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These records were abstracted from
documents located at the NC State Archives, Raleigh NC.
The records include the name of the deceased, date of death
and cause of death.
Name
Date of Death
Cause of Death
| BALDWIN, MARGARET
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DEC 6 1880
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unknown causes |
| BANE, HENRY
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1872
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Hanged himself |
| BARNWELL, DAVID
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DEC 26, 1881
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excessive drinking |
| BARNWELL, SOPHRONIA
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Apr 5 1863
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murdered with an ax |
| BARRETT, J.R.
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OCT 3, 1886
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shot by James Johnson |
| BRITTIAN, MARK
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JULY 20, 1885
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inquest done this date.
He died April 18 1885 of unknown causes |
| BROOKSHIRE, L. B. C.
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Apr 18, 1892
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Shot by J. S. Jones |
| BUXTON, ELIOT
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SEPT 9 1888
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was shot accidently |
| CAPPS, AMBROS
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May 16 1885
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shot with a pistol by
Soloman McCrary |
| CHISHOLM INFANT
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APR 9, 1880
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child of Catherine
Chisholm |
| CHISHOLM INFANT
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Mar 19 1881
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child of Catherine
Chisholm |
| CORN, DACKLER
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MARCH 10 1877
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shot by John Arledge |
| CORN, JESSE
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MARCH 10 1877
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shot by John Arledge |
| CREASMAN, ROBERT
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SEPT 4 1899
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Killed -shot - by A. B.
Stepp |
| DECHOUSWELL?, JULIUS
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Oct. 30, 1894
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Accidental homocide |
| DEMISDALE, MALISSA
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no date
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inflamatory ruematusim |
| DEVENPORT, INFANT
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no date
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child of Lulu Devenport |
| GUICE, WILLIAM
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no date |
| HARRIS, WINSTON
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MAY 1, 1889
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Shot by Police Bradley
and will deliver |
| HENDERSON, MAT
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SEPT 26, 1884
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shot in the head by
Lewis Kilgore Jr. |
| HILL, JAMES H.
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no date |
| HOLLINGSWORTH, JAMES
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DEC 26, 1888
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shot by Lee J. Justus |
| HOOD, ALICE
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AUG 17 1897
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shot herself |
| HOOTS, SHELDON
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1922
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Suicide - in prison |
| JUSTICE, JAMES B.
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Feb 15 1880
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Pistol wound by Marcus
Case |
| KING, S. M.
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Nov 29 1887
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murdered by Boney
Laughter ** |
| KUYKENDALL, MATILDA
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June 1853
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no act of violance, a
visitation of providence |
| LEWIS, R. T.
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MAY 7, 1875
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killed himself |
| LYDA, WILLIAM
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OCT 31 1878
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unknown causes |
| MCFARLAND, PARMILIE
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MAR 30 1881
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Natural causes |
| MORGAN, MORDICA
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AUG 23, 1881
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killed by an ox and a
bull |
| OWENBY, AMBROSE
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JAN 1 1898
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killed himself |
| RHODES, PINK
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AUG 8 1899
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killed by Berry Mitchell |
| RICKMAN, RACHEL
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AUG 17 1887
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Shot herself |
| RIELEY, CHARLES
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AUG 16, 1878
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shot |
| SHEALY, J. M.
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SEPT 15 1899
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killed himself -
morphine |
| SPANN, JAMES
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MARCH 13, 1880
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| STEPP, ASBERRY
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1874
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died from freezing or
intoxication |
| TAYLOR, ANN
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JUNE 14 1881
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heart disease |
| THOMAS, WILLIAM
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SEPT 28 1895
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strangled |
| WILLIAMS, LAURA
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MAY 15, 1878 |
** Transcription of S. M. King
murder inquisition:
State of North Carolina, Henderson County
An inquisition inducted and taken at the house of S. M. King
in said county this 30 day of Nov 1887 before the
undersigned coroner of said county upon view of the body of
S. M. King late of Henderson County, then and there lying
dead, upon the oath of G. P. Liverett, W. A. Stradley, W. A.
Hood, E. M. Merrill, S. M. Gillam, S. R. Stroup good and
lawful men of said county who being charged and sworn how
and in what manner the said S. M. King by his death cause:
Upon their oath do say that on the 29th day of November 1887
Boney Laughter of the county by force and arms did assault
the said S. M. King being then and there in the peace of God
and the State and the said Boney Laughter with a knife in
his right hand then and there held feloniously and in his
malice aforethought did give the aforesaid S. M. King one
mortal wound on the left side of his breast of the breadth
one and one half inches of which wound the said S. M. King
instantly died. so the said S. M. King him the said
Bone Laughter then and there feloniously killed and
unlawfully murdered contrary to the Peace and dignity of the
State. We further find that John Lyda was then and
there aiding and abetting the same. The said coroner
and overseers aforesaid this inspection have severally put
our seals this 30 day of Nov 1887
An inquest had signed and sealed in the
presence of: L. L. Johnson, Corner of Henderson County
Signed: W. C. Stradley, Eli M.
Merrill, G. P. Liverett, S. M. Gillam, S. R. Strout, W. A.
Hood
NOTE: S. M. King was Samuel
Morgan King, son of Hiram and Nancy Jones King. Widow
was Emily Maxwell King - daughters Amanda, M. Juno and
Sarah
For More Information Contact:
Kathleen Summers
112 Carriage Walk Lane
Hendersonville, NC 28791
Tel:
828-692-3602
FAX:
828-692-1851
Internet:
ksummers55@mchsi.com
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