The State vs. the Dead Body of Robert Williams

Date: 
November 4, 1881

Deceased

Robert Williams
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
Hanging
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that the deceased Robert Williams came to his death . . . by hanging at the hands of parties unknown to the jury

Coroner

Coroner: 
J. G. Hawthorne
Coroner Title: 
acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Wilson's Bridge
County: 
Greenville County, SC

Source

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