The State vs. the Dead Body of William Washington

Date: 
August 11, 1813

Deceased

Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Suicide
COD: 
COD Inquest Finding: 

Do say upon their Oaths that they have carefully Examined the body; which they believe to be the Body of Wm Washington Deceasd. And have also Examined Seven witnesses on the occasion [sic] and from the greatest Discovery which they are capable of making, Do believe that Wm Washington on Sunday the 8th of this inst left his family in the morning and at sometime of that day; after putting fourteen sttones in His... pockets; which would weigh About 20 weight; and tying of a plow hoe about His neck; threw himself into ready river and their by Drowning of himself - near to a place known By the name of the Flat Shoal.

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
Justice of the Peace

Location

Inquest Location: 
at William Washingtons
County: 

Source

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