The State vs. the Dead Body of William Cockerham

Date: 
December 16, 1813

Deceased

William Cockerham
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Suicide
COD: 
Other
COD Inquest Finding: 

say upon their oaths that the said William Cockerham [did] kill & murder himself against the peace of this state

Coroner

Coroner: 
John Lipscomb
Coroner Title: 
Justice of the Quorum

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the Widow Bea[?]'s
County: 
Spartanburg County, SC

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC
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