The State vs. the Dead Body of Wilson Stanley

Saw decd[deceased] at J[?] Bartons 15 or 20 min before his death, conderd[considered?] him grogy

Date: 
December 19, 1853

Deceased

Wilson Stanley
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Transportation
COD Method/Implement: 
horse
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that the said Wilson B. Stanley came to his death by a fall from his horse into the branch [?] the road near Hodges Mills

Coroner

Coroner: 
Henderson Good
Coroner Title: 
magistrate acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Peter Gosnels[?]
County: 
Greenville County, SC

Source

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