The State vs. the Dead Body of Mary Hinson

Date: 
May 5, 1860
Case File: 
The Boykin Mill Pond Incident

Deceased

Mary Hinson
Sex: 
Female
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Drowning

Coroner

Coroner: 
W. L. DePass
Coroner Title: 
magistrate, acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Boykin's Mill
County: 
Kershaw County, SC

Source

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