The State vs. the Dead Body of J. B. Benson

Date: 
June 21, 1857

Deceased

J. B. Benson
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Transportation
COD Method/Implement: 
cart
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say the said John B Benson came to his death by the running away of a yoke of oxen and the wheel of the cart running[?] over the head

Coroner

Coroner: 
H. J. Thompson
Coroner Title: 
magistrate acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at John Benson's
County: 
Greenville County, SC

Source

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