 | in the streets of Pendleton | Homicide |