John Nesbitt

First Name: John
Last Name: Nesbitt
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
Cause of Death
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Head Trauma
COD Inquest Finding: 

do say upon their oaths that the said J.T. Nesbitt aforesaid was about to brace the plates of a bark house which was raised & standing on posts at each corner, that the posts gave way & he sliped [sic], fell on his face on the ground, one of the plates fell on the back part of his head, prying him to the ground, that he instantly expired

COD Short Description: 
construction accident
Original Record: 
2904

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