The State vs. the Dead Body of Josiah Parker

Date: 
August 24, 1829

Deceased

Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Suicide
COD: 
COD Inquest Finding: 

do say upon their oaths . . . that on the night of the 23rd of August 1829 . . .the said Josiah Parker. . . did wllfully throw himself in a well and then and there did drown himself against the peace of this state.

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
Justice of the Peace

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the plantation of Josiah Parker
County: 

Source

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