The State vs. the Dead Body of Thomas Bryant

Date: 
August 16, 1887

Deceased

Thomas Bryant
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Transportation
COD Method/Implement: 
train
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that Thomas Bryant here lying dead did come to his death ... by the Spartanburg & Union Road cars unavoidably passing over him

Coroner

Coroner: 
W. O. Evins
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Rich Hill
County: 
Spartanburg County, SC

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC
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