The State vs. the Dead Body of Margaret Coats

Date: 
April 6, 1865

Deceased

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

upon their Oaths do say that the said Margaret Coats came to her Death by the accidental dis charge of gun, in the hands of the deceased and in the hands of Lieutenant Young

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
Magistrate

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Williams Coatses
County: 

Source

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