The State vs. the Dead Body of Abram Clement

Date: 
October 6, 1868

Deceased

Abram Clement
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Injuries
COD Inquest Finding: 

do say that the said deceased was killed by the falling of a limb from a tree which he had cut down near the old school house.

Coroner

Coroner: 
John C. Horton
Coroner Title: 
magistrate acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Martin Williamston's residence
County: 
Anderson County, SC

Source

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