The State vs. the Dead Body of Smith

Date: 
June 9, 1876

Deceased

Smith
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Drowning
COD Inquest Finding: 

do say that . . .the said Smith was accidentally drowned in a race dith; that is to say the said Smith in manner and form aforesaid, came to his death by misfortune or accident.

Coroner

Coroner: 
William S. Brown
Coroner Title: 
trial justice acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
near R. H. Anderson's Tanyard
County: 
Anderson County, SC

Source

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