The State vs. the Dead Body of Robert Brownlee

Date: 
July 26, 1883

Deceased

Robert Brownlee
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Drowning
COD Inquest Finding: 

do say that the said Robert Brownlee came to his death by drowning accidentally while swimming in Seneca River.

Coroner

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

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Seneca River
County: 
Anderson County, SC

Source

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