The State vs. the Dead Body of John Hester

Date: 
May 13, 1846

Deceased

Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
COD Inquest Finding: 

Upon their Oaths do say, He died in the said shop . . .while working at the bench in a fit . . .came to his death by misfortune or visitation of God

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
M.E.D. acting as Coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Hamburg in the shop of J.J. Kenedy

Source

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