The State vs. the Dead Body of Burke Chesnut

Date: 
December 14, 1849

Deceased

Burke Chesnut
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Exposure
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that the deceased came to his death by falling from the cars and exposure while intoxicated

Coroner

Coroner: 
A. M. Kennedy
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
near Boykin's T.O.
County: 
Kershaw County, SC

Source

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