The State vs. the Dead Body of Clara Burress

Date: 
February 25, 1878

Deceased

Clara Burress
Sex: 
Female
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
Firearm
COD Method/Implement: 
pistol
COD Inquest Finding: 

do say that she Clara Burriss came to her death by a pistol ball fired in the hands of William Pringle Cook fired at Caty Burress . . .do say William Pringle Cook did kill.

Coroner

Coroner: 
J. L. Bryan
Coroner Title: 
trial justice acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the house of Caty Burress on the plantation of Dr. A. G. Cook
County: 
Anderson County, SC

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC

Perpetrator

Perpetrator: 
William Pringle Cook
Inquest Images: 
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