The State vs. the Dead Body of Lonnie Jordan

Date: 
February 4, 1934

Deceased

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

upon their Oaths, do say, that Lon Jordan came to his death by gun shot wound in the head, by his own hand.

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
Magistrate

Location

Inquest Location: 
about 5 miles east of Jefferson

Source

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