The State vs. the Dead Body of John Vandiver

Date: 
March 28, 1845

Deceased

Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Accident
COD Method/Implement: 
horse
COD Inquest Finding: 

do say that the Deceased came to his death by accidentaly falling from his horse which produced an extensive fracture of skull about an inch and a half above the year [ear] on the left side and copious affusion on the same side within the cranium thereby producing fatal compressions of the brain.

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at residence of Daniel Gentry

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC
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