The State vs. the Dead Body of Soloman Hilliard

Date: 
February 11, 1829

Deceased

Soloman Hilliard
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Firearm
COD Method/Implement: 
shotgun
COD Inquest Finding: 

do say upon their oaths that he . . . shot gun, property of John Barnes[?] & [?] which was the occasion of his death supposed to be [?] 30 or 40 shot lodged in his head.

Location

County: 
Kershaw County, SC

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC
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