The State vs. the Dead Body of Adam Hempley

Date: 
February 1, 1853

Deceased

Adam Hempley
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Injuries
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that they believe it. . .was caused by the falling of a limb from a tree he cut down himself

Coroner

Coroner: 
B. F. Montgomery
Coroner Title: 
magistrate acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
near Wilson Wingo's
County: 
Spartanburg County, SC

Source

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