The State vs. the Dead Body of Thornton Nance

Date: 
August 7, 1891

Deceased

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

upon their oaths do say that he the said Thornton Nance came to his death by Pistol shot wound in the hands of Jim Young - & his accessories - Jno Adams - Perry Adams Jno Atkinson, Lige Atkinson - Tom Atkinson Jack Williams - Henry Suber, Monroe Young - Henderson Young & Allen Young.

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
Coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Milton
County: 

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC

Perpetrator

Perpetrator: 
Jim Young & his accessories - Jno Adams, Perry Adams, Jno Atkinson, Lige Atkinson, Tom Atkinson, Jack Williams, Henry Suber, Monroe Young, Henderson Young, & Allen Young.
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