The State vs. the Dead Body of William McCode

Date: 
January 20, 1870

Deceased

William McCode
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Exposure
COD Inquest Finding: 

do say that he came to his death . . . from exposure in the rain & cold on the roadside . . . and came to his death by accident.

Coroner

Coroner: 
John C. Whitfield
Coroner Title: 
magistrate acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Luke McCoy's [?]
County: 
Anderson County, SC

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC
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