The State vs. the Dead Body of James Rivan

Date: 
November 3, 1856

Deceased

James Rivan
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Transportation
COD Method/Implement: 
wagon
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that he came to his death . . . by a loaded wagon accidentally running over him

Coroner

Coroner: 
Henry M. Smith
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the forks of the Rutherfordton[?] Road
County: 
Greenville County, SC

Source

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