Spartanburg County, SC

County Name: 
Spartanburg
State: 
South Carolina

Spartanburg County, SC Inquests

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Name Deceased Description Date Inquest Location Death Typesort ascending Death Method
Silas McKinney July 8, 1871 at the Parrish Suicide
Clarissa Couch September 17, 1887 near Hobbysville Suicide
Jane Soseby January 2, 1859 at or near John Soseby's residence Suicide rope
Jerry slave July 15, 1832 at Spartanburgh Courthouse Suicide
Lucy Gray December 27, 1867 in the house of John Brown Suicide
Pleasant T. Gossett November 18, 1870 Suicide
John Flommett March 22, 1841 at John Hammett's Suicide
Isaac Montgomery March 23, 1886 at Spartanburg C.H. Suicide
Eli Givings July 15, 1850 at the late residence of Eli Givings Suicide rope
Dick slave May 25, 1845 at the plantation of Margaret Montgomery's near Sedar [sic] Shoal Creek Suicide small rope
Jame N. Coleman May 17, 1879 at the house of James N. Coleman Suicide rope
Cephas Palmer March 31, 1879 at W. G. Austell's Mill Pond Suicide
Joseph Page March 18, 1846 at James Page's Suicide rope
William Cockerham December 16, 1813 at the Widow Bea[?]'s Suicide
Judy Cook August 9, 1861 at or near the residence of Mary Ann Cook Suicide hank of yarn
William Abernathy July 12, 1855 Suicide rope
D. M. Richards October 9, 1873 at Wm. Waters' Suicide
Joel W. Miller February 2, 1874 at Gen'l J.W. Miller's Suicide pistol
Giles Summer April 24, 1827 at Palmer A. Higgins' Suicide rifle
Patsy Cleary December 30, 1857 at the house of Lewis [?] Suicide hank of cotton
Sarah Ray May 3, 1850 at William P. Ray's Suicide case knife
J. H. McPherson January 3, 1877 at Gaffney City Suicide pistol
Bob slave November 19, 1850 at the residence of Capt. R. Smith Suicide rope
William Belcher December 2, 1888 at or near Duncans Suicide
R. W. Foster September 26, 1859 at the mill pond near Holly Spring Suicide
Carna Blackwood June 23, 1879 at the residence of William Blackwood Suicide bridle
T. N. Owens April 1, 1887 near Reidville Suicide pistol
Wesley McCombs July 11, 1858 at Martin M. Comb's Suicide rifle
Nancy Poole March 31, 1841 at Nancy Pool's Suicide rope
Elizabeth Rudisail July 14, 1872 at the late residence of John N. Rudisail Suicide
Andrew Craig December 1, 1813 at Cyrus Seay's Suicide
Sarah Shacleford September 3, 1849 at the house of Richard Shacleford Suicide handkerchief
David Weatherspoon April 5, 1827 at the dwelling house of Thomas Davis Suicide
Peggy Walden October 31, 1840 at the house of Joseph Walden Suicide
S. B. Layton March 11, 1885 at S. B. Layton's Store near S. S. Johnson's residence Suicide
Nancy Hawkins March 13, 1864 near the residence of Wm. Hawking Suicide hank of cotton thread
Benjamin Clark April 22, 1872 at Benjamin Clark's Suicide
John Webster November 21, 1885 at Gaffney City Suicide pistol
Eliza Jane Huckaby April 24, 1874 at the house of Jane Littlefield in Cross Anchor township Suicide rope
J. Mand Elford September 25, 1877 at Spartanburg Court House Suicide pistol
Bill slave May 14, 1848 at John H. Wofford's Suicide hickory bark
Coleman slave September 30, 1849 at the house of A.M. Smith Homicide large stick
Allen slave September 19, 1843 at Samson Bobo's Homicide hickory clubs
Thomas Linder November 2, 1842 at Spartanburgh Court House Homicide pocket knife
Thomas Phearby September 1, 1882 on the Mill's Gap Road Homicide pistol
Benjamin Farmer April 9, 1804 at the dwelling house of Benjamin Farmer Homicide
John Inlow October 1, 1852 at Hill's Factory Homicide stick
Mary Hicks May 10, 1881 at the residence of Widow Lucy Clements Homicide
W. C. Benson October 25, 1889 at the police station in Spartanburg City Homicide
infant January 8, 1815 at the plantation of James Leatherwood Homicide

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