The State vs. the Dead Body of Jeff Bird

Date: 
January 8, 1878

Deceased

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

upon their oaths do say the deceased came to his death by the accidental discharge of a gun

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
Trial Justice acting as Coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at G.B. Pettigrews'

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC

Perpetrator

Perpetrator: 
Ned Camp
Inquest Images: 
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