The State vs. the Dead Body of Daniel Fountain

Date (Partial/Ambiguous): 
1888--

Deceased

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

upon their oaths [do] say that he was shot accidentally by [a] pistol in the hands of his brother [?] Fountain about seven years old, about three Oclock yesterday evening and died [?] morning near Wallaceville[?].

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
Trial Justice

Location

Inquest Location: 
Unknown

Source

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