Coroner Inquest-Death of Samuel W. Brock, Sr.

I found a very interesting website today and learned when and how my 3rd Great Grand Uncle Samuel W. Brock, Sr. passed away. 

Samuel W. Brock, Sr. was born about 1796. I believe his father to be a James Valentine Brock that passed away at age 98 in another Chesterfield County house fire in 1847.  

Samuel married Martha [LNU] about 1825. To this union were born 9 children; 7 sons and 2 daughters.

When the fire occurred in 1884, Samuel was an aged man of 88 years and was partially blind.  

Several close neighbors went to his aid the Saturday morning that the house fire occurred but the flames were too intense to rescue Mr. Brock.

"... a lawful Jury of Inquest, who being charged and sworn to inquire, for the state of South Carolina, where, and by what means the said Samuel Brock Sr. came to his death, upon their oaths, do say:

That the Said Samuel Brock Sr. came to his death by being burned to death in his own house Supposed accidentally on the 22 day March A. D. 1884.

AND so the said Jurors aforesaid, upon oaths aforesaid, do say, that the aforesaid Samuel Brock, Sr. came to his death in manner and form aforesaid.

Eli Brock Sworn Statement
Deceased is my father I don't think deceased could have moved bed cloth to back end of house without crawling.
I think deceased clothes caught fire and that was the way the house caught fire. He set the house on fire several times. Deceased had no money. I don't think that there was any foul play.
                                                                                Eli Brock


Samuel W. Brock died 22 March 1884, Chesterfield County, South Carolina. 




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[1] [1] SC Coroner's Inquest., SC Dept. of Archives and History, Colombia, SC.

Tombstone Tuesday~John Calvin Brock

John Calvin Brock

b. 12 Sept. 1882

d. 12 Jan. 1938

bu. Old Brock’s Mill Baptist Church Cemetery

John Calvin Brock, b, 12 Sept. 1882 was a son of Eli Brock and his wife Mary Jane White. He was the youngest of seven children with 1 brother and 6 sisters. I can find no indication that John Calvin ever married but I haven’t found him in several censuses. I was also unable to find a death certificate for John Calvin Brock. John is buried in the Old Brock’s Mill Baptist Church cemetery. 

John Calvin Brock is my 2nd Cousin 3 times removed.






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[1] James C. Pigg, Chesterfield County Cemetery Survey; Chesterfield County Genealogical Services, 1995, 149. Tombstone of John Calvin Brock; 12 September 1882–12 January 1938, Old Brock's Mill Baptist Church Cemetery, Chesterfield County, South Carolina

Military Monday~Eli Brock

Eli W. Brock was born in February 1832 to Samuel W. Brock and Martha (LNU). 

On 11 May 1864 the Civil War caught up with Eli Brock  and he was conscripted into the Confederate States Army by Major Green for the duration of the War. He was 32 years and 3 months old. He was assigned as a Private to the 1st SC Artillery, Company I.

Eli survived the War, returning home  to married  Mary Jane White in 1865. Nothing more is contained within the available on-line military records.

After returning home he and Mary Jane settled down to farming and raising a family of seven children; 5 daughters and 2 sons.

According to Eli’s tombstone he died in 1905 in Chesterfield, South Carolina. No obituary has been found for Eli Brock.

Photo Courtesy of Julious Burr

Eli and Mary Jane are buried in the Brock Cemetery, Brocks Mill, Chesterfield County, SC. [2]



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[1] http://www.fold3.com/image/#20|67715359
[2] Find A Grave Memorial# 32255936