Milly Thomas

First Name: Milly
Last Name: Thomas
Sex: 
Female
Race: 
White
Cause of Death
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Injuries
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths, do say: that the aforesaid Milly Thomas came to her death from being crushed under the shafting in W.B. Creights gin room on the afternoon of the 7th October 1878 at Winnsboro.

COD Short Description: 
crushed by shaft of cotton gin
Original Record: 
4678

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