Kershaw County, SC
County Name:
Kershaw
State:
South Carolina
Kershaw County, SC Inquests
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| Name | Deceased Description | Date | Inquest Location | Death Type |
Death Method |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nelson Pettifoot | free black | February 11, 1848 | at the edge of the town of Camden | Accident | wagon |
| Sylvia | slave | May 21, 1822 | at John Brown plantation | Homicide | switch |
| Thomas Clark | September 14, 1811 | at plantation on Little Lynches Creek | Homicide | stick | |
| Eisex Brown | February 12, 1869 | at John Canty's plantation | Homicide | stick | |
| Wesley Murrell | colored | January 6, 1869 | at Col. W. J. Reynolds plantation | Homicide | spade |
| Tamar Clark | November 9, 1871 | at Henry L. Hunter's resident at Liberty Hill | Homicide | shotgun | |
| Eleck | slave | May 30, 1850 | at the quarter of A.D. Jones Esq. | Homicide | shotgun |
| Tom | slave | July 10, 1824 | at the plantation of Mr. Wm. W. Lang | Homicide | shotgun |
| William Wages | March 12, 1863 | two and a half miles from the residence of G .E. Doby | Homicide | shotgun | |
| Soloman Hilliard | February 11, 1829 | Accident | shotgun | ||
| Edmond Wages | March 12, 1863 | two and a half miles from the residence of G .E. Doby | Homicide | shotgun | |
| Cubiner | slave | October 27, 1844 | at the residence of B. Haile | Suicide | shotgun |
| John Pitts | June 11, 1842 | at Elias Ford's | Homicide | shotgun | |
| William Thompson | May 26, 1826 | in town of Camden | Accident | saltpeter | |
| Anthony | slave | June 1, 1841 | at Camden | Suicide | rope |
| Thomas Gaskin | February 26, 1842 | at an old field in the district of Kershaw | Suicide | rifle | |
| Alexander Rogers | July 15, 1818 | lying in the home of F. Blair | Suicide | razor | |
| John Peagles | November 30, 1846 | at Camden | Homicide | pistol | |
| Frank | a negro boy | December 11, 1866 | [at] Liberty Hill | Accident | pistol |
| Eldridge Brown | August 5, 1837 | in Camden | Homicide | pistol | |
| R. J. Lester | March 19, 1851 | at Camden | Homicide | pistol | |
| Mack Kirkland | colored man | October 31, 1868 | at Camden, Camden, S.C. | Homicide | pistol |
| John Love | August 3, 1871 | at Camden, Camden, S.C. | Accident | lightning | |
| Rachel Evans | August 25, 1822 | at house of Elias Parish | Accident | lightning | |
| George Grice | May 6, 1877 | at Doby's Mill | Homicide | knife | |
| Captain | slave | January 24, 1824 | at plantation of Captain John Boykin | Homicide | knife |
| Patterson | slave | June 2, 1855 | Homicide | knife | |
| W. F. Hunter | June 1, 1853 | at the residence of William Clyburn | Homicide | knife | |
| John Pettigrew | January 17, 1843 | at the Irish buying ground | Homicide | knife | |
| Belfast | slave | January 18, 1813 | on the plantation of John Damson Esqr | Suicide | knife |
| Elizabeth Mathers | April 18, 1851 | at Mathers' house | Homicide | knife | |
| Jerry | slave | June 6, 1857 | at the residence of Rev. J.K. Mendenhall on Lyttleton Street within the bounds of the Town of Camden | Homicide | jug |
| William Arledge | December 1, 1813 | near Sander's[?] Creek | Accident | horse | |
| Thomas Robinson | December 23, 1847 | at the house of William Clyburn | Accident | horse | |
| Norman Cameron | March 28, 1850 | at Mr. John McGoogan's | Accident | horse | |
| Nicholas Lowery | December 28, 1820 | on the Ridge Road near John Lowrey's | Accident | horse | |
| James Parker | February 4, 1852 | at James Parker's house | Accident | horse | |
| Somerset | slave | March 24, 1824 | Accident | horse | |
| Joseph D. Reasonover | January 21, 1871 | at a place four miles south of Camden | Accident | horse | |
| George Watts | December 2, 1811 | Accident | ferry | ||
| George West | August 26, 1855 | at the plantation of William Jesse Taylor | Accident | elephant | |
| slave | slave | June 5, 1805 | in woods near Camden | Suicide | check string |
| Andrew Hunter | August 26, 1827 | Accident | cart | ||
| Paul Williams | August 23, 1869 | Homicide | brick | ||
| Jake | slave | July 24, 1852 | at the plantation of Mrs. Amelia Haile near the bridge crossing the Wateree River | Homicide | brick |
| William I. Graham | September 13, 1854 | at the Camden Hotel kep by William M. Watson in the Town of Camden | Homicide | bowie knife | |
| slave | slave | March 12, 1824 | on the river bank at the plantation of Edward Brevard | Accident | boat |
| John Bryce | March 7, 1815 | in the town of Camden | Natural Causes | ||
| Unknown | February 3, 1827 | at plantation of Col. James Chesnut | Unknown | ||
| Josiah Parker | August 24, 1829 | at the plantation of Josiah Parker | Suicide |
