The State vs. the Dead Body of Benjamin Grady

Date: 
August 28, 1886

Deceased

Benjamin Grady
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Drowning
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths, do say: That the Said Benjamin Grady came to his death by being accidently Drowned in Brocks Mill Pond on 27th day of August 1886

Coroner

Coroner: 
H. D. Tiller
Coroner Title: 
Coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Brocks Mill
County: 
Chesterfield County, SC

Source

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

Godfrey Miller Sworn My Self and Deceased was in the water playing and Deceased got in water over his head Deceased could not Swim and he got drowned. I got hold of him and we both went under and I broke loose from him and come to the Bank.

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