The State vs. the Dead Body of John M. Kenner

Date: 
December 2, 1821

Deceased

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

do say upon their oaths that said John M. Kenner Not having the fear of God before his Eyes but being moved & Seduced by the [?] of the Devil near Winnsborough in a certain wood there alone with a certain Bandana Handkerchief of the value of twenty five cents handkerchief end put [?] about his neck and the other end tied about a limb of a dead oak.

Coroner

Coroner: 

Location

Inquest Location: 
in a certain wood at Winnsborough

Source

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