The State vs. the Dead Body of Willie Gooding

Date (Partial/Ambiguous): 
1895--

Deceased

Willie Gooding
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Burns
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say: That the said Willie Gooding came to his death from accidental burning by fire

Coroner

Coroner: 
Jm. D. Blair
Coroner Title: 
Trial Justice

Location

Inquest Location: 
at [?] Blair's
County: 
Fairfield County, SC

Source

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

Dear Sir: I forgot to get my old umbrella This however, is my last inquest to hold over a dead "nigger" - death caused by fire till I get the law which I wish we had a law making it a criminal reglect on the part of the mother or parents. In every case I find the mother the cause from neglect. Yours, Jno D. Blair

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