The State vs. the Dead Body of Joel W. Miller

Date: 
February 2, 1874

Deceased

Joel W. Miller
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Suicide
COD: 
Firearm
COD Method/Implement: 
pistol
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths they do say from the evidence and circumstances connected that said Gen'l J.W. Miller came to his death from a pistol ball discharged from a pistol held in his one hand

Coroner

Coroner: 
Moses Foster
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Gen'l J.W. Miller's
County: 
Spartanburg County, SC

Source

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