The State vs. the Dead Body of George C. Mitchell

Date: 
September 19, 1874

Deceased

George C. Mitchell
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Suicide
COD: 
Other
COD Inquest Finding: 

do say that George C. Mitchell came to his death by his own act..either falling or by jumping from the house top into the yard while laboring under derangeme

Coroner

Coroner: 
John C. Whitfield
Coroner Title: 
trial justice acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at residence of Marion Mtchell
County: 
Anderson County, SC

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC
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