The State vs. the Dead Body of A. J. Means

Date: 
March 1, 1875

Deceased

A. J. Means
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Firearm
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths . . .do say that the aforesaid Means came to his death by the accidental discharge fo a gun in the hands of Pinkney Brewton [?]

Coroner

Coroner: 
Moses Foster
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Sam'l Means
County: 
Spartanburg County, SC

Source

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