The State vs. the Dead Body of Anderson B. Branham

Date: 
January 6, 1892

Deceased

Anderson B. Branham
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Unknown
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say That the said AB Branham died from Heart failure

Coroner

Coroner: 
B. P. Covar
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the plantation of M. C. Parker
County: 
Edgefield County, SC

Source

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

I was at the well and saw Anderson he was on top of the house He had fallen I then went up there and helped him down to where he now lies. He did not speak

I saw him Hold his head down and I asked him what was the matter and he did not give me any answer and whirled off like he was going to fall and then I grabbed him

I saw Anderson Branham when he fell. He drew two or three breaths ... He was fixing to draw a nail when he fell

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