The State vs. the Dead Body of Tom Griffin

Date (Partial/Ambiguous): 
1897--

Deceased

Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Accident
COD Method/Implement: 
train
COD Inquest Finding: 

it appears that the deceased Tom Griffen was killed by being run over by a railroad train on the tracks by the side of the freight depot at Winnsboro, S.C. on the twenty ninth day of November A.D. 1897.

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
Magistrate

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the freight depot in Winnsboro

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC
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