The State vs. the Dead Body of Samuel Kennedy

Date: 
June 8, 1842

Deceased

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

upon their oaths do say. That the deceased came to his death in the woods near his mothers residence in said District by discharging the contents of a rifle Gun in to his chest in a fit of mental deragement, by resting the Gun on a rock and Tying a String to the trigger and then... pulling the Gun Towards him day and date above mentioned.

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
Coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at or near Laurens Court House
County: 

Source

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