The State vs. the Dead Body of Robert Gresham

Date (Partial/Ambiguous): 
1895--

Deceased

Robert Gresham
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Drowning
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon there oath do say that the said Robert Gresham was drowned at Fish Dam Ferry in Chester County on the [1]4 day of February A.D 1895

Coroner

Coroner: 
H. A. Stevenson
Coroner Title: 
Trial Justice

Location

Inquest Location: 
Chester Co., at Shelton Depot
County: 
Fairfield County, SC

Source

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