Anderson County, SC
County Name:
Anderson
State:
South Carolina
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
Displaying 51 - 100 of 153
| Name | Deceased Description | Date | Inquest Location | Death Type |
Death Method |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alfred | runaway slave | June 16, 1862 | At Williamston | Homicide | |
| John Saylor | August 6, 1870 | at or near the Ridge road near E. R. Cobb's residence | Natural Causes | ||
| Sam Williams | May 30, 1876 | in the streets of Pendleton | Homicide | ||
| Joe Jenkins | October 8, 1881 | at the residence of Matilda Rud | Natural Causes | ||
| John Maddox | June 15, 1881 | at Williamston | Accident | ||
| Morriss unknown | free man of color | January 7, 1858 | at Grief Tater's residence | Natural Causes | |
| Bonaparte Bates | March 26, 1856 | at the Fuller old field | Accident | ||
| George C. Mitchell | September 19, 1874 | at residence of Marion Mtchell | Suicide | ||
| Franklin A. Ragsdale | July 23, 1867 | at the house of Franklin A. Ragsdale | Unknown | ||
| Aaron Hardin | June 24, 1845 | at plantation of Mr. Moses Chambles | Accident | ||
| Lila Gambrell | October 21, 1875 | at the house of Ran Duckworth | Natural Causes | ||
| Jim Mason | free man of color | January 9, 1850 | near the residence of William Poole | Accident | |
| Meredith Crawford | July 3, 1861 | At the residence of Meredith Crawford | Unknown | ||
| Peter Williford | May 2, 1876 | at Daniel Williford's | Natural Causes | ||
| Smith | June 9, 1876 | near R. H. Anderson's Tanyard | Accident | ||
| John W. Meeks | May 4, 1872 | at Brown & Rice's Mill | Homicide | ||
| Robert Brownlee | July 26, 1883 | at Seneca River | Accident | ||
| Strather Freeman | March 2, 1876 | at Flat Rock Church | Natural Causes | ||
| Sally Williams | July 19, 1880 | n.a. | Natural Causes | ||
| Jack | slave [runaway] | November 21, 1835 | at Andersonville | Accident | |
| infant | January 13, 1868 | at Anderson Court House | Natural Causes | ||
| Daily Thompson | December 8, 1876 | at Daniel Thompson's | Suicide | ||
| Mary Magdalene Saxton | December 6, 1876 | at the house of Enoch Saxton | Unknown | ||
| female daughter of | female daughter of | November 28, 1841 | at graveyard at Hammonds Old Field | Homicide | |
| Major Crawford | July 21, 1880 | at Anderson Court House | Accident | ||
| P. W. Morris | April 27, 1872 | at Anderson Court House | Suicide | ||
| Israel | slave | November 3, 1845 | on the plantation of David Gentry | Natural Causes | |
| Samuel | Negro Man | Accident | |||
| James Coleman | September 16, 1873 | at or near Mrs. Fantt's residence and one and 1/2 miles south east of Anderson | Natural Causes | ||
| Fanny Payton | colored woman, free from birth | June 20, 1870 | at residence of Harry Gallard[?] | Natural Causes | |
| Nancy Drake | August 21, 1872 | at Mrs. Elizabeth's Anne Keaton's | Suicide | ||
| Mary M. Williams | March 20, 1860 | at William William's residence | Suicide | ||
| John Brownlee | June 7, 1863 | at Williamston | Natural Causes | ||
| George Hammond | June 24, 1871 | at Provosts Mill Pond | Accident | ||
| infant | November 27, 1870 | at William Stuart's residence | Natural Causes | ||
| Joseph Poor | December 17, 1857 | at William Holand's residence | Other | ||
| Peter Knox | July 23, 1878 | near Calrandellers[?] Ferry on Tugalo River | Accident | ||
| Samuel Ward | July 19, 1859 | at Church Cross Roads | Natural Causes | ||
| Charity Norris | May 29, 1869 | at B. F. McGee's residence | Homicide | ||
| Elias Smith | August 24, 1869 | in the county of Anderson | Natural Causes | ||
| infant | March 10, 1865 | at Anderson Court House | Homicide | ||
| Abram Clement | October 6, 1868 | at Martin Williamston's residence | Accident | ||
| Eber B. Stevens | March 5, 1873 | at Pendleton | Natural Causes | ||
| Jane | slave | March 10, 1863 | at Anderson Court House | Homicide | |
| Minnie Cason | June 9, 1883 | at Williamston | Accident | ||
| infant | January 23, 1873 | at residence of M. A. Snipes | Natural Causes | ||
| James Wilson | March 27, 1846 | at the house of Alexander Moorehead | Natural Causes | ||
| John H. Megill | September 22, 1867 | at J. D. Tucker's | Unknown | ||
| Sarah Martin | July 14, 1844 | at residence of Mrs. Sarah Martin | Natural Causes | ||
| Daniel Brown | October 8, 1881 | at the plantation of Willis Watkins | Natural Causes |
