The State vs. the Dead Body of Willie Thackston

Date: 
June 26, 1882

Deceased

Willie Thackston
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Transportation
COD Method/Implement: 
mule
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that the said Willie Thackston came to his death near his father's residence . . . from the effect of being thrown from a mule and dragged for considerable distance

Coroner

Coroner: 
S. B. Ezell
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

County: 
Spartanburg County, SC

Source

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

I went up and found Willie hanging by the foot to the gear on the mule

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