The State vs. the Dead Body of M. N. Chapman

Date: 
February 20, 1840

Deceased

M. N. Chapman
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Drowning
COD Inquest Finding: 

do say upon their oaths that he was drowned by accidentally falling into the waters of Wilson's Creek while in the act of fishing

Coroner

Coroner: 
John Chapman
Coroner Title: 
Justice of the Quorum

Location

Inquest Location: 
at or near Mt. Zion
County: 
Spartanburg County, SC

Source

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