The State vs. the Dead Body of Gabriel Hill

Date: 
April 28, 1868

Deceased

Gabriel Hill
Description: 
Colored
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
COD Category: 
Suicide
COD: 
Drowning
COD Inquest Finding: 

give our verdict as follows, that the deceased came to his death by his own act, that of drowning himself.

Coroner

Coroner: 
F. G. Carpenter
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
on the plantation of John N. Wilson
County: 
Anderson County, SC

Source

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