The State vs. the Dead Body of John Southern

Date: 
February 29, 1880

Deceased

Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Suicide
COD: 
COD Method/Implement: 
pistol
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that the said John L Southern came to his death by willfully shooting himself with a Pistol fired by his own hand

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Greenville

Source

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