The State vs. the Dead Body of Isaac Boseley

Date: 
July 5, 1880

Deceased

Isaac Boseley
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
Firearm
COD Method/Implement: 
pistol
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oath aforesaid, do say, that the aforesaid Isaack Boseley came to his death by a gun Shot wound from a Pistol in the hands of one Peter Ramage

Coroner

Coroner: 
N. W. Brooker
Coroner Title: 
acting coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Ridge Spring
County: 
Edgefield County, SC

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC

Perpetrator

Perpetrator: 
Peter Ramage
Inquest Images: 
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