The State vs. the Dead Body of Milly Thomas

she was thrown down and wound round the shaft, deponent assisted in removing deceased from the shaft after the engine had been stopped. deceased never spoke after being extricated. only gave two or three groans.

Date: 
October 8, 1878

Deceased

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

upon their oaths, do say: that the aforesaid Milly Thomas came to her death from being crushed under the shafting in W.B. Creights gin room on the afternoon of the 7th October 1878 at Winnsboro.

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
Trial Justice acting as Coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Winnsboro

Source

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