The State vs. the Dead Body of Peter Knox

Date: 
July 23, 1878

Deceased

Peter Knox
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Drowning
COD Inquest Finding: 

do say that Peter Knox . . . in Tugaloo River came to his death accidentally by drowning in attempting to cross said river

Coroner

Coroner: 
W. F. M. Faust
Coroner Title: 
trial justice acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
near Calrandellers[?] Ferry on Tugalo River
County: 
Anderson County, SC

Source

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