The State vs. the Dead Body of William Thompson

Date: 
May 26, 1826

Deceased

William Thompson
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Poison
COD Method/Implement: 
saltpeter
COD Inquest Finding: 

do say upon their oaths that it was by taking a dose of saltpetre though mistake

Coroner

Coroner: 
Robert Mickle
Coroner Title: 
Justice of the Quorum ex officio

Location

Inquest Location: 
in town of Camden
County: 
Kershaw County, SC

Source

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