The State vs. the Dead Body of George Craig

Date: 
January 19, 1825

Deceased

George Craig
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Head Trauma
COD Inquest Finding: 

do say upon their oaths that, according evidence and their own belief a tree which he assisted to cutdown, by misfortune fell on him and broke his scull on the evening of the 18th.

Coroner

Coroner: 
James Marshall
Coroner Title: 
Coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the house of Mathew Richmond
County: 
Fairfield County, SC

Source

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