Janie Watts

First Name: Janie
Last Name: Watts
Sex: 
Female
Parent(s): 
Carrie Watts
Race: 
Black
Cause of Death
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Burns
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that the said Janie Watts Died in Laurens County on the 11th day of Oct. 1891 by being burnt to death in a house that was burnt by accident when the Mother was away.

COD Short Description: 
burned in a house fire
Original Record: 
5015

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