The State vs. the Dead Body of William Godfrey

Date: 
October 19, 1873

Deceased

William Godfrey
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Fall
COD Inquest Finding: 

open [sic] their oaths do say that [deceased] did fall into a gully and being unable to get out did then and there die

Coroner

Coroner: 
J. E. F. Davis
Coroner Title: 
acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
near Leaterwood's Mills
County: 
Spartanburg County, SC

Source

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