The State vs. the Dead Body of Henry Heavener

Date: 
March 5, 1853

Deceased

Henry Heavener
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
Sharp Instrument
COD Method/Implement: 
axe
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that to the satisfaction of the jury he came to his death by violence. . .by some person or persons to the jurors unknown, by, the jurors suppose, an axe

Coroner

Coroner: 
P. R. Bobo
Coroner Title: 
magistrate acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Thomas Lynch's
County: 
Spartanburg County, SC

Source

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