William Brice

First Name: William
Last Name: Brice
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
Cause of Death
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Act of God
COD Method/Implement: 
lightning
COD Inquest Finding: 

do say upon their oaths that in the dusk of the evening of the 10th day of said month as he was returning from muster in the yard or about a distance of 25 steps from the dwelling house of Jesse Wakefield in sd' district by an act of God he was killed by a stroke of Lightning

COD Short Description: 
struck by lightning returning from muster
Original Record: 
2917

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