The State vs. the Dead Body of Frank Dillard

Date: 
September 24, 1890

Deceased

Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that the said Frank Dillard came to his death by "a gun shot wound in the hands of W.B. Patterson

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
Coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
on the plantation of William Patterson
County: 

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC

Perpetrator

Perpetrator: 
William Patterson
Inquest Images: 
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