The State vs. the Dead Body of Bonaparte Bates

Date: 
March 26, 1856

Deceased

Bonaparte Bates
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Other
COD Inquest Finding: 

do say that Bonaparte Bates in manner and form aforesaid came to his death by misfortune or accident

Coroner

Coroner: 
Jonathan Pickrell
Coroner Title: 
magistrate acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the Fuller old field
County: 
Anderson County, SC

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC
Inquest Images: 
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