The State vs. the Dead Body of Daniel Gallis

Date: 
January 31, 1819

Deceased

Daniel Gallis
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Injuries
COD Inquest Finding: 

do say upon their oaths that . . . by cutting down a oak he was accidentally struck by a limb of the said tree and instantly killed

Coroner

Coroner: 
John J. Jones
Coroner Title: 
Justice of the Peace

Location

Inquest Location: 
at house of Daniel Gillis
County: 
Kershaw County, SC

Source

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