The State vs. the Dead Body of William Gaston

Date: 
April 30, 1837

Deceased

William Gaston
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Injuries
COD Inquest Finding: 

say upon their oaths that the aforesaid William Gaston ... came to his death by the accidental falling of a tree

Coroner

Coroner: 
Samuel Pearson
Coroner Title: 
Justice of the Peace

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the house of James N. Gaston
County: 
Spartanburg County, SC

Source

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