The State vs. the Dead Body of Lillie Washington

Date: 
December 22, 1892

Deceased

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

upon their oaths do say that she came to her death "By the train running against her throwing her off the track, and in our opinion unavoidable.

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
Coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
on the plantation of J.O.C. Flemming
County: 

Source

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