The State vs. the Dead Body of Alfred Sowell

Date: 
December 1, 1816

Deceased

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

do say upon their oaths that the said Alfred Sowell came to his death by misfortune, that is to say, but accidental firing of a smooth bored gun, being at the same time charged, which drove her charge of shot into the breast of the said Alfred Sowell

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
Justice of the Peace

Location

County: 

Source

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