The State vs. the Dead Body of Isaac Oliphant

Date: 
November 9, 1882

Deceased

Isaac Oliphant
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Firearm
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon there oaths do say the said Isaac Oliphant Came to his death by a Gun Shot Wound unfortunately or accidentally in his own hands

Coroner

Coroner: 
W. M. Corley
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Ritch Thomson
County: 
Edgefield County, SC

Source

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

about 9 oclock going after Hay in his Wagon when he Come to a Branch his dog jumpt a Rabbit he slipt and tryed to get his Gun out of the Wagon to shoot it I was about 50 yards from him when the Gun went off I saw him fall

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