The State vs. the Dead Body of Thomas Moore

Date: 
August 8, 1837

Deceased

Thomas Moore
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Drowning
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their Oaths do say, that he came to his death by accidental drowning in Reedy River, being in a State of Intoxication.

Coroner

Coroner: 
Abraham Nixon
Coroner Title: 
Justice of the Peace

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Tumbling Shoals
County: 
Laurens County, SC

Source

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