The State vs. the Dead Body of William Brice

Date: 
July 11, 1830

Deceased

William Brice
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Act of God
COD Method/Implement: 
lightning
COD Inquest Finding: 

do say upon their oaths that in the dusk of the evening of the 10th day of said month as he was returning from muster in the yard or about a distance of 25 steps from the dwelling house of Jesse Wakefield in sd' district by an act of God he was killed by a stroke of Lightning

Coroner

Coroner: 
Samuel N. Evins
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the house of Jesse Wakefield
County: 
Spartanburg County, SC

Source

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