The State vs. the Dead Body of Aaron Rogers

Date: 
May 14, 1872

Deceased

Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths, do say: That Aaron Rogers (the deceased) came to his death by accidental drowning in Thompson's Creek, below Purvis' Bridge, on Sunday the 12th May AD 1872

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
Coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Isham Johnson's Plantation

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC
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