The State vs. the Dead Body of J. J. Watts

Date: 
April 17, 1848

Deceased

J. J. Watts
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Firearm
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that the deceased came to his death from the accidental discharge of a gun in the hands of Zack Gupple

Coroner

Coroner: 
A. M. Kennedy
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the house of J.J. Watts
County: 
Kershaw County, SC

Source

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