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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Hardy McKinney | freedman | July 28, 1867 | at an old field near F. Wyne's | Natural Causes | |
Henry Davis | October 30, 1857 | at Anderson Courthouse | Accident | ||
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 | ||
Freedwoman | Freedwoman | October 23, 1867 | at Anderson Court House | Homicide | |
Peter Knox | July 23, 1878 | near Calrandellers[?] Ferry on Tugalo River | Accident | ||
Frances Pagett | April 15, 1853 | at William Pagett's | Natural Causes | ||
Alfred | runaway slave | June 16, 1862 | At Williamston | Homicide | |
P. W. Morris | April 27, 1872 | at Anderson Court House | Suicide | ||
Abram Clement | October 6, 1868 | at Martin Williamston's residence | Accident | ||
Samuel McCulley | December 29, 1839 | in Broadway Creek | Accident | ||
James Wilson | March 27, 1846 | at the house of Alexander Moorehead | Natural Causes | ||
Mary Thompson | June 12, 1878 | Accident | |||
Morriss unknown | free man of color | January 7, 1858 | at Grief Tater's residence | Natural Causes | |
Nancy Drake | August 21, 1872 | at Mrs. Elizabeth's Anne Keaton's | Suicide | ||
Hewlet Swangum | July 21, 1883 | at Pelzer, SC | Accident | ||
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 | |
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 | ||
Meredith Crawford | July 3, 1861 | At the residence of Meredith Crawford | Unknown | ||
Willis Watson | June 14, 1876 | at the river bank on Saulda one mile above Gambell old Bridge | Accident | ||
Sam Williams | May 30, 1876 | in the streets of Pendleton | Homicide | ||
Jane | slave | March 10, 1863 | at Anderson Court House | 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 | ||
Joseph Poor | December 17, 1857 | at William Holand's residence | Other | ||
John Seawright | October 22, 1881 | on the public road leading from Craytonville to Anderson Court House | Natural Causes | ||
Aaron Hardin | June 24, 1845 | at plantation of Mr. Moses Chambles | Accident | ||
Sloan | freedman | November 19, 1866 | At Williamston | Accident | |
white child | white child | January 20, 1871 | at Wilson's Bridge | Homicide | |
infant | January 13, 1868 | at Anderson Court House | Natural Causes | ||
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 | ||
Thomas D. Cook | April 10, 1854 | at Stover's Ferry on Savannah River | Accident | ||
David McClellan | November 27, 1857 | at residence of David McClellan | Accident | ||
Thomas Dalton | February 8, 1882 | at Williamston | Accident | ||
Major Crawford | July 21, 1880 | at Anderson Court House | Accident | ||
Robert L. Elmore | at sawmill | Homicide | |||
Eber B. Stevens | March 5, 1873 | at Pendleton | Natural Causes | ||
Sarah Martin | July 14, 1844 | at residence of Mrs. Sarah Martin | Natural Causes | ||
John Saylor | August 6, 1870 | at or near the Ridge road near E. R. Cobb's residence | Natural Causes | ||
John M. Bonds | December 16, 1850 | at Isom R. Bond's | Natural Causes | ||
Martha Morris | January 9, 1881 | at the residence of Warren Morris | Natural Causes | ||
Bessie Gambrell | Suicide | ||||
Joe Jenkins | October 8, 1881 | at the residence of Matilda Rud | Natural Causes |