The State vs. the Dead Body of Hugh Duffey Sr.

Date: 
August 26, 1855

Deceased

Hugh Duffey Sr.
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Transportation
COD Method/Implement: 
horse
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say, that the said Hugh Duffey senr did come to his death by accident by his horse falling into a large ditch with him, the horse was blind

Coroner

Coroner: 
James Perry
Coroner Title: 
magistrate acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Bethany Church
County: 
Edgefield County, SC

Source

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