The State vs. the Dead Body of Jane Forgy

Date: 
March 10, 1896

Deceased

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

upon their oaths do say that she the said Jane Forgy came to her death from the Effects of a gun shot wound from the hands of Tom Forgy by Accident on the 9th day of March inst.

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
Coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
on the plantation of Mattie McPherson
County: 

Source

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