The State vs. the Dead Body of J. J. Jennings

the Body was so mutilated and disfigured that she could see no feathre [sic] but known [sic] the Buttons on his Vest and his knife in his pocket

Date:

November 16, 1860

J. J. Jennings

Sex:

Male

Race:

White

COD Category:

Suicide

COD:

COD Inquest Finding:

upon there oaths do say that. . .on his own premises Murdered himself by fireing his Gin house and was found with in the same

Coroner:

Coroner Title:

magistrate acting as coroner

Inquest Location:

at J J Jennings

County:

South Carolina Department of Archives & History

Columbia, SC

Inquest Images:

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