The State vs. the Dead Body of William Ewbanks

Date: 
October 30, 1841

Deceased

William Ewbanks
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Suicide
COD: 
Hanging
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that the said William Eubanks did commit suicide by hanging himself to a line[?] by the neck

Coroner

Coroner: 
Isaac Gregory
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the house of Elizerbeth Ewbankses
County: 
Union County, SC

Source

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