The State vs. the Dead Body of Richard Stenhouse

Date: 
November 1, 1857

Deceased

Richard Stenhouse
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Injuries
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that the deceased Richard Stenhouse was killed . . . by the accidental falling of a tree near his own house.

Coroner

Coroner: 
Alexander McBee
Coroner Title: 
magistrate acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the house of Richard Stenhouse
County: 
Greenville County, SC

Source

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