Cora Boyd

First Name: Cora
Last Name: Boyd
Sex: 
Female
Race: 
White
Cause of Death
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Burns
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that She came to her death from the Effects of fire, That She died on the 17th inst. Having been burnt in a house on the plantation of M.B. Pool that was accidentally burnt down on the night of the 16th inst.

COD Short Description: 
burned in a house fire
Original Record: 
5025

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