The State vs. the Dead Body of Henry Woolbright

there was a skinned place on its back five or six inches long looks like it might have been done by dragging

Date: 
October 26, 1843

Deceased

Henry Woolbright
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
Blunt Instrument
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that the said Henry Woolbright died in consequence of [?] abuse recd from his Father Tom Woolbright & from neglect at Various times by especially from the abuse recd . . .by certain strokes & blows inflicted by Thomas Woolbright at their own house

Coroner

Coroner Title: 
magistrate acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Wm. C. Brown's near Howell's Ferry
County: 
Union County, SC

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC

Perpetrator

Perpetrator: 
Thomas Woolbright
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