The State vs. the Dead Body of Silas McKinney

Date: 
July 8, 1871

Deceased

Silas McKinney
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Suicide
COD: 
Hanging
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that the sd. Silas McKinney did voluntarily hang himself by the neck and took his own life against the peace and dignity fo the same state aforesaid

Coroner

Coroner: 
Daniel Willis
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the Parrish
County: 
Spartanburg County, SC

Source

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