The State vs. the Dead Body of James McCannon

Date: 
May 1, 1821

Deceased

James McCannon
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Drowning
COD Inquest Finding: 

say on our oths that the said James McCannon did come to his death by the act of God . . .by attmting to Crose a Creek by the name of Hughs Creek and was forthwith drownded

Coroner

Coroner: 
Benjamin Kennedy
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Joseph Hughes
County: 
Union County, SC

Source

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