Kershaw County, SC
County Name:
Kershaw
State:
South Carolina
Kershaw County, SC Inquests
Displaying 101 - 150 of 233
| Name | Deceased Description |
Date |
Inquest Location | Death Type | Death Method |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| slave | slave | October 30, 1840 | at Wiley Kelly's | Accident | |
| Isaac | slave | March 4, 1841 | at Col. Wm. J. Taylor's plantation | Natural Causes | |
| Peggy | slave | March 28, 1841 | at Mr. Adamson's plantation | Natural Causes | |
| Anthony | slave | June 1, 1841 | at Camden | Suicide | rope |
| J. F. Brewer | September 16, 1841 | at Camden | Other | ||
| Henry B. Mathers | November 26, 1841 | at the house of Benjamin Nettles | Natural Causes | ||
| Betsy Scott | February 25, 1842 | at Camden | Other | ||
| Thomas Gaskin | February 26, 1842 | at an old field in the district of Kershaw | Suicide | rifle | |
| Venus | slave | March 20, 1842 | on the side of the public road leading from the Charleston Road to McCallum's fairy | Unknown | |
| infant | March 29, 1842 | at Tabitha Laird's | Homicide | ||
| 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 | ||
| John Pitts | June 11, 1842 | at Elias Ford's | Homicide | shotgun | |
| John Pettigrew | January 17, 1843 | at the Irish buying ground | Homicide | knife | |
| John Goff | April 4, 1843 | at the house of Holly Goff | Unknown | ||
| Ned | slave | April 22, 1843 | at Chesnut's Ferry | Unknown | |
| Dick | slave | May 25, 1843 | at Camden boat yard | Accident | |
| slave | slave | June 24, 1843 | at Thomas Holland's | Accident | |
| Mary Williams | September 23, 1843 | at the residence of Mary Williams | Unknown | ||
| Ann | slave | January 2, 1844 | at Capt. B. Haile's plantation | Homicide | |
| Cubiner | slave | October 27, 1844 | at the residence of B. Haile | Suicide | shotgun |
| Willy Hall | February 19, 1845 | at Black River in the stage road | Natural Causes | ||
| March | slave | February 24, 1845 | at Chesnut's Ferry | Homicide | |
| John Myers | July 24, 1845 | at the big hill east of McRae's Mill on the road from Camden to Darlington Court House | Unknown | ||
| Bob | slave | December 26, 1845 | at the residence Mr. Parks | Accident | |
| John Peagles | November 30, 1846 | at Camden | Homicide | pistol | |
| Unknown | December 13, 1846 | at Hester Thomas in Market Street | Unknown | ||
| William Pettifoot | free black | January 21, 1847 | at Camden | Accident | |
| Jack Robinson | March 13, 1847 | at Sander's Creek[?] | Unknown | ||
| James C. Wise | May 13, 1847 | at Camden | Accident | ||
| Kate | slave | December 5, 1847 | at the house of Mrs. Jane Love | Accident | |
| Thomas Robinson | December 23, 1847 | at the house of William Clyburn | Accident | horse | |
| Abram | slave | December 26, 1847 | at Brewer's Plantation | Unknown | |
| Nelson Pettifoot | free black | February 11, 1848 | at the edge of the town of Camden | Accident | wagon |
| J. J. Watts | April 17, 1848 | at the house of J.J. Watts | Accident | ||
| Jane Crowder | July 10, 1848 | at the jail of Kershaw District, town of Camden | Suicide | ||
| Aleck | slave | July 18, 1848 | at Major J. Whitaker's plantation | Suicide | |
| Jack | slave | November 19, 1848 | at McRae's Mill on the road to Darlington | Unknown | |
| Micjah Ward | February 9, 1849 | at the house of M. Ward | Natural Causes | ||
| John | slave | November 13, 1849 | at the house of Mrs. J.S. McRae | Accident | |
| Burke Chesnut | December 14, 1849 | near Boykin's T.O. | Accident | ||
| Norman Cameron | March 28, 1850 | at Mr. John McGoogan's | Accident | horse | |
| Eleck | slave | May 30, 1850 | at the quarter of A.D. Jones Esq. | Homicide | shotgun |
| R. J. Lester | March 19, 1851 | at Camden | Homicide | pistol | |
| Elizabeth Mathers | April 18, 1851 | at Mathers' house | Homicide | knife | |
| Powell | slave | August 10, 1851 | at Mr. John Whitaker's plantation on Wateree River | Unknown | |
| James Parker | February 4, 1852 | at James Parker's house | Accident | horse | |
| infant | March 2, 1852 | at the house of entertainment kept by H.J. Wilson known as the Camden Hotel | Unknown | ||
| Jake | slave | July 24, 1852 | at the plantation of Mrs. Amelia Haile near the bridge crossing the Wateree River | Homicide | brick |
| slave | slave | December 4, 1852 | at the plantation known as Stockton's | Accident | |
| Jane Young | February 11, 1853 | at the late residence of Mrs. Jane D. Young | Homicide |
