The State vs. the Dead Body of Emma Williams

Date: 
January 8, 1894

Deceased

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

upon their oaths do say that the said Emma Williams came to her death By accident, having been caught in the machinery of the mill.

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
Coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at J.O.C. Fleming's mill
County: 

Source

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