The State vs. the Dead Body of Alexander Martin

Date: 
September 8, 1867

Deceased

Alexander Martin
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Head Trauma
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that the said Alexander L. Martin came to his death by the falloing of a tree some of the limbs striking dec'd on the back of the head neck and shoulders

Coroner

Coroner: 
Thomas P. Gaston
Coroner Title: 
magistrate acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the residence fo B.W. Knight
County: 
Spartanburg County, SC

Source

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