The State vs. the Dead Body of William Johnson

deceased roled a log into the pond on which they commenced playing ... they found themselves too far from bank

Date: 
July 31, 1866

Deceased

William Johnson
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
Age Descriptor: 
ten or eleven
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Drowning
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that he came to his death . . . in John L. Southern's mill pond by being drowned accidentally while bathing

Coroner

Coroner: 
Henry M. Smith
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at David Gunter's
County: 
Greenville County, SC

Source

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