John Taylor

First Name: John
Last Name: Taylor
Sex: 
Male
Child: 
child
Race: 
Black
Cause of Death
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Transportation
COD Method/Implement: 
train
COD Inquest Finding: 

we the Juror find that John Taylor came to his death by a freight train on Atlantic Cost Line Rail Road having his Head Cut entirley from his body also right Arm broken and right hand badly mashed allso left Leg & foot mashed in the Town limits of Cheraw S.C

COD Short Description: 
decapitated by train
Original Record: 
4284

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