Sarah Sweat

First Name: Sarah
Last Name: Sweat
Sex: 
Female
Race: 
White
Cause of Death
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
Unknown
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oath, do say: that Sarah Sweat came to her death on the 4th of February 1871, by the visitation of Providence.

COD Short Description: 
killed by unknown means by a man she refused to marry
Original Record: 
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