The State vs. the Dead Body of Eldred Glover

Date: 
March 2, 1852

Deceased

Eldred Glover
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
Firearm
COD Method/Implement: 
pistol
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that the said Eldred Glover came to his Death . . .by a pistol ball passing through the abdomen fired from a pistol in the hand of Dr. Walker Samuel

Coroner

Coroner: 
Daniel White
Coroner Title: 
C.E.D.

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the house of John Doby
County: 
Edgefield County, SC

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC

Perpetrator

Perpetrator: 
Walker Samuel
Inquest Images: 
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