The State vs. the Dead Body of Thomas O'Donald

Date: 
September 13, 1869

Deceased

Thomas O'Donald
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
Firearm
COD Method/Implement: 
pistol
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say That the said Thomas O'Donald came to his death . . .from Pistol shot wounds. . .having been inflicted by some person or persons to the Jurors unknown

Coroner

Coroner: 
James E. Lee
Coroner Title: 
magistrate acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Dr. John E. Padgetts
County: 
Edgefield County, SC

Source

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