The State vs. the Dead Body of Will Smith

Date: 
December 9, 1882

Deceased

Will Smith
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Firearm
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say by pistol shot accidentally & falling from the mantel piece ... that the said Will Smith ... came to his death by accident

Coroner

Coroner: 
William C. Harrison
Coroner Title: 
trial justice acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Reidville
City: 
Reidville, S.C.
County: 
Spartanburg County, SC

Source

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