The State vs. the Dead Body of William Hopkins

Date (Partial/Ambiguous): 
1882--

Deceased

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

upon their oaths do say that he came to his death by the accidental discharge of a shot gun in the hands of Robert Hopkins[.]

Coroner

Coroner: 

Location

Inquest Location: 
at J. Feaster Lyles' plantation

Source

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