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 | November 27, 1870 | at William Stuart's residence | Natural Causes | ||
Harry | slave | July 7, 1855 | at Pendleton village | Natural Causes | |
Freedwoman | Freedwoman | October 23, 1867 | at Anderson Court House | Homicide | |
Hardy McKinney | freedman | July 28, 1867 | at an old field near F. Wyne's | Natural Causes | |
Charity Norris | May 29, 1869 | at B. F. McGee's residence | Homicide | ||
Sally Williams | July 19, 1880 | n.a. | Natural Causes | ||
Anthony | slave | July 2, 1853 | at Samuel J. Hannond's plantation | Accident | |
P. W. Morris | April 27, 1872 | at Anderson Court House | Suicide | ||
John Dean | December 29, 1848 | on the publick [sic] road leading from William McMurry's, Esq to J. L. Kenedy's | Accident | ||
Abram Clement | October 6, 1868 | at Martin Williamston's residence | Accident | ||
Caleb Chappell | January 22, 1835 | at or near house of John Ledbetter | Other | ||
Samuel | Negro Man | Accident | |||
Frances Pagett | April 15, 1853 | at William Pagett's | Natural Causes | ||
Mary M. Williams | March 20, 1860 | at William William's residence | Suicide | ||
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 | ||
Henry | slave | December 25, 1830 | on public highway from Pendleton to Pickensville [modern-day Easley] | Accident | |
Elizabeth McHolister | August 16, 1855 | at the house of Elijah McHolister | Natural Causes | ||
Mary Thompson | June 12, 1878 | Accident | |||
John Brownlee | June 7, 1863 | at Williamston | Natural Causes | ||
George C. Mitchell | September 19, 1874 | at residence of Marion Mtchell | Suicide | ||
Bonaparte Bates | March 26, 1856 | at the Fuller old field | Accident | ||
Truman Miles | October 22, 1839 | at Anderson Courthouse | Accident | ||
George Hammond | June 24, 1871 | at Provosts Mill Pond | Accident | ||
Olin Smith | Natural Causes | ||||
Gabriel Hill | Colored | April 28, 1868 | on the plantation of John N. Wilson | Suicide | |
Smith | June 9, 1876 | near R. H. Anderson's Tanyard | Accident | ||
infant | March 10, 1865 | at Anderson Court House | Homicide | ||
James Robinson | May 20, 1883 | n.a. | Natural Causes | ||
Willis Watson | June 14, 1876 | at the river bank on Saulda one mile above Gambell old Bridge | Accident | ||
Jane | slave | March 10, 1863 | at Anderson Court House | Homicide | |
Henry Davis | October 30, 1857 | at Anderson Courthouse | Accident | ||
infant | January 13, 1868 | at Anderson Court House | Natural Causes | ||
Samuel McCulley | December 29, 1839 | in Broadway Creek | Accident | ||
John Seawright | October 22, 1881 | on the public road leading from Craytonville to Anderson Court House | Natural Causes | ||
Peter Knox | July 23, 1878 | near Calrandellers[?] Ferry on Tugalo River | Accident | ||
Sloan | freedman | November 19, 1866 | At Williamston | Accident | |
Alfred | runaway slave | June 16, 1862 | At Williamston | Homicide | |
Major Crawford | July 21, 1880 | at Anderson Court House | Accident | ||
Hewlet Swangum | July 21, 1883 | at Pelzer, SC | Accident | ||
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 | ||
James Wilson | March 27, 1846 | at the house of Alexander Moorehead | Natural Causes | ||
David McClellan | November 27, 1857 | at residence of David McClellan | Accident | ||
Morriss unknown | free man of color | January 7, 1858 | at Grief Tater's residence | Natural Causes | |
James Drake | December 7, 1854 | at residence of James Drake | Natural Causes | ||
Daniel Brown | October 8, 1881 | at the plantation of Willis Watkins | Natural Causes | ||
Meredith Crawford | July 3, 1861 | At the residence of Meredith Crawford | Unknown | ||
John Saylor | August 6, 1870 | at or near the Ridge road near E. R. Cobb's residence | Natural Causes | ||
Sophia Hall | March 19, 1859 | at or near Samuel Martin's residence | Natural Causes |