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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infant | March 30, 1874 | at Silas Kay's | Unknown | ||
Olin Smith | Natural Causes | ||||
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 | ||
Henry Davis | October 30, 1857 | at Anderson Courthouse | Accident | ||
infant | November 27, 1870 | at William Stuart's residence | Natural Causes | ||
Freedwoman | Freedwoman | October 23, 1867 | at Anderson Court House | Homicide | |
James Robinson | May 20, 1883 | n.a. | Natural Causes | ||
Frances Pagett | April 15, 1853 | at William Pagett's | Natural Causes | ||
Peter Knox | July 23, 1878 | near Calrandellers[?] Ferry on Tugalo River | Accident | ||
P. W. Morris | April 27, 1872 | at Anderson Court House | Suicide | ||
Alfred | runaway slave | June 16, 1862 | At Williamston | Homicide | |
Abram Clement | October 6, 1868 | at Martin Williamston's residence | Accident | ||
Samuel McCulley | December 29, 1839 | in Broadway Creek | Accident | ||
Mary Thompson | June 12, 1878 | Accident | |||
James Wilson | March 27, 1846 | at the house of Alexander Moorehead | Natural Causes | ||
Nancy Drake | August 21, 1872 | at Mrs. Elizabeth's Anne Keaton's | Suicide | ||
Morriss unknown | free man of color | January 7, 1858 | at Grief Tater's residence | Natural Causes | |
John H. Megill | September 22, 1867 | at J. D. Tucker's | Unknown | ||
Hewlet Swangum | July 21, 1883 | at Pelzer, SC | Accident | ||
Meredith Crawford | July 3, 1861 | At the residence of Meredith Crawford | Unknown | ||
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 | ||
James Drake | December 7, 1854 | at residence of James Drake | Natural Causes | ||
George Hammond | June 24, 1871 | at Provosts Mill Pond | Accident | ||
Willis Watson | June 14, 1876 | at the river bank on Saulda one mile above Gambell old Bridge | Accident | ||
Joseph Poor | December 17, 1857 | at William Holand's residence | Other | ||
Jane | slave | March 10, 1863 | at Anderson Court House | Homicide | |
Sam Williams | May 30, 1876 | in the streets of Pendleton | Homicide | ||
Smith | June 9, 1876 | near R. H. Anderson's Tanyard | Accident | ||
Sophia Hall | March 19, 1859 | at or near Samuel Martin's residence | Natural Causes | ||
infant | March 10, 1865 | at Anderson Court House | Homicide | ||
John Seawright | October 22, 1881 | on the public road leading from Craytonville to Anderson Court House | Natural Causes | ||
Sloan | freedman | November 19, 1866 | At Williamston | Accident | |
Aaron Hardin | June 24, 1845 | at plantation of Mr. Moses Chambles | Accident | ||
infant | January 13, 1868 | at Anderson Court House | Natural Causes | ||
white child | white child | January 20, 1871 | at Wilson's Bridge | Homicide | |
Minnie Cason | June 9, 1883 | at Williamston | Accident | ||
Jack | slave [runaway] | November 21, 1835 | at Andersonville | Accident | |
Henry Cobb | December 16, 1868 | at Warnock's Crossing on the Anderson Branch of the Greenville & Columbia Rail Road | Other | ||
Sarah Martin | July 14, 1844 | at residence of Mrs. Sarah Martin | Natural Causes | ||
David McClellan | November 27, 1857 | at residence of David McClellan | Accident | ||
Thomas D. Cook | April 10, 1854 | at Stover's Ferry on Savannah River | Accident | ||
Major Crawford | July 21, 1880 | at Anderson Court House | Accident | ||
Thomas Dalton | February 8, 1882 | at Williamston | Accident | ||
Robert L. Elmore | at sawmill | Homicide | |||
Eber B. Stevens | March 5, 1873 | at Pendleton | Natural Causes | ||
John Saylor | August 6, 1870 | at or near the Ridge road near E. R. Cobb's residence | Natural Causes | ||
Thomas J. Geer | November 23, 1860 | Thomas J. Geer's residence | Accident | ||
John M. Bonds | December 16, 1850 | at Isom R. Bond's | Natural Causes |