The State vs. the Dead Body of Edward Huntly

Date: 
December 31, 1907

Deceased

Edward Huntly
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
Child: 
child
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Burns
COD Inquest Finding: 

[No official declaration]

Coroner

Coroner: 
John L Woodard
Coroner Title: 
Coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
[no location given]
County: 
Chesterfield County, SC

Source

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

Wesley Jackson being sworn ses when we got there the house was burnte down . . .
J. W. Wright being sworn ses when I got there the house top had fell in and I saw the child lying just like it was lad down on the bed and after the quilt was burnt . . . I saw the skull burning when we could we throwed the burnt chucks from around hit and hope to rake hit out

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