The State vs. the Dead Body of John Baswell

Date: 
February 16, 1860

Deceased

John Baswell
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Injuries
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that John Baswell came to his death by misfortune or accident

Coroner

Coroner: 
Isham Wood
Coroner Title: 
magistrate acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the plantation of Abner McVay
County: 
Spartanburg County, SC

Source

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