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 | |
| Soloman Hilliard | February 11, 1829 | Accident | 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 | |
| Edmond Wages | March 12, 1863 | two and a half miles from the residence of G .E. Doby | Homicide | shotgun | |
| John Pitts | June 11, 1842 | at Elias Ford's | Homicide | shotgun | |
| Cubiner | slave | October 27, 1844 | at the residence of B. Haile | Suicide | shotgun |
| Eleck | slave | May 30, 1850 | at the quarter of A.D. Jones Esq. | 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 | |
| Eldridge Brown | August 5, 1837 | in Camden | Homicide | pistol | |
| R. J. Lester | March 19, 1851 | at Camden | Homicide | pistol | |
| Frank | a negro boy | December 11, 1866 | [at] Liberty Hill | Accident | pistol |
| John Peagles | November 30, 1846 | 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 | |
| Captain | slave | January 24, 1824 | at plantation of Captain John Boykin | Homicide | knife |
| Patterson | slave | June 2, 1855 | Homicide | knife | |
| George Grice | May 6, 1877 | at Doby's Mill | 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 | |
| James Parker | February 4, 1852 | at James Parker's house | Accident | horse | |
| Somerset | slave | March 24, 1824 | 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 | |
| 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 | ||
| Jake | slave | July 24, 1852 | at the plantation of Mrs. Amelia Haile near the bridge crossing the Wateree River | Homicide | brick |
| Paul Williams | August 23, 1869 | 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 |
| Muse | slave | September 18, 1831 | at the resident of Roger Parish | Accident | |
| H. McKnight | April 14, 1842 | at the house of Thomas Tegues, Esq in the Town of Camden ... upon the view of the dead body of Henry McKnight who was found dead in the Wateree River near the bank of said river & raised by means of a hoop | Accident | ||
| Richard Williams | November 23, 1880 | Unknown |
