The State vs. the Dead Body of David Griffin

Date: 
July 28, 1873

Deceased

David Griffin
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
Age Descriptor: 
child
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Drowning
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that the said David Griffin came to his death by accidental drowning

Coroner

Coroner: 
J. W. De Pass
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at T. H. Clark's plantation
County: 
Kershaw County, SC

Source

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