The State vs. the Dead Body of Frank

Date: 
December 11, 1866

Deceased

Frank
Description: 
a negro boy
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Age Descriptor: 
aged 6 years
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Firearm
COD Method/Implement: 
pistol
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that the said Boy Frank came to his death by a shot from a pistol accidentally fired by his brother named Lee

Coroner

Coroner: 
Henry Brace
Coroner Title: 
magistrate acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
[at] Liberty Hill
County: 
Kershaw County, SC

Source

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