Willie Thackston

First Name: Willie
Last Name: Thackston
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
Cause of Death
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Transportation
COD Method/Implement: 
mule
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that the said Willie Thackston came to his death near his father's residence . . . from the effect of being thrown from a mule and dragged for considerable distance

COD Short Description: 
thrown from a mule
Original Record: 
3121

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