The State vs. the Dead Body of John T. Wood

Date: 
August 14, 1865

Deceased

John T. Wood
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
Age Descriptor: 
aged five years
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Drowning
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that the aforesaid John T. Wood. . .was drowned in a hole of water near Dr. Kilgore's

Coroner

Coroner: 
A. B. Woodruff
Coroner Title: 
magistrate acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the house of Dr. B.F. Kilgore
County: 
Spartanburg County, SC

Source

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