The State vs. the Dead Body of Angus Jefferson Smith, John L. Thorton Smith

Date: 
June 4, 1874

Deceased

Angus Jefferson Smith
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Drowning
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that the said Angus Jefferson Smith came to his death by accidental drowning in a water course known as Lawson's Fork 1 /12 miles distant from Spartangburg C.H.

John L. Thorton Smith
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Drowning
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that the said John. L. Thornton Smith came to his death by accidental drownign in a water-course known as Lawson's Fork 1 1/2 miles distant from Spartanburg

Coroner

Coroner: 
William Irwin
Coroner Title: 
trial justice acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Spartanburg
County: 
Spartanburg County, SC

Source

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