The State vs. the Dead Body of James Sellers

Date: 
May 12, 1939

Deceased

Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Accident
COD Method/Implement: 
train
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that James Sellers received in Chesterfield County a mortal wound by Seaboard Train #2 in the hands of W. W. Shoemaker

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
Coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Cheraw, S.C.

Source

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