The State vs. the Dead Body of T. J. Blaydon

Date: 
November 30, 1878

Deceased

T. J. Blaydon
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Transportation
COD Method/Implement: 
train
COD Inquest Finding: 

do say that the said T. J. Baydon came to his death by being under the influence of liquors and being on the Grenville & Columbia R. R. Trac [sic] and was run over by the down freight train (No. 6) and instantly killed

Coroner

Coroner: 
Elvin J. Person
Coroner Title: 
trial justice acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at or near Hugh Mahaffey's on the Greenville and Columbia Rail Road about two miles below Williamston
County: 
Anderson County, SC

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC
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