The State vs. the Dead Body of Freeman Holten

Date: 
November 5, 1826

Deceased

Freeman Holten
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Fall
COD Inquest Finding: 

do say upon their oaths that the said Freeman Holton came to his death on the 4th of November in A Mill house of Mr. Richard B Harrison's came to his death by a Fall from the upper Story in the inside of the House, the floors not being laid

Coroner

Coroner: 
James Marshall
Coroner Title: 
Coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at, or near, Mr. John B. Pickett's rig[?] at Mr. Richard Harrison's Mill
County: 
Fairfield County, SC

Source

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