The State vs. the Dead Body of Joseph B. Hughes

Date: 
August 6, 1869

Deceased

Joseph B. Hughes
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Injuries
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that the said Joseph B. Hughes came to his death ... from a wound in the back of the right shoulder ... by a falling tree

Coroner

Coroner: 
David Schrock
Coroner Title: 
magistrate acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the late residence of Joseph B. Hughes in Flat Rock Township
City: 
Flat Rock, S.C.
County: 
Kershaw County, SC

Source

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